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[JWBear]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Yes, the ROUTES have names. The freeways have numbers.

No. It's the other way around. Routes are numbered, and they keep the same number from begining to end. I-5 follows a number of different freeways and highways as it runs from the Canadian to the Mexican borders, for example.

Think of all the state routes that follow city streets. The route doesn't have the same street name from begining to end, because it follows several different streets. You often have to make right or left turns onto different streets to stay on the route.

The Interstate and California State Highway systems follow the same logic. Segments of freeway may be named, but those names are only associated with a route number, in many cases, because that route follows that freeway segment for a portion of its length.