What are the state highways in your state that exist for their entire length as freeways?
For example, I'm in Oregon, and this is an easy one.
- OR-217 is a freeway its entire length.
MA 24
MA 25
MA 213
Forgot about the surface part of 128 in Gloucester.
IN 641 is exclusively freeway.
IN 265 (which goes away as soon as INDOT gets around to signing it as I-265) is exclusively freeway.
IN 912 is almost exclusively freeway, but it extends a bit south of I-80/94 as a surface street.
Washington:
SR 512
SR 518 (though it ends at a signalized interchange)
SR 520
SR 599
And some almost freeways:
SR 8 - still a divided highway with only a few interchanges
SR 16 - Northern terminus isn't grade separated
SR 18 - Tiger Mountain section is being upgraded, Federal Way stub is going to still be a city street
SR 167 - Still being upgraded, but will have a short stub in Renton as well
SR 509 - Will be moved to a freeway in phases
That's a fairly lengthy list for California. Rather than list them all, I'll just point out the most obscure in the form of CA 77 and move on.
Just LA 3132 for Louisiana
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The only ones I can think of in PA at the moment are PA 33 (though ends at an intersection with PA 611), PA 581, PA 283 (has two stoplights on it now at its western end, one for the I-76 access), PA 43, and PA 576.
M-6
M-14 (although there may be some unsigned old parts of it that are not freeway, but still on the state books)
Took a stab at Wisconsin, having recently visited family back there.
WI-119 Airport Spur
WI-30 in Madison
WI-441 in Appleton
Just CO 58 and CO 470 in Colorado. CO 21 might be added in the future.
I think VA-267 is a complete freeway.
Old VA-44 was one, until it got replaced by I-264.
VA-164 and VA-195 are freeways, VA-195 is an extension of I-195.
Quote from: Hunty2022 on August 03, 2023, 04:43:49 PM
I think VA-267 is a complete freeway.
Old VA-44 was one, until it got replaced by I-264.
VA-164 and VA-195 are freeways, VA-195 is an extension of I-195.
For VA, I think you are only missing VA 288. I cannot fully justify VA 37 due to having stoplights at the I-81 ramps and an at-grade with SR 642 at its south end.
MN:
TH 77 (some might dispute this based on whether they believe 77 ends at the McAndrews Road interchange or at the 138th St intersection)
TH 100
TH 65's unsigned south segment from 35W/94 to downtown Minneapolis
TH 280 (northbound only)
TH 610
Quote from: 74/171FAN on August 03, 2023, 04:45:53 PM
Quote from: Hunty2022 on August 03, 2023, 04:43:49 PM
I think VA-267 is a complete freeway.
Old VA-44 was one, until it got replaced by I-264.
VA-164 and VA-195 are freeways, VA-195 is an extension of I-195.
For VA, I think you are only missing VA 288. I cannot fully justify VA 37 due to having stoplights at the I-81 ramps and an at-grade with SR 642 at its south end.
100% my fault, I only had the ones I listed at the top of my head. I was about to publish an edited version with VA-895. Still forgot about VA-288.
Georgia
* all SR route numbers 401 - 411
* SR 413, 415, 417, 419, 421
* SR 10 Loop (also numbered 422)
Most of these are state route numbers for Interstate routes, except for 410 and 422/10 Loop . 410 has US 78 overlapping it, and people usually just call it 78 and not 410. Similarly, 422 is never called 422 but rather 10 Loop. It also has US route overlaps (with 78 being one of those routes) but there are sections without any overlaps.
So it could be argued that if Georgia didn't use SR numbers for Interstates/US routes, 10 Loop would be the only exclusively-freeway route. But on the other hand, it might be instead numbered US 29 Loop/Alternate/etc .
