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What are the closest highways to where you went to college?

Started by NWI_Irish96, September 04, 2021, 09:31:34 AM

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NWI_Irish96

OK, I know this is kind of getting ridiculous, but I was reading responses in the "Where did you go to college" thread and thought of this.

What are the closest interstate highway, US highway and state highway to your college? If you attended more than one college, use the first one attended. If you have never attended college, use the location where you were living on your 19th birthday. If outside the US, use that country's equivalents to the highway categories if you prefer.

For Notre Dame, the closest interstate is I-80/90, 1 mile away

Closest US highway is US 31, 6 miles away

Closest state highway is IN 933, bordering campus
Indiana: counties 100%, highways 100%
Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%


Max Rockatansky

AZ 101 which was about 100 feet west of Scottsdale Community College.  I never did bother enrolling at ASU (ended up way too busy with career work) but AZ 202 was about a thousand feet away from the north boundary of the campus. 

hotdogPi

UMass Lowell:

Interstate: I-495, 2.5 miles away
US route: US 3, 1.5 miles away straight-line distance (it's a freeway, and the closest point is between exits)
State route: MA 113, on campus; cars have to wait every 30 minutes (pre-COVID) because of students crossing and the class schedules
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US 13, 50
MA 22,35,40,53,79,107,109,126,138,141,151,159,203
NH 27, 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 9A, 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32, 193, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 36

SEWIGuy

Marquette University:

I mean, they have a major interchange in downtown Milwaukee named after the University so I-43 and I-94 which both somewhat form boundaries for the campus to the east and south respectively.

US-18 runs just north of campus.

WI-57 is about ten blocks west of campus.

GaryV

Hope College, Holland, MI
I-196
US-31
M-40

Business routes:
Bus I-196
former Bus US-31 Holland (at the time I was in college); current Bus US-31 Muskegon
Bus M-60, Niles

Intercounty:
A-2

SkyPesos

Since I'm in college right now...

Closest Interstate: I-65
Closest US routes: US 52/231, in a concurrency
Closest State Route: Either IN 26 or IN 43, not sure which one is just a bit closer

pianocello

Valparaiso University:

It's right on US 30/IN 2
Closest Interstate: I-80/90, 8 miles away
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dfilpus

Alpena Community College:
Interstate: I-75, 57 miles, as the crow flies.
US: US 23, 1500 ft more or less.
State: M-32, 1.25 mi.

US 89

I-75/85 and US 29/78/278, both of which run through campus

TEG24601


Kettering University

I-69 and I-75/US23... I-475 a bit further.

They said take a left at the fork in the road.  I didn't think they literally meant a fork, until plain as day, there was a fork sticking out of the road at a junction.

KeithE4Phx

Mesa Community College (AZ):

Then (Mid 1970s)
US 60/80/89/AZ 93, Main St, 1.5 miles north.
AZ 87/93, Country Club Dr., 2 miles east.
AZ 360, Superstition Fwy, ended 3 miles west at Rural Rd.

Now
US 60, Superstition Fwy, southern edge of campus.
AZ 87, Country Club Dr., 2 miles east, but only the interchange at US 60 is ADOT-maintained and signed between McKellips Rd. and the Pinal County line.
AZ Loop 101, Price Fwy, 1 mile west.
AZ Loop 202, Red Mountain Fwy, 4 miles north.
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University of Virginia: I-64 is a short distance to the south, within five minutes by car depending on where on Grounds you are. US-29 Business and US-250 Business run directly through Grounds; their bypass routes are adjacent to North Grounds. VA-302 is the unsigned number assigned to all on-Grounds roads maintained by VDOT.

Duke: I-85 is just over a mile or so to the north. US-70 Business is adjacent to East Campus and US-15/501 (bypass) is adjacent to university property west of West Campus (most notably the golf course). NC-751 is adjacent to West Campus (and runs through Duke Forest) and NC-147 cuts between East Campus and Central Campus.
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Great Lakes Roads

Then: University of Arizona (Tucson)
Closest Interstate: I-10 and I-19
Closest SR: AZ 210
Closest US: 191?

