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Title: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on November 09, 2020, 09:35:24 PM
US-66: the popular kid
US-6: the boring kid
US-491: a heavy-metal guitarist with piercings and tattoos all over
I-80: see above, but from a more humble background
US-101, CA-1, and I-5: swanky blonde California girls
I-95: rich executive from some big east coast city
US-1: old lady who lives in a quiet cottage on the seaside
I-495 (MD/DC/VA): one of those woke activists
US-2: park ranger
US-163: some cowboy dude
I-76: the annoying kid
I-276: the annoying kid's brother
I-476: the annoying kid's college-age sister
I-10: young African-American girl
I-20: middle-aged African-American woman
US-91: terminally ill bedridden old geezer
US-191: the old geezer's much livelier, handsomer, and stronger daughter
I-35: old guy who lives on a farm or ranch
I-564: the Vietnam veteran
I-781: the young soldier
FL-A1A: tan Cuban guy who you'd find in a Hemingway novel
HI-32, HI-36 and HI-360: those long-haired Hawaiian dudes from Moana
I-77: poor person in dusty overalls
NY-895: homeless person
WA-99: another homeless person
I/CA-710: yet another homeless person
I-66: one of those buzz-cut secret agents who drive fancy sports cars
I-69: the wimpy kid who was picked on for having a funny name, but who bulked up fast
I-99: weird girl
US-15: weird girl's boyfriend
US-220: weird girl's ex boyfriend
US-20: weird girl's ex boyfriend's dad
I-85: literally Forrest Gump
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Max Rockatansky on November 09, 2020, 09:49:17 PM
US 99; farm plot kid who grows up into farm guy.  US 99 doesn't want to hear from the State when the High Speed Rail comes knocking to buy out some property via eminent domain.
CA 152:  Andrew Firebaugh
CA 49:  Mark Twain
CA 4:  John Ebbetts
CA 88:  Kit Carson
I-80/Old US 40:  George Donner
CA 178:  Joseph Walker
I-5 over the "Grapevine Grade"  would be Edward Fitzgerald Beale.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: ilpt4u on November 09, 2020, 09:58:54 PM
I-57: A Chicago-area College Kid
I-55: Blues and/or Jazz Musician
I-190 (IL): Pilot
I-355: Soccer Mom
I-88: Multi-Personality Disorder Patient
I-24: Country Singer
I-90: Toll Collector
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: empirestate on November 09, 2020, 10:18:06 PM
https://groups.google.com/g/misc.transport.road/c/8zVkWF8lVAc/m/_Gjsq2gomoEJ?pli=1
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: STLmapboy on November 09, 2020, 11:29:17 PM
MO-370: The bland suburbanite
MO-364: The new guy on the block
I-270: The established one, seen it all
I-55: Punches above his weight (10 lanes from 270 to Imperial MO)
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: kurumi on November 09, 2020, 11:51:31 PM
See a similar (but old) thread for interstates: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=1722.0
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: STLmapboy on November 10, 2020, 09:47:50 AM
Quote from: kurumi on November 09, 2020, 11:51:31 PM
See a similar (but old) thread for interstates: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=1722.0
Best laugh I've had today. Thanks!
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Max Rockatansky on November 10, 2020, 10:18:07 AM
US 101 between Los Angeles and San Francisco would be Juan Bautista de Anza.

I-10 east of San Gorgonio Pass would be William D. Bradshaw. 

CA 14 would be Henry Newhall.

CA 108 John Bidwell

CA 89 over Monitor Pass would be Jedediah Smith.

