Major Metro areas with the highest exit numbers

[OCGuy81]

Of most major metro areas (let's go with over 500,000) which has the highest exit numbers in it?

I think Houston would win out.  I-10 is in the mid-700s by the time it reaches Houston.

What other ones would take top honors?

[sparker]

Of most major metro areas (let's go with over 500,000) which has the highest exit numbers in it?

I think Houston would win out.  I-10 is in the mid-700s by the time it reaches Houston.

What other ones would take top honors?

Texas, for obvious reasons, would be right up there with more than one metro area near the top of any list.  San Antonio would take a 2nd place, with the I-10 interchange with the east Loop 1604 (as good a place as any to define the metro area) being Exit #587.  DFW would be an honorable mention for two routes: I-20, with a high exit number in the 490's at the Mesquite outskirts, while the 35/35E continuum would have Exit #467 at the north 35E/W split in Denton (again, a reasonable place to determine the metro area's perimeter).  The mileposts for US 90 in Houston would also be quite high (haven't done the math on that one yet); whether that translates into exit numbers on that route's freeway segment east of town isn't something that I am aware of. 

Sacramento, CA would also take top honors; the airport exit on I-5 just prior to the Sacramento River bridge is Exit #528, while the Bay area greater metro area -- if including Santa Rosa and vicinity -- would show US 101 with Exit #505 in Healdsburg -- the farthest north suburban reach in the region. 

Interstate-wise, the only other metro areas with exit numbers in excess of 400 are Omaha (exit 454/I-80) and Kansas City (exit 423/I-70); east of the Mississippi, the highest exit number within a metro area as defined in the OP would be Exit #351 on I-76 in Philadelphia. 

If anyone wants to take the effort to calculate qualifying US highway mileage in the physically larger states, I for one would certainly like to see the results.  If US 77 had its own exit numbers in DFW, that would certainly be right up there near the top!

[JJBers]

Houlton, ME has exit 303 on I-95

[Quillz]

Redding, CA has over 100k people and has exit numbers in the 600 range. US-101 junctions with CA-299 at Exit 716 in the Eureka/Arcata area, the largest coastal metro area between the Bay Area and Portland. If the junction with US-199 had an exit number in the Crescent City area, it would be in the high 700 range, probably around 790 or so.

Going in the other direction, Montana is about the only state that can compete with Texas for west-east exit numbers. But Montana doesn't have too many big cities.

[Bickendan]

Omaha pings in at 454 on I-80
Kansas City has 423 on I-70

Fargo is in the low 400s
Sioux City doesn't even break 400
Billings is in the low 400s

Kamloops, Edmonton could have high numbers, but they're KM based.

[Eth]

east of the Mississippi, the highest exit number within a metro area as defined in the OP would be Exit #351 on I-76 in Philadelphia.

I-75 has an exit 353 in Georgia just before crossing the state line into Chattanooga (metro pop ~550k, so it counts).

[tdindy88]

The last exit along I-57 in Chicago is Exit 357.

[roadman65]

Of most major metro areas (let's go with over 500,000) which has the highest exit numbers in it?

I think Houston would win out.  I-10 is in the mid-700s by the time it reaches Houston.

What other ones would take top honors?

Pretty much all of Texas major metro areas have high exit numbers. Dallas has I-20 in the 470's along with I-35E (using I-35's exit numbers) being also in the 450's and San Antonio has I-10 in the 570s.

[jeffandnicole]

Philly's I-76 and I-276 (PA Turnpike) exit numbers are all in the 300's.

[Henry]

I-40 cracks 300 in Raleigh, NC. And in Wilmington, it goes up to 420.

[Eth]

Kamloops, Edmonton could have high numbers, but they're KM based.

Edmonton: 406 on the east side on TCH-16.
Kamloops: In the 370s, but it's a long way off the population constraint from the OP (only around 100k).

Canada's winner, as best I can tell, is Toronto, with exit numbers on the 401 reaching the 440s (basing this on Wikipedia's definition of the Greater Toronto Area). Don't think there's anything bigger unless the Montreal metro area extends into Ontario.

[21stCenturyRoad]

I can't think of anything other than the 500s for I-5 in Sacramento and I-10 in San Antonio, obviously the 700s in Houston is the highest.

[jp the roadgeek]

If you count Beaumont/Port Arthur, that has to be the highest with exit numbers in the mid 800's on I-10

[vdeane]

Kamloops, Edmonton could have high numbers, but they're KM based.

