# How Far Do You Live From an Interstate Highway?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318>\
**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")\
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**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:** [October 2, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/101 "2012-10-02T15:06:52Z")

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> [@applebetty](#):
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> 17.6 miles to I-55. How do you people stand living so close to the traffic?

It’s not bad when there are leaves on the trees…it dampens the noise and blocks glare from the headlights at night.

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**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/102 "2012-10-02T15:35:36Z")

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Less than two miles from I-376. Super-convenient.

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**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/103 "2012-10-02T17:29:50Z")

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About a mile and a half from I-35 in Kansas.

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**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/104 "2012-10-03T12:11:58Z")

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> [@Colophon](#):
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> But if you count UK motorways as the equivalent to interstates, two and a half miles from the M3.

1.8 miles from the M74.

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**Author:** ![RealOmegaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/958977/32.png) [@RealOmegaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealOmegaMan)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/105 "2012-10-03T13:06:49Z")

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less than 1 mile from M9

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**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/106 "2012-10-03T13:52:18Z")

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My closest interstate Hwy is I-96, start to finish it is entirely in Michigan…

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/107 "2012-10-03T16:57:29Z")

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It’s 3 miles to I-280 for me.  
1 mile to Highway 85; 1 mile to Highway 101. Both of these are “interstate-like” highways here.

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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-an-interstate-highway/636318/108 "2012-10-05T14:29:42Z")

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> [@AWB](#):
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> and that’s the nearly complete list of all the interstate highways in my state.

San Antonio, huh?

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