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Title: The name "Buckeyes" for Ohio state routes
Post by: bandit957 on March 05, 2014, 01:45:25 AM
Does anyone remember when people used to refer to Ohio state routes as "Buckeyes"? People actually talked about "Buckeye 32", "Buckeye 125", etc.

I remember this being common in the '70s. Then I never heard any reference to it again, except once around 1992 when a local traffic reporter jokingly said "Buckwheat 28."
Title: Re: The name "Buckeyes" for Ohio state routes
Post by: NE2 on March 05, 2014, 02:34:08 AM
Only if poo.
Title: Re: The name "Buckeyes" for Ohio state routes
Post by: vtk on May 05, 2014, 02:43:19 PM
I never heard this. Perhaps I'm too young. It's a lot less boring than "state route", though.
Title: Re: The name "Buckeyes" for Ohio state routes
Post by: renegade on May 05, 2014, 07:21:17 PM
I have been in and near enough to Ohio over the last 45 years or so, and I have never heard Ohio state routes referred to as Buckeyes.

It doesn't sound like a bad thing.  I've just never heard it.

Quote from: NE2 on March 05, 2014, 02:34:08 AM
Only if poo.
And what does this have to do with the subject at hand?  Enquiring minds want to know.
Title: Re: The name "Buckeyes" for Ohio state routes
Post by: hbelkins on May 05, 2014, 08:17:08 PM
Probably just some local announcer's catchphrase.