[Andy6]

Of course, the City did impose the "Metro Route" numbering system on the city in the 1960s, which is a concession that numbers do make some sense ... although only "Route 90" has become firmly established in the average person's lexicon. "Route 165" initially was used equally with "Bishop Grandin" but now seems to have faded (with "Bishop" seeming to have emerged as an alternative in recent years).

I wonder whether city planners imagined that "85 and 52" would eventually become the jet-age replacement for "Portage and Main".