Which Interstate Highway Is Closest To Your Home?

[arwalden]

I'm just 4 miles away from I-95





edit: clarity

[Dora]

1. I-35

It's a big zipper stretched across the corn-fed belly of America.

I work right next to it, and avoid it as much as I can.

[flamingyouth]

2. Interstate 5

Runs right through it.

[Arugula Latte]

71. Me too. Five is the biggie. n/t

[philosophie_en_rose]

78. I-5 is about 1/2 mile away.

Craziest stretch of highway ever.

[Stardust]

112. The Four Oh Five!

Long ago I watched I-75 being built practically in my back yard and was one of the first to ride on it. It was like wooooooooH. Smooooooooooth.

[Tikki]

158. The Interstate 5...but, the US 101 runs straight through...

the town I live in.



Tikki

[Misunderestimator]

3. A few miles from...

[sundog]

16. that's a b-list highway

i'm on I-25

a-list all the way

[Misunderestimator]

23. Yes, and I suppose that's an a-list "city" you live in too.

:P

:bounce:

[sundog]

24. yes it is

it's a lovely place to live

you're jealous

you always were

[Misunderestimator]

27. and always will be

[sundog]

29. i already know i don't live in a great city

you don't have to tell me all over again

[Misunderestimator]

37. oh, but you *make* it a great city!

:loveya:

[fishwax]

62. I-25 is definitely a-list

I grew up just a short drive north of where that road ends. I feel like I've spent half my life on that road, and have just about every turn from Buffalo WY to Raton NM memorized.

[sundog]

70. i live an hour north of where it begins

:D

[fishwax]

130. cool! that must be around

truth or consequences? I got to look on mapquest--for the most part, my familiarity with I-25 ends at Raton, but I did go from Santa Fe to Socorro (before heading west to AZ on highway 60) on vacation a couple of years ago. All gorgeous country! :)

[China_cat]

4. 95 right now

but 79 where I grew up.

[KitchenWitch]

5. Both I-35W and I-494 go through my community.

[Mutley]

6. I'm two or three miles from this highway...

Closer to I-695.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

7. Rt. 80 has two exits in my town.

I'm about an equal distance to Rt. 287 but it's really one town over.

[SeattleGirl]

8. Interstate 5

A mile down the hill from my house.

[jobycom]

9. Hometown? 10. Current town? 35. nt

[jus_the_facts]

10. I-20 runs straight through here....

....and the overpasses all on-ramps need extensive repair to 'em...and people need to get their heads outta their asses while drivin' but that's a whole other subject and thread altogether! :D

:hi: :loveya: :*

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I'm a couple of miles from the 405..........

Which eventually merges with Interstate 5......

Hmm, I can't remember if the 405 is an interstate, or not......

Edited to add: The 405 is an interstate!

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. I knew some SoCaler was gonna stick a 'the' in here

Tell me, Peggy — do you drive on The Sepulveda Boulevard, too? :rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Why are you being a meanypants to me?

Really, what's wrong with saying 'the' 405?

Never heard anything about that before..........

:cry:


Edited to add: And you really are picking on me! L A Woman did the very same thing!

:cry: :cry:

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. Yeah, but you were first

:P

Nothin' wrong with sayin' "The 405" — if you also say "The Mulholland Drive." :rofl:
It's just another way we NorCalers have of showcasing our superiority over SoCalers.



But, to answer the OP's question, I live closest to...



:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. Oh I see........

Well, you know.......

Truly superior people don't need to say so.......

Just sayin'.........

[Jamastiene]

52. Don't worry, "The 405" sounds much much better

than the generic form. :hug: :pals:

The rest of you need to quit picking on CaliforniaPeggy. You meanies.

[Misunderestimator]

67. It's so true though... and funny... after living there for nine months...

now it seems weird to imagine someone saying anything but "the 405" there. Even though it would be even weirder to say "the 94" here. Strange regionalism that is.

And is California the only place they call highways "freeways?"

:hi:

[Ediacara]

166. No, it's a general western thing to use freeway

And a highway is much different from a freeway. Freeways have on and off-ramps, prohibit pedestrians and bicycles, and do not have stop lights. Highways on the other hand are intersected by cross streets by way of stop lights and sometimes allow pedestrians and bicycles. All interstates are freeways, many US highways are freeways in at least some areas, and many state routes are only highways.

