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marcvh
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response 25 of 96:
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Jan 11 05:51 UTC 2006 |
That sign would be located in the extreme southwest part of Detroit,
namely Omaha.
The main purpose of the names is for natives to recognize each other;
someone who has lived in Michigan "for some time" isn't supposed to
know them.
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mcnally
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response 26 of 96:
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Jan 11 06:46 UTC 2006 |
If you think Detroit is bad with the freeway names, try Chicago.
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fitz
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response 27 of 96:
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Jan 11 10:08 UTC 2006 |
#10, #15. Kent Novelty Supplies is just such a specialized shop, but every
card shop seems to have birthday/seasonal party supplies as well.
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slynne
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response 28 of 96:
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Jan 11 10:44 UTC 2006 |
The only freeway names for freeways in Detroit that I use are "the
Lodge", "the Jeffries", "The Southfield", and "The Davison"
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klg
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response 29 of 96:
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Jan 11 11:49 UTC 2006 |
Soutfield and Davison were city streets before they became limited
access highways. (Both of them are stil partially city streets.)
You were never on the Detroit Industrial Highway? The Chrysler?
American Veterans Highway? Morris Adler Highway?
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mary
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response 30 of 96:
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Jan 11 12:24 UTC 2006 |
The Ford (94) and the Chrysler (75) and the Lodge (96) are the
Big Three. Next new expressway should be named the Honda. ;-)
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fudge
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response 31 of 96:
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Jan 11 14:10 UTC 2006 |
State-run booze shops???? WTF???
Makes me shiver.
You mean the US is actually a federation of communist states??
brr....
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bhoward
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response 32 of 96:
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Jan 11 14:45 UTC 2006 |
Actually, policy on how alchohol may be sold varies on a per-state
basis.
My folks used to live in CT which (at least at the time) only allowed
alchohol (or maybe it was just hard liquor) to be sold at state run
stores that closed by 8pm or so.
It was extremely freaky when I came home from MI for holiday to not
be able to find any place other than a bar to get a beer after 8pm.
Though not as freaky as the dry counties I encountered in Arkinsas.
Most freaky were the weird drinking hours I encountered living in
the UK. Apparently they were holdovers leftover from WWII to keep
the factory workers from showing up drunk at munitions plants and
blowing themselves up. I had mixed feelings though, when they were
repealed shortly before we moved to Japan...something was lost when
we no longer had our weekly session during the Sunday afternoon
lock-ins at our favorite pub.
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marcvh
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response 33 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:04 UTC 2006 |
Re #30: I thought the Lodge was M-10 (used to be US-10.) I-96 (the part
I think you're talking about anyway) is the Jeffries. I suppose that
subsequent freeways should be named things like the Little Ceasars Bypass.
Virtually no highways have names out here in the west; I-5 isn't (and,
to my knowledge, never has been) called anything other than I-5. A few
specific structures are named (like the "Albert D. Rossellini Evergreen
Point Floating Bridge") but nobody calls it that. I guess it's an era
thing; there's no particular reason why we shouldn't have a "Boeing
Freeway" or a an "IAMAW Freeway" (a la the UAW in Flint) but we don't.
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klg
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response 34 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:07 UTC 2006 |
The Lodge is not 96. 96 would be the Jeffries. The Lodge is US 10.
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klg
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response 35 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:16 UTC 2006 |
In the San Diego area (according to my AAA map):
I 805 = Jacob Dekema Fwy
I 15 = Escondido Fwy
I 5 = San Diego Fwy, Montgomery Fwy
SR 163 = Cabrillo Fwy
SR 94 = Martin Luther King, Jr Fwy
I 8 = Ocean Beach Fwy
SR 4 = South Bay Fwy
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rcurl
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response 36 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:18 UTC 2006 |
Re #s 30 & 34: see what I mean? People can't keep the names straight. It
is a problem when they refer to these routes by name in news reports.
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mcnally
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response 37 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:20 UTC 2006 |
re #33: "the Little Caesar's Bypass" sounds more like a heart
(or maybe gastro-intestinal) operation..
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marcvh
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response 38 of 96:
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Jan 11 17:21 UTC 2006 |
Re #35: Urban California isn't part of "the west", it's an entity unto itself.
:-)
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mary
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response 39 of 96:
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Jan 11 21:26 UTC 2006 |
Thanks for the corrections re: I96.
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gull
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response 40 of 96:
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Jan 11 21:37 UTC 2006 |
Re resp:24: I don't know, but there's a point where they start getting
listed on the freeway signs. (Like the sign will have the I-75 shield,
and then underneath it'll say 'Chrysler Expressway.') The main reason
to know the names is so you know what they're talking about on the WJR
traffic report.
Re resp:33: Don't forget the Valley Freeway. I almost never hear it
referred to by number (it's SR-167.) The floating bridges seem to be
referred to as "the floaters" on traffic reports. And I'm still trying
to figure out where "the Michigan curve" is.
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happyboy
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response 41 of 96:
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Jan 11 22:12 UTC 2006 |
over by columbia & i5?
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tod
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response 42 of 96:
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Jan 11 22:19 UTC 2006 |
heh...michigan curve is just north of the corson & i-5 exit
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marcvh
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response 43 of 96:
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Jan 11 22:57 UTC 2006 |
True, the Valley is an exception. It seems to cause a lot of
confusion, since the "West Valley Freeway" is nearby but is a
different road and is more prominently signed as such than the
"Valley Freeway" is.
The dynamic ends up being different because there are so many "new"
people here, particularly among the tech sector. In a typical workday
the only native Washington resident who I talk to is the bus driver.
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tod
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response 44 of 96:
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Jan 11 23:20 UTC 2006 |
There's (E.)Valley Hwy and then W.ValleyHwy(167)
One will get you to Carpinito Bros at Center Rd for cheap produce and the
other will get you to the industrial park just over the 167 hwy from auburn
drive-in
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marcvh
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response 45 of 96:
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Jan 12 01:33 UTC 2006 |
Nope, East Valley Highway and West Valley Highway (SR 181) are different
roads, and both of them are different from the Valley Freeway (SR 167.)
So, the Valley Freeway is in the center, with East Valley Highway off to
the east and West Valley Highway off to the west, right? Well, yes in
some places, but no in others.
Also, the roads include directional indications, so there's a West
Valley Highway North and a West Valley Highway South, and the South one
is actually north of the North one. And also south of it!
This is why Seattlites try to stay the hell away from South King County
unless we're summoned to jury duty there.
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jep
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response 46 of 96:
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Jan 12 05:16 UTC 2006 |
Doesn't the highway sign for Washtenaw Avenue call it "M-117" or something?
There's a state highway designation for the road that runs between
Clinton and Tecumseh. I've seen the sign any number of times. But I
couldn't tell you what it is now. It's "Clinton-Tecumseh Rd."
Tecumseh is pronounced, "Tek-UMP-see" by almost everyone in Lenawee County.
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marcvh
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response 47 of 96:
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Jan 12 07:17 UTC 2006 |
M-17. Parts of Washtenaw are also business loops for I-94 and US-23, of
course.
I believe the Tecumseh Highway is/was also designated the "Tecumseh
Historic Auto Trail" but I don't believe it's a numbered state route;
there's M-52 but that's further west.
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tod
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response 48 of 96:
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Jan 12 07:42 UTC 2006 |
re #45
I'm trying to lure people down here so they can get lost in Kent Kangley hell.
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md
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response 49 of 96:
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Jan 12 13:08 UTC 2006 |
Re 4, Yeah, it's "tawnic" in "Bastin." The brats from Newton across the
street from our summer house on the Cape used to think "soda" was odd.
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