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How high off the road should a curbside mailbox be?

3.58 ftAbout 1.09 m · Body-sized

The US Postal Service asks for 41 inches (1 m) to 45 inches (1.1 m) from the road to the bottom of the box.

That's about 73% of a red kangaroo's height.

3.58 ft
a goliath beetle

To scale: a curbside mailbox is about 9.9× bigger than a goliath beetle.

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