I-580 - Douglas MacArthur 

I-880 - Chester Nimitz
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: zachary_amaryllis on November 10, 2020, 10:22:33 AM
colorado's i-270: black sheep of the family that gets no respect
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on November 10, 2020, 10:22:39 AM
I-73 - inherently nerdy kid with unrealistic dreams of becoming a basketball player
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Henry on November 10, 2020, 10:33:10 AM
I-94: A popular substitute teacher
I-74/US 74 and I-41/US 41: Two sets of twins
I-22: shy Black boy
I-59: confident, older Black man
I-25 and US 85: Adventurous mountain climbers
I-75: Big-time R&B singer
US 41: Aspiring music producer
US 40: Father of I-70
US 50: Mother of I-70
I-70: Son of US 40 and US 50
I-170: Stillborn child of I-70
I-4: Mickey Mouse's butler
I-86: A nomad
I-295: Someone with many aliases
US 64, US 70, US 80 and US 90: Popular country-western quartet
I-30 and I-45: Cowboy and cowgirl couple
US 61: Bob Dylan
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: hbelkins on November 10, 2020, 10:35:32 AM
US 9: Bruce Springsteen
IN 46: John Cougar
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: thspfc on November 10, 2020, 10:47:49 AM
I-90: The grandfather who you see for like 15 minutes at every wedding before he leaves to go to bed early
I-41: The arrogant kid who nobody likes
I-44 and I-94: The humble, middle class, normal kids
I-43: Charlie Berens (look him up on YouTube)
I-39: An average player on a great sports team
I-10: The guy who has a deep southern accent and watches college football all Saturday
US-6: The good looking actor
WI-29: The big man on the high school campus who thinks he is great at everything but then falls on his face in college
Wyoming I-180: The alpha male (duh)
Illinois I-180: The guy who is always "between jobs"
I-70: The guy who is good at literally everything
I-30 and I-45: The guys who think they are part of some sort of elite clique but are hated by everyone else within that clique

That's all I can think of right now.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Max Rockatansky on November 10, 2020, 10:52:23 AM
US 199 - Horace Gasquet
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on November 10, 2020, 10:56:46 AM
I would think of US-41 as a hot but adventurous blonde girl who loves taking road trips in her Buick with her younger sister US-441 and her boyfriend I-75. She lives in Chicago, but she spends so much time in sunny old Florida that it might as well be her second home. She likes country music. She's been to many places, from Atlanta, Nashville, Chattanooga, Milwaukee, and the lonesome tippy top of Michigan.

Her twin brother, I-41, however, ain't such a globetrotter. He's built up a homely existence around the Badger State, where he grew up after being separated from his sister at birth. He hardly ever sets foot out of the state he lives in, save for one brief jaunt into Illinois. They've argued often about football.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on November 10, 2020, 10:57:56 AM
US-180 - even more of a park ranger than US-2
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Max Rockatansky on November 10, 2020, 12:16:07 PM
US 191 is the even bigger National Park Highway and would be Francisco Vazquez de Coronado.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on November 10, 2020, 12:25:51 PM
US-20: The boring kid's equally boring playground rival
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Max Rockatansky on November 10, 2020, 12:30:05 PM
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on November 10, 2020, 12:25:51 PM
US-20: The boring kid's equally boring playground rival

Except US 20 is the dude who is secretly an avid hiker and spends a ton of time out in Yellowstone.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on November 10, 2020, 12:33:17 PM
What kind of person would NC-12 be? (Never been to the Cape, so dunno what the people there are like.)
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: GaryV on November 10, 2020, 12:34:27 PM
I-75: Snowbirds
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Max Rockatansky on November 10, 2020, 12:51:15 PM
Quote from: GaryV on November 10, 2020, 12:34:27 PM
I-75: Snowbirds

AZ 95 would be the guy in the Minnie Winnie going 25 MPH under the speed limit. 
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: ilpt4u on November 10, 2020, 01:44:24 PM
I-11: Poker Player and Gambler
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on November 10, 2020, 02:37:13 PM
I-380 (CA): The pilot's hot blonde gf from the Bay Area who's also a pilot
I-93: The anorexia sufferer
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on November 10, 2020, 06:13:33 PM
I-71 - Retired NFL Running back (or Linebacker). Still in denial over the 2020 elections.
I-94 - Paul Bunyan
US 30 - Annoyed with US 66's attention. Always prefaces its tales with the disclaimer, "mine were true!"
US 40 - Retired, has to use a wheelchair due to part of its left leg being amputated.
US 42 - 12th man on NBA roster
US 49 - Sonny Boy Williamson (blues musician)
US 50 - A loner
US 61 - Not Bob Dylan, but Mark Twain
US 68 - LGBTQ
US 36 - Retail store management
US 422 - My alter-ego
Oh 3 - A ghost
I-675 (Dayton) - Bootsy Collins*
I-275 (Cincy) - J.D. Vance (author of Hillbilly Elegy)
I-270 (Columbus) - Your average American
I-480 (Cleveland) - Late middle age blue color worker. Too old to learn a new job, too young to qualify for retirement. Worships his Bernie Kosar Browns jersey (and has despised Bill Belichick since 1995)

