This is a thread for documenting short stretches of freeway that are unconnected to any other freeways,
Inspired by this short section of OH 28 near Milford, Ohio It's a short bypass, no more than a mile long, with three bridges and a partial interchange, that ends at stoplights on each end.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.191217,-84.2457723,2016m/data=!3m1!1e3
This section of Harshman Rd up by the Air Force Museum in Riverside, Ohio is another example. Just long enough for an interchange.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.781831,-84.1240171,2378m/data=!3m1!1e3
CA 77 fits this thread perfectly:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2019/02/california-state-route-77-real-shortest.html?m=1
US 40 (formerly planned as I-170) in Baltimore
US 202 in Doylestown, PA from PA 611 to East State Street. (Yes I'm aware of the parkway section).
We have 5 legit mini freeways in the Chicago area. However, all 5 do have some kind of interchange with an Interstate.
IL Route 38 (Roosevelt Rd) is a freeway between I-294 and Route 83. Only section of Roosevelt Rd that is posted 55.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8632767,-87.9397505,15.5z
IL Route 83 (Kingery Hwy) is a freeway between I-88 and 55th St. However there is one street (Oakmont Dr) that has a RI-RO situation with Southbound 83.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.819563,-87.9536996,13.5z
IL Route 171 (1st Ave) is a freeway between 55th St and 44th St. 3 interchanges (I-55, Joliet Rd, 47th St) with a stop light on each end before 171 becomes an arterial street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8029318,-87.8284857,15z
IL Route 394 is the extension of the Bishop Ford Freeway from I-80/94/294 to Sauk Trail where that is a stoplight. There are 2 interchanges (Glenwood-Dyer Rd, US 30 Lincoln Hwy). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5372469,-87.6147983,13z
There is a mini freeway for Stony Island Ave off I-94. It does have an interchange at 103rd St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7117001,-87.5919712,14.75z
Quote from: hobsini2 on June 09, 2022, 11:00:44 AM
We have 5 legit mini freeways in the Chicago area. However, all 5 do have some kind of interchange with an Interstate.
IL Route 38 (Roosevelt Rd) is a freeway between I-294 and Route 83. Only section of Roosevelt Rd that is posted 55.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8632767,-87.9397505,15.5z
IL Route 83 (Kingery Hwy) is a freeway between I-88 and 55th St. However there is one street (Oakmont Dr) that has a RI-RO situation with Southbound 83.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.819563,-87.9536996,13.5z
IL Route 171 (1st Ave) is a freeway between 55th St and 44th St. 3 interchanges (I-55, Joliet Rd, 47th St) with a stop light on each end before 171 becomes an arterial street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8029318,-87.8284857,15z
IL Route 394 is the extension of the Bishop Ford Freeway from I-80/94/294 to Sauk Trail where that is a stoplight. There are 2 interchanges (Glenwood-Dyer Rd, US 30 Lincoln Hwy). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5372469,-87.6147983,13z
There is a mini freeway for Stony Island Ave off I-94. It does have an interchange at 103rd St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7117001,-87.5919712,14.75z
Do you count
this (https://goo.gl/maps/VQaVm36fcxn8N2Wx8), or does the canal access disqualify it?
Quote from: GreenLanternCorps on June 09, 2022, 09:46:00 AM
This section of Harshman Rd up by the Air Force Museum in Riverside, Ohio is another example. Just long enough for an interchange.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.781831,-84.1240171,2378m/data=!3m1!1e3
I believe that part of Harshman was a part of Dayton's old outerbelt like Indianapolis has.
Quote from: kphoger on June 09, 2022, 11:05:26 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on June 09, 2022, 11:00:44 AM
We have 5 legit mini freeways in the Chicago area. However, all 5 do have some kind of interchange with an Interstate.
IL Route 38 (Roosevelt Rd) is a freeway between I-294 and Route 83. Only section of Roosevelt Rd that is posted 55.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8632767,-87.9397505,15.5z
IL Route 83 (Kingery Hwy) is a freeway between I-88 and 55th St. However there is one street (Oakmont Dr) that has a RI-RO situation with Southbound 83.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.819563,-87.9536996,13.5z
IL Route 171 (1st Ave) is a freeway between 55th St and 44th St. 3 interchanges (I-55, Joliet Rd, 47th St) with a stop light on each end before 171 becomes an arterial street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8029318,-87.8284857,15z
IL Route 394 is the extension of the Bishop Ford Freeway from I-80/94/294 to Sauk Trail where that is a stoplight. There are 2 interchanges (Glenwood-Dyer Rd, US 30 Lincoln Hwy). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5372469,-87.6147983,13z
There is a mini freeway for Stony Island Ave off I-94. It does have an interchange at 103rd St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7117001,-87.5919712,14.75z
Do you count this (https://goo.gl/maps/VQaVm36fcxn8N2Wx8), or does the canal access disqualify it?
I forgot about that one. I would say that it really isn't a freeway. The stat doesn't recognize it as such. It's iffy. Kind of like the Route 56 "Expressway".
Quote from: hobsini2 on June 09, 2022, 11:37:30 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 09, 2022, 11:05:26 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on June 09, 2022, 11:00:44 AM
We have 5 legit mini freeways in the Chicago area. However, all 5 do have some kind of interchange with an Interstate.
IL Route 38 (Roosevelt Rd) is a freeway between I-294 and Route 83. Only section of Roosevelt Rd that is posted 55.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8632767,-87.9397505,15.5z
IL Route 83 (Kingery Hwy) is a freeway between I-88 and 55th St. However there is one street (Oakmont Dr) that has a RI-RO situation with Southbound 83.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.819563,-87.9536996,13.5z
IL Route 171 (1st Ave) is a freeway between 55th St and 44th St. 3 interchanges (I-55, Joliet Rd, 47th St) with a stop light on each end before 171 becomes an arterial street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8029318,-87.8284857,15z
IL Route 394 is the extension of the Bishop Ford Freeway from I-80/94/294 to Sauk Trail where that is a stoplight. There are 2 interchanges (Glenwood-Dyer Rd, US 30 Lincoln Hwy). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5372469,-87.6147983,13z
There is a mini freeway for Stony Island Ave off I-94. It does have an interchange at 103rd St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7117001,-87.5919712,14.75z
Do you count this (https://goo.gl/maps/VQaVm36fcxn8N2Wx8), or does the canal access disqualify it?
I forgot about that one. I would say that it really isn't a freeway. The state doesn't recognize it as such. It's iffy. Kind of like the Route 56 "Expressway".
Quote from: hobsini2 on June 09, 2022, 11:38:00 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on June 09, 2022, 11:37:30 AM
Quote from: kphoger on June 09, 2022, 11:05:26 AM
Quote from: hobsini2 on June 09, 2022, 11:00:44 AM
We have 5 legit mini freeways in the Chicago area. However, all 5 do have some kind of interchange with an Interstate.
IL Route 38 (Roosevelt Rd) is a freeway between I-294 and Route 83. Only section of Roosevelt Rd that is posted 55.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8632767,-87.9397505,15.5z
IL Route 83 (Kingery Hwy) is a freeway between I-88 and 55th St. However there is one street (Oakmont Dr) that has a RI-RO situation with Southbound 83.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.819563,-87.9536996,13.5z
IL Route 171 (1st Ave) is a freeway between 55th St and 44th St. 3 interchanges (I-55, Joliet Rd, 47th St) with a stop light on each end before 171 becomes an arterial street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8029318,-87.8284857,15z
IL Route 394 is the extension of the Bishop Ford Freeway from I-80/94/294 to Sauk Trail where that is a stoplight. There are 2 interchanges (Glenwood-Dyer Rd, US 30 Lincoln Hwy). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5372469,-87.6147983,13z
There is a mini freeway for Stony Island Ave off I-94. It does have an interchange at 103rd St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7117001,-87.5919712,14.75z
Do you count this (https://goo.gl/maps/VQaVm36fcxn8N2Wx8), or does the canal access disqualify it?
