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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