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[Steel Man]

Yes, I10 does go northwest through San Antonio, but generally it goes East-West. Where I grew up in S. California, we always had the mountains to the north. However, you have to use the ol' sun rises in the East and sets in the West to get a general direction your heading in (of course at noon you're lost!)

[Latinocowboy]

I'm with ya, Twinkletoes, regarding getting used to the roads. I was in San Antonio this week for our pre-sheetrock walkthrough and did A LOT of driving!! Got lost a few times. woo hoo!

My biggest problems is getting used to the north-south-east-west orientations depending on where you are. Sometimes my "internal compass" tells me I'm going North, but in actuality, I'm heading west.

I guess I'll get used to it in time.

[Twinkle Toes]

Michelle's right. It's those dang frontage roads where you get on the freeway and hope to God the people who are supposed to yield actually yield. On the flip side, when people are exiting the freeway I have to remember to yield to them. Also, it's pretty dark out here at night and it's hard to tell if cars are coming of the freeway or if they are still on the freeway. I hear ya about the ocean thing too! I grew up in Newport Beach and you could always tell where you were at by where the ocean was. Still trying to figure out the dance scene here in TX. In CA we have some of the finest dance instructors and competitiors in the world and they are much cheaper than here. I guess it's like that Rubik's Cube I'll never be able to figure out.

[Sampaguita]

When my cousin from NYC came to visit me in SA many years ago, she came into town via Dallas. Drove down.

When she arrived she asked, "Who the heck is Frontage?" (she pronounced it like "montage").

I replied, "I don't know. Where did you hear of him?"

She said, "There are signs for Frontage Rd all over flippin' Texas! I was confused the whole drive down!"

ROFL My cousin has 2 masters degrees and is a high up as you can get in her field. She turned all shades of red when I finally realized what she was talking about & used the correct pronunciation of "frontage". We still get a good laugh out of this one.

I too am so used to using the ocean/mountains as my compass when I get lost. I imagine it will take some getting used to not to have those huge landmarks as a guide anymore.

TwinkleToes - I am so jealous that you are getting settled in! Hope your son had a nice time TorTing last night.

[210]

I'm I the only one who refers to them as "access roads"?

[neddy]

Nope I call them access roads and could you imagine if they were two way roads in the city? Over here at de zavala that would never work!

[Sampaguita]

I don't know anyone who actually calls them frontage roads. I call them access roads, too.

[Steel Man]

Originally Posted by Sampaguita

I don't know anyone who actually calls them frontage roads. I call them access roads, too.

Hell Sampaguita,

Long time no see on this forum. When is your family going to "access" San Antonio permanently?

Technically, both terms are correct. These roads give you access to stores, etc., and they are also frontage roads to the stores. Either way they can be dangerous when you're trying to exit ramps and someone else is trying to enter a ramp about 200 feet away.

[Twinkle Toes]

Another thing that freaks me out is freeways without dividers - just a grass strip in the middle. Any drunk or person asleep at the wheel can easily cross over the grass median and slam head on into you. Granted here on the 10 near where I live they are now putting up those concrete dividers.

Oh yeah, and these freeways could use more lanes! The 10 here in my area is two lanes in either direction. They need at least 4 lanes in either direction - and they have the room to do it! I lived off the 10 in CA and it was 4 or 5 lanes out there so it was never congested. Today it was a flippin' nightmare getting home from dance! The 410 was a nightmare, the 10 was awful, all the access/frontage roads were backed up like OzzFest was in town. I wonder what I ever did wrong in my life to be punished like this!!! I'm a good person -- really I am!!!

[210]

Originally Posted by Twinkle Toes

Another thing that freaks me out is freeways without dividers - just a grass strip in the middle.

That's done for future expansion of the freeway. They keep the grassy median there until they need to add more lanes.

Any drunk or person asleep at the wheel can easily cross over the grass median and slam head on into you.

That was actually a frequent occurance on 1604 a couple of years ago until San Antonians complained and TXDot put those concrete barriers.