What's the least important us highway?

[US 89]

I agree with US266, which has been mentioned twice thus far.  Google doesn't even label it with the golden color it usually gives to US highways.

US163 goes to some wonderful tourist destinations, so I'm not going to hate on it.  I will hate its numbering, though.

It should be renumbered 164, since it's pretty close to US 64. If that's not good enough, then 64 could be extended west in one way or another.

[Max Rockatansky]

I agree with US266, which has been mentioned twice thus far.  Google doesn't even label it with the golden color it usually gives to US highways.

US163 goes to some wonderful tourist destinations, so I'm not going to hate on it.  I will hate its numbering, though.

It should be renumbered 164, since it's pretty close to US 64. If that's not good enough, then 64 could be extended west in one way or another.

It would be more fitting in the X91 family given US 191 is next at one terminus and is the big route through the Navajo Nation.

[CapeCodder]

What about 400 and 412? 412 IIR goes from Tennessee to New Mexico(?) and 400 seems to be a Kansas only route.

[hotdogPi]

400 seems to be a Kansas only route.

I have a keyboard shortcut for all the US routes in only one state so I don't have to keep looking it up:

46NJ,57TX,92FL,96TX,117NC,130NJ,158NC,171LA,175TX,181TX,192FL,201ME,211VA,264NC,266OK,290TX,341GA,350CO,360VA

Some of these are very important within their state, while others are not.

[silverback1065]

us 150 and 136.  neither need to exist, especially in indiana.  us 33 and 35 in indiana arent necessary

[US 89]

400 seems to be a Kansas only route.

US 400 does continue west into Colorado multiplexed with US 50. But CO doesn't have anything to do with it, so it ends at US 385 in Granada.

I agree, it is rather useless overall, especially considering that almost half of it is a multiplex with US 50.

[Flint1979]

400 seems to be a Kansas only route.

US 400 does continue west into Colorado multiplexed with US 50. But CO doesn't have anything to do with it, so it ends at US 385 in Granada.

I agree, it is rather useless overall, especially considering that almost half of it is a multiplex with US 50.

It's multiplexed with US 54 for a long time too. From just east of Mullinville to the other side of Wichita. It could be downgraded to SR 34 to Dodge City. There is no reason to multiplex it to Granada since it's multiplexed with US 50.

[jaehak]

I was thinking 400 as well. Most of it is multiplexed with 54, 50, or 166. Virtually none of it exists on new pavement after it's commissioning.  Since it is multiplexed with 50 from Garden City until its (unsigned) end in Colorado, there is no reason for it to exist west of Garden City. It extends into Missouri and Colorado, but both states end it at the earliest possible opportunity.  Plus, the number is just ridiculous.

[paulthemapguy]

I was thinking 400 as well. Most of it is multiplexed with 54, 50, or 166. Virtually none of it exists on new pavement after it's commissioning.  Since it is multiplexed with 50 from Garden City until its (unsigned) end in Colorado, there is no reason for it to exist west of Garden City. It extends into Missouri and Colorado, but both states end it at the earliest possible opportunity.  Plus, the number is just ridiculous.

I really like your answer jaehak.  US400 is totally extraneous.

[Flint1979]

I would have to agree with US 400 being the most useless US highway. For one thing the westernmost 135 miles of US 400 are on a pointless multiplex with US 50. Colorado has no use for it which is why it ends at it's earliest opportunity, AASHTO stipulated that it could not end at a state line. It's multiplex with US 54 is 143 miles which is pretty pointless as well. It could have easily been a child of US 54 or US 50 and the route number is bothersome too since there is no US 0 or US 100 which are the only two routes it would have been a child of.

US 412 is another useless highway and runs nowhere near US 12. It's westernmost 135 miles are multiplexed with US 56, it runs with US 62 through much of Arkansas and US 64 through much of Oklahoma. This route could have very easily been a child of either US 56, 62 or 64.

[bing101]

US-40, US-60, US-70, US-99, US-91 All of these US routes had to be considered least important once interstates and state routes took their place in California.

[US 89]

US-40, US-60, US-70, US-99, US-91 All of these US routes had to be considered least important once interstates and state routes took their place in California.

But they were obviously very important, because their corridors had enough traffic for a full freeway instead of a two lane road.

[Max Rockatansky]

US-40, US-60, US-70, US-99, US-91 All of these US routes had to be considered least important once interstates and state routes took their place in California.

But they were obviously very important, because their corridors had enough traffic for a full freeway instead of a two lane road.

And 99 is one of the busiest freeways in the country that has people on this forum constantly clamoring for it become an Interstate.

[jaehak]

US-40, US-60, US-70, US-99, US-91 All of these US routes had to be considered least important once interstates and state routes took their place in California.

For those X0 routes, turns out there are places east of California.

[Max Rockatansky]

Anyone thrown out US 223?  I'll be crossing said route tomorrow and it just came to mind.  It probably wouldn't exist if it didn't multiplex US 23 over the Ohio state line.