On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:01:07 -0700 (PDT), TBerk
wrote:

People up (the) Bay Area way don't say 'I saw a crash on THE 101",
they use the numbers like they should be used: The Highway is called
Highway 101.

The point is, that's NOT how it "should" be used. Either is fine. It's
just convention, that varies with culture (even very subtle cultural
differences, in this case). When saying "the 101" in reference to a
highway, "101" isn't really a number, it's a proper noun.

Its not Highway THE 101.

It's not that in Southern California, either, or anywhere else I'm
familiar with.
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