Sen. Cornyn wants to turn US 287 into I-47

[ElishaGOtis]

I'm not in favor of naming anything after anybody who is still alive, no matter how much I like or dislike them.

No naming of any roadway, building, issuing coin or stamp while a person is alive.

So, the following are also out, then:

— President George Bush Turnpike, Dallas
— Edens Expressway, Chicago

Not to mention the President Biden Expressway in Scranton.

Judy Blume Service Area GSP 

[Scott5114]

Even the person being dead doesn't necessarily make it a safe option for a street or highway name—witness the recent heartburn from the streets named after Cesar Chavez, who died in 1993.

Obviously the only real solution is to do what Henderson, NV did for a recent subdivision: name them after Pokémon. Snorlax will never let us down.

[kphoger]

name them after Pokémon. Snorlax will never let us down.

Jigglypuff Highway
Meowth Freeway
Slowbro Expressway
Mr. Mime Turnpike
Lickitung Cutoff

p.s. — There's a song we sing sometimes in church with a line it that says, "Ash was redeemed", and I think of Pokémon every time we sing it.

[PColumbus73]

Even the person being dead doesn't necessarily make it a safe option for a street or highway name—witness the recent heartburn from the streets named after Cesar Chavez, who died in 1993.

Obviously the only real solution is to do what Henderson, NV did for a recent subdivision: name them after Pokémon. Snorlax will never let us down.

Just wait until numbers get canceled and New York City has to rename all of their streets.

[NWI_Irish96]

Even the person being dead doesn't necessarily make it a safe option for a street or highway name—witness the recent heartburn from the streets named after Cesar Chavez, who died in 1993.

Obviously the only real solution is to do what Henderson, NV did for a recent subdivision: name them after Pokémon. Snorlax will never let us down.

Or just do what this subdivision did: https://earthlymission.com/this-street-that-street-the-other-street-canada-street-names/

[Scott5114]

Even the person being dead doesn't necessarily make it a safe option for a street or highway name—witness the recent heartburn from the streets named after Cesar Chavez, who died in 1993.

Obviously the only real solution is to do what Henderson, NV did for a recent subdivision: name them after Pokémon. Snorlax will never let us down.

Just wait until numbers get canceled and New York City has to rename all of their streets.

I mean, there's a reason some states don't have a Route 69....

[LilianaUwU]

Snorlax will never let us down.

Heard he was snorting cocaine, but what he does in his free time is none of our business.

[LilianaUwU]

The funny thing about Chicago people is that the free expressways are typically referred to by name (Kennedy, Edens, Dan Ryan, Eisenhower, Stevenson/Obama) but the tollways are all by number. One of my friends from the area addressed 90 as the Kennedy and I then referred to the portion west of 294 as the Addams and he had no clue what I was talking about.

Yet 355 is still called the North–South Tollway.

At least on the local traffic reports 355 is the Veterans.  I do not recall hearing anyone use the Obama name when refering to I-55.

I'm not in favor of naming anything after anybody who is still alive, no matter how much I like or dislike them.

Québec actually has a rule (at least as of late) where a person needs to be dead for one year to get something named after them. A-50 only got renamed Autoroute Guy-Lafleur after he passed. I have counterexamples, though, such as Rue Élisabeth-II in Neufchâtel that was named this way before she died in 2022.

[kphoger]

Snorlax will never let us down.

Heard he was snorting cocaine, but what he does in his free time is none of our business.

Are we still talking about Dan Moraseski, or did Pokémon take a dark turn that I wasn't aware of?

[ElishaGOtis]

Even the person being dead doesn't necessarily make it a safe option for a street or highway name—witness the recent heartburn from the streets named after Cesar Chavez, who died in 1993.

Obviously the only real solution is to do what Henderson, NV did for a recent subdivision: name them after Pokémon. Snorlax will never let us down.

Or Thomas the Tank Engine 
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JGo6rKuz7RF9bcQJ8?g_st=ic

https://maps.app.goo.gl/XyRwns73oAYXrCmw6?g_st=ic

Even the person being dead doesn't necessarily make it a safe option for a street or highway name—witness the recent heartburn from the streets named after Cesar Chavez, who died in 1993.

Obviously the only real solution is to do what Henderson, NV did for a recent subdivision: name them after Pokémon. Snorlax will never let us down.

Just wait until numbers get canceled and New York City has to rename all of their streets.

I mean, there's a reason some states don't have a Route 69....

[kphoger]

I mean, there's a reason some states don't have a Route 69....

Yeah, I don't know why Nevada doesn't have more two-digit state routes.

[elsmere241]

I mean, there's a reason some states don't have a Route 69....

Yeah, I don't know why Nevada doesn't have more two-digit state routes.

They did, until they overhauled their numbering scheme (around 1980, give or take).

[edwaleni]

Even the person being dead doesn't necessarily make it a safe option for a street or highway name—witness the recent heartburn from the streets named after Cesar Chavez, who died in 1993.