I think the only 2 in Maryland are MD 10 & MD 200, although both have a signalized intersection at one of their termini. Two other close contenders:
-MD 100: Has 2 signalized intersections in the final mile before its eastern terminus at MD 177
-MD 295: Although mostly unsigned (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.281384,-76.6226998,3a,41.3y,242h,88.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so-1AMhSi3_uEut1trHgH2g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu), it officially continues past the north end of the B-W Parkway along Russell St and the Greene/Paca one-way pair to a northern terminus at US 40
After a quick scan, it appears Florida only has State Road 9B South of Jacksonville, which is supposed to become I-795. State Road 202 (Butler Blvd) in Jacksonville almost makes the cut, but has a very short at-grade section from Phillips Highway to I-95.
The state has plenty of toll roads designated as state roads, but no other all-freeway state routes to my knowledge.
For NY we have:
- NY 400: A freeway from West Seneca to East Aurora (Buffalo metro)
- NY 695: A short connector in the Syracuse metro.
That's all I can think of right now but there are probably some others.
CA-55
CA-57
CA-22
CA-52
CA-56
There are more, I just thought of these off-hand. Also they might technically have some non-freeway segments, but usually they are just glorified off-ramps (like with CA-22).
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 03, 2023, 04:26:15 PM
That's a fairly lengthy list for California. Rather than list them all, I'll just point out the most obscure in the form of CA 77 and move on.
I thought it might be a longer list than this, but there's a number of routes that have short non-freeway sections on one end or the other (CA-55, CA-237, etc.)
SR 11 — Otay Mesa*
SR 15 — San Diego
SR 24 — Oakland to Walnut Creek
SR 51 — (unsigned) Sacramento
SR 52 — La Jolla to Santee
SR 56 — Del Mar to Poway
SR 57 — Santa Ana to Glendora
SR 60 — Los Angeles to Beaumont*
SR 71 — Corona to San Dimas*
SR 73 — Mission Viejo to Costa Mesa (toll)
SR 77 — Oakland**
SR 85 — San Jose to Mountain View
SR 87 — San Jose
SR 110 — North Hollywood to Pasadena
SR 125 — Otay Mesa to Santee
SR 134 — Los Angeles to Pasadena
SR 163 — San Diego to Miramar
SR 170 — North Hollywood to Sun Valley
SR 210 — Glendora to Redlands
SR 217 — UC Santa Barbara to Goleta
SR 241 — Rancho Santa Margarita to Anaheim
SR 242 — Concord
SR 244 — Carmichael**
SR 259 — San Bernardino
SR 261 — Irvine to Orange
SR 905 — San Ysidro to Otay Mesa
*Very nearly almost all freeway, actively removing non-freeway portion
**Stub
Depending on how you view CA 15 that is also entirely freeway nowadays. Unless I'm mistaken doesn't CA 163 technically end before it becomes a surface highway?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 03, 2023, 05:40:28 PM
Depending on how you view CA 15 that is also entirely freeway nowadays. Unless I'm mistaken doesn't CA 163 technically end before it becomes a surface highway?
Yeah, by the legal definition you're correct. For both of those I was thinking of the stub/ramps south of I-5. Added to my list.
The only ones in RI that comes to mind is RI-24 and RI-99.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on August 03, 2023, 04:47:11 PM
MN:
TH 77 (some might dispute this based on whether they believe 77 ends at the McAndrews Road interchange or at the 138th St intersection)
TH 100
TH 65's unsigned south segment from 35W/94 to downtown Minneapolis
TH 280 (northbound only)
TH 610
Two "formers" worth mentioning: MN 103 (Lafayette Freeway extension south of I-494, now US 52) and MN 312 (now US 212 in Chanhassen & Eden Prairie).
In my other "states of interest":
None in Alabama (AL 255 comes close but has at-grades before its northern end).
The only one in Mississippi is MS 304.
Only VT 279 in Vermont. VT 289 is debatable because it has a jughandle about a mile north of VT 117 (which was intended for a side road that was never built).
