Metro area


Average
Highway vehicles daily

Los Angeles I-405 382,000
Atlanta I-75 365,240
Houston U.S59 338,510
Chicago I-90 330,067
Seattle I-5 301,061
San Francisco I-80 299,000
New York I-95 295,400
San Diego I-15 290,000
Phoenix I-10 288,101
Miami I-95 288,000
Washington I-395 280,000
Dallas-Fort Worth I-35E 267,250
Riverside-San Bernardino State Road 91 264,000
Providence I-95 263,500
Sacramento I-305 249,000
San Jose U.S. 101 244,000
Denver I-25 243,333
Las Vegas I-15 240,585
Salt Lake City I-15 235,018
Honolulu H1 229,393
Tampa-St. Petersburg I-275 228,000
Baltimore I-695 224,775
Detroit I-696 222,093
Boston I-93 219,598
Minneapolis I-94 211,744
Austin I-35 210,832

Where is the I-5 in LA? That freeway is crowded as hell.

Where is the I-5 in LA? That freeway is crowded as hell.

They just have the busiest of each city.
I am sure I 5 is busier than most of the cities on the East coast.
I 10 also is very very busy

Detroit's busiest highway is the one that connects the Northern suburbs together. But then, that's probably because the North-South commuters have a choice between I-75 and M-10.

Some other LA Freeways
The 5@Santa Ana 358,000
The 10@Los Angeles 345,000
The 101@Encino 336,000
The 91@Anaheim 315,000
The 605@Santa Ana 312,000

Some other SF Bay Area Freeways
The 680@Walnut Creek 307,000
The 80@Emeryville 306,000
The 880@Hayward 280,000
The 101@San Mateo 262,000

Where do you get this info? That is interesting, I am surprised to see Salt Lake on there, I never thought the traffic there ever reached the point to where you could even call it traffic, haha.

Why do people in California put "the" in front of their highway numbers?

Around here we say:
"Take 75 north until you reach this road"

but in California you say:
"Take the 405 north until you reach this road"

Are there other places in the country that put a "the" in front of their numbers?

Where is the I-5 in LA? That freeway is crowded as hell.

I agree. I-5 is pretty bad as hell. :bash:

Why do people in California put "the" in front of their highway numbers?


I think it's because ALL of their freeways have names as well as numbers and some of the freeways have the same number and multiple names depending on what stretch of freeway it is, whereas in other places, only some of the freeways have names.

For example, the 110 is the Harbor Freeway and the Pasadena Freeway, the 101 is the Hollywood Freeway and the Ventura Freeway, the 10 is the Santa Monica Freeway and the San Bernadino Freeway, the 5 is the Golden State Freeway and the Santa Ana Freeway, etc. etc.

I didnt pick up the habit of putting a "The" in front of freeway route numbers until I moved to LA for a year.

I didnt pick up the habit of putting a "The" in front of freeway route numbers until I moved to LA for a year.

I've never been to San Fran, do all of the freeways there have names as well as route numbers like in LA?

I'm curious about that too. I'm just guessing it's because it's natural to put a "The" in front of a freeway name and out of habit the "The" gets used for the freeway number too. Does that sound right?

More LA
The 5@Lake Forest(Orange County) 397,000
The 60@Diamond Bar 352,000

do all of the freeways there have names as well as route numbers like in LA?
Yes, the freeways here have corresponding names--here are some

80-Eastshore Freeway
101-Bayshore Freeway
580-Macarthur Freeway
880-Nimitz Freeway
280-Junipero Serra Freeway

Lots of places have freeway names that arent used or even little places like Louisville had the Watetrson Expressway and The Gene Snyder Freeway, but I never heard anyone say 'I was on the 264 or the 265".....but of course they would say the Watterson or The Snyder...

Why do people in California put "the" in front of their highway numbers?

Around here we say:
"Take 75 north until you reach this road"

but in California you say:
"Take the 405 north until you reach this road"

Are there other places in the country that put a "the" in front of their numbers?