I forgot about that one. I would say that it really isn't a freeway. The state doesn't recognize it as such. It's iffy. Kind of like the Route 56 "Expressway".
Massachusetts:
MA 116 in Amherst
US 1 in Newburyport
MA 28 in Falmouth
MA 28 in a small part of Somerville
New Hampshire:
NH 101 in Milford
NH 9 in Keene
US 3 in Laconia
We have US 51 here in Madison from Buckeye Rd to WI 30. The ramps at WI 30 means the freeway portion of US 51 ends before actually meeting the WI 30 freeway.
I imagine that's the kind of example you're looking for and not like a short freeway portion of a longer rural expressway. (Which there are too many of around the country to list.)
I'm thinking most examples will be like the Tillman Bridge in Green Bay:
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=44.50892,-448.02175&z=15&t=S (http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=44.50892,-448.02175&z=15&t=S)
A higher crossing of a navigable waterway with interchanges on one end or the other or both that serves as a de-facto freeway chunk.
Emphasizing the lack of connection with other freeways, here are some from NY:
NY-441 in Penfield (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1260028,-77.4965641,1748m/data=!3m1!1e3)
NY-425*** in the Tonawandas (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.016751,-78.8582278,2512m/data=!3m1!1e3)
NY-179 in Blasdell (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.789104,-78.8342264,1757m/data=!3m1!1e3)
US-9W in Kingston (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9333064,-73.9875975,2932m/data=!3m1!1e3)
US-209/NY-199 in Kingston (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9667699,-74.0146262,6032m/data=!3m1!1e3)
US-9 in Poughkeepsie (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6989996,-73.9308255,5057m/data=!3m1!1e3)
US-9 from Ossining to Peekskill (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2390049,-73.9045982,15042m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Suffolk CR-105 in Riverhead (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.929971,-72.6412113,2486m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Suffolk CR-99 in Patchogue (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7911367,-73.0361967,2006m/data=!3m1!1e3)
NY-304 in Pearl River (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0821543,-74.0111611,5105m/data=!3m1!1e3)
***This is a maybe, since the two interchanges are separated by a traffic signal.
Quote from: cockroachking on June 09, 2022, 12:10:49 PM
Emphasizing the lack of connection with other freeways, here are some from NY:
NY-441 in Penfield (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1260028,-77.4965641,1748m/data=!3m1!1e3)
...
NY-304 in Pearl River (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0821543,-74.0111611,5105m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Yep, those are the first two that came to mind, particularly NY 441, which I was going to mention if no one else had. I feel it
should be a freeway between I-490 and Penfield, but there's unfortunately two traffic signals at the I-490 interchange and three more east of there. The interchange with I-490 has a rare triple-left turn and certainly handles freeway-type volumes - it could really stand to be a freeway all the way to NY 250, at least, but the problem is there's nowhere to put it east of the current freeway.
Quote from: triplemultiplex on June 09, 2022, 12:03:07 PM
We have US 51 here in Madison from Buckeye Rd to WI 30. The ramps at WI 30 means the freeway portion of US 51 ends before actually meeting the WI 30 freeway.
I imagine that's the kind of example you're looking for and not like a short freeway portion of a longer rural expressway. (Which there are too many of around the country to list.)
I'm thinking most examples will be like the Tillman Bridge in Green Bay:
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=44.50892,-448.02175&z=15&t=S (http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=44.50892,-448.02175&z=15&t=S)
A higher crossing of a navigable waterway with interchanges on one end or the other or both that serves as a de-facto freeway chunk.
I was going to mention the Mason St (WI 54/57) Fox River bridge in Green Bay, WI, too. It does have a regular sidewalk on its westbound side. The other that immediately came to my mind in Wisconsin is Campus Dr (unnumbered street) in Madison, WI. Built in the 1960s to bypass a very congested and narrow part of W University Ave, which was formerly a couple of 'US' highways before the Beltline freeway was built.
Mike
MN:
US 169 Princeton bypass
MN 65 Cambridge bypass
MN 23 Paynesville bypass
US 2/71 Bemidji bypass
US 169 in downtown Mankato
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 09, 2022, 01:27:15 PM
MN:
US 169 Princeton bypass
MN 65 Cambridge bypass
MN 23 Paynesville bypass
US 2/71 Bemidji bypass
How about MN-23/US-71 around Willmar?
Quote from: kphoger on June 09, 2022, 01:30:34 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 09, 2022, 01:27:15 PM
MN:
US 169 Princeton bypass
MN 65 Cambridge bypass
MN 23 Paynesville bypass
US 2/71 Bemidji bypass
How about MN-23/US-71 around Willmar?
Yes, and the MN 60 bypass of St. James.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 09, 2022, 01:35:00 PM
the MN 60 bypass of St. James.
Forgot about that one.
Oh hey, look, Google Maps now thinks that Watonwan CH-57 is now MN-60B. Any truth to that?
Oh hey, look, mini-roundabouts. Cool!
Bits of US 2/97 near Wenatchee seem to fit the definition, though they quickly become mere expressways after a bit.
The North Spokane Corridor also fits the definition for now, since it's not connected to I-90. As does SR 522 in Monroe, since it's separated from the rest of the freeway.
NJ 15 has a freeway segment that's about 6.5 miles long through Jefferson Township and Sparta unconnected to other freeways. A bunch of segments of US 30 through Pennsylvania come to mind too.
Not as short as CA 77 but a couple of two-exit specials in California:
The CA 178 bypass of Lake Isabella: https://goo.gl/maps/Lfiu97ufNX7VVsYz8 (https://goo.gl/maps/Lfiu97ufNX7VVsYz8)
US 101 just north of Crescent City, up to the US 199 interchange: https://goo.gl/maps/MDeMXNaYYAN2xBAy6 (https://goo.gl/maps/MDeMXNaYYAN2xBAy6)
Quote from: gonealookin on June 09, 2022, 03:25:12 PM
Not as short as CA 77 but a couple of two-exit specials in California:
The CA 178 bypass of Lake Isabella: https://goo.gl/maps/Lfiu97ufNX7VVsYz8 (https://goo.gl/maps/Lfiu97ufNX7VVsYz8)
US 101 just north of Crescent City, up to the US 199 interchange: https://goo.gl/maps/MDeMXNaYYAN2xBAy6 (https://goo.gl/maps/MDeMXNaYYAN2xBAy6)
You could even count CA 178 Freeway in Bakersfield or is that too long? https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3902911,-118.9615467,6143m/data=!3m1!1e3
There's a few I remember from St Louis
- US 67 between the Rock Rd and Natural Bridge Rd then underneath the runway. There is a RIRO at Lone Eagle Drive, but I've seen other freeways with those.
- There are a few short limited access sections of MO 141 the longest of which is between Page and Ladue Rd
- The west end of Forest Park Blvd is limited access as is a small section in NE Forest Park
- MO 30 is a freeway across the Meramec River and MO 141
- IL 3 in Columbia is a freeway between I-255 and Main St
- MO 367 from I-270 to the Missouri River (may be too long for this thread)
- MO 79 for a short distance north of I-70
Technically not all have freeway speed limits but I think some others previously mentioned have <55 mph speed limits.
Quote from: skluth on June 09, 2022, 03:53:48 PM
There's a few I remember from St Louis
- US 67 between the Rock Rd and Natural Bridge Rd then underneath the runway. There is a RIRO at Lone Eagle Drive, but I've seen other freeways with those.
- There are a few short limited access sections of MO 141 the longest of which is between Page and Ladue Rd
- The west end of Forest Park Blvd is limited access as is a small section in NE Forest Park
- MO 30 is a freeway across the Meramec River and MO 141
- IL 3 in Columbia is a freeway between I-255 and Main St
- MO 367 from I-270 to the Missouri River (may be too long for this thread)
- MO 79 for a short distance north of I-70
Technically not all have freeway speed limits but I think some others previously mentioned have <55 mph speed limits.
