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From: kmo@ptsfa.UUCP (Ken Olsen)
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Subject: Re: what do you call the freeway
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Date: Mon, 15-Oct-84 12:53:43 EDT
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> Yes, everyone in Southern California uses the names; let's assume
> Tim Smith was being helpful to strangers.  One reason that may
> contribute to the difference in usage between the South and the 
> North is the names themselves.  From L.A., the Pasadena Freeway
> takes you to Pasadena, the San Diego Freeway takes you to San
> Diego, The Riverside Freeway takes you to Riverside, and so on.
> Sometimes those freeways which don't pass through L.A. fail to
> have such descriptive names, but still the Foothill Freeway is
> near the foothills and the Newport Freeway has Newport Beach at
> one end.

Not everyone.  In the San Diego area, most people call freeways by number.
("Take 805 south to 8 west . . ."

> Does anyone remember the "Richard M. Nixon Freeway"?

The "Richard M. Nixon Freeway" was a strip of the Imperial Highway (about
two miles long) in Yorba Linda.  It went from Yorba Linda Blvd. south to
Orangethorpe.  Nixon's birthplace is about 2-4 miles west of this 'freeway'
on Yorba Linda Blvd.
	(Thankfully, it no longer has this name.)

Ken Olsen
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