Barack Obama Freeway?

[ComputerGuy]

Maybe in Chicago they could rename a freeway or highway in honor of Barack?

[Chris]

It's Chicago, so I guess it would be an "expressway" (although they have one freeway, the "Bishop Ford Freeway")

However, it's too soon in my opinion. I would suggest renaming freeways/expressways after his presidency.

[John]

Yeah I agree, although there is a George Bush Turnpike in Texas.

[Alex]

Yeah, although there is a George Bush Expy in Texas.

There's the President George Bush Turnpike, but its named for his father.
We started a guide for it but have not finished it nor made what was done public: https://www.aaroads.com/texas/pgb_tpk.html
A few trailblazers are pictured there (old and new designs).

[Chris]

George Bush Turnpike, but I believe that one's named after George H.W. Bush, and not the current U.S. president. Although it might be named after Bush sr. when he was still in office.

edit: just too late

[Anthony_JK]

Considering that he will be the first President of color, it would be worthy...but probably better to wait until he is out of office.

And...I don't think that Chicagoans would like to give up the Dan Ryan or the Stevenson monikers for their freeways.  More likely, a boulevard or major city street.


Anthony

[deathtopumpkins]

heh, my next freeway in SimCity 4 will now be named the Barack Obama Freeway.

[Chris]

And...I don't think that Chicagoans would like to give up the Dan Ryan or the Stevenson monikers for their freeways.  More likely, a boulevard or major city street.

Rename the Eisenhower, that way Chicago has no Republican expressways anymore 

[Bryant5493]

I'm sure President Obama will get something in the state he represented named in his honor: a major thoroughfare, building, etc.

[Freewayjim]

Rename I-395 within the DC city limits after him once he leaves office, even if he's a bust as a president he will always be a historical figure and deserve the recognition.

[Duke87]

Personally, it bothers me that daddy Bush already has stuff named after him.
Isn't it supposed to be proper etiquette that you don't name something after someone who's still alive?

Go ahead and name something after Barack, by all means, but wait for him to die first.
Oh, and make it something new. Don't rename something that already has a perfectly good name. *glares at Triborough Robert F. Kennedy Bridge*

[agentsteel53]

I'm sick of naming things after people.  Triboro Bridge is fine.  Or Triborough?  Well, it would be fine if I knew how to spell it. 

*casually attempts to book a trip to Idlewild Airport, fails, and throws himself headlong off the Danielle Van Dam Memorial Overpass*

[Chris]

New York is divided in boroughs, so it's the Triborough bridge 

[agentsteel53]

I've seen it seen "Boro" in a lot of places... there was a movement in the early 20th century to simplify American place names - it resulted in Pittsburgh being renamed to Pittsburg.  Some places kept the change, others did not.  There is now a Pittsburg in California, and a Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.  Marlboro cigarettes exist, but the town in Massachusetts is Marlborough.  It's next to Worcester, which is not to be confused with Wooster, Ohio.


that's not a lopsided image crop, or a fold in his uniform...

[Alex]

I'm sick of naming things after people.  Triboro Bridge is fine.  Or Triborough?  Well, it would be fine if I knew how to spell it. 

*casually attempts to book a trip to Idlewild Airport, fails, and throws himself headlong off the Danielle Van Dam Memorial Overpass*

Couldn't agree with you more. I refuse to call the Delaware 1 C & D Canal Bridge the U.S. Senator William V. Roth, Jr. Bridge. Its the canal bridge, what more does it need to be called?

[akotchi]

Do you know how hard it is to retrofit "Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.," or any of many derivatives, on overhead guide signs?

[travelinmiles]

Maybe the Barack Obama New Jersey Turnpike!

[leifvanderwall]

I would have no problem naming a freeway or tollway after our 44th President. I think the I-355 tollway should be called the Barack Obama Turnpike.

[Brandon]

I would have no problem naming a freeway or tollway after our 44th President. I think the I-355 tollway should be called the Barack Obama Turnpike.

Absolutely not!  It now has a name, the Veterans Memorial Tollway.
Why name a road after a still living person?  I've never understood why we do that.

[huskeroadgeek]

On the subject of renaming highways for people-the worst example I can think of is the Kentucky Parkways. Why did they feel the need to add the name of a politician to most of them? And most, if not all of them are still alive(or were when they were renamed). For that matter, Hal Rogers is still in office(which I guess that isn't that unusual since it seems like about half of the public works projects in West Virginia are named after Robert Byrd). And do people use the extra name much? I know a friend who travels often on the "Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway", but he still just calls it the "Pennyrile".

[agentsteel53]

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.

[tdindy88]

Isn't I-57 (maybe 55 I don't remember) not currently named. I recall of all the Chicago Expressways there was one that was still refered to by number and not name, that would seem to be a logically route to name, it would be close to the Southside too.

[Revive 755]

Isn't I-57 (maybe 55 I don't remember) not currently named. I recall of all the Chicago Expressways there was one that was still refered to by number and not name, that would seem to be a logically route to name, it would be close to the Southside too.

I-55 is the Stevenson Expressway.  Neither I-57 nor I-80 appear to have names.  IMHO it would be better to wait until a current politician is out of office before naming stuff after them - though I would prefer to see more names from other features or figures - there probably isn't an Einstein Expressway anywhere.

Illinois could also name the new I-70 Mississippi river bridge for Obama, but I don't see Missouri liking it.

[huskeroadgeek]

Part of I-80 in the Chicago area is named-the portion of it that is part of the Tri-State Tollway, and the portion multiplexed with I-94 to the IN border is the Kingery Expressway.

[Brandon]

Isn't I-57 (maybe 55 I don't remember) not currently named. I recall of all the Chicago Expressways there was one that was still refered to by number and not name, that would seem to be a logically route to name, it would be close to the Southside too.

I-55 is the Stevenson Expressway.  Neither I-57 nor I-80 appear to have names.  IMHO it would be better to wait until a current politician is out of office before naming stuff after them - though I would prefer to see more names from other features or figures - there probably isn't an Einstein Expressway anywhere.

Illinois could also name the new I-70 Mississippi river bridge for Obama, but I don't see Missouri liking it.

I-80 is the Moline Expressway and I-57 is the West Leg Dan Ryan Expressway.  There's still some rather peeved people after the Calumet Expressway got renamed for some guy in Chicago called Bishop Ford.  A fair number of us still use the 'Cal' name for I-94 there.

/We tend to prefer keeping the old name here in Chicagoland, hence you'll rarely hear "Willis Tower" on the street.