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ElboRuum

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79. Not really a well phrased question.

Wed May 16, 2012, 03:56 PM

May 2012

Highway is the proper term.

Highways are generally divided into two types: tollway and freeway, the obvious difference is that tollways take tolls, freeways do not. Since states are responsible for the upkeep on Interstate Highways within the state (those pictured above except for U.S. 1, the PCH/101, and Route 77), they can finance them through toll taking. Thus to say an Interstate is a "freeway" is largely true, but inaccurate. A highway is the only correct term since all the roads depicted are not parts of the Interstate Highway System, but rather a combination of these and famous U.S. highways, and freeway or tollway is too specific to be all inclusive.

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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