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Structure of the U.S.

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 13hrs 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Freeways used to travel around the USA.

a)

Interstates

b)

U.S Routes

c)

State Routes

d)

County Routes

2.

Highways or Freeways that extend to more than one state.

a)

Interstates

b)

U.S. Routes

c)

State Routes

d)

Auxiliary Interstates

3.

Highways or Freeways that extend only in one state.

a)

Interstates

b)

U.S. Routes

c)

State Routes

d)

County Routes

4.

Smaller roads that continue in only one county. Its name may also consist of letters.

a)

Interstates

b)

U.S. Routes

c)

State Routes

d)

County Roads

5.

3-digit Freeways used to bypass/follow a major city.

a)

Interstates

b)

Auxiliary Interstates

c)

Business Routes/Loops

d)

Temporary Roads

6.

Auxiliary Interstate that circles around a major city and its suburbs.

a)

Outer-belts

b)

Business Routes/Loops

c)

Regular Interstates

d)

XW/XE/XN/XS

7.

Auxiliary Interstate or other routes that circle just around a major city and not many suburbs.

a)

Innerbelts

b)

Business Routes/Loops

c)

Temporary Routes

d)

Alternate Routes

8.

A route with tolls used to bypass or drive through states conveniently, to get to the next. Considered a FREEWAY.

a)

Freeways

b)

Turnpikes

c)

Highways

d)

Interstates

9.

Towns within a small range of larger cities that make up some of its population.

a)

Urban

b)

Rural

c)

Suburbs

d)

Junctions

10.

An expressway with exits that continues along major cities or small towns.  Speed limits can differ from about 65-75.

a)

Freeways

b)

U.S. Routes

c)

Business Routes/Loops

d)

Temporary Routes

11.

A major road connecting cities and towns. Interstates are never considered ________, but are considered Freeways. These two terms do NOT mean the exact same thing.

a)

Highways

b)

Turnpikes

c)

U.S Routes

d)

State Routes

12.

Areas that consist of countryside rather than city.

a)

Urban

b)

Suburbs

c)

Rural

d)

Downtown

13.

A populated area with suburbs rather than downtown city features.

a)

Downtown

b)

Junctions

c)

Urban

d)

Rural

14.

The central portion of a major city with skyscrapers.

a)

Junctions

b)

Suburbs

c)

Downtown

d)

Suburban

15.

The intersecting points of two or more roads or highways.

a)

Junctions

b)

Suburbs

c)

Grids

d)

Areas

16.

A route that splits passing through two separate areas and meets together symmetrically.

a)

X-West/X-East OR X-North/X-South

b)

Business Routes/Loops

c)

Alternate Routes

d)

Temporary Routes

17.

Highways or Freeways that pass through businesses of a city, and then reconnecting to the regular U.S. Route or Interstate.

a)

Temporary Routes

b)

Business Routes/Loops

c)

Alternate Routes

d)

XW/E OR XN/S

18.

A road that splits and one route uses the letter “A” for alternate. The alternate route usually reconnects back to the regular route.

a)

Business Routes/Loops

b)

Alternate Routes

c)

Temporary Routes

d)

U.S. Routes

19.

A road that splits into two of the same route, but one just ends not far after the original junction. (Used for detours)

a)

Alternate Routes

b)

Temporary Routes

c)

XE/W OR XN/S

d)

Business Routes/Loops

20.

Explain the direction law of U.S. Routes and Interstates.

4 lines
21.

Does Hawaii have a type of Interstate?

a)

Yes

b)

No

22.

Explain why there isn't an I-50 or I-60.

4 lines
23.

The farther West you go, the Interstate numbers ________.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

24.

The farther West you go, the U.S. Route numbers ________.

a)

Increase

b)

Decrease

25.

What city is this?

a)

St. Louis

b)

Indianapolis

c)

Detroit

d)

Philadelphia

26.

What city is this?

a)

Louisville

b)

Columbus

c)

New York City

d)

Philadelphia

27.

What city is this?

a)

Boston

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Portland, OR

d)

San Diego

28.

What city is this?

a)

Indianapolis

b)

San Francisco

c)

Minneapolis

d)

Columbus

29.

What city is this?

a)

Columbus

b)

Nashville

c)

Cleveland

d)

Cincinnati

30.

Name the four capital cities not connected by the Interstate system.

4 lines
31.

Name the Interstate/Corridor that will run from Portsmouth, OH to Toledo, OH in the future. Also, name the U.S. Route it will replace. What city will it run through in central Ohio?

4 lines
32.

What city is a junction of I-94 and I-75?

a)

Detroit

b)

Cleveland

c)

Portland, ME

d)

Baltimore

33.

