[Talk-us] Name tag on unnamed, but numbered routes

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On 11/19/21 18:48, Kerry Irons wrote:
> It's not unique to SoCal.  In Detroit they have "The Lodge" and "The Chrysler" etc.  Names for freeways.  Funny thing is, they "all" have names but not all are referred to by their names.  Colloquialisms will always get in the way of standardized naming conventions.  

In Houston we say "I-10", "US 290" (or sometimes just "290"), etc but
"the Katy Freeway", "the Northwest Freeway", etc. Saying "the 10" is the
fastest way to rat yourself out as fresh off the plane from California
or at the very least, an obvious non-Houstonian.

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