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I knew an older woman who had a hard time remembering freeways by their numbers but could remember them all by their names (e.g. "Santa Ana" freeway instead of
by TwoBit 6y ago
I knew an older woman who had a hard time remembering freeways by their numbers but could remember them all by their names (e.g. "Santa Ana" freeway instead of "5"). That seemed odd because to me the number was the name, so why be any different?
- bitbckt 6y agoThey weren’t always numbered. Up north, there are still people who refer to Highway 40 as Lincoln Highway. I’ve heard a couple of LA natives say that’s an explanation for SoCal’s affinity for calling them “the 5”: they switched from “the Santa Ana”.
- war1025 6y ago> there are still people who refer to Highway 40 as Lincoln Highway This is interesting to me because here in Iowa, the Lincoln Highway is "old Highway 30". In the 60s they rerouted Hwy30 about a mile south of the existing Lincoln Way so they could make it 4 lane and avoid towns.
- war1025 6y agoIn case it wasn't obvious from my post above, the Lincoln Highway referred to in both my post and the parent post is the same highway [1]. The part I thought was interesting is I assumed it would have the same number designation across the entire nation, but that doesn't appear to be the case. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Highway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Highway