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By contrast, in the South (or the Southeast), references to highways by number have some variation. Three-digit highways (but not interstates) are usually designated only by number, such as 316 or 441. Two-digit highways (but not interstates) are usually designated by using the word "Highway" rather than "Route", as in "Highway 10". All state highways can also be designated by the name of the state, followed by the highway number, such as "Georgia 400" (also known as the "Alpharetta Autobahn"). Interstates, regardless of number of digits, are generally referred to as "I-__", such as "I-20" or "I-95". "Route" does not exist in the Southeast... and if it did, it would be pronounced such that it rhymed with "out" rather than with "boot".
In addition, in the Los Angeles area (if not all of southern California)
there are what the locals call "freeways," which are essentially highways on performance enhancing drugs. They are all too big to be either a "highway" or a "route," making this argument completely irrelevant in that part of the country. As far as nomenclature however, Angelenos refer to their freeways simply by saying "The ___" such as "The 10" to refer to Interstate Highway 10 or "The 405," "The 101" etc...
See also [[the logic behind road numbers]].
