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Two cities[edit]

I've noticed that there are two cities called Salina on the Interstate 70 and one of them is significant enough that I've heard of it here in Europe. Are there cases of two bigger cities or 3+ cities with the same name on the same US interstate highway? 31.217.8.200 (talk) 16:21, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I-90 skirts both Rochester, New York and Rochester, Minnesota. What you probably need is a list of multiple American cities with duplicate names. Googling the subject yields various results, including this:[1] --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:31, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This search will provide a few. Looks like there are 18 Auburns!? Card Zero (talk) 21:18, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of Auburn, Auburn, Massachusetts and Auburn, New York are both on Interstate 90 (the one in New York is just south of the highway). I once overnighted in one of them one night, and the next night in the other, by pure coincidence, on a westward trip (the two cities are almost 300 miles apart). Xuxl (talk) 14:11, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not quite the same question, I'm afraid, but fans of The Simpsons will appreciate a Springfield Tour. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 20:55, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I-95 passes through Newark, New Jersey, and is adjacent to Newark, Delaware; in addition, some passenger trains on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor train route stop at both cities. --174.95.83.56 (talk) 21:07, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Newarks also qualify for a prospective list of cities that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:39, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Trivial cases include places like Texarkana and Kansas City. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:44, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also an asterisk for Vancouver. --←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:49, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In Vancouver's case, they're named for the same guy, but there's a whole state (and an international border) separating the two, so they do fit the criteria. They're both on Interstate 5 - but only sort of, since the Interstate becomes Highway 15 north of the border, and you need to take the Trans-Canada Highway for the last few miles into Vancouver, British Columbia. Xuxl (talk) 16:18, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You're going the wrong way, then. I-5 becomes highway 99 at the border, and 99 leads straight to Vancouver, BC. The road leading to highway 15 branches off I-5 just before the border. --174.95.83.56 (talk) 18:49, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, I wasn't looking at a detailed enough map! Xuxl (talk) 19:11, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"President's House" in 1808[edit]

Would the "President's House" in 1808 be what is now known as the White House? (As referenced here) --2603:6081:1C00:1187:A448:F5E1:757F:AF96 (talk) 22:21, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. See White House#Naming conventions. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 00:56, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thx!

– 2603:6081:1C00:1187:A448:F5E1:757F:AF96 (talk) 04:02, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]