Streets that appear to be freeway ramps, but aren't.

[ErmineNotyours]

Inspired by the Suburban Streets that Default to Freeway Ramps thread, I offer a famous marked freeway entrance that isn't.  It's perhaps the most famous freeway on ramp in the country because it's seen ever year on the Rose Parade.  Westbound California 134, complete with a "Freeway entrance" sign and a down arrow.  However, if you're in the left lane, you continue on to the Colorado Street bridge.

[bing101]

Previous alignment for CA-134 prior to the eastern part of Ventura Freeway being completed. 

[Henry]

Found this gem south of Chicago:

The south end of IL 59 at I-55. It may look like it's transitioning to a freeway, but on the other side of the interchange is Gateway Blvd, an unnumbered surface street that leads into a business/industrial park.

[kphoger]

Found this gem south of Chicago:

The south end of IL 59 at I-55. It may look like it's transitioning to a freeway, but on the other side of the interchange is Gateway Blvd, an unnumbered surface street that leads into a business/industrial park.

Oh wow, that's new, isn't it?  The interchange didn't use to look anything like that, or am I remembering wrong?

[ilpt4u]

Found this gem south of Chicago:

The south end of IL 59 at I-55. It may look like it's transitioning to a freeway, but on the other side of the interchange is Gateway Blvd, an unnumbered surface street that leads into a business/industrial park.

Oh wow, that's new, isn't it?  The interchange didn't use to look anything like that, or am I remembering wrong?

Yes, it is new. 59 used to begin/end at 55 just north of the 80 cloverleaf. The diverging diamond and extension east of 55 to said business park and onward towards Joliet Junior College is the new stuff

[doorknob60]

This part of Fairview Ave in Boise looks like an on-ramp to I-184: GSV Link

But in reality it's just a one way street that travels parallel to the freeway for a while. You can get onto 184 that way (well, technically the US-20/26 freeway, as 184 doesn't continue that far), but you have to travel a half mile down that road until a traffic signal, then turn right onto an actual freeway ramp. Continuing straight continues down surface street Fairview into downtown.

I assume this area was a bit more standard before I-184 was built.

[bing101]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2uUuhDuzoJruS1tH9


Neitzel Road in Fairfield, California gets mistaken for a freeway ramp to I-80 Westbound to Highway 680 and Highway 12 Interchange.

[paulthemapguy]

Found this gem south of Chicago:

The south end of IL 59 at I-55. It may look like it's transitioning to a freeway, but on the other side of the interchange is Gateway Blvd, an unnumbered surface street that leads into a business/industrial park.

That's because this interchange was just a split off the freeway. The DDI adding the fourth leg to Gateway Blvd opened in November.  I drive through this interchange every workday. GSV shows an old configuration. The map has been updated since to show the new DDI.

[mrsman]

Inspired by the Suburban Streets that Default to Freeway Ramps thread, I offer a famous marked freeway entrance that isn't.  It's perhaps the most famous freeway on ramp in the country because it's seen ever year on the Rose Parade.  Westbound California 134, complete with a "Freeway entrance" sign and a down arrow.  However, if you're in the left lane, you continue on to the Colorado Street bridge.

It almost seems like that famous sign is a mistake.  There are correct  signs for freeway entrance, half a block down, at the actual freeway entrance.

Since CA is so good about marking this type of thing, there should not ordinarily be this mistake. 

[thspfc]

Minnehaha Ave here: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8997518,-93.1995291,3a,60y,282.25h,92.59t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZePABhw7_EZo6dbfNNg9Yw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-2.589154755600376%26panoid%3DZePABhw7_EZo6dbfNNg9Yw%26yaw%3D282.2497220613492!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIyNi4xIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDUzSAFQAw%3D%3D

The MN-62 west on-ramp is at the same intersection with Hiawatha Ave.

[rhen_var]

There's this weird, super long ramp-like one-way road I found in Alaska, north of Anchorage that parallels the Glenn Highway for about a full mile before just merging with its Eagle River Loop Rd exit ramp and ending at the stop sign.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/DpdDDiRBe3Qb7DZ66

[CovalenceSTU]

There's this weird, super long ramp-like one-way road I found in Alaska, north of Anchorage that parallels the Glenn Highway for about a full mile before just merging with its Eagle River Loop Rd exit ramp and ending at the stop sign.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/DpdDDiRBe3Qb7DZ66

Looking at historic GSV it used to be the southbound highway (which was realigned in a widening project) but they added a connection to Eagle View Dr instead of removing it.

[jp the roadgeek]

In New Britain, CT, Cherry St looks like the entrance to CT 9 South from Ellis St, but veers to the right and eventually becomes a 2 way street as the ramp continues straight. 

https://maps.app.goo.gl/5Ew41q93BA5CXxFbA