Most/fewest US route termini?

Started by hbelkins, September 30, 2014, 04:01:30 PM

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hbelkins

Until the invention of US 48, West Virginia only had one US route terminus within its border, that being US 35.

Which states have the fewest and most US route ends?


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hotdogPi

Not counting 1A, Rhode Island has 0 termini. (Should 1A count?)
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

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roadfro

Nevada has no US route termini within its borders.
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adventurernumber1

For the most US Route termini, Florida instantly comes to mind. Idk for certain if it has the most, for I did no research, but I have thought about how FL has a lot of US Highway termini.
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Zeffy

Off the top of my head for NJ: US 22, US 322, US 30, US 130, US 40, US 46 and US 206 all have termini within the Garden State. That's actually quite a lot.
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agentsteel53

I believe Texas may have more termini than Florida.
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bulldog1979

13 US Highways terminate in Michigan: US 2, US 8, US 10, US 12, US 23, US 24, US 31, US 41, US 45, US 127, US 131, US 141, and US 223. Previously, Michigan also had the termini of another 6 highways: US 16, US 25, US 27, US 33, US 102, and US 112.

roadman65

Rhode Island and Nevada have no terminuses for US routes.

Florida has 18 with two of them having both ends within the state giving a total of 20 and no transiting routes at all.

Texas may have more, but many transit the state including three of them that enter the state twice.

This post is similar to the one I posted about most US concurrencies, and it would take a few moments to count them all as well.
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Alex4897

Wouldn't a ratio comparing the number of termini to the number of US routes in the state work better for smaller states when searching for who has the most?  Delaware comes to mind as having a fair share of its US routes end within the boundaries. 


We have six total routes: 13, 40, 202, 301, 113, and 9. 

Four of those six, 202, 301, 113, and 9, end within the state. 

Two thirds of our US routes end within the state.  How do other states compare when you look at it this way?
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roadman65

Then Georgia you would have just four less  (three if you count US 341 twice being its intrastate) the amount of terminuses than total transit for its amount of US routes per capita.   Almost all of its routes transit it completely.
US 1, US 11, US 17, US 19, US 23, US 27, US 29, US 41, US 76, US 78, US 129, US 221, US 441, US 278.

Those that terminate in GA are US 80, US 82, US 84, US 25, US 280, US 341, US 123, US 378, US 319, US 411

I think this is probably one state that has it almost closest to about the same.
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GaryV

Quote from: Alex4897 on September 30, 2014, 06:42:39 PM
Wouldn't a ratio comparing the number of termini to the number of US routes in the state work better for smaller states when searching for who has the most? 
Every one of Michigan's US highways end in the state (if you count US-2 as "ending").

agentsteel53

Quote from: GaryV on September 30, 2014, 07:55:22 PM
Every one of Michigan's US highways end in the state (if you count US-2 as "ending").

interesting for a state that isn't a corner.  California has all its US routes end in the state (with the possible exception of 395, which both transits and ends, as it has two segments), as do Maine, Florida, and Washington - that last one being possible only because US-95 no longer enters Washington from Idaho for about half a mile.
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dgolub

Quote from: Zeffy on September 30, 2014, 04:49:23 PM
Off the top of my head for NJ: US 22, US 322, US 30, US 130, US 40, US 46 and US 206 all have termini within the Garden State. That's actually quite a lot.

Also, US 9W.

US 2, US 4, US 9W, US 11, US 15, US 44, US 62, US 209, and US 219 all have termini in New York, so I think it beats New Jersey, even though it's a much larger state.

adventurernumber1

Quote from: roadman65 on September 30, 2014, 07:05:15 PM
Then Georgia you would have just four less  (three if you count US 341 twice being its intrastate) the amount of terminuses than total transit for its amount of US routes per capita.   Almost all of its routes transit it completely.
US 1, US 11, US 17, US 19, US 23, US 27, US 29, US 41, US 76, US 78, US 129, US 221, US 441, US 278.

Those that terminate in GA are US 80, US 82, US 84, US 25, US 280, US 341, US 123, US 378, US 319, US 411

I think this is probably one state that has it almost closest to about the same.

Actually US 411 does not terminate in GA. It runs from Leeds, AL (near Birmingham), to Newport, TN (a little east of Knoxville), but it does cross through northwest GA.

