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Interstate Puzzler.

Squint your eyes and you'll be able to make out the number on the amateurishly underexposed shot of the Interstate exit sign: 880. Which is in fact the largest mileage number on the entire 45,000 miles of the U.S. Interstate highway system.

The question for all you Interstate trivia buffs is:

Where does that number occur?

Note that we have blacked out the words on the exit sign, because they might give you a clue.

Scroll down to see the answer.

Does "Sabine River Turnaround" help? No?

Well, if you drive east on Interstate 10 across Texas from El Paso, you have the dubious pleasure of watching the mileage markers climb... and climb... and climb. And just when you think you absolutely cannot take another mile of Texas, for God's sake, bingo! You reach Number 880, which occurs at the Sabine River, where Texas stops and, PTL, Lousiana begins.

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