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Re: OT: Place name constituents

From:Dana Nutter <sasxsek@...>
Date:Sunday, May 21, 2006, 11:50
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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. ------------------------------ dejnx nxtxr / Dana Nutter LI SASXSEK LATIS. http://www.nutter.net/sasxsek

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