Most of us live in a residence on a block surrounded by at least 2 streets. If actual Interstate numbers comprised your block's boundaries, or in other words you had to use actual Interstates to circle around your block, what would those interstates (not US- or SR- only routes) be?
** If you live somewhere like the Carolina coast, for example, and only had I-95 as one side of your block, what would be the cross-interstates on either side of you if they were routed right to the beach?
For me, living in Grand Junction, CO literally just south of I-70, my "interstate block" would be I-70/I-25/I-40/I-15, which, BTW is one hell of a big ass block!
Had I lived north of I-70, my "block" would then be I-70/I-76/I-25/I-80/I-215/I-15.
My former residence in Parma, OH would have had a much smaller "block" comprised of I-480/I-77/I-80 (Turnpike)/I-71, which I could drive in under an hour.
Get it? Good. Now your turn!
my block is I-94/I-35/I-29.
I-64/I-95/I-195
I-5/I-210/I-15/I-80
Which encompasses most of the Great Basin Desert, Mojave Desert, and Sierra Nevada Range.
I-41/I-39/I-94
I-405 (OR) and I-5.
Mine is I-84, I-691, and I-91, which is a manageable 50-mile block: 18 mi on I-84, 22 mi on I-91, and 9 mi on I-691, plus about a mile of ramps. If I lived 2 miles west of where I do, it would be a 3-state, 300 mile block of I-84, I-87, I-787, I-90, and I-91. If I lived about 4 miles south, it would be a 155 mile block of I-691, I-91, I-95, I-287, I-684, and I-84. If I lived 10 miles east, it would be a 185 mile block of I-91, I-95, I-395, I-90, and I-84.
I'm going to guess Kevin_224 lives on my block.
Parker, CO
I-25/I-225/I-70/I-135/I-235/I-135 again/I-35/I-44/1-40
Covers CO/KS/OK/TX/NM
Denver, Aurora, Topeka, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Pueblo, Colorado Springs
Grew up in Anaheim, CA, so my "neighborhood" was surrounded by I-5/I-605/I-10/I-15/I-8/I-805
Quote from: pdx-wanderer on January 31, 2018, 12:02:25 AM
I-405 (OR) and I-5.
Enjoy that while you can because it will be a long time after you graduate until you can afford that.
(I'm in the same block as Max Rockatansky.)
I-95 and I-695. I-895 has no east facing ramps to I-695 which would have made it even smaller.
84/82/90/15/86
I-5, I-90, I-405
I-15, I-84, I-80.
I-5 / I-605 / I-10 / I-15 / I-8 / I-805
Interstate 87 to the west and south, Interstate 95 to the north, Interstate 278 to the east: the junction of Interstates 87 and 278 form the southeast corner of the 'block'.
P00I
Since I-86 does not yet reach Binghamton...
I-390 / I-86 / I-90 / I-79 / I-80 / I-81 / I-476* / I-81 again / I-690 / I-90 again
*no direct connection
(How are spurs and stubs counted? If you include going to the ends of stubs, making a U-turn, and returning, then include I-99 and I-180)
I-5 to the east and that is it in Sherwood. The only other possible argument is I 80 600 miles south but that is really far away.
I-26 / I-40 / I-81. It's about 216 miles round trip.
I-93, I-95, I-495
Using what I can: I-195 (NJ), I-295 (NJ, DE), I-95 (DE, MD, DE, VA), I-295 (VA), I-64 (VA)
I don't have a block since there's no N/S interstate to the east of me. Which means I must have ocean front property! :-D
I-93, I-95, and I-495.
And if our pipe dreams come true and US 3 becomes something (I-89?), I'd literally live within a true block.
I'm on the same block as J&N.🍒
I have no E/W interstate to my north :-P
So, it'll have to be I-190, I-290, I-90, I-490, I-81. That pretty well boxes in the Lake Ontario shoreline.
If I ignore the fact that I-78 & I-476 do not have a direct connection, then:
I-76 / I-276 / I-476 / I-78 / I-81 / I-83 / I-283 / I-76
If it has to be a direct connection...then what do I do with the I-81 & I-476 junction?
I-57, I-64, a little of I-255, and I-55
I-65, I-465, I-74, I-275, I-71, and I-265 when it becomes official.
Just I-495. I live between I-66 and I-395, but there's no Interstate connection east of me between those routes, so I have to make do with I-495 north, south, and east of D.C. as those sides of my "block".
Middleburg, FL.. my block is i295 and i10 to the north.. i95 to the east.. i75 to the west.. and i4 to the south
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I live east of I-95 and west of the Potomac, so I have to use the "fictional Interstate" option to fill the gap on the east side. The fictional route, if it were real, would change the answer as to the south:
- I-95 to the west.
- I-95/495 (Capital Beltway) and Maryland's unsigned I-595 to the north.
- Fictional extension of I-97 south over the real US-301 to the east.
- In real life, Virginia's I-295 to the south (approximately 80 miles south), plus I-64 and I-264 to carry it as far as possible to the east. If I-97 were extended south and crossed the river into Virginia, it would likely meet I-95 somewhere north of I-295 and thus would replace all three of those routes in this answer.
If you prefer a fictional Interstate down the Eastern Shore it gets more complicated. Edited to add–I looked at a map and came up with the following: I-95 to the west. I-95/495 (Capital Beltway) and Maryland's I-595, then up I-97 to I-695, around Baltimore on I-695 back to I-95 up into Delaware. Then it's a question of where you'd put the fictional Interstate. Let's assume it would meet I-95 where DE-1 does now. So you'd go from I-95 to the fictional Interstate all the way down over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Then you again have the question of where it meets the existing system. Assume it would follow current US-13 to I-64. So from the fictional Interstate you'd have I-64 up to I-295 to form the southern side of the block, and then up I-95 as the western side.
I-26 / I-95 / I-16 / I-75 / I-675 / I-285 / I-20 / I-520 / I-20
I-87/I-90/I-890/I-90/I-481/I-81/Canadian Border
Actually, I have three:
Chicago: I-90/I-94, I-290 and I-294
Los Angeles: I-5, I-10, I-210, I-405 and I-605
Seattle: I-5, I-90 and I-405
I-74, I-57, I-70, and I-465. I-72 technically extends about a mile or so into this block from I-57, but it lacks a direct connection to any of the other three Interstates that form my home block.
Home location: I-80/94, I-80/294, I-80, I-57, I-74, I-465, I-65
Just for fun doing US routes: US 6, US 45, US 30, US 41
Work location: I-88, I-355, I-290, I-294
Just realized that both my home and work are < 500 feet from an interstate. Wonder how many people live and work in separate locations that are both that close to interstates?
I-93 to the west and I-95 to the north. If US 1 were re-designated an Interstate, that would cover the east and south portions of the block.
