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John R Cambron <fairland@mail.*chesapeake*.net> said something like:
: It is in fact named 'Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway'. Gladys Noon
: Spellman was a representative to congress from a district in Prince
: Georges County in the 1970s. She died still holding her seat. I don't
: recall of what. 

She had a heart attack around 1980, which put her into a coma. She died
about eight years later, having never regained conciousness.

The BW Parkway is one of several local roads that have two names. Here's a
pop quiz for the group: What is the alternative name of

1. The Omer L. Hirst-Adelard L. Brault Expressway
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower Freeway
3. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway (not the same as #2)
4. The Clara Barton Parkway
5. The William Preston Lane Jr Memorial Bridge
6. The John Hanson Highway
7. The John Palmer Highway (former name)
8. The Cabin John Bridge (former name)

[page down for answers]






1. The Dulles Toll Road
2. Southeast-Southwest freway
3. I270
4. GW Parkway on the eastern side of the Potomac
5. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge
6. US50 between the Beltway and Annapolis (it becomes the Blue Star
   Highway at that point)
7. Martin Luther King Jr Ave in PG County (and no, I don't have clue as to
   who John Palmer was)
8. American Legion Bridge


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