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New Yorkers, which is it?

"New York State" Route nn
- 1 (10%)
New York "State Route" nn
- 1 (10%)
"New York State Route" nn
- 4 (40%)
Other (specify below)
- 4 (40%)

Total Members Voted: 10

Voting closed: March 22, 2023, 06:25:51 PM


Author Topic: This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)  (Read 797 times)

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This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)
« on: March 15, 2023, 06:25:51 PM »

Google is no help. I get Route nn and State Route nn as well as New York State Route nn
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Re: This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2023, 11:08:36 PM »

I will just say NY ## in general or NY Route, since there is no NYC Route to compete with the state.

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Re: This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2023, 11:26:53 PM »

NYSDOT generally uses Route NN for State and US routes in its project documents and titles.  Still uses INN for Interstates (I81, no hyphen, e.g.).
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Re: This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2023, 11:48:47 PM »

As a native New Yorker (Syracuse/Auburn area), most folks just said the Thruway (instead of I-90 or Route 90), Route 5, Route 31, Route 81, Route 11, or other ways like 690 or 321--if we are describing how people said what highway they were going on or where a business was on said highway, such as "We are going to the Pizza Hut on Route 5 in Auburn." or "We are going to take 690 to get to Carousel Center DestinyUSA."

If we are going by NYSDOT, Rothman's statement is correct.

You may sleep now.
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Re: This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2023, 11:54:51 PM »




If we are going by NYSDOT, Rothman's statement is correct.

I would hope so since I work there.

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Re: This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2023, 12:18:57 AM »




If we are going by NYSDOT, Rothman's statement is correct.

I would hope so since I work there.
Yes, I do know that.  I did not add "He should know as he works there." as I was originally going to post.  :D
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Re: This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2023, 09:58:06 AM »

As native of the Lake Ontario snow belt just off "Route 81", I don't consider myself a "New Yorker". That's a downstate thing. :)
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Re: This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2023, 09:42:50 AM »

Or do what they do in Western NY - they stole the Los Angeles thing of calling everything "The".

"The 33".  "The 290".  "The 198", etc... 

I hate it :)
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Re: This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2023, 11:25:51 AM »

Or do what they do in Western NY - they stole the Los Angeles thing of calling everything "The".

"The 33".  "The 290".  "The 198", etc... 

I hate it :)
In Rochester everyone just says the number. 390, 490, 590, 104, etc.
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Re: This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2023, 01:40:13 PM »

Or do what they do in Western NY - they stole the Los Angeles thing of calling everything "The".

"The 33".  "The 290".  "The 198", etc... 

I hate it :)
In Rochester everyone just says the number. 390, 490, 590, 104, etc.

That's a thing across the border in Ontario.  The 401, The 405, etc.  The toll-free portion of the Thruway is The I-90
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Re: This kind of question keeps me awake at night (poll)
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2023, 01:07:13 AM »

Or do what they do in Western NY - they stole the Los Angeles thing of calling everything "The".

"The 33".  "The 290".  "The 198", etc... 

I hate it :)
In Rochester everyone just says the number. 390, 490, 590, 104, etc.

That's a thing across the border in Ontario.  The 401, The 405, etc.  The toll-free portion of the Thruway is The I-90

Back when I lived in the area in the early 90s I always heard "The Mainline" when referring to the free portion of I-90
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