INTERSTATES:
West: I-75 from the Soo to Flint > I-475 > I-69 to Port Huron > I-94 to Detroit > I-75 to Toledo > I-280
South: I-90 across OH and PA to Buffalo > I-190 > I-290 > I-90 to Rochester > I-490 > I-90 to Syracuse
East: I-81 to Canada
North: Hudson Bay
KING'S HIGHWAYS (ON):
West: 7 > 8, South: 401, East: 6 > 6/7, North: 7
I-85, I-285, and I-20, total distance about 37 miles.
For my former residence in Maryland, it would have been I-270, I-70, I-695, I-95, and I-495 (107 miles).
90-35-80-88-39
When I lived east of I-43 in Milwaukee, that's an interesting 'block':
75-69-96-196-94-90-94-43-41-94-694-94-29-Canada
(I'm skipping secret 296 there)
64/77/81/40/275 (TN)/75
Quote from: SectorZ on January 31, 2018, 07:07:12 AM
I-93, I-95, and I-495.
And if our pipe dreams come true and US 3 becomes something (I-89?), I'd literally live within a true block.
I-93, I-95 and I-495 here as well, but the South Shore version. (So really I-93, I-95, I-495, and the ocean.)
I-40/I-26/I-81/I-77
Blacksburg:
I-64, I-77, I-81. Interestingly, each route has a concurrency with the other two.
Newport News:
Unless I-87 happens (ha), this'll have to do: I-64, I-95, I-40, I-140, (ocean), I-64, I-664
I-76 to the north
I-476 to the east
I-95 (and I-695) to the south
I-83 to the west
My "block" is quite compact where I live at its eastern edge, but it widens out dramatically to the west. Using the block analogy, its odd to think that I'm on the same block as the White Marsh Mall two states away but that King of Prussia–local to me–is a block away.
Bounded by I-55, I-80, and I-355.
North: I-94
East: I-275 -> I-75
South: I-475 -> I-80/I-90
West: I-69
It would be much smaller if the US-23 freeway were an Interstate (I-73?)
North: I-40
East: I-95
South: I-20
West: I-77, I-485, I-85
486 miles.
I-95, I-676, I-76, I-476, I-276
The Stevenson, The Dan Ryan, The Dan Ryan, the Edens :)
Ok, ok, I-55, I-90/94, I-90/94, I-94. And Lake Michigan.
Same as ftballfan:
94 to the north
69 to the west
80/90 to the south
75 & 275 to the east
I-285/I-20/I-459/I-59/I-24/I-75
Speaking of I-24, what block do these people live on (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2205942,-85.811128,215m/data=!3m1!1e3)?
Where I presently reside:
I-95 to the south
I-76 to the north & east
I-476 to the west
When I resided in MA:
I-95 to the north
I-93 to the west
I-495 to the south (across Massachusetts Bay)
Marblehead Harbor to the east (no the house was not on oceanfront property)
Quote from: Ga293 on January 31, 2018, 02:13:54 PM
I-285/I-20/I-459/I-59/I-24/I-75
Speaking of I-24, what block do these people live on (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2205942,-85.811128,215m/data=!3m1!1e3)?
24, 840, 24 and 59, of course!
There are some homes in the median of I-77 (WV Turnpike) between Beckley and Princeton.
Quote from: hbelkins on January 31, 2018, 02:53:23 PM
There are some homes in the median of I-77 (WV Turnpike) between Beckley and Princeton.
Street View link needed - seeing is believing :sombrero:
(I will look myself, but I'm not "driving" all the way between those two cities)
ETA: I found a few (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6497735,-81.1093282,3a,75y,256.92h,69.59t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sPu75Jmm3wa7mOGX7G6r2Jw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DPu75Jmm3wa7mOGX7G6r2Jw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D141.54059%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100). There may be more, though.
Quote from: webny99 on January 31, 2018, 03:03:59 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on January 31, 2018, 02:53:23 PM
There are some homes in the median of I-77 (WV Turnpike) between Beckley and Princeton.
Street View link needed - seeing is believing :sombrero:
(I will look myself, but I'm not "driving" all the way between those two cities)
ETA: I found a few (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6497735,-81.1093282,3a,75y,256.92h,69.59t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sPu75Jmm3wa7mOGX7G6r2Jw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DPu75Jmm3wa7mOGX7G6r2Jw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D141.54059%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100). There may be more, though.
There's a neighborhood (https://goo.gl/maps/eftJ2EyWsJE2) in the median of I-75 in Cincinnati.
I-5, I-84, I-205
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on January 31, 2018, 01:42:39 AM
I-5 to the east and that is it in Sherwood. The only other possible argument is I 80 600 miles south but that is really far away.
Yours would be I-5, I-80, I-505, I-580, and I-705
I-95 east, I-85 south, I-95/64 north, I-81 (very far) west.
Quote from: Brandon on January 31, 2018, 03:10:30 PM
There's a neighborhood (https://goo.gl/maps/eftJ2EyWsJE2) in the median of I-75 in Cincinnati.
That's legit. I would totally live there. Maybe. Not.
I guess mine would have to be I-84, I-5, I-80, and I-15 :wow: (I guess throw in I-205 and I-215 to cut off the corners but that doesn't change it much)
I-76 / I-476 / I-95 / I-695 / I-83
Total Distance: 255 Miles
I-10 a few miles south of home
I-110S only goes south so not a complete side of my block, maybe I-65 is a better choice?
I-20 as the north leg of my block? Probably 250 miles north.
I-75 as my east leg of my block.
Federal US hwys
US-90 3 blks south of home
US-29 west
US-84 north
US-331 east
FL state hwys
FL-2 north
FL-285 east
FL-20 south
FL-85 west
South San Francisco Area I-280/I-380
Solano County I-680, I-780, I-505 and I-80
Sacramento area I-305, I-5 and I-80
Quote from: webny99 on January 31, 2018, 07:53:47 AM
I have no E/W interstate to my north :-P
Me neither. To make a block, I guess it would be I-90 / I-81 / 401 / QEW.
I-75, I-696, I-96, I-496, I-69, back to I-75.
Without 3di's, it would be I-75 to I-96 to I-69 back to I-75.
Hmm... what interstates are around my block??
I-80/90 (Indiana Toll Road), I-94 (to the north)
I-65 (to the west)
I-865, I-465 (to the south)
I-69 (to the east)
Total Mileage: 431 miles (complete circle)
I-94, I-196, I-96, I-69
I-40, I-40/85, I-85, I-485, I-77, I-20, I-95.
I-280, I-680, I-580, I-5, I-405, I-10 and the Pacific Coast.
If I-69 were completed in east Texas, mine would be I-69, I-49, I-10, I-610. Otherwise I'd have to go further west to include I-45 and I-20
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Ok, if we're going to do US and state highways, here goes
State: CT 10, (SR 509), CT 322, CT 69, CT 72, CT 372, CT 177 (SR 532). 25 mile loop on signed routes, about 23 if you count the SR shortcuts. The house I grew up in would have been CT 10, CT 120, CT 364, CT 71, CT 71A, CT 372, CT 72, CT 372 again.
