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In article <CpAuxo.31K@ucdavis.edu>,
Rich Hill <hill@madrone.ece.ucdavis.edu> wrote:

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>Usually, the reason for the END FREEWAY signs is simply because of an
>intersection with a minor road that is not limited access (no bridge, 
>onramps, etc.)

If you checkk out those places where there is a short stretch of
non-freeway along 101, you'll notice there is usually a farm or cluster
of residencess that has no other access to the rest of the world except
101 (and maybe a nasty road over the mountains to Rte 1 or some such).
In order to maintain freeway status, CalTrans would ahve to supply a
full interchange. In some cases the interchange would have no traffic
at all for a day or so, so it just ain't worth it. It's cheaper and
easier to just drop freeway status for a hundred yards.

Were 101 an interstate, the feds would require an interchange. You can
see this out on long lonely stretches of freeway in Arizona, where a
single ranch has its own interchange.




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