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What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?

Started by idk, October 07, 2020, 01:35:19 AM

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idk

What are the 3 closest Interstate Highways to wherever you live? For example, mine are:

1. I 5
2. I 205 (Oregon)
3. I 405 (Oregon)


idk

Quote from: idk on October 07, 2020, 01:35:19 AM
What are the 3 closest Interstate Highways to wherever you live? For example, mine are:

1. I 5
2. I 205 (Oregon)
3. I 405 (Oregon)
They also can't be unsigned.

mapman

1. I-280/I-680 (CA) (tie)
3. I-880 (CA)
close 4th:  I-5 (CA).

Great Lakes Roads

Hmmm... this will be a tricky one since I live in a county where one of them overlaps another interstate:

#1 (TIE)- Interstate 80/90 (Indiana Toll Road (ITR))
#3- Interstate 94
#4- either Interstate 196 or Interstate 65

FrCorySticha

1. I-15 (about 1/4 mile away)
2. I-90
3. I-115 (MT)

#2 would have been I-315 (MT) in Great Falls, except it's unsigned.

COLORADOrk


apeman33

I-70, I-235, I-135, because going in a straight line east from my house, both are well west of I-35.

DandyDan

1. I-35 (about 10 miles west of here)
2. I-90 (in Minnesota about 40 miles straight north)
3. I-380 (at least 82 miles away in Waterloo. 82 miles is the official distance from Mason City to Waterloo according to the most recent Iowa map I have, but presumably, that's only to downtown Waterloo)
MORE FUN THAN HUMANLY THOUGHT POSSIBLE

Flint1979


sprjus4

I-64, I-464, I-264

For 2di only, I-64, then I-95 is about 70 miles west, I-85 around 100 miles west.

GaryV


Flint1979

If you wanted just 2-di's it's I-75, I-69 and I-96.

wanderer2575


oscar

Closest to my home is I-66 (about 1.2 miles to the northwest as the crow flies).

Second closest is I-395 (about 2 miles to the southeast).

Third is I-695 in D.C. (about 5.3 miles to the east, slightly closer than I-495 to the west).
my Hot Springs and Highways pages, with links to my roads sites:
http://www.alaskaroads.com/home.html

ilpt4u

#14
As the Bird Flies or Driving Distance:

Bird Flies: I-57, I-24, I-55
Driving Distance: I-57, I-24, Tie between I-55 and I-64

Mississippi River is in the way with no crossing immediately to my west, making the drive to I-55 longer

jeffandnicole


thspfc

I proclaim myself unofficial winner of this exercise.
1. I-39 (4 miles)
1. I-90 (4 miles)
1. I-94 (4 miles)

ilpt4u

Quote from: thspfc on October 07, 2020, 09:09:11 AM
I proclaim myself unofficial winner of this exercise.
1. I-39 (4 miles)
1. I-90 (4 miles)
1. I-94 (4 miles)
Do Multiplexs really count as separate interstates, tho?

thspfc

Quote from: ilpt4u on October 07, 2020, 09:12:29 AM
Quote from: thspfc on October 07, 2020, 09:09:11 AM
I proclaim myself unofficial winner of this exercise.
1. I-39 (4 miles)
1. I-90 (4 miles)
1. I-94 (4 miles)
Do Multiplexs really count as separate interstates, tho?
Of course they do. The question was "what are the three closest Interstates", not "what are the three closest roads that are designated as Interstates".

1995hoo

Closest: I-95 and I-495 are concurrent with each other, within two miles. If you don't count them as concurrent because the I-495 number is posted solely for motorist convenience, then I-95 is the closest and I-495 shows up less than a mile to the west.

I-395 is next-closest after that, within about another half-mile after I-495.

Then I-295 in Maryland (about nine miles by road).
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

ilpt4u

Quote from: thspfc on October 07, 2020, 09:16:06 AM
Quote from: ilpt4u on October 07, 2020, 09:12:29 AM
Quote from: thspfc on October 07, 2020, 09:09:11 AM
I proclaim myself unofficial winner of this exercise.
1. I-39 (4 miles)
1. I-90 (4 miles)
1. I-94 (4 miles)
Do Multiplexs really count as separate interstates, tho?
Of course they do. The question was "what are the three closest Interstates", not "what are the three closest roads that are designated as Interstates".
Well, in that case, just need someone who lives in the South Loop or Chinatown in Chicago to beat your 3  :spin:

jeffandnicole

Quote from: thspfc on October 07, 2020, 09:09:11 AM
I proclaim myself unofficial winner of this exercise.
1. I-39 (4 miles)
1. I-90 (4 miles)
1. I-94 (4 miles)

Just realized...As the crow flies, the 3rd closest to my house is in PA. All 3 below are within 3 miles if my house...

295
76
95

Even I-676, which would be the 4th closest as the crow flies, is still within 4 miles.

So my 3 separate interstates still win over your combined single road.

webny99

The Rochester area only has 3 interstates besides the Thruway, if you can count that. So this is not going to be a very informative answer, because unless you're in Victor or Henrietta, this is what you get:

1. I-490
2. I-590
3. I-390

thspfc

Quote from: jeffandnicole on October 07, 2020, 09:25:54 AM
Quote from: thspfc on October 07, 2020, 09:09:11 AM
I proclaim myself unofficial winner of this exercise.
1. I-39 (4 miles)
1. I-90 (4 miles)
1. I-94 (4 miles)

Just realized...As the crow flies, the 3rd closest to my house is in PA. All 3 below are within 3 miles if my house...

295
76
95

Even I-676, which would be the 4th closest as the crow flies, is still within 4 miles.

So my 3 separate interstates still win over your combined single road.
To be clear, I was not serious about calling myself the winner. I just said that because I am one of the only ones on the forum whose three closest Interstates are all concurrent.

thspfc

Quote from: webny99 on October 07, 2020, 09:27:08 AM
The Rochester area only has 3 interstates besides the Thruway, if you can count that. So this is not going to be a very informative answer, because unless you're in Victor or Henrietta, this is what you get:

1. I-490
2. I-590
3. I-390
Is the Thruway an Interstate? I think so.



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