US: Since US 5 does not connect to US 1, it becomes a 308 mile loop of US 6, US 1, and US 7 through CT and RI. If it did connect, it would be an exactly half of that 154 mile intrastate loop of US 5, US 1, US 7, US 6, and US 44.
If we're talking numbered routes, it's a intra-town, 9 1/2 mi. block of I-84 and CT 10.
From Lawrence, KS:
I-70 -> I-435 -> I-35 -> I-335 -> I-470 (total trip is 209 miles)
Being on the east side of Iowa St (US 59) makes this much more complicated than if I was on the west side, but here goes.
US-59 -> US-40/59 -> US24/40 -> US-24/40/73 -> US-24/40 -> US-69 -> US-56/69/169 -> US-56/169 -> US-50/56/169 -> US-50/56 -> US-56 (total trip is 103 miles)
Since K-10 and K-32 begin at different spots near Lawrence, Kansas highways are a bit difficult as well.
K-7 -> K-68 -> K-31 -> K-99 -> K-4 -> K-92 -> K-92/16 -> K-92 (total trip is 238 miles)
US: 460, 23, 119, 421, 60.
State: 52, 213, 9000 (Mountain Parkway), 11, 498. And this is complicated by the fact that KY 11 and the Mountain Parkway cross each other twice between Stanton and Slade with no interchange.
US: 70, 15/501, 64, 421
NC: 86, 57, 49, 96, 56, 50, 98, 55, 54
I-90, I-94, I-494, I-35E, I-35.
If we're now doing US & state highways...
Where I presently reside (US first, then state):
US 1 to the north
US 13 to the south and east
US 322 to the west
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PA 3 to the north
PA 291 to the south & east
PA 420 to the west
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Where I grew up in Massachusetts:
US 1 to the north & west
US 44 to the south (traversing the Massachusetts Bay)
Marblehead Harbor to the east
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MA 114 to the north
MA 129 to the south
MA 1A to the west
US for me:
US 101 (west)
US 26 (north)/US 30 (north/northeast)
US 20 (South)
US 197/97 (east)
State Routes:
North/West: (OR 18/OR 99W)
East: (OR 141/OR 99E)
South/West: (OR 219/214/99E)
US Routes for me:
US 422 to the north & east
US 222 to the west
US 30 to the south
US 202 to the south & east
State Routes:
PA 23 to the north
PA 100 to the west
PA 401 to the south
PA 113 to the south and east
Where I lived last year, I wouldn't be able to do a complete state-route block:
PA 23 to the north
PA 29 to the east; but PA 29 heading south doesn't cross another PA state route, so...
US 202 to the south
PA 401 to the south and west
PA 113 to the west
Quote from: OscarJust I-495. I live between I-66 and I-395, but there's no Interstate connection east of me between those routes, so I have to make do with I-495 north, south, and east of D.C. as those sides of my "block".
However, I-395/I-695/I-295 lobs a good chunk out of that block...😊
US: US-64, US-1, US-70, US-15/501
State: NC-55, NC-54, NC-87, NC-42, NC-540
Where I live: I-95 to I-295 (NJ) to I-76 to I-676 (NJ). Interestingly, when I-95 is rerouted to the PA Turnpike this will not change except I'll have to label I-295 (PA-NJ) because other interchanges would be required to shorten my block (chiefly the Pearl Harbor Extension with I-295).
Where I work: I-295 (NJ) to the West and I-195 (NJ) to the North. Nothing but ocean in the other directions. I guess I-264 (VA) comes closest to being the Southern Interstate. If so it's I-264 (VA) to I-64 to I-295 (VA) to I-95 to I-495 (VA-MD) to I-95 to I-695 (MD) to I-95 to I-295 (DE-NJ) to I-195 (NJ)
For me,
I-90/I-94/I-29
US 14/US 87/US 212/US 85
State routes is kinda a pain but SD 34/WY 24/WY 111 and there really isn't anything on the south side.
I-80 (with I-90 with it for part of it), I-71, I-270 (OH), I-70, I-75
US 20, US 250, US 224, US 23, US 6
OH 18, OH 4, OH 547, OH 269
Quote from: spooky on January 31, 2018, 10:28:32 AM
Quote from: SectorZ on January 31, 2018, 07:07:12 AM
I-93, I-95, and I-495.
And if our pipe dreams come true and US 3 becomes something (I-89?), I'd literally live within a true block.
I-93, I-95 and I-495 here as well, but the South Shore version. (So really I-93, I-95, I-495, and the ocean.)
US routes:
US 1 to the north and west, US 44 to the south
MA routes:
MA 3A. It basically touches the ocean both north and south of my house
I-294/I-57/I-90/94/I-55
US Routes:
Home: US 30 to US 130 to US 206
Work: US 40 to US 9 to US 13
State Routes:
Home: NJ 41 to NJ 38 to NJ 70
Work: NJ 50 to NJ 49 to NJ 55 to NJ 47 to NJ 41 to NJ 70 to NJ 72. No SE state routs though NJ 152 exists without connecting to the rest of the network
I-5 and the, uh, ocean I guess
At my mom's house in NW Columbus (since I am there for the weekend...:
I-70/I-75/I-80&90/I-71/I-270.
I-95/I-40/I-64/Atlantic Ocean
soon to be
I-95/I-40/I-87/Atlantic Ocean
and several years after that
I-95/I-40/I-42 (north and east)
Since the convo has expanded to US and state routes, here are mine...
MA 110 (north), MA 38 (east), MA 129 (south), MA 3A (west). If we had a hybrid with interstates, I-495 would replace MA 110.
US 4/202 (north), US 3 (west/south), US 1 (east)
State Routes
CA 99, CA 180, CA 63, CA 201
US Routes; this will be much wider since there aren't many left in California.
US 101, US 20, US 395, No US Route to the south
Historic US Routes
US 99, US 50, US 395, US 466
If we're doing work locations, the interstate and US routes remain the same, but work is KY 15 and KY 1812.
If we're now doing US and state highways:
MA 28 to the west
MA 129 to the east
I-95/MA 128 to the north
MA 60 to the south
Three of these routes are two miles or less from my house.
I-80, I-280 and...the Pacific Ocean.
I'm outside an actual Interstate block; between I-280 and the ocean. However, when it comes to designated highways, I-280 is one of the boundaries of my particular "block", consisting of (1) I-280 (2) CA 87 (3) CA 85 and (4) CA 17.
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on January 31, 2018, 01:42:39 AM
I-5 to the east and that is it in Sherwood. The only other possible argument is I 80 600 miles south but that is really far away.
Same, but Tualatin. (Hey neighbor!) If the Sunset ever gets an Interstate designation (ha!) that would at least be closer than I-80.
When I lived in Lake Oswego growing up, it would've been I-5, I-205 and I-84.
Edit: Since we're doing US and state routes now, mine are:
- US Routes
- US-26 to the north
- US-20 to the south
- US-97 to the east
- US-101 to the west
- State Routes
- OR-217 to the north
- OR-219 and OR-214 to the south
- OR-141 to the east
- OR-99W to the west
I-8/I-10/I-15.
