Interstate 35E

Interstate 35E is the name used for the eastern half of Interstate 35 in two segments where the highway 'splits' to serve different cities. I-35 is a long north-south interstate highway having termini in Laredo, Texas and Duluth, Minnesota, is the only existing interstate to be divided in this manner. The divisions occur in Minnesota and Texas, each of which have "twin cities" along the highway.

Related Topics:
Interstate 35 - Interstate highway - Laredo, Texas - Duluth, Minnesota - Minnesota - Texas - Twin cities

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Perhaps though it should be said that the split of Interstate 35 is simply the only remnant of an older, clumsy-albeit-logical, system of directional suffixes. Interstate 135 in Oklahoma was originally labeled I-35W, but the main route was still I-35, not I-35E. For the history of other suffixed routes, look particularly at Interstate 84 (former I-80N), Interstate 86 (former I-15E), Interstate 75 (part of which was I-75E), and Interstate 81 which once had I-81E, now numbered as the I-380 spur of Interstate 80. There were many others, however it was quickly seen that confusion reigned with branching directionally-suffixed routes that did not return to the parent. Since regardless of the route of I-35E or I-35W that one chooses, one eventually comes back to a unified I-35, the AASHTO committees allowed these to stay.

Related Topics:
Interstate 135 - Interstate 84 - Interstate 86 - Interstate 75 - Interstate 81 - Interstate 80 - AASHTO

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