List of control cities in a metropolitan area

[webny99]

Buffalo:
I-90 East: Albany
I-90 West: Erie, PA
I-190 North: Niagara Falls, then Lewiston
And I guess I-990: Lockport is a bit of an edge case.

You forgot one:
I-290 (both directions): Thru Traffic

Oh, of course, the most important of them all! 

[bing101]

Sacramento Area


I-5 North Redding, I-5 South Los Angeles, I-80 East Reno, I-80 West San Francisco


US-50 West Sacramento, US-50 East South Lake Tahoe, CA-99 South Fresno.

CA-113 North Woodland
I-505 North  Winters, Redding
I-505 South San Francisco

[bing101]

San Jose Area


I-280 North and US-101 North San Francisco, US-101 South Los Angeles, I-280 South and I-680 North Sacramento, I-880 and CA-17 South Santa Cruz, I-880 North Oakland.


San Francisco, I-80 East Oakland, Vallejo, Sacramento, I-80 West San Francisco Bay Bridge, Civic Center and to US-101 San Jose
I-580 East Oakland, Hayward, Stockton, I-580 West San Francisco, Sacramento, San Rafael


I-680 South Walnut Creek, San Jose


I-280 South San Jose


US-101 North Civic Center, Golden Gate Bridge, Santa Rosa,  Eureka

[doorknob60]

For Boise (excluding cities in the MSA like Nampa and Caldwell; ):
I-84 East: It's a split between Twin Falls and Mountain Home
I-84 West: Ontario
ID-55 North: McCall
ID-55 South: Winnemucca
ID-21 North: Idaho City

Anything I didn't list doesn't have a significant non-local control city, eg. US-20/26 just use Notus and Parma.

[ilpt4u]

I'm waiting for the Chicagoland post...

I mean, with gems like (Directional) Suburbs, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Iowa...greatest Control *Cities* Ever!

When the I-355 Will County Extension first opened, the signed Control on I-55 for I-355 was simply "Suburbs." If memory serves IDOT/ISTHA removed it after the Tribune Traffic Reporter ran a story highlighting how absurd "Suburbs" is as a Control, when one is already traveling thru various Suburbs on I-55

[Roadgeekteen]

For Boise (excluding cities in the MSA like Nampa and Caldwell; ):
I-84 East: It's a split between Twin Falls and Mountain Home
I-84 West: Ontario
ID-55 North: McCall
ID-55 South: Winnemucca
ID-21 North: Idaho City

Anything I didn't list doesn't have a significant non-local control city, eg. US-20/26 just use Notus and Parma.

I-84 west should use Portland.

[dvferyance]

Milwaukee
I-41 North Fond Du Lac
I-43 North Green Bay
I-43 South Beloit
I-94 West Madison
I-94 East( Really South) Chicago

[Scott5114]

Oklahoma City:
I-35: Wichita, Dallas
I-40: Amarillo, Ft. Smith
I-44: Lawton, Tulsa

[Alex]

Tampa
I-75 North Ocala
I-75 South Naples, always Naples
I-4 East Orlando
I-275 North St Petersburg, Tampa Ocala
I-275 South Tampa St Petersburg Bradenton
US 19 North Clearwater Tarpon Springs
US 19 South Clearwater St Petersburg
SR 589 North Brooksville Crystal River
SR 589 South Tampa
SR 618 East Downtown (Tampa) Brandon
SR 618 West Tampa St Petersburg

[Revive 755]

St. Louis
I-44 WB:  Tulsa (at I-55 and I-270), Rolla ( at MO 141)
I-44 EB:  St. Louis (at MO 141 and I-270), Downtown STL/Illinois (at I-55), Kansas City?  (from this sign near the PSB, though I would like to say it is an early appearance of the control city for WB I-70)

I-55 NB:  St. Louis (at US 67 and I-270), Downtown STL/Illinois (at the western I-44 interchange), Illinois (at the PSB), Chicago (once in Illinois), Springfield (starts at the I-70/I-270 interchange but takes over for a while starting at IL 143)
I-55 SB:  East St. Louis (at a few interchanges in Illinois), St. Louis (at I-70, I-255, I-64), St. Louis and Memphis (at IL 157), Memphis (at the west end of the PSB, the western I-44 interchange, I-270/I-255, Cape Girardeau (at minor interchanges south of I-255/I-270)

I-64 EB:  Chesterfield (at the I-70 interchange in Wentzville), St. Louis (at a number of interchanges in St. Charles and St. Louis Counties), Illinois (first appearance seems to be at Kingshighway), East St. Louis and Louisville (at the PSB Complex), Mt Vernon (appears to start at IL 111 and continues at most interchanges), Louisville (at I-255)
I-64 WB:  East St. Louis, St. Louis (at I-255, the I-55/I-70 interchange and the west end of the PSB), Wentzville (used to start at the partially built interchange for MO 755)