I-8/I-10/I-15.
I'll add in US and IL routes
US:
US 51/US 62/US 60/US 45/US 50
IL:
IL 13/IL 149/IL 127/IL 146/IL 37/IL 148
I have to enter MO for my Interstate Block and enter KY for my US Route Block
For Work Location, Interstate is the same.
US: US 51/US 50/US 67/US 61/US 62/US 60
IL: IL 149/IL 127/IL 13/IL 4/IL 151/IL 3
Decommissioned US 460 would be part of both US Route Blocks
Interstates:
I-66 to the north
I-64 and I-295 to the south
I-95 and I-495 to the east
I-81 to the west
US Highways:
US-29 to the north
US-15/US-29 to the west
US-1 to the east
US-17 to the south
US-50 to the northeast
Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on January 31, 2018, 08:58:19 PM
Hmm... what interstates are around my block??
I-80/90 (Indiana Toll Road), I-94 (to the north)
I-65 (to the west)
I-865, I-465 (to the south)
I-69 (to the east)
Total Mileage: 431 miles (complete circle)
It turns out that South Bend is on the same block, so mine is the same.
If US 31 ever gets upgraded to I-67, we'd be on separate blocks. My block would be:
I-80/90 (Indiana Toll Road)
I-69 (on the east)
I-465 (on the south)
I-67 (on the west)
I-40/26/75/85.
I-459/65/85/285/20
I have no Interstate to my north and the closest one to the west is across Lake Michigan in Wisconsin.
E: I-675 if three digits count, I-75 if not.
S: I-69/I-96
N: I-75 I guess since it curves north of me but it doesn't connect to any other Interstate north of me.
W: I-43 with Lake Michigan in the way.
76/283/83/81/78/476/276
Lots of numbers...
Quote from: thenetwork on February 02, 2018, 12:37:36 AM
At my mom's house in NW Columbus (since I am there for the weekend...:
I-70/I-75/I-80&90/I-71/I-270.
Same block as mine, and technically there's a section of it that's not 80 and 90 together, but just 80.
Though like you I'm in a different block than home while traveling for the weekend (for a funeral), so my current block here in Scioto County, Ohio is:
I-64, I-75, I-275, I-71, I-270, I-70, I-77
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This doesn't exactly work for me since I live on an island that has only one interstate, I-495, which despite its even first digit is a dead end.
My US block would be: US 165, US 190, US 171, US 84 Business, US 84, US 84/US 371, US 84/US 71, US 71, US 71/US167, US 71, US 71/ US 165 (whew)
State route block is a bit more challenging to stick to only Louisiana routes. So many of them dead end or have termini at a US route.
LA 1208-3, LA 488, LA 112 as the west border
LA 10, LA 106 to the south
LA 115, LA 1188, LA 114 east side
LA 1 as the north east/ north border
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Let's see...Interstate block?
Going clockwise, starting at my 12 o'clock position:
I-294 south
I-57 south*
I-80 west
I-355 north
I-55 north
Up until recently, there was no direct connection between I-294 and I-57, so this segment would have had be skipped to complete the loop.
Interstate block wouldn't work for me.
Since we're doing US and state routes now:
My US home block would be
US 1 to the south / east
US 202 to the west
US 30 to the north / east
State routes:
PA 352 to the east
PA 3 to the south
PA 100 to the west
PA 401 to the north
State route is easy:
M-1, M-102, M-53, M-59, back to M-1
US routes are impossible. That's because there are no US routes east of me or north of me. Even when US-25 was there, there was still no connecting US route north of me.
Shelby County, Alabama (20 miles southwest of Birmingham):
Interstate routes:
West: I-20/59
North: I-459
East: I-65
South: I-10 (the nearest E-W route directly south of me is in Mobile...about 245 miles to the south)
U.S. Routes:
West/North: US 11
East: US 31
South: US 82
Haha... I lived in the 44/35/40/55 block for my first 16 years, moved to the 470/435 block (KC), then I moved to the 49/44/70/55 block.
(Neosho, UMKC, Springfield, MO)
Quote from: US71 on February 04, 2018, 04:38:31 PM
Interstate block wouldn't work for me.
US71, you're not within the 35-44-55-40 ? Or the 40-30-635-35E-35-240 ?
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Quote from: bassoon1986 on February 04, 2018, 08:47:07 PM
Quote from: US71 on February 04, 2018, 04:38:31 PM
Interstate block wouldn't work for me.
US71, you're not within the 35-44-55-40 ? Or the 40-30-635-35E-35-240 ?
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540 is the only thing close. 40 is 15 miles from me. 30 is 3 hours, 35 is 3 hours.
And if I used US or State routes, you could triangulate on my location which I'd rather not happen.
Let see... since we're doing U.S. and State Routes around our "home block", I might as well as give a shot on it...
U.S. Routes:
1. U.S. Route 35 (to the west)
2. U.S. Route 6 (to the south)
3. U.S. Route 31 (to the east)
4. U.S. Route 20 (to the north)
Total Mileage: 84.5 miles (1 hour 47 minutes to complete that loop)
State Roads (nearly impossible due to Indiana State Route 2 ends at the U.S. 20/31 interchange):
1. Indiana State Route 4
2. Indiana State Route 23
3. Indiana State Route 933
4. Indiana State Road 2 (let's pretend that State Route 2 ends in South Bend as it used to end in downtown South Bend)
Total Mileage: 58 miles (1 hour 28 minutes to complete that loop)
In conclusion:
The "shortest" loop for me is all the state roads...
The "longest" loop for me is all the interstates...
I can't do a US block, since the nearest US routes enter the state well north of my location; there are no actual state highways in my borough, so no state block, either.
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I-4, I-95, and I-75 is as close as it gets. I live in South Orlando, so that is what surrounds me even though 75 and 95 do not touch they do come close to a block surrounding you as possible.
Like most of North Atlanta, my interstate 'block' is I-75, I-285, I-85, I-26, I-40. Covers part of four states and an entire national park. Interstates penetrating it but not making it through are: I-575, I-985, I-185, I-385, I-140.
This block really needs subdividing. Maybe extend I-24 across north Georgia to Athens to near Augusta to Savannah?
Quote from: roadman65 on February 05, 2018, 07:19:54 PM
I-4, I-95, and I-75 is as close as it gets. I live in South Orlando, so that is what surrounds me even though 75 and 95 do not touch they do come close to a block surrounding you as possible.
595 closes your block on the south side.
Here in Orlando area the turnpike feels like an interstate. When I first saw this question I had typed a response with it named, but I had to edit.
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Florida could go a NC with all kinds of interstates or PA "interstating" many toll roads...
Apply for a southern i91 on the Turnpike as an homage to it being unsigned SR 91.
