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Jon Enslin wrote:
> 
> russblau@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> 
> > To add to your point, many "major" intercity roads in Virginia (and some
> > shorter primary roads) have one or more "honorary" names in addition to their
> > common names and route numbers.  These are conferred to honor some person or
> > group.  For example, the Fairfax County Parkway is designated as the "John
> > (Jack) Herrity Parkway" after a former chairman of the County Board who
> > promoted construction of this highway; and Columbia Pike (VA 244) is
> > "Thurgood Marshall Highway" after the Supreme Court justice who used to live
> > a few blocks off this road in Fairfax.
> 
> I think almost every major city has such honorary desingnations.  Among
> others, Chicago has one for Paul Harvey (Whacker), etc.  Milwaukee's 7th
> Street is named for Jim Lovell.

It seems like half the roads in Chicago have honorary designations,
posted on brown street signs as opposed to the normal green.  I remember
a while back they were thinking about changing how they signed them,
because they thought some people might get confused.

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