Talk:US 2 freeway (Michigan)
I don't have a really strong opinion on this, but with the current content, this article is terribly misnamed as US 2 freeway (Michigan) -- it should be St. Ignace-Moran Expressway. That freeway USED to be designated as US 2, but is no longer, so unless someone is planning to expand this article very soon, I suggest that this should be moved back to its original name. older≠wiser 14:51, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)
- St. Ignace-Moran Expressway was a made-up name for a freeway that apparently never had a name. This was the best I could think of. --SPUI (talk) 14:55, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, I was about to make an addendum to my original comment that Google doesn't show ANY hits for "St. Ignace-Moran Expressway" and I don't see any mention of it a Chris Bessert's Michigan Highways -- so I don't know if the name is even real. Some sort of citation of the term's use would be helpful. older≠wiser 14:58, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)
- The use seems to be limited to past history of this page and a redirect. Have a look at the page before I moved it - everything says "I made up this name on the spot". By the way, Chris Bessert uses "US 2 freeway":
- "1957 - The first portion of the US-2 freeway opens between Evergreen Shores and M-123 north of Saint Ignace, marking the first freeway segment ever built in the U.P. Also, on November 1, 1957, the Mackinac Bridge opens for traffic, with a new interchange at US-2 adjacent to Straits State Park on the west side of Saint Ignace."
- This seems to be what it was referred to when it was built. I'd go with either expanding this page to include all of the former US 2 freeway, or simply merging it with I-75. --SPUI (talk) 15:06, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- If it becomes about the "former" US-2 freeway, the article should be renamed accordingly. But I would be OK with merging whatever tidbits of information there are regarding the history into the I-75 and US-2 articles. The old redirect should probably be deleted. That name, as I'm finding out, is really quite misleading as the freeway segment never went anywhere near the community of Moran. older≠wiser 15:46, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)
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