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In article <2oeuct$sjt@mizar.usc.edu>, mankin@mizar.usc.edu (Eric
Mankin) writes:
|> Pam Kramer, the SoCal correspondent for the SJ Mercury News,
|> is working on a story about the reopening of the Santa Monica
|> Freeway and would appreciate anyone (preferably with a credential)
|> who can shed light on the different ways northern and southern
|> Californians refer to numbered roads.
|> 
|> South of the Techachapis, roads are simple "the 10," "the I-5,"
|> "The 405"
|> 
|> In Northern California, people add the word 'highway,' or the
|> equivalent. So the same road is "highway 101" up north, but
|> simply "the 101" when it's the Ventura Freeway.
|> 
|> How old is this distinction? Any thoughts as to where it comes
|> from?  Kramer's on deadline: if you have ideas, please call her
|> at (213)938-6106 as soon as possible. 
|> 
|> 

Around the SF bay area, I have never heard anyone say anything
besides the number.  It's just "280" or "101", never "the 101" or
"highway 101".  But then again, almost noone here was born in 
California.

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