I'd actually posit that it's the non-westerners who confuse everyone by using the wrong name for freeways :-)

[Misunderestimator]

167. Well, La-dee-da!

:P :D

[Gormy Cuss]

33. Ooh! You NorCal elitist!

My friends who are Bay Area natives taught me that distinction when I first moved here. There's '101' here, but 'the 101' begins around Santa Barbara...

[Kickin_Donkey]

100. Yep. We in NorCal never use the "the" ...

It's just 99 or 101 or I-80 or Highway 50.

Whenever I hear the SoCal regionalism calling a highway "the 10" or "the 5" it sounds strange to me.

When I'm down south, I never call the freeways by numbers -- it seems like they're geographically named down there: the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5), the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10) , the San Diego Freeway (I-405), the Ventura Freeway (101), the Hollywood Freeway, the Golden State Freeway, etc. So, I never use the numbers, but the name.

[Gormy Cuss]

102. On a recent thread someone referred to Hwy 1 north of the GG bridge

as "the PCH." Took me a minute to figure that out.;-)

[taught_me_patience]

87. yep 2 miles from the 405 parking lot

and 2 miles from the 10 parking lot.

[LibDemAlways]

107. You aren't kidding. I've sworn off the

Westside unless absolutely necessary. I remember breezing down the 405 from the South Bay to the Valley midday without even slowing down, but that was about 40 years ago. Now you can't do it at 2 AM without running into congestion. Horrendous.

[Broken_Hero]

12. well

from my hometown, none...but where I'm living now, I-44 is the closest one to me now...I-44 is the closest...

[Reverend_Smitty]

13. Less than a mile from I-195

exit 3B...which is less than 3 miles from the NJ Turnpike (exit 7A) and less than 3 miles from I-295 (exit 60)...yeah yeah I'm from NJ and I live near a bunch of interstates...I don't want to hear the jokes because believe me I've heard them before. On the plus side, there is always a quick and effective way to get to my house from almost anywhere!

[L A Woman]

14. hmmmmm

i'm right off the 101 but that's not an interstate, so I guess the 405.

my original hometown is off I-77.

[WCGreen]

126. Lpst another one to California...

I am close to I-90, I-71 and I-77....

[Dervill Crow]

182. I don't get it.

Hwy. 101 runs through California and Oregon, so I wonder why it isn't considered an interstate since it runs "interstate."

[LSK]

15. I can see I-355 from my work

I-90, I-294, I-290, I-94 are all within 10 miles of me. I-80 is about 40 miles south of me.

[Gormy Cuss]

17. Hometown,I- 95. Now,I-80 and its little spawn 680.

Three digit interstates are just spurs after all. :P

[Mojambo]

18. Interstate 90

About 3 miles away

[Madrone]

105. Same here.

90 - about 3 miles.

[tinfoil tiaras]

20. I-55

Runs straight through Jacktown...ride on it everyday...

[CottonBear]

21. 30 - 40 minutes from I-85 to the north & 1 hour from I-85 to the west. n/t

[texanwitch]

25. I live close to I-10.

Real close, I can hear the sounds of the trucks changing gears.

[last_texas_dem]

132. I'm very near I-10, too

Going east through Texas, my town is the last stop on 10 before you hit Louisiana.

[datasuspect]

136. mid county here

live right on top of US 69 btw beaumont and p.a.

[dogday]

156. I live off I-10 as well

On the west side of I-10 in Oiltown....

[txwhitedove]

26. Take your pick. I'm outisde the 610 Loop, but inside Beltway 8, and...

North of 59, but south of I-10,equally distant from all 4.

[trackfan]

28. If spurs count, the 110, else the 5

[liberalpress]

30. 24,65,40 (Nashville... what can I say?)

[Ouabache]

109. I-65 here too, but unfortunately not near Nashville

nt

[yellowdogintexas]

178. ah yes the Grand Convergence. And people wonder why

Nashville has such atrocious traffic!

At least the signage is greatly improved from my years there.

[Burma Jones]

32. 3 miles from 270

[LiberalEsto]

49. Same here! nt

[auntAgonist]

35. 4.5 miles South of I-94

[Kellanved]

36. Hmm. I-95, I guess

Practically directly behind the house, just 3500 miles away.

[arwalden]

38. ~

:rofl:

[sundog]

50. what? no love for Bundesstraße 96a?

:D

[Kellanved]

134. B96a?

Nice street, but not an interstate :D

[sundog]

151. hey i tried man

i don't know how to read a fucking german street map :D

[femmocrat]

39. I-70

[xmas74]

82. So am I.

I'm near the KC area. What part are you?

