Talk:List of Interstate Highways

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Dumb question: how can Hawaii have interstates if all islands form only one state?

Because they were funded with federal money from the interstate highway program.

Is listing two tables really necessary? I'd like propose removing the listing of Interstates by state and keeping just the listing by number. Also, I propose that in the listing by number, the descriptive right-hand column be changed to show starting and terminating points and mileage instead of states the Interstate passes through. For example...

Interstate 90 - 3112.82 miles - Seattle, Washington to Boston, Massachusettes

Interstate 86 (Eastern) - 185 miles - Erie, Pennsylvania (I-90) to Elmira, New York (NY-17).

Toolie 18:48, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I suppose I'm going to go ahead with it, and if there's a problem with it we can revert back to its original. I don't think there's much harm, as I'm not really removing any links or information. Toolie 00:08, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)


Regarding the addition of I-238 to the list... the list which it as added is of primary interstates, which 238 is not. Anyone else agree it should be removed? I already have it mentioned in the top paragraph. Toolie 22:07, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)


IMHO, Interstate 238 is an *essential* part of the "Primary Interstate" list. It is such an unusual situation -- there's no I-38, and if there were it wouldn't be anywhere close to the Bay Area -- that it must be considered separately.

Also, some road-minded Wikipedians are creating individual pages for the 3di's. I can't complain, though my personal preference would be to keep the info with the parent route. Just keep in mind that not all 3di info is on the 2di's page.

As for the list by state... well, I put that in, and I really liked it. After all, this is the topic "List of Interstates", so I would expect to see one or more Lists. Contrast with Interstate highway, where I would expect to see a detailed discussion of what an Interstate Highway is.

And by the way... great work! --Robertb-dc 22:30, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Could a List of Interstates by State page be created? The information was very useful but I thought it was a bit cluttered with everything else... or would it be best to reinclude it on this page? Toolie 04:47, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] True or false??

True or false: this article belongs at List of 1 and 2-digit interstates. 66.245.99.122 23:36, 12 May 2004 (UTC)

Er, false. Nearly all 3-digit components of the Interstate system are within a single state and are only "Inter-state" highways in the sense that they connect with the primary Interstate roads and share similar features (e.g., controlled-access). Yes, I'm sure there are a few exceptions that cross state lines, but even in those cases, the 3-digit highways are limited to a specific metropolitan area. older≠wiser 00:19, 13 May 2004 (UTC)
False on the false. An 'Interstate Highway' is a road of the Interstate Highway System, not a road that crosses a state line. --SPUI (talk) 05:16, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Eh, the list does include 3DIs though, so it should stay here. --SPUI (talk) 05:24, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] I-64

Why does I-64 only go to St. Louis when US 60 goes all the way to AZ?

[edit] Planned/future 2di Interstates

How should the future Interstates be accomodated? There are currently proposals out for:

  • I-3 (questionable number for a new Knoxville-Savannah corridor, I-18 would be better)
  • I-7 (central Oregon, US-97 corridor)
  • I-9 (CA-99)
  • I-11 (Phoenix to Las Vegas, Reno and beyond)
  • I-14 (Deep South corridor between I-10 and I-20)
  • I-41 (US-41 renumbering in Wisconsin)
  • I-67 (actually 4 plans of which a maximum 2 will work)
  • I-92 (central New England)
  • Combination of possible numbers for the I-69 corridor since that number violates the numbering scheme (including I-37, I-39 (S), I-47, I-51 or 53 and I-61 or 63)
Most of these are speculation with no official source. The rest (like I-3 and I-14) are given in the new highway bill, but only for long-range studies. The former have no place here; the latter might, though they might fit best in an article about the new highway bill.
I-92 was actually planned at one time, so that could be added. User:K1vsr has a lot of info he's found about it. --SPUI (talk) 16:22, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Personally I think these can be included in the main list as proposed additions. I have frequently wondered what possible expansions might be. Never found them and would have never thought to look here. Also as a comment on the above list. By definition, a proposed I-3 would have to be west of I-5 since the odd roads run north south and the low numbers are west of the higher numbers. In fact, if I can figure out a solution for the naming on the first and last entries, I may put that data in the main article. Vegaswikian 19:18, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Article name

To be consistent with other articles like Category:U.S. Interstate Highway system shouldn't this article be renamed to List of U.S. Interstate Highways? Vegaswikian 19:10, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

The way I understand it, the U.S. is just there for disambiguation, and isn't really necessary. --SPUI (talk) 11:43, 6 December 2005 (UTC)