SR417 is i204
SR429 is i404
SR408 is i191
SR528 could be 604 or i495 since it links 95 to Orlando sort of like (the short for time)495 in NC
SR570 is 604 or 804 full slate of even 3dis if 528 became i604
SR618 is i775
SR23 is i310
Just slap a TOLL banner on there
Another interstate could be SR 202 becoming i995 to give a full slate of odd 3di to 95
But really no need for changes.. all the tourists and seniors would be confused..I would not mind but I am not going to FDOT to lobby for the changes
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US Highway block:
US 101, US 30, US 197, US 97, US 26
State highway block:
Loop can't be closed without use of US highways.
Combination: OR 213, US 30, OR 281, OR 35, US 26, OR 173, US 26
Bonus:
ORH 2, ORH 64, ORH 26, ORH 68
Well since US and state routes look like they are included now.
N: US-10
S: M-58
E: M-84
W: M-47
That pretty much identifies where I live now.
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on January 31, 2018, 01:42:39 AM
I-5 to the east and that is it in Sherwood. The only other possible argument is I 80 600 miles south but that is really far away.
I am in a similar boat (along with about 10 million other people)
I am west of I-5, South out I-80, and north of I-10. Now I would also be north of I-40, if extended along CASR-58 and CASR-46/41 to the coast.
However, I can be blocked with I-680 to the East and south (or I-280), I-880 to the west, I-80 to the north.
Mine can't be closed by state routes alone. Using state routes along with Interstates,
west: I-5
north: WA 522
east: I-405
south: WA 520
25 - 80 - 76 - 270
I-70, I-270, I-71, I-76, I-277, I-77
For me, my home block using all classes of highways:
North: I-94
East: I-275 -> US-24
South: M-50
West: US-23
My interstate block would be I-35 to the west, followed by I-90, which is concurrent with I-94, I-39, I-88, and I-80. I-380 dead ends in my block.
85-65-459-20-285
Those who said their block is bounded by a coast or border actually live in the same block as me and almost everyone in this world :sombrero:.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on February 07, 2018, 02:43:05 PM
Those who said their block is bounded by a coast or border actually live in the same block as me and almost everyone in this world :sombrero:.
Ah, the old:
90 / 94 / 41 / 43 / 41&94 / 94 / 90&94 / 90 / 80&90 / 94 / 69 / 94 / 75 / 80&90 / 90 / 91 / 93 / 95 / 78 / 81 / 83 / 76 / 95 / 64&95 / 95 / 4 / 75 / 10 / 10&35 / 10 / 8 / 5 / 5&10 / 5
(Or at least I think it is, counting only 2DIs. I wouldn't be surprised if I made a mistake somewhere though.
Quote from: doorknob60 on January 31, 2018, 04:36:24 PM
I guess mine would have to be I-84, I-5, I-80, and I-15 :wow: (I guess throw in I-205 and I-215 to cut off the corners but that doesn't change it much)
I guess I'll update mine for other types of highways. And going under the assumption that my home is within the shape created by my block (eg I live south of I-84, so I couldn't use I-90 as the northern border and I-84 as the south) and that the block is a complete loop.
Interstates only: I-84, I-205, I-5, I-80, I-215, I-15 (1,990 miles)
US highways only: US-30, US-20/26, US-95, US-50, US-93 (1,040 miles)
State highways only: Not possible to make a full loop without using another highway type
Any highway: I-84/US-30, ID-45, ID-78, ID-167, ID-67, ID-51 (148 miles)
I-80 / I-55 / I-39
Quote from: doorknob60 on February 07, 2018, 05:34:52 PM
State highways only: Not possible to make a full loop without using another highway type
Meridian, ID is several hundred miles from both the Canadian border and the Pacific Ocean. Are you saying that it is possible to reach one of the two without touching ANY state routes?
Depending on how CDOT feels like recognizing US Highways on any given day, my US block would be:
US-6 / US-24 / US-285 / US-50
No "Home Block" for me until the Cape May-Lewes Bridge-Tunnel's opening causes the Garden State Parkway to be re-designated as I-101.
Then it'd be I-95 -> I-195 -> I-101.
(Oh, wait, I-195 becomes NJ 138 before it hits the GSP, it'd have to be extended. Failing that, I-101 would have to be extended south to I-64 before I'll have a home block!)
Mine is a triangle. I-55, I-80, and I-355.
With me living in Dalton, Georgia, which is directly east of Interstate 75 and in the northwest part of the state:
Going clockwise, my "Interstate Home Block" is:
1 => Interstate 75 from Atlanta (I-285) to Knoxville, TN (I-40), which is on my west, for 182 miles.
2 => (with the I-75/I-40 concurrency being treated as solely I-40 for the purposes of this activity) Interstate 40 from west of Knoxville, TN (I-75) to Asheville, NC, which is on my north and northeast, for 129 miles.
3 => Interstate 26 from Asheville, NC (I-40) to Spartanburg, SC (I-85), which is on my east, for 58.1 miles.
4 => Interstate 85 from Spartanburg, SC (I-26) to Atlanta (I-285), which is on my east and southeast, for 153 miles.
5 => Interstate 285 in Atlanta (the northern part of the beltway) from I-85 to I-75, which is on my south, for 14.7 miles.
For a more concise summary:
My "Interstate Home Block" is I-75/I-40/I-26/I-85/I-285 (clockwise).
Just to continue, my US Highway block is 18 to the south, 169 to the west, 14 to the north and 218 to the west, with 65 and 69 having dangling ends in Albert Lea. It was possible that if I chose a different apartment building here in Mason City when I moved here that it would have been US 65 NB to my east and US 65 SB to my west.
The all highways block is US 18 and IA 27 to the south, US 65 to the west, IA 9 to the north and US 218 to the east, with IA 122 having a dangling end.
My state highway block is Iowa 9 to WI 82 to WI 35 to WI 133 to WI 35 again to WI 11 to WI 80 to IL 84 to IL 64 to IA 64 to IA 136 to IA 3 to IA 13 to IA 56 to IA 150 to IA 3 again to IA 27. Too many dangling ends to count.
My current home block:
*Interstates: I-80, I-215 (UT), I-15, I-210 (CA), I-5, I-80
*State Routes: NV 659
Just moved less than two miles to a new apartment. My previous home block was quite different:
*Interstates: I-80, I-215 (UT), I-15, I-84, I-205 (OR), I-5, I-80
*State Routes: can't do it with NV Routes alone
Can't do either location with US Routes as it leaves a major gap. Current US 50, US 395, US 20 & US 101 form the significant chunk with a small gap in southern CA. Change 101 to 97 makes a smaller block but a bigger gap to close the loop. If former US routes were considered though, it would go 395, 20, 97, 99, 40.
Mine is 84/684/287/87. In practical usage, though, the Taconic Parkway to my east cuts the block down by about a third.
When I lived in NJ, from 1986 to 1990 it was I-95 on the south and east. I-78 on the north, and I-287 on the west and south. Before that it was I-95 as is after, and because I-78 was not completed through Watchung Reservation, it was I-280 and part of I-80 on the north. Then I-287 on the north, west, and part of the south.
