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A WORD ABOUT

FREEWAYS

First of all, if it has on-ramps and off-ramps, it’s

a freeway, not a highway. Pacific Coast Highway

(PCH) has no ramps, so it’s a highway; the 101 is a

freeway in many sections, but in some parts of the

state it becomes a highway. New to parts of Califor-

nia are toll roads, which are freeways that are not

free. They’re called simply “toll roads.”

Secondly, it’s essential to know that in Southern

California, all freeways are preceded by the word

“the”: the 101, the 5, the 605, the toll road. And yet

you should never ever call PCH “the PCH.”

This changes in Central and Northern California.

People will say “Highway 99” in the San Joaquin

Valley, and somewhere north of Goleta, the 101

becomes simply 101. In the Bay Area, you do not

put a “the” before a freeway number—you’d say, “Go

south on 101, and then take 156 to Highway 1.”