_Dead End_ is...

[Jeff Prucher]

Whereas in Berkeley, there are streets marked "No Outlet" that do eventually (after making a turn or three) connect to through streets; I can't even guess what "no outlet" is supposed to mean in that context. But considering the lengths that Berkeley has gone to to limit traffic on some residential streets, it's possible that they put the signs there just to reduce traffic. (The experience of unexpectedly being unable to take what appeared to be a direct route on side streets is known as "being Berkeley'd" in my ecolect.)

Jeff


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> From: Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM>
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>No outlet has a different meaning in my experience. It means that while there are turns off the present road, they all tie into each other so there is literally no outlet.
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>I know I see this in Seattle, and I probably saw it in Alaska as well.
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>Benjamin Barrett
>Seattle, WA
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>On Aug 22, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>> "No Through Street" in Saint Louis
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>> "Street Not Through" in Los Angeles
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>> "No Outlet" in Wilkes-Barre.
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