Now: Northcentral Technical College (Wausau)
Closest Interstate: I-39
Closest US: US 51
Closest SR: WI 29 and WI 52
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Mapmikey

I-85
US 76-123
SC 93-133 (both since truncated away from campus)

jmacswimmer

Worcester Polytechnic Institute:

Interstate: I-290 a half mile to the east (and the interchange with I-190's southern terminus is the next exit north/east on 290). Honorable mention to I-90/Mass Pike & I-495 to the south & east, respectively.

US: US 20 down in Auburn by the Pike.

State: MA 12/Park Ave bordering the west edge of campus (with honorable mention to MA 9/Highland St a block off campus to the south).
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Parts of Campus are adjacent to US 41 DLSD .
About a mile from 90 94 Dan Ryan and 90 Skyway though maybe a little farther to skyway exit.
Historically alt. US 30 went through campus.

Evan_Th

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

US 150 and US 45 run concurrent along the edge of campus.

I-74 is 1.3 miles away away, and I-72 2.8 miles away.

IL 10 is a mile and a half away, and IL 130 two miles off.

catch22

Michigan Tech

I roomed in Wadsworth Hall, which is right on US-41.  For most of my time there, I was in the east wing, 1st floor, in a room at the north end.  Google Maps measuring tool says that's about 65 feet to the US-41 center line.

The closest state route is M-26 in downtown Houghton, at the south end of the lift bridge, about 1.5 miles away.

At the time I was there, the closest Interstate was the south end of I-535 in Superior, Wisconsin, about 214 miles away. Today, it's the I-41/I-43/US-41 interchange in Green Bay at 205 miles.

dlsterner

Closest Interstate:  I-75, a few miles away

Closest US Highway:  US 441, borders the campus

Closest State Highway:  FL 24, FL 26, FL 121 all border the campus

ran4sh

Interstate: I-85 is about 20 miles away, although some argue that either I-85 or a child 3di should have been built to serve the city itself, and one of the major routes from I-85 is planned to be upgraded to Interstate standard.

US: All of these routes are adjacent to campus. If bannered routes count then US 78 Business is the closest to the center of campus. For mainline routes US 29, 78, 129, and 441 all overlap on a route that is at the edge of campus.

State routes: The SR designation of US 78 Business for the segment above, is SR 10. The SRs of the mainline US routes is as follows: US 29-SR 8; US 441-SR 15; and the same route also has the SR 10 Loop designation. SR 15 Alternate is not adjacent to campus, but many of the university's fraternity and sorority houses are located on it, and thus the campus bus system serves that street.
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Quote from: Evan_Th on September 04, 2021, 04:54:43 PM
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

US 150 and US 45 run concurrent along the edge of campus.

I-74 is 1.3 miles away away, and I-72 2.8 miles away.

IL 10 is a mile and a half away, and IL 130 two miles off.

That spares me from having to figure it out for myself.  :-D
I-290   I-294   I-55   (I-74)   (I-72)   I-40   I-30   US-59   US-190   TX-30   TX-6

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Quote from: cabiness42 on September 04, 2021, 09:31:34 AM
OK, I know this is kind of getting ridiculous, but I was reading responses in the "Where did you go to college" thread and thought of this.

What are the closest interstate highway, US highway and state highway to your college? If you attended more than one college, use the first one attended. If you have never attended college, use the location where you were living on your 19th birthday. If outside the US, use that country's equivalents to the highway categories if you prefer.

For Notre Dame, the closest interstate is I-80/90, 1 mile away

Closest US highway is US 31, 6 miles away

Closest state highway is IN 933, bordering campus
US-50 and CASR-16.

vdeane

Clarkson University:
-State Route: NY 345, 0 miles
-US Route: US 11, 0 miles
-Interstate Equivalent: ON 401, 20 miles (crow flies)
-Actual Interstate: I-81, 53 miles (crow flies)
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

jp the roadgeek

The two schools I went to.

UPenn:

I-76. About 1/2 mile from the east edge of campus
US 13: Passes through the campus on 38th St
PA 3: Passes a block north of campus on Market St

CCSU:

I-84: Passes about 3 miles north of campus
US 6: See above (concurrent with I-84)
CT 71 and CT 175.  Form the western and eastern perimeter of campus
Interstates I've clinched: 97, 290 (MA), 291 (CT), 291 (MA), 293, 295 (DE-NJ-PA), 295 (RI-MA), 384, 391, 395 (CT-MA), 395 (MD), 495 (DE), 610 (LA), 684, 691, 695 (MD), 695 (NY), 795 (MD)