I-88 goes one for the Gipper

[RetroLounge]

Call it the Ron. Call it "The Gipper." Or call it the Reagan.

But from now on, the East-West Tollway portion of Interstate Highway 88 is officially the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway.

In a special meeting today, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's board of directors unanimously voted to change the tollway's name to honor the nation's 40th president, a native of Illinois, who died June 6.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-040614tollway,1,1529134.story?coll=chi-news-hed

Jesus christ on a stick. And I thought Illinois had a Democratic Governor...

RL

[mbperrin]

1. Actually, this is good! Having to pay to drive on what

SHOULD be a free public road describes Raygun to a tee!

HEE!

[bossfish]

2. Stretches of highway are no big thing...

And Reagan was from Illinois, right?

We have a highway called "Reagan" in SoCal. But we call it the 118...

...probably should be the 666

[T Bone]

3. I-88 bypasses of towns should be renamed the Bonzo Bypass ?

It only follows logically, right?

[depakid]

4. Don't worry- LA's 210 Freeway is the Reagan something or other

and has been for many years, but no one ever calls it that.

[Piperay]

5. Yeah, that's right

and really what better structure to bear the Raygun name then a freeway. I remember when he was Governor here he tried to put a freeway through where I live, luckily people fought hard against it. It Raygun had had his way CA would be nothing but a gigantic freeway. :mad:

[Paulie]

6. We already have a Reagan highway in Illinois

It's Route 12 in Des Planes and Park Ridge, around Waukegan and Golf. WTF!!!

They better not spend any money on sinage for this lame idea!!!