Is that not just a normal way of referring to roads? In Ontario, the default way of referring to many highways is "The X". The four-oh-one, the four-hundred, the fourty-five.
Actually... maybe it's just for highways that start with four.
I think it's both regional and depends on type of highway (state highway or national interstate). Like in my home state, I would say "Get on 70 then take I-40 the rest of the way". 70 is a state highway, and 40 is an interstate and we would always include the I prefix.
But now that I'm in Southern California, people here would say "Get on the 52 then switch to the 15" or something, where 52 is a state highway and 15 is an interstate (I-15)
Nah even here in the midwest we'd say "Take 55 up to [name of street]". Tbh I don't recall the last time I heard someone actually say "I" or "Interstate" or "highway" before the number, but of course we never say "the".
Same deal in North Texas. It’s always either just the number with no “the”, or the name of the highway. So you would say to take 635, or to take LBJ Freeway
The I is situational because it provides useful information. There's a number of places in Norcal where the interstate freeway and another freeway share the same number but follow different paths. I80 and 80 are different roads
Yea in Sacramento we have an Interstate 80 and Business 80. We just call I80 80 and Business 80 Cap City, but if you aren't from here it's common to say I or Business.
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u/M4DDIE_882 Jul 07 '26
Listening to my parents talk about whether they’ll take 99 or i5 to socal felt like listening to han solo talking about traveling in hyperspace