Obviously the only real solution is to do what Henderson, NV did for a recent subdivision: name them after Pokémon. Snorlax will never let us down.

St Louis wasn't long to remove the "Mark McGwire Highway" signs on I-70 after his appearance in Congress.

[kphoger]

Yeah, I don't know why Nevada doesn't have more two-digit state routes.

They did, until they overhauled their numbering scheme (around 1980, give or take).

Sorry, I forgot the [/sarcasm] tags.

[-- US 175 --]

Jigglypuff Highway

You'll go to sleep driving there, run off the road, and wake up with black marker all over your face...     

[TheBox]

Jigglypuff Highway

You'll go to sleep driving there, run off the road, and wake up with black marker all over your face...     

Reading all that, that takes me back to one of those soon (if not already) 2 decade old Pokémon YTPs called "Misty is an idiot", specifically when Jigglypuff started singing where stuff like that exactly happens among other things

Really takes me back to a simpler time on the internet

[The Ghostbuster]

I don't oppose naming US 287 after someone per se. I just believe it should be named after someone else (who's not an idiot).

[Bobby5280]

Segments of highways can get named and re-named repeatedly. The section of I-44 going thru Lawton has been renamed after different people multiple times, usually military veterans who died in battle. For a short time it was named after 2007 Miss America pageant winner (and Lawton native) Lauren Nelson. Then it was named after Bill Burgess Jr, a prominent Lawton businessman and Regent for Oklahoma University. Burgess was still alive when the highway was named after him; he died in 2019.

Even if US-287 can be upgraded to Interstate standards just between Fort Worth and Amarillo it's likely parts of the Interstate would be named after different people. Trump wouldn't get the whole enchilada.

[wxfree]

How often do the feds name highways?

In Texas, some Interstates in cities are known by names such as Stemmons Freeway or LBJ in Dallas.  My understanding is that only the state can name the Interstate freeway, and the names given by the city technically apply to the frontage road (so "Freeway" is a misnomer and it should be the Stemmons Frontage Road).  There's no real difference, because the city street name is used in addresses, since there are no addresses on the freeway.  Two legislatively named Interstate freeways I know of are the Tom Landry and Ronald Reagan Highways, along I-30 and I-20.  I don't know of anyone other than traffic reporters who call them that.  "Tom Landry Highway" is better than "the old turnpike."  Especially with that being so long ago.  How old do you have to be to remember the turnpike?  I don't know of any examples of the feds naming a highway.  Are there any?

[kphoger]

Does anybody care who they name highways after?
Does anybody even know who they name highways after?

Segments of highways can get named and re-named repeatedly. The section of I-44 going thru Lawton has been renamed after different people multiple times, usually military veterans who died in battle. For a short time it was named after 2007 Miss America winner (and Lawton native) Lauren Nelson. Then it was named after Bill Burgess Jr, a prominent Lawton businessman and Regent for Oklahoma University. Burgess was still alive when the highway was named after him; he died in 2019.

Well, I guess that answered my second question.

[Bobby5280]

Two legislatively named Interstate freeways I know of are the Tom Landry and Ronald Reagan Highways, along I-30 and I-20.  I don't know of anyone other than traffic reporters who call them that.  "Tom Landry Highway" is better than "the old turnpike."  Especially with that being so long ago.  How old do you have to be to remember the turnpike?

A person would have to be in their 50's or older to have any in-person memory of the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike. The tolls were removed in 1977. It took considerably longer for many of the old trumpet style interchanges to be remodeled or replaced. I think the dual trumpet interchange with I-30 and Loop 12 is the last remaining one.

Regarding how local residents name the highways, I think it depends on how easy the named version is to say versus saying an Interstate highway number. Most people in the DFW area refer to I-635 at "LBJ Freeway" because "LBJ Freeway" rolls off the tongue better than "I six thirty five."

[LilianaUwU]

A person would have to be in their 50's or older to have any in-person memory of the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike.

Then again, people still call the Yankee Division Highway in Boston "route 128"...

[kphoger]

A person would have to be in their 50's or older to have any in-person memory of the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike.

Then again, people still call the Yankee Division Highway in Boston "route 128"...

And it's been fifty years since the canal route in Wichita (current I-135/US-81/K-15) lost its I-35W number, yet half the people here still call it "I-35".

[roadman65]

I saw articles circulating that I-47 will be named after a controversial figure.   Being I saw it on social media its most likely sarcastic or a troll trying to fuel a flame war by posting the usual on line garbage.

[The_Ginger]

A person would have to be in their 50's or older to have any in-person memory of the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike.

Then again, people still call the Yankee Division Highway in Boston "route 128"...

And it's been fifty years since the canal route in Wichita (current I-135/US-81/K-15) lost its I-35W number, yet half the people here still call it "I-35".

And it's been 45 years since WV 2 was removed from what is today WV 68, but some people still call it "2" or "Route 2." I'm also sure some people still call I-68 "US 48."