Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ptsfa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!ptsfa!kmo From: kmo@ptsfa.UUCP (Ken Olsen) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: what do you call the freeway Message-ID: <298@ptsfa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Oct-84 12:53:43 EDT Article-I.D.: ptsfa.298 Posted: Mon Oct 15 12:53:43 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Oct-84 06:22:27 EDT References: <869@ihuxe.UUCP> <207@zinfandel.UUCP><484@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP> Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco Lines: 24 > 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 {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!kmo