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Title: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: bugo on October 30, 2013, 10:54:09 AM
I've lived in several different cities in my life, and I've noticed a pattern.  Several of these cities are connected by the same highway.

Mena, Arkansas and Kansas City, Missouri (US 71, Future I-49)
Tulsa, Oklahoma and Kansas City, Missouri (US 169)
Tulsa, Oklahoma and Conway, Arkansas (US 64)

I also worked in Sedalia, Missouri which connects to Conway, Arkansas via US 65.  I have spent a lot of time in Lawrence, Kansas which connects to Mena, Arkansas via US 59, and I got married in Poteau, Oklahoma (marriage didn't work out, thank $deity$). 

Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: bassoon1986 on October 30, 2013, 11:05:25 AM
Waskom, TX, Shreveport, LA, Bossier City, LA and Monroe, LA (I-20/US 80)
Monroe, LA, Pineville, LA, and Woodworth, LA (US 165)
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Doctor Whom on October 30, 2013, 11:33:41 AM
If we don't count a central city and its suburbs, then Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD (I-95 and US 1).  US 1 also goes into the postal area of another place where I've lived, namely, Princeton, NJ.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: hbelkins on October 30, 2013, 12:01:04 PM
Beattyville, KY and Irvine, KY. KY 52.
Irvine, KY and Winchester, KY. KY 89.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: roadman on October 30, 2013, 12:24:11 PM
Spent my youth and college years in Lynn, MA, and have lived in Wakefield, MA since 1990.  Both communities are connected by MA Route 129.  However, if you don't count the MBTA, it's probably the least efficient way to travel between the two.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Brandon on October 30, 2013, 12:30:45 PM
I-80 and US-30, Joliet, IL, and Rock Springs, WY.
I-55 and IL-53, Joliet, IL, and Bolingbrook, IL.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: 1995hoo on October 30, 2013, 12:32:08 PM
Charlottesville and Fairfax, Virginia (US-29)
Montgomery, Alabama, and Durham, North Carolina (I-85)

The town where I was born in Texas is not on any direct route to any other place I've lived.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: corco on October 30, 2013, 01:36:27 PM
Boise, ID and Laramie, WY both connected by US 30 with Geneva, IL as an honorable mention since its pretty close. So for 16/25 of my life i have lived within fifteen miles of that highway.         

My other would be Boise and McCall ID with Idaho 55.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Urban Prairie Schooner on October 30, 2013, 01:48:39 PM
I have always lived in cities located along US 61 and I-10, not to mention the Jefferson Highway. Not too many cities in that category, though.
On different out-of-state trips, I have managed to visit both ends of US 20 and both historical ends of US 6 (and neither trip was expressly for those purposes, it was a bonus by coincidence).
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Big John on October 30, 2013, 01:59:26 PM
US 41 - Green Bay WI, Menomonee Falls WI, Marietta GA.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: PHLBOS on October 30, 2013, 02:04:18 PM
Mine are same in number only but not the actual corridor/route:

Marblehead, MA (Route 114)

Bristol, RI during my college years (Route 114)
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: dfilpus on October 30, 2013, 02:55:30 PM
Alpena and Ann Arbor MI - US 23
Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti MI - M-17
Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Detroit MI, I-94
East Lansing and Detroit MI, I-96
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Thing 342 on October 30, 2013, 03:27:47 PM
Cheyenne, WY and Omaha, NE. (I-80)
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on October 30, 2013, 04:06:52 PM
US 31 - South Bend and Jeffersonville, IN
IN 62 - Jeffersonville and New Albany, IN
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: ATLRedSoxFan on October 30, 2013, 04:46:33 PM
I-75: Atlanta and Detroit
I-90 Boston, Chicago and Cleveland/Elyria, OH
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: hobsini2 on October 30, 2013, 05:34:10 PM
Princeton WI and Sheboygan WI on Wis 23
Princeton WI and Wautoma WI on Wis 73
Wautoma WI and Oshkosh WI on Wis 21
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: 6a on October 30, 2013, 05:58:53 PM

Quote from: 1995hoo on October 30, 2013, 12:32:08 PM
Charlottesville and Fairfax, Virginia (US-29)
Montgomery, Alabama, and Durham, North Carolina (I-85)

The town where I was born in Texas is not on any direct route to any other place I've lived.

