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Wed Aug 22 19:45:31 UTC 2012

No outlet has a different meaning in my experience. It means that while there are turns off the present road, they all tie into each other so there is literally no outlet.

I know I see this in Seattle, and I probably saw it in Alaska as well.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Aug 22, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> "No Through Street" in Saint Louis
>
> "Street Not Through" in Los Angeles
>
> "No Outlet" in Wilkes-Barre.

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