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Some old-timers in Denver still call I-25 "The Valley Highway" or just "the Valley" (for Platte River Valley). Otherwise it's usually called "25". Likewise, US 36 is called "The Boulder Turnpike" by again, mostly old-timers.
Ha ha! I bet you'd REALLY like driving in NJ, NY, & PA. There are toll roads everywhere. The only toll road I didn't agree with was I-294 in Chicago. Since I didn't have EZ-Pass, I had to pull over every few miles and pay $.80. Not to menton the exit on I-90 charged me $.50. Oh, If only I could've just paid the toll in one lump sump when I turned onto the exit ramp, that would've saved me a lot of time.
That's the only negative about Chicago. When I was driving through the NY Thruway the previous summer, I felt like a prisoner because I had to give the card and pay at exits when I wanted to get out of the Thruway. The only time I didn't have to give the card was at the rest stops with the monopoly on services sponsored by the State of New York. I was afraid of losing the card and paying $26 (the full 'fare').
This summer I went to California. Going through Arizona, there were no services and it was so barren and void of other cars traveling with me, I started wishing I was in Upstate New York again where the weather was cooler and the scenery was greener. Green scenery means people.
The only time I didn't have to give the card was at the rest stops with the monopoly on services sponsored by the State of New York. I was afraid of losing the card and paying $26 (the full 'fare').
No kidding! I had a similar experience when driving the Indiana Turnpike. I usually stick the ticket in the visor so I can know where it is at all times. This time, I had left it in a pile of papers and maps I had on the passenger side seat. Talk about a mad search of the car! I was actually panicing because I thought I lost the ticket.
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California is also different in that exits are not numbered but named according to the street you will exit onto. So instead of seeing something like "exit 220" you will instead see "University Ave."
I know there are other states that use street names when denoting exits, but it seems like the use of numbers is more prevalent elsewhere.
California exits off the freeways are being numbered and should be complete or pretty close to it. See below.
what happens at a toll when you don't have the money? I always wondered...do you have to drive the 30 miles back and get some money?
I asked that question of the friend I met up with in Chicago. The exit that charged me $.50 (it wanted exact change, too) had no gate to it. Somewhere at the booth, there's a website address where you can go and pay online. She told me that sometime people just blow through it. A camera takes a picture of the plate and logs it. If it happens enough times, you get a letter asking for the tolls, etc.
I asked that question of the friend I met up with in Chicago. The exit that charged me $.50 (it wanted exact change, too) had no gate to it. Somewhere at the booth, there's a website address where you can go and pay online. She told me that sometime people just blow through it. A camera takes a picture of the plate and logs it. If it happens enough times, you get a letter asking for the tolls, etc.
I lived in Texas for 5 months and blew thru tolls all the time, I never changed my out of state plates and I have saved a couple hundred dollars. I know its taking pictures but I think it just sees the out of state plates and I get a pass.
Some old-timers in Denver still call I-25 "The Valley Highway" or just "the Valley" (for Platte River Valley). Otherwise it's usually called "25". Likewise, US 36 is called "The Boulder Turnpike" by again, mostly old-timers.
Really? I've never heard anybody say just "25." I've always heard "eye-twenty-five," "eye-seventy," "see-four-seventy," "highway thirty-six," etc.
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The only toll road I didn't agree with was I-294 in Chicago. Since I didn't have EZ-Pass, I had to pull over every few miles and pay $.80. Not to menton the exit on I-90 charged me $.50. Oh, If only I could've just paid the toll in one lump sump when I turned onto the exit ramp, that would've saved me a lot of time.