Hmm maybe it just goes along with the accent. Like depending on where you are born whether its west coast, east coast, deep south...you are going to have a corresponding accent. Well maybe in California we have always just said "The I-5 north" instead of "I-5 north" I really don't know why we put "the" in front of it.

Hmm maybe it just goes along with the accent. Like depending on where you are born whether its west coast, east coast, deep south...you are going to have a corresponding accent. Well maybe in California we have always just said "The I-5 north" instead of "I-5 north" I really don't know why we put "the" in front of it.

Hmm, maybe it is the accent. In that case, there should be a "like" and a "the" in front of the freeway name or number.

"Like, dude, just take like the 405 to the like 10 and like get off on like lincoln and then like go down to venice and take a right, and your like right at the beach dude." :)

^ HAHAHAHHA

Hmm, maybe it is the accent. In that case, there should be a "like" and a "the" in front of the freeway name or number.

"Like, dude, just take like the 405 to the like 10 and like get off on like lincoln and then like go down to venice and take a right, and your like right at the beach dude." :)

LoL yea too bad I don't know anyone who really talks like that here.

You always say that, but I came in contact with people like that ALL the time...maybe it is just a valley and coastal thing?

I say "like" all the time. But not like "valley girls". Its more subdued then that and I do think people in California tend to say that a lot.

I say "like" all the time. But not like "valley girls". Its more subdued then that and I do think people in California tend to say that a lot.

It's weird how Californians can fit "like" into every sentence and make it sound normal. My cousins out there are experts at fitting "like" into everything. If I try to do it, it sounds ridiculous, but they can make it sound almost normal.

It's kind of the same deal with Canadians and "eh". If I try to talk like that, it sounds weird, but Canadians can fit "eh" into everything and make it sound natural.

You always say that, but I came in contact with people like that ALL the time...maybe it is just a valley and coastal thing?

I always say it because whenever I see someone who says or implies that all Californians talk like "hey dude like we should get going to the beach or something and like catch some phat waves dude, yea!!" I have to tell them how it really is. Because everyone who doesn't live here assumes ALL of southern Cali people talk like that. Now I don't know where you went when you were here, but I've lived here my whole life and probably met about 3 people who really talked like that.

By the way; I know anti-cheesehead was joking when he said that but I was just stating a point.

By the way; I know anti-cheesehead was joking when he said that but I was just stating a point.

I was exaggerating, but my cousins who live there really do talk differently than I do and they do say "like" a lot more than I do.

I don't say "like" nearly as often as my relatives in Maryland and NJ do, and they talk just like most Californians. I would'nt be able to tell the difference. It's not as common as the stereotype suggests.

I forgot The 210@Pasadena 305,000

I dont know how to find this Infromation but could someone see statistics on I-264 AKA the Watterson Expressway inner loop in Louisville. If your not from here you would think your in a fairly large city when you are on it b/c it can be stop and go and it is almost always congested even having 4 lanes in the East-East end to up to 14 in the center and back to 6-8 towards the Western end.

Thanks and I'm sure Schris.. could agree with my statements.

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I dont know how to find this Infromation but could someone see statistics on I-264 AKA the Watterson Expressway inner loop in Louisville. If your not from here you would think your in a fairly large city when you are on it b/c it can be stop and go and it is almost always congested even having 4 lanes in the East-East end to up to 14 in the center and back to 6-8 towards the Western end.

Thanks and I'm sure Schris.. could agree with my statements.

It is very true! I remember being so surprised when I went to Louisville how wide it was and yet how congested it would be at rush hour. Louisville has a state of the art expressway system for its size. The Gene Snyder needed to be widened real bad though.

I don't say "like" nearly as often as my relatives in Maryland and NJ do, and they talk just like most Californians. I would'nt be able to tell the difference. It's not as common as the stereotype suggests.