Edmonton: 406 on the east side on TCH-16.
Kamloops: In the 370s, but it's a long way off the population constraint from the OP (only around 100k).

Canada's winner, as best I can tell, is Toronto, with exit numbers on the 401 reaching the 440s (basing this on Wikipedia's definition of the Greater Toronto Area). Don't think there's anything bigger unless the Montreal metro area extends into Ontario.

AB 2 has 525 before the numbers stop for some reason, though I suppose one could debate whether that's in the Edmonton metro area.  It would hit 556 if the numbers didn't drop north of AB 19.

[jwolfer]

Of most major metro areas (let's go with over 500,000) which has the highest exit numbers in it?

I think Houston would win out.  I-10 is in the mid-700s by the time it reaches Houston.

What other ones would take top honors?

Texas, for obvious reasons, would be right up there with more than one metro area near the top of any list.  San Antonio would take a 2nd place, with the I-10 interchange with the east Loop 1604 (as good a place as any to define the metro area) being Exit #587.  DFW would be an honorable mention for two routes: I-20, with a high exit number in the 490's at the Mesquite outskirts, while the 35/35E continuum would have Exit #467 at the north 35E/W split in Denton (again, a reasonable place to determine the metro area's perimeter).  The mileposts for US 90 in Houston would also be quite high (haven't done the math on that one yet); whether that translates into exit numbers on that route's freeway segment east of town isn't something that I am aware of. 

Sacramento, CA would also take top honors; the airport exit on I-5 just prior to the Sacramento River bridge is Exit #528, while the Bay area greater metro area -- if including Santa Rosa and vicinity -- would show US 101 with Exit #505 in Healdsburg -- the farthest north suburban reach in the region. 

Interstate-wise, the only other metro areas with exit numbers in excess of 400 are Omaha (exit 454/I-80) and Kansas City (exit 423/I-70); east of the Mississippi, the highest exit number within a metro area as defined in the OP would be Exit #351 on I-76 in Philadelphia. 

If anyone wants to take the effort to calculate qualifying US highway mileage in the physically larger states, I for one would certainly like to see the results.  If US 77 had its own exit numbers in DFW, that would certainly be right up there near the top!

Jacksonville metro area has exits 324-362 on i10.. 298-380 on i95

LGMS428

[Charles2]

Knoxville: I-40 has Exits 374-394.  Metro area of around 870,000.

[sparker]

Of most major metro areas (let's go with over 500,000) which has the highest exit numbers in it?

I think Houston would win out.  I-10 is in the mid-700s by the time it reaches Houston.

What other ones would take top honors?

Texas, for obvious reasons, would be right up there with more than one metro area near the top of any list.  San Antonio would take a 2nd place, with the I-10 interchange with the east Loop 1604 (as good a place as any to define the metro area) being Exit #587.  DFW would be an honorable mention for two routes: I-20, with a high exit number in the 490's at the Mesquite outskirts, while the 35/35E continuum would have Exit #467 at the north 35E/W split in Denton (again, a reasonable place to determine the metro area's perimeter).  The mileposts for US 90 in Houston would also be quite high (haven't done the math on that one yet); whether that translates into exit numbers on that route's freeway segment east of town isn't something that I am aware of. 

Sacramento, CA would also take top honors; the airport exit on I-5 just prior to the Sacramento River bridge is Exit #528, while the Bay area greater metro area -- if including Santa Rosa and vicinity -- would show US 101 with Exit #505 in Healdsburg -- the farthest north suburban reach in the region. 

Interstate-wise, the only other metro areas with exit numbers in excess of 400 are Omaha (exit 454/I-80) and Kansas City (exit 423/I-70); east of the Mississippi, the highest exit number within a metro area as defined in the OP would be Exit #351 on I-76 in Philadelphia. 

If anyone wants to take the effort to calculate qualifying US highway mileage in the physically larger states, I for one would certainly like to see the results.  If US 77 had its own exit numbers in DFW, that would certainly be right up there near the top!

Jacksonville metro area has exits 324-362 on i10.. 298-380 on i95

LGMS428

Oops!  Forgot about Florida -- and just how wide the Panhandle actually is!  Also didn't realize Knoxville metro was that large (must be physically large as well!).  OK, modified statement -- I-76/exit 351 is the highest OP-qualified metro-area exit # in the Northeast. 

[US 89]

Salt Lake City is 290-310 on I-15. Up towards Ogden, it gets into the 340-350s.

[roadman65]

Sorry Delaware and Rhode Island, you can't have high number exits.