[bertha katzenengel]

40. I-95 n/t

[begin_within]

41. I-15 is one mile away, I-8 is 2 miles, I-5 is 5 miles.

[Jack_Dawson]

120. So...

You live in North Park. City Heights. Or Tierra Santa.

:beer:

[KamaAina]

42. H-1, probably less than a mile.

We do too have interstate highways in the middle of the ocean so stop saying that! They were originally built to facilitate transfer of materiel between the various and sundry military bases (all four branches) that make O'ahu one of the most militarized places on Earth. While we're waiting for WWIII (any day now :scared: ), they're useful for creating gridlock that would get even a SoCaler's attention.

One wonders why the 'H-' designation is placed in front of them; we only have H-1, H-2 and H-3, (and now H-201, the former HI 78) and the lowest number in use on the mainland is 4, Tampa-Orlando-Daytona. What, the puny little island state can't have the lowest number? Sheesh.

[arwalden]

48. H-1... One Of My Favorite Highways

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

43. Where I grew up, I was equally close to I-10 and I-35. Now, just 35.

[calico1]

44. I-95..about 1 mile away. n/t

[catbert836]

45. I-90, which intersects with I-79

not so far way.

[hopein08]

89. Exact same as catbert...I-90 & I-79

[Blue-Jay]

46. 80/90 I can hear the trucks if I walk outside.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

47. I'm equal distance from I-235 and I-40...

[Floogeldy]

90. Actually, sweetie . . .

That's I-35. ;)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

170. Well, it's marked I-235...

You know, the one that turns into broadway in edmond?
Duckie

[Jamastiene]

51. They are turning Highway 74 into an Interstate.

I live in the town where Highway US #1, US 220, and Interstate 74 intersect each other. Highway 1 and 220 junction in the county where I live and the junction is what crosses the new Interstate 74 right near the bypass they just put in. And they are adding Interstate 73 bypass here too. I don't completely understand the difference between all the road names. I just follow what the map says when I go anywhere.

Richmond County (Rockingham) is known as the "hub" for major drug trafficing because #1 goes all the way from Florida to Maine and 74 goes from the beach to who knows where. We are a small town full of cocaine, crack, meth, speed, some heroin, and who knows what else. I never went far enough into the drug scene to get to the harder drugs, but I've heard they are plentiful here. It's something my aunt points out every time I ask anything about this place. It's the "hub of the southeast," she always says. :shrug:

[City Lights]

53. I-94. I'm a wee bit east of it.

:hi:

[eyesroll]

145. Ditto, only I'm about 40 minutes to an hour north of you.

(Depending on where in the county in your profile you are.)

[CatholicEdHead]

54. Seven miles from I-90

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

55. 6 blocks from I-35W.

[Meshuga]

56. I-270

a few miles from the Beltway in the DC metro area

[rug]

57. I-84

[NewJeffCT]

73. me, too

Only in Connecticut.

[rug]

76. Drive on down someday.

Second exit in PA.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

58. closest to I-40

[NC_Nurse]

59. Me too! I-40 baby!

:D
I don't think South 15-501 counts does it?

[ncrainbowgrrl]

63. probably not.

I doubt that most people have heard of 15-501! :hi:

[conflictgirl]

60. About 8 miles from I-75 here.

[Scurrilous]

74. The southern terminus of I-75 is about 1/2 mile from my house. n/t

[RebelOne]

137. I'm about 5 miles from I-75 in the Atlanta metro area.

[politicat]

61. I-25 and I-70

I'm about 14 miles from both.

[fishwax]

131. must be around denver

:)

[politicat]

161. Boulder County.

So, yeah.

[fishwax]

64. I-57

[Critters2]

172. I used to live a mile from 57 in central Illinois

[bicentennial_baby]

65. I-93? 95?

Both? :shrug: I live in Quincy, MA :shrug:

[Ariana Celeste]

66. Just a little off I-70

:hi:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

68. I-5.

I've driven the entire length several times, and as far as interstate highways go, it's my favorite.

[sarge43]

69. I-93

About five miles due west

[RetroLounge]

72. About a mile from I-94

RL

[Xipe Totec]

75. I-95 goes to Stuttgart? WOW!

:yoiks:

I kid, I kid!

Actually, I'm less than 4 miles away from I-95 AND I-93.

:hi:

[grannylib]

77. About equal distance west of I-35 and north of I-90. 'bout 45 min. either

way.
I-90 is infamous fer gettin' shut down in snowstorms here in Minnesnowta, ya shure yew betcha...

[XemaSab]

79. The 101

Oh yeah.