IL 6 and IL 255 are the two that come to mind in the Prairie State, and both for the same reason: State route continuation of Interstates 474 and 255, respectively
The IL 390 Elgin-O'Hare Tollway also fits
Quote from: ilpt4u on August 03, 2023, 10:16:41 PM
IL 255
The St. Louis area has it's fair share for sure. On the other side of the Mississippi we have MO 364, 370; and had it came to fruition, MO 755.
I don't think Georgia has any, unless you count the unsigned 4xx overlaps with interstates.
Utah only has one - SR 67, better known as the Legacy Parkway. Though not for long: when it opens in a year or so, SR 179 (West Davis Highway) will be another.
Quote from: Hunty2022 on August 03, 2023, 04:49:20 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on August 03, 2023, 04:45:53 PM
Quote from: Hunty2022 on August 03, 2023, 04:43:49 PM
I think VA-267 is a complete freeway.
Old VA-44 was one, until it got replaced by I-264.
VA-164 and VA-195 are freeways, VA-195 is an extension of I-195.
For VA, I think you are only missing VA 288. I cannot fully justify VA 37 due to having stoplights at the I-81 ramps and an at-grade with SR 642 at its south end.
100% my fault, I only had the ones I listed at the top of my head. I was about to publish an edited version with VA-895. Still forgot about VA-288.
Also VA 27, VA 146.
other former ones: VA 224, VA 265, VA 280
Quote from: ozarkman417 on August 03, 2023, 10:21:30 PM
Quote from: ilpt4u on August 03, 2023, 10:16:41 PM
IL 255
The St. Louis area has it's fair share for sure. On the other side of the Mississippi we have MO 364, 370; and had it came to fruition, MO 755.
The fact that the powers that be won't let MoDOT sign MO 370 as Interstate 370 is ridiculous, but oh well. It stays MO 370
Quote from: kirbykart on August 03, 2023, 05:10:33 PM
For NY we have:
- NY 400: A freeway from West Seneca to East Aurora (Buffalo metro)
- NY 695: A short connector in the Syracuse metro.
That's all I can think of right now but there are probably some others.
There are quite a few others:
NY 201--A short spur in Binghamton
NY 390--Continuation of I-390 north of Rochester
NY 440--MLK Expressway through Staten Island
NY 590--Continuation of I-590 north of Rochester
CT 11 :sombrero:
CT 40
CT 78 :bigass:
SR's 695 and 796, plus several of the long left exit ramps on I-84 in the Hartford area that carry SR designations.
Just get rid of the traffic lights in Middletown and CT 9 joins this list.
Historical: CT 52 (now I-395)
3 for certain, maybe 4
Oh 11 (Northeastern Ohio)
Oh 711 (Youngstown)
Oh 562 (Cincinnati)
and debatable for Oh 844 (spur from I-675 into Wright-Patterson AFB)
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on August 03, 2023, 11:45:25 PM
3 for certain, maybe 4
Oh 11 (Northeastern Ohio)
Oh 711 (Youngstown)
Oh 562 (Cincinnati)
and debatable for Oh 844 (spur from I-675 into Wright-Patterson AFB)
OH 823 (Portsmouth Bypass)
Another user has already done Missouri, so I'll do my nearby neighbor Kansas - or at least I would, if I could think of any highways that fit the criteria. The closest would be K-10, as it's mostly freeway - except for a few traffic lights on the west side of Lawrence near Clinton Lake.
Can anyone find any all-freeway state routes in Kansas? K-254 in Wichita doesn't fit the bill either, whereas K-4 in Topeka, K-18 in Manhattan, and K-96 in Wichita are merely small freeway segments of much longer (mostly two-lane) highways.
Quote from: Henry on August 03, 2023, 10:30:46 PM
Quote from: kirbykart on August 03, 2023, 05:10:33 PM
For NY we have:
- NY 400: A freeway from West Seneca to East Aurora (Buffalo metro)
- NY 695: A short connector in the Syracuse metro.
That's all I can think of right now but there are probably some others.
