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What is the closest road to you with the same number as your home area code?

Started by KCRoadFan, January 03, 2023, 10:19:27 AM

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jp the roadgeek

CT Area code 860/959:

860

Unsigned: CT SR 860, about 30 miles
Signed: NB 860, about 525 miles
Domestic: FL 860, about 1385 miles

959

Unsigned/Future: AL 959 (future I-422), about 1065 miles
Signed: FL 959, about 1400 miles
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)


achilles765

Well let's see. My actual area code is 832 but I've had 281 and 713...all Houston area codes.
US 281 is probably the closest. There's an FM 832 in Leon county wherever that is. FM 713 and FM 281 are far too. Dunno about an SH 281.  State highways don't go higher than like 365
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zachary_amaryllis

Quote from: JayhawkCO on January 03, 2023, 11:00:17 AM
Well, I have to answer this in different ways. I didn't change my phone number when I moved, so I currently have a 913 number. But, I'm in the 303/720 area, so:

303 - UT303 which is just southwest of Green River
720 - NV720 way out by Fallon
913 - KY913 outside of Louisville
I'm hosed here in 970, unless there's some FM or forest road somewhere.
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KCRoadFan

Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on January 04, 2023, 06:14:16 AM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on January 03, 2023, 11:00:17 AM
Well, I have to answer this in different ways. I didn't change my phone number when I moved, so I currently have a 913 number. But, I'm in the 303/720 area, so:

303 - UT303 which is just southwest of Green River
720 - NV720 way out by Fallon
913 - KY913 outside of Louisville
I'm hosed here in 970, unless there's some FM or forest road somewhere.

There is an FM 970 just north of Austin.

hbelkins

I haven't checked to see if I'm closer to KY 606, which is in Nicholas County, or any Virginia secondary 606.

Until Kentucky obtained the 859 area code, KY 606 was actually in the 606 area code.


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WillWeaverRVA

Quote from: Takumi on January 03, 2023, 06:11:47 PM
Not all Virginia counties have a route 804. The closest one to me is Chesterfield's, which is about 10 miles away.

Yeah, I'm about 12 miles away from that one as the crow flies.

Regarding primary route 804s, Maryland's is the closest.
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StogieGuy7

For 262 (my relatively new area code), I'd have to travel nearly 340 miles to the SSE into southeastern Indiana to join IN State Road 262 which starts in Dillsboro, IN and ends in Rising Sun along the Ohio River. Nearest big city is Cincinatti. And yes, I was surprised to see that I had to go that far to find 262.

webny99

Mine appears to be OH 585, about 300 miles away, just south/west of Akron.

jlam

Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on January 04, 2023, 06:14:16 AM
I'm hosed here in 970, unless there's some FM or forest road somewhere.
970, for both of us, is probably WA 970 out in Kittitas County north of Ellensburg

JayhawkCO

Quote from: JayhawkCO on January 03, 2023, 11:00:17 AM
Well, I have to answer this in different ways. I didn't change my phone number when I moved, so I currently have a 913 number. But, I'm in the 303/720 area, so:

303 - UT303 which is just southwest of Green River
720 - NV720 way out by Fallon
913 - KY913 outside of Louisville

I forgot about the new 983 area code that is being overlayed over the Denver area.

983 - KY983 a little bit west of I-69

jmacswimmer

Quote from: dlsterner on January 03, 2023, 07:59:57 PM
With area code 410, nearest road with that same number is MD 410.

About 18 miles from my house, less than 1.5 miles from my place of work.

Since I'm also in 410, I'll add in the 443 & 667 overlays: PA 443 in Dauphin County north of Harrisburg is ~75 miles away, and MD 667 in Somerset County near Pocomoke City is ~120 miles away. Although Virginia Secondary 667 in Fairfax County is probably closer than MD 667.
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jp the roadgeek

Quote from: Ted$8roadFan on January 04, 2023, 07:10:55 AM
401 is easy: RI-401 in East Greenwich/Warwick, RI.

As is Maine.  ME 207 is in Scarborough.

New Hampshire and Vermont not so much.  The nearest signed Route 603 is the VA one that straddles Fairfax and Loudon County.  The nearest signed 802 is MD 802 on Kent Island.  CT does have an unsigned SR 603 in Essex, but no 802.
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)

US 89

Well, how to answer this... I have an 801 phone number (overlaid with 385), but I now live in 850/448...

801: NC 801 in Mooresville, NC
385: SR 385 in Clarkesville, GA
850: SR 850 in North Palm Beach, FL
448: SR 448 in Sevierville, TN

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DandyDan

The area code for Mason City, Iowa is 641, so I assume US 641 is it. I still use an area code 402 number from when I lived in the Omaha area, and Ontario Highway 402 is the closest of the highway 402's. (I previously had CO 402, which is by Loveland, listed, but didn't account for the possibility a highway in Canada could be closer.)
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bwana39

The area code in NE texas is 903. FM-903 is about 100 miles from me and still is in the 903 area code.

Area code 430 is overlaid on 903.   The closest 430 geographically is I-430 in Little Rock.  There is a FM-430 in the Rio Grande Valley and a SL-430 at Littlefield (NW of Lubbock)  I-430 in LRA is closer at the farthest point of 903/430 to either of them.

The closest place to Littlefield is Sadler TX (Grayson County just off US-US-82)
Sadler TX to LRA is 311 miles
Sadler TX to Littlefield TX  is 343 miles.

Centerville TX to the closest point on FM-430 is 380 miles
Centerville to Little Rock is 368 miles.
Marquez might make a four or five mile difference, but still minimally closer to Little Rock.

Texarkana to LRA is a mere 144 miles.
Texarkana to Littlefield is 513 miles
Texarkana to FM-430 in rural Brooks County TX is around 600 miles.

Leon county (Marquez, Centerville) is the meeting place of four different area codes. Most of Leon County is in 903/430.
Part of it is in 936 (Lufkin)
Brazos County is in 979 (Bryan / College Station)
Limestone County is in 254 (Waco)

Man I must be bored to figure all of this out.


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jp the roadgeek

For the other area codes in CT, plus MA

203:  Depends on what part of the area you're in.  CT 203 is in the northeast part of the state and is closer to the New Haven area.  If you're closer to Danbury, NY 203 is closer. 

475:  PA 475, which is over 300 miles away from most areas


MA

339: Saratoga (NY) CR 339

351: NY 351 (in the Capitol District)

413: NJ/PA 413

508:  Unsigned CT SR 508 (I-84 Exit 39); Signed MD 508 in Calvert County

617: Unsigned CT SR 617 in North Stonington; Signed VA 617 Fairfax County edition.

774: LA 774 in LaSalle Parish

781: I-781 (previously stated)

857: PA 857 in Western PA near the WV border

978: 3 different unsigned routes in Bowie, MD; Signed PA 978 in Allegheny County


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)

J N Winkler

I live in Wichita, which is in area code 316.  It looks like a near dead heat between Iowa SR 316 near Runnells and Texas FM 316 near Payne Springs, the former being closer by about 22 miles.
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Road Hog

Looks like Texas is fertile ground for 3-digit highways that match area codes.

My area code is 972 and there is an FM 972 in Central Texas near Georgetown, east of I-35.

bulldog1979

The Upper Peninsula is area code 906, and the closest highway to us would be in Pennsylvania.

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Love2drive

Area Code 336.  The nearest highway is SC 336 in Ridgeland SC. 282 miles away via  US 220 to US 1 to US 52 to Interstate 95

catch22

Area Code 734.  Looks like the winner for me is Ohio's Route 734.  I've been on part of it, from the 1-71 interchange west to Jamestown.

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