List of suffixed Interstate Highways

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The 1958 Interstate Highway System plan included many suffixed Interstates.
The 1958 Interstate Highway System plan included many suffixed Interstates.

Presently, the Interstate Highway System includes four suffixed routes - the Interstate 35 split into Interstate 35E and Interstate 35W at Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and a similar split into Interstate 35E and Interstate 35W at Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. However, there were once many more, as the three-digit Interstates were not designated until after all major routes were assigned numbers, including some short connections and spurs. (A few of the shortest, including I-190 and I-195, were assigned three-digit numbers almost immediately.) Most were not equal splits like on I-35, but had the main route continue through, and often the suffixed route never returned to its parent. In 1980, AASHTO abolished the majority of suffixes due to confusion, renumbering them as three-digit Interstates, but several that return to their parents were kept. Interstate 15E has since become Interstate 215, but both I-35E/I-35W splits still exist.


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[edit] List of suffixed Interstates

[edit] Current routes

Interstate Extent
I-35W
I-35E		 Hillsboro, Texas (I-35) to Denton, Texas (I-35)
I-35W
I-35E		 Burnsville, Minnesota (I-35) to Forest Lake, Minnesota (I-35)

[edit] Former routes

Interstate Extent Notes
I-5W
I-5E		 Tracy, California (I-5) to Dunnigan, California (I-5) In the 1958 plan; I-5E changed to I-5 and I-5W to I-580, I-80 and I-505 in 1964
I-15E Temecula, California (I-15) to Devore, California (I-15) Renumbered from I-215 in 1973 and back to I-215 in 1982
I-15W Pocatello, Idaho (I-15) to Rupert, Idaho (I-80N) In the 1958 plan; became I-86
I-24W Jackson, Tennessee (I-40) to Hayti, Missouri (I-55) Didn't connect to I-24; renumbered I-155 in 1964
I-35W Wichita, Kansas (I-35) to Salina, Kansas (I-70) In the 1958 plan; renumbered I-135 in 1980
I-59B Bypass for I-59 around Birmingham, Alabama Renumbered I-459
I-70S Washington, Pennsylvania (I-70) to New Stanton, Pennsylvania (I-70/I-80S) In the 1958 plan; became part of I-70 and former I-70 became parts of I-79 and I-76 in 1964
I-70S
I-70N		 Frederick, Maryland (I-70) to Washington, DC (I-66/I-95) and Baltimore, Maryland (I-83/I-95) In the 1958 plan; became I-270 and I-70 in 1973
I-75E Bypass for I-75 around Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida Renumbered I-275 in 1973, and swapped with I-75 in 1980
I-80N Echo, Utah (I-80) to Portland, Oregon (I-5) In the 1958 plan; became I-84 in 1980
I-180N Spur from I-80N to Boise, Idaho This was the only suffixed three-digit Interstate; all other spurs of suffixed routes had no suffix; became I-184 in 1980
I-80S Big Springs, Nebraska (I-80) to Denver, Colorado (I-25/I-70) In the 1958 plan; became I-76
I-80N Neola, Iowa (I-80) to Loveland, Iowa (I-29) Became part of I-680 in 1973
I-80N Norwalk, Ohio (I-80/I-90) to Edinburg, Ohio (I-80) In the 1958 plan; became part of I-80 by 1962
I-80S Youngstown, Ohio (I-80) to Camden, New Jersey (I-295) Extended west to Lodi, Ohio by 1962 over former I-80; east end truncated to Monroeville, Pennsylvania and the part east of Monroeville renumbered I-76 in 1964; the rest became part of I-76 in 1970
I-81E Scranton, Pennsylvania (I-81) to Scotrun, Pennsylvania (I-80) In the 1958 plan; became I-380 ca. 1973

[edit] References

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Main Interstate Highways (multiples of 5 in pink)		 Interstate Highway marker
4 5 8 10 12 15 16 17 19 20 22 24 25 26 27 29 30
35 37 39 40 43 44 45 49 55 57 59 64 65 66 68 69
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 (W) 76 (E) 77 78 79 80 81 82
83 84 (W) 84 (E) 85 86 (W) 86 (E) 87 88 (W) 88 (E) 89 90
91 93 94 95 96 97 99 (238) H-1 H-2 H-3
Unsigned  A-1 A-2 A-3 A-4 PRI-1 PRI-2 PRI-3
Lists  Primary  Main - Intrastate - Suffixed - Future - Gaps
Auxiliary  Main - Future - Unsigned
Other  Standards - Business - Bypassed