There are quite a few others:
NY 201--A short spur in Binghamton
NY 390--Continuation of I-390 north of Rochester
NY 440--MLK Expressway through Staten Island
NY 590--Continuation of I-590 north of Rochester
NY-135, NY-363, NY-531, NY-690, and NY-890 as well.
Wisconsin:
WI-30
WI-119
WI-441
Adding to the list for California:
CA-91 (non freeway portions relinquished)
CA-103
Quote from: Ted$8roadFan on August 03, 2023, 05:58:06 PM
The only ones in RI that comes to mind is RI-24 and RI-99.
Also RI-78.
Kentucky:
KY 841
KY 9000 (Mountain Pkwy) (I am not counting the KY 9009 portion of Mountain Pkwy due to having at least one at-grade intersection)
KY 9001 (Western Kentucky Pkwy)
KY 9002 (Bluegrass Pkwy)
KY 9003 (Purchase Pkwy b/w Fulton and Wingo, but not for much longer)
KY 9005 (Audubon Pkwy)
KY 9007 (Natcher Pkwy south of I-65)
KY 9008 (Cumberland Pkwy)
South Carolina:
SC 22
SC 31
(I think) SC 30
Tennessee:
TN 158
TN 300
TN 385
TN 396
Arizona 51 and 143, plus AZ loops 101, 202, and 303, all in the Phoenix area.
There are a few in TX. TX 225 is the only all-freeway one I can think of. I was going to put TX 360 but between US 287 and just south of I-20, it is like others where the service road is the only part that is TX 360 (the newer main lanes are tolled with a different designation).
Someone out there may know of more; feel free to add.
At first thought, there would seemingly be a much longer list. Most state highways in TX, though, are non-freeway or mixed freeway and surface street/highway.
Quote from: -- US 175 -- on August 04, 2023, 05:54:44 PM
There are a few in TX. TX 225 is the only all-freeway one I can think of. I was going to put TX 360 but between US 287 and just south of I-20, it is like others where the service road is the only part that is TX 360 (the newer main lanes are tolled with a different designation).
Someone out there may know of more; feel free to add.
At first thought, there would seemingly be a much longer list. Most state highways in TX, though, are non-freeway or mixed freeway and surface street/highway.
Doesn't TX-225 end as a surface street inside loop 610?
Quote from: SilverMustang2011 on August 03, 2023, 04:54:47 PM
[Florida] has plenty of toll roads designated as state roads, but no other all-freeway state routes to my knowledge.
The toll roads still count as freeways. For the sake of (partial) completion for the thread, this includes:
- SR 417
- SR 453
- SR 451
- SR 408
- SR 429
- SR 538?
- SR 589
- SR 568
- SR 618
And a whole bunch more in South Florida, but I'm not familiar enough with the area to go through them all. Plus all Interstates have a hidden SR number, but I don't think that really counts in the spirit of the thread.
Quote from: OCGuy81 on August 04, 2023, 06:02:52 PM
Quote from: -- US 175 -- on August 04, 2023, 05:54:44 PM
There are a few in TX. TX 225 is the only all-freeway one I can think of. I was going to put TX 360 but between US 287 and just south of I-20, it is like others where the service road is the only part that is TX 360 (the newer main lanes are tolled with a different designation).
Someone out there may know of more; feel free to add.
At first thought, there would seemingly be a much longer list. Most state highways in TX, though, are non-freeway or mixed freeway and surface street/highway.
Doesn't TX-225 end as a surface street inside loop 610?
Yes (https://goo.gl/maps/3erVArxG4tVQbH9t5) (this shield is posted between the terminus and the intersection with Broadway Street).
As for a complete list for Texas, I would guess it looks like this:
- TX 130
- TX 151
- TX Loop 151 (completely unrelated)
- TX 161
Most of the other ones you'd think would be all freeway (TX 99, Loop 375, etc.) have some sort of at-grade section.
In Virginia - 27, 164, 195, 267, 288, and 895.