Exactly the point I was trying to make. Where in NJ are your relatives? I have an aunt, uncle and 2 cousins who live in Sicklerville.

It is very true! I remember being so surprised when I went to Louisville how wide it was and yet how congested it would be at rush hour. Louisville has a state of the art expressway system for its size. The Gene Snyder needed to be widened real bad though.


I do beleive around the Bardstown Rd. area the Snyder is being widened to Six lanes. Not official but when i was driving passed there the other day they had the center all dug up as if they where putting in new lanes.. But From stonestreet in Valley all the way to I-64 it was practically filled with Moderate to Heavy traffic and in some points all the way at a stand still escpecially around Preston Hwy. and Bardstown Rd.

What are the statistics for other Houston freeways?

Hmm, maybe it is the accent. In that case, there should be a "like" and a "the" in front of the freeway name or number.

"Like, dude, just take like the 405 to the like 10 and like get off on like lincoln and then like go down to venice and take a right, and your like right at the beach dude." :)
Maybe if you from the valley, but it's not like that where I'm from. The beach is too far to even think about. Even though I'm from Cali, I notice that different people say "like" different amounts of times and different ways. White girls say it with a sharp ending, and way too many times! Yet mexicans girls say it, you could hear that spanish accent coming out at the end of it, and they don't say like as much(unless they're punk rockers), and black girls just say it straight off, just regular, and not as many times either. The whole valley girl thing is an old stereotype for cali. That was before Compton was on the map.

Exactly the point I was trying to make. Where in NJ are your relatives? I have an aunt, uncle and 2 cousins who live in Sicklerville.

I have aunts, uncles, and cousins in Leonia and Middletown.

Im soooo californian, I often say "like" even when typing.

And I always say THE 5, THE 405, THE 210. Its just replacing the name with the number. We dont say "take hollywood freeway" we say "take the hollywood freeway". And I dont say direction cause I just expect people to know where everything is.

in chicago, the expressways are usually referred to by their proper names, ie. "the ike", "the dan ryan", "the kennedy", "the tri-state", " the stevenson", "the skyway", "the edens", "the bishop ford". The only expressway that i can think of that we don't put a "the" in front of is "lake shore drive", or simply "LSD" for short, although i have heard it referred to as "the drive" as well. and nobody says "expressway" as part of the name, you'd simply say "the kennedy", not "the kennedy expressway". but if the expressway is a tollway, then you'd typically include that in the name, such as "the northwest tollway" or "the east-west tollway" or "the indiana toll road".

the reason we don't use the interstate numbers is that various stretches of the same interstate have different proper names, such as i-90, which enters chicagoland along the "indiana toll road", then becomes "the skyway", then merges with "the dan ryan", which then becomes "the kennedy" after the circle interchange, and then beocmes the "northwest tollway" once you get past the tri-state. it's all a part of I-90, which i guess angelenos would refer to as "the 90", but in chicagoland we like our proper names for some reason.

Nearly every city names their expressways. Here in Detroit we have the Lodge, the Southfield, the Chysler, the Fisher, etc. However, we don't call them the 10, the 39, the 75, or the 94. And that's what I'm getting at.

sharptent -- and we have a tendancy to refer to everything as "expressway" ignoring all other names for such roads (and I'm very guilty of this). I can count on one hand the number of times I've used the phrase "freeway" or "interstate". The proper name thing really confuses a lot of people too, I had a student complain after moving here that listening to the traffic reports were like listening to coded messages, and she kept waiting for someone to break into the report and announce 'the eagle has landed, repeat, the eagle has landed' ;)

Nearly every city names their expressways. Here in Detroit we have the Lodge, the Southfield, the Chysler, the Fisher, etc. However, we don't call them the 10, the 39, the 75, or the 94. And that's what I'm getting at.

right, but in chicago we use the expressways names to the exclusion of the federal govenrment mandated interstate numbers. in fact, i couldn't tell you the numeric designation for about half of chicago's expressways, but i certainly know all of their names.

my point was that in chicago we use the names, not the numbers. is chicago the only city that does this? probably not, but since we were talking about how certain localities refer to their expressways, i thought i'd add my $0.02 about how my town does things.

