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What Interstates Form Your "Home Block"???

Started by thenetwork, January 30, 2018, 11:39:59 PM

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tdindy88

I-65, I-465, I-74, I-275, I-71, and I-265 when it becomes official.


oscar

Just I-495. I live between I-66 and I-395, but there's no Interstate connection east of me between those routes, so I have to make do with I-495 north, south, and east of D.C. as those sides of my "block".
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jwolfer

Middleburg, FL.. my block is i295 and i10 to the north.. i95 to the east.. i75 to the west.. and i4 to the south

Z981


1995hoo

#28
I live east of I-95 and west of the Potomac, so I have to use the "fictional Interstate" option to fill the gap on the east side. The fictional route, if it were real, would change the answer as to the south:

  • I-95 to the west.
  • I-95/495 (Capital Beltway) and Maryland's unsigned I-595 to the north.
  • Fictional extension of I-97 south over the real US-301 to the east.
  • In real life, Virginia's I-295 to the south (approximately 80 miles south), plus I-64 and I-264 to carry it as far as possible to the east. If I-97 were extended south and crossed the river into Virginia, it would likely meet I-95 somewhere north of I-295 and thus would replace all three of those routes in this answer.

If you prefer a fictional Interstate down the Eastern Shore it gets more complicated. Edited to add–I looked at a map and came up with the following: I-95 to the west. I-95/495 (Capital Beltway) and Maryland's I-595, then up I-97 to I-695, around Baltimore on I-695 back to I-95 up into Delaware. Then it's a question of where you'd put the fictional Interstate. Let's assume it would meet I-95 where DE-1 does now. So you'd go from I-95 to the fictional Interstate all the way down over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Then you again have the question of where it meets the existing system. Assume it would follow current US-13 to I-64. So from the fictional Interstate you'd have I-64 up to I-295 to form the southern side of the block, and then up I-95 as the western side.
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wriddle082

I-26 / I-95 / I-16 / I-75 / I-675 / I-285 / I-20 / I-520 / I-20

Rothman

Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

Henry

Actually, I have three:

Chicago: I-90/I-94, I-290 and I-294
Los Angeles: I-5, I-10, I-210, I-405 and I-605
Seattle: I-5, I-90 and I-405
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Aaron Camp

I-74, I-57, I-70, and I-465. I-72 technically extends about a mile or so into this block from I-57, but it lacks a direct connection to any of the other three Interstates that form my home block.

NWI_Irish96

#33
Home location: I-80/94, I-80/294, I-80, I-57, I-74, I-465, I-65

Just for fun doing US routes: US 6, US 45, US 30, US 41

Work location: I-88, I-355, I-290, I-294

Just realized that both my home and work are < 500 feet from an interstate.  Wonder how many people live and work in separate locations that are both that close to interstates?
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Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%

roadman

I-93 to the west and I-95 to the north.  If US 1 were re-designated an Interstate, that would cover the east and south portions of the block.
"And ninety-five is the route you were on.  It was not the speed limit sign."  - Jim Croce (from Speedball Tucker)

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Of years of roads and highway signs" (with apologies to Carole King and Tom Rush)

7/8

INTERSTATES:

West: I-75 from the Soo to Flint > I-475 > I-69 to Port Huron > I-94 to Detroit > I-75 to Toledo > I-280
South: I-90 across OH and PA to Buffalo > I-190 > I-290 > I-90 to Rochester > I-490 > I-90 to Syracuse
East: I-81 to Canada
North: Hudson Bay

KING'S HIGHWAYS (ON):

West: 7 > 8, South: 401, East: 6 > 6/7, North: 7

Eth

I-85, I-285, and I-20, total distance about 37 miles.

For my former residence in Maryland, it would have been I-270, I-70, I-695, I-95, and I-495 (107 miles).

triplemultiplex

90-35-80-88-39

When I lived east of I-43 in Milwaukee, that's an interesting 'block':
75-69-96-196-94-90-94-43-41-94-694-94-29-Canada
(I'm skipping secret 296 there)
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hbelkins



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spooky

Quote from: SectorZ on January 31, 2018, 07:07:12 AM
I-93, I-95, and I-495.

And if our pipe dreams come true and US 3 becomes something (I-89?), I'd literally live within a true block.

I-93, I-95 and I-495 here as well, but the South Shore version. (So really I-93, I-95, I-495, and the ocean.)

fillup420


Thing 342

Blacksburg:
I-64, I-77, I-81. Interestingly, each route has a concurrency with the other two.

Newport News:
Unless I-87 happens (ha), this'll have to do: I-64, I-95, I-40, I-140, (ocean), I-64, I-664

briantroutman

I-76 to the north
I-476 to the east
I-95 (and I-695) to the south
I-83 to the west

My "block"  is quite compact where I live at its eastern edge, but it widens out dramatically to the west. Using the block analogy, its odd to think that I'm on the same block as the White Marsh Mall two states away but that King of Prussia–local to me–is a block away.

Brandon

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ftballfan

North: I-94
East: I-275 -> I-75
South: I-475 -> I-80/I-90
West: I-69

It would be much smaller if the US-23 freeway were an Interstate (I-73?)

dfilpus

North: I-40
East: I-95
South: I-20
West: I-77, I-485, I-85

486 miles.

Chris19001


machias

The Stevenson, The Dan Ryan, The Dan Ryan, the Edens :)

Ok, ok, I-55, I-90/94, I-90/94, I-94. And Lake Michigan.

JCinSummerfield

Same as ftballfan:

94 to the north
69 to the west
80/90 to the south
75 & 275 to the east

Ga293




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