Quote from: Joseph R P on August 05, 2023, 01:29:15 AM
In Virginia - 27, 164, 195, 267, 288, and 895.
Also 146
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South Carolina:
SC 22
SC 31
(I think) SC 30
SC 30 is a tough call. It's ending at US 17 is like VA 37's south end.
also:
SC 85 (which is the official designation of I-85 Bus Spartanburg, though AFAIK is unsigned)
former routes:
SC 31 (now I-526 from SC 642 west to US 17)
SC 478 (now I-77 btw I-26 and US 76-378)
For North Carolina:
NC 74
NC 147
future NC 192
NC 295
NC 540
NC 885
Quote from: froggie on August 06, 2023, 09:31:23 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on August 06, 2023, 10:21:08 AM
future NC 192
Which is...?
Current I-74 between I-40 and the Winston-Salem Beltway. (http://vahighways.com/ncannex/route-log/nc192.html)
As already mentioned, Pennsylvania has PA 33, PA 43, PA 283, PA 576, and PA 581. I know Delaware does not have any state routes that are exclusively freeways, with DE 1 and DE 141 the only state routes that even have a freeway segment.
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on August 03, 2023, 11:45:25 PM
3 for certain, maybe 4
Oh 11 (Northeastern Ohio)
Oh 711 (Youngstown)
Oh 562 (Cincinnati)
and debatable for Oh 844 (spur from I-675 into Wright-Patterson AFB)
I'd count OH 844, since there are no intersections except the terminus inside the base.
Quote from: CoreySamson on August 04, 2023, 10:14:41 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on August 04, 2023, 06:02:52 PM
Quote from: -- US 175 -- on August 04, 2023, 05:54:44 PM
There are a few in TX. TX 225 is the only all-freeway one I can think of. I was going to put TX 360 but between US 287 and just south of I-20, it is like others where the service road is the only part that is TX 360 (the newer main lanes are tolled with a different designation).
Someone out there may know of more; feel free to add.
At first thought, there would seemingly be a much longer list. Most state highways in TX, though, are non-freeway or mixed freeway and surface street/highway.
Doesn't TX-225 end as a surface street inside loop 610?
Yes (https://goo.gl/maps/3erVArxG4tVQbH9t5) (this shield is posted between the terminus and the intersection with Broadway Street).
As for a complete list for Texas, I would guess it looks like this:
- TX 130
- TX 151
- TX Loop 151 (completely unrelated)
- TX 161
Most of the other ones you'd think would be all freeway (TX 99, Loop 375, etc.) have some sort of at-grade section.
I'd forgotten about that part inside 610, but I didn't realize it was signed. Since that isn't a connecting segment and it fades into the neighborhood, it seems a waste to sign it.
TX 161 isn't one I'd consider, because other than the TX 183-to-Belt Line Rd. section, it is along the discontinuous service roads, not the main lanes (those are part of the Bush Turnpike).
I thought that TX 130's tolled section was considered something other than a state highway since by TX law, regular state highways can't be tolled.
Quote from: -- US 175 -- on August 09, 2023, 01:18:11 PM
I thought that TX 130's tolled section was considered something other than a state highway since by TX law, regular state highways can't be tolled.
That might be so, but the southern section of 130, which is not tolled, is entirely concurrent with other freeways, so I would say it still counts.
I would say Montréal's QC 136, but that one's an impostor.
Arkansas has 3, although all are placeholder designations for future Interstates:
AR-440 in North Little Rock for I-440 once US-67 gets promoted to I-57
AR-549 in Barling/Ft. Smith for I-49 once connected to Alma across the AR River
AR-612 in Springdale/Lowell for US-412 Bypass(I-50 ;-)) once completed back to US-412 in Tontitown
Edit:
Almost forgot AR-151 in Texarkana. I could see it being redesignated a 3DI at some point, if Texas was interested at all anyway.