* - Bootsy hails from Cincinnati, but Dayton is more known for 1970s era funk musicians.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: cwf1701 on November 10, 2020, 07:51:50 PM
I-696: the driver from Germany (a popular nickname for I-696 is the Autobahn).
M-1: The hot rodders
M-3: Blue Collar Reagan Democrats
M-5: a hockey player

Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on November 11, 2020, 08:23:53 AM
WV-121 - Stillborn infant
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: ftballfan on November 11, 2020, 09:41:58 AM
Quote from: cwf1701 on November 10, 2020, 07:51:50 PM
I-696: the driver from Germany (a popular nickname for I-696 is the Autobahn).
M-1: The hot rodders
M-3: Blue Collar Reagan Democrats
M-5: a hockey player

M-22, M-109, M-119, M-201, M-204: Tree huggers (with a little beach bum thrown in)
US-131: A NASCAR driver
M-37: An old redneck that loves to hunt and fish
M-115: A guy that drives well above the speed limit
US-23: Someone that could use major surgery, but can't afford it
M-116: A beach bum
M-8: A young African-American that decided to stay in Detroit and help revitalize it
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on November 11, 2020, 10:20:27 AM
M-212: The Hawaiian transplant who misses home
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: hbelkins on November 11, 2020, 07:37:05 PM
NC 3 -- Dale Earnhardt.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: hotdogPi on November 11, 2020, 08:03:33 PM
I-14: FritzOwl
US 71: US 71
VA 94: A McDonald's worker (look at a map)
MA 110: A mill girl
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on November 11, 2020, 09:35:43 PM
Quote from: 1 on November 11, 2020, 08:03:33 PM
MA 110: A mill girl

Found the history nerd :)

I-278: a rapper
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: SkyPesos on December 16, 2020, 12:57:49 PM
Quote from: Henry on November 10, 2020, 10:33:10 AM
US 40: Father of I-70
US 50: Mother of I-70
US 41: Father of I-75
US 25: Mother of I-75
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: US 89 on December 16, 2020, 02:13:10 PM
Somebody with way too much time on their hands took this idea and ran with it:

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/Intertropolis_%26_Routeville
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on December 16, 2020, 02:41:45 PM
MN 1: Paul Bunyan
MN 5: Prince
I-494/694: the Spider-Man pointing meme
MN 62: fraternal twins separated at birth
MN 61: Robocop
MN 121: Ralph Wiggum
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Max Rockatansky on December 16, 2020, 03:27:58 PM
Quote from: US 89 on December 16, 2020, 02:13:10 PM
Somebody with way too much time on their hands took this idea and ran with it:

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/Intertropolis_%26_Routeville

Does that plot synopsis hint at Highway Shield racism?...sure seemed it. 
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on December 16, 2020, 04:39:10 PM
Quote from: US 89 on December 16, 2020, 02:13:10 PM
Somebody with way too much time on their hands took this idea and ran with it:

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/Intertropolis_%26_Routeville

Oh God, I was waiting for someone to bring that up.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: thspfc on December 16, 2020, 05:26:19 PM
Quote from: US 89 on December 16, 2020, 02:13:10 PM
Somebody with way too much time on their hands took this idea and ran with it:

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/Intertropolis_%26_Routeville
I would be interested in watching this. Though I am disappointed that they didn't pick real life Interstates to be the main characters. They should have taken suggestions from this thread  :-D
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: sparker on December 16, 2020, 06:00:40 PM
CA 19 and/or CA 39 -- the "black knight" from ".....Holy Grail" (e.g., "none shall pass!")!  Pieces keep getting chopped off, but they still display a lot of attitude (and a shitload of traffic). 
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: hbelkins on December 17, 2020, 02:53:48 PM
Quote from: US 89 on December 16, 2020, 02:13:10 PM
Somebody with way too much time on their hands took this idea and ran with it:

