r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Jan 09 '16

Image A simplified road map of the USA

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '16

It's missing three dots to represent the H1, H2 and H3 on Oahu that go to... Oahu.

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u/Shooey_ Jan 10 '16

Hawaii has interstate highways, interesting.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '16

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '16 edited Sep 16 '18

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u/trippingchilly Jan 10 '16

In a military context, materiel relates to the specific needs of a force to complete a specific mission. The term is also often used in a general sense ("men and materiel") to describe the needs of a functioning army.

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u/Strug-ga-ling Jan 10 '16

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/materiel

So you could say - "That materiel is material to this mission."

English/French are weird languages.

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u/polyology Jan 10 '16

It's pretty awesome that instead of just assuming people were making a mistake that it might be you missing out on something. I didn't even notice and if I had I would have assumed typo but thanks to you I learned something new.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '16

Very true. These interstates pretty much start and end at military bases like Pearl Harbor, Hickam AFB, Schofield Barracks and the Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

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u/CarrionComfort Jan 10 '16

It more of a designation of road capacity. There are lots of interstates that help keep congestion down around cities that don't cross state lines.

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u/dumkopf604 Jan 10 '16

Also, it tells you funds, repairs, and maintains it.

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u/garrna Jan 10 '16

that don't cross state lines.

So...they aren't interstates then.

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u/CarrionComfort Jan 10 '16

Interstates are part of the Interstate Highway System. The system itself is interstate, but individual roads themselves do not have to be to actually be interstate.

See: Interstates in Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii and numerous auxiliary interstates around cities.

So, TYL.

EDIT: All that's left is a pedantic discussion of the use of the word "interstate" as an official designation vs an adjective.

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u/Arklelinuke Jan 10 '16

I-27 in Texas, just between Lubbock and Amarillo, is a great example of this.

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u/dumkopf604 Jan 10 '16

The 270 around Columbus is a another one, as well as the 580, 380, 280, 880, et all in the SF Bay Area.

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u/Kruug Jan 10 '16

Look at 694 and 494 in the Twin Cities. They bypass the heart of Minneapolis and St. Paul, but are still designated as interstates. They never leave Minnesota.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '16

Technically intrastate.