You are right, and I should have specified that I was only talking about the United States.edsonajj wrote:Maybe in the US, but not in Mexico.sketch wrote:But, regardless, at the very least, cardinals should be used on every freeway and expressway
Over here, when a cardinal is used on a road name it is because the cardinal is part of the official name.
If we add cardinals to roads that don't have it in the name the main result would be more difficulty in searches.
Beside that, the practice for cardinals in official names is different than for most of the world. When a cardinal is added to the name it usually reflects what point it is closer to from the middle on the north.That means than on a north-south road, the "top half" is named north and the "bottom half" is named south.
We do use cardinals in that way as well, not on freeways, but often on city streets depending on the city. We have S Claiborne Ave and N Claiborne Ave, and S Carrollton Ave and N Carrollton Ave, S Gayoso St and N Gayoso St... depending on which side of Canal Street they're on. And some places are even more crazy about it, especially out west. Portland OR is divided into quadrants, so every road has a name like NW Beaverdam Rd. And in Utah, it is done like this, but with numbers too, so you have roads with names like E 1600 S. But, that's only where addresses are used, and never on freeways.
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