Freeways that are now Interstates, but are still commonly known by a prior name

[pianocello]

How about the former I-164 in Evansville?  Is it referred to as 69 now?  Was it ever called 164, being just a short spur? 

164 was not a short spur. But anyway, locals will use both 164 and 69 depending on who you talk with.

I've only been a local for a little more than a year, but I feel like "69" is by far the most common way to refer to the road at this point. It helps that it extends (almost) all the way to Indianapolis now.

[epzik8]

By a stretch, some locals may still refer to I-97 in Maryland as "Route 3" since it's partially an upgrade of the latter.

[TEG24601]

Interstates Specifically:


I-84 between I-5 and I-205 in Portland is commonly referred to as the Banfield.  It was originally the Banfield Freeway, then got US 30, then I-80N (temporarily), then I-80N became I-84, and it became permanent.


Other freeway segments in and around Portland have names, but the ones that became Interstates, largely dropped those names, even the ones that are official.  No one calls I-405, Stadium Freeway; or I-5 north of the Freemont Bridge, Minnesota Freeway.  However, a lot of the other freeways still get called by the Highway Names, largely due to Oregon's system of having Highway Names/numbers and separate (and often different) route numbers.


Washington seems to have largely avoided this for the Interstates, as I cannot think of a named Interstate in Washington.  But several of the State Route freeways and expressways have names, often used in traffic reports, sometimes based on the road or highway they replaced, and other times they just seem random.

[jp the roadgeek]

No mention of I-83 inside the Baltimore Beltway being called "The JFX"?

A few old stragglers in CT may still refer to the East Hartford-Sturbridge portion of I-84 as Route 15/Wilbur Cross Highway, or I-395 as Route 52. 

[roadman65]

No mention of I-83 inside the Baltimore Beltway being called "The JFX"?

A few old stragglers in CT may still refer to the East Hartford-Sturbridge portion of I-84 as Route 15/Wilbur Cross Highway, or I-395 as Route 52. 

But in Mass they still won't let go of Route 128.

Shows how New Englanders differ on things with different borders.

[index]

The northerly half of I-277 in uptown Charlotte is still more commonly referred to as the Brookshire Freeway, whose name predates the designation of the route.

[JustDrive]

No one in Southern Nevada refers to I-515 as such. It's always been "95"

[ilpt4u]

No one in Southern Nevada refers to I-515 as such. It's always been "95"

That's ok. 515 is going bye-bye anyway, to be replaced with 11

[roadman65]

No one in Southern Nevada refers to I-515 as such. It's always been "95"

That's ok. 515 is going bye-bye anyway, to be replaced with 11

And they'll still probably call it US 95 after that.

[zachary_amaryllis]

I-49 in the Kansas City area - and through western Missouri - is often called "Highway 71" or "71 Highway".

I-64 in St. Louis is still commonly referred to as "Highway 40".

Throughout the country, what are some other freeways that are now signed as Interstates, but where the local residents of the area still often call them by the number or name they were known as prior to the Interstate designation? I'm sure there are many such roads.

I heard the best pronunciation of that road, once. "Sixty-foe-foedy". Music.

[zachary_amaryllis]

I-25 through downtown Denver is still called the Valley Highway by many old-timers as well as traffic reporters.

Wasn't I-70, just 48th ave or something, before it was I-70? (tho, I don't hear anyone calling it that..)

[thenetwork]

In Detroit I-275 doesn't have a freeway name attached to it.

However, I-275 north of M-14 is known more as I-96, even though I-275 came first before the Jeffries/I-96 was completed and the duplex was official.

In Cleveland, I-90/SR-2 between downtown and Bratenahl is more known as the East Shoreway.  Some still call it the East Shoreway between Bratenahl and the 90/2 eastern split in Euclid, even thought that stretch is technically the Lakeland Freeway.

And it's known more as the West Shoreway than SR-2 (and/or US 6 & 20)....

And it's the Innerbelt through downtown, not I-90.

Annnnd regardless of which way you're going on I-90 on the west side of town, that whole stretch past I-71 is called...90 West.

[GaryV]

I-275 north of M-14 is known more as I-96,

No, it's not. All traffic reports I've ever heard treat I-275 as a whole, both north and south of M-14. I-96 is treated as two sections, the Jeffries Freeway section and the Novi and westward section.

Sure, I-96 is signed and is primary for exit numbers. But it's not primary in people's minds.

[Flint1979]

In Detroit I-275 doesn't have a freeway name attached to it.

However, I-275 north of M-14 is known more as I-96, even though I-275 came first before the Jeffries/I-96 was completed and the duplex was official.

In Cleveland, I-90/SR-2 between downtown and Bratenahl is more known as the East Shoreway.  Some still call it the East Shoreway between Bratenahl and the 90/2 eastern split in Euclid, even thought that stretch is technically the Lakeland Freeway.

And it's known more as the West Shoreway than SR-2 (and/or US 6 & 20)....

And it's the Innerbelt through downtown, not I-90.

Annnnd regardless of which way you're going on I-90 on the west side of town, that whole stretch past I-71 is called...90 West.

No it's not it's always been called I-275 and I-96 has two sections to it. I-96 was supposed to follow Grand River into Detroit. I-275 was supposed to reconnect with I-75 near Davisburg. It's always called I-275 on traffic reports.

[bwana39]

In Dallas, most of the freeways still get called by the freeway name.

I 30 east  of I-35E is RLT (R.L. THornton)
I 35E South of downtown (all the way to the Dallas county line) is also RLT. (RLT was originally US-67.)
I-35E N of I-30 is the Stemmons Freeway (or just Stemmons).
US-75 is Central Expressway.
I-635 and the part of I-20 from 635 to the Tarrant County line is  LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson).
US-175 is the Hawn Freeway.
I-30 west of downtown is either called " The Old Turnpike" or Tom Landry Hwy.
SH-183 is the Airport Freeway in the City of Irving.
SH183 in Dallas is the Carpenter Freeway
SH-114 in Irving is the Carpenter Freeway (There is like a mile and a half between the city limits and the 183 / 114 split)
Loop 12 from I-35E (Stemmons Fwy) to Spur 408 is Walton Walker (This is the only freeway part of loop 12)
Spur 408 is the Patriot Parkway / Patriot Freeway.
The President George Bush Tollway (including the intermittent free parts) is generally George Bush or GBT. There are generally SH numbers assigned to the service roads.
Dallas North Tollway is just Dallas North (or DNT). There are no numbers assigned to any of it or its frontage roads.
US-67 south of the I-35 split is kind of split between Marvin D Love (said completely) or US-67


There are a couple of outliers.
I-45 is generally just called I-45 (not Julius Schweppes Freeway)
US-80 is just US-80. It doesn't even seem to have a name.
I-20 east of I-635 is the same. Just I-20 without a name.
The Sam Rayburn Tollway is mostly called 121 ( SH-121 is the frontage road.) The media tends to use SRT at times and it is gaining traction, moving away from 121.

There has not been a new freeway numbered as an Interstate in North texas Since the 1970's.