[Tagging] RFC on two proposals: Motorway indication; Expressway indication

[Paul Johnson]

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:40:08 -0400, Bill Ricker wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:32 AM, David ``Smith''
> <vidthekid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  You might be thinking, "what's an expressway?"  The
>> short answer is, it's just like a freeway/motorway but with at-grade
>> intersections.
> 
> Huh?  That's weird to me.
> 
> The only Expressway so named nearby Boston (USA) is fully
> ramp-interchange-controlled-access.

Naming often outlives it's lifespan.  The Mount Hood Freeway in Oregon, 
for example, isn't a freeway:  It's an expressway as making it a freeway 
was cancelled halfway through during the freeway revolt in the region.  
And then there's places where it's just plain wishful thinking, where a 
motorway is called a freeway due to plans to convert a turnpike (toll 
motorway) into a freeway (toll-free motorway).  Or a name was never 
changed to reflect the current nature of the road:  Sunset Highway in 
Oregon, for example, isn't really a highway but a rather major motorway...