In Metro-Detroit we refer to M-39 as "Southfield" (no "the"), M-10 as "the Lodge" and M-8 as "the Davison". I-75 is "75", I-94 is "94", and I-96 is usually "96", etc. So basically all of the Michigan highways are referred to by their name, while all of the interstates usually are referred to by their numbers. Sometimes one interstate is referred to by its name more often than another. I-96 is definately called "the Jeffries" more often than I-94 is called "the Ford". In fact, I don't really know anyone that refers to I-94 as "the Ford".

I'm so glad Boston political hacks decided to spend over 14 billion worth of everyone's money to remedy the 24th busiest freeway in the country...oh, that's right: THE BIG DIG DIDN'T WORK!!!

I agree with that statement about NJ and Maryland, teens and the 18-24 age group in the DC suburbs say like a lot more then any so. californian that I've met.

then you havent met a lot of SoCal people within that age range (and it only gets more and more used the younger you go). The trend pretty much began in LA and seemingly seeped into other parts of the country.

Well considering I go to school with californians in this bracket, I think I've met plenty. But it makes sense that the use increases as age decreases, and that whole clueless, "valley-girl" type of attitude. But then you have to know what the people are like, people in that range in northern NJ, and northern va or montgomery county md, are much more like the southern californians in their lifestyle then then rest of the people of their age in their states.

I am not trying to make a claim that Indy has one of the busiest freeways, because I personally don't see that as anything good, but I was just looking at traffic counts for Metro Indy (from the Tempo publication by the MPO) and the I-465 / I-70 northeast side corridor is well over 200,000 vehicles a day. I wonder why this isn't listd??

I was exaggerating, but my cousins who live there really do talk differently than I do and they do say "like" a lot more than I do.
I've been accused by my cousins in Astoria Queens NYC, of having a Chicago accent. Of course I do, growing up in the same neighborhood on the Northside of Chicago for almost 30 years (Albany Park), but you never here your own accent.

I've been accused by my cousins in Astoria Queens NYC, of having a Chicago accent. Of course I do, growing up in the same neighborhood on the Northside of Chicago for almost 30 years (Albany Park), but you never here your own accent.


Yeah, that's rich isn't it, I've had the same conversation with my cousin who sports a pretty good Boston thing going on, talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

The 405 c'mon now. When is this freeway ever empty? Same for the 91

I think that the I-5 is probable worse tha the Santa Monica FWY
My favorite LA Fwys are the Foothill fyw 210, the 134 and the Glendale fwy 2

In 2009, 1-10 in Houston will have over 400,000 people using it daily. By that time, we will have 3 different freeways above 300,000, and 2 close by.

Having a bunch of crowded freeways is a dubious distinction indeed.

Cinco, you are so pro sprawl. lol.

Yeah I am. :)

Im glad philly isnt on the list

Cinco, you are so pro sprawl. lol.


Me too, I love wide Freeways and wide avenues

Why do people in California put "the" in front of their highway numbers?

Where most people around the country will say "Interstate 10" or "Highway 91", we in California will say "the 10 freeway" or "the 91 freeway". When we say "the 10" or "the 91" the word freeway is not said, but it is understood.

Why do people in California put "the" in front of their highway numbers?

Where most people around the country will say "Interstate 10" or "Highway 91", we in California will say "the 10 freeway" or "the 91 freeway". When we say "the 10" or "the 91" the word freeway is not said, but it is understood.

Weird as it sounds, it's not confusing to outsiders. I went to San Diego and asked for directions on how to get to Tijuana and the lady at the gas station was like, "yeah all you do is take the 15 south to the 52 west, then hop on the 5 south, and it's a straight shot from there". I also heard them using the "the" terminology in Las Vegas, somewhat. :sly:

It's not hard to understand, I don't know how anyone could think that, but it is distinctive, that's why people want to know why.

