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'Shortest' interstate off ramp

Started by papakilz, May 24, 2017, 08:27:08 PM

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Sykotyk

I-44 in Tulsa had some REAL short ones, but they've ripped out the whole area to redesign the interstate. Badly needed.


jakeroot

Quote from: jeffandnicole on May 28, 2017, 01:41:44 PM
Not Interstate, but close enough.

I could be wrong, but I suspect the OP is looking for any road that is of "interstate quality". Washington has a ton of freeways but not as many interstates. Lots of state routes.

US 81


dvferyance

I always thought the SB exit ramp off of I-41 at WI-60 in Slinger WI was way short. Surprised it wasn't required to be lengthened when 41 got upgraded to an interstate.

ChezeHed81

#29
Quote from: ekt8750 on May 26, 2017, 03:50:59 PM
Any ramp off or on the Schuylkill Expressway
The one that first came to my mind was WB I-76 exit 346C to Vare Av. which has no deceleration lane and an estimated total length of <100' (along assumed centerline).  GSV shows what it looks like.

EDIT 20170611;2203: Added GSV link.





US 89

I can't remember exactly where it is, but IIRC there is an off-ramp on the US-64 freeway in Tulsa that immediately becomes a neighborhood street.



SteveG1988

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US 89


inkyatari

I'm never wrong, just wildly inaccurate.

Chris19001


US 89

Quote from: Chris19001 on June 21, 2017, 12:52:54 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on June 20, 2017, 09:31:09 AM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on June 20, 2017, 07:24:06 AM
There's one in particular that looks exceptionally bad and hacked together.
346C: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9276094,-75.1955628,3a,75y,319.09h,85.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDfMUT_N2eqhZsQY06F0hMQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DDfMUT_N2eqhZsQY06F0hMQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D20.377613%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Holy schnikes!  That's shorter than the Mackinaw City exit on the first page of this thread!
That's the one I would have posted too.  I don't believe it could possibly be shorter and still be an "exit"

Yeah, that's definitely not built to interstate standards. Google directions show that ramp as being 256 feet, but it looks more like 200 ft or even less.

JJBers

Quote from: roadguy2 on June 21, 2017, 01:00:09 PM
Quote from: Chris19001 on June 21, 2017, 12:52:54 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on June 20, 2017, 09:31:09 AM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on June 20, 2017, 07:24:06 AM
There's one in particular that looks exceptionally bad and hacked together.
346C: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9276094,-75.1955628,3a,75y,319.09h,85.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDfMUT_N2eqhZsQY06F0hMQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DDfMUT_N2eqhZsQY06F0hMQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D20.377613%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Holy schnikes!  That's shorter than the Mackinaw City exit on the first page of this thread!
That's the one I would have posted too.  I don't believe it could possibly be shorter and still be an "exit"

Yeah, that's definitely not built to interstate standards. Google directions show that ramp as being 256 feet, but it looks more like 200 ft or even less.
Imagine driving down down the avenue, and a car comes flying down from I-76 onto this...
*for Connecticut
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SteveG1988

Quote from: JJBers on June 21, 2017, 02:01:46 PM
Quote from: roadguy2 on June 21, 2017, 01:00:09 PM
Quote from: Chris19001 on June 21, 2017, 12:52:54 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on June 20, 2017, 09:31:09 AM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on June 20, 2017, 07:24:06 AM
There's one in particular that looks exceptionally bad and hacked together.
346C: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9276094,-75.1955628,3a,75y,319.09h,85.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDfMUT_N2eqhZsQY06F0hMQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DDfMUT_N2eqhZsQY06F0hMQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D20.377613%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Holy schnikes!  That's shorter than the Mackinaw City exit on the first page of this thread!
That's the one I would have posted too.  I don't believe it could possibly be shorter and still be an "exit"

Yeah, that's definitely not built to interstate standards. Google directions show that ramp as being 256 feet, but it looks more like 200 ft or even less.
Imagine driving down down the avenue, and a car comes flying down from I-76 onto this...

how about a truck
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Bobby5280

#40
I-25 going over Raton Pass in New Mexico and Colorado has some very short exit ramps, such as this one:
https://goo.gl/FLdgLs

Here's one along the same stretch of I-25 that I think is even more scary.
https://goo.gl/Uxpzdf

If I recall correctly I think I-40 in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina has some really super short exit ramps too.

US 89

Quote from: Bobby5280 on June 24, 2017, 02:17:33 PM
If I recall correctly I think I-40 in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina has some really super short exit ramps too.

I believe there are also some at grade intersections on that stretch of I-40

papakilz

Lots of interesting posts--enjoyed the GSV picture showing you turn into an immediate STOP and then are on city street--OUCH!

roadman65

I-4 in Deltona on the WB ramp to FL 472 as originally it was a trumpet interchange converted to a half diamond/half folded diamond.  Its very short and with a stoplight at the end.

I-4 WB at Michigan Street has too short of a ramp for the traffic that uses it.  It mainly used by those transferring from the freeway to nearby Orange Avenue even though the previous Kaley Street (now closed until the I-4 ultimate is completed) ramp gets you to Orange Avenue with a backed up ramp due to it once being a cloverleaf and having no end ramp signal.  It used to boggle a lot of people why drivers would choose Michigan over Kaley as the Michigan ramp has a 7:30 left turn as supposed to a loop ramp at previous Kaley, but nonetheless they chose to over capacitate the Michigan ramp instead of using a free flowing ramp with no hard turns.
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NE2

Quote from: roadman65 on June 27, 2017, 10:09:45 AM
It used to boggle a lot of people why drivers would choose Michigan over Kaley as the Michigan ramp has a 7:30 left turn as supposed to a loop ramp at previous Kaley, but nonetheless they chose to over capacitate the Michigan ramp instead of using a free flowing ramp with no hard turns.
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texaskdog

In remote areas of the country they have direct turns like that.

I don't know why the one in Mackinaw City even needs to be open with 108 there.

GaryV

Quote from: texaskdog on June 27, 2017, 01:25:32 PM

I don't know why the one in Mackinaw City even needs to be open with 108 there.
Huh?  You mean with M-108 NOT there?  It's been decommissioned for over 6 years now.

But either way you meant it, the reason for that exit is to get to the tourist attractions in the area, primarily Fort Michilimackinac.

BrianP


Chris19001

Quote from: BrianP on June 27, 2017, 05:38:36 PM
Quote from: Chris19001 on June 21, 2017, 12:52:54 PM
Quote from: inkyatari on June 20, 2017, 09:31:09 AM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on June 20, 2017, 07:24:06 AM
There's one in particular that looks exceptionally bad and hacked together.
346C: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9276094,-75.1955628,3a,75y,319.09h,85.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDfMUT_N2eqhZsQY06F0hMQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DDfMUT_N2eqhZsQY06F0hMQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D20.377613%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
Holy schnikes!  That's shorter than the Mackinaw City exit on the first page of this thread!
That's the one I would have posted too.  I don't believe it could possibly be shorter and still be an "exit"
Me too.  This one came to mind first. Thread finished.
The saddest point of that stretch is that #2 on the listing of shortest exits may be several hundred yards northwest for the eastbound version of this exit 346C.  Personally, I dislike the eastbound version more due to the massive lane switching for the next exit 347.  (All I-76 traffic has to "exit" from the right lane to stay on the I-76 approach to the Walt Whitman)  What a mess that stretch is.

JJBers

Well, here's a honorable mention:
US 44 and I-84 in East Hartford; https://goo.gl/maps/nyvVZpwf24C2
Google says it's only 400 feet
*for Connecticut
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