CubaĬuba's Kilometre Zero is located in its capital Havana in El Capitolio. It is marked with a plaque in the ground, with the four cardinal points, four animals, and "Zero Point of Highways, China" in English and Chinese. The kilometre zero point for highways is located at Tiananmen Square, just outside the Zhengyangmen Gate. This point was historically the start of the line the marker is a simple concrete marker, with "0" painted on it. 33☂6′16″S 70☃9′02″W / 33.437807°S 70.650523°W / -33.437807 -70.650523Ĭhile's Autopista Central - Eje Norte-Sur (the eastern portion of the Panamerican Highway that passes through Santiago) has its Kilometre Zero at the intersection with the Alameda del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, the capital's main avenue. 0 plaque, located at the Plaza de Armas main square in downtown Santiago. Kilometre Zero at Plaza de Armas in Santiago, Chile.Īll national distances from Santiago originate at the Km. Origin point of the TransCanada Highway in Victoria, British Columbia, on the southern end of Vancouver Island. The obelisk lists the distances to various locations in New South Wales at the time. In the state of New South Wales, highway distances ( mileages) were traditionally measured from a sandstone obelisk in Macquarie Place in Sydney designed by Francis Greenway in 1818. Highways in Australia are usually built and maintained by the states and territories. An image of Our Lady of Luján (honored on the monolith as "the patron saint of the national road network") appears on the monolith's north face, a relief map of Argentina is on the south face, plaques in honor of José de San Martín are west, and on its eastern side, the date of the decree and the name of the relevant authorities.
The work of the brothers Máximo and José Fioravanti, the structure was placed on the north side of Plaza Lorea on Octoit was moved to its present location on May 18, 1944. The most famous such marker of which any part survives from ancient times is the Milliarium Aureum ("Golden Milestone") of the Roman Empire, believed to be the literal origin for the maxim that " all roads lead to Rome".Īrgentina marks Kilometre Zero with a monolith in Plaza Congreso in Buenos Aires. Ī similar notion also exists for individual roads (that is, all locations on the road have a number, depending on their distance from that location), and for individual cities (often the city's central post office is used for this).
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They were markers where drivers could set their odometers to follow directions in early guide books. In many countries, Kilometre Zero (also written km 0) or similar terms in other languages (also known as Zero mile marker, control stations or control points) is a particular location (often in the nation's capital city), from which distances are traditionally measured. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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