What's the least important us highway?

[Roadgeekteen]

What is it? 91 maybe? 5?

[plain]

US 331

[ARMOURERERIC]

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[jp the roadgeek]

US 57, US 211, US 223, US 266, US 311, old US 630

[Brandon]

138.  It's even an orphan.

[ajlynch91]

I'd say US 730, which connects US 12 and I-84 near the Washington/Oregon border without much in between.

The aforementioned 223 is pretty pointless too, and just randomly ends north of Toledo.

[JJBers]

US 1A, Stonington, CT
All it does is connect a borough of 900 before looping back.

[RobbieL2415]

US 202.  Or US 44.

[corco]

I'd say US 730, which connects US 12 and I-84 near the Washington/Oregon border without much in between.

The aforementioned 223 is pretty pointless too, and just randomly ends north of Toledo.

I used to use 730 a lot. It's the fastest route from a lot of places to Portland.

[Max Rockatansky]

Really a good argument could be made for US 163.  Really the route doesn't offer much in the way of any real advantage to taking US 191.  Outside of tourism there really isn't much of a reason ever to take US 163, given the odd numbering convention maybe it ought to have remained a series of state highways?

[jp the roadgeek]

US 202.  Or US 44.

I would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is.  Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.

[JJBers]

US 202.  Or US 44.

Under that logic then US 5 is useless, thanks to mostly I-91.
Edit becuase of accidental deletion.

[Rothman]

US 5, thanks to mostly I-91.

US 5 acts as a crucial business route for I-91, actually connecting the communities that I-91 bypasses.  To call it unimportant strikes me as a statement made out of ignorance of the area served by it.

[Rothman]

US 202.  Or US 44.

I would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is.  Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.

Redundant?  How is the stretch from Westfield, MA into Maine redundant?  Redundant of what?

US 202 connects all those little hilltowns all along its path.  No other road goes where it does.

[DandyDan]

I personally would go with US 159.  Its only practical use is for those going north on I-29 who are going to Falls City NE, and who's going there? I am not sure what practical benefit exists for the independent section in Kansas. It's a long windy road through some small towns.

[fillup420]

Around my area it would be US 311. The whole route is serves as a longer, more out-of-the-way version of US 220. It makes an awkward nearly 90 degree turn in Winston-Salem, and the entire freeway section after the turn has been taken over by I-74

[PHLBOS]

I would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is.  Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.

Redundant?  How is the stretch from Westfield, MA into Maine redundant?  Redundant of what?

US 202 connects all those little hilltowns all along its path.  No other road goes where it does.

By redundant, I believe he means that there's several stretches of 202 where it's concurrent with other routes; implying that it would be better to designate the non-concurrencies in between as different routes.

[Rothman]

I would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is.  Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.

Redundant?  How is the stretch from Westfield, MA into Maine redundant?  Redundant of what?

US 202 connects all those little hilltowns all along its path.  No other road goes where it does.

By redundant, I believe he means that there's several stretches of 202 where it's concurrent with other routes; implying that it would be better to designate the non-concurrencies in between as different routes.

Pfft.  Pfft, I say.

[hbelkins]

USeless 641.

[WillWeaverRVA]

138.  It's even an orphan.

On that note, US 266 is pretty useless as well.

[ekt8750]

I'm surprised it's taken this long to for US 130 to be mentioned. While it's an important corridor in Jersey, it should just be a state route.

[jp the roadgeek]

US 202.  Or US 44.

I would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is.  Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.

Redundant?  How is the stretch from Westfield, MA into Maine redundant?  Redundant of what?

US 202 connects all those little hilltowns all along its path.  No other road goes where it does.

From Hillsborough, NH into ME, it's cosigned with NH 9, US 3, I-393, US 4, NH 107, NH 126, NH 16, NH/ME 11, ME 4A, ME 4, and ME 9 for most of its route.  If MA 21 were extended from Belchertown to Hillsborough, NH (21 is available in NH), you can just create a new state route from Easthampton to Belchertown and be done with it.

[Rothman]

US 202.  Or US 44.

I would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is.  Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.

Redundant?  How is the stretch from Westfield, MA into Maine redundant?  Redundant of what?

US 202 connects all those little hilltowns all along its path.  No other road goes where it does.

From Hillsborough, NH into ME, it's cosigned with NH 9, US 3, I-393, US 4, NH 107, NH 126, NH 16, NH/ME 11, ME 4A, ME 4, and ME 9 for most of its route.  If MA 21 were extended from Belchertown to Hillsborough, NH (21 is available in NH), you can just create a new state route from Easthampton to Belchertown and be done with it.

Pfft.  Leave US 202 alone.

[Rover_0]

What is it? 91 maybe? 5?

I wouldn't say US-91, as it's effectively a loop from Brigham City UT to Downey ID (well, Virginia ID) that primarily serves the Cache Valley. Granted, if I had my way I'd reroute/(re-)extend it down (US-89), UT-126, UT-134, the West Davis Corridor (future UT-67), Legacy Parkway (current UT-67), (I-215), (I-80), and UT-85 to I-15/US-89 in Lehi. That, or send it down UT-68, (US-6), (I-15), and UT-28 to US-89 in Gunnison, but that's a different topic for a different thread.

I don't know much about US-5 except its entire route parallels I-91, but that's not entirely a bad thing, other than letting US-5 have some of its own routing.

As for some other routes, I'd second US-130, and if not for its scenery, I'd also put US-163 as-is here as it's really a relic from before the US-191 extension. Of course, I'd extend it over UT-162 and CO-41 and renumber it as a US-x60, US-x64, US-x91, or, in sending it to Page or beyond, US-x89 (I don't care all that much about 3-digit US Route polarity).

[hotdogPi]

As for some other routes, I'd second US-130, and if not for its scenery, I'd put it as-is here as it's really a relic from before the US-191 extension. Of course, I'd extend it over UT-162 and CO-41 and renumber it as a US-x60, US-x64, US-x91, or, in sending it to Page or beyond, US-x89 (I don't care all that much about 3-digit US Route polarity).

US 130 is in New Jersey.