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rcurl
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response 59 of 96:
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Jan 12 19:51 UTC 2006 |
I recall the Highway designation because I laughed at the road sign every
time I passed it.
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mcnally
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response 60 of 96:
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Jan 12 20:03 UTC 2006 |
re #57, 58: So what do the locals call it? Let us know so we won't
stick out like sore thumbs when we visit..
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klg
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response 61 of 96:
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Jan 12 20:13 UTC 2006 |
Main Entry: high way
Pronunciation: 'hI-"wA
Function: noun
: a public way; especially : a main direct road
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marcvh
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response 62 of 96:
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Jan 12 22:25 UTC 2006 |
What the locals call it is of interest, but its "official name" is what it
is called by the authority who controls and maintains it (presumably the
Lenawee County Road Commission.) I'm unable to find any official
statement from them, they don't appear to publish a lot of info on their
web site.
The USGS clearly thinks it's called "Highway", as shown in the
following (somewhat large) map distributed by the state:
http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/spatialdatalibrary/pdf_maps/topomaps/TECUMSEH_NO
RTH.pdf
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edina
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response 63 of 96:
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Jan 12 23:44 UTC 2006 |
Re 60 Tecumseh Clinton Road. Simple as that.
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ric
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response 64 of 96:
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Jan 13 20:35 UTC 2006 |
It's official name is "Highway" of course, but yeah nobody calls it that.
I don't think the word "Highway" is ever really used in Michigan. Nobody
would refer to M-52 as Highway 52, or US-12 as Highway 12. Nor is I-94 a
highway, it's an expressway.
down south here yonder though.... US-64 is often referred to as "Highway 64",
NC-55 is "Highway 55". US-401 is "Highway 401". Of course they're often
shorted to "55 south", "64 west" "401 south" etc...
I don't ever recall saying "52 south" or "36 east".. those roads ALWAYS had
the "M" in front of them, as did "US-12"
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charcat
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response 65 of 96:
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Jan 14 00:50 UTC 2006 |
here in chelsea we have old us-12 (jackson road from ann arbor to
fletcher rd. where it becomes the westbound lane of I-94 to about race
road thenit becomes ann arbor rd into jackson also called old us-12
there) and old old us-12 (fletcher road to jackson by way of chelsea and
grass lake), not to be confused with us-12(which goes through saline,
irish hills etc.) =^o.-^= confused?
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klg
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response 66 of 96:
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Jan 15 02:42 UTC 2006 |
Nothwestern Highway
Coolidge Highway
Dixie Highway
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jep
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response 67 of 96:
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Jan 15 14:20 UTC 2006 |
I agree that no one in Michigan says "Highway 12" when they mean US-12,
or "Highway 50" when they mean "M-50", or "Highway 23" when they mean
"US-23".
I have heard my mother say, "I don't like driving on the highway". She
meant she didn't like driving on a divided interstate highway when local
city streets were available, when getting around the city of Lansing.
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albaugh
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response 68 of 96:
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Jan 16 19:38 UTC 2006 |
I think in Michigan it is a mixed bag. Re: the major metro Detroit freeways,
most of the time when a name reference isn't used it's just the number, not
"interstate" or "I", e.g. 75, 275. Nobody calls the Lodge "10" though, or
even M-10. One of the newer freeways, which used to be only a 2-way road,
*is* referred to as M-14. And it's always US-12, not just "12". However,
upstate a ways, people who live along M-46 say just "46". Grand Rapids types
say just 131.
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jep
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response 69 of 96:
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Jan 16 20:03 UTC 2006 |
re ersp:68: I didn't think of it until you posted that, but US-41 in
Houghton, the only major highway within dozens of miles, is usually
called "41".
I believe I-75 is usually called "the Interstate" in St. Ignace and
Mackinaw City.
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marcvh
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response 70 of 96:
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Jan 16 20:37 UTC 2006 |
We didn't call it "the interstate" but rather "the superslab."
That was probably just my father though.
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rcurl
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response 71 of 96:
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Jan 16 20:50 UTC 2006 |
There are interesting websites about the ends of highways. An example is
http://www.state-ends.com/michigan/m10/
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bhelliom
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response 72 of 96:
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Jan 17 07:48 UTC 2006 |
I'm actually used to calling it soda, myself. *shrugs* My friends who
are transplants in Michigan from New York practically wept with
gratitude. :p
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happyboy
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response 73 of 96:
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Jan 17 09:44 UTC 2006 |
I CALL IT SOADYPOP.
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jadecat
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response 74 of 96:
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Jan 17 14:53 UTC 2006 |
I got used to saying soda instead of pop after living in Alice Lloyd
dorm for two years with numerous, numerous Long Island, NY people.
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bhoward
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response 75 of 96:
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Jan 17 16:59 UTC 2006 |
Two years surrounded by midwestern "pop" cultists left me a tattered
shell of a once proud "Coke" (or was that "Soda"?...oh the agony)
user.
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tod
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response 76 of 96:
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Jan 17 17:17 UTC 2006 |
I tried the green MONSTER energy drink yesterday. Holy hell, I wanted to
puke.
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mcnally
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response 77 of 96:
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Jan 17 17:29 UTC 2006 |
re #75: only two years?
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bhoward
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response 78 of 96:
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Jan 17 17:56 UTC 2006 |
"Two years in merry Mary Markley" somehow disappeared from #75 in
the editing process :-)
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tod
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response 79 of 96:
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Jan 17 18:07 UTC 2006 |
Unabomber was a janitor in Mary Markley
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bhoward
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response 80 of 96:
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Jan 18 01:20 UTC 2006 |
I thought he was a student at East Quad with Remmers.
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tod
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response 81 of 96:
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Jan 18 17:58 UTC 2006 |
He was but more recently he had been a janitor at Mary Markley.
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mcnally
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response 82 of 96:
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Jan 18 20:23 UTC 2006 |
Are you sure you aren't thinking of the guy who had the white-supremacist
radio show?
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tod
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response 83 of 96:
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Jan 18 23:22 UTC 2006 |
re #82
Come to think of it, you may be right.
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