How do you speak of roads that have numbers or letters? For example, if someone asked directions to get to (Supply local city name), you might say, “Take ________.”
| ROUTE | 311 |
| HIGHWAY | 145 |
| (NUMBER) | 139 |
| HIGHWAY + (NUMBER) | 134 |
| (NUMBER) + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 128 |
| ROUTE + (NUMBER) | 52 |
| U.S. + (NUMBER) | 28 |
| HIGHWAY + (NUMBER) + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 18 |
| NO. (NUMBER) | 17 |
| NR | 17 |
| INTERSTATE + (NUMBER) | 15 |
| I + (NUMBER) | 11 |
| (LETTER) + (NUMBER) | 10 |
| HIGHWAY NUMBER + (NUMBER) | 10 |
| (STATE) + (NUMBER) | 8 |
| ROUTE + (NUMBER) + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 8 |
| COUNTY ROAD | 6 |
| STATE + (NUMBER) | 6 |
| STATE ROAD | 6 |
| STATE ROAD + (NUMBER) | 6 |
| COUNTY TRUNK | 5 |
| “NUMBER, COMPASS DIRECTION” | 5 |
| ROAD + (NUMBER) | 5 |
| (NUMBER) + HIGHWAY | 4 |
| COUNTY ROAD + (NUMBER) | 4 |
| NO. (NUMBER) + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 4 |
| STATE HIGHWAY | 4 |
| U.S. HIGHWAY + (NUMBER) | 4 |
| (LETTER) | 3 |
| COUNTY TRUNK + (LETTER) | 3 |
| INTERSTATE | 3 |
| INTERSTATE + (NUMBER) + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 3 |
| NUMBER ONE | 3 |
| ROAD NO. (NUMBER) | 3 |
| STATE ROUTE | 3 |
| (NAME) + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 2 |
| (NAME) + HIGHWAY | 2 |
| (NUMBER) + (LETTER) | 2 |
| FEDERAL + (NUMBER) | 2 |
| NH | 2 |
| ROAD | 2 |
| STATE HIGHWAY + (NUMBER) | 2 |
| STATE ROAD + (NUMBER) + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 2 |
| TRUNK | 2 |
| (COMPASS DIRECTION) + (NUMBER) | 1 |
| (LETTER) + HIGHWAY | 1 |
| (NAME) ROAD | 1 |
| (NUMBER) + (DIRECTION) | 1 |
| (NUMBER) + HIGHWAY + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 1 |
| (NUMBER) TO (NUMBER) | 1 |
| “(NUMBER), THEN FOLLOW (NUMBER)” | 1 |
| ACCESS | 1 |
| BALTIMORE PARKWAY | 1 |
| BARBOURSVILLE ROAD | 1 |
| BEE-LINE | 1 |
| COMPASS DIRECTION | 1 |
| COUNTRY ROAD | 1 |
| COUNTY | 1 |
| COUNTY + (NUMBER) | 1 |
| FARM-TO-MARKET | 1 |
| FEDERAL HIGHWAY | 1 |
| FEDERAL HIGHWAY + (NUMBER) | 1 |
| FEDERAL ROAD | 1 |
| FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY | 1 |
| FREEWAY | 1 |
| GO (COMPASS DIRECTION) ON (NUMBER) | 1 |
| GO (COMPASS DIRECTION) ON U.S. + (NUMBER) | 1 |
| “GO OUT ON (NUMBER), THE FREEWAY” | 1 |
| HIGHWAY 299-W | 1 |
| HIGHWAY U.S. + (NUMBER) + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 1 |
| I + (NUMBER) + EXPRESSWAY + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 1 |
| I.H. + (NUMBER) | 1 |
| INTERSTATE HIGHWAY + (NUMBER) | 1 |
| INTERSTATE NO. (NUMBER) | 1 |
| K-ROAD | 1 |
| LEGISLATIVE ROUTE | 1 |
| LETTERED HIGHWAY | 1 |
| LETTERED ROADS | 1 |
| MAIN HIGHWAY | 1 |
| MAIN ROAD | 1 |
| MARKED ROADS | 1 |
| MILE ROAD | 1 |
| NATIONAL ROAD + (NUMBER) + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 1 |
| NUMBER + (NUMBER) | 1 |
| NUMBERED HIGHWAY | 1 |
| ROUTE NO. (NUMBER) | 1 |
| SECONDARY ROAD | 1 |
| STATE ROAD NO. (NUMBER) | 1 |
| STATE-AID ROAD | 1 |
| STAY ON THE PAVED ROAD | 1 |
| STREET SIGNS | 1 |
| THE + (NAME) + ROAD | 1 |
| THE SUPER | 1 |
| THROUGHWAY + (NUMBER) | 1 |
| TOWN ROAD | 1 |
| TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR BLOCK | 1 |
| TRUNK-LINE ROAD | 1 |
| TURNPIKE | 1 |
| U.S. + (NUMBER) + (COMPASS DIRECTION) | 1 |
| U.S. HIGHWAY | 1 |
| USE STREET NAME | 1 |
| ZONE | 1 |
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