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===Length=== * '''Longest (east–west)''': {{convert|3020.54|mi|km}}: [[Interstate 90|I-90]] from [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]], to [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]].<ref name="fhwa-facts-1">{{cite web |first1 = Jon |last1 = Obenberger |first2 = Tony |last2 = DeSimone |name-list-style = amp |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/programadmin/interstate.cfm#interstate_trivia |title = Interstate System Facts |work = Route Log and Finder List |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |date = April 7, 2011 |access-date = February 22, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130713093446/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/programadmin/interstate.cfm#interstate_trivia |archive-date = July 13, 2013 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="fhwa-facts-2">{{cite web |author = Federal Highway Administration |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/?redirect |title = Miscellaneous Interstate System Facts |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |date = April 6, 2011 |access-date = February 22, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140805032748/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/#s11 |archive-date = August 5, 2014 |url-status = live }}</ref> * '''Longest (north–south)''': {{convert|1908|mi|km|abbr=on}}: [[Interstate 95|I-95]] from the [[Canada–United States border|Canadian border]] near [[Houlton, Maine]], to [[Miami|Miami, Florida]].<ref name="fhwa-facts-1" /><ref name="sofield" /> * '''Shortest (two-digit)''': {{convert|1.40|mi|km|abbr=on}}: [[Interstate 69W|I-69W]] in [[Laredo, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |title = FHWA Route Log and Finder List |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/ |date = January 31, 2018 |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |access-date = August 25, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180711022000/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/ |archive-date = July 11, 2018 |url-status = live }}</ref> * '''Shortest (auxiliary)''': {{convert|0.70|mi|km|abbr=on}}: [[New York State Route 878#Northern segment|I-878]] in [[Queens]], [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{cite web |first = Kevin |last = Adderly |date = December 31, 2016 |title = Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2016 |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |work = Route Log and Finder List |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |access-date = September 24, 2017 |archive-date = February 13, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230213083642/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-19-me-60325-story.html |title = The Freeway Numbers Game |last = Curtiss |first = Aaron |date = April 19, 1996 |work = Los Angeles Times |access-date = August 31, 2017 |issn = 0458-3035 |archive-date = August 5, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190805131737/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-19-me-60325-story.html |url-status = live }}</ref> * '''Longest segment between state lines''': {{convert|877|mi|km|abbr=on}}: [[Interstate 10 in Texas|I-10 in Texas]] from the [[New Mexico]] state line near [[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]] to the [[Louisiana]] state line near [[Orange, Texas]].<ref>{{TxDOT|IH|10|access-date=August 31, 2010}}</ref> * '''Shortest segment between state lines''': {{convert|453|ft|m|abbr=on}}: [[Interstate 95 in the District of Columbia|I-95]]/[[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|I-495]] (Capital Beltway) on the [[Woodrow Wilson Bridge]] across the [[Potomac River]] where they briefly cross the southernmost tip of the [[Washington, DC|District of Columbia]] between its borders with [[Maryland]] and [[Virginia]].<ref name="fhwa-facts-2" /> * '''Longest concurrency''': {{convert|278.4|mi|km|abbr=on}}: [[Interstate 80|I-80]] and [[Interstate 90|I-90]]; [[Gary, Indiana]], to [[Elyria, Ohio]].<ref name="route-finder">{{cite web |first = Jeff |last = Price |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table01.cfm |title = Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2018 |work = Route Log and Finder List |publisher = Federal Highway Administration |date = May 6, 2019 |access-date = June 21, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120422220808/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table1.cfm |archive-date = April 22, 2012 |url-status = live }}</ref> <!--* '''Shortest concurrency''': {{convert|.22|mi|km|abbr=on}}: [[Interstate 71 in Ohio|I-71]] and [[Interstate 75 in Ohio|I-75]]; in Cincinnati from the Ohio River on the lower deck of the [[Brent Spence Bridge]] at the state line north to the Fort Washington Way entrance west of [[Paul Brown Stadium]].<ref name="route-finder" />--><!--I'm commenting out this entire entry because the concurrency continues for 19.70 more miles in Kentucky according to the source, so the full I-71/I-75 concurrency is almost 20 miles long...-->
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