But I actually didn't realize that many US Highways terminated in Georgia, but it makes sense, lol.
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roadman65

I forgot about NJ only having two US routes transit it, but considering all the rest terminating there it has more routes ratio wise terminating over non terminating.
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hbelkins

Quote from: dgolub on September 30, 2014, 08:10:18 PM
US 2, US 4, US 9W, US 11, US 15, US 44, US 62, US 209, and US 219 all have termini in New York, so I think it beats New Jersey, even though it's a much larger state.

Also US 220.


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bulldog1979

Quote from: Alex4897 on September 30, 2014, 06:42:39 PM
Two thirds of our US routes end within the state.  How do other states compare when you look at it this way?
All of Michigan's US Highways terminate within the state.

Kacie Jane

Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 30, 2014, 08:06:16 PM
Quote from: GaryV on September 30, 2014, 07:55:22 PM
Every one of Michigan's US highways end in the state (if you count US-2 as "ending").

interesting for a state that isn't a corner.  California has all its US routes end in the state (with the possible exception of 395, which both transits and ends, as it has two segments), as do Maine, Florida, and Washington - that last one being possible only because US-95 no longer enters Washington from Idaho for about half a mile.

Given that the US is not a perfect rectangle like Colorado or Wyoming, I'd say Michigan is in fact on a corner, which is why it has this property. Canada is to it's north and east, so neither N/S routes or E/W routes can run through.

dfwmapper

Texas: 54, 57 (both ends), 59, 62, 67, 69, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 87, 90, 96 (both ends), 175 (both ends), 180, 181 (both ends), 183, 190, 259, 271, 277, 281, 283, 285, 287, 290 (both ends), 377, 380, 385.

Only ones that exist in Texas that don't have a terminus here are 60, 70, 71, 82, and 84.

I think we win.

national highway 1

Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 30, 2014, 08:06:16 PM
Quote from: GaryV on September 30, 2014, 07:55:22 PM
Every one of Michigan's US highways end in the state (if you count US-2 as "ending").

interesting for a state that isn't a corner.  California has all its US routes end in the state (with the possible exception of 395, which both transits and ends, as it has two segments), as do Maine, Florida, and Washington - that last one being possible only because US-95 no longer enters Washington from Idaho for about half a mile.
You forgot US 95 which enters from Nevada north of Needles and exits concurrent with I-10 into southern Arizona.
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Quote from: dfwmapper on October 01, 2014, 02:00:47 AM
Texas: 54, 57 (both ends), 59, 62, 67, 69, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 87, 90, 96 (both ends), 175 (both ends), 180, 181 (both ends), 183, 190, 259, 271, 277, 281, 283, 285, 287, 290 (both ends), 377, 380, 385.

Only ones that exist in Texas that don't have a terminus here are 60, 70, 71, 82, and 84.

I think we win.

Now let's do it per square mile.

NWI_Irish96

Indiana has 27, 33, 35, 131, 136, 224, 231 and 421.  Not going to be close to the most or the least. 
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dgolub

Quote from: hbelkins on September 30, 2014, 09:19:26 PM
Quote from: dgolub on September 30, 2014, 08:10:18 PM
US 2, US 4, US 9W, US 11, US 15, US 44, US 62, US 209, and US 219 all have termini in New York, so I think it beats New Jersey, even though it's a much larger state.

Also US 220.

True, although it just makes it into the state.  Then again, the same thing could be said about US 2.

roadman65

Quote from: Pete from Boston on October 01, 2014, 07:58:13 AM

Quote from: dfwmapper on October 01, 2014, 02:00:47 AM
Texas: 54, 57 (both ends), 59, 62, 67, 69, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 87, 90, 96 (both ends), 175 (both ends), 180, 181 (both ends), 183, 190, 259, 271, 277, 281, 283, 285, 287, 290 (both ends), 377, 380, 385.

Only ones that exist in Texas that don't have a terminus here are 60, 70, 71, 82, and 84.

I think we win.

Now let's do it per square mile.
Georgia seems to have one US route every 20 miles somewhere in the state.  In fact state route designations seem like secondary routes because of this. 

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bing101

West end US-6, West End US-50 and South End US-101 in California.

US-91, US-40, US-60, US-70, US-66 and US-99 used to have termini in California.



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