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/Intertropolis_%26_Routeville

So, is this going to be a real TV show, or is this something along the lines of a fake show? (Something like what they might watch in Alanland?)
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: gr8daynegb on December 17, 2020, 03:54:39 PM
I-39 to me would be the person who thinks they can do something alone/by themselves, and after five minutes decided best to pair up again
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on December 17, 2020, 04:24:12 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 17, 2020, 02:53:48 PM
Quote from: US 89 on December 16, 2020, 02:13:10 PM
Somebody with way too much time on their hands took this idea and ran with it:

https://intertropolisandrouteville.fandom.com/wiki/Intertropolis_%26_Routeville

So, is this going to be a real TV show, or is this something along the lines of a fake show? (Something like what they might watch in Alanland?)

It's all the creation of someone with waaaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands. It's absolutely not real, not even in Alanland where it is real.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: kphoger on December 17, 2020, 04:31:45 PM
There is no secret war with Intertropolis.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: thspfc on December 17, 2020, 06:19:25 PM
Quote from: kphoger on December 17, 2020, 04:31:45 PM
There is no secret war with Intertropolis.
The morality of stating that there is no war with Intertropolis is quite debateable, even if the war with Intertropolis is not without the opposite of a negative connotation.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: texaskdog on December 17, 2020, 06:33:40 PM
US 400 the kid that didn't fit in
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: kphoger on December 17, 2020, 08:18:34 PM
There is no US 400.  He's just an urban legend.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: thspfc on December 17, 2020, 08:19:47 PM
Quote from: kphoger on December 17, 2020, 08:18:34 PM
There is no US 400.  He's just an urban legend.
Gravity falls music
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: SkyPesos on December 17, 2020, 10:27:01 PM
Quote from: texaskdog on December 17, 2020, 06:33:40 PM
US 400 the kid that didn't fit in
in that case

US 412: the kid with daddy issues and ran away from its home in the upper midwest to Oklahoma
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on December 18, 2020, 07:54:49 PM
US 66 would definitely be someone who is a proponent of Daylight Saving Time, because both are incredibly popular but have very little actual usefulness.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on December 19, 2020, 10:32:53 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on December 18, 2020, 07:54:49 PM
US 66 would definitely be someone who is a proponent of Daylight Saving Time, because both are incredibly popular but have very little actual usefulness.

Same with US 99. *ducks*
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: hbelkins on December 20, 2020, 04:57:58 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on December 18, 2020, 07:54:49 PM
US 66 would definitely be someone who is a proponent of Daylight Saving Time, because both are incredibly popular but have very little actual usefulness.

Once again, I had an experience that points out that DST is, indeed, very useful. After the UK game yesterday, I went outside to cut some brush in the back yard. I had about an hour of daylight in which to work. If we were still under DST, I would have had two hours and could have gotten twice as much done.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: gr8daynegb on December 21, 2020, 07:43:53 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 20, 2020, 04:57:58 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on December 18, 2020, 07:54:49 PM
US 66 would definitely be someone who is a proponent of Daylight Saving Time, because both are incredibly popular but have very little actual usefulness.

Once again, I had an experience that points out that DST is, indeed, very useful. After the UK game yesterday, I went outside to cut some brush in the back yard. I had about an hour of daylight in which to work. If we were still under DST, I would have had two hours and could have gotten twice as much done.

DST seems to be based on location in country.  I like current way it's done compared to old way(believe updated in W's term)
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: hotdogPi on December 21, 2020, 07:49:48 PM
Quote from: gr8daynegb on December 21, 2020, 07:43:53 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 20, 2020, 04:57:58 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on December 18, 2020, 07:54:49 PM
US 66 would definitely be someone who is a proponent of Daylight Saving Time, because both are incredibly popular but have very little actual usefulness.

