[Talk-us] Abbreviation Police

[Kevin Atkinson]

On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Apollinaris Schoell wrote:

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> On 3 Aug 2010, at 22:32 , Kevin Atkinson wrote:
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>> OK.  So There is clearly no agreement on the abbreviation of road types (Street, Way, etc).  So what about these specific exceptions.  I will assume silence means agreement :)
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>> Rather than "United Stated Highway 29 Frontage Road" just "U.S. 29 Frontage Road" or maybe "US 29 Frontage Road". Why.  Because no will say the formal out load.
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> most of the times I see it
> name=Frontage Road
> ref=US 29
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> this will be rendered in similar way as on other maps. Name is on the 
> street and US, I, is on a shield. Doesn't make sense to duplicate the 
> ref on the name.

Since when does a frontage road get a Highway shield?

And in any case you are saying that the frontage road is part of US 29?