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In the discussion thread: What's the word you use for this kind of road? (please add your location) [View all]

Tue May 15, 2012, 04:53 PM

iverglas (38,549 posts)

56. American!

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hahaha. Actually, in print, I'd say USAmerican.

To a Canadian, they're highways. Pretty much anywhere in Canada, I think. Except Quebec, where they're autoroutes.

Oh, like somebody said above about NY, I think, they're usually just numbers.

The 401.

And if I were travelling in the States, I'd just say I took the I-75, or maybe just I-75, if that's what I did.

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86 replies	Author	Time	Post
What's the word you use for this kind of road? (please add your location) [View all]	raccoon	May 2012	OP
The correct word, of course: Freeway.	Iggo	May 2012	#1
yup. Freeway	Flaxbee	May 2012	#60
Interstate.	nolabear	May 2012	#2
Two different kind of roads there	fifthoffive	May 2012	#3
Interstate	BillStein	May 2012	#4
Interstate. Minnesota.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2012	#5
This ^	geardaddy	May 2012	#18
+2	hifiguy	May 2012	#24
Interstate, Minnesota, but not with that map!	Brickbat	May 2012	#31
True. I-35 doesn't go to Canada. It stops at Duluth.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2012	#32
Exactly. No need for an Interstate to I-Falls.	Brickbat	May 2012	#35
Oh yah.	myrna minx	May 2012	#46
Interstate. Virginia	Blue_Tires	May 2012	#72
There are two different kinds of roads on that map...	cyberswede	May 2012	#6
The white shields are US highways	Art_from_Ark	May 2012	#86
white/blue shield - Interstate and white shield - highway	avebury	May 2012	#7
I know you're right but	OriginalGeek	May 2012	#22
Going further...	ElboRuum	May 2012	#80
That is the interstate but I call it the freeway	LaurenG	May 2012	#8
Individually they're federal highways and interstates. Collectively I just say "highway".	Chan790	May 2012	#9
+1	Shrek	May 2012	#27
freeway	a2liberal	May 2012	#10
Do I win?....	Little Star	May 2012	#11
That's kinda cool	OriginalGeek	May 2012	#23
that's an interesting and cool map, though it has a few weird glitches	fishwax	May 2012	#49
Yep, 94 should go from MSP to Chicago first passing through Milwaukee	geardaddy	May 2012	#53
That map is incomplete.	geardaddy	May 2012	#52
Here in New York, It's either the Thruway or numerical designation,	hedgehog	May 2012	#12
In California Hwy 101	AsahinaKimi	May 2012	#13
What's up with Californians always putting "the" in front of freeway numbers?	geardaddy	May 2012	#19
Perhaps its away of pointing at it...	AsahinaKimi	May 2012	#20
I suppose.	geardaddy	May 2012	#21
It's a SOUTHERN California thing --	Hell Hath No Fury	May 2012	#28
Good to know!	geardaddy	May 2012	#30
We do in Sacramento. But maybe you're in Yreka.	Throd	May 2012	#38
Native San Franciscan.	Hell Hath No Fury	May 2012	#43
Yreka havoc with a native San Franciscan like HHNF?	pinboy3niner	May 2012	#44
I concur	Brother Buzz	May 2012	#68
my theory is that it's a consequence of the early SoCal tendency to name their freeways	fishwax	May 2012	#51
Nah, NorCal did the same. I still call 880 between San Jose and Oakland the Nimitz.	bluesbassman	May 2012	#54
Sounds like a resonable theory.	geardaddy	May 2012	#55
...	Arugula Latte	May 2012	#58
...	geardaddy	May 2012	#69
Here in Fargo we say "I-94" and "I-29"	Odin2005	May 2012	#66
That third pic of Hwy 101 is in my neck of the woods.	arbusto_baboso	May 2012	#71
Western Mass...	pipi_k	May 2012	#14
The Warp Zone - PA	HopeHoops	May 2012	#15
Here in Brooklyn...	RevStPatrick	May 2012	#16
In DMV we call them parking lots	WhoIsNumberNone	May 2012	#17
Interstate. (Connecticut)	krispos42	May 2012	#25
Interstate - Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota nt	frogmarch	May 2012	#26
If it's local (like 101) its the freeway --	Hell Hath No Fury	May 2012	#29
Turnpike	SteveG	May 2012	#33
Red of course.	bluesbassman	May 2012	#34
Interstate 75 in Georgia, or if you live here it is just 75. n/t	RebelOne	May 2012	#36
Parking Lot	sharp_stick	May 2012	#37
Freeway (California)	KamaAina	May 2012	#39
Some of you have pointed out there are 2 kinds of roads here. Sorry, I meant to	raccoon	May 2012	#40
Usually we just use the number or sometimes shorten 'interstate' to just 'i'	RZM	May 2012	#41
Interstate (California)	dana_b	May 2012	#42
Delaware..	one_voice	May 2012	#45
Maine	Maine-ah	May 2012	#47
Here near Chicago, I generally call them expressways.	Silver Swan	May 2012	#48
Red.	jp11	May 2012	#50
American!	iverglas	May 2012	#56
Superconducting Super Collider	Crabby Appleton	May 2012	#57
Seriously? I am the first person to post calling them "thruways"? Western NY	Godhumor	May 2012	#59
That's what I called I-90 when I went to school in Geneva, NY	geardaddy	May 2012	#73
I call it an InterState...	MrMickeysMom	May 2012	#61
"The 101" or "The 5" or "The 80" etc	Duer 157099	May 2012	#62
If they're called a "Freeway" because you get to move freely	Duer 157099	May 2012	#63
The Highway....	WCGreen	May 2012	#64
Interstate (Fargo area). I-94, I-29, etc.	Odin2005	May 2012	#65
Slime mold paths.	hay rick	May 2012	#67
Why is there a red line in Michigan's upper peninsula?	JustABozoOnThisBus	May 2012	#70
I 84	libodem	May 2012	#74
Highway	gaspee	May 2012	#75
Deathrace 2000	Major Nikon	May 2012	#76
An Out-Dated-Very-Expensive-Unsustainable-Method-of-Transportation	Yavin4	May 2012	#77
Interstate (TN)	southerncrone	May 2012	#78
Not really a well phrased question.	ElboRuum	May 2012	#79
Highway or interstate	rox63	May 2012	#81
Motorway	Shagbark Hickory	May 2012	#82
This message was self-deleted by its author	Shagbark Hickory	May 2012	#83
or Dual Carriageway	Shagbark Hickory	May 2012	#84
Highway in Canada.	applegrove	May 2012	#85

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