So I lived in two blocks for a while.
My current place in Overland Park: I-35, I-435, I-49, and I-44
Previous places
Omaha, NE: I-80, I-680, I-29, I-90, I-25
Ames, IA: I-80, I-35, I-90, I-29, I-680
Quote from: 1 on February 08, 2018, 08:51:19 AM
Quote from: doorknob60 on February 07, 2018, 05:34:52 PM
State highways only: Not possible to make a full loop without using another highway type
Meridian, ID is several hundred miles from both the Canadian border and the Pacific Ocean. Are you saying that it is possible to reach one of the two without touching ANY state routes?
Depends on what you mean by "touching". If you mean "driving on", then yeah I can get to the Canadian border via I-84 (or US-20/26) and US-95. Obviously that intersects plenty of state routes. Same deal for the Pacific, I-84, I-405, US-26 (or US-30, which avoids an OR-47 concurrency).
But that's not the question I was trying to answer in my original post. The question I was trying to answer was, can I create an enclosed polygon around the place that I live using
only state routes (no US or Interstates, though if a state route is multiplexed with one that's okay). I can't.
To use an example where I could, let's say I lived in downtown Eagle, ID. I could make a loop with state routes, using ID-44 (on the south), ID-16 (on the west), ID-52 (on the north), and ID-55 (on the east), which fully encloses Eagle. When ID-16 eventually gets finished down to I-84 (no timeframe currently), then most of Meridian will be able to be enclosed as well (as ID-55 is concurrent with I-84 between Exit 46 and 33 as the south boundary).
Quote from: doorknob60 on March 26, 2018, 03:54:14 PM
Quote from: 1 on February 08, 2018, 08:51:19 AM
Quote from: doorknob60 on February 07, 2018, 05:34:52 PM
State highways only: Not possible to make a full loop without using another highway type
Meridian, ID is several hundred miles from both the Canadian border and the Pacific Ocean. Are you saying that it is possible to reach one of the two without touching ANY state routes?
Depends on what you mean by "touching". If you mean "driving on", then yeah I can get to the Canadian border via I-84 (or US-20/26) and US-95. Obviously that intersects plenty of state routes. Same deal for the Pacific, I-84, I-405, US-26 (or US-30, which avoids an OR-47 concurrency).
But that's not the question I was trying to answer in my original post. The question I was trying to answer was, can I create an enclosed polygon around the place that I live using only state routes (no US or Interstates, though if a state route is multiplexed with one that's okay). I can't.
To use an example where I could, let's say I lived in downtown Eagle, ID. I could make a loop with state routes, using ID-44 (on the south), ID-16 (on the west), ID-52 (on the north), and ID-55 (on the east), which fully encloses Eagle. When ID-16 eventually gets finished down to I-84 (no timeframe currently), then most of Meridian will be able to be enclosed as well (as ID-55 is concurrent with I-84 between Exit 46 and 33 as the south boundary).
Sorry I didn't believe you. Wow. I didn't realize that every state route that touches US 195 ends there.
I-290 back when I lived in Worcester, MA
Quote from: GHayesNRP on March 27, 2018, 03:46:45 PM
I-290 back when I lived in Worcester, MA
Did you live in the median? :-D
Quote from: empirestate on March 27, 2018, 07:09:37 PM
Quote from: GHayesNRP on March 27, 2018, 03:46:45 PM
I-290 back when I lived in Worcester, MA
Did you live in the median? :-D
Obviously not Worcester, MA...but there are a few spots where people do live within the Interstate median...
I-75 in Cincy, OH comes to mind https://goo.gl/maps/QAPDbwRJBVA2
I-24 at Monteagle, TN also https://goo.gl/maps/T52PktNMzR22
Back home my block used to be I-43 to the west and Lake Michigan to the east, but since I moved to Madison my block is now I-39/90 to the east, I-90 to the north, I-35 to the west, and I-80 and I-88 to the south.
If we count US 101 (which I suspect we don't), then it would be I-80, I-280, US 101. Technically, there is no other interstate to the west between me and the ocean unless you count H-1.
If going into Canada in order to complete the loop counts: I-90, I-290, I-190, ON 405, QEW, ON 403, ON 401, ON 137, I-81, I-90, I-490
I-95, I-695, I-83, I-76 and I-476.
Also, my U.S. route block is U.S. 1, U.S. 40, U.S. 15, U.S. 30 and U.S. 222. Way back in the day it would have been U.S. 1, U.S. 111 (present-day MD-45), U.S. 30 and U.S. 222.
My state block is MD-24, MD-165, MD-543 and MD-23.
Quote from: mvak36 on March 26, 2018, 02:51:34 PM
My current place in Overland Park: I-35, I-435, I-49, and I-44
Previous places
Omaha, NE: I-80, I-680, I-29, I-90, I-25
Ames, IA: I-80, I-35, I-90, I-29, I-680
I-229 up in Sioux Falls takes a bite out of the one corner of your Ames block. I would have had the same block if I had moved to Clear Lake.
Quote from: DandyDan on March 29, 2018, 06:54:05 AM
Quote from: mvak36 on March 26, 2018, 02:51:34 PM
My current place in Overland Park: I-35, I-435, I-49, and I-44
Previous places
Omaha, NE: I-80, I-680, I-29, I-90, I-25
Ames, IA: I-80, I-35, I-90, I-29, I-680
I-229 up in Sioux Falls takes a bite out of the one corner of your Ames block. I would have had the same block if I had moved to Clear Lake.
Yes, you're right. I had forgotten about that.
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If you're talking U.S. routes then my home block would be easy! It's mostly covered by the Beltline (it has many different highways but US 12 is on the entire route) and US 51. I suppose 151 would be a part of it instead of 51 because that's the only route that runs through the central city.
I've got an interesting block. In fact, it's not even possible to complete the square in either direction without exiting...twice!
I-94/I-294 JCT (no direct connection) | I-94 Edens Spur | I-94 Edens Expy |
I-294 Tri-State Tollway | My Location | I-94 Edens Expy |
I-294/I-90/I-190 JCT | I-90 Tollway/Kennedy Expy | I-90/I-94 JCT (no direct connection) |
Unfortunately, there's no direct connections from I-294 North to the Spur, the Spur to I-294 South, I-90 East to I-94 West, or I-94 East to I-90 West. If I want the full, only Interstate block, I'd have to go all the way down to I-290.
My US-route block at home:
US-12 to the north,
US-23 to the east
US-223 to the south,
US-127 to the west
My US-route block at work (downtown Toledo):
US-20 to the south,
US-23 to the west,
US-6 (maybe?) to the east
nothing to the north?
My SR block at home:
M-52 to the west,
M-36 a partial north,
M-125 a partial east
OH-184 & OH 109 for a partial south.