Once again, I had an experience that points out that DST is, indeed, very useful. After the UK game yesterday, I went outside to cut some brush in the back yard. I had about an hour of daylight in which to work. If we were still under DST, I would have had two hours and could have gotten twice as much done.

DST seems to be based on location in country.  I like current way it's done compared to old way(believe updated in W's term)

Just so you're aware, 51 pages of repetitiveness (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=22229.1250), and now it's a banned topic.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: bing101 on December 21, 2020, 08:32:49 PM
I-15 Mormon and a Gambler
I-11 Pat Tillman memorial freeway

I-H1, King Kamehameha

I-H2, King Kalanikupule

I-H3, King Kaumualii

and I-H201 King Kamehameha II

I-280 (California) Venture Capitalist nerds for Biotech and app companies.

I-680 (California) software engineers and Biotech technicians

I-780(California) Same  as I-680 California but with Retired Mare Island and Travis Air Base workers

I-505 ( California) Farmer discovering that his area has to be allocated to provide housing for both Sacramento and Bay Area commuters once COVID-19 stabilized.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: ozarkman417 on December 21, 2020, 09:36:32 PM
Former MO 465- either Pete Herschend or John Ashcroft
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Scott5114 on December 21, 2020, 10:53:20 PM
Quote from: 1 on December 21, 2020, 07:49:48 PM
Quote from: gr8daynegb on December 21, 2020, 07:43:53 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 20, 2020, 04:57:58 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on December 18, 2020, 07:54:49 PM
US 66 would definitely be someone who is a proponent of Daylight Saving Time, because both are incredibly popular but have very little actual usefulness.

Once again, I had an experience that points out that DST is, indeed, very useful. After the UK game yesterday, I went outside to cut some brush in the back yard. I had about an hour of daylight in which to work. If we were still under DST, I would have had two hours and could have gotten twice as much done.

DST seems to be based on location in country.  I like current way it's done compared to old way(believe updated in W's term)

Just so you're aware, 51 pages of repetitiveness (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=22229.1250), and now it's a banned topic.

anyone on here who still has strong opinions on DST at this point should have a strong light affixed over their bed that cycles on or off every 15 minutes until they are so sleep deprived they could sleep whether DST exists or not
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: JayhawkCO on December 21, 2020, 11:31:17 PM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on November 10, 2020, 10:22:33 AM
colorado's i-270: black sheep of the family that gets no respect

I was going to say coal miner.

Chris
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Bickendan on December 22, 2020, 01:45:04 AM
I-405 (Oregon) A hipster/Portland Timbers player, holding a craft beer in one hand, and a book from Powell's in the other
I-205 (Oregon) An Oregon Trail pioneer
WA 14 Sacajawae (because Lewis and Clark can lay claim to ND/SD's 1804 and 1806)
WA 504 Loowit
WA 141 Pah'to
ORH 26 (US 26/OR 35) Wy'East
US 197 Sagahalie
I-5 (Eastbank Freeway) Vera Katz
I-5 (N Minnesota Ave) Robert Moses
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: bing101 on December 22, 2020, 01:57:28 PM
I-405 (California) UCLA and UC Irvine student


CA-134  Movie and Recording industry executive and investor


I-205 (California) North San Joaquin Valley Resident commuting to San Jose.


I-238 ditto


CA-87, CA-85 and CA-237 Software Executives and Investors debating to move to Austin, TX.

CA-51 When can I stop using an alias?


CA-113 UC Davis Student.

Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: corco on December 22, 2020, 02:26:53 PM
I-86 (W): Chuck Norris
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: bing101 on December 23, 2020, 01:03:14 PM
I/CC-215- Getting some of the ex-California residents that are not going to Austin.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: SkyPesos on December 24, 2020, 02:08:04 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on December 18, 2020, 07:54:49 PM
US 66 would definitely be someone who is a proponent of Daylight Saving Time, because both are incredibly popular but have very little actual usefulness.
I'll continue the highways family tree with US 66 now that you mentioned it
US 66: mother of I-40
US 70: father of I-40

US 66 breaks up with US 70 and had I-44 as a child with US 277

US 66 then had I-55 as a child with a third husband (US 61)





Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on August 17, 2022, 03:41:17 PM
What would something like I-238 be?
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: JayhawkCO on August 17, 2022, 03:46:31 PM
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on August 17, 2022, 03:41:17 PM
What would something like I-238 be?

