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Originally Posted by Penforhire
It does appear regional to say "I'm driving on the 5" versus "I'm driving on 5." I don't know all the linguistic borders these apply to but we use "the" commonly in southern California but not in northern California.
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I live in the SF bay area and I've always heard people say "the 5". I had never heard that before moving here. I haven't encountered anyone here that omits "the".