Centralia Highway 0 |
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Unexplained Phenomenon |
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Type |
phantom highway |
Discovered |
1966 |
Location |
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Centralia Highway Zero is the unofficial name of an unexplained, seemingly supernatural phenomenon located in TuckerCounty, Centralia.
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Description
Along CentraliaHighway21 in Tucker County, approximately 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) south of the former WerewolfJunction train station, a curious highway branches off to the west. While standard traffic control signs are present, no signs give any name, route number, or destination for this strange highway.
The highway is constructed to MinistryOfTransportation specifications, with two travel lanes in each direction, separated by a grass median. However, there is no record of the highway ever having been built, funded, or even planned, by any Centralian government agency. Further, the highway remains in a drivable condition, despite receiving no maintenance. This is especially curious in the winter months, when snow is seemingly cleared from the pavement without the aid of plowing crews.
Exactly 6 miles (9.7 km) west from the Highway 21 junction, the road abruptly ends. The only advance warning to drivers is a single faded "ROAD CLOSED AHEAD" sign before the pavement stops dead at a mound of earth. It is unclear whether the highway was left unfinished, or if this spot was its intended final destination.
Despite its informal name, Highway Zero is not a part of Her Royal Highness's network of numbered highways.
Signage
When the highway was first discovered in 1966, signs along the highway specified a speed limit of 55 mph, and distances on other signs were posted in miles and feet. However, when PrincessJeanette officially transitioned Centralian traffic signage to metric units in the 1980s, the signs were mysteriously updated with a speed limit of 90 km/h and distances in kilometers and meters. By all appearances, the signs were not replaced, but simply changed--the signs of wear, even at the time, indicated the signs predated the metric switchover by decades.
There is a single guidance sign along the highway, serving westbound traffic:
Linworth 12 km Bellwether 23 km Ottersburg 95 km
However, the names on these signs do not correspond to any cities or towns within Centralia. Further, even if these destinations did exist, they would be impossible to reach from Highway Zero, as they are all said to lie beyond the dead end at the 10 kilometer mark.