Little Orphan Annie.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on August 18, 2022, 07:43:59 PM
alright just to revive this i'm gonna come up with a few for nj
sorry if this is cringe

(breathes in)

NJ-3, 7, and 28 = working class people
NJ-139 = Italian-American guy who used to live in NYC but escaped due to rising rents
NJ-124 = grew up in a working class household, but moved out to the suburbs when she grew up and became a self-made woman; now the mother of NJ-24
NJ-10 = smart guy
NJ-12, 15, 57, 94, and 284 = nice rural folks who live on farms, good neighbors
NJ-17 and 24 = spoiled rich girl
NJ-4 and NJ-208 = NJ-17's equally pretentious friends
NJ-23 = the protagonist of Billy Joel's "Movin' Out"
NJ-27 = Indian dude (or girl) who does well in school and gets into Princeton, later lands a job in the pharm industry
NJ-18 = sort of like NJ-27 but East Asian; didn't get into any Ivies and went to Rutgers instead, still landed a job in the pharm industry anyways
NJ-32 = sort of like NJ-27, and he also gets into a good school, but he's he's kinda vertically challenged so he isn't very popular (but he manages to cope, because "hey, at least I'm not like NJ-59 or NJ-64!")
NJ-29 and 31 = old ladies who are librarians or teachers
NJ-165 = the imaginary student all the kids talk about on the playground, who was so bad that old grumpy Mrs. NJ-29 locked him in a dungeon under the school building, never to be let out again
NJ-33, 45, 54 and 77 = folks with pretty average lives
NJ-35 and 36 = Jersey Shore beach girls
NJ-71 = NJ-35's boyfriend, also lives down on the shore
NJ-38, 70, 73, and 173 = soccer moms?
NJ-67 = rich Korean-American condo-dweller who commutes to NYC for work and goes to one of those Korean churches
NJ-63 and NJ-93 = sort of like NJ-67 but minus the "rich" part
NJ-68 = war veteran, Air Force
NJ-87 and 187 = broke folks living on the street because they've made bad life choices and lost all their money on gambling
NJ-20, 21, 439 and 440 = hoodlums?
NJ-120 = NJ-20's abandoned son. Bad daddy. (I can't take credit for this one, unfortunately. Thank Alp.)
NJ-167 and 324 = well, this is getting a little dark, lemme stop
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Hobart on August 18, 2022, 10:11:35 PM
Some awful ideas from the mind of the Hobart!

I-294: Considerate son who deals with the people his dad (I-94) doesn't want to.
I-355: Nonbinary going through a gender crisis, "Am I a spur, or am I a beltway?"
I-190: A young man who took over his father's business (the Kennedy) and ran it into the ground (O' Hare Airport) after the father retired.
I-172: A child born when its father was either 13, or 113.
I-59: Freeloader off of I-20
I-45: Someone who feels and looks more important than they actually are.
I-88: Transgender woman. IL-5 is her deadname.
I-894: I-94's son that mooches off of everyone else and refuses to support himself.

US-52: Oddball old man who's going where nobody else does.
US-62: More sophisticated younger man doing the same thing as US-52.
US-101: "I look like US-1? I mean, I can see it, but we're not related..."

