# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/21 "2012-09-30T19:21:18Z")
I’m 6.4 miles west of the 405. ---
**Author:** ![Tracyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@Tracyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracyfish)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/22 "2012-09-30T19:21:51Z")
I live next to I-275 but am bad at judging distances. The nearest entrance ramp is a mile away. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/23 "2012-09-30T19:40:49Z")
About 6 miles from both I-285 and I-20. For that matter about the same to I-75/85 through downtown Atlanta too. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/24 "2012-09-30T19:44:55Z")
A little over a mile here. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/25 "2012-09-30T19:47:52Z")
2.3 miles driving, and about 1 mile as the crow flies from I-75. However those two directions are 90 degrees from each-other. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/26 "2012-09-30T19:51:38Z")
I’m less than half a mile from I-280. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/27 "2012-09-30T19:54:40Z")
If we’re talking a loop highway with an I-number, but not really the interstate proper, then slightly less than half a mile from I-635 (LBJ Freeway) in Dallas. However, if we’re talking the actual highway, I’m something like 10-15 miles from I-35 and I-30, and even farther from I-20. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/28 "2012-09-30T19:58:19Z")
About a mile to I-35E. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/29 "2012-09-30T20:01:16Z")
About 6 miles. It’s on the far north side of town, I’m at the opposite end. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/30 "2012-09-30T20:09:05Z")
What’s the definition of an interstate highway? I live an 8th of a mile from a highway that stretches from Maine to Delaware, but it’s **not** designated I-### but U.S. Route ###. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/31 "2012-09-30T20:09:58Z")
About 450 miles or so to I-95. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/32 "2012-09-30T20:12:25Z")
As the crow flies, it is about 5 miles. However, there is no direct route and it takes me 20-25 minutes to get to 83. ---
**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, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/33 "2012-09-30T20:14:54Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > What’s the definition of an interstate highway? I live an 8th of a mile from a highway that stretches from Maine to Delaware, but it’s **not** designated I-### but U.S. Route ###. I personally would still count it if it A) _Does_ connect to the I-numbered highway system (even through other intermediate highways that fall under B), and B) Is a limited-access road. In other words, if there are traffic lights and businesses right on the Route, I wouldn’t count it. And if it’s just a few miles of highway that skirts around a small city, only to resume being a regular road afterward, I wouldn’t count that either. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/34 "2012-09-30T20:22:40Z")
Technically, the closest interstate to me is the northernmost end of I-15, about 60 miles (100 km) south of here. But north of the border, I-15 becomes Alberta Highway 4, which runs into town and becomes an ordinary city street that passes a couple of miles from where I live. Indeed, there are a few directional signs featuring the familiar Interstate shield in town and on Highway 4. So, while the genuine I-15 is 60 miles south, I can follow a directional sign with the Interstate shield to turn onto a road just a couple of miles away; and if I stay on that road, I can end up in Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, or Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/35 "2012-09-30T20:34:31Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > What’s the definition of an interstate highway? I live an 8th of a mile from a highway that stretches from Maine to Delaware, but it’s **not** designated I-### but U.S. Route ###. With very few exceptions, every road in the contiguous states and Hawaii that’s a part of the Interstate Highway System is signed as an Interstate. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/36 "2012-09-30T20:37:43Z")
46 miles to I-35 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/37 "2012-09-30T20:40:28Z")
About four miles. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/38 "2012-09-30T20:40:46Z")
About 3/4 of a mile from I-705 (offshoot of I-5) in Tacoma. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/39 "2012-09-30T20:43:58Z")
Using straight-line distances, I’m 1.5 miles from the 405, and 5.5 miles from the 5. I can’t think of any time in my life that I’ve lived more than 5 miles from an interstate. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/40 "2012-09-30T20:55:26Z")
Apple Maps says 1.7 mile to I-35. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318.md?page=3)