On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:54:55 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:53:16 -0400, Dave Smith
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> sf wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:13:00 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> >>> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> controlled-access highway?
> >>> What the H*LL is a controlled-access highway? A payway?
> >>>
> >> AKA limited access highway. It is a road where the access is limited to
> >> specific locations, like ramps, as opposed to one that can be accesses
> >> directly from parking lots and driveways.
> >
> > Is that lawyer speak?
> >
>
> Not at all sf. It is a term that anyone around here should know when
> they get their driver licence.

I've been driving since I was 16. That has never come up on a
driver's exam and it's certainly not used in every day conversation.
Maybe if I knew city planners or civil engineers I would know the
term.

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