IN-912: Man who lost two legs in an accident, then got them replaced with one leg.
IL-50: Man who rides the coattails of a dead man (it uses the route of US-54).
IL-53: Same thing as IL-50, but with US-66.
IL-394: I-94's illegitimate son that shares a name with I-94's legitimate son from Minnesota.
MN/SD/MT/ID-200: Quiet one who lives alone, wandering from nowhere to nowhere, seeking a purpose while having one he doesn't recognize deep inside of him.
WIS-32: Proud patriot; loves his state.
WIS-119: I-94's illegitimate son that I-94 hid better.
WIS-145: Washed up son of US-45. Used to be destined for great things, but his plans fell out after values in Milwaukee changed.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: austrini on August 19, 2022, 01:13:05 PM
My first thought was I-2 wearing a sombrero, I-4 is just a minivan and not a person, and then I-8 is back to the sombrero.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: kirbykart on August 19, 2022, 02:50:02 PM
US 2 has a split personality. *insert cringe laugh*
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on August 19, 2022, 04:28:46 PM
Quote from: kirbykart on August 19, 2022, 02:50:02 PM
US 2 has a split personality. *insert cringe laugh*
For this I'd say that if a highway is really more than one separate highways, like I-76/84/86/87/88, US-2, PA-97, or like 100 highways in Arkansas, but unlike I-49 or I-69, we treat them as separate people.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: thspfc on August 19, 2022, 06:45:06 PM
Quote from: austrini on August 19, 2022, 01:13:05 PM
My first thought was I-2 wearing a sombrero, I-4 is just a minivan and not a person, and then I-8 is back to the sombrero.
I-4 is a rental car.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: tsmatt13 on August 23, 2022, 06:50:19 PM
Quote from: TheGrassGuy on August 18, 2022, 07:43:59 PM
alright just to revive this i'm gonna come up with a few for nj
sorry if this is cringe

(breathes in)

NJ-3, 7, and 28 = working class people
NJ-139 = Italian-American guy who used to live in NYC but escaped due to rising rents
NJ-124 = grew up in a working class household, but moved out to the suburbs when she grew up and became a self-made woman; now the mother of NJ-24
NJ-10 = smart guy
NJ-12, 15, 57, 94, and 284 = nice rural folks who live on farms, good neighbors
NJ-17 and 24 = spoiled rich girl
NJ-4 and NJ-208 = NJ-17's equally pretentious friends
NJ-23 = the protagonist of Billy Joel's "Movin' Out"
NJ-27 = Indian dude (or girl) who does well in school and gets into Princeton, later lands a job in the pharm industry
NJ-18 = sort of like NJ-27 but East Asian; didn't get into any Ivies and went to Rutgers instead, still landed a job in the pharm industry anyways
NJ-32 = sort of like NJ-27, and he also gets into a good school, but he's he's kinda vertically challenged so he isn't very popular (but he manages to cope, because "hey, at least I'm not like NJ-59 or NJ-64!")
NJ-29 and 31 = old ladies who are librarians or teachers
NJ-165 = the imaginary student all the kids talk about on the playground, who was so bad that old grumpy Mrs. NJ-29 locked him in a dungeon under the school building, never to be let out again
NJ-33, 45, 54 and 77 = folks with pretty average lives
NJ-35 and 36 = Jersey Shore beach girls
NJ-71 = NJ-35's boyfriend, also lives down on the shore
NJ-38, 70, 73, and 173 = soccer moms?
NJ-67 = rich Korean-American condo-dweller who commutes to NYC for work and goes to one of those Korean churches
NJ-63 and NJ-93 = sort of like NJ-67 but minus the "rich" part
NJ-68 = war veteran, Air Force
NJ-87 and 187 = broke folks living on the street because they've made bad life choices and lost all their money on gambling
NJ-20, 21, 439 and 440 = hoodlums?
NJ-120 = NJ-20's abandoned son. Bad daddy. (I can't take credit for this one, unfortunately. Thank Alp.)
NJ-167 and 324 = well, this is getting a little dark, lemme stop
This is perfection. :spin: (Also rest in peace (pieces?) to NJ-167 and 324; gone are they in time, only to be left as remnants of the past.)
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on August 23, 2022, 07:41:34 PM
Gonna have a go at NY now. Ngl this was really boring.