I-75, I-280 and I-80/I-90
| I-90 | I-39/90/94 |
I-35 | me | I-39 |
I-380 | I-80 | I-88 |
When we lived in Jacksonville my interstate block was small.. i10 to the north, i95 to the east and i295 to South and west
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I-40/77/85. I live two miles or so from the 40/77 junction and 38 miles from the 77/85 junction
83/76/81/70 and I guess 695 since 83 and 70 don't meet.
81 and 76 don't directly meet, so that gets interesting.
Nexus 6P
Crap, I live west of I-5, so technically my Block would be I-5/80, and BC/TCH-1.
My Interstate home block is I-495.
My US Highway home block encompasses a much larger area, is twice as long, and would probably take about 3 times as long to drive, due to the necessity of driving thru downtown DC and Frederick, MD: US-29, US-40, US-15, with US-50 cutting a bit off the SW corner.
I've given up trying to form one with state highways; there isn't one between my house the the Potomac River, and I've only found 2 river bridges with state highways on both approaches, both well west of me: MD-38 and WV-42 meet near Kitzmiller, MD; MD-34 and WV-480 meet at Shepherdstown, WV. But even having discovered those connections, I can't create a atate highway polygon that includes my house. (I'm pretty sure the Nice Bridge carries only US-301, and the CBBT carries only US-13.)
I-44/I-49*/I-40/I-35
*If you consider I-49 in MO and I-49 in AR to be two separate highways, then it is I-44/I-270/I-55/I-40/I-35. Until about 4 years ago, it was I-244/I-444/I-44.
I-80; I-580; I-680; I-780.
Quote from: doorknob60 on February 07, 2018, 05:34:52 PM
And going under the assumption that my home is within the shape created by my block (eg I live south of I-84, so I couldn't use I-90 as the northern border and I-84 as the south) and that the block is a complete loop.
Interstates only: I-84, I-205, I-5, I-80, I-215, I-15 (1,990 miles)
US highways only: US-30, US-20/26, US-95, US-50, US-93 (1,040 miles)
State highways only: Not possible to make a full loop without using another highway type
Any highway: I-84/US-30, ID-45, ID-78, ID-167, ID-67, ID-51 (148 miles)
This is no longer accurate for me anymore. New ones:
Interstates only: I-84, I-86, I-15, I-90, I-82 (1,350 miles)
US Highways only: US-30, US-20/26 (53 miles; yes, I only need two US highways to fully encircle where I live)
State highways only: Not possible to make a full loop without using another highway type
Any highway: I-84, US-20/26, I-184 (13.5 miles)
Crazy how moving less than 10 miles changes these answers so much.
I-95 to I-395 via CT-32, I-395 to I-90, I-90 to I-495, I-495 to I-95 ... to I-295 back to I-95.
US-1 to US-5 to US-6.
There are no state routes to my south that would work for this. I'd have to use US-1 to cheat if I wanted to do a state route block.
Current: I-485/77/40/26 OR I-485/77/US 64/US 21
Grew up in: I-85/77/40/81 maybe?
Lived at one time: I-29/94/TC1/US 52 (I guess US 2 if we go to US routes, otherwise, I guess I-15 would be the closest to the west)
Quote from: OracleUsr on May 20, 2018, 10:00:28 AM
Current: I-485/77/40/26 OR I-485/77/US 64/US 21
Grew up in: I-85/77/40/81 maybe?
Lived at one time: I-29/94/TC1/US 52 (I guess US 2 if we go to US routes, otherwise, I guess I-15 would be the closest to the west)
My mistake. That should be US 83, not US 52.
Quote from: ilpt4u on January 31, 2018, 08:10:39 AM
I-57, I-64, a little of I-255, and I-55
Comparing that to my block growing up (both contain I-55 and a child of I-55, despite opposite ends of the state!):
I-55, I-355, I-88, I-39, I-80
I'm a couple months late but I find this thread interesting.
Interstates: I-64 (north), I-295 (east & south), I-95 (west). I would've used VA 895 for the south but it didn't become I-895 and most likely won't anytime soon, if ever.
I'll bite on the bonus US routes option: US 60 (south), US 17 (east & north), US 360 (north & west). This block is obviously a triangle.
Those were easy, but I don't think it's even possible to do state routes in my case.
EDIT: Never mind, one does exist: VA 156, 106, 249, 33, 30, 2, 3, 20, 6, 161, 10, 288, 145, 144, 10 again.
I-495, I-95 and I-93. This combo blocks off an area completely in northern MA, but where I live in southern MA it forms only a partial enclosure, with small land gaps between the interstates and the coast
For me it is I-64, I-75, I-71, I-70, I-270 back to I-70, and I-77...where I was raised it would be I-44, I-270, I-55, I-40, and I-49
Traveling clockwise: I-55, I-40, I-35, I-44, I-270 (MO), I-55. Almost exactly 1,200 miles round-trip according to Google Maps.
If/when the Bella Vista Bypass is completed, I-49 will replace I-35 on this list and cut off approx. 282 miles.
Interstates 69, 94, 696, & 75.
Quote from: ModernDayWarrior on July 28, 2018, 08:23:28 PM
Traveling clockwise: I-55, I-40, I-35, I-44, I-270 (MO), I-55. Almost exactly 1,200 miles round-trip according to Google Maps.
If/when the Bella Vista Bypass is completed, I-49 will replace I-35 on this list and cut off approx. 282 miles.
And my US route block: US-67, US-60, US-63, (former US-66), US-50, US-67.
MO route block: MO-49, MO-19, MO-8, MO-21, MO-32, MO-49.
Interstates:
I-280 to the west and north, I-80 to the northeast
I-380 to the south
I-880 to the (relatively far) east
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US highways:
US 101 to the east and north
Pacific Ocean to the west. lol
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State routes:
Route 82 to the west
Route 92 to the south
Route 61 to the east
The north part is tricky. Route 131 and Route 13 each could be to the north, but leaves a huge gap in San Pablo Bay. Maybe Route 37 to the far north.
Quote from: Henry on January 31, 2018, 09:04:04 AM
Actually, I have three:
Chicago: I-90/I-94, I-290 and I-294
Los Angeles: I-5, I-10, I-210, I-405 and I-605
Seattle: I-5, I-90 and I-405
Sorry for the late question, but I'm trying to figure out how the Los Angeles example forms a block. Not knowing what part of LA you lived in, I would assume that if you lived in the SG Valley, Glendale, or the NE SF Valley, your block would be (starting in Sylmar going clockwise): 210-605-10-5, without using the 405 at all. If you lived west of I-5, 405 is likely one of your borders, but then 210 would not be one of your borders.
I always imagined that if they ever put in a "Beltway" around LA, it would basically encompass 405-210-605, but technically there is a short stretch of I-5 between the end of 405 and the end of 210. 210 is always east of I-5. 405 is always west of I-5.
For me, my home in LA was surrounded by: 5-10-405 which encompasses Downtown LA, Hollywood, most of the SFV, and a large chunk of the fancier neighborhoods of the westside. Other than a small part of Glendale, most of Burbank, and all of Universal City, West Hollywood, and Beverly Hills, and tiny unincorporated areas near the Veterans Cemetary - this triangle is nearly completely within the LA city limits.
