Worst interstate ever

[agentsteel53]

Yes I am aware that the western I-86 is a part of the big picture. I am looking to stir the pot!!

in that case: WTF, does Nashville really need three two-digit interstates? 

[Molandfreak]

Yes I am aware that the western I-86 is a part of the big picture. I am looking to stir the pot!!

in that case: WTF, does Nashville really need three two-digit interstates?

in that case: WTF, does Shreveport really need three two-digit interstates?

[JCinSummerfield]

I say Interstates 39, 41 & 43.  Does Wisconsin really need to waste so many 2 digit Interstate odd numbers?

[agentsteel53]

in that case: WTF, does Shreveport really need three two-digit interstates?

is 69 gonna serve Shreveport?  I thought it was off to the west, following US-59 in Texas.

[Janko Dialnice]

I voted "Other", since I didn't see Vermont's I-189 on the list. It has no interchanges, not up to a full freeway in part, and is way too short. It's nothing more than a glorified set of ramps.

[ethanhopkin14]

I voted "Other", since I didn't see Vermont's I-189 on the list. It has no interchanges, not up to a full freeway in part, and is way too short. It's nothing more than a glorified set of ramps.

Hahaha. It does have that long set of mainlanes that are closed that people spray paint and park cars on. 

EDIT: stupid autocorrect

[texaskdog]

I agree.  I could get if they wanted 69W and 69E, but 69C?  Even if you really need two interstates (69C & 69E) that essentially go to the same place, couldn't the central one just be 69?

69E should have been I-37.  69C should have been 169 or 337

[Grzrd]

in that case: WTF, does Shreveport really need three two-digit interstates?

is 69 gonna serve Shreveport?  I thought it was off to the west, following US-59 in Texas.

Yes, it will "serve" Shreveport, although the SIU 14 Record of Decision discusses how Indianapolis and Houston will one day be connected to Bossier City, not Shreveport (page 4/44 of pdf):

2.2 Purpose and Need
Previous studies completed for the national I-69 Corridor have demonstrated that extending I-69 from Indianapolis, through Memphis, Bossier City and Houston to the Mexican border in the Lower Rio Grande Valley is a feasible project.

Somewhat similar to I-40 going through North Little Rock but also serving Little Rock.

(I must be having a geek-predominant day ............)

[Molandfreak]

in that case: WTF, does Shreveport really need three two-digit interstates?

is 69 gonna serve Shreveport?  I thought it was off to the west, following US-59 in Texas.

I say Interstates 39, 41 & 43.  Does Wisconsin really need to waste so many 2 digit Interstate odd numbers?

Not Wisconsin's fault. Illinois' fault, and AASHTO's fault.

[agentsteel53]

yellow-on-gray, extremely small, and JPEG compression?

they weren't going for legible, were they.

[NE2]

I am trolling!

Hey, I troll too. Welcome.

[Molandfreak]

yellow-on-gray, extremely small, and JPEG compression?

they weren't going for legible, were they.

I don't know what they were thinking with that map, but yeah, I-69 will theoretically go through or near Shreveport.

[NE2]

Here's a better map of the I-69 corridors:


Or if you want Shreveport labeled:

[agentsteel53]

got it.  I thought it went US-59 to US-82.

[NE2]

US 84 into Louisiana, and then new terrain pork.

[ethanhopkin14]

I am trolling!

Hey, I troll too. Welcome.

I wouldn't call it trolling.  I really do have an issue with the western I-86, but I know it is "needed". 

[TEG24601]

Honestly, I don't like I-180 simply because of the diamond interchange with I-80.  The traffic signals don't bother me, just the Diamond Interchange.


Having gone to college in Flint, MI, I would have to say I dislike the E-W I-69 East of Lansing.  It would be more logical, to me, to be I-98 or I-96.  If the latter, replacing I-96 with either a Michigan Trunk Route, like M-5, or another 3DI, like 696.


I-97 and 99 also don't really bother me.  I-238 is irksome, perhaps if it was extended to I-5 it could become a 3DI of I-5.


I-69 in Texas not being split properly does bother me a little, as it is currently setup to be I-69, I-69C, and I-69E, it would actually be an improvement to create I-69W.

[Grzrd]

Somewhat similar to I-40 going through North Little Rock but also serving Little Rock.

Bad analogy by me. This map of the I-69 SIU 15 Study Area indicates that I-69 will not go within the city limits of either Bossier City or Shreveport:

[Brandon]

I am trolling!

Hey, I troll too. Welcome.

I wouldn't call it trolling.  I really do have an issue with the western I-86, but I know it is "needed". 

I really do have an issue with I-45 as it is.  It is needed, but I-41 would've been a far better number for an intrastate-interstate than an I-x5.

[Molandfreak]

I am trolling!

Hey, I troll too. Welcome.

I wouldn't call it trolling.  I really do have an issue with the western I-86, but I know it is "needed". 

I really do have an issue with I-45 as it is.  It is needed, but I-41 would've been a far better number for an intrastate-interstate than an I-x5.

I-45 is ok, because it serves Houston, the fourth largest city in the U.S. That isn't to say that it shouldn't be extended to Tulsa or further, though.

[PHLBOS]

Once upon a time I thought the Capital Beltway around DC, which used to be numbered I-95 on the east side and I-495 on the west side (the east side is now dual-signed), ought to be numbered I-95E and I-95W to underscore to out-of-area motorists that yes, they could go either way and still reach their destinations such that there is no need to swerve wildly across five lanes in a panic to make sure you follow the "I-95" side. Back when I was in high school a newspaper columnists was soliciting ideas for making the Beltway less confusing and I sent in that idea, but he didn't print it, probably because I called it the "Final Solution." 

Interesting idea.

[bassoon1986]

Somewhat similar to I-40 going through North Little Rock but also serving Little Rock.

Bad analogy by me. This map of the I-69 SIU 15 Study Area indicates that I-69 will not go within the city limits of either Bossier City or Shreveport:

Although it will serve the Port of Shreveport, represented by the star on this map. I really like this map for that reason.

[Grzrd]

yellow-on-gray, extremely small, and JPEG compression?
they weren't going for legible, were they.

Maybe they were hoping that you would not notice "Lerado":

[Molandfreak]

yellow-on-gray, extremely small, and JPEG compression?
they weren't going for legible, were they.

Maybe they were hoping that you would not notice "Lerado":

On another note, WTF? Are they actually going to turn 840 into an entire outer loop of Nashville?

[Scott5114]

On another note, WTF? Are they actually going to turn 840 into an entire outer loop of Nashville?

The orange lines don't seem to correspond to only future interstates. Note I-27 connecting to I-20 and US-287 appearing between Amarillo and Fort Worth, some of the Oklahoma turnpikes and US-69/75 showing up, etc. I wonder what the orange lines *are* supposed to represent, other than perhaps "roads the cartographer likes".