10 most well-known state routes in the US

[hotdogPi]

State routes only. Also, most well-known to the general public, not just to us.

We should come to an agreement on the list (and the order of the list, if possible).

CA 1 probably ranks #1.

Others that might make the list, from most likely to least likely:

FL A1A
MA 128
NY 17
NY 25
NY 27
MA 2
OH 2
200 (the one that goes through Montana and several other states)
NE 2 (the user, not the route)

[Brandon]

M-1, Woodward Avenue
M-102, Eight Mile Road (although it is usually referred to as just "Eight Mile")
HI-36, Hana Highway

[Mapmikey]

If you are talking the nationwide public, it would seem to me that people wouldn't know the numbers of very many state routes outside their area, but would know the names of some roads that happen to be state highways:

Some potential examples:

Pacific Coast Hwy (CA 1)
Blue Ridge Pkwy/Skyline Dr (VA 48)
Extraterrestrial Hwy (NV 375)
Lincoln Tunnel (NJ 495)
Santa Monica Blvd (CA 2)
Alaska Hwy (AK 2)
Icefields Pkwy (AB 93)


If you're thinking numbers only...maybe FL A1A...NC 12?

Mapmikey

[The Nature Boy]

NC-12 is a good one. It's the only way in and out of the Outer Banks.

[jp the roadgeek]

VT 100

[cl94]

Merritt Parkway (CT 15)
PA 283
CT 8
NY 149 (the connector highway between the Interstate system and Vermont ski country)

[Roadrunner75]

If you are talking the nationwide public, it would seem to me that people wouldn't know the numbers of very many state routes outside their area, but would know the names of some roads that happen to be state highways:

By name only - New Jersey Turnpike:  NJ Route 700

[cl94]

If you are talking the nationwide public, it would seem to me that people wouldn't know the numbers of very many state routes outside their area, but would know the names of some roads that happen to be state highways:

By name only - New Jersey Turnpike:  NJ Route 700

Add the Garden State Parkway and the New York parkways

[MikeSantNY78]

NC-12 is a good one. It's the only way in and out of the Outer Banks.

And sadly, in hurricane season, the one that always seems to get shut down from shore erosion...

[jeffandnicole]

If you are talking the nationwide public, it would seem to me that people wouldn't know the numbers of very many state routes outside their area, but would know the names of some roads that happen to be state highways:

By name only - New Jersey Turnpike:  NJ Route 700

Add the Garden State Parkway and the New York parkways

And AC Expressway.

DE 1 is good for those travelling towards/away from Delmarva.

[roadman65]

NY Route 5

[Brandon]

NY Route 5

What's that one? 

[cl94]

NY Route 5

What's that one? 

I wouldn't include it. While important in the cities it runs through, it's overshadowed by the parallel I-90 and US 20, at least one of which is within ~7 miles at all times.

[keithvh]

M (Michigan)-22 deserves some serious consideration.  From a national, general public perspective, I think it's definitely ahead of the aforementioned M-1.  Definitely behind M-102, but that's only if one is calling it "8 Mile" instead of M-102.


I live in the Cincinnati Metro area, I see what I find an abnormally large number of M-22 car stickers down here.  Seriously, around an average of 1-2 stickers a day.  I also see a lot of "1," car stickers too (it refers to a town on M-22, a bit of an "inside joke"). 


Who knows, maybe I notice them because I try to get to Manistee twice a year myself, but Cincinnati's not that close to NW Michigan.  It does seem like the "NW Michigan secret" is getting out quite a bit over the last 10 years.

[roadman65]

NY Route 5

What's that one? 

I wouldn't include it. While important in the cities it runs through, it's overshadowed by the parallel I-90 and US 20, at least one of which is within ~7 miles at all times.

It is actually more important than US 20 across the state.  I-90 is the Thruway and of course a toll road.  It is a great corridor considering.

NY 17 is one I did forget.  Even though most absorbed by I-86 and soon to be truncated to Harriman for decades it was always a major route across the southern tier of the state.

[oscar]

HI-36, Hana Highway

Not under that number.  HI 36 is the boring part, though it passes through the cute old plantation town of Paia.  HI 360, and the Hana Highway segment of CR 31, are the parts with hundreds of hairpin curves and dozens of one-lane bridges. 

As for the Alaska Highway someone else mentioned, the most interesting parts are in Canada.  But the more recently-famous highway in Alaska is the Dalton Highway (AK 11), from its being hyped on "Ice Road Truckers".

[FightingIrish]

A few more...

CA 17
CA 82
CA 91

MN 62 (Crosstown)

WI 32
WI 100

NV 375 (The Extraterrestrial Highway! )

[Thing 342]

(In no particular order)

CA 1
FL A1A
NC 12
NY 27
GA 400
CA 99
AK 11
M-102
NY-9A
MA-128

[briantroutman]

For Pennsylvania, I'd add PA 611 because of the late 611 Records–and the fact that it's gained a little traction as shorthand for southeastern PA.

[hbelkins]

Can't think of any entries that Kentucky or West Virginia would have on this list.

[adventurernumber1]

GA 400 and FL A1A which are both near me I can agree with. People nationwide or at least in the southeast are probably familiar with them. GA 400 is a major freeway serving the monstrously sprawling northern suburbs of Atlanta, and FL A1A is a major route serving many popular beaches & cities on the east coast of Florida.

[Doctor Whom]

Whatever California state routes show up in movies, and the only ones the come to my mind right now are CA 1, CA 2, and CA 111.

NC 12 because you see it on bumper stickers up and down the East Coast.

[roadman65]

GA 520 aka Corridor Z or the South Georgia Parkway.

FL 50 is used as a major cross Florida route by many.
FL 60 ditto.

NJ 55 as its an important freeway in South Jersey.

[SSOWorld]

WIS 29 is getting the freeway love and the traffic between Green Bay and it's rival - Minneapolis.

[bugo]

Missouri Route Z.