I-70 EB:  St. Louis, Indianapolis (starts at a minor interchange in St. Louis City), Illinois (at I-44), Chicago (where overlapping I-55), Effingham (starts at IL 4)
I-70 WB:  East St. Louis, St. Louis (at I-55 and I-255), Kansas City (starts at the I-55/I-64 interchange and is used for a while), Columbia (appears to start at MO 79 and takes over except at I-64/US 61)

I-170 NB:  Does not appear to ever have a control city
I-170 SB:  Clayton (at I-270, I-70 EB)

I-255 NB:  Chicago (most locations), Illinois (US 50 EB), Chicago and Indianapolis (at I-64 only), To I-270 (starts at I-55/I-70)
I-255 SB:  Memphis (most locations), Memphis and Tulsa (at IL 3 SB), St. Louis County (on IL 3 NB at the southern interchange)

I-270 NB/EB:  Kansas City (at I-55/I-255), Chicago (starts at MO 21), Vandalia, Ill (at Riverview), Effingham (starts at IL 3), Indianapolis (at I-255/IL 255)
I-270 WB/SB:  Kansas City (at I-70/I-55, I-255), St. Charles (number of interchanges in Illinois), Florissant (at Riverview), Kansas City (at MO 367, I-170, US 67), Memphis (starts at MO 370)

MO 21 NB:  St. Louis
MO 21 SB:  Hillsboro, Potosi

IL 255 NB:  Alton, Godfrey (appears to start at IL 111)
IL 255 SB:  To I-270 (most locations), To I-270 and Memphis on the mainline at IL 111/IL 140

MO 364 WB:  St. Charles (at I-270), Weldon Spring (starts with the MO 94 overlap), does not appear to have a control city west of MO 94
MO 364 EB:  Does not appear to have a control city until after the overlap with MO 94 starts, then St. Charles, then St. Louis at the eastern MO 94 interchange

MO 367 NB:  Alton IL (only at I-270)
MO 367 SB:   St. Louis (only at US 67 and I-270)

MO 370 WB:  St. Charles County (at I-270), St Charles (at MO 141), does not appear to be a control city west of MO 141
MO 370 EB:  Does not appear to have one for the first few interchanges, St Charles at Elm Street, St Louis at MO 141

(edited to add the freeway section of MO 21)

[Flint1979]

Detroit

I-94: Chicago and Port Huron
I-96: Lansing (and sometimes Canada for east(really south)bound)
I-75: Toledo and Flint
I-275: Toledo and Flint (*)
I-696: Lansing and Port Huron (*)
M-10: Detroit and Southfield?
M-14: Ann Arbor (wb)
M-8: Nothing?
M-59: Pontiac and Utica at I-75 interchange; Utica/Pontiac and Mt Clemens at M-53 interchange; Utica and Selfridge ANG at I-94 interchange
M-53: Detroit and Imlay City at M-59 interchange

* - although you have to take other routes, in one case 2 others, to get to those cities

Your question marks. For M-10 Southfield is correct. For M-8 it just says Davison Freeway no control city. For I-96 the wording, "Downtown Detroit" is used for the eastbound Jeffries at the Southfield.

[Flint1979]

I'm gonna do Flint, Michigan.

I-69
EB - Port Huron
WB - Lansing

I-75
NB - Saginaw
SB - Detroit

I-475
NB - Saginaw
SB - Detroit

US-23
SB - Ann Arbor
NB - see I-75 NB

[Flint1979]

Saginaw/Bay City/Midland

I-75
NB - Mackinac Bridge
SB - Flint

I-675
Both directions - Downtown Saginaw

US-10
WB - Midland at the I-75 interchange then Clare after Midland
EB - Midland then Bay City after Midland

M-25
EB - Downtown Bay City

M-13 Connector
NB - Kawkawlin/Wilder Road

[amroad17]

Youngstown, OH...

OH 11 North: Ashtabula
OH 11 South: Canfield
I-680 South: Pittsburgh
I-80 West: Cleveland
I-80 East: New York

Scranton, PA...

I-81 North: Binghamton
I-81 South: Wilkes-Barre
US 6 East: Carbondale
I-84 East/I-380 South: Milford/Mt. Pocono (should be New England/New York City)

[jdb1234]

Tampa
I-75 South Naples, always Naples

Not a problem for me. 