US 29 was a constant in my life for 12 years. Danville & Lynchburg VA, Atlanta, Anderson SC, and Charlotte.


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Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: sandiaman on October 30, 2013, 06:01:11 PM
old US 66:
Springfield,MO   (born  there)
Albuquerque,.NM

US 65:
Springfield ,MO
Des Moines,IA

US 101:
San Mateo CA
Menlo Park, CA
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: pianocello on October 30, 2013, 06:19:13 PM
US-6, almost. It passes through Davenport, and about 5 miles north of Valparaiso.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: tdindy88 on October 30, 2013, 06:42:47 PM
Indianapolis and Muncie: SR 67
Indianapolis and Bloomington: SR 37

And in the future, all three by I-69.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: jfs1988 on October 30, 2013, 07:00:38 PM
East Los Angeles/City Terrace
Pomona
San Bernardino

Interstate 10
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Eth on October 30, 2013, 08:45:43 PM
Thanks to having lived in four different cities in metro Atlanta (Atlanta, Conyers, Decatur, and Hampton), there are several such connections involving various permutations of I-20, US 19, US 23, US 29, US 41, US 78, US 278, and GA 20.

Honorable mention to US 29, which in addition to hitting both Atlanta and Decatur also comes within about ten miles of my former home in Gaithersburg, MD.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on October 30, 2013, 08:46:43 PM
Quote from: tdindy88 on October 30, 2013, 06:42:47 PM
Indianapolis and Muncie: SR 67
Indianapolis and Bloomington: SR 37

And in the future, all three by I-69.

I could add five routes to my list by moving to Indy.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Charles2 on October 30, 2013, 10:53:57 PM
Birmingham and Louisville: I-65 and U.S. 31
Birmingham and Auburn, AL: U.S. 280
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: DeaconG on October 30, 2013, 10:57:36 PM
Philadelphia; Landover Hills, MD; Fayetteville, NC; Port St. John, FL - I-95
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: theline on October 30, 2013, 11:56:30 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on October 30, 2013, 04:06:52 PM
US 31 - South Bend and Jeffersonville, IN
IN 62 - Jeffersonville and New Albany, IN
Quote from: tdindy88 on October 30, 2013, 06:42:47 PM
Indianapolis and Muncie: SR 67
Indianapolis and Bloomington: SR 37

And in the future, all three by I-69.

US 31 - South Bend and Indianapolis
Indianapolis and Muncie: SR 67 and I-69 (maybe a bit a a stretch, since it's about 7 miles from Muncie at the closest)
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: allniter89 on October 31, 2013, 12:49:40 AM
Fayetteville, NC and Fort Lauderdale, FL  I 95
Fort Walton Beach, FL and Shalimar, FL and Crestview, FL  FL 85
Dover, DE and Dover AFB, DE and Little Heaven, DE and Frederica, DE   US 113 (it existed back then)
Dover, DE and Magnolia, DE  US 113A (it existed back then)
Dover, DE and Woodside, DE US 13
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: KEVIN_224 on October 31, 2013, 12:50:57 AM
Wells, ME and Old Orchard Beach, ME are both serviced by ME Route 9.

I live in New Britain, CT, which has CT Route 9, but does not connect to ME's road.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: msubulldog on October 31, 2013, 01:01:10 AM
Raleigh, NC; Greensboro, NC; and Jackson, TN--I 40
Raleigh, Wake Forest, and Franklinton, NC--US 1
Starkville, MS and Columbus, MS--US 82
Columbus, MS and Jackson, TN --US 45
San Antonio, TX and San Marcos, TX--I 35
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: PurdueBill on October 31, 2013, 01:30:59 AM
Counting close family who I would visit for holidays and stuff as well as just myself:

Peabody, Mass and Newark Del: I-95
Lafayette, Ind and Albemarle, NC: US 52
Greenville NC and Newark Del is close to hitting with US 13, but 13 misses Newark by just a little.  Bummer...
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: apjung on October 31, 2013, 03:52:03 AM
Lafayette, Louisiana and Greater New Orleans: I-10, I-49/future I-49, US 90, LA 182 (okay, it ends just outside of Raceland but it's close enough)