However, we in New Jersey got the "What exit number joke" until I stunned one individual when I told him I lived off Exit 135 on the Parkway.  NJ's highest exit number, though, is 172 on the Parkway just before the NY State Line. 

For a small state we still have high exit numbers I will have to say.

[jwolfer]

Sorry Delaware and Rhode Island, you can't have high number exits.

However, we in New Jersey got the "What exit number joke" until I stunned one individual when I told him I lived off Exit 135 on the Parkway.  NJ's highest exit number, though, is 172 on the Parkway just before the NY State Line. 

For a small state we still have high exit numbers I will have to say.

Delaware "fakes up" their exit numbers with km based exit numbers on Delaware SR1

LGMS428

[jp the roadgeek]

Sorry Delaware and Rhode Island, you can't have high number exits.

However, we in New Jersey got the "What exit number joke" until I stunned one individual when I told him I lived off Exit 135 on the Parkway.  NJ's highest exit number, though, is 172 on the Parkway just before the NY State Line. 

For a small state we still have high exit numbers I will have to say.

Delaware "fakes up" their exit numbers with km based exit numbers on Delaware SR1

LGMS428

DE 1 would have a couple of triple digit numbers if it were converted to miles.  DE 273 would be 101, DE 7/Christiana Mall would be 102 (A/B southbound), I-95 would be 103 A-B-C (B/A Southbound), and DE 58 would be 103D


CT used to have a couple of triple digit exit numbers; 1 on I-395 until a couple of years ago when they were based on the Connecticut Turnpike.  Exits also went up to 106 on the former I-86 when the exits were based on CT 15/Hutch Parkway numbers.  There will be 5 triple digit exits on I-95 (100, 101, 104, 108, 111) when I-95 goes mileage based. 

[Quillz]

If it were a freeway with exit numbers, the highest exit numbers in all of North America would probably be on BC-97. Its the longest numbered highway under the administration of a single state or province, IIRC, with a length of at least 1,000 miles. Convert that to kilometers, you'd theoretically see some exit numbers in the Dawson Creek area around 1600 or so.

[Bickendan]

BC 97 at its first crossing of 60° North is roughly at 1312 miles. BC 2 in Dawson Creek is is roughly at 756 miles.
Fort Halkett at Smith River Provincial Park, the final full point used in the Travel Mapping trace, is roughly at mile 1245.
Converted: BC 1 east of Kamloops -- 264 (BC 1's 399)
BC 1/5 in Kamloops -- 290 (BC 1/5's 374)
BC 1/5 west of Kamloops -- 300 (BC 5's 362 and where BC 1 adopts the exit number series for its own)
BC 1 in Cache Creek -- 372
BC 16 in Prince George -- 809
BC 2 in Dawson Creek -- 1209
BC 77 -- 1691
Fort Halkett -- 1992
First crossing into Yukon --  2099

[SkyPesos]

If anyone wants to take the effort to calculate qualifying US highway mileage in the physically larger states, I for one would certainly like to see the results.  If US 77 had its own exit numbers in DFW, that would certainly be right up there near the top!

holy grail of a bump, but I did the effort of using the google maps measure tool to find the mileage of US 40 in Missouri just because I like large numbers, and have a list of what its exit numbers would be if the US 40 freeway section uses its own exit numbers
Notable Exits:
214 - I-70
218 - MO 364
225 - MO 94
233 - MO 340
236 - MO 141
239 - I-270
242 - US 67
245 - I-170
250 - Kingshighway
254 - I-44/I-55

Another exercise to add on to this thread: Take on the highest exit number on each 2di in a metro area, add them together, and divide by the number of 2di. Which metro area will have the highest? This can bring down the averages of cities with interstates that has a western/southern termius, like I-45 in Houston or I-29 for Kansas City. Here are what I have already:

St. Louis: [293 (I-44) + 249 (I-70) + 207 (I-55) + 40 (I-64)]/4 = 197.25
Chicago: [358 (I-57) + 347 (I-94) + 293 (I-55) + 262 (I-65) + 161 (I-80) + 138 (I-88) + 107 (I-90)]/7 = 238
Cincinnati: [192 (I-75) + 169 (I-74) + 77 (I-71)]/3 = 146
Cleveland: [247 (I-71) + 212 (I-90) + 163 (I-77) + 161 (I-80) + 11 (I-76)]/5 = 158.8

[Brandon]

Chicago gets up to 358 on I-57, the highest exit number for any one of the top three cities in population, in the US.
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