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Is your freeway "the 5", "I-10" or "80"?
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My most traveled in NY is .....
BQE (Brooklyn Queens Expressway)
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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.
BQE (Brooklyn Queens Expressway)
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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.
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.
Old thread, but fun.
In Dallas:
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.
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.
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."
I just say "237...101...280...680". Haven't heard anyone call them "I-80" or "highway 237". Just the numbers.