Is your freeway "the 5", "I-10" or "80"?

[maflynn]

For me its 128, i-95 and route 1.

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

My most traveled in NY is .....

BQE (Brooklyn Queens Expressway)
Van Wyck
Grand Central Pkwy


In Manhattan it would be either the West Side Highway or FDR/Hudson.

When I stayed in Santa Monica, Cali, I refer to highways by name. Can't remember how the locals refered to it.

When I stayed in Florida(Pensacola and Jacksonville). People would always say highway then the number. Or Interstate then the number. Never a name.

 

[ucfgrad93]

When I stayed in Florida(Pensacola and Jacksonville). People would always say highway then the number. Or Interstate then the number. Never a name.

I was born a d raised in Florida, I never referred to a highway by name, always the number. I still do that to this day.

 

[elistan]

Old thread, but fun.

In Dallas:

• Two-digit interstate highways are said with no "the," but with the "I." For example, "I-35" and "I-20."
• Three-digit interstate highways are just the number, said with neither "the" nor "I." For example, "635" and "820." I-35 has a special case, however, when the west or east branch are discussed, in which case they drop the "I" and are referred to as "35E" and "35W."
• US and State highways are just the number as well. For example, "75" and "36" and "190."
• Some highways have names, again with no "the." For example, US 75 is also "Central Expressway," 635 is "LBJ," a portion of I-30 is "R L Thornton," a portion of I-35E is "Stemmons." The names are about as common as the numbers.
• The only highway preceded with "the" is "the Tollway."

From what I can tell these rules hold for most of Texas. The only people who I've noticed say things like "the 35" are California transplants.

 

[AlphaDogg]

In Denver our local interstates are Interstate 25, Interstate 70, and Interstate 225. We call them I-25, I-70, and I-225. Though Interstate 225 is most often referred to as just "two-twenty-five."

 

[Applequeen23]

US 60 Mesa Arizona

 

[AustinIllini]

Old thread, but fun.

In Dallas:

• Two-digit interstate highways are said with no "the," but with the "I." For example, "I-35" and "I-20."
• Three-digit interstate highways are just the number, said with neither "the" nor "I." For example, "635" and "820." I-35 has a special case, however, when the west or east branch are discussed, in which case they drop the "I" and are referred to as "35E" and "35W."
• US and State highways are just the number as well. For example, "75" and "36" and "190."
• Some highways have names, again with no "the." For example, US 75 is also "Central Expressway," 635 is "LBJ," a portion of I-30 is "R L Thornton," a portion of I-35E is "Stemmons." The names are about as common as the numbers.
• The only highway preceded with "the" is "the Tollway."

From what I can tell these rules hold for most of Texas. The only people who I've noticed say things like "the 35" are California transplants.

I concur. The only weird thing is Mopac, which is named after the railroad.

 

[zyr123]

Nj park way (garden state parkway), route 80 (depending on the person I call it 80. route 95. The turnpike or pike. 17 is called rt 17. And 4 is called rt 4 normaly.

 

[InvalidUserID]

I just say "237...101...280...680". Haven't heard anyone call them "I-80" or "highway 237". Just the numbers.