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Who lives the closest to a numbered highway?

Started by bugo, August 12, 2014, 03:45:53 PM

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jp the roadgeek

I live about 900 ft from CT 10.  My dad grew up in a house on CT 10.  When I lived in Philly, I was 2 blocks from US 13 and PA 3
Interstates I've clinched: 97, 290 (MA), 291 (CT), 291 (MA), 293, 295 (DE-NJ-PA), 295 (RI-MA), 384, 391, 395 (CT-MA), 395 (MD), 495 (DE), 610 (LA), 684, 691, 695 (MD), 695 (NY), 795 (MD)


Mike_OH

I'm approx. 280 ft. from US 22 and OH 3 and 0.1 miles from OH 561, according to Google Maps.

tidecat

Clinched: I-264 (KY), I-265 (KY), I-359 (AL), I-459 (AL), I-865 (IN)

SSOWorld

0.5 mi from the nearest highway.  That is all.
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PHLBOS

Prior to my move to PA in 1990; I lived right along MA 114 in Marblehead.

Since October of 1990, I've resided along along SR 2017.

During 3 of my 4 college years when I lived on campus, which was located along RI 114; the northern end was located along RI 136.
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hotdogPi

Quote from: PHLBOS on August 19, 2014, 08:47:24 AM
Since October of 1990, I've resided along along SR 2017.

Are you going to stay there for at least another 3 years? Then the route number will match the year.
Clinched, plus MA 286

Traveled, plus several state routes

Lowest untraveled: 25 (updated from 14)

New clinches: MA 286
New traveled: MA 14, MA 123

geocachingpirate

As the crow flies, I'm about 1000 feet from US 421 and Interstate 40 is less than 2 miles away.
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golden eagle

I'm about a mile from I-55. When I lived in an apartment complex in suburban Atlanta, I-85 was practically in my backyard.

DeaconG

I live about 3600 feet from I-95, late in the evenings when it's quiet I can hear the traffic in my den.

When I lived in Maryland I lived a thousand feet away from both the John Hanson Hwy and the Metrorail Orange Line.  Got to hear both quite a bit on the weekend nights.
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Laura

I live on decommissioned MD 148 and about 3/10 of a mile from US 1.

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oldparoadgeek

I live about 250 feet from US 22    and about a mile from I-83   and 1-1/2 miles from I-81

Greybear

I live roughly 0.5 miles from I-30/US 67 in Greenville, TX

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Chris

3217 miles from Interstate 95 in Maine. That's the closest Interstate Highway to me.

NWI_Irish96

For a while during my childhood, my front door was about 20 feet from US 6, and there have to be thousands of houses in towns and cities all over the country that are the same 20 or so feet from a highway. 
Indiana: counties 100%, highways 100%
Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%

MikeTheActuary

100 meters from the interchange of CT 20 and CT 401, with an address on the prior alignment of CT 20.

Why traffic noise is a secondary consideration at this location is left as an exercise for the reader.  :)

mjb2002

I am about 528 feet from DUNBARTON RD, which is SC 39.

I am 0.8 miles from the nearest major highway, US 78, and more than 2 miles away from another major highway, US 278.  I am 18 miles away from US 301, and 25 miles away from Interstate 20.

Jim

I've always lived at least a few blocks from the nearest numbered highway, so I'm not going to "win". 

But I wonder, do any of those buildings over I-95 as is crosses the northern end of Manhattan serve as residences?  In that case, if we throw out the third dimension, they would "win" at a distance of 0.  If not there, there must be some places where that happens.  Candidates that come to mind don't have residences above the highway that I know of.  The ones off the top of my head are the Mass Pike outside Boston where there's the supermarket and a hotel above the highway, and some park land above I-90 on Mercer Island, WA.  Is all of the land now above the Big Dig in the footprint of the former Central Artery just park land?
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froggie

QuoteI've always lived at least a few blocks from the nearest numbered highway, so I'm not going to "win". 

So far, it seems I win in the "opposite direction".  Of the responses thus far, I'm the farthest away.

QuoteIs all of the land now above the Big Dig in the footprint of the former Central Artery just park land?

Most of it is park land or street, yes.  But there's a new development now (The Victor Apartments) at the corner of Beverly St and Valenti Way (across from The Garden) that appears to be partially on top of the southbound tunnel.

pianocello

Quote from: Jim on September 12, 2014, 10:08:41 PM
But I wonder, do any of those buildings over I-95 as is crosses the northern end of Manhattan serve as residences?  In that case, if we throw out the third dimension, they would "win" at a distance of 0.  If not there, there must be some places where that happens.

The tunnels in Pittsburgh come to mind. It looks like there are neighborhoods on top of the mountains that the Squirrel Hill, Ft. Pitt, and Liberty Tunnels go through.
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xcellntbuy

When I lived in upstate New York, I lived about 1/3 mile from US 9 in Columbia County.  When I completed my move from Coral Springs, FL to Milledgeville, GA, I moved to a new home about twice the distance (about 1 mile vs. 2 miles) from the exact same US highway, US 441, but the homes are 582 miles apart from each other.

KG909

I live like 2 or 3 miles off old US 66, now CA 66
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CNGL-Leudimin

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Quote from: Chris on September 11, 2014, 03:58:16 AM
3217 miles from Interstate 95 in Maine. That's the closest Interstate Highway to me.

I'm 33 miles further from that point :sombrero:.
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cpzilliacus

Silver Spring place - about 535 feet to U.S. 29.
About 1500 feet to Md. 200.

Edgewater place - about 1870 feet to Md. 253.
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