FWIW, I have also lived near the 580, the 5, hwy 1, and hwy 41.

[Stardust]

114. Sorry, but I don't think The 101 is an Eye (or I woulda claimed it, too:)

[XemaSab]

122. It goes into Oregon

Therefore, it is an interstate.

[Stardust]

124. But is it an Interstate? Does it sport the Red, White & Blue Interstate

Sign? Who cares, right? It's a great highway even without the stinkin' sign.

[Kickin_Donkey]

127. It may be an interstate highway, but it's not an Interstate Highway.

The Interstate Highway System is the national network of freeways established by the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956.
That's why it's U.S. 101, not Interstate 101.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System

[Ediacara]

163. 101 is a US highway

The highest numbered interstate is 99, although 95 is the highest major interstate.

US highways have a black on white shield:


Interstates have a red and blue shield:

[JVS]

155. WRONG!

[nicktom]

80. I-5, about 2 miles away.

[nytemare]

81. I-4 in O-town is about a half mile away.

Funny thing is, it isn't REALLY an interstate, since it just runs from Tampa to Daytona. Leave it to Florida to mess it up.

[NoPasaran]

83. A few miles west of I-35

[ScreamingMeemie]

84. about a mile from I-94.

:ih:

[greendog]

85. 120 miles from I-94

~

[onecent]

86. I-35 n/t

[mtnester]

88. 4 miles from I 70 - Ohio

[TN al]

91. About 200 yards from I-40

[NewWaveChick1981]

92. 6 miles from I-85. 12 miles from I-40.

:hi:

[bridgit]

93. i'm like 8 blocks from a major 5, 50 & 80 interchange...

i can go wherever :woohoo:

[Floogeldy]

94. I-40 and I-35 intersect in the middle of my town!

There are so many trucks rumbling through OKC that (fill in punch line here)____________________________________________.

:)

[yellowdogintexas]

179. have they finished with that new interchange YET?

the one that has been under construction for like 7 years?

[Floogeldy]

181. The one where the trucks are constantly tumping over?

Probably not. ;)

[caty]

95. I live a few

blocks from I75 and our place up north is a few miles from I75.

[Initech]

96. I'm about equidistant from I-5, I-10, and I-15

In other words - I'm at the intersection of hell!!! :evilgrin:

[MrScorpio]

97. I-64

Just a stones's throw away

[hiro]

98. I-476

All hail the Blue Route!

-H.

[nykiera]

99. About a mile from I-81.

[Stardust]

118. It ran along my land in Watertown.

[Jara sang]

101. H3

But it's three islands away.

[Beware the Beast Man]

103. 271

But as far as a major interstate is concerned, I-90.

[LibDemAlways]

104. I am two miles from the 101 as it

passes through the Conejo Valley in California....and I never realized that using "the" in front of the interstate # pegged me as an inferior Southern Californian! Live and learn.

[Stardust]

116. Not an Eye - the mighty 101 (P.S. methinks the NorCals are a wee bit

jealous of us SoCals. But don't rub it in, let em' think they are superior. Then we'll have it more to ourselves.) I've actually lived in both and they might as well be separate states. Both severly cool, though, in their own way.

[Arger68]

106. My town is at the junction of I-35 & I-90.

My house is closer to I-35, though.

[The Sushi Bandit]

108. NONE!! I LIVE ON MAUI!!!

there isnt another state to drive to!!

[dysfunctional press]

125. wrong answer...

the closest interstate to your home is on oahu.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/hawaii01.htm

[The Sushi Bandit]

153. H1 is in name only and no one on Maui can drive to it!

they had it built with interstate funds but the sad fact is...it dont go anyway near another "state" (aka inter-state)

[dysfunctional press]

154. it's still the closest to your home...

and that's all that the question was asking.

if you don't consider them to be interstates, then the closest one to your home is probably one that starts(or ends) in san diego.

[The Great Escape]

110. Interstate 77

Cleveland OH to Columbia SC

[Blue_In_AK]

111. Whichever one is furthest north in Washington State...

1500 miles or so.

[BreweryYardRat]

113. I-75.

[Stardust]

117. I watched I-75 being built. It was as smooooth as glass, it was.

[BreweryYardRat]

121. Cool.

Wish it was like that now.

[ChoralScholar]

115. in Harrison, AR

we are 65 miles from I-44, 70 miles to I-540 (Future I-49), and about 108 from I-40.

