Re: Streets, roads, highways, and freeways


"Doug Smith W9WI" <w9wi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:43B7F517.6090606@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>
> On the other hand..... the use of names instead of numbers in traffic
> reports can be a significant problem for tourists.
>
> I grew up in Milwaukee - you have to go through Chicago to get just about
> anywhere east or south. The traffic reports invariably referred to places
> like "the spaghetti junction on the Eisenhower" or "the Kennedy between
> Rosemont and the Edens".
>
> as you visualize - or try to consult - a map that has these roads clearly
> marked as "290" and "90 between 294 and 94". It does say "Eisenhower" and
> "Rosemont" on the map, but in small, difficult to read lettering. It
> doesn't say "spaghetti junction" anywhere.
>
> Eventually, over nearly 30 years of driving through Chicago, I've learned
> the road names. (though some of the landmarks used by the radio stations
> still escape me)
>
> I feel for the poor Ohioan trying to get to Minneapolis, or the Montanan
> trying to reach family in Fort Wayne, etc...
> --

This is a problem thats not confined to the USA

My national (UK) traffic report yesterday referred to congestion
on the A1 near the Black Cat Roundabout. Living close
by I happen to know thats the junction with the A-421 and
got its name from the resemblance it supposedly has seen from the
air but god help the traveller who tries to find it on a map.

Similarly on the same road you'll hear references to
'Brampton Hut' and 'Spittals Interchange'

Keith



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