I'll add IL-15 around the south side of Belleville: https://goo.gl/maps/aJApDh7kvZjg8yya9
Quote from: kphoger on June 09, 2022, 04:00:11 PM
Quote from: skluth on June 09, 2022, 03:53:48 PM
There's a few I remember from St Louis
- US 67 between the Rock Rd and Natural Bridge Rd then underneath the runway. There is a RIRO at Lone Eagle Drive, but I've seen other freeways with those.
- There are a few short limited access sections of MO 141 the longest of which is between Page and Ladue Rd
- The west end of Forest Park Blvd is limited access as is a small section in NE Forest Park
- MO 30 is a freeway across the Meramec River and MO 141
- IL 3 in Columbia is a freeway between I-255 and Main St
- MO 367 from I-270 to the Missouri River (may be too long for this thread)
- MO 79 for a short distance north of I-70
Technically not all have freeway speed limits but I think some others previously mentioned have <55 mph speed limits.
I'll add IL-15 around the south side of Belleville: https://goo.gl/maps/aJApDh7kvZjg8yya9
I checked IL 15 but thought it was all expressway. I missed the section you highlighted between IL 158 and IL 159. Should have known better considering the number of drives I took to Eckart's.
Quote from: hobsini2 on June 09, 2022, 03:33:12 PM
Quote from: gonealookin on June 09, 2022, 03:25:12 PM
Not as short as CA 77 but a couple of two-exit specials in California:
The CA 178 bypass of Lake Isabella: https://goo.gl/maps/Lfiu97ufNX7VVsYz8 (https://goo.gl/maps/Lfiu97ufNX7VVsYz8)
US 101 just north of Crescent City, up to the US 199 interchange: https://goo.gl/maps/MDeMXNaYYAN2xBAy6 (https://goo.gl/maps/MDeMXNaYYAN2xBAy6)
You could even count CA 178 Freeway in Bakersfield or is that too long? https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3902911,-118.9615467,6143m/data=!3m1!1e3
Route 178 links to the Route 204 freeway/expressway right? (which links to Route 99)
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 09, 2022, 09:49:51 AM
CA 77 fits this thread perfectly:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2019/02/california-state-route-77-real-shortest.html?m=1
What's amusing about that specific example:
From when it was built ca. 1957-1958 to the late 1990s, 77 used to be a direct freeway spur from the Nimitz Freeway (now 880)!
But the old semi-directional T with 880 was removed some time ago so now it essentially starts and ends at intersections, with 77 having the one interchange and 2 overpasses in the middle.
Still surprising that Caltrans bothers to even sign this at all.
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Other examples of isolated mini-freeway segments in California:
- La Cienega Boulevard in the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area, Los Angeles. (this was to have been part of the 170 extension from US 101 in Hollywood south to LAX, which was never completed)
- Route 90 between La Palma Avenue and Yorba Linda Boulevard in Yorba Linda . (The freeway ends two intersections north of the Riverside Freeway/Route 91)
- Route 1 between Pleasant Valley Road and Las Posas Road southeast of Oxnard. This used to include another now-isolated short freeway, the segment of Oxnard Boulevard from Pleasant Valley to Rose Avenue; when the 2010s project to reroute Route 1 onto Rice Avenue commenced, the short freeway was rerouted to feed into that instead of the freeway segment to Rose. (To this day, Rice still has not been signed as Route 1 even after the project was first completed around 2012-2013)
From the late 1950s to mid 2000s, there was a large Y interchange between Oxnard Boulevard (then Route 1, originally Alt US 101) and US 101/Ventura Freeway; this however never connected to the rest of the Route 1 freeway segment.
- Route 29 from Kesleyville to Lakeport in the Clearlake area
- Route 108 in East Sonora
- Route 65 in Porterville
- Alfred Harrell Highway in northeast Bakersfield
- Route 1 in Morro Bay, and a separate segment in Cayucos
- Route 20/49 from Grass Valley to Nevada City
- Route 70 from Oroville to Route 191 almost counts, but 149 is pretty much a high-speed expressway connector now leading northwest to the 99 expressway/freeway towards Chico
- Route 135 (and Route 1) in Orcutt, the portion of 135 that does not run along historic US 101
- Route 68 west of Salinas towards Spreckels - not connected to the Route 68 freeway in Monterey other than via 2-lane road
Quote from: skluth on June 09, 2022, 04:11:21 PM
I checked IL 15 but thought it was all expressway. I missed the section you highlighted between IL 158 and IL 159. Should have known better considering the number of drives I took to Eckart's.
I'm the opposite: I remembered more of it being freeway than actually is.
A few more in So Cal
CA 86 going south from I-10 in Indio
CA 78 on the NE side of Brawley
CA 330 going NE to Big Bear from CA-210
CA 79 near Gilman Springs Road just NE of the Scientology HQ
CA 1 near its southern terminus at San Juan Capistrano
At present, CO-21 has a 4.20 mile section of freeway near its current northern end. After a new interchange is built, it will be about 2 miles longer.
In the distant future, it will not count at all, as an appropriately 3 mile section will be built to connect it to I-25, making it about 10 miles.
Several of the Santa Clara County Expressways have mini-freeway segments, the most notable being Central Expressway (CR G-6) between Oakmead and Mary in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale.
Quote from: mgk920 on June 09, 2022, 12:48:35 PM
The other that immediately came to my mind in Wisconsin is Campus Dr (unnumbered street) in Madison, WI. Built in the 1960s to bypass a very congested and narrow part of W University Ave, which was formerly a couple of 'US' highways before the Beltline freeway was built.
I've always felt this is just a regular road with an interchange, not a freeway, similar to Snelling Avenue in St. Paul just south of the fairgrounds (which, frankly, that section of Snelling probably has a better argument for being called a freeway than Campus Drive does). But I suppose this comes down to opinion of "what is a freeway".
the section of Snelling Ave in question (https://www.google.com/maps/place/MN-51,+Minnesota/@44.9752722,-93.170274,15.46z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x52b32b0d9d95985d:0xdb63e12453131b5b!8m2!3d44.9892299!4d-93.1667301)
Two in Indiana
The new southern bypass of Logansport, carrying US 24/35 and then IN 25, is 4.1 miles long
US 31 at Kokomo is 12.6 miles long and perhaps stretching the definition of short.
There are a few other short freeways but they don't meet the criteria of not being connected to other freeways.
Quote from: mgk920 on June 09, 2022, 12:48:35 PM
Quote from: triplemultiplex on June 09, 2022, 12:03:07 PM
We have US 51 here in Madison from Buckeye Rd to WI 30. The ramps at WI 30 means the freeway portion of US 51 ends before actually meeting the WI 30 freeway.
I imagine that's the kind of example you're looking for and not like a short freeway portion of a longer rural expressway. (Which there are too many of around the country to list.)
I'm thinking most examples will be like the Tillman Bridge in Green Bay:
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=44.50892,-448.02175&z=15&t=S (http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=44.50892,-448.02175&z=15&t=S)
A higher crossing of a navigable waterway with interchanges on one end or the other or both that serves as a de-facto freeway chunk.
I was going to mention the Mason St (WI 54/57) Fox River bridge in Green Bay, WI, too. It does have a regular sidewalk on its westbound side. The other that immediately came to my mind in Wisconsin is Campus Dr (unnumbered street) in Madison, WI. Built in the 1960s to bypass a very congested and narrow part of W University Ave, which was formerly a couple of 'US' highways before the Beltline freeway was built.
Mike
Most of the Mason St bridge is WI 54, with the east end unnumbered. WI 57 does not enter it.
According to Rand McNally, we basically have four examples in Colorado:
CO47 which is a partial beltway of Pueblo that doesn't connect to anything else while still a freeway. It has a stoplight at its intersection with I-25.
US50 in Pueblo which is a freeway between Troy Street and 4th Street.
CO21 which is a freeway on the northeast side of Colorado Springs.
