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In article <1994Apr13.162801.11279@ccc.amdahl.com> csc80@cd.amdahl.com (Carol C. Kankelborg) writes:
>
>On a different note, being from the East Coast (PA), I've noticed
>that different parts of the country call their highways and turnpikes
>different things. 
>
>Turnpike - toll highway in Pennsylvania, Ohio too, I think.
>Thruway??- I can't remember what a toll highway in NY is called.
>Parkway  - as in "Garden State" (NJ)
>Highway  - Any limited access road.
>Freeway  - I've only seen this in CA
>Expressway - In CA, a semi-limited access road with fewer traffic lights
>             intended to get you from A to B faster.  
>Interstate - A highway crossing many state borders.  (Also interesting, in
>             Philadelphia, I-95 is called "I-95", in Florida, it's simply
>             "95".
>
>Any others?  Corrections?

I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.  In the midwest, the term for a 
limited access highway "Expressway" (same as "Freeway" in CA).  
"Eisenhower Expressway" is I-90, "Kennedy Expressway" is I-94, etc.  Makes
the Californian use of the term "Expressway" confusing to midwesterners.

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