There's not any in Idaho. In addition, there's almost no state highways that have any freeway segments, at all. Not counting eg. ID-55 running concurrent with I-84. The only one I can think of is ID-16, which as it stands now is only ~2 miles of freeway with no interchanges, so I don't even know if you'd count it until they build more of it (though it's definitely built to freeway standards).
There's none in West Virginia either. Other than a technicality, there's only one state route in West Virginia that is multiplexed onto other freeways (and it does so three times):
- WV-2 is multiplexed on I-70 with US-250 and US-40 through the Wheeling Hill tunnels
- WV-2 continues multiplexed with US-250 down the US-250 Freeway from Wheeling -to- McMechen
- and WV-2 is multiplex with I-77 for about 32 miles from Parkersburg -to- Ravenswood
And for those who haven't heard me tell that story (over-and-over), one item on Jay Rockefeller's platform when he ran for Governor in 1976 was to upgrade WV-2 from Ravenswood -to- Parkersburg to a fourlane highway. Soon after winning the election, the DOH informed the public that WV-56 would be upgraded to a fourlane expressway and after completion, WV-2 would be rerouted over I-77 (presumably to keep the new Governor's promise). The DOH didn't actually wait for the upgrade, and WV-2 was relocated later in 1977. When the fourlane expressway was completed in 1979, Ravenswood finally got it's fourlane to Parkersburg (almost of it meeting expressway or Interstate standards, even better than the then Gubernatorial candidate's promise). Locals were not impressed, but it all probably make sense if too many locals were still using the old Ravenswood Road (now WV-68) as the preferred route to go north.
By the way, folks going north on WV-2 still have to traverse a tiny two-lane section beneath I-77 at the Raverswood/Silverton exit (Exit 146). In our dialect "it hain't que'hite deyre yet".
None in AL that I'm aware of.
AL152 in Montgomery and AL255 in Huntsville are close.
Are you ready to get slap-happy? As of today, North Carolina has [at least] three freeways, which involve four state route numbers:
- Triangle Expressway (Raleigh Outer Belt, southern loop portion): NC-540; plus (western leg): NC-885
- Durham Freeway (northwest portion): NC-147
- Winston-Salem Beltway (northern portion): NC-74
In a weird twist of fate, before the advent of the East End Connector (I-885) there were [at most] three freeways with only two numbers:
- Triangle Expressway (Raleigh Outer Belt, southern loop portion): NC-540; plus (western leg): NC-147
- Durham Freeway (entirety): NC-147
:banghead:
Quote from: Dirt Roads on August 09, 2023, 05:36:26 PM
There's none in West Virginia either. Other than a technicality, there's only one state route in West Virginia that is multiplexed onto other freeways (and it does so three times):
Depending on how one counts termini that aren't full on freeway-freeway, at the very least I'd put WV-43 on an honorable mention list - it's all freeway, though it utilizes the diamond with I-68
The count is exactly one for Nevada: SR 171 (the Harry Reid Airport Connector, between I-215 & the airport tunnels) in Las Vegas.
The more significant example would be SR 613 (Summerlin Pkwy) in Las Vegas; however, the western terminus is a signalized intersection for now. (This has been state highway for only a couple years now; used to be city up until a jurisdictional swap a few years ago.)
There's a few
RI 24, 4?, 37, 403 (146 doesnt count)
Quote from: Dirt Roads on August 09, 2023, 05:36:26 PM
There's none in West Virginia either. Other than a technicality, there's only one state route in West Virginia that is multiplexed onto other freeways (and it does so three times):
- WV-2 is multiplexed on I-70 with US-250 and US-40 through the Wheeling Hill tunnels
- WV-2 continues multiplexed with US-250 down the US-250 Freeway from Wheeling -to- McMechen
- and WV-2 is multiplex with I-77 for about 32 miles from Parkersburg -to- Ravenswood
And for those who haven't heard me tell that story (over-and-over), one item on Jay Rockefeller's platform when he ran for Governor in 1976 was to upgrade WV-2 from Ravenswood -to- Parkersburg to a fourlane highway. Soon after winning the election, the DOH informed the public that WV-56 would be upgraded to a fourlane expressway and after completion, WV-2 would be rerouted over I-77 (presumably to keep the new Governor's promise). The DOH didn't actually wait for the upgrade, and WV-2 was relocated later in 1977. When the fourlane expressway was completed in 1979, Ravenswood finally got it's fourlane to Parkersburg (almost of it meeting expressway or Interstate standards, even better than the then Gubernatorial candidate's promise). Locals were not impressed, but it all probably make sense if too many locals were still using the old Ravenswood Road (now WV-68) as the preferred route to go north.
