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omega lambda
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 Posted: 09/03/03 - 12:39 Post subject: Traffic Lingo
With all of our freeways and interchanges, some interesting names have evolved, like
The Orange Crush
The El Toro Y
The Four Level
We've also got the South Bay Curve, the Sepulveda Pass, and Kellogg Hill.
What's yours?
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copteacher
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 12:41 Post subject:
sure kill express way.
double decker bridge
conshohocken curve
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Cappy
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 12:41 Post subject:
The sure kill expressway
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gretriever
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 12:44 Post subject:
In Chicagoland (not a subsidiary of the Disney Corporation), we have LSD, the Hillside Strangler, the Mag(nificent) Mile, and - always my favorite - Wacker Drive (both Upper and Lower!)
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elkid
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 12:45 Post subject:
I had my first Philly accident (not my fault) on the Sure Kill.
A lot of natives don't know that 676 is the Vine Expressway, or that 1 in the northeast is The Boulevard.
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copteacher
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 12:49 Post subject:
The blue route
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flarunner
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 13:02 Post subject:
In Indpls there's the Spaghetti Bowl and soon to be the Letterman Loop. Down here there's the Malfunction Junction. And how true that is 
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robp
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 13:11 Post subject:
We have the "Y" Bridge and that would be about it.
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jrjo
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 13:15 Post subject:
| flarunner wrote: | | In Indpls there's the Spaghetti Bowl and soon to be the Letterman Loop. |
No Way! Dave got his way?!
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flarunner
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 13:17 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | flarunner wrote: | | In Indpls there's the Spaghetti Bowl and soon to be the Letterman Loop. |
No Way! Dave got his way?! |
That's what people were calling it when I went to visit last year, so unofficially, yeah, he got his way.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 14:05 Post subject:
Every freeway here has a number and at least two other names that for the most part indicate what part of that freeway you are talking about, but not really. Only people who have lived here for at least 6 months can start to comprehend traffic reports. My favorite is the 610 loop. Its really a square so the west side is called west loop, etc. Which makes sense. But it can get confusing when you hear traffic reports like "there is a backup on west loop north at the southwest freeway" (which is really common).
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elkid
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 14:06 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | Every freeway here has a number and at least two other names that for the most part indicate what part of that freeway you are talking about, but not really. Only people who have lived here for at least 6 months can start to comprehend traffic reports. My favorite is the 610 loop. Its really a square so the west side is called west loop, etc. Which makes sense. But it can get confusing when you hear traffic reports like "there is a backup on west loop north at the southwest freeway" (which is really common). |
Dude, with nonsense like this, I don't even need to LOOK for reasons to bash Tex-Ass. 
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 23:03 Post subject:
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 09/03/03 - 23:17 Post subject:
Here's one for ya: The Zoo Interchange. Of course, it does run next to the zoo.
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