Should WISDOT get rid of routes parallel to Interstates?

[michiganguy123]

I don't think Michigan has any old state/us routes next to freeways, they usually get sent over to county control, with some hidden segments that are maintained by the state but unsigned.

[JREwing78]

I don't think Michigan has any old state/us routes next to freeways, they usually get sent over to county control, with some hidden segments that are maintained by the state but unsigned.

There's a handful - M-96 parallel to I-94 in Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties, M-54 paralleling I-75, M-43 alongside I-96, US-24 parallel to I-75 in Monroe County, and M-121 parallel to I-196.

Extensive Emergency route signage has been posted on parallel roadways along the busier interstates and freeways, because of the need for guidance when traffic backups happen on the freeways.

As a general rule, however, they try not to hold onto routes they don't need to, and not signing the parallel routes encourages use of the freeway.

[peterj920]

I don't think Michigan has any old state/us routes next to freeways, they usually get sent over to county control, with some hidden segments that are maintained by the state but unsigned.

Michigan doesn't have many parallel routes  because it decommissions more US highways than any other state east of the Mississippi. US 2, 10, 16, 25, 27. Can say the same about Minnesota. If that state can't decommission they will hide the route like US 52 is for a few hundred miles.

[The Ghostbuster]

Personally, I would've truncated US 52 to Saint Paul, and downgraded 52 in North Dakota to ND 52 (Carrington-to-Canada).

[SSOWorld]

I don't think Michigan has any old state/us routes next to freeways, they usually get sent over to county control, with some hidden segments that are maintained by the state but unsigned.

Michigan doesn't have many parallel routes  because it decommissions more US highways than any other state east of the Mississippi. US 2, 10, 16, 25, 27. Can say the same about Minnesota. If that state can't decommission they will hide the route like US 52 is for a few hundred miles.

Minnesota then also hides concurrent US routes concurrent to the Interstate.

[dvferyance]

Personally, I would've truncated US 52 to Saint Paul, and downgraded 52 in North Dakota to ND 52 (Carrington-to-Canada).

That's a good idea but I would have the Jamestown to Minot section as an extension of US 10. The rest west of Minot can be ND 52.

[thspfc]

Personally, I would've truncated US 52 to Saint Paul, and downgraded 52 in North Dakota to ND 52 (Carrington-to-Canada).

I thought US-52 ended in St. Paul until well after I moved to the Twin Cities.