By the way, folks going north on WV-2 still have to traverse a tiny two-lane section beneath I-77 at the Raverswood/Silverton exit (Exit 146). In our dialect "it hain't que'hite deyre yet".
WV 2 does not overlay with I-70.
WV 68 does overlay US 50 freeway in Parkersburg.
WV 9 has the only other significant freeway segment on a state hwy.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on August 09, 2023, 05:36:26 PM
There's none in West Virginia either. Other than a technicality, there's only one state route in West Virginia that is multiplexed onto other freeways (and it does so three times):
- WV-2 is multiplexed on I-70 with US-250 and US-40 through the Wheeling Hill tunnels
- WV-2 continues multiplexed with US-250 down the US-250 Freeway from Wheeling -to- McMechen
- and WV-2 is multiplex with I-77 for about 32 miles from Parkersburg -to- Ravenswood
And for those who haven't heard me tell that story (over-and-over), one item on Jay Rockefeller's platform when he ran for Governor in 1976 was to upgrade WV-2 from Ravenswood -to- Parkersburg to a fourlane highway. Soon after winning the election, the DOH informed the public that WV-56 would be upgraded to a fourlane expressway and after completion, WV-2 would be rerouted over I-77 (presumably to keep the new Governor's promise). The DOH didn't actually wait for the upgrade, and WV-2 was relocated later in 1977. When the fourlane expressway was completed in 1979, Ravenswood finally got it's fourlane to Parkersburg (almost of it meeting expressway or Interstate standards, even better than the then Gubernatorial candidate's promise). Locals were not impressed, but it all probably make sense if too many locals were still using the old Ravenswood Road (now WV-68) as the preferred route to go north.
By the way, folks going north on WV-2 still have to traverse a tiny two-lane section beneath I-77 at the Raverswood/Silverton exit (Exit 146). In our dialect "it hain't que'hite deyre yet".
Quote from: Mr_Northside on August 10, 2023, 03:49:57 PM
Depending on how one counts termini that aren't full on freeway-freeway, at the very least I'd put WV-43 on an honorable mention list - it's all freeway, though it utilizes the diamond with I-68
Quote from: Mapmikey on August 15, 2023, 07:21:31 PM
WV 2 does not overlay with I-70.
WV 68 does overlay US 50 freeway in Parkersburg.
WV 9 has the only other significant freeway segment on a state hwy.
My bad on WV-2. I just recently posted about the cancelled freeway WV-2 Bypass along the US-250 Freeway corridor and forgot about the Main/Market one-way pairs (which I've been on several times).
I wasn't aware that WV-43 (entirety), WV-9 (northeast of Charles Town -to- East Martinsburg) and the US-50 Bypass around Parkersburg were true freeways. Kudos to the DOH. Should have pulled out my new Official State Map.
Quote from: TheRhodeGeek on August 15, 2023, 07:10:21 PM
There's a few
RI 24, 4?, 37, 403 (146 doesnt count)
Forgot about 403. I don't think 4 counts because of the stoplights south of 102.
Quote from: TheRhodeGeek on August 15, 2023, 07:10:21 PM
There's a few
RI 24, 4?, 37, 403 (146 doesnt count)
I forgot some: 10, 99, 78, and I guess the airport connector (I don't think it has a secret number)