My current living arrangement has me in a much bigger block: 70-695-95-495-270. It's a near triangle covering most of central MD. It also is shaped like South Carolina.
Sorry for the late question, but I'm trying to figure out how the Los Angeles example forms a block.[/quote]
And I still have the same question about I-290 in Worcester. ;-)
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=22172.msg2314272;topicseen#msg2314272
Orange County: 5, 605, 10, 15, 8.
Well, I guess if we're using US & state highways now...
US 40 to the north & east, US 24 to the south, US 87 (unsigned on most of I-25) to the west.
E-470 to the north (just on the north side of my apartment complex), CO 83 about a mile east, CO 86 to the south, I-25 to the west.
I-69, I-24, I-65, I-64 We will ignore the 10 mile gap through Henderson, KY on US 41.
My block is triangular in shape.
I-35 & I-335 on the southeastern side
I-470 & I-70 on the northern side
I-135 on the western side
My home block is I-75, I-74, & I-275 for Interstates and I-75, I-74, I-275, & OH-126 for freeways.
My work block for both is I-71, I-471, & I-275.
US Blocks: home US-127, US-27/52/127, US-42, US-35; work US-22, US-42/52/127, US-50, US-68
State Route Blocks: there is no block, per se, for either work or home, as most of the state routes near me end at US or Interstate Routes and are therefore "cul-de-sacs" if treated alone.
Quote from: frankenroad on October 04, 2018, 04:36:30 PM
State Route Blocks: there is no block, per se, for either work or home, as most of the state routes near me end at US or Interstate Routes and are therefore "cul-de-sacs" if treated alone.
Did you check to make sure? You would have to go out to the Huntington WV crossing of the Ohio River, but it is probably possible.
Quote from: 1 on October 04, 2018, 04:44:16 PM
Did you check to make sure? You would have to go out to the Huntington WV crossing of the Ohio River, but it is probably possible.
I did not do an exhaustive search but once I got far enough out, it looked like my "block" (if any) would encompass half the state, and I stopped looking. That does not mean it's not possible.
I-12/I-10/I-610 (LA)/I-10/I-55.
I-94 to the west and I-90/94 to the south. There are no east-west Interstates to the north, and Lake Michigan is 5 or 5 blocks east of my house (and there are no Interstates between here and there).
Living on Delmarva is tricky: 95 to the north, 95/695 (MD)/97 to the west, 595 (MD)/495 (MD/VA)/95/295 (VA) to the southwest, 64/264 (VA) to the south, US-13/US-113/DE-1 to the east (I have no clue what interstate would take the place to the east).
Growing up in suburban Hartford is much easier: 90/291 (MA) to the north, 91 to the west, 291 (CT) to the south, 84 to the southeast/east.
My Interstate block is fairly small: I-70, I-470, and I-435.
However, if I lived just a half-mile south, it would go all the way from Kansas City, down to Joplin, northeast to the St. Louis suburbs, then back west to Independence. (I-470, I-49, I-44, I-270, I-64, and I-70).
I-29, I-94/694, I-35/35W
Quote from: abefroman329 on October 04, 2018, 08:27:11 PM
I-94 to the west and I-90/94 to the south. There are no east-west Interstates to the north, and Lake Michigan is 5 or 5 blocks east of my house (and there are no Interstates between here and there).
You could say I-794 is to your north. :biggrin:
While in Grand Rapids, mine is I-96, I-69, I-94, and I-196.
Currently in Ann Arbor, mine is I-96, I-69, I-94, and I-275. In other words, Ann Arbor is adjacent to the Grand Rapids "block".
Quote from: DandyDan on October 07, 2018, 03:18:32 AM
Quote from: abefroman329 on October 04, 2018, 08:27:11 PM
I-94 to the west and I-90/94 to the south. There are no east-west Interstates to the north, and Lake Michigan is 5 or 5 blocks east of my house (and there are no Interstates between here and there).
You could say I-794 is to your north. :biggrin:
Nah - due north of my house, there's non-Interstate-occupied land, then Lake Michigan, then Manitowoc.
Quote from: adwerkema on October 07, 2018, 09:49:03 AM
While in Grand Rapids, mine is I-96, I-69, I-94, and I-196.
Currently in Ann Arbor, mine is I-96, I-69, I-94, and I-275. In other words, Ann Arbor is adjacent to the Grand Rapids "block".
I've previously posted the block for my current location. But this post reminded me ...
Where I grew up in Grand Rapids, my home block was I-96, I-196 and I-296 (it was even posted then!) - but curiously, you can't "go around the block". Because there's no access from EB I-96 to WB I-196 or vice versa.
If you needed to be able to "drive around the block" it wouldn't have been able to be done. Currently it would be I-96 to I-69 to I-94 to I-196 to I-296 and back to I-96. Except I-196 and I-69 weren't done while I was living there. So it would have been one of those impossible blocks.
I-75,275,71,270,70,675, back to 75
Quote from: bugo on April 08, 2018, 10:34:46 PM
I-44/I-49*/I-40/I-35
*If you consider I-49 in MO and I-49 in AR to be two separate highways, then it is I-44/I-270/I-55/I-40/I-35. Until about 4 years ago, it was I-244/I-444/I-44.
I think that I-49 is 2 separate highways until we don't have to slog through Jane/Bella Vista. Makes my almost triangle much bigger too.
Quote from: ModernDayWarrior on July 28, 2018, 08:23:28 PM
Traveling clockwise: I-55, I-40, I-35, I-44, I-270 (MO), I-55. Almost exactly 1,200 miles round-trip according to Google Maps.
If/when the Bella Vista Bypass is completed, I-49 will replace I-35 on this list and cut off approx. 282 miles.
Looks like several of us are are awaiting its completion. It's crazy that there's a place smack dab in the middle of the country that the smallest all-interstate route in a circle would take you a third of the way across the country in a straight line. This area is seriously deprived.
Without an I-45 and I-49 extension, my block is a giant triangle that takes in Oklahoma and Arkansas – I-35, I-40 and I-30 with loops around each corner.
Quote from: jdb1234 on February 03, 2018, 01:37:22 PM
I-459/65/85/285/20
This was mine for 16 years until I moved this Summer.
Now, it's I-65/I-459/I-20/59. Went from a 381 mile loop to about a 44 mile one.
I-85/I-77/I-277/I-485
85/185/385/26/20/285
5-80-15-10
I-95, I-90, I-395, and I-295.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on December 19, 2018, 10:03:34 PM
I-95, I-90, I-395, and I-295.
Did you move since last year, or did you forget I-495?
Quote from: 1 on December 19, 2018, 10:07:19 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on December 19, 2018, 10:03:34 PM
I-95, I-90, I-395, and I-295.
Did you move since last year, or did you forget I-495?
I forgot. !-495, I-95, and I-90 I guess.