On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:40:08 -0400, Bill Ricker wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:32 AM, David ``Smith'' > <[email protected]> wrote: >> You might be thinking, "what's an expressway?" The >> short answer is, it's just like a freeway/motorway but with at-grade >> intersections. > > Huh? That's weird to me. > > The only Expressway so named nearby Boston (USA) is fully > ramp-interchange-controlled-access.
Naming often outlives it's lifespan. The Mount Hood Freeway in Oregon, for example, isn't a freeway: It's an expressway as making it a freeway was cancelled halfway through during the freeway revolt in the region. And then there's places where it's just plain wishful thinking, where a motorway is called a freeway due to plans to convert a turnpike (toll motorway) into a freeway (toll-free motorway). Or a name was never changed to reflect the current nature of the road: Sunset Highway in Oregon, for example, isn't really a highway but a rather major motorway... _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
