Re:Toll roads are spreading in America
by ProllyInfamous on Saturday December 27, 2025 @08:02PM
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These are not commonly called "slip roads" nor "feeder roads" — they're actually called frontage roads.
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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America
by The_President on Saturday December 27, 2025 @09:10PM
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Yes, they are called both frontage roads and feeder roads by Texans interchangeably. Frontage roads is the official term but feeder is the lingo. Obvious to anyone who knows real Texans.
Re:Toll roads are spreading in America
by fuzzfactor on Sunday December 28, 2025 @08:25AM
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People from small Texas towns (Louisiana too) and no big city driving experience still know what "feeder" roads are.
You can still throw them way off giving directions if you tell them to get off the freeway at Frontage Road, especially with a French Cajun accent ;)
Loads of exits in all locations and directions have a lone sign at the ramp simply saying "Frontage Rd." pointing at the exit.
You have to look at a sign miles earlier to know what exit it really is.
Re:Toll roads are spreading in America
by The_President on Sunday December 28, 2025 @08:38AM
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Or in the case of one particular long causeway on I-10 through Louisiana... Might need to drive by the sign three times to learn the pronunciation and spelling.