[Stardust]

119. Anybody live near the Can o' Worms in Rochester, NY? What a goat rope!

[donheld]

123. This one

[Hissyspit]

128. 30 Minutes to I-95

Also near I-73

[dysfunctional press]

129. east of edens. by two miles. I94

[njdemocrat106]

133. I'm about 8 miles from I-195 here in NJ...

What exit? :evilgrin: 31A - Route 547

I live about 3-4 miles from the Garden State Parkway, though technically that's not an interstate.

[Skittles]

135. GEORGE BUSH

oh yeah :puke:

oh wait - I don't think that's interstate....I-35 maybe?

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

138. Just east of I-294 off 95th Street exit.. n/t

[terrya]

139. I-55 I guess.

:shrug:

[China_cat]

140. I said 95 at the moment

but I just realized that that's wrong. I-26 is just about 8 blocks from here.

[noonwitch]

141. I-75 and I-696

Get your kicks on 696-it's suburban Detroit's autobahn.

[Fox Mulder]

142. I-94

Ten miles away.

[Magrittes Pipe]

143. Buy me a 6-pack of Stroh's.

[Bridget Burke]

144. I-10.

When Houston floods, I-10 shuts off downtown, since a section goes under another highway. The neighborhood becomes much quieter.

The Blasters played at Fitzgerald's some years ago. This Houston club is about a block from an on ramp to I-10. One of the Alvin brothers invited everyone to visit. "Just get on I-10, head west, & get off at the Downey exit."

[Hugin]

146. Interstate? Look, all I have around here is goat trails.

Really.

[nuxvomica]

147. I-87

We call it "The Northway" up here.

[TheMightyFavog]

148. I-43

It's about 45 minutes to the south.

[jakefrep]

149. I80-90

I'm about 10 miles away from the Ohio Turnpike.

[LynneSin]

150. Delaware is one major Interstate

Not only am I near I95, but also very close to I295 and I495

[dpbrown]

152. I-35

But by my house it's split into I-35E and I-35W.

[tallahasseedem]

157. I-10

Its only about a mile away from my house here in Tallahassee.

[StellaBlue]

159. I am about nine blocks from I-35.

Which is a NIGHTMARE.

[ProfessorGAC]

160. I'm Closest To I-55, But. . .

. . .I-57 is pretty close too! One is about 4 miles west, the latter about 9 miles east. Then, i'm about 10 miles south of I-80, which is in South America. At least that's what folks who live in Chicago think! :evilgrin:
The Professor

[Critters2]

173. We must be fairly close. nt

[smtpgirl]

162. I-270 & I-370 in Montgomery County Maryland

http://www.roadstothefuture.com/I270_I370

[Ediacara]

164. I-90 from Seattle to Boston

I'm closer to Seattle than Boston, but really not that close to either....

[reyd reid reed]

165. I-25

Runs right behind my house.

[schmuls]

168. it's about 3 miles to I-43

[Shell Beau]

169. I-55 and I-20 are equally close to me!! Both within 5 or so miles!!

[Critters2]

171. One mile south of Interstate 80

14 miles east of 39. Maybe 25 miles north of 55.

Geez, why don't I just give you my address!

[SofaKingLiberal]

174. about a mile from I-4

[nosillies]

175. I'm tucked in the little triangle where 4 and 95 meet

[Taverner]

176. 680 and 580 are within walking distance

And I-5 is only 15 minutes

[Kali]

177. I-10 runs right through the ranch - 1/4 mile from the house

the house


towards the Texas Canyon rest stop






why is this so big? I reduced them both.

[yellowdogintexas]

180. Interstate 20 is less than a mile north of my place and I am

maybe 3 miles from the I-35/I-20 Interchange.

Another 7 miles to the North is the I-35/I-30 Mixmaster.

[Dervill Crow]

183. I got a spanking because of I-5.

Walking home from school, I lost my report card in the mud when they were moving houses out and excavating where I-5 runs through North Portland. My mom accused me of burying it in the mud on purpose. I was astonished that she could think such a thing, and even after she talked to my teacher and found out my grades were exemplary, I never did get an apology.

Dang, 45 years (or so) later and my feelings are still hurt over that.

But I digress. I live close to I-205, which loops east of I-5.

[Homer Wells]

184. I-77, 13 miles from the Ohio border

[RedXIII]

185. H3

[RoyGBiv]

186. I-40 ...

1 mile.

[MikeH]

187. I-15, I-805, and I-5

I am right between I-15 (about 3-4 miles to my east) and I-805 (about 3 miles to my west). And I am close to where I-805 merges with I-5.

[ellie]

188. I-75 is down the street

and around the corner.