There is even a whole book devoted to Houston freeways.

Houston Freeways (http://www.houstonfreeways.com/)

I almost bought that book when it came out, as I was really heavy into www.texasfreeway.com when the author (Erik Slotboom) still ran it. He doesn't now.

I have a friend who just moved to Arizona from Florida and she asked me, if people in LA say "the" when talking about highways. So they do it out there. And I've heard its more of a western thing then anything else. But, all it's just replacing the "I" with "the". I personally think it has something to do with the freeways in Cal mostly have three didgits. I-95 or I-75 sound good, but the 95 doesn't. So maybe it's just human aesthetics making a word roll off the tounge more smoothly.?

^
Interesting,
In Chicago, we don't call any of our highways freeways, (for one thing, they are not free). We usually don't even call them highways. It's either an expressway or a tollway. People usually call them by there names such as, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Dan Ryan, Skyway, Edens, Reagan, Bishop-Ford, Stevenson, Lakeshore Drive (aka The Drive), and the Tri-State.

If you dont have a pass, driving in Chicago could be costly :( .... and yeah thats probably why they arent 'Freeways' ... and I agree about the 2 and three digit thing, but even 'The 275' or 'The 465' doesnt sound right, yet The 101 does...haha and no I dont think it would be confusing for anyone with the word 'The' in front of it....its still the same thing :)

I-95 between Washington and Boston is pretty bad.

Now with the double the amount in Illinois, maybe less wisconsinites will go to Chicago,becuase they dont sell I Pass at Wis. US 41 might be so crowded now from Chicago to Milaukee... becuase every1 want to save money.

the katy freeway(i-10 west), the northwest freeway(u.s.290 west), the southwest freeway (u.s.59 south), and the north freeway(i-45) are the busiest ones in houston. pretty much each big city from houston is at least 3 hours away so the flow of traffic is light once you leave the suburbs. they arent any megatropolis areas in between houston and other major cities say like the i-95 corridor from d.c. to boston where its tons of people almost in one spot at least. the only thing i can think of is the i-35 stretch from san antonio to austin which is like 70 miles or so. there are outlet shooping malls, colleges, and theme parks in between to two cities. i think i-35 is gettin better tho, alot of people said it use to be pretty bad, but they have made the interstate wider i believe.

i forgot to mention that if they keep up with sprawl between houston and galveston, i-45 will be terrible, even tho it 6 lanes out of the suburbs of houston.

^Actually, I have heard many people in the Northeast who use the "the" method.

By the way, I love freeways, and think a good freeway is part of a good urban experience. The problem that many people have with the "freeway" is really to do with sprawl and America's car culture, and less to do with freeways being a problem . Though they have contributed to sprawl in many ways, they don't have too if they are done right. I think there should be a ballance between mass public transport and freeways, and of course more innovative ways to make the freeway less of a dividing line in cities.

I thought that in Chicago, the highways doesnt feel that much conngested for a metro of over 9 million.

LSD(US 41) isnt that crowded beside the few traffic lights in downtown, but after you get about 3 miles north of downtown and 2 miles south of downtown, the road is actually not that crowded.

on the stevenson (I-55) after you getabout 5 miles east of downtown, after passing midway(outbound). Its crowded but to me consider a less traffic road compare to NYC or LA.

The Dan Ryan(I-90/I-94), the city main road to the south and east. Sure, there is traffic, but with 14 lanes, the highway isnt so bad, beside now when it is constructioning.

