A homeowner in Waukesha for 20 years, Steve is president of the Waukesha Dog Parks Organization and enjoys motorcycling, fishing and staying on top of politics.
In days gone by, I graduated from High School and in the summer between my jobs at two airports, I visited the watering holes in Ixonia. The drive up highway 135 was thrilling. Highway 135 you ask? Oh, that's now county trunk F. Which leads me to today's encounter with road renaming.
At work I received a call from a customer of mine in Green Bay. He had a worker in Pewaukee that needed some material. He said he was looking on the computer at Mapquest and asked if he drives down Redford Road to get to the shop. I said that I think there are only two small street signs identifying Redford Road and twice that many people that call it that. I went on to point out that if the driver has an older map in his truck, it might show Redford as Hwy 164, but the signs, other than Redford, will call it either Hwy 74 or Hwy F, depending where you intersect that ribbon of concrete. If you turn the wrong way, it might be named North Street or maybe St. Paul Avenue if you do a U turn. But if you want to get back home, don't go on 164. Take Highway J. It'll get you to 164 quicker than staying on 164. But J might be 164. You got that?
Someone got paid good money to rename these roads.
