In Texas ROUTE is never used. We laugh about it pronounced ROOT.
Interstates are almost always called "Interstate X", just "X", or by the local freeway name inside the cities. (Such as LBJ Freeway for IH-635 and the part of I-20 that used to be 635.).
US Highways and State Highways generally are called "Highway X" or Just "X". Of course there are local freeway names (EX US-175 is Hawn Freeway in Dallas. SH-183 is the Airport Freeway in Irving). Except when they are freeways, they are more often referred to by their street names within towns and cities.
Farm to Market Roads are generally called "Farm to Market X", "Farm Road X", or "FM-X" In a couple of cases there are local freeway names attached. (emmett f lowry expressway on FM-1764 in Texas City). In my corner of NE Texas it is generally said FarmMarket -X, leaving out the "to". Sometimes the JUST "X" is used for FM roads. Generally the street name prevails within a city of town.
Highway is generally anything maintained by the state less than a freeway ; even some rural FM roads. Highways are usually rural.
Freeway is anything controlled access. It may or may not include the tollways.
Street is generally every paved street in a city that is not freeway or tollway.
Turnpike is the universal name for free standing tollways (as opposed to tolled lanes of existing freeways.)
Frontage roads: IN north Texas they are called frontage roads or service roads. In Houston, they are called feeder roads.
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In Texas ROUTE is never used. We laugh about it pronounced ROOT.
Never, to the point that I never understood until I was in my mid 30's why everyone called it Route 66.Interstates are almost always called "Interstate X", just "X", or by the local freeway name inside the cities. (Such as LBJ Freeway for IH-635 and the part of I-20 that used to be 635.).
Or just LBJ. In Austin, everyone calls US-290/TX-71 Ben White, but calls US-183, just 183. Maybe because it has a billion names. Interstates in Texas are also called I-XX or IH-XX. US Highways and State Highways generally are called "Highway X" or Just "X". Of course there are local freeway names (EX US-175 is Hawn Freeway in Dallas. SH-183 is the Airport Freeway in Irving). Except when they are freeways, they are more often referred to by their street names within towns and cities.
I will say in Austin we call a US highway U.S. Highway XXX. I think that's because of the street blades here spelling it out exactly like that. For the most part I think everyone thinks it's awkward to call state highways SH-XX or TX-XX, so instead they all say just XX.Farm to Market Roads are generally called "Farm to Market X", "Farm Road X", or "FM-X" In a couple of cases there are local freeway names attached. (emmett f lowry expressway on FM-1764 in Texas City). In my corner of NE Texas it is generally said FarmMarket -X, leaving out the "to". Sometimes the JUST "X" is used for FM roads. Generally the street name prevails within a city of town.
Interesting. I have never heard FarmMarketHighway is generally anything maintained by the state less than a freeway ; even some rural FM roads.
Highways are usually rural. Freeway is anything controlled access. It may or may not include the tollways.
Street is generally every paved street in a city that is not freeway or tollway.
Turnpike is the universal name for free standing tollways (as opposed to tolled lanes of existing freeways.)
I think that comes from one of the first tollways in Texas was the Dallas-Ft. Worth Turnpike.Frontage roads: IN north Texas they are called frontage roads or service roads. In Houston, they are called feeder roads.
In Austin they are sometimes called access roads and in El Paso they are called gateways!
