Famously, SoCal likes putting the article "the" in front of highway numbers. "The 5" for Interstate 5, "the 101" for US 101, etc. When I moved down here 5 years ago, I was talking with a native of over 50 years, and mentioned that, for example, Reno was the crossroads of I-80 and US-395 -- though for "long" numbers like 395, we would often just say "395", and "short" numbers like 80 would usually be called "I-80".
She genuinely didn't notice until that point that there were different types of highways. "So, like, you memorize if the highway is an I or a US or an SR?" and ... yeah? We did? Though I will admit "the 134" is a lot more homogeneous and easier to apply.
US 395 is interesting that it goes north/south, all the way from the Canadian border, through Washington, Oregon, Nevada and terminates in Hesperia, California, though Historic 395 continues on sporadically to San Diego. The highway was a prominent part of both my and @nprofile1q... 's life, and he once proposed a theory which lives rent-free in my head: It's actually two highways. US-395 runs from the Canadian border to Bishop, California, and The 395 continues from Bishop to Hesperia.
She genuinely didn't notice until that point that there were different types of highways. "So, like, you memorize if the highway is an I or a US or an SR?" and ... yeah? We did? Though I will admit "the 134" is a lot more homogeneous and easier to apply.
US 395 is interesting that it goes north/south, all the way from the Canadian border, through Washington, Oregon, Nevada and terminates in Hesperia, California, though Historic 395 continues on sporadically to San Diego. The highway was a prominent part of both my and @nprofile1q... 's life, and he once proposed a theory which lives rent-free in my head: It's actually two highways. US-395 runs from the Canadian border to Bishop, California, and The 395 continues from Bishop to Hesperia.
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