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The interchange of I-94, I-494, and I-694 in Maple Grove, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. The interchange marks the western ends of both I-494 and I-694. Often congested on eastbound I-94 in the mornings, sometimes too early to be imagining traffic jams like that.
I-94 East is jammed up from the Fish Lake Interchange to 95th Ave.
Wanna take US 10 instead?
You bet.
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a. A 15-mile long freeway in the Twin Cities area connecting several major freeways
b. a state-maintained highway with the number "100"
"You want to take State Highway 100?"
"No, traffic kills on that freeway."
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To non-Minneapolis/St. Paul area residents, this is known as Minnesota State Highway 62. It connects Interstate 494 to MN 55. This is the freeway that I grew up with and around, but I have to say now that its design isn't good. See Crosstown Commons.
Avoid Crosstown 62 during rush hour if possible.
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An interchange between Interstate 35W and Minnesota State Highway 62 in Richfield, Minnesota. Traffic often backs up for several miles. Try to avoid this area in full but if you must enter it, DO IT BEFORE RUSH HOUR OR YOU WILL REGRET IT!
To bypass the crappy Crosstown Commons, use I-494 or local streets.
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The most rural Interstate (except maybe I-8). Between San Antonio and Los Angeles, I-10 is either in a large town or in absolute nothingness. It has an intersection with I-20 in the middle of nowhere in Texas, 130 miles from El Paso and 450 miles from San Antonio.
Of somewhat interest is "The Thing". I myself do not know what that is but it is located near Texas Canyon, Arizona, on I-10.
I-10 passes through these major cities:
Los Angeles, Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso (even though nobody would put it on this list), San Antonio, Houston, New Orleans, and Jacksonville.
"Wanna go see The Thing?"
"Where's that?"
"Nowhere, Arizona, on I-10"
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A major interstate highway in the central United States. It runs from Duluth, Minnesota, to Laredo, Texas, connecting the cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Des Moines, Kansas City, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Dallas/Ft. Worth and San Antonio. It splits into I-35W and I-35E in the Minneapolis and Dallas areas. Not a scenic interstate, but few east of the Rocky Mountains truly are.
If you drive I-35 through Minnesota en route to Duluth, northern cities, or cities in eastern Minnesota and Wisconsin on I-94, take I-35E because I-35W sucks Crosstown Commons. If you are going to Minneapolis or going to western Minnesota cities on I-94, take I-35W to I-494 up to I-394 and east into Minneapolis, or I-494 up to I-94 on the northwest corner of the metro.
Lesson: Try to avoid I-35W if at all possible.
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A 3-digit spur route off I-94 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It connects 4th St/Washington Ave/3rd St (the actual end of the freeway is uncertain to me) to I-494. It is about 10 miles long. Between State Highway 100 and Interstate 94, there is a "high occupancy vehicle" lane which in the morning rush hour is used for eastbound traffic and in the afternoon rush hour is used for westbound traffic.
This is like my favorite freeway number of all time. The interchange with I-94 sucks and needs to be reconstructed though.
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