Talk:U.S. Route 1/9

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Wouldn't it be better to title this article U.S. Route 1-9 (with a hyphen) instead of with a slash, since that's how it's signed? What was the rationale behind choosing a slash? -- Northenglish (talk) -- 22:41, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Here's my chat on this issue with SPUI

Great idea to create an article for the U.S. Route 1/9 concurrency. Might it make more sense to name the article separating the 1 and the 9 with either a dash or an ampersand, rather than a slash? I always sound out the name of the concurrency as "1 and 9" (or more accurately "1 'n 9"), which may correspond better to the ampersand. From my informal review of signs, it seems that 1-9 appears much more often than 1&9, but I don't recall seeing 1/9 anywhere. Any thoughts???? Alansohn 21:11, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I considered this when I made it (and I think I made all the redirects). Signs typically say 1-9 or 1&9 but NJDOT tends to use 1/9 on their website. --SPUI (T - C) 21:13, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation re state usage of 1/9. I saw that you had created redirects for just about every possible combination and permutation of US/U.S., Route/Highway and the numbers 1 and 9. You'd be hard pressed to guess a link that won't work, but the 1/9 may be the least likely to be guessed. Alansohn 21:16, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I found that discussion shortly after I posted my comment here, but didn't have time to repost.

I still think that using a dash would be better, since the signs are also posted by NJDOT (I believe), and the signs are a better indication of what the public's common usage would be, but as long as there's a redirect, the choice of punctuation doesn't matter enough to me. -- Northenglish (talk) -- 01:06, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Does Route 1&9 intersect with Route 1/9 and if so, would it be major at Route 1 & 9 and so is it applyable on the Route 1/9 info box?

24.228.70.72 19:25, 19 August 2006 (UTC)nextbarker

Get rid of that last question

Does Route 21 intersect with Route 1/9 and if it does is, is it acceptable on the Route 1/9 info box