<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 10:29 PM Michael Patrick <<a href="mailto:geodesy99@gmail.com">geodesy99@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> 
> secondary in most cases for the state<br>
highways and primary for the US ones.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div> At least for the U.S., the Interstate vs. State Route distinction has more to do with funding than  carrying capacity and physical attributes. We have several State Routes that are definitely expressways: <a href="https://www.windy.com/-Webcams/United-States/Washington/Seattle/SR-at-MP-:-Des-Moines-Memorial-Dr/webcams/1459260132?47.545,-122.306,13" target="_blank">https://www.windy.com/-Webcams/United-States/Washington/Seattle/SR-at-MP-:-Des-Moines-Memorial-Dr/webcams/1459260132?47.545,-122.306,13</a></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That looks more like a freeway (an expressway is a freeway with intersections or a mix of ramps and intersections).<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Although they are few, there are still portions of the Interstate that are not expressways:</div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gaps_in_Interstate_Highways#Undivided_and_narrow_freeways" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gaps_in_Interstate_Highways#Undivided_and_narrow_freeways</a></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yeah, I 5 at either end past the last exit, for example. <br></div></div></div>