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Originally Posted by cmyX5go
Even when they don't have names, we call them by numbers. I'll say take 287N, 78W, 278E, 95S. I don't think there is any roadway that I refer to as the, with the exception of "The Parkway", "The Turnpike", "The Long Island Distressway" and "The Merritt"
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L, you think so? In my experience, everyone says "the Merritt", "the I95", "the 287", "the Cross Bronx Expressway", "the FDR", "the LIE", ... I'm struggling to find an exception --- the only one that I can think of (locally) is "Route 1" that runs all the way up New England.