On 7/24/06, SPUI <drspui(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 19:53:09 -0400, SPUI
<drspui(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I've already explained that limited-access
highway is ambiguous.
No, you've named a single place which uses an unusual definition of
limited-access road, which has no obvious parallels outside the US.
Once again, The US <> The World.
Who is to say which definition is unusual?
I'd say that definition is unusual, even in the US. In common usage, a
limited-access highway is a divided highway, with no cross roads--instead
using on & off ramps.
The USGS offers this common-sense definition:
Limited Access Highway: A route that is part of the United States Interstate
Highway System or other similar expressway.
(
http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/metadata/roadtrl020.faq.html)
In fact, "expressway" seems like a good synonym (to my very US-centric
ears).
In any case, find a category name that seems to work, then add specifics to
the definition on the category page. This hardly seems like a battle worth
fighting.
Rich Holton
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