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Re:Alphabet Soup: Why Wisconsin's County Highways Are Letter... by wormius on Saturday August 09, 2025 @03:21PM (#44849295)
Growing up we never used "Road" we just said "County (letter)" Probably because the signs themselves never say Road or Highway (at least usually, back in the day, I haven't paid attention recently).

I like the system. It helps reduce confusion in terms of what the "main" (state/interstate) vs the local.

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Re:Alphabet Soup: Why Wisconsin's County Highways Are Letter... by bombcar on Saturday August 09, 2025 @09:53PM (#44852155)
I think part of it is that “the highway” now usually refers to a nice highway or freeway somewhere nearby, and if you say “the county X” without specifics which one, you’re likely to say “county road”.
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