[Talk-us] Street Naming Conventions

[Alex S.]

Alex Mauer wrote:
> On 04/08/2010 10:32 PM, Val Kartchner wrote:
>> 6) Should the direction prefix even be part of the street name since it
>> (mostly) isn't on the sign?
> 
> That’s not true in all areas.  I’m in Wisconsin, and in most cities I’ve
> been to, if the street has a direction prefix it’s on the sign
> (abbreviated of course).

That's done in WA state, too.

There's even more on signs in certain cities around here - in small 
letters across the bottom, they often say 'Historic: <old street name>' 
with date of change...