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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Zonker T. Chuqui)
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Subject: Re: what do you call the freeway
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Date: Mon, 29-Oct-84 23:38:36 EST
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In article <484@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP> matt@oddjob.UUCP ( Crawford) writes:
>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.

Uh, one errata, Matt-- the Newport freeway doesn't go to Newport Beach, it
stops in Costa Mesa. Also, it is officially known as the Costa Mesa freeway
now because it will never GET to Newport. Unfortunately when they changed
the name they didn't bother to spend any money changing the signs, so the
FREEWAY still thinks it is the Newport Freeway. It's wrong, of course.

chuq (someone who lived in LA a little longer...)
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