Colorado changes 'Mile 420' highway marker to stymie stoner heists
A sign marking the mile 420 on a Colorado highway was replaced with one that reads "MILE 419.99"
after the old one was repeatedly stolen by weed-enthusiasts, according to the state’s transportation department.
The 420 sign on Interstate 70 east of Denver was altered “within the last year,” but a Twitter post on Friday attracted attention to the low-key new sign over the weekend, Amy Ford, the communications director at the Colorado Department of Transportation, told NBC News Sunday.
The number 420 has long been a codeword for marijuana smokers, although the origin of the slang is hazy.
Ford couldn’t say how many times the 420 sign had been lifted in its history but said, “It was stolen frequently enough that we decided to switch our tags.”
Colorado only has one other highway that runs long enough to need a 420 mile marker and although the department of transportation hasn’t changed that one, they did move a 69 mile marker half a mile and label it 68.5 to avoid theft, Ford said.
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