What city is a junction of I-15 and I-70?

a)

Monroe

b)

St. Louis

c)

Oil Center

d)

Salt Lake City

34.

What four Interstates are involved in the New York City junction?

a)

I-87

b)

I-74

c)

I-78

d)

I-80

e)

I-95

35.

What city is at the junction of I-95 and I-96?

a)

Detroit

b)

Bangor

c)

Augusta, ME

d)

Impossible Junction

36.

What city forms at the I-65 and I-40 junction?

a)

Memphis

b)

Nashville

c)

Louisville

d)

Minneapolis

37.

What city forms at the junction I-5 and I-80?

a)

San Francisco

b)

Redding

c)

Memphis

d)

Fresno

38.

What city forms at I-65 and I-64?

a)

St. Louis

b)

Oklahoma City

c)

Tulsa

d)

Louisville

39.

What city forms at I-10 and I-65?

a)

Mobile

b)

Birmingham

c)

Tuscaloosa

d)

New Orleans

40.

What cities form along I-95?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Baltimore

c)

Boston

d)

Savannah

e)

New York City

41.

What Interstates connect to I-75

a)

I-85

b)

I-92

c)

I-22

d)

I-64

e)

I-4

42.

What Interstates are involved in Memphis?

a)

I-55

b)

I-40

c)

I-53

d)

I-57

e)

I-65

43.

According to the grid, what Interstate WOULD run through Akron, Ohio?

a)

I-71

b)

I-77

c)

I-79

d)

I-81

44.

What city is formed on the junction of I-90 and I-29?

a)

Billings

b)

Helena

c)

Pierre

d)

Sioux Falls

45.

What city forms at the junction of I-10 and I-17?

a)

Flagstaff

b)

Phoenix

c)

Santa Fe

d)

Albuquerque

46.

What city forms at the junction of I-5 and I-90?

a)

Portland, OR

b)

Seattle

c)

Olympia

d)

Denver

47.

What city forms at the junction of I-15 and I-84?

a)

Seattle

b)

Salt Lake City

c)

Denver

d)

Las Vegas

48.

What two Interstates merge together Southeast of Chicago?

a)

I-80

b)

I-88

c)

I-90

d)

I-65

e)

I-55

49.

There is no Interstate directly from Nashville to Kansas City. What are some cities to travel through if efficient routes were to be taken?

a)

Louisville

b)

Memphis

c)

St. Louis

d)

Oklahoma City

e)

Indianapolis

50.

If Fort Worth is directly West of Dallas, and the Department of Roads wants I-35 to travel through both cities, what would happen to make this work?

a)

An outer belt would be created.

b)

I-35 would transform into I-35E and I-35W

c)

More Auxiliary routes would need to be created

d)

An I-35T would be added

51.

What city is the junction of I-85 and I-75?

a)

Atlanta

b)

Macon

c)

Charlotte

d)

Richmond

52.

What city is the junction of I-66 and I-95

a)

Richmond

b)

Boston

c)

Baltimore

d)

Washington D.C.

53.

What city is the junction of I-35 and I-80?

a)

Minneapolis

b)

Iowa City

c)

Des Moines

d)

Omaha

54.

Where does I-20 start and end?

a)

Near Chattanooga - Near Dallas

b)

Near Columbia - Near Dallas

c)

Near Charleston - Near Houston

d)

Near Columbia - Near El Paso

55.

What geographical landform may cause I-85 to run diagonal?

a)

Grand Canyon

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Florida Everglades

d)

Great Plains

56.

What city is the junction of I-94 and I-25?

a)

Fargo

b)

Helena

c)

Bismarck

d)

Buffalo

57.

_________ and _________ could be known as the "twin cities".

a)

Dallas and Houston

b)

Chicago and New York City

c)

Albany and Rochester

d)

Minneapolis and Saint Paul

58.

What city is the junction of I-79 and I-70?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Erie

c)

Cleveland

d)

Pittsburgh

59.

What interstate runs through Chicago, IL and Montgomery, AL?

a)

I-55

b)

I-65

c)

I-75

d)

I-85

60.

Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville?

a)

I-44

b)

I-40

c)

I-30

d)

I-45

61.

Las Vegas, Barstow, Los Angeles Suburbs?

a)

I-5

b)

I-10

c)

I-15

d)

I-25

62.

What two Interstates run through Concord, NH? (Hint for another question!)

a)

I-95

b)

I-93

c)

I-91

d)

I-89

63.

According to the map, which of the following Interstates make a jog?

a)

I-84

b)

I-87

c)

I-76

d)

I-78

e)

I-96

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