# How Far Do You Live From an Interstate Highway? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318 "2012-09-30T17:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/1 "2012-09-30T17:23:00Z")
Just a fun thread for shits & giggles. I (literally and without hyperbole) can throw a rock from my back yard and hit the southbound lanes of Interstate 55. Of course, to drive on said interstate I’d need to travel about 3/4 mile to get to the exit. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/2 "2012-09-30T17:26:30Z")
Google Maps says 1.5 miles to I-75. I live on a highway next to the bypass. My home is off the first bypass exit. ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/3 "2012-09-30T17:30:56Z")
About 500-600 feet from I-275, a little less to the northbound on-ramp, a little more to the southbound on-ramp. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/4 "2012-09-30T17:33:41Z")
About 3 miles from I-10. I can drive west to the Pacific Ocean or east to the Atlantic Ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/5 "2012-09-30T17:35:29Z")
Shortest distance I can find on Google Maps is [656km (407 miles)](https://maps.google.ca/maps?saddr=SK-16+E&daddr=Interstate+94+W&hl=en&ll=49.21042,-105.270996&spn=8.888358,14.831543&sll=52.104818,-106.604333&sspn=0.032633,0.057936&geocode=FVU0GwMd0lel-Q%3BFZHHzgIdvG3B-Q&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=15&t=m&z=7) to I-94. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/6 "2012-09-30T17:39:30Z")
Less than a mile from I-495 outside of Boston. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/7 "2012-09-30T17:40:59Z")
16.5 miles(straight line), 19.7 by road to I-5. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/8 "2012-09-30T17:41:34Z")
About 5 miles from I-5. Except for time spent overseas and 4 years in Omaha, my wife has lived her entire life within 10 miles of I-5. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/9 "2012-09-30T17:42:34Z")
The closest one would be in Hawaii – that’s about 8,000 km or 5,000 miles away. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/10 "2012-09-30T17:57:50Z")
About 170 miles, and I’m in the Continental US. Related story: when a friend who grew up here came to visit a few years ago, her son, who had spent most of his life in California, got confused when they turned off the Interstate. They drove for a few miles, and he finally asked “how long is it to Grandpa’s house?” He was astonished when they told him it was still several hours away. He’d never been anywhere that was more than about 30 minutes off the Interstate before. I had the opposite thing happen when I was a wee yooper. The first time my parents took me to a city - Milwaukee - I was absolutely astounded by the ramps and bridges that are pretty common in any city where two major highways come together. I think I still have the drawing I made. I’d never seen anything like that before in my life. I think I was about 8 or 9 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/11 "2012-09-30T17:59:15Z")
About 10 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/12 "2012-09-30T18:09:46Z")
500 feet from I-435. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/13 "2012-09-30T18:14:51Z")
A few miles from two entrances to I-94 and about a mile to the beginning/end of I-794. I had some employees that were around a turn from I-94 that was a common places for cars and trucks to flip (they’re in the process of widening it). It was common for them to find random car parts in their yards. Even if there hadn’t been an accident, you’d be surprised how often lugnuts, tailpipes, chunks of metal or plastic, hubcaps etc, make their way off the freeway if you live in the right spot. I’d imagine the fact that they lived on the outside edge of a bend made it easier for small things to make their way towards the houses. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/14 "2012-09-30T18:16:14Z")
3.7 miles to I-271. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/15 "2012-09-30T18:27:09Z")
About 400 feet from I-94. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/16 "2012-09-30T18:40:06Z")
About a mile. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/17 "2012-09-30T18:53:33Z")
As the crow flies, about half a mile. Driving distance is 1.1 miles according to Google. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/18 "2012-09-30T19:08:19Z")
10 miles ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/19 "2012-09-30T19:10:44Z")
About 14 miles to I-71, another 10 to I-76. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/20 "2012-09-30T19:18:27Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > About 5 miles from I-5. Except for time spent overseas and 4 years in Omaha, my wife has lived her entire life within 10 miles of I-5. Hmmm, I’ve only lived further than 10 miles from an Interstate twice, and one of these times was near UCF which was 3 miles from the East West Expressway (an elevated toll road). Even a place like [Mayville, NY](http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=44.58657,-92.981061&spn=0.000015,0.011362&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=44.586569,-92.98311&panoid=n1yCZ7lEt33QIjXD-Sx1eQ&cbp=12,246.55,,0,0.5) where I’ve spent a few months with my dad is less than 10 miles from two Interstates! But when I stayed in Ithaca for 2 years, it was…wow, only 24 miles from I-81. (technically, Route 13 in Ithaca is also a limited-access elevated highway for a bit, but I don’t count that because it doesn’t connect to the rest of the American elevated highway system.) I can’t believe the furthest I’ve ever lived from an Interstate is 24 miles. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318.md?page=2)