US285 is limited access between Santa Fe (US85) and Federal (CO88) for a bit before it goes back to open access for about a half a mile then back to limited access all the way to C-470 and a bit beyond.
Would Lexington, Kentucky's New Circle Road (KY 4) count?
13 miles of the belt route are limited-access...but there is not a single direct freeway link to I-64, I-75, or the Bluegrass Parkway!
Beyond that, not sure I can think of other examples in that state; in Louisville there is that one SPUI along South 9th Street (at West Oak) but otherwise all limited-access roads in the state do connect to each other.
Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on June 09, 2022, 04:53:12 PM
Two in Indiana
The new southern bypass of Logansport, carrying US 24/35 and then IN 25, is 4.1 miles long
US 31 at Kokomo is 12.6 miles long and perhaps stretching the definition of short.
There are a few other short freeways but they don't meet the criteria of not being connected to other freeways.
I would add SR 37 through Fishers (between I-69 and 146th Street) as a "mini freeway" once construction is complete.
The Muncie Bypass from Cowman Road to McGalliard Road would also be considered a "mini freeway".
EDIT: I would add SR 49 between US 30 and Vale Park Road in Valparaiso as a "mini freeway".
Another section of SR 49 between E 600 N and N Calumet Ave/E 950 N would also be classified as a "mini freeway".
Quote from: skluth on June 09, 2022, 03:53:48 PM
There's a few I remember from St Louis
- US 67 between the Rock Rd and Natural Bridge Rd then underneath the runway. There is a RIRO at Lone Eagle Drive, but I've seen other freeways with those.
- There are a few short limited access sections of MO 141 the longest of which is between Page and Ladue Rd
- The west end of Forest Park Blvd is limited access as is a small section in NE Forest Park
- MO 30 is a freeway across the Meramec River and MO 141
- IL 3 in Columbia is a freeway between I-255 and Main St
- MO 367 from I-270 to the Missouri River (may be too long for this thread)
- MO 79 for a short distance north of I-70
Technically not all have freeway speed limits but I think some others previously mentioned have <55 mph speed limits.
For now, I wouldn't include MO 367 as it connects to I-270 at a full cloverleaf. Will probably count in the next few years, as iirc, the interchange modification includes removing 1 or 2 of the loops for signals.
Another possible one in the StL area: MO 21 between MO 141 and Hillsboro. It's a bit long, but fits the OP's criterion of not connecting to other freeways.
Quote from: kphoger on June 09, 2022, 11:05:26 AM
Do you count this (https://goo.gl/maps/VQaVm36fcxn8N2Wx8), or does the canal access disqualify it?
Never seen that before. The canal access connectors are not really RIROs, but certainly function that way. I'll defer to the OP here, but I would certainly include it in my list of freeways. On the other hand, I would not include the OP's example of Harshman Avenue in Riverside OH because it only has the one interchange. That's qualifies as a "One Exit Wonder".
Quote from: Dirt Roads on June 09, 2022, 07:29:42 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 09, 2022, 11:05:26 AM
Do you count this (https://goo.gl/maps/VQaVm36fcxn8N2Wx8), or does the canal access disqualify it?
Never seen that before. The canal access connectors are not really RIROs, but certainly function that way. I'll defer to the OP here, but I would certainly include it in my list of freeways. On the other hand, I would not include the OP's example of Harshman Avenue in Riverside OH because it only has the one interchange. That's qualifies as a "One Exit Wonder".
If it is ok on an interstate, it is ok here. Would post a link, but I am on mobile. But Exit 106 on I-25 in CO is literally this.
Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on June 09, 2022, 06:38:41 PM
Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on June 09, 2022, 04:53:12 PM
Two in Indiana
The new southern bypass of Logansport, carrying US 24/35 and then IN 25, is 4.1 miles long
US 31 at Kokomo is 12.6 miles long and perhaps stretching the definition of short.
There are a few other short freeways but they don't meet the criteria of not being connected to other freeways.
I would add SR 37 through Fishers (between I-69 and 146th Street) as a "mini freeway" once construction is complete.
The Muncie Bypass from Cowman Road to McGalliard Road would also be considered a "mini freeway".
EDIT: I would add SR 49 between US 30 and Vale Park Road in Valparaiso as a "mini freeway".
Another section of SR 49 between E 600 N and N Calumet Ave/E 950 N would also be classified as a "mini freeway".
SR 37 connects to I-69 so that would violate the condition set out in the OP.
The northern part of SR 49 you cite only has one interchange between at grade intersections so I wouldn't count that.
The other two seem to fit though.
Quote from: MCRoads on June 09, 2022, 07:35:11 PM
If it is ok on an interstate, it is ok here. Would post a link, but I am on mobile. But Exit 106 on I-25 in CO is literally this.
https://goo.gl/maps/E7dLHB8FKstxUAck9
https://goo.gl/maps/kjow1wG5G4n5uKjVA
Quote from: Dirt Roads on June 09, 2022, 07:29:42 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 09, 2022, 11:05:26 AM
Do you count this (https://goo.gl/maps/VQaVm36fcxn8N2Wx8), or does the canal access disqualify it?
Never seen that before. The canal access connectors are not really RIROs, but certainly function that way. I'll defer to the OP here, but I would certainly include it in my list of freeways. On the other hand, I would not include the OP's example of Harshman Avenue in Riverside OH because it only has the one interchange. That's qualifies as a "One Exit Wonder".
It has interchanges with both Springfield Street and OH-4.
Quote from: GCrites80s on June 09, 2022, 08:35:13 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on June 09, 2022, 07:29:42 PM
I would not include the OP's example of Harshman Avenue in Riverside OH because it only has the one interchange. That's qualifies as a "One Exit Wonder".
It has interchanges with both Springfield Street and OH-4.
With two at-grade intersections in between the them. And the interchange with OH-4 is only free-flowing for OH-4: Hershman has stoplights there.
If 20 miles counts as "short" then SR 10 Loop in Athens GA counts, it's a full freeway beltway of Athens that has no connection to other freeways
There's a freeway bypass of Minot, North Dakota, with stop and go lights at each end.
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.223435,-101.2892367,13.1z
There's also the Amstutz Expressway (Illinois 137), and the Bobby Thompson expressway, two very short discontinuous segments of freeway in Waukegan separated by Sheridan Road in the middle.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3456388,-87.8400237,13.23z
There's also the Wisconsin 11 freeway bypass around Monroe, Wisconsin, with four exits.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6136677,-89.6446161,14.27z
Then you have the Elgin Bypass, capped with stop and go lights at both ends
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0314769,-88.2913021,13.65z
Finally, at the end of my mindless rambling, is a huge technicality: Illinois 251 is technically a freeway in Peru south of Shooting Park Road. It drops below grade, has one cloverleaf with US-6, and crosses the Illinois River.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.324999,-89.1178946,14.64z
Oh yeah, one more, Expressway Street in Council Bluffs. Technically it has no interchanges, but it goes onto an elevated bridge with a speed limit of 45 over an industrial area.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2473707,-95.8534233,744m/data=!3m1!1e3
The Ronald Reagan National Airport Viaduct (VA 233) is a very short, low-speed freeway-ish road that runs from a trumpet interchange at US 1 to a signalized intersection at the airport access roads:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/38.8506/-77.0496
I also know about the Central Valley Expressway (ID 16) near Boise, Idaho. It currently has no interchanges but is planned to be extended down to I 84.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=14/43.6770/-116.4687
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 09, 2022, 01:35:00 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 09, 2022, 01:30:34 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 09, 2022, 01:27:15 PM
MN:
US 169 Princeton bypass
MN 65 Cambridge bypass
MN 23 Paynesville bypass
US 2/71 Bemidji bypass
How about MN-23/US-71 around Willmar?
Yes, and the MN 60 bypass of St. James.
MN-51 just south of the state fairgrounds. 3 close-together exits on a 45-mph freeway stretch.
