Redsnake, I agree with your husband, this intersection, should not be considered a 4-way intersection. The streets are just too far apart!
Norad, it was never designed as a 4-way intersection. I am sure some of the "oldsters" remember when we had the "old country rd." A two-lane paved rd, no Buenger, no Emert, & Gary was a dead-end, no thru way. The "old country rd", looked much the same as the old Mockingbird lane.
Streets were added in later, hence the mish-mash.
3-Dee, I don't mind people using Gary as the cut thru, BUT we really hate it when folks run down it at 35-40 mph & run the stop signs!! So beware.