Extremely short segments of roads in states

[GaryV]

US-8 in Michigan.  It's measured in miles, not feet like some examples above.  But it's still a very short segment.

[Jim]

TM has 25 US Highway segments within a state that are less than 2 miles.  A few carry multiple designations, so are the same segment listed twice.

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+--------+-------+---------------------+----------+
| region | route | city                | mileage  |
+--------+-------+---------------------+----------+
| VA     | US219 |                     |  1.63152 |
| VA     | US11W |                     |  1.17307 |
| IL     | US60  |                     |   1.0188 |
| IL     | US62  |                     |   1.0188 |
| WV     | US119 | West Williamson, WV | 0.973001 |
| NY     | US2   |                     |  0.88295 |
| KY     | US31  |                     | 0.868932 |
| NM     | US160 |                     | 0.860789 |
| KY     | US52  | Tug Fork            |   0.7959 |
| KY     | US119 | Tug Fork            |   0.7959 |
| OH     | US223 |                     |  0.78468 |
| WV     | US52  | Goodman, WV         | 0.771417 |
| WV     | US119 | Goodman, WV         | 0.771417 |
| TN     | US58  |                     | 0.680148 |
| IN     | US131 |                     | 0.662626 |
| VA     | US11E |                     |  0.56801 |
| MO     | US166 |                     | 0.560123 |
| MO     | US400 |                     | 0.560123 |
| VA     | US340 | Loudoun Heights, WV | 0.559571 |
| TN     | US45  | South Fulton, TN    | 0.466482 |
| PA     | US206 |                     | 0.406751 |
| IA     | US77  |                     | 0.254329 |
| KY     | US52  | Goodman, WV         | 0.182123 |
| KY     | US119 | Goodman, WV         | 0.182123 |
| ID     | US195 |                     | 0.144528 |
+--------+-------+---------------------+----------+
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Same query except for Interstates.

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+--------+-------+--------------------------+-----------+
| region | route | city                     | mileage   |
+--------+-------+--------------------------+-----------+
| TN     | I-124 |                          |   1.97224 |
| MO     | I-670 |                          |   1.95626 |
| CA     | I-380 |                          |   1.90375 |
| MO     | I-72  |                          |   1.88443 |
| WA     | I-705 |                          |   1.85085 |
| CA     | I-980 |                          |   1.84885 |
| DC     | I-695 |                          |   1.81756 |
| KS     | I-670 |                          |   1.68996 |
| MD     | I-270 | Ashleigh, MD             |   1.64946 |
| MN     | I-535 |                          |   1.56615 |
| SD     | I-190 |                          |    1.4704 |
| VT     | I-189 |                          |   1.42867 |
| CT     | I-684 |                          |   1.40647 |
| TX     | I-345 |                          |   1.39126 |
| CA     | I-5   | Newhall, CA              |   1.35794 |
| PA     | I-579 |                          |    1.3475 |
| OH     | I-480 | Warrensville Heights, OH |   1.34164 |
| DC     | I-66  |                          |   1.30876 |
| MT     | I-115 |                          |   1.28245 |
| FL     | I-175 |                          |   1.24943 |
| FL     | I-395 |                          |    1.2072 |
| WI     | I-535 |                          |   1.20694 |
| NY     | I-695 |                          |   1.19338 |
| MD     | I-395 | Otterbein, MD            |   1.19287 |
| NY     | I-587 |                          |   1.19146 |
| VA     | I-381 |                          |   1.14629 |
| TX     | I-110 |                          |    1.1264 |
| WY     | I-180 |                          |   1.11989 |
| MI     | I-375 |                          |   1.11824 |
| ND     | I-194 |                          |   1.08662 |
| FL     | I-375 |                          |   1.06486 |
| IL     | I-41  |                          |   1.05146 |
| MT     | I-315 |                          |  0.849427 |
| MD     | I-295 |                          |  0.787973 |
| NY     | I-78  |                          |  0.766025 |
| IA     | I-480 |                          |  0.741675 |
| NY     | I-878 |                          |  0.657861 |
| OH     | I-471 |                          |   0.57136 |
| MD     | I-895 | Ferndale, MD             |    0.5392 |
| MD     | I-395 | Washington Village, MD   |  0.519895 |
| IA     | I-129 |                          |  0.280296 |
| PA     | I-86  | South Waverly, PA        |  0.235195 |
| DC     | I-495 |                          | 0.0679346 |
| DC     | I-95  |                          | 0.0679346 |
+--------+-------+--------------------------+-----------+
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[Jim]