M-53 in Michigan has a 9.7 mile freeway segment from 18 Mile Rd to 27 Mile Rd, in and just to the north of Sterling Heights.
There's also a short stretch of US 1 freeway in Maine between Brunswick and Bath.
From West Virginia:
Clarksburg Freeway (US-50)
Oak Hill Expressway (originally US-21, now US-19)
Jennings Randolph Bridge freeway (US-30, crossing from Chester -to- East Liverpool OH)
WV-9 (Shenandoah Junction -to- East Martinsburg)
perhaps there are more...
oops... The US-250 freeway in Wheeling doesn't count.
Quote from: Hobart on June 09, 2022, 10:09:30 PM
Oh yeah, one more, Expressway Street in Council Bluffs. Technically it has no interchanges, but it goes onto an elevated bridge with a speed limit of 45 over an industrial area.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2473707,-95.8534233,744m/data=!3m1!1e3
That's an interesting one.
First thing I thought of was WI-11 around Monroe. It's a true freeway but it's short and doesn't connect to anything besides 2 lane roads.
Quote from: thspfc on June 10, 2022, 11:41:32 AM
First thing I thought of was WI-11 around Monroe. It's a true freeway but it's short and doesn't connect to anything besides 2 lane roads.
I thought that was weird the one time I drove through it.
It does have that recreational trail crossing between two exits though:
(https://i.imgur.com/AYXBcS4.png) (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6141118,-89.629616,376m/data=!3m1!1e3)
But I think there are other places with trails crossing a freeway (or a roadway close to that). I think there's another one on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in either New Jersey or New York.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on June 10, 2022, 11:58:00 AM
Quote from: thspfc on June 10, 2022, 11:41:32 AM
First thing I thought of was WI-11 around Monroe. It's a true freeway but it's short and doesn't connect to anything besides 2 lane roads.
I thought that was weird the one time I drove through it.
It does have that recreational trail crossing between two exits though:
(https://i.imgur.com/AYXBcS4.png) (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6141118,-89.629616,376m/data=!3m1!1e3)
But I think there are other places with trails crossing a freeway (or a roadway close to that). I think there's another one on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in either New Jersey or New York.
It was part of a larger plan to have a four lane WI-11 connect to I-39/90 that never happened.
Quote from: BlueOutback7 on June 10, 2022, 09:33:26 AM
There's also a short stretch of US 1 freeway in Maine between Brunswick and Bath.
I find it strange that it's not connected to I-295, but it doesn't, so it does qualify.
Quote from: SEWIGuy on June 10, 2022, 12:14:32 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on June 10, 2022, 11:58:00 AM
Quote from: thspfc on June 10, 2022, 11:41:32 AM
First thing I thought of was WI-11 around Monroe. It's a true freeway but it's short and doesn't connect to anything besides 2 lane roads.
I thought that was weird the one time I drove through it.
It does have that recreational trail crossing between two exits though:
(https://i.imgur.com/AYXBcS4.png) (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6141118,-89.629616,376m/data=!3m1!1e3)
But I think there are other places with trails crossing a freeway (or a roadway close to that). I think there's another one on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in either New Jersey or New York.
It was part of a larger plan to have a four lane WI-11 connect to I-39/90 that never happened.
Connect to modern-day I-39/90 AND continue the freeway eastward to feed into modern day I-43 at the curve on the NW corner of the Clinton, WI area instead of the then WI 15 freeway continuing southwestward to Beloit.
There is a similar at grade recreational trail crossing (WIOUWASH State Trail, also an abandoned railroad grade) on WI 29 on the north edge of Wittenberg, WI.
Mike
Quote from: hobsini2 on June 09, 2022, 11:00:44 AM
We have 5 legit mini freeways in the Chicago area. However, all 5 do have some kind of interchange with an Interstate.
IL Route 38 (Roosevelt Rd) is a freeway between I-294 and Route 83. Only section of Roosevelt Rd that is posted 55.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8632767,-87.9397505,15.5z
IL Route 83 (Kingery Hwy) is a freeway between I-88 and 55th St. However there is one street (Oakmont Dr) that has a RI-RO situation with Southbound 83.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.819563,-87.9536996,13.5z
IL Route 171 (1st Ave) is a freeway between 55th St and 44th St. 3 interchanges (I-55, Joliet Rd, 47th St) with a stop light on each end before 171 becomes an arterial street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8029318,-87.8284857,15z
IL Route 394 is the extension of the Bishop Ford Freeway from I-80/94/294 to Sauk Trail where that is a stoplight. There are 2 interchanges (Glenwood-Dyer Rd, US 30 Lincoln Hwy). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5372469,-87.6147983,13z
There is a mini freeway for Stony Island Ave off I-94. It does have an interchange at 103rd St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7117001,-87.5919712,14.75z
Ohio Street is another mini freeway off I-90/I-94. It and Stony Island Avenue were planned termini for the aborted I-694, which was to be a freeway version of Lake Shore Drive.
The ultimate one that comes to mind is the US 6 Willimantic bypass that was once slated to become part of I-84 to Providence. No connection to anything whatsoever. There's also the RI 138 freeway between US 1 and Newport.
Quote from: kphoger on June 09, 2022, 09:08:40 PM
Quote from: GCrites80s on June 09, 2022, 08:35:13 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on June 09, 2022, 07:29:42 PM
I would not include the OP's example of Harshman Avenue in Riverside OH because it only has the one interchange. That's qualifies as a "One Exit Wonder".
It has interchanges with both Springfield Street and OH-4.
With two at-grade intersections in between the them. And the interchange with OH-4 is only free-flowing for OH-4: Hershman has stoplights there.
Ah I get it now, no stoplights even if they are on interchanges.
In Sacramento, Watt Avenue between Fair Oaks Boulevard and US 50 has two consecutive interchanges at American River Drive and La Riviera Drive. US 50 and Watt Avenue used to have a full cloverleaf interchange, until it was upgraded to a parclo in 2012 or so.
19th Avenue in Eugene OR has a short stretch of freeway which is in the area of Lane Community College. The freeway section connects with regular surface streets on each end. It appears to have been planned to be part of a beltway that was only completed going through north Eugene.
Rick
In Utah, we have:
US 6/191 in Price - super two bypass
US 89, Antelope Drive to I-84 - interchange at 84 is a weird parclo thing that's supposed to become a SPUI soon
SR 7 (Southern Parkway) in St George - interchange at I-15 is a SPUI with no free flow between the two roads
SR 154 (Bangerter Highway), I-15 to 2700 West - same deal, SPUI at I-15 (what's with these?)
SR 154, 13400 South to 4700 South
US 40 from I-80 to SR 32 is similar with a SPUI at 80, but it does have a couple of free flow ramps for the highest traffic movements
The stretch of road that most readily comes to mind for me is a short segment, about 1.5 miles, of US-50 (Arlington Boulevard) here in Fairfax County from just west of Gallows Road to just west of Jaguar Trail. In between those points, it has three interchanges and it feels like a high-speed road despite having traffic lights, and becoming a much narrower surface arterial, to either side of that segment. My father always thought the person who laid out the interchange with the Beltway was drunk when he designed it.
CA 1 has two mini freeways:
- CA 156 to Carmel. CA 156 becomes a freeway right as it ends with CA 1 and before that is a Super-2 from US 101.
- Through Morro Bay, it has a few interchanges
- The freeway section from Pacifica doesn't count because CA 1 has a concurrency with I-280 at Daly City
The Westside Parkway, or CA-58 is still not connected to CA 99, but it should happen in the 2-3 years!
CA 198 is a freeway through the city of Hanford but downgrades to expressway before CA 99.
CA 20 is the only freeway through Grass Valley and Nevada City
CA 29 is a freeway through the city of Lakeport
US 101 is a freeway through Ukiah
Maybe US-93 in Missoula: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.9000375,-114.0380041,1050m/data=!3m1!1e3
I suppose the Great Highway of the Republic (I-180 in Wyoming) qualifies.
