> > > If there were interstate dirt roads and
> > > interstate monorails and interstate
> > > skateboard ramps, then I could see
> > > the need for the word highway to
> > > diferentiate one interstate system
> > > from another.
>
>
> What about interstate commerce, interstate law
> enforcement, or, I don't know, interstate bowling
> leagues? Those aren't highways.
>
> -- Matt
>
William Taylor wrote:
> Radio helicopter report:
>
> There is a large lane tie up on IBL-5
>
> Yup, I can see where that could be confusing.
>
Ah, I finally get what you
were talking about, abbreviations.
Here we have 3 ways of naming freeways,
any of which can be mixed and matched at
your leisure:
- By the number only ("go a few miles
down the 5 to the 118...")
- By the letter-number combo (only used
for interstate highways ("take the I-5 to the 118...")
- By the name of the freeway ("take the
Grapevine to the Ronald Reagan freeway...")
Yes, there is a freeway named after
President Reagan.
-- Matt
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