NY-9A: rich girl from the city, West Side
NY-22: businessman who used to live in the city but then fled out to the suburbs; has a vacation home in the Berkshires
NY-25: Jewish mom, grew up not so rich in Queens but now lives in a million dollar mansion
NY-25A: NY-25's daughter
NY-25B: NY-25's son
NY-27: city dweller who owns a vacation home in Montauk; maybe also Jewish
All other Long Island state routes: suburban kids, more or less rich
NY-100, 100A-C, 119, 120, 120A, 125, 127: bedroom commuters of both genders
NY-218: stereotypical drill sergeant, bulky and demanding
NY-17: farmer dude from the Southern Tier mad about highway construction tearing through his property and making his estate a shadow of once it once was; eventually just hangs his hat and leaves for Orange County
NY-94 and 284: nice rural folks who live on farms, good neighbors... who have relatives living in NJ
NY-32: farm worker who paints pictures of the Hudson Valley; rooms with US-9W, with I-87 as the landlord
NY-28: an energetic mountain climber and mountain biker... now a father too
NY-28A: follows in his father's hobbies, now works as a camp counselor during the summers
NY-55: hotel worker?
NY-9N: factory worker, lives year-round up in the Adirondack mountains and just braves the snow
NY-86: alpine skier
NY-73: cross country skier
NY-431: once tried to climb a mountain without the proper preparation, almost got killed in the process, never tried again
NY-104: traveling snowplow driver or something
NY-7: blue collar worker guy with an unhealthy diet (this definitely applies to many of the nearby state routes)
NY-13: Cornell University professor, rich and white, liberal, grew up on a farm in the Finger Lakes region
NY-13A: NY-13's son, equally progressive
NY-14: Pennsylvania transplant who is enamored with the scenery of the Finger Lakes region, unsuccessful Ivy league applicant
NY-34, 79, 96: also Cornell students, I guess
NY-37: Native American? Soldier at Fort Drum?
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Road Hog on October 27, 2022, 11:10:14 PM
If John Paul Hammershmidt had been a Democrat at the time, I-49 North would have been named for him from the get-go as opposed to 2012 when the Republicans finally won the Arkansas state house.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: CometTheMountainLion on March 02, 2023, 07:37:24 PM
I-17: Wile E. Coyote
I-19: The Roadrunner
I-70: Eric Cartman
I-290 (IL): Steve Urkel
I-476 (PA): Will Smith
US-1A (RI): Peter Griffin
US-14: John Dutton III
FL-A1A: Tommy Vercetti
HI-56: Lilo
NV-375: Worf
UT-9: Freddy Fazbear
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheRhodeGeek on March 04, 2023, 01:08:45 PM
I-95: The real popular kid
US 6: The kid who always claims that he is the best (he has a bitter rivalry with US 20)
MA/US 3: Traveling Pilgrim-turned hiker
I-395/I-290 (MA-CT): LGBT person with an identity crisis
I-89: Mountaineer who is a fan of both the Bruins and the Habs
I-90: Greedy kid who is hated by the rest of the class
I-195 (RI-MA): US 6's daughter
US 44: US 6's twin brother who also loves beaches
I-91: City kid-turned mountain lover
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: Dellbeam on March 05, 2023, 03:51:23 PM
NY-16: Cheese curd addict who tailgates at every Buffalo Bills game since the 80s.
NY-27: Rich fisher who lives in Long Island, as he goes on vacations with his yacht.
NY-80: Local legend in his little town near Syracuse, as he happened to be the star quarterback during his high school days. He had a local stint with the NFL until a leg injury caused him to retire after a couple years. Has played with the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills as a backup QB.
NY-440: Middle-aged guy who complains about electric vehicles and goes on about the glory days of muscle cars ramping the streets.
Title: Re: If numbered highways were people
Post by: TheGrassGuy on June 01, 2023, 11:59:04 AM
Quote from: Dellbeam on March 05, 2023, 03:51:23 PM
NY-16: Cheese curd addict who tailgates at every Buffalo Bills game since the 80s.
NY-27: Rich fisher who lives in Long Island, as he goes on vacations with his yacht.
NY-80: Local legend in his little town near Syracuse, as he happened to be the star quarterback during his high school days. He had a local stint with the NFL until a leg injury caused him to retire after a couple years. Has played with the Green Bay Packers and Buffalo Bills as a backup QB.
NY-440: Middle-aged guy who complains about electric vehicles and goes on about the glory days of muscle cars ramping the streets.
Would US-9 and NY-17 have a lot of children?