Skyway(I-90)- almost no traffic. Its like a highway that has no exits until you get to the stateline(outbound). The skyway is about 10 miles, located completely in Chicago, the least traffic road in any major city that has connects the city with its out of state suburbs. a shortcut to Gary(and Detriot, Telodo, Cleveland, Innapolis(via I-65). Doesnt feel like an highway located in a city of 3 millionDownfall, is $2 toll for a 10 miles- almost no traffic trip, cheaper than all bridges in NYC, the Golden Gate bridge, and the Bay bridge which is $2 but only an 8 miles trip.

I-57....... low traffic, feels like no body wants to go to the south suburbs.

I-80, avoids chicago, but in its metro. beside the 3 miles(with I-94) from the stateline isnt really crowded.

I-355...an ok road, in Chicago far western subrubs, currently extending it.

I-294, makes a semi circle from the south suburbs to the northern suburbs. Expensive trip, crowded...

I-290, crowded for the most part, especially when you get near downtown, near Oakbrook and Shaumburg.

I-88, feels like a regualre road but with tolls. It connects Illinois's 2nd(AUrora) and 4th(Naperville) city together(and 1st if continued west, if you guys dont know what this city is, you are truly sad).

Kenndey-I-90/I-94 good after you get past downtown. Bad, if the express lanes dont work, there is an extra two lanes, sometimes during the day call express lanes, only works for outbound in the afternoon-night, and inbound the night-morning.

I-190, what can I say, a 2 mile expressway that connects chicago with O'hare.

I-90 after O'hare. All you can say is "How about the sprawl". Especially when you get about 50 miles, in a city call Elgin(8th in population, nearly 100,000, with a metro of 9.5 million, lol). New houses everywhere... a toll road...

I-94 north of Chicago, a suburban highway, connects Chicago to Milwuakee. You could see both of those Metros getting closer near the highway, between Kenosha and Racine, about 10 miles apart.

I-65, not in Illinois but in the metro. Connects Gary(about 100,000 with a metro of 9.5, hey, same as Elgin lol) not that crowded. Everyone close their windows when the highway go near Gary.

So yea, a summary of all the intertstaes in Chicago's metro.

Hey, here is a map, so you could follow along. http://www.rockfordinternational.com/assets/images/area.gif

long story short, the worst in Chicago is the I-294, I-90, I-290 or I-88.

I-294- Tolls, and traffic.
I-90 sprawl... toll...traffic
I-290 Shaumaburg... sprawl
I-88 Naperville and Aurora, ex-burg sprawl...toll...

I-57....... low traffic, feels like no body wants to go to the south suburbs.


Wait 15-20 years, when Manhattan, Elwood, Beecher, Peotone, Grant Park, Manteno and Momence start to explode in growth :)

No offense AZN_chi_boi,
but your not old enough to drive. I think traffic here sucks! Thats why I take the el 90% of the time. I hate driving out to my inlaws in Arlington Heights. Traffic is realy shitty.

I know about the south burbs, I grew up there, traffic coming up the Dan Ryan from the south-side sucks all the time, and I-57 while perhaps as not as bad at the 290 does really suck at times.

Now with the double the amount in Illinois, maybe less wisconsinites will go to Chicago,becuase they dont sell I Pass at Wis. US 41 might be so crowded now from Chicago to Milaukee... becuase every1 want to save money.

I don't think the increase in tolls will stop Wisconsin tourists from visiting a world class city an hour away. We payed it before, we'll pay it now.

I always thought out-of-staters could still buy I-Passes for the Illinois tollways. Is it true they can't? What do commuters from out of state do?

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In NY, nobody uses "the." Most interstates in NYC have names, and are called by their names. For those that don't have names, people just say the number, with no "the." One of the first posts said that Californians put "the" before numbers because they are used to saying "the" before named highways. This doesn't make much sense, since all of NYC's names interstates begin with "the," and yet, no one says "the" before numbered highways.

I know I am not old enough to drive, I'll will be in 3 years.. the wait..so anoxious..

Anyways, I like it how my family goes for trips on the interstates to visit places like Aurora, with its new outletmall.