As for Birmingham:

I-65 North - Huntsville (used to be Nashville)
I-65 South - Montgomery
I-59 North - Gadsden
I-59 South/I-20 West - Tuscaloosa
I-20 East - Atlanta
I-22 West - Memphis & Jasper
US 280 East - Sylacauga
US 31 South - Montgomery
US 31 North - Decatur (on one sign @ 8th Avenue S)

[Ben114]

Worcester, MA

I-290 West: Auburn, New London CT
I-290 East: Shrewsbury, Marlboro
I-190 North: Fitchburg, Leominster
MA 146 South: Millbury, Providence RI

[Brandon]

Chicagoland
Secondary controls in parenthesis.
Illinois and Indiana are represented.

I-55: Chicago, St. Louis, (Joliet), (Bloomington)
I-57: Chicago, Memphis, (Kankakee)
I-65: Chicago, Indianapolis, "To Toll Road"
I-80: Chicago, Detroit (w/I-94), Toledo, Indiana, Iowa, (Joliet), (Moline-Rock Island)
I-88: Chicago, Aurora, DeKalb, Iowa
I-90: Chicago, Rockford, Indiana, Wisconsin, O'Hare, Ohio
I-94: Chicago, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Indiana, Detroit
I-355: Joliet, Northwest Suburbs, West Suburbs, Southwest Suburbs, "TO {80}"
I-190: O'Hare, Chicago
I-290: Rockford, Aurora, West Suburbs, Chicago
I-294: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Indiana
IL-390: No controls given
IL-394: Danville, Chicago
IL-56: Sugar Grove, Chicago
US-20: Chicago, Rockford
IL-53: North Suburbs (No southbound control)
IN-912: No controls given

[ilpt4u]

Rockford (NB) and St Louis (SB) also make appearances for 355.

Rockford is signed for the I-80 exit to NB 355. St Louis is on an overhead BGS on the northern section of SB 355 between 290 and 88

I believe Des Moines is still signed on one or two BGSs on I-80 WB near I-57

O'Hare appears as a Control on I-294, also

If "To Toll Road" and "To I-80" count as Controls for 65 and 355, respectively, then Lake Shore Drive needs added to the I-55 list, as that is the NB Control between the Dan Ryan and LSD

[debragga]

Alexandria, LA is a pretty good wagon wheel with highway spokes:

I-49 north - Shreveport
I-49 south - Opelousas
US 71 north- Shreveport
US 71 south- Baton Rouge
US 165 north - Monroe
US 165 south - Lake Charles
US 167 north - Winnfield
LA 28 west - Leesville
LA 28 east - Jonesville


Dallas/Fort Worth
I-20 east - Shreveport
I-20/I-30 west - Abilene
I-30 east- Texarkana
I-35E/I-35W north - Denton, then Oklahoma City
I-35E/I-35W south - Waco
I-45 south - Houston
US 67 south - Cleburne
US 75 north - McKinney
US 80 east - Terrell
US 175 south - Kaufman
US 287/US 81 north - Decatur
US 287 south - Mansfield


iPhone

US-175 is east, not south

Also I've always thought it was weird that US 165 from Monroe is signed Columbia (pop. 390) to the south instead of Alexandria (pop. 47,723), and Bastrop (pop. 11,365) to the north instead of Pine Bluff (pop. 49,083 / reached by US 425 from Bastrop) or Little Rock (pop. 193,490 / fastest route also takes US 425 from Bastrop).

[gonealookin]

Reno:

I-80 West:  Sacramento
I-80 East:  Elko
I-580/US 395 South:  Carson City
US 395 North:  Susanville

[Revive 755]

Rockford (NB) and St Louis (SB) also make appearances for 355.

Rockford is signed for the I-80 exit to NB 355. St Louis is on an overhead BGS on the northern section of SB 355 between 290 and 88

I believe Des Moines is still signed on one or two BGSs on I-80 WB near I-57

Unless this sign has been recently replaced there's one for Des Moines.

There's also at least two appearances of "Gary Indiana" and one with just Gary for I-80.

O'Hare appears as a Control on I-294, also

If "To Toll Road" and "To I-80" count as Controls for 65 and 355, respectively, then Lake Shore Drive needs added to the I-55 list, as that is the NB Control between the Dan Ryan and LSD

"TO Indiana Toll Rd" would also need to be added for I-90

[bassoon1986]

Alexandria, LA is a pretty good wagon wheel with highway spokes:

I-49 north - Shreveport
I-49 south - Opelousas
US 71 north- Shreveport
US 71 south- Baton Rouge
US 165 north - Monroe
US 165 south - Lake Charles
US 167 north - Winnfield
LA 28 west - Leesville
LA 28 east - Jonesville


