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Fun fact: the interstates are numbered so that even numbers are west-east running and odd run north-south. Three digit interstates are loops for a given interstate. The lower number interstates are further south and/or west (i5 runs in the west coast states whereas i95 runs east coast states).
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Another cool thing: they have long sweeping turns so you need to pay more attention and itās harder to doze off. Every 5-10 miles though, they have a long straight section which is there in case the military needs to set up an emergency air base. Thereās thousands of potential spots to turn into a runway all around the country. Brilliant design. Also, the interstates in West Virginia have parts that donāt comply with the regulations because they were built before the regulations came out and it would take too much work and money to change it.
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Fun fact about the Interstates: On occasion, they were also used to experiment other things. The main one I know of the I-19, which was an experiment to see if America could convert to the Metric system. I was on it recently just to see it, and apparently, it's not too different from other Interstates, but most distance-related stuff is in meters/kilometers instead of miles. Exit numbers are based on the distance in kilometers (e.g. exit 101 is probably the last exit going north before you get to the I-10, even though the highway is only 62 miles long) and instead of mile markers, you get kilometer markers. The only thing that isn't in metric is speed limit signs, which are in miles per hour.
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I-95 had this strange discontinuity near Philadelphia. You would drive up I-95, then turn south in this sort of upside down U. You are shunted over to I-295, then cross into New Jersey on I-195 and rejoin 95 on the New Jersey turnpike.
They fixed this pretty recently --- fall 2018. I don't remember exactly how, but now I-95 connects to the Pennsylvania turnpike.
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@grimftl
2 years ago
My dad used to say, "The interstate is incredible. You can drive non-stop from the Atlantic to the Pacific and not see a damned thing."
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