Re: OT: Place name constituents

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> > Back when I was working in Irvine, Ca.  I used always
> > confused people when they said they were location by
> > the intersection of Main and McArthur by asking "which
> > one?"  The two streets both curve and actually meet
> > twice so someone searching for that intersection could
> > end up at the wrong one.
>
>
> This is a problem in Detroit. Outer Drive snakes through
> the metropolitan Detroit area, but it basically is a giant
> horseshoe, starting from the Detroit River on the south
> and ending at the Detroit River on the north. So it cuts
> across many major roads twice, including two freeways.
A lot of cities have a "loop" that basically circles the
city/metropolitan area.  These are sometimes very confusing because
different sections are designated "North", "South", "West", "East"
according to what part you are on.  The worst I saw was the loop around
Ft. Worth, Tx.   Briley Parkway in Nashville is another one that will
get an outsider mixed up quickly.

I really hate it when they double up on route numbers so you can have
"Hwy 50", "Hwy 50-Business (loop)", or even "Hwy 50-Bypass" (usually
bypasses the main part of a town).  And usually the address you are
trying to find only designates "Hwy 50" without mentioning which one.


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