When I asked a Hawaiian a question about “route 99,” all I got was a blank stare. How much do Hawaiians pay attention to route numbers, anyway?
Not much. Hawaiians usually refer to highways by name, rather than number, and so you should use both when you ask for directions. (You still want to remember the number, since route numbers are more visible on most highways than route names.) The only exceptions are Interstates H-1, H-2, and H-3, which until 2002 had no other names (except for the eastern third of H-1), and are still generally called Interstate H-1, etc. A more detailed discussion of this subject appears later in these FAQs.
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