# If your closest Interstate is I-24, I-40 or I-65, say so! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104 "2010-03-28T14:20:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/41 "2010-03-29T15:15:29Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Interesting. Well sort of. There’s only one town where this is somewhat true. It helps if you know that I can see I-40 from my house. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/42 "2010-03-29T15:31:47Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Well sort of. There’s only one town where this is somewhat true. > > It helps if you know that I can see I-40 from my house. Looks like you must be west of Knoxville and possibly near Farragut. If that’s so, there appear to be (on my atlas anyway) several nearby named places that have that same feature. Unless I’m missing something big! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/43 "2010-03-29T15:45:32Z")
I live just outside Nashville, and drive on I-40, I-65 and/or I-24 just about daily. And I-440 pretty often too. In fact I can see I-65 from my office window. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/44 "2010-03-29T15:47:52Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Looks like you must be west of Knoxville and possibly near Farragut. If that’s so, there appear to be (on my atlas anyway) several nearby named places that have that same feature. Unless I’m missing something big! Well, I guess I meant major town, so the Knoxville metropolitan area. Technically it’s 40/75, but it makes for better trivia my way! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/45 "2010-03-29T16:10:44Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > Well, I guess I meant major town, so the Knoxville metropolitan area. Technically it’s 40/75, but it makes for better trivia my way! I guess I did miss “something big” all right. Thanks for the clarification. It’s fun meeting Tennesseans, especially the Mid-TN crowd, this way. In case anybody wants to elaborate on their personal experiences with a particular road, this thread can handle some tangents without bothering me. The farthest west I have been on I-40 is just into Arkansas past Memphis. The eastern extreme for me would be Raleigh as mentioned upthread. I’ve been all the way to the southern end of I-65 and no further north on it than Louisville. I-24 is the one I’ve covered most of, from Chattanooga up into Kentucky but not much further than the KY-TN line. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/46 "2010-03-29T16:43:03Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I live close to I-495 that intersects with I-95 within 20 minutes. That will take you straight down the East Coast all the way to Florida in two or three days depending on how eager you are to get there. I also live close to the Massachusetts Turnpike which is also I-90. That one makes me a little nervous because it means that I could put the cruise controlon, fall asleep, and wake up in Seattle 2500 miles later. I always thought you were north of me, not west. I’m closest to 9 and 128. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/47 "2010-03-29T16:46:54Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > In case anybody wants to elaborate on their personal experiences with a particular road, this thread can handle some tangents without bothering me. I thought I’d seen both ends of 1, but apparently it goes a lot further north than northern MA. I lost track somewhere near Prince Edward Island. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/48 "2010-03-29T17:30:16Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I thought I’d seen both ends of 1, but apparently it goes a lot further north than northern MA. I lost track somewhere near Prince Edward Island. We traveled [US1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_1) along the Maine coast as far up as Ellsworth where we got off it to go to Acadia. Speaking of roads in that area, [US2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_2) has to be one of the most picturesque roads I have ever traveled. We saw the VT-NH section but got off it in western Maine to head to Camden. ---
**Author:** ![Kingfisher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc8723/32.png) [@Kingfisher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingfisher)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/49 "2010-03-29T18:30:51Z")
I live about 22 miles from I-40 which is just about 5 miles closer to me than I-35. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/50 "2010-03-29T20:38:04Z")
Of the three which Zeldar named, I’m closest to I-65 (at least, the northern terminus of it). I live about 3 or 4 miles from three different interstates: I-55, I-290, and I-294. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/51 "2010-03-29T20:59:22Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Can’t remember where but I have been on a road where the signs said I was going both north and south at the same time. It was 2 North and South roads that met up and were traveling East and West on the stretch I was on. In Northwestern Quebec, part of the route between the Ontario border and Rouyn-Noranda is labeled “101 Nord, 117 Sud.” ---
**Author:** ![Bexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Bexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bexan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/52 "2010-03-29T21:06:49Z")
I-24 is in my backyard. I-840 is 5 minutes from me and I-40 and I-65 are about 20 minutes. I love living in the hub of middle TN. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/53 "2010-03-29T21:12:06Z")
Right off I-24 here, in mid-Tenn! ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/54 "2010-03-29T22:04:10Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Do you know much of the history of 840? the Wiki link was pretty good but glossed over the objections that have stalled progress on the road. The Leiper’s Fork contingent, prominent among them Gene Cotton, have fought this road tooth and nail. It’s a case of NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) to the max! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/55 "2010-03-29T22:14:24Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > the Wiki link was pretty good but glossed over the objections that have stalled progress on the road. The Leiper’s Fork contingent, prominent among them Gene Cotton, have fought this road tooth and nail. It’s a case of NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) to the max! Yeah. That’s what I almost remembered. Stunk, right? Let me ask you something, along with other Mid-TN folks. I have a list of Tennessee Dopers I collected a few years ago. At that time there were 38 who responded to a call for Southern Dopers to speak up. Do y’all think a Tennessee Dopers Roll Call would be worth the trouble these days? If one of you wants to start such a thread I could post the list of Tennesseeans from back then. There have already been quite a few to reply here, but I think a separate thread would be more in order. What do y’all think? ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/56 "2010-03-29T22:54:29Z")
Zeldar, I was just thinking it is getting to be time for another Middle Tennessee Dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/57 "2010-03-29T23:37:38Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I live close to I-495 that intersects with I-95 within 20 minutes. That will take you straight down the East Coast all the way to Florida in two or three days depending on how eager you are to get there. I also live close to the Massachusetts Turnpike which is also I-90. That one makes me a little nervous because it means that I could put the cruise controlon, fall asleep, and wake up in Seattle 2500 miles later. Oh, you’d wake up when you missed the turn around the lake. 🙂 As for me, two or three miles to I-57, and we usually take that to I-80. Also not too far from 394 and 294. But, please, please don’t make me drive on the Borman. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/58 "2010-03-30T00:09:11Z")
Closest Interstate is I-275, which connects to my next-closest, I-4 and then continues on to I-75 on either end. We have some oddities WRT our interstates in this area. [ul][li]I-4 is the only primary interstate that terminates in the spur of another interstate.[/li][li]I-275 is a spur route, but passes through the cities here; ordinarily, the spur route is a bypass around the cities, but here I-75 bypasses the centers of population.[/li][li]I-375 and I-175 are signed as spurs of I-75, but they only make junctions with I-275.[/li][li]I-375 and I-175 are each less than a mile and a half long.[/li]I-4, though it is signed E-W, actually ends up almost exactly NE of where it starts.[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/59 "2010-03-30T02:34:09Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > Zeldar, I was just thinking it is getting to be time for another Middle Tennessee Dopefest. Let’s get it in before the really hot weather starts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104/60 "2010-03-30T05:38:14Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The thread on names for freeways, as well as the one on Degree Confluences, has suggested this idea to me. > > Nashville is at the crossroads of the three in the title and those roads cover a lot of territory. I-40 is basically a coast-to-coast affair and I-65 goes from the Gulf to Lake Michigan. I-24 is less conspicuous but still covers parts of three states. > > If you’re closer to some other Interstate, maybe you could start a similar thread dealing with it/them. [Nitpick]I-24 actually is in four states, it is GA for a few miles, as well as TN, KY and IL. I-55 for me [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-closest-interstate-is-i-24-i-40-or-i-65-say-so/534104.md?page=4)