Dallas/Fort Worth
I-20 east - Shreveport
I-20/I-30 west - Abilene
I-30 east- Texarkana
I-35E/I-35W north - Denton, then Oklahoma City
I-35E/I-35W south - Waco
I-45 south - Houston
US 67 south - Cleburne
US 75 north - McKinney
US 80 east - Terrell
US 175 south - Kaufman
US 287/US 81 north - Decatur
US 287 south - Mansfield


iPhone

US-175 is east, not south

Also I've always thought it was weird that US 165 from Monroe is signed Columbia (pop. 390) to the south instead of Alexandria (pop. 47,723), and Bastrop (pop. 11,365) to the north instead of Pine Bluff (pop. 49,083 / reached by US 425 from Bastrop) or Little Rock (pop. 193,490 / fastest route also takes US 425 from Bastrop).

I guess with 165 from I-20, it's hitting the next parish in both directions. Bastrop at least has some size to it. I agree with Alexandria for 165 south. Because Monroe is signed from Alexandria north.

US 167 from I-20 is just as bad. Dubach? Really?


iPhone

[debragga]

Alexandria, LA is a pretty good wagon wheel with highway spokes:

I-49 north - Shreveport
I-49 south - Opelousas
US 71 north- Shreveport
US 71 south- Baton Rouge
US 165 north - Monroe
US 165 south - Lake Charles
US 167 north - Winnfield
LA 28 west - Leesville
LA 28 east - Jonesville


Dallas/Fort Worth
I-20 east - Shreveport
I-20/I-30 west - Abilene
I-30 east- Texarkana
I-35E/I-35W north - Denton, then Oklahoma City
I-35E/I-35W south - Waco
I-45 south - Houston
US 67 south - Cleburne
US 75 north - McKinney
US 80 east - Terrell
US 175 south - Kaufman
US 287/US 81 north - Decatur
US 287 south - Mansfield


iPhone

US-175 is east, not south

Also I've always thought it was weird that US 165 from Monroe is signed Columbia (pop. 390) to the south instead of Alexandria (pop. 47,723), and Bastrop (pop. 11,365) to the north instead of Pine Bluff (pop. 49,083 / reached by US 425 from Bastrop) or Little Rock (pop. 193,490 / fastest route also takes US 425 from Bastrop).

I guess with 165 from I-20, it's hitting the next parish in both directions. Bastrop at least has some size to it. I agree with Alexandria for 165 south. Because Monroe is signed from Alexandria north.

US 167 from I-20 is just as bad. Dubach? Really?


iPhone

I forgot about 167, if I had a choice I'd change it to El Dorado

[bassoon1986]

Alexandria, LA is a pretty good wagon wheel with highway spokes:

I-49 north - Shreveport
I-49 south - Opelousas
US 71 north- Shreveport
US 71 south- Baton Rouge
US 165 north - Monroe
US 165 south - Lake Charles
US 167 north - Winnfield
LA 28 west - Leesville
LA 28 east - Jonesville


Dallas/Fort Worth
I-20 east - Shreveport
I-20/I-30 west - Abilene
I-30 east- Texarkana
I-35E/I-35W north - Denton, then Oklahoma City
I-35E/I-35W south - Waco
I-45 south - Houston
US 67 south - Cleburne
US 75 north - McKinney
US 80 east - Terrell
US 175 south - Kaufman
US 287/US 81 north - Decatur
US 287 south - Mansfield


iPhone

US-175 is east, not south

Also I've always thought it was weird that US 165 from Monroe is signed Columbia (pop. 390) to the south instead of Alexandria (pop. 47,723), and Bastrop (pop. 11,365) to the north instead of Pine Bluff (pop. 49,083 / reached by US 425 from Bastrop) or Little Rock (pop. 193,490 / fastest route also takes US 425 from Bastrop).

I guess with 165 from I-20, it's hitting the next parish in both directions. Bastrop at least has some size to it. I agree with Alexandria for 165 south. Because Monroe is signed from Alexandria north.

US 167 from I-20 is just as bad. Dubach? Really?


iPhone

I forgot about 167, if I had a choice I'd change it to El Dorado

It's time for the Ruston exits to be changed to street names and maybe a secondary sign for cities like Winnfield and ElDorado, AR at US 167. The new exit 83 will say Tarbutton Rd with a Parish route.


iPhone

[Flint1979]

Lansing, MI

I-69
SB - Fort Wayne
EB - Flint

I-96
EB - Detroit
WB - Grand Rapids

I-496
Both directions from I-96 - Downtown Lansing
After downtown Lansing EB - Jackson/Detroit
After downtown Lansing WB - There isn't another freeway until you get to I-69/96 but would most likely be Grand Rapids.

US-127
NB - E Lansing then Clare skipping the more populated Mt Pleasant.
SB Jackson