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What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« 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)
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2020, 01:38:56 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.
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2020, 02:03:07 AM »

1. I-280/I-680 (CA) (tie)
3. I-880 (CA)
close 4th:  I-5 (CA).
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2020, 02:06:49 AM »

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
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2020, 02:12:01 AM »

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.
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2020, 02:42:02 AM »

I 70, I 25, I 270
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2020, 03:21:47 AM »

I-70, I-235, I-135, because going in a straight line east from my house, both are well west of I-35.
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2020, 06:00:51 AM »

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)
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2020, 07:07:25 AM »

I-675
I-75
I-475
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2020, 07:08:19 AM »

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.
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2020, 07:27:06 AM »

I-75
I-696
I-94
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #11 on: October 07, 2020, 08:18:51 AM »

If you wanted just 2-di's it's I-75, I-69 and I-96.
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2020, 08:22:41 AM »

In order of increasing distance:

I-696
I-275
I-96
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2020, 09:02:39 AM »

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).
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2020, 09:03:24 AM »

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
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2020, 09:06:57 AM »

295
76
676
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #16 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)
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #17 on: October 07, 2020, 09:12:29 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?
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #18 on: October 07, 2020, 09:16:06 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".
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2020, 09:18:40 AM »

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).
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #20 on: October 07, 2020, 09:19:59 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:
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #21 on: October 07, 2020, 09:25:54 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.
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #22 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
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #23 on: October 07, 2020, 09:34:30 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.
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Re: What are the top 3 closest Interstates to your house?
« Reply #24 on: October 07, 2020, 09:36:35 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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