Whats the story with Interstate H-201?
Interstate H-201 was long a little-known “secret” Interstate designation for part of Moanalua Freeway west of downtown Honolulu. The secret’s now out, with Interstate shields starting to show up on the freeway in July 2004. The Interstate includes most of the Moanalua Freeway, between Interstate H-1 exit 13 near Aloha Stadium and H-1 exit 19 west of downtown Honolulu. It excludes the stub of the freeway west of H-1 exit 13, which remained and is signed as state route 78. While H-201 became an Interstate in 1989, for almost 15 years that remained a “secret” designation, little-known except to the Federal Highway Administration, Hawaii DOT, and “roads scholars.” That part of the Moanalua Freeway until recently remained signed as part of state route 78, with no visible indication of the H-201 designation. Now, as discussed below, the signage is being brought into line with the formal Interstate designation. a. Reclassification as an Interstate The Federal Highway Administration approved t