My family live in Chicago, but almost everyday my dad works at this casino call Harrah's in Joliet. Traffic is horrible he says, especially when the Dan Ryan is constructioning. So, he go on the stevenson, which is horrible before you pass Mid-way, but then drive on this major suburban st. call Joliet road(where I-355 is extended). He wants the I-355 to be extend faster, so he doesnt have to drive on streets, but on the tollway.

IMO, I like it how we need the I-pass. Its kind of like being the the 407 in Toronto. You dont have to stop, and in the future you could drive 50mph+ at the plazas. They should do tis on the skyway too.

Also, I enjoythis persons writing on the I-pass, s/he give the pros and cons on the I-pass, and talk about wisconsinites and the I-pass.

http://www.voy.com/172919/1013.html

I-295 (The Baltimore-Washington Pkwy), I-695 (The Baltimore Beltway), I-495 (The Capital Beltway) and I-95 between Baltimore and Washington (The JFK Memorial Highway) have to be among the busiest highways in America.

Traffic is horrible most times during the day, esp during Ravens/Redskins football games, Orioles/Nationals baseball games and Maryland football/basketball games.

I wish Atlanta would call its freeways by their names. There is the Stone Mountain Freeway, and the parts of other freeways like the Downtown Connector (85/75 merge) and the Top End Perimeter (northside of 285). Sometimes the traffic guys will say the North Freeway and the East Freeway, but that isn't common use. For the most part, everyday people just say I-285, or 285, or I-85 and/or 85. I really wish they'd call 316 University Parkway, which is what its official name is since it connects Atlanta to Athens (UGA), but no one does.

I was exaggerating, but my cousins who live there really do talk differently than I do and they do say "like" a lot more than I do.

I've been to Los Angeles. People there sound no different than we do here.

I've been to Los Angeles. People there sound no different than we do here.

Well, the difference isn't as great as Brooklyn accent compared to a Southern accent, but there are little differences.

I've spent a lot of time in southern california with my relatives who were born and raised there, and they always ask me to repeat certain words so that they can point out how I say them differently.

I've been to Los Angeles. People there sound no different than we do here.
People from LA are people who are too caught up in their own little SoCal world. Regardless of their intelligence, if it's not in LA it must not exist.

^I guess the same can be said about people from the Northeast, New Yorkers in particular. Despite having lots and lots of transients in the BoWash Corridor (Boston-New York-Philly-Baltimore-Washington), its a very, VERY parochial area.

Why do people in California put "the" in front of their highway numbers?

Around here we say:
"Take 75 north until you reach this road"

but in California you say:
"Take the 405 north until you reach this road"

Are there other places in the country that put a "the" in front of their numbers?
The "the" thing is pretty much a SoCal habit. I've lived in NorCal (S.F. & Sacramento) all my life - we don't do that up here. We're more likely to say "I-80" and "I-5".

I agree. I-5 is pretty bad as hell. :bash:

It is it is...for further proof notice it is at the top of the list again in Seattle...although Seattle has some freeways that are even worse I think..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/DowntownSeattle056.jpg

Cincinnati
http://mie.bpcdn.us/unusualfire2/75.jpeg I-75
http://mie.bpcdn.us/unusualfire2/71.jpeg I-71

Chicago's heavy traffic pics

But first, how come chicago cant be like this( the website took this pic in downtown chicago)
http://www.photo-mark.com/webpix/ds/ChicagoTraffic.jpg

http://www.teresco.org/pics/alaska-20010606-30/rff/07/P6070167.JPG

http://www.teresco.org/pics/alaska-20010606-30/rff/07/P6070168.JPG

wow... traffic in 1959... (I guess traffic is going toward the suburbs because thats where everyone want to go)
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/img/media/xl/272.jpg

http://www.auntminnie.com/images/content_images/nws_rad/2004_02_16_12_35_48_706.jpg

http://www.natesviolin.com/gallery/chicago/athome/2003/summer/images/post-firework%20traffic.jpg

http://www.jacemouse.com/photography/albums/wallpaper/Traffic1280.jpg

http://www.westchicago.org/images/plow.jpg

What about the Daniel Boone Expy (I-64) in St Louis i read some where that it was in the top 15 of worst commuter times.

