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In article <2q7el0$lhj@gap.cco.caltech.edu> addam@cco.caltech.edu (Adam Neil Villani) writes:
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>OK, here's one. As I was finishing up an extended weekend road trip yesterday,
>coming down the 101, shortly after entering Ventura County from Santa Barbara
>County, I noticed a sign that said, "Begin Ventura Freeway". Maybe a mile
>or so later, there was another "End Freeway" sign. Here's the question: what's
>the road called for the stretch of the 101 in Ventura County that's _not_
>freeway? Ventura Highway, or Expressway, or Freeway, or what? I'm assuming
>that the "Begin Ventura Freeway" sign was the end of the Cabrillo Highway/
>Freeway/Whatever.

This is anecdotal, but here goes:

Roughly speaking, a freeway is a high-speed, limited access roadway.
Limited access means no crossroads, parking, and travel is restricted
to vehicles that can maintain speeds > 45 mph (yep, the CHP cites
folks going too slowly).  Older on-ramps still have posted signs
reading "PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES, MOTOR-DRIVEN CYCLES PROHIBITED".

Between Santa Barbara and Ventura, stretches of the road are the ONLY
way to get between points, so I think the State relaxes vehicle
restrictions; consequently, the highway is no longer a freeway and
cyclists cannot get ticketed for riding it.  North of S.B., cross
roads intersect the 101.  About 1/4 mile before each crossroad, signs
mark "END FREEWAY"; a quarter mile after the exit, another sign
bearing "BEGIN FREEWAY" appears.  

When a freeway isn't a freeway, it's a highway.

Anyone have a clarification?

:Karl