TM's 2 shortest overall within the US:

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+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+
| region | route  | banner | city             | mileage    |
+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+
| GA     | TN68   |        |                  |  0.0112353 |
| TN     | KY1076 |        |                  | 0.00440182 |
+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+


[epzik8]

I think a very small section of the ramp from I-495 in Delaware north to I-95 is in Pennsylvania.

[Bitmapped]

All 0.7 miles of WV 43 coming from PA

WV 43 is four miles long.

[MNHighwayMan]

MN-23 in Wisconsin.

[US 89]

WYO 70 takes a very short dive into Colorado, where it has one intersection with a Moffat County road. Interestingly although WYDOT maintains the whole thing, the state line crossings are signed – but not with the Colorado name. Depending on which direction you're going, you'll get an "Entering Wyoming"  or a "Leaving Wyoming"  sign.

[jp the roadgeek]

*US-206 in Pennsylvania (0.4 mi, https://www.google.com/maps/dir/41.3067851,-74.80001/41.3119412,-74.8034549/@41.3088025,-74.8026894,16.75z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0)

FTFY

[ErmineNotyours]

Not exactly in the spirit of OP (it isn't linking another state's highway), but Oregon's SR 120 has shrunk to about a quarter mile, in two different segments: https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Data/Documents/SLC_Hwy120.pdf

I'm curious about any and all such official DOT evidence of very short highways.

[hbelkins]

US-58 in Tennessee.

0.7 mile segment connecting to US-25E.

Related, US 25E used to be routed through the very southwestern tip of Virginia until the Cumberland Gap Tunnel was built. Now, the route goes directly from Kentucky into Tennessee, which necessitated US 58's extension into Tennessee.

I remember the signage at the Virginia 25E/58 intersection. No cutouts that I ever remember, though.

I-26 ending in Tennessee just short of the Virginia border would fall under close calls. It terminates just south of the border feeding into US-23 which takes traffic into Virginia.

Actually, I-26 ends at the US 11W interchange, a couple of miles short of the end of the freeway at the state line.

[Rothman]

US-58 in Tennessee.

0.7 mile segment connecting to US-25E.

Related, US 25E used to be routed through the very southwestern tip of Virginia until the Cumberland Gap Tunnel was built. Now, the route goes directly from Kentucky into Tennessee, which necessitated US 58's extension into Tennessee.

I remember the signage at the Virginia 25E/58 intersection. No cutouts that I ever remember, though.

Makes me wonder where the original alignment went.  I've been to the very point of VA atop Tri-State Peak.  Did it somehow follow where the path goes currently through the Gap?

[PHLBOS]

I think a very small section of the ramp from I-495 in Delaware north to I-95 is in Pennsylvania.

Correct, there's a 220-foot segment of I-495 in PA based on PennDOT's log; see SR 8009 listing on page 55.

[hbelkins]

US-58 in Tennessee.

0.7 mile segment connecting to US-25E.

Related, US 25E used to be routed through the very southwestern tip of Virginia until the Cumberland Gap Tunnel was built. Now, the route goes directly from Kentucky into Tennessee, which necessitated US 58's extension into Tennessee.

I remember the signage at the Virginia 25E/58 intersection. No cutouts that I ever remember, though.