[QUOTE=BigDan35]Hmm, maybe it is the accent. In that case, there should be a "like" and a "the" in front of the freeway name or number.

"Like, dude, just take like the 405 to the like 10 and like get off on like lincoln and then like go down to venice and take a right, and your like right at the beach dude." QUOTE]

it's even more sad because i know ppl that really talk like that

I-94 in minneapolis

U do know being busy doesnt mean being congested? Like the 401 in Toronto is the Busiest in North America, it's 25 lanes at some parts (still congested).

hah i miss L.A

The busiest now I think, by buisest but not congested, is either the One of the manhattan bridges, the Bay Bridge(Sf-Oakland), or the Windsor-Detriot(Ambassador) Bridge.

Does anyone have any traffic figures for the Cross Bronx Expressway in NYC? Although its only 6 lanes, I have never not seen that highway not busy.

Why do people in California put "the" in front of their highway numbers?

Around here we say:
"Take 75 north until you reach this road"

but in California you say:
"Take the 405 north until you reach this road"

Are there other places in the country that put a "the" in front of their numbers?
Buffalo as well.

The "the" thing is pretty much a SoCal habit. I've lived in NorCal (S.F. & Sacramento) all my life - we don't do that up here. We're more likely to say "I-80" and "I-5".


People in Socal don't use the term "interstate." They tend to instead use the term "freeway." So if you are referencing "freeway" you are going to say "Im taking the 5" as if to say "I'm taking the 5 freeway".
Many would find it odd to say "I'm taking 5 freeway" as Angelenos don't consider "freeway" to be part of the name.

I used to get annoyed when I was still living in NJ when my Los Angeleno cousins would visit and ask for directions and say "So you take this freeway?"

Well, no... you take the Route 1 to the Turnpike or the Parkway up to the GWB, cross over and take Westside Highway up towards the Hutch, follow it up to the Merrit. You go onto I-91 then, etc., etc....

Now that I live in California, I return the favor and say "Route 1," "Route 101," "I-5," "I-80." And never "the ___."

I agree with that statement about NJ and Maryland, teens and the 18-24 age group in the DC suburbs say like a lot more then any so. californian that I've met.

That is very true!!! :lol:

I like to say like a lot like this!!! :lol: (I DON'T TALK LIKE THAT THOUGH even though I lived in Cali, and MD)

Well, the difference isn't as great as Brooklyn accent compared to a Southern accent, but there are little differences.

I've spent a lot of time in southern california with my relatives who were born and raised there, and they always ask me to repeat certain words so that they can point out how I say them differently.

I think the thing with accents is so funny. I live in Texas and people are always asking me where I'm from but people from other places seem to catch my accent with no problem.

where's I495 dc beltway? I mean the bmore beltway is on there.

five pages discussing accents the busiest highway thread?

Anyways here's the 401. I know it's not in the US, but many American motorsits use it.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/401donmills.jpg/800px-401donmills.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/401atDVP.jpg/796px-401atDVP.jpg


Nasty pileups there...

^^^ Huh? I don't see a pileup.

I used to travel on the 210, 10, and 405 every week during my last year in high school.

Thus, I can certify, from my experience, that the 405 is the worst, absolute POS transportation corridor of any commuting mode on the planet.

^^^ Huh? I don't see a pileup.

No not in the photo but been reading around and searching for the 401 brings up a nasty history of pileups that have occurred on this freeway.

I used to travel on the 210, 10, and 405 every week during my last year in high school.

Thus, I can certify, from my experience, that the 405 is the worst, absolute POS transportation corridor of any commuting mode on the planet.

The 405 its truly a parking lot...