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Hard to know about road conditions . We have two separate riding "worlds", the freeways where Harley and big Beems rule, long straight roads where you sit at 120 km probably going to the next city. I ride them if I'm going to the next city, otherwise I avoid them like the plague.

Enfields or basically any bike with less than 30 hp avoid them too. If there is a long way around that avoids a freeway i'll take it. Does freeway = interstate?

Then there are the back roads, I live in the middle of this world. Flocks of Harleys surge and sway their way around these roads too, slowly and cautiously and usually in groups of 20 or so.They make a lot of noise and the riders are extremely fashionable.
Sundays see hundreds of bikes down this way, I'd say 30% Harleys, all newish . The remainder are all breeds , if one predominates it will be a toss up between Hondas and Ducatis.

Sibbo wrote: Does freeway = interstate?

Pretty much. We use the term "freeway" more often to refer to such roads in and around cities. "The Interstate" refers to similar roads that are part of a nationwide system that runs across the whole country and has more funding support from the national government than the local roads do. So, down in the city, I get on the "freeway" to get over to the other side of town, and I get on the "Interstate" to go somewhere a long ways away, but they look exactly the same - especially when that Interstate is running through the middle of the city and is then just one of the freeways there.

So, Interstates really ARE freeways, but ones where you are more likely to being cruising along at 70+ mph for hours rather than just 15 minutes or so.

Also, there are quite a few Toll Roads on the East coast. Generally in better shape than the county or state roads...

Sibbo, this Hoosier calls pretty much any road with limited access "interstate", although more and more roads are being built that are not part of the "Interstate System" that meet this criteria.

But technically, MS is right (a given).

Rob wrote:Sibbo, this Hoosier calls pretty much any road with limited access "interstate", although more and more roads are being built that are not part of the "Interstate System" that meet this criteria.

But technically, MS is right (a given).

Yeah, Rob, I described the actual technical difference, but, like you, I also often use the term for any highway that's "like" an Interstate whether it's technically one or not.

Major Softie wrote:

Rob wrote:Sibbo, this Hoosier calls pretty much any road with limited access "interstate", although more and more roads are being built that are not part of the "Interstate System" that meet this criteria.

But technically, MS is right (a given).

Yeah, Rob, I described the actual technical difference, but, like you, I also often use the term for any highway that's "like" an Interstate whether it's technically one or not.

And I am careful about what words I bandy about when speaking to an international audience.

Rob wrote:

Major Softie wrote:

Rob wrote:Sibbo, this Hoosier calls pretty much any road with limited access "interstate", although more and more roads are being built that are not part of the "Interstate System" that meet this criteria.

But technically, MS is right (a given).

Yeah, Rob, I described the actual technical difference, but, like you, I also often use the term for any highway that's "like" an Interstate whether it's technically one or not.

And I am careful about what words I bandy about when speaking to an international audience.

I don't think bandying is ever a good idea.

Rob wrote: And I am careful about what words I bandy about when speaking to an international audience.

Actually, I had no idea they used "freeway."

Major Softie wrote:

Rob wrote: And I am careful about what words I bandy about when speaking to an international audience.

Actually, I had no idea they used "freeway."

I haven't really used it since I was a kid in the Sixties.

I also remember when "The Cloverleaf" was built near our house. I thought it was something unique that only we would have! lol!

Rob wrote:

Major Softie wrote:

Rob wrote: And I am careful about what words I bandy about when speaking to an international audience.

Actually, I had no idea they used "freeway."

I haven't really used it since I was a kid in the Sixties.

I also remember when "The Cloverleaf" was built near our house. I thought it was something unique that only we would have! lol!

Me too. I thought it was the Main Roads Department's version of sculpture. They built the thing in a paddock opposite our house with no explanation then abandoned it for 10 years before building the rest of the road.