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Interesting driving and highway trivia
Posted on 6/13/25 at 12:11 am
Posted on 6/13/25 at 12:11 am
It takes longer to drive from Tiptonville, TN to Key West, FL, only passing through 1 intermediate state of Alabama or Georgia, than it takes to drive from New Orleans to NYC or San Diego to Seattle.
There are 2 separate I-87 designated interstates, one in NY, one in NC.
Fresno, CA, over 1 million in metro area population, is the largest city in the US not served by a US designated interstate highway.
I-90 from Boston to Seattle is the longest interstate at 3020 miles.
The shortest official designated and signed interstate is I-375 in Detroit at 1.06 miles. There are a number of others that are <2.0 miles..
There are 2 separate I-87 designated interstates, one in NY, one in NC.
Fresno, CA, over 1 million in metro area population, is the largest city in the US not served by a US designated interstate highway.
I-90 from Boston to Seattle is the longest interstate at 3020 miles.
The shortest official designated and signed interstate is I-375 in Detroit at 1.06 miles. There are a number of others that are <2.0 miles..
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Posted on 6/13/25 at 12:17 am to East Coast Band
All North (shout out North Side) and South bound interstates are odd numbers.
And all East and West bound interstates are even numbers.
And all East and West bound interstates are even numbers.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 12:23 am to East Coast Band
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It takes longer to drive from Tiptonville, TN to Key West, FL, only passing through 1 intermediate state of Alabama or Georgia, than it takes to drive from New Orleans to NYC or San Diego to Seattle.
This is wild and I still can’t contemplate it even after looking it up on Google maps
Posted on 6/13/25 at 12:28 am to East Coast Band
If all the farts happening daily in Nebraska were converted to electricity it could power the city of Youngstown Ohio for 12 hours
Posted on 6/13/25 at 12:38 am to East Coast Band
quote:Yeah, driving down from the East coast after work, hours and hours, headed for South Florida and you finally get past Jax. Just south of 295 is a sign that says "Miami 331". Dayum, not even close.
It takes longer to drive from Tiptonville, TN to Key West, FL,
Posted on 6/13/25 at 12:49 am to East Coast Band
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It takes longer to drive from Tiptonville, TN
My final win as a HS football player came there.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 5:53 am to East Coast Band
El Paso is closer to the Pacific Ocean than it is to Beaumont.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 6:06 am to chrome_daddy
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"Miami 331". Dayum, not even close.
Try driving through Texas. Not sure if Texas has El Paso on a highway sign in Orange, but the Texas welcome center is at Exit 880. That means you have almost 880 miles before you get to New Mexico on I-10.
That is longer than New Orleans to Disney World which is 683 miles.
This post was edited on 6/13/25 at 6:09 am
Posted on 6/13/25 at 6:12 am to lesgeaux
Key west is waaay out there. Was looking at the keys on google maps yesterday for golf courses.
Just for the heck of it.
Just for the heck of it.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 6:29 am to Tarps99
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Try driving through Texas. Not sure if Texas has El Paso on a highway sign in Orange, but the Texas welcome center is at Exit 880. That means you have almost 880 miles before you get to New Mexico on I-10.
It’s 876mi from welcome sign to welcome sign along I-10 in Texas.
I know…I’ve clocked it.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 6:36 am to East Coast Band
The dash marks dividing lanes are 10 feet long.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 6:45 am to Tarps99
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Try driving through Texas. Not sure if Texas has El Paso on a highway sign in Orange, but the Texas welcome center is at Exit 880. That means you have almost 880 miles before you get to New Mexico on I-10.
This sign is pretty intimidating if you're driving all the way through Texas:
Posted on 6/13/25 at 6:48 am to CocomoLSU
Pretty sure the first mile marker is something like 889 or 899. Nearly 900 miles cross. hope there are a lot of gas stations.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 6:52 am to 214
On 3 digit numbers if it starts with an even number it brings you around a city, Example I-610 in Nola goes around the CBD. If it starts with an odd number its goes into or away from the city, example I-110, which leads you away or into Baton Rouge.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 6:53 am to CHEDBALLZ
shout out 635 and Bush turnpike 
we outside baby!
we outside baby!
This post was edited on 6/13/25 at 6:55 am
Posted on 6/13/25 at 7:02 am to MorbidTheClown
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Pretty sure the first mile marker is something like 889 or 899. Nearly 900 miles cross. hope there are a lot of gas stations.
Not that anyone has tried, must be tough in Tesla. I would imagine you needing a recharge station in the middle of the barren wasteland of West Texas. While an ICE vehicle can plow through almost 600 miles without stopping.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 7:03 am to Tarps99
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Try driving through Texas. Not sure if Texas has El Paso on a highway sign in Orange, but the Texas welcome center is at Exit 880. That means you have almost 880 miles before you get to New Mexico on I-10.
hell, I live in Odessa, TX. from the exit to get to my office, it's STILL another 275 miles to El Paso.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 7:35 am to MorbidTheClown
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Pretty sure the first mile marker is something like 889 or 899. Nearly 900 miles cross. hope there are a lot of gas stations.
I think the first one has Orange and El Paso, but I couldn't find that one on google.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 8:33 am to CocomoLSU
No that’s the first one. Beaumont is 23ish miles from the Sabine.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 8:42 am to Tarps99
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Not that anyone has tried, must be tough in Tesla. I would imagine you needing a recharge station in the middle of the barren wasteland of West Texas.
You’d be surprised. I was in Fort Stockton a few years back and pulled into a gas station. It had about half a dozen charging stations lined up.
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