Exits on the Jasper Bypass portion of I - 22 were originally numbered using a kilometer - based sequence .
At the time this stretch was opened sequence appeared that all highways in the U.S. were going to be measured using the metric system .
Exits on the Jasper Bypass portion of I - 22 were originally numbered using a kilometer - based sequence because at the time this stretch was opened it appeared that all highways in the U.S. were going to be measured using the metric system .