In Ohio, US 27 becomes a Freeway a short distance north of I-275 and ends north of OH 128
Arizona:
AZ 210 (Aviation Highway) is a mini-freeway from Broadway Rd. to just S of 22nd St. and again from Dodge Blvd. to Golf Links Rd. in Tucson
AZ 153 used to be a mini-freeway from University Dr. to Washington St. in Phoenix (but now the mini freeway is from University Dr. to Sky Harbor Blvd.)
Fain Rd. / Pioneer Pkwy. (US 89A) has some long "mini-freeway" segments around Prescott / Prescott Valley
Quote from: nexus73 on June 11, 2022, 10:10:47 AM
19th Avenue in Eugene OR has a short stretch of freeway which is in the area of Lane Community College. The freeway section connects with regular surface streets on each end. It appears to have been planned to be part of a beltway that was only completed going through north Eugene.
Rick
More from Oregon:
OR 18/22 east of Grand Ronde to Valley Junction (OR 18/18B/22 interchange)
OR 22, from OR 99W/223 to roughly OR 51, and again along the Willamette through West Salem into downtown Salem.
US 97 through Bend, and on a super2/4 basis for Klamath Falls and Redmond.
And speaking of super-2s and 4s, US 101 gets a few between Leggit and Eureka, signed with Freeway Entrance signs, though they can be on the longer side.
A segment of VA 150 extending from Parham Road in Henrico County to VA 147 in the City of Richmond is an isolated freeway segment with no other freeway connections. VA 150 becomes a surface arterial for a little over a mile between VA 147 and Forest Hill Avenue before becoming a freeway again.
The Harvey Taylor Bridge Bypass in Camp Hill, PA is a 50 MPH expressway born out of Forster St in Harrisburg as well as the eponymous bridge. From east to west, it has one RIRO interchange utilizing a few of Wormleysburg's residential streets, one folded diamond with Erford Rd, and then proceeds to collide with US 11/15 in a spectacular mess of crisscrossing ramps, lanes, 3M traffic lights, and stop signs.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.2649019,-76.8904219/40.249374,-76.9227862/@40.257152,-76.9153832,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.2649019,-76.8904219/40.249374,-76.9227862/@40.257152,-76.9153832,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0)
10th Avenue in Altoona, PA sometimes seems to be referred to as the 10th Avenue Expressway, or P R R Expressway since it runs shoulder-to-shoulder with Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. In actuality, it is a 40 MPH 3-lane one-way street that only goes westbound, with no eastbound side, and has cloverleaf ramps connecting to 17th Street and 18th Street. After a final ramp curving to form 19th Street, 10th Avenue becomes a backwoods alley before petering out at 24 1/2 street.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.5182434,-78.396662/40.510539,-78.4085836/@40.5146132,-78.4061705,1373m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.5182434,-78.396662/40.510539,-78.4085836/@40.5146132,-78.4061705,1373m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0)
US 322 and PA 72 team up to form a half-mile long expressway south of Lebanon and Quentin, before going their separate ways. It manages to have one folded diamond interchange with Ironmaster Rd.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.2685299,-76.4379294/40.2615389,-76.4332743/@40.2676372,-76.4370533,2756m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0 (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.2685299,-76.4379294/40.2615389,-76.4332743/@40.2676372,-76.4370533,2756m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!4m1!3e0)
Quote from: webny99 on June 10, 2022, 12:25:47 PM
Quote from: BlueOutback7 on June 10, 2022, 09:33:26 AM
There's also a short stretch of US 1 freeway in Maine between Brunswick and Bath.
I find it strange that it's not connected to I-295, but it doesn't, so it does qualify.
I recall seeing a 95 shield on that stretch, near where 295 is now but that was in 1997. Was 95 supposed to go closer to the coast?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 09, 2022, 09:49:51 AM
CA 77 fits this thread perfectly:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2019/02/california-state-route-77-real-shortest.html?m=1
Nothing quite as short as CASR-77, but there are freeway sections of both CASR-1 and US-101 in California that don't connect to any other freeways. Now, both of those ROUTES eventually connect to other freeways, but several freeway portions do not.
Watt Avenue, Howe Avenue, and Sunrise Bvld in Sacramento County all have short freeway portions (along with, in some cases, designated freeway sections further out that haven't been built as freeway), but all connect to US-50.
Several on 34 in Iowa. Burlington stretches into Illinois .Bypasses of My Pleasant Fairfield and Ottumwa. Also Knoxville bypass. As well as Oskaloosa Pella Monroe And 27 Mason City? Charles City Waverly Iowa City and Donnelson.
Quote from: michravera on June 12, 2022, 09:10:52 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 09, 2022, 09:49:51 AM
CA 77 fits this thread perfectly:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2019/02/california-state-route-77-real-shortest.html?m=1
Nothing quite as short as CASR-77, but there are freeway sections of both CASR-1 and US-101 in California that don't connect to any other freeways. Now, both of those ROUTES eventually connect to other freeways, but several freeway portions do not.
Watt Avenue, Howe Avenue, and Sunrise Bvld in Sacramento County all have short freeway portions (along with, in some cases, designated freeway sections further out that haven't been built as freeway), but all connect to US-50.
The Watt section:
Two interchanges (La Riviera Drive, American River Drive); prior to about 2010-2011, there was a cloverleaf with US 50 itself.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sacramento,+CA+95826/@38.5644026,-121.3846691,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x809ac4cac6626f59:0xd5574d7ea6648b2a!8m2!3d38.5499634!4d-121.3884671
The overpasses of Watt above La Riviera and American River Drive are due to Watt crossing the American River itself. IIRC this was all built as part of the US 50 freeway project, with the section of Watt from US 50 to Jackson Road (so south of the mini-freeway) originally proposed as a Route 16 reroute that never happened.
Howe has one interchange with La Riviera northbound past US 50 but I don't think this really counts as a mini-freeway as there are no other interchanges after.
Sunrise doesn't appear to be a mini-freeway at all.
Sorry Mason City and Iowa City do connect to Interstate. There are several along Iowa 60 too.
Also were any supposed to be part of an unfinished project. The Iowa ones are all bypasses on expressways.
Illinois Elgin was to connect with the now 390
394 to an Illinoi1 or Illiana
Stony Island feeder to Lake Shore Drive
And 171 possibly a DesPlaines river freeway.
Alfred Harrell Hwy (Bakersfield, CA)- https://www.google.com/maps/dir/35.4127881,-118.9675282/35.4453041,-118.9221404/@35.4235937,-118.9472416,2808m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0
CA 126 has a short freeway section at its eastern end (in addition to the longer western section that connects to US 101). This freeway section runs from I-5 westward, but the interchange with I-5 has signals.
The one interchange on this stretch is Exit 13, which seems to only count the highway's freeway mileage (the last exit on the western section is Exit 12).
Quote from: skluth on June 09, 2022, 03:53:48 PM
There's a few I remember from St Louis
- US 67 between the Rock Rd and Natural Bridge Rd then underneath the runway. There is a RIRO at Lone Eagle Drive, but I've seen other freeways with those.