Technically, Lafayette and Metairie is only connected by I-10 since US 90 does not go through Metairie.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Roadsguy on October 31, 2013, 08:26:11 AM
My closest example, of all the three cities/towns I've lived in, is Lebanon and Philadelphia, almost connected by the PA Turnpike. (You need to go up PA 72 to get to Lebanon, and the Turnpike goes around the north side of the Philly area, not quite entering it.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: dgolub on October 31, 2013, 08:35:31 AM
New York City and New Haven, CT: I-95 and US 1
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: elsmere241 on October 31, 2013, 08:49:07 AM
Nashville, TN and Raleigh, NC: I-40

Double almost: US 1 goes through Raleigh and comes close to Newark, DE; I-95 brushes Newark and comes relatively close to Raleigh.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: US71 on October 31, 2013, 01:48:34 PM
Fayetteville and Fort Smith, AR. I'm not sure, but I think it was part of the Jefferson Highway at one time ;)  :bigass:
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Henry on October 31, 2013, 02:35:13 PM
Chicago, IL and Seattle, WA: I-90
Los Angeles, CA and Seattle, WA: I-5
Chicago, IL and Los Angeles, CA: US 66

:sombrero:
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: briantroutman on October 31, 2013, 03:24:47 PM
Quite a few now that I think of it...

San Francisco, CA and Williamsport (and State College), PA – I-80
(Yes, I know that I-80 doesn't enter either Williamsport or State College, but it does serve those communities, and at least Williamsport has an x80 spur and is used sporadically as a control city.)

Williamsport and State College, PA – US 220

Williamsport and Harrisburg, PA – US 15 (for all intents and purposes)

Harrisburg and Allentown, PA – US 22 (I-78, almost)

State College, Harrisburg, and West Chester, PA – US 322

West Chester and Allentown, PA – PA 100 (for all intents and purposes)

Allentown and Philadelphia, PA – PA 309, I-476 (for all intents and purposes)

Harrisburg and Philadelphia, PA – I-76
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Strider on October 31, 2013, 08:34:03 PM
Greensboro, NC; Morganton, NC; Gibsonville, NC; Archdale, NC; Lewisville, NC: I-40/I-85, US 421

(Morganton and Greensboro is connected by I-40; Archdale and Greensboro is connected by I-85, and Gibsonville is connected to Greensboro via I-40/I-85 multiplex, and Lewisville, NC is connected to Greensboro via US 421. thus why I put all 5 different cities as all being connected via I-40 and I-85 and US 421)

Manassas, VA, Greensboro, NC: US 29
US 29 does run to the west of actual town... it meets the state route 234 at the Manassas Battlefield Park just north of I-66 interchange, which is a part of Manassas.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: bmeiser on October 31, 2013, 10:11:25 PM
Indianapolis - Lafayette: I-65 / US-52
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: sipes23 on November 01, 2013, 04:03:32 PM
US 14 has dominated the last decade of my life. Chicago and two suburbs. Toss in one more if you count work.

US 1 dominated my early to mid 20s. Saco, Portland and all stops between.

US 20 has been an odd theme in my life too. I've lived and worked near it for much of my life. Particularly college (Rockford, IL). We'd occasionally joke about driving the whole length of US 20. I'm about 20% there.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: DandyDan on November 03, 2013, 04:50:12 AM
The only case where that's happened to me is IL 38, which connects St. Charles (where I went to high school) and DeKalb, where I went to college.  My parents get an honorable mention, as they live here in Papillion, NE, which goes within 5 miles of US 75, which goes through their old hometown of Luverne, MN (dad actually lived on US 75 for a time there, before he met mom).
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Laura on November 03, 2013, 05:56:48 AM
None of the places I've lived are connected by the same highway.

I've lived in 4 places in Maryland (Baltimore City - Charles Village; Edgewood; Jarrettsville; Perry Hall) and 1 in Virginia (Lynchburg).

Three out of the four Maryland locations are on the north east side of the Baltimore metro area (Charles Village is smack in the middle of the city) but they aren't served by any of the same routes. Amusingly, if you ignore the names and route numbers on the highways, you'd get pretty close with the same stretch of road between Jarrettsville and Charles Village (MD 146 and MD 45). There are no turns required to transition from MD 146 to MD 45 (a roundabout connects them at 146's southern terminus).

Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: sandwalk on November 03, 2013, 12:36:33 PM
Thanks to this thread, I realized that in 4 of the 5 different locations that I've lived.....Interstate 90 was less than 7 miles away.

