I've noticed so. calers say 'the' 5. I lived in norther CA for awhile and it was just '5'
Now I live in central oregon and there's not a freeway for hours, so i'm no help.
I grew up in SoCal, we always refered to the major freeways and highways as "The __", and minor ones didn't get the benefit of a title.
Example: When I lived in 29 Palms, i used to take <b>62</b> down the hill to <b>The 10</b> out toward Indio.
Oh, and we never measured in miles, we measured everything in minutes or hours. Vegas was 4 hours away (3, if you were haulling balls), and a trip to Palm Desert was an hour away, regardless of mileage. :smiley_thumbs_up:
Of course none of this was official... now i live in Portland (sorry, i mean PDX - can't offend the hipsters!), and if you don't refer to a bridge by it's given name, you stick out like a sore thumb. Otherwise, you can say "I-5 South" or "I-205 North", but never just "I-5", and CERTAINLY not just "5", "205", "405", "217" or "26" - they will have no idea what you're talking about.
Let's not even get started on 99E and 99W... :doh:
BACK ON TOPIC: Looking forward to see what 5th gear can do. It's been pretty useless so far. Then again, i've only owned the thing for less than 24 hours.