- There are a few short limited access sections of MO 141 the longest of which is between Page and Ladue Rd
- The west end of Forest Park Blvd is limited access as is a small section in NE Forest Park
- MO 30 is a freeway across the Meramec River and MO 141
- IL 3 in Columbia is a freeway between I-255 and Main St
- MO 367 from I-270 to the Missouri River (may be too long for this thread)
- MO 79 for a short distance north of I-70
Most of those have a connection to another freeway. The exceptions would be MO 30, parts of MO 141, and part of Forest Parkway Parkway
Additional ones for Illinois:
* IL 3/Homer Adams Parkway around Alton (https://goo.gl/maps/F8B8AqRz7EmWSarX6)
* US 50 around Breese (https://goo.gl/maps/KsYM21u82AGpJ9KF8)
* The north end of the SIUE access road (https://goo.gl/maps/fgwg9m2fDEi1eneu6)
* I don't beleive anyone has mentioned Palatine Road yet (https://goo.gl/maps/dQ9WqXgHF3jfmEUCA)
* IL 120 and US 41 have freeway segments where they connect, (https://goo.gl/maps/C4bqy5wWHWZLrzXx8) but otherwise these two segments are disconnected from any other freeways.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9865309,-78.3244272,15.81z
Faircloth Frwy/US 421 in Clinton, NC.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1498699,-78.9608562,4471m/data=!3m1!1e3
NC 210 near Fort Bragg. This one is kind of cheating, because it does connect uninterrupted to I-295, which would disqualify it, but it does have two unused at-grade intersections.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7345797,-80.7756452,799m/data=!3m1!1e3
This part of the Lancaster, SC Bypass might count.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.383095,-80.647807,15.39z
George W. Liles Pkwy in Concord, NC. Those two past links might be bordering on just a regular road with an interchange, rather than a mini freeway. Liles Pkwy is certainly built like a freeway for that segment though.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2294116,-80.9372498,2512m/data=!3m1!1e3
Because the Billy Graham Pkwy has at-grade intersections, Josh Birmingham Parkway at CLT seems to count.
Honorable mentions:
All-American Frwy in Fayetteville before I-295.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9992846,-80.5497321,755m/data=!3m1!1e3
If it weren't for the H&R block, US 74/NC 200 in Monroe between two commercial driveways would be one.
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7208102,-80.7464315,1040m/data=!3m1!1e3
If it wasn't for an access road to some warehouses and Lancaster's sewer department, part of US 521/Lancaster Bypass would count.
In Michigan, we have the 9.9 mile M-53 freeway between Sterling Heights and Washington.
https://goo.gl/maps/g4VdR8GB3tXjMiWr8
CT-187/189 in Bloomfield.
CT/RI-78 bypass near Westerly.
Can't believe no one has mentioned CA 154 in Santa Barbara, a super-2 with one limited access interchange.
Richmond parkway in Contra Costa County, California has a section that resembles a freeway but overall it's an arterial road according to this article. Note that freeway section was at one point a proposed CA-93 Highway for Caltrans but that didn't pan out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Parkway_(California)
https://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/06/04/northbound-san-jose-ave-goes-on-road-diet-gains-buffered-bike-lane/
https://sfbike.org/news/a-new-ride-on-san-jose-avenue/
San Francisco has a street with a mini freeway segment on San Jose Ave.
In the Vancouver area: the Knight Street Bridge (https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2017164,-123.0784197,15z) and its approaches
More PA:
- PA 8 freeway doesn't actually start at I-80, but a bit North, leading toward Franklin
- PA 924 has a freeway-like segment with an exit for Gilberton
- US 11/15 Selinsgrove Bypass (will eventually connect to PA 147 Freeway)
- US 220 Super-2 Bypass of Towanda
- US 30 Greensburg and Everett bypasses
- some of the PA 879 Clearfield Super-2
Elsewhere:
- US 48 Elkins WV
- WV 121
- KY 3174 between VA 80/Breaks VA and KY 80/Elkhorn City (Corr Q)
- US 23/119/460/KY 80 Pikeville Cut-Through
- US 13/50 Salisbury MD
- possibly DE 1, Milford
-US 15/17/29 Warrenton VA
Quote from: sbeaver44 on June 14, 2022, 07:08:22 AM
Elsewhere:
- US 48 Elkins WV
- WV 121
Neither of these truly qualify, but it should be noted that modern WVDOH expressways closely resemble freeways (until the development comes alongside, which is encouraged and needed). In the worst case, you get a situation like Corridor G in the Southridge section of Charleston (which desperately needs a bypass).
^ It's too bad they don't appear to leave enough room at the intersections at least so that they could build interchanges as traffic and development increase.
NY-13 in Ithaca fits the bill, with the freeway portion lasting just 3.6 miles between the Willow St light in the Flats and the Warren St light by the Airport.
Quote from: vdeane on June 14, 2022, 12:43:24 PM
^ It's too bad they don't appear to leave enough room at the intersections at least so that they could build interchanges as traffic and development increase.
Don't let the politics fool you. By and far, West Virginians are quite friendly. They would like you to come an stay a spell. Tourism (particularly scenic tourism) is one of the main economic drivers for the state. No reason for you to blow right on by, but interchanges at major intersections will make your visit a little bit easier.
Quote from: interstate73 on June 14, 2022, 03:52:42 PM
NY-13 in Ithaca fits the bill, with the freeway portion lasting just 3.6 miles between the Willow St light in the Flats and the Warren St light by the Airport.
IMHO NY-13 needs to be a freeway from I-86 all the way to Ithaca. Even back in the early 1990s traffic levels between NY-13 and (then) NY-17 were horrendous.
Quote from: DJ Particle on June 14, 2022, 11:36:18 PM
Quote from: interstate73 on June 14, 2022, 03:52:42 PM
NY-13 in Ithaca fits the bill, with the freeway portion lasting just 3.6 miles between the Willow St light in the Flats and the Warren St light by the Airport.
IMHO NY-13 needs to be a freeway from I-86 all the way to Ithaca. Even back in the early 1990s traffic levels between NY-13 and (then) NY-17 were horrendous.
I'd go all the way to I-81 at Cortland, NY.
Anyways, didn't the self-actualized NIMBYs at Cornell put the kibosh on any further upgrades to NY 13?
Mike
Quote from: DJ Particle on June 14, 2022, 11:36:18 PM
Quote from: interstate73 on June 14, 2022, 03:52:42 PM
NY-13 in Ithaca fits the bill, with the freeway portion lasting just 3.6 miles between the Willow St light in the Flats and the Warren St light by the Airport.
IMHO NY-13 needs to be a freeway from I-86 all the way to Ithaca. Even back in the early 1990s traffic levels between NY-13 and (then) NY-17 were horrendous.
A full freeway is overkill, certainly south of Ithaca, where traffic counts are mostly in the 7000s. South of NY-34/96, they could add more turn lanes and maybe give it the 2+1 treatment. The 13/34/96 section should be 4 lanes +TWLTL. North of Ithaca, twin NY-13, bypass Dryden and Cortland, tie it in with Exit 12, and turn anything that is/would be signalized into an interchange.
As to NY 13, I would say corridor upgrades are much more pressing for Ithaca-Cortland than they are for Ithaca-Elmira. Fortunately, NY 366 and CR 105 provide some redundancy, but there's still much more traffic to/from I-81 at Cortland than there is to/from I-86.
Outside of NIMBYism, the 366 "bypass" and locally-known bypass around the main intersection in Dryden keep calls for a full freeway on NY 13 down to a minimum.
If anything, I find driving through Ithaca itself to be much more miserable than the drives to and from it, but an Ithaca bypass would be far too destructive to the terrain and gorges in the surrounding area.
Quote from: TheStranger on June 12, 2022, 09:16:10 PM
Quote from: michravera on June 12, 2022, 09:10:52 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 09, 2022, 09:49:51 AM
CA 77 fits this thread perfectly:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2019/02/california-state-route-77-real-shortest.html?m=1
Nothing quite as short as CASR-77, but there are freeway sections of both CASR-1 and US-101 in California that don't connect to any other freeways. Now, both of those ROUTES eventually connect to other freeways, but several freeway portions do not.
Watt Avenue, Howe Avenue, and Sunrise Bvld in Sacramento County all have short freeway portions (along with, in some cases, designated freeway sections further out that haven't been built as freeway), but all connect to US-50.
The Watt section:
Two interchanges (La Riviera Drive, American River Drive); prior to about 2010-2011, there was a cloverleaf with US 50 itself.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sacramento,+CA+95826/@38.5644026,-121.3846691,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x809ac4cac6626f59:0xd5574d7ea6648b2a!8m2!3d38.5499634!4d-121.3884671
The overpasses of Watt above La Riviera and American River Drive are due to Watt crossing the American River itself. IIRC this was all built as part of the US 50 freeway project, with the section of Watt from US 50 to Jackson Road (so south of the mini-freeway) originally proposed as a Route 16 reroute that never happened.
