[Talk-ca] "Highway X" and the like as names

[Andrew Deng]

I absolutely and completely disagree with this. I am from Ontario so I can only speak for the Ontario context
1) Many roads that are designated Highway X do not have any other name, and addresses and posted signs are "Highway X". Or "County Road X", etc. 
2) Some roads that are no longer provincial highways still bear the name of the former provincial highway as its street name, and if it does have a county-level designation, the number is sometimes different. (E.g. Highway 11 in Holland Landing, Ontario is York Regional Road 1).
3)  In the US at least there are prefixes (e.g. I-95, US-101, TX-130, CR-XX), which would for some cases make a redundancy with the name. However in Canada, since we do not do prefixes, removing the name would just make it unclear which kind road is it (is it provincial? county?)
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Andrew

 

    On Wednesday, January 19, 2022, 05:49:38 p.m. EST, Jherome Miguel <jheromemiguel at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Should we be removing or replacing "Highway x" and the like names as redundant with highway number (tagged ref=), as like what is already being done south of the border? I've done this with roads in Alberta, either removing them or replacing them with range/township road numbers where posted (in provinces that follow Dominion land system) or other posted road names, or route names as found in trailblazer signs, but some of those "names" got restored._______________________________________________
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