Makes me wonder where the original alignment went.  I've been to the very point of VA atop Tri-State Peak.  Did it somehow follow where the path goes currently through the Gap?

Yes, it does. At one time there was a website that had photos from the old road shortly after the tunnel opened and it closed.

My memory of the route is of US 25E going straight through the intersection with US 58 and the Virginia secondary route that leads down into the town of Cumberland Gap. Tenn. That's a later alignment; at one point that was a T-intersection with southbound 25E turning right at US 58 and following the now-VA SR 6xx down into the town, but it was never the through route during my memory, which includes passing through that intersection in the late 1960s.

[Bruce]

US 195 in Idaho, which is a funny one (barely over a mile) and is just the offramps for an interchange with US 95. Before the interchange was built, US 95 dived west into Washington and then back northeast into Idaho.

[texaskdog]

MN-23 in Wisconsin.

Good one!

[webny99]

NY 17 in Pennsylvania

Almost mentioned that one, but then saw it in the OP.

Or so I thought. After they added links, I realized they are referring to the cheater version near Erie. While the real contender is the one I think you are referring to, the quick dip in and out of PA near Sayre. 

[Sam]

NY 17 in Pennsylvania

... Erie ... Sayre.

Yes, I was thinking Waverly/Sayre area.

[NWI_Irish96]

TM's 2 shortest overall within the US:

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+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+
| region | route  | banner | city             | mileage    |
+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+
| GA     | TN68   |        |                  |  0.0112353 |
| TN     | KY1076 |        |                  | 0.00440182 |
+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+


Are those routes that intentionally cross state lines or did someone just stick an END sign in the wrong spot?

[hbelkins]

TM's 2 shortest overall within the US:

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+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+
| region | route  | banner | city             | mileage    |
+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+
| GA     | TN68   |        |                  |  0.0112353 |
| TN     | KY1076 |        |                  | 0.00440182 |
+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+


Are those routes that intentionally cross state lines or did someone just stick an END sign in the wrong spot?

In the case of KY 1076, it was rerouted when a new alignment of US 127 was built, and the intersection with TN 111 was realigned. Google aerial view shows the old and new alignments.

[Mark68]

PA 163 borders Maryland. Sometimes the border is actually in the eastbound lane, see here at Citicorp Dr:

https://goo.gl/maps/3W6VmYQT9szA16Jd7

Drove this section a little over a year ago. Was driving north on US 11, turned left on PA 163 to get to I-81 south back toward VA.

[sbeaver44]

All 0.7 miles of WV 43 coming from PA

WV 43 is four miles long.

And for some reason Wiki still says WV 43 is 0.7mi even though it definitely isn't.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon%E2%80%93Fayette_Expressway#West%20Virginia

[hotdogPi]

All 0.7 miles of WV 43 coming from PA

WV 43 is four miles long.

And for some reason Wiki still says WV 43 is 0.7mi even though it definitely isn't.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon%E2%80%93Fayette_Expressway#West%20Virginia

The IP who added it has been range blocked for vandalism, although the content he/she added looks like the number was an honest mistake.

[Eth]

TM's 2 shortest overall within the US:

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+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+
| region | route  | banner | city             | mileage    |
+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+
| GA     | TN68   |        |                  |  0.0112353 |
| TN     | KY1076 |        |                  | 0.00440182 |
+--------+--------+--------+------------------+------------+


Are those routes that intentionally cross state lines or did someone just stick an END sign in the wrong spot?

For TN 68, I imagine this was purely a matter of convenience. At all of about 20 yards between the state line and the intersection with GA 5, there wouldn't be any point in trying to sign it as anything different for that stretch.

Incidentally, in Street View I see no evidence of the state line itself being signed here, so the difference in route markers is really the only thing one has to go off of.

[sbeaver44]

Close calls in Pa:
I-68 at Sideling Hill, less than ⅓ of a mile
US 250 misses the SW corner of PA by 0.7 mi