Barack Obama Freeway?

[RustyK]

each time we name something after our 44th president, we must name something else after our 55th.

no renamings allowed, so you'd better get it right.

Just for that 2nd part.  If we go and name a highway after the man, and then he does something dispicable in the eyes of most Americans, we'll have to name it again.  See the Mark McGuire ... errr Mark Twain freeway in St. Louis! 

[mgk920]

And besides, what if he turns out to be a complete failure?  How many 'Jimmy Carter' or 'Bill Clinton' Freeways (or other notable things) are there, even in their home states?

Mike

[papaT10932]

I disagree with most people. I think we don't name roads, etc. after people OFTEN ENOUGH. In keeping with the tradition of the other Hudson River Crossings (The Franklin D Roosevelt- Mid Hudson Bridge, the Hamilton Fish- Newbugh Beacon Bridge and the Malcolm Wilson- Tappan Zee Bridge) This is my proposal for the GWB:

The Barack Obama Eliot Spitzer David Patterson Henry Hudson Madonna Rudy Guliani Captain Kangaroo Millard Fillmore Elvis Presley Larry King Denver the Lost Dinosaur Charlie Brown Adam and Eve Dion and the Belmonts Andrew Jackson Uncle Floyd Harry Truman Moses Hurricane Agnes Clark Gable Henry Ford Sally Jesse Raphael Korean War Veterans Memorial - George Washington Bridge.

[US71]

I disagree with most people. I think we don't name roads, etc. after people OFTEN ENOUGH.

You're right! We need more Dr Martin Luther King Jr Streets

Or, as I saw in Mississippi back in March: DRMLKST 

[ShawnP]

Not in my party but if BO can get I-49 built from Ft. Smith to Texarkana I'd say name it for him.

[Stephane Dumas]

And besides, what if he turns out to be a complete failure?  How many 'Jimmy Carter' or 'Bill Clinton' Freeways (or other notable things) are there, even in their home states?

Mike

Jimmy Carter got a librairy and the Freedom parkway was shortly once named "Jimmy Carter parkway" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_Library_and_Museum 

Not a president, but the ill-fated mayor de Detroit Coleman A. Young got the City airport and the city hall named after him.

[agentsteel53]

Clinton was a successful president.  That whole "let's cram a house down everyone's throat even if they can't afford it" deal only blew up in the country's face well after his successor, from a rival party, was in office - and said successor has taken the brunt of the blame.  If that's not political success, I don't know what is.

[huskeroadgeek]

I disagree with most people. I think we don't name roads, etc. after people OFTEN ENOUGH.

You're right! We need more Dr Martin Luther King Jr Streets

Or, as I saw in Mississippi back in March: DRMLKST 

I always thought the way they have it signed on I-630 in Little Rock is interesting. The words "King" and "Dr." are in big letters while "Dr. Martin Luther" and "Jr." are in small letters. Most locals just say "MLK" or some older ones might still call it "High St.".

[US71]

I always thought the way they have it signed on I-630 in Little Rock is interesting. The words "King" and "Dr." are in big letters while "Dr. Martin Luther" and "Jr." are in small letters. Most locals just say "MLK" or some older ones might still call it "High St.".

West Memphis is the same way along I-55 :

Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr

[BigMattFromTexas]

He can have some pot-hole infested street that no one drives on...
BigMatt

[bulldog1979]

There's quite the history related to the MLK Blvd in Lansing, MI in the late 1980s. A religious group proposed renaming Logan Street for the late civil rights leader, but the proposal wasn't well received. A second proposal was to rename Allegan Street since it was shorter, ran through the historic black neighborhood and wouldn't impact as many people with the renaming. That idea was even less well received. Allegan Street is one of a number of east-west streets in Lansing named for the counties of Michigan when the city was platted in 1847. A third proposal was to rename the entire Capitol Loop in King's honor. The last idea failed because MDOT had just designed the unique Capitol Loop markers and was about to install them.

Finally, they went back to the first plan and modified it. Logan Street was dual-named for King and General John A. Logan, a Civil War general from Michigan. The street was dual-named until 1994, when the Logan name was dropped.

[Chris]

Was the Ronald Reagan Freeway (CA 118) named after him while he was still in office?

[papaT10932]

I disagree with most people. I think we don't name roads, etc. after people OFTEN ENOUGH.

You're right! We need more Dr Martin Luther King Jr Streets

Bless his heart, my dad always used to say, "How come there aren't any LYNDON JOHNSON BLVDs?!?"

[US71]

Bless his heart, my dad always used to say, "How come there aren't any LYNDON JOHNSON BLVDs?!?"

Lyndon B Johnson St in Manor, TX
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=opera&q=13500+Lyndon+B+Johnson+St,+Manor,+Travis,+Texas+78653&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FcUxzwEdS9Yv-g&split=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=23.875,57.630033&hq=&hnear=13500+Lyndon+B+Johnson+St,+Manor,+Travis,+Texas+78653&ll=30.355324,-97.526944&spn=0.011165,0.016458&z=16

[huskeroadgeek]

Was the Ronald Reagan Freeway (CA 118) named after him while he was still in office?

No. It was named for him in 1994, 5 years after he left office.

[bugo]

Was the Ronald Reagan Freeway (CA 118) named after him while he was still in office?

What about the Ronald Reagan highway in Cincinnati?

[andrewkbrown]

Was the Ronald Reagan Freeway (CA 118) named after him while he was still in office?

What about the Ronald Reagan highway in Cincinnati?

The official name dedication was 1994, replacing Cross County Highway. Total highway was complete in 1997.

[golden eagle]

There's the Ronald Reagan Parkway in Snellville, GA. It opened in the 90s.