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In article <2oi1k8$339@crayfish.jpl.nasa.gov>,
Daniel S. Katz <dsk@cray.com> wrote:
>In article <james.766270598@wrs.com>, James Moore <james@wrs.com> wrote:
>>mankin@mizar.usc.edu (Eric Mankin) writes:
>>
>>>South of the Techachapis, roads are simple "the 10," "the I-5,"
>>>"The 405"

>>The division isn't quite that simple.  San Diego natives (myself, for
>>one) would never consider putting "the" in front of a freeway.  It
>>would always be "5," or rarely "I-5."  Saying "the 5" is a
>>crystal-clear sign that you're from LA or Orange County.

>>Naming freeways is also only a LA/Orange County deal, and is never
>>done in San Diego.  I think people in LA name their freeways so that
>>no one from outside the area can understand their traffic reports.

>Now hold on.  I'm from Chicago, and we name all our highways:
>The Tri-state (I-294)
>The NW Tollway (I90 from 294 NW)
>The Kennedy (I90 from downtown-294)
>The Edens (I94 from I90 to I294)
>The Eisenhower (I290 from downtown-somewhere)
>The Stevenson (I55 from downtown south)
>The North-South Tollway (I355)
>The Dan Ryan (known to frustrated drivers as the Damn Ryan,
>              I90-94 S of downtown)
>The Calumet Expressway (don't know)
I94 south of the junction with I-57, then State Rd. 394 south to Chicago
Heights.

>I88 also has a name, but I can't remember it right now.
The East-West Tollway.

>In Chicago, there are freeways and tollways (and the reason for calling
>a highway (generic) one or the other depends if there's a toll).

One interesting geographic note is the term "tollway".  As far as I know,
this term is native to the Chicago area.  Elsewhere it's a "turnpike"
or "toll road".

>Generally tollways are named after directions, and freeways after politicians.

--Brendan