▁by ▁the ▁county . ▁ ▁Because ▁other ▁count ies ▁implementing ▁the ▁E 9 1 1 ▁system ▁in ▁North ▁Dak ota ▁faced ▁the ▁same ▁problem ▁and ▁to ▁add ▁a ▁measure ▁of ▁consist ency ▁across ▁the ▁state , ▁it ▁was ▁decided ▁that ▁the ▁Bur k le ▁system ▁would ▁be ▁used ▁state ▁wide ▁for ▁address ing ▁rural ▁properties . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁proposed , ▁no ▁state ▁had ▁adopted ▁a ▁state wide ▁address ing ▁system ▁but ▁since ▁then ▁other ▁states ▁have ▁adopted ▁similar ▁systems . ▁ ▁Design ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁ ▁Road ▁names ▁▁ ▁The ▁basic ▁idea ▁of ▁the ▁system ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁the ▁existing ▁address ▁system ▁used ▁in ▁many ▁towns ▁where ▁streets ▁and ▁a ven ues ▁are ▁number ed ▁out wards ▁from ▁a ▁starting ▁" main ▁street " ▁near ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁town . ▁ ▁To ▁number ▁rural ▁section ▁line ▁roads ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁the ▁rough ▁ge ographical ▁center lines ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁were ▁designated ▁as ▁" Main ▁Street " ▁( running ▁east - west ) ▁and ▁" Main ▁Avenue " ▁( running ▁north - s outh ). ▁ ▁Ro ads ▁are ▁assigned ▁an ▁increasing ▁number ▁moving ▁out ▁from ▁these ▁center lines ▁with ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁road ▁determined ▁by ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁miles ▁it ▁is ▁from ▁the ▁corresponding ▁center line . ▁ ▁For ▁roads ▁on ▁half ▁section ▁lines ▁an ▁M ▁is ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁road ▁name ▁and ▁for ▁quarter ▁section ▁lines ▁an ▁F ▁is ▁added . ▁ ▁Address es ▁▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁providing ▁names ▁for ▁the ▁many ▁rural ▁roads , ▁the