Slow_Moving_Vehicle:
Ahem. Three major interstates? Here in Atlanta we have three major interstates that are known exclusively by number, either with or without a preceding “I”, and one that has an unofficial name. Although even then you’ll hear it called “285” about as often as it’s called “the Perimeter”*. To be fair to Doctor Jackson , it’s a bypass around the city, so it’s not really an interstate. But it’s called Interstate 285, and gets the red-and-blue shield sign.
There are a number of smaller interstates that debouch off the major interstates, such as I-675 and I-985. Interestingly, though, while you will hear Atlantans speak of “Eye-Twenny”, we never afford these spur highways the initial - they’re always “Five Seventy-Five” or “Nine Eighty-Five”.
I did forget I-95, which is a true interstate. It is also the only interstate in GA that does not intersect with a major highway bearing the same number. All the others I left out intentionally because they are technically intrastate highways, as they exist only in GA.
Senegoid:
This seems to have gotten overlooked and not answered in this thread yet.
It was Oakland. (ETA: And, I suppose, still is.)
Ah, yes. SJ was so small back then, that it wouldn’t even have rated.
With SF being so expensive these days, I think Oakland is getting a “there”.
Doctor_Jackson:
I did forget I-95, which is a true interstate. It is also the only interstate in GA that does not intersect with a major highway bearing the same number. All the others I left out intentionally because they are technically intrastate highways, as they exist only in GA.
Yeah. I was teasing you about forgetting 285.