Howe has one interchange with La Riviera northbound past US 50 but I don't think this really counts as a mini-freeway as there are no other interchanges after.
Sunrise doesn't appear to be a mini-freeway at all.
At the time of the Building of US-50, Watt stopped at Folsom Blvd. Howe was designated as part of CASR-16. Sunrise has (or at least had) interchanges over the river and in sections between US-50 freeway and the river.
I can add 4 more to the 4 downstate previously
US 50 @ Indiana line
US 20 Freeport Bypass
US 67 Jacksonville Bypass
IL 110 Macomb Bypass
I found 7 spurs under 20 miles downstate.
I'm addition to the 5 unconnected in Chicago area I find 11 connected.
For Iowa 27 unconnected bypasses. 7 connected.
Here's a short section of US 400 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3625647,-95.6919538,2790m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en) that's a freeway. There's also a short Super 2 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3478505,-95.530088,1281m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en)several miles to the east and a slightly longer Super 2 north of Parsons (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3669214,-95.2554228,1874m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en).
Quote from: JayhawkCO on June 09, 2022, 05:08:59 PM
According to Rand McNally, we basically have four examples in Colorado:
CO47 which is a partial beltway of Pueblo that doesn't connect to anything else while still a freeway. It has a stoplight at its intersection with I-25.
US50 in Pueblo which is a freeway between Troy Street and 4th Street.
CO21 which is a freeway on the northeast side of Colorado Springs.
US285 is limited access between Santa Fe (US85) and Federal (CO88) for a bit before it goes back to open access for about a half a mile then back to limited access all the way to C-470 and a bit beyond.
It looks like others have slightly looser requirements to call it a freeway than me, so then I can also add the following:
US160 by Mesa Verde is divided and has an exit
CO83 off of I-25 has a stoplight at the exit off of I-225 (therefore, not "connecting"), but then has two consecutive exits.
Quote from: skluth on June 16, 2022, 12:28:12 PM
Here's a short section of US 400 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3625647,-95.6919538,2790m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en) that's a freeway. There's also a short Super 2 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3478505,-95.530088,1281m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en)several miles to the east and a slightly longer Super 2 north of Parsons (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3669214,-95.2554228,1874m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en).
All I see here is a four lane divided highway with an interchange, with intersections on either side. I'm not sure I'd call that a full freeway design.
Quote from: skluth on June 16, 2022, 12:28:12 PM
There's also a short Super 2 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3478505,-95.530088,1281m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en)several miles to the east and a slightly longer Super 2 north of Parsons (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3669214,-95.2554228,1874m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en).
Those are just single interchanges along an otherwise at-grade highway.
Quote from: kphoger on June 16, 2022, 01:18:53 PM
Quote from: skluth on June 16, 2022, 12:28:12 PM
There's also a short Super 2 (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3478505,-95.530088,1281m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en)several miles to the east and a slightly longer Super 2 north of Parsons (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.3669214,-95.2554228,1874m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en).
Those are just single interchanges along an otherwise at-grade highway.
In both cases, at least one nearby crossing road was eliminated to make it a short, limited-access segment. The segment north of Parsons also has a bridge over a street and rail line.
NY 85, Albany.
Here are more Mini Freeways in Southern California
https://www.socalregion.com/highways/socal_unsigned/fairmount-avenue-san-diego/
Fairmount Ave in San Diego
https://www.socalregion.com/highways/socal_unsigned/friars-road/
Friars Road- San Diego
https://www.socalregion.com/highways/socal_unsigned/pacific-highway-in-san-diego/
Pacific Highway- San Diego
https://www.socalregion.com/highways/socal_unsigned/foothill_fwy/
and a section of old Foothill freeway in Pasadena, CA
It's certainly mini, at .5 miles. And, per MDOT, it's limited access. It has TWO roads that cross it on an overpass. It even has a median barrier.
US-41 in Marquette, MI.
https://goo.gl/maps/qmy9Ks347VTcgRjf7
Fleshman Way/Bryden Canyon Rd (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/46.4012389,-117.0689129/46.3808541,-117.0129028/@46.3967298,-117.0541357,5238m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en) south of Lewiston, WA/Clarkston, ID is almost there, but it has one at-grade intersection on the Washington side and one weird interchange on the Idaho side. I suppose it could be considered a couple of separate, even shorter freeway segments.
OH: US-127 as a bypass around Greenville.
OH: A stretch of US-23 within Delaware? (US-30 around Upper Sandusky and/or Bucyrus used to qualify, before it was 4-laned all the way to I-71)
There are possibly other stretches of 23, 30, or other highways that qualify, since many "wishy-washy" 4-lane divided highways can vary haphazardly between at-grades and full limited-access.
PA: The US-15 bypass around Selinsgrove. This is expected to be connected to I-80 later this decade.
NJ: NJ-33 around Freehold. The eastern part is a divided Super-2. This was originally supposed to connect to the now-cancelled Driscoll Expressway.
VA: US-15/17 around Warrenton
Technically WA's SR 509 is like this. It begins at SR-99's interchange/street running at the south end of the First Avenue South Bridge, becomes a freeway, meets up with SR 518 at a diamond interchange (even though the latter is a freeway for the rest of its existence), and ends near the sound end of SeaTac Airport. Eventually is is supposed to be extended to I-5, but that has been a pipe dream for over 40 years, at this point.
WA's SR 99 through Seattle could also be considered similar. The entire tunneled section of the roadway, and the approach ramps from Spokane St. to same are access controlled as a freeway, as well as a section of Aurora Avenue to the north, where it becomes mostly an expressway, before becoming a stroad.
US 101's bypass of Sequim, WA is a fully grade-separated Super-2 to the south of the city. It is a bit ironic, because to the West, it is a 4-lane divides expressway.
US 101 as another similar bypass around Shelton, WA, including the 4-lane expressway segment to the south of the Super-2.
US-29 Church Street viaduct in downtown Greenville, SC. It has one full interchange and one partial interchange, as well as passing over and under several streets.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qaV1VUgPgfK9pCHBA
US-221 bypass of Marion, NC. The freeway section is just over 5 miles long and only has 2 interchanges.
US-378 bypass of Sumter, SC. It is about 6 miles long and has frontage roads running nearly the entire length. It has 5 interchanges.
US-64 bypass of Pittsboro, NC. The freeway is just shy of 9 miles and has 5 interchanges.
About 4 miles of West Wendover Avenue in Greensboro, NC is a freeway.
NC-16 is a freeway from Optimist Club Rd south to Lucia-Riverbend Hwy. It only has 2 interchanges. https://maps.app.goo.gl/Vro8LhXBpH7duGyX8
It's been mentioned many other times on AARoads, but I don't believe anyone has added it to this thread yet: TX-6 Bypass around College Station, Texas. Part of this is multiplexed with US-190.
Totally forgot about the Lynchburg Expressway (US 29 BUSINESS and US 501), which exists only in the city of Lynchburg, VA and has no other freeway connections. It uses surface arterials to make the connection to the US 29/US 460 bypass (which I discuss on the Mini Freeway Networks thread Dirt Roads just started).
Lynchburg also has the Northwest Expressway, which has at-grade intersections at either end and only one interchange (Wiggington Rd). It's basically a super-2, though it does briefly widen to 4 lanes divided at its single interchange.
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on June 24, 2022, 09:53:39 AM
Totally forgot about the Lynchburg Expressway (US 29 BUSINESS and US 501), which exists only in the city of Lynchburg, VA and has no other freeway connections. It uses surface arterials to make the connection to the US 29/US 460 bypass (which I discuss on the Mini Freeway Networks thread Dirt Roads just started).
You forgot the Candler Mountain Road connector, which is a short freeway that connects the Lynchburg Expressway with the US-460 Richmond Highway/Lynchburg Highway. I started to write up something