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Major US interstate collapses following tanker truck fire (www.msn.com)

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For any non Americans, the largest interstates are one or two digits, divisible by 5. This particular collapse occurred in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Odd-numbered interstates travel north-south, even ones east-west.

Oh and the numbers start in the west and south and get higher the further east and north you go. So the west coast equivalent of I-95 is I-5.