Sandusky, OH and Norwalk, OH --- US 250

Norwalk, OH and Belvidere & Rockford, IL --- US 20* & I-90
      *I've used US 20 to get to work in all three locations for almost 10 years.  Crazy.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on November 03, 2013, 01:26:08 PM
I-25 for Las Cruces and Albuquerque NM, and Pueblo CO. Actually I don't live in Pueblo but close enough. I also moved from metro L.A. to Las Cruces via I-10. There isn't a continuous route connecting my current location to Twin Cities MN, where I lived 25 years though.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: luokou on November 04, 2013, 11:39:49 AM
Portland OR, Vancouver WA, Carlsbad CA, Orange CA,: I-5, I-205 (OR/WA)
Beaverton OR, Hillsboro OR, Portland OR: US-26, OR-8
Orange CA, Costa Mesa CA: CA-55
Costa Mesa CA, Long Beach CA: I-405
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Jardine on November 04, 2013, 12:55:53 PM
Not quite what the OP is asking about, but I've lived at 3 different addresses in the same town, and all were within 2 city blocks of Harrison Avenue.

One place was a motel, for 15 months.  And yes, it was not a fun time at all.  Motels are noisy, this one was old and run down, and the clientele was scary, although some of the others might have felt the same way about me.   :wow:
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Mapmikey on November 04, 2013, 01:08:05 PM
San Diego CA and Idaho Falls ID - I-15
New London CT, Dumfries VA, and Fredericksburg VA - US 1
Fredericksburg, Charleston SC, and Tidewater VA area - US 17


Mapmikey
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: DSS5 on November 04, 2013, 09:37:00 PM
I've moved from Winston-Salem, NC to Boone, NC, which is just a straight shot on U.S. 421.

Before that I moved from Cleveland, OH to Winston-Salem. The trip is all on I-77 until "I-74" splits off about an hour north of Winston.

Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Kacie Jane on November 04, 2013, 10:24:52 PM
I've lived in multiple places on both coasts, but the only pair that fits the thread is Seattle and Bellingham connected by I-5.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Sanctimoniously on November 07, 2013, 05:44:16 AM
Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC and Portsmouth, VA: US 17.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: Mike_OH on November 09, 2013, 01:57:16 PM
Cincinnati, OH and Portsmouth, OH (US 52)
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: ChoralScholar on November 10, 2013, 02:39:26 AM
Harrison, Greenbrier, Conway, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas - connected by US 65
Atkins, Russellville, and Conway, Arkansas - connected by US 64 (and I-40)
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: JCinSummerfield on November 11, 2013, 02:23:44 PM
Not that I've been a worldly person...US-23, Ypsilanti & Petersburg, MI
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: hm insulators on November 11, 2013, 02:55:34 PM
Los Angeles and Phoenix which are connected by I-10.
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: JMoses24 on November 12, 2013, 03:02:54 AM
Hamilton, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Florence, KY: US 127
Cincinnati and Florence are also linked via I-71/I-75, US 42 and US 25
Hamilton and Cincinnati are also linked via OH SR 4 (US 27 technically doesn't enter the city of Hamilton itself but passes through the village of Ross, which also uses a Hamilton ZIP code -- so you could count that)
Harrison, Ohio and Hamilton: OH SR 128
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: bdmoss88 on November 12, 2013, 06:57:21 PM
Gordo, AL-Montgomery, AL, US82
Auburn, AL-Salisbury, NC, I85, US29
Haleyville, AL-Phil Campbell,AL, AL13
Title: Re: Different cities you have lived in that are connected by the same highway
Post by: doorknob60 on November 13, 2013, 06:30:32 PM
Not quite the same, but we took a camping trip to Yellowstone from Bend, and the campground we stayed at was on US-20 (right on it, near West Yellowstone, MT). As we left Bend two days earlier, yup, US-20. We didn't take 20 the whole way though, we used the interstates through Idaho, and took I-90 to US-395 to I-84 to US-97 on the way back. I don't think I've technically lived in two cities on the same highway, unless you count cities like Forest Grove, OR or Battle Ground, WA as being on I-5 (which they aren't). Or, if you count living in a hotel for 2 months in Eugene before moving permanently to Springfield (same situation in Pasco and West Richland), but those are neighboring cities, so that's boring.

EDIT: I thought of one. Yakima and Bend, both on US-97. I forgot, because I only lived in Yakima when I was very young. And while we're at it, Yakima and Pasco/West Richland are both on US-12 (and very near I-82).