# More Interstates to Nowhere **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [June 8, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-interstates-to-nowhere/359830 "2006-06-08T01:42:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-interstates-to-nowhere/359830/21 "2006-07-05T23:06:48Z")
> [@fetus](#): > > I pulled them out of my arse, but Guam and American Samoa are both US territories and may just as likely have interstates to nowhere. Yes, but there’s documentation on [PRI-1, PRI-2, and PRI-3](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highways_in_Puerto_Rico). ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-interstates-to-nowhere/359830/22 "2006-07-06T00:22:48Z")
In all due fairness, Interstates like the 805 are not going to “nowhere.” The 805 goes to many of the same places the 5 goes to. It just takes a different route. And the 163, if for no other reason, gets props for being one of the most beautiful freeways inside a large city (when it goes through Balboa Park). And I beleive the 163 is under different funding. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-interstates-to-nowhere/359830/23 "2006-07-06T00:46:46Z")
I still think my June 17 posting is funnier. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-interstates-to-nowhere/359830/24 "2006-07-06T05:05:55Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > In all due fairness, Interstates like the 805 are not going to “nowhere.” You don’t have to tell me about it–that freeway has taken me to class most of the time I’ve lived here. But I assume “nowhere” means “from one state to no other state”, given the context. > [@guizot](#): > > And the 163, if for no other reason, gets props for being one of the most beautiful freeways inside a large city (when it goes through Balboa Park). Absolutely! It’s awesome, and it’s right in the thick of things, too–not barely skirting over the city limits like the 15 north of 8, so extra props in that dept. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-interstates-to-nowhere/359830/25 "2006-07-11T02:13:17Z")
And the 5 has the ignominious duty of going through north and mid Orange County. Imagine signining up to be an Interstate that goes through orange groves, only to end up being the central artery of the arm pit of the state. ☹ [FIENDISH LAUGH VOICE]"You thought you’d end up like the 110, didn’t you 5? Winding through a pretty little historic park, with quaint little onramps? Ha ha! Actually, you’re going to host…Tustin! Irvine! And Sante Fe Springs! [/FIENDISH LAUGH VOICE/] ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-interstates-to-nowhere/359830/26 "2006-07-11T02:16:23Z")
[QUOTE=guizot] … only to end up being the central artery of the arm pit of the state… [/QUOTE] Actually, that was a bit harsh, and I take it back. I had no intention of offending the Orange Co. dopers, and I’m sure they can point me to the better aspects of that County. I apologize…and please, point on. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-interstates-to-nowhere/359830/27 "2006-07-11T19:00:55Z")
In this part of the country, the interstate known as “The Highway To Nowhere” is the [Sheridan Expressway](http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/i895.html#895ny) / I-895 in The Bronx. At 1.12 long, [there’ve been local community calls to do away with it & turn it into a park](http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3127). ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-interstates-to-nowhere/359830/28 "2006-07-12T06:46:10Z")
I wonder if that stub of the Embarcadero Freeway (in San Francisco) near Lower Market Street is still there–near the old southern Pacific station… ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-interstates-to-nowhere/359830/29 "2006-07-16T20:33:12Z")
[QUOTE=dougie\_monty] I wonder if that stub of the Embarcadero Freeway (in San Francisco) near Lower Market Street is still there–near the old southern Pacific station… [/QUOTE] One of the freeways around there was torn down, wasn’t it? After the Loma-Prieta earthquake, I think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-interstates-to-nowhere/359830.md?page=1)