[WikiEN-l] Categories for deletion/discussion issues

[Ray Saintonge]

Brian Salter-Duke wrote:

>On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 05:10:20PM +0200, Steve Bennett wrote:
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>>On 7/25/06, Adam Lorenz <kungfuadam at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>I suppose "limited access" would be the same as motorways. They have on and
>>>off ramps instead of at grade crossings.
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>>In Australia, that's a freeway (or a tollway!). And highways have a
>>bit of both. Don't think we use the term "motorway" much, but we do
>>use "motorist". I'm also not sure which of "dual carriageway" and
>>"divided highway" we use more. See the confusion of Australia? We
>>recognise nearly all the terms, and have trouble arbitrarily deciding
>>which one to use.
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>>Steve
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>And to even confuse it further we have the Calder freeway in Melbourne
>that has a stratch that is not limited access. There are cars coming in
>from all angles and cars crossing, and lots of people killing
>themselves. They have reduced the spped limit but it is stll called a
>freeway.
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What seems to be a factor in "freeway" is whether it's free as in beer 
when compared to a tollway, or free as in the liberty to move without 
needing to worry about red lights or cross traffic.

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