<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by DaDOKin DC:
A I-xNN highway through town while a I-NN bypasses it? It's the apocalypse, I say!
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I'm afraid the apocalypse must have already come.
Lots of 3-digit Interstates go into cities where the 2-digit Interstate bypasses the city, where the 3-digit Interstate is a "spur" and has an odd first digit. E.g., I-705 in Tacoma, I-126 in Columbia SC, I-165 in Mobile, I-184 in Boise, I-105 in Eugene, I-390 in Rochester, I-110 in Pensacola, I-395 in Washington. OK, so those are supposed to be spurs.
But there are many 3-digit Interstates, with even first digits, that loop through cities. Some examples: I-235 in Des Moines , I-496 in Lansing, I-280 in Toledo, I-480 in Cleveland, I-240 in Asheville, I-235 in OK City, I-244 in Tulsa, I-235 in Wichita, I-890 in Schenectady, I-690 in Syracuse, I-490 in Rochester, I-279 in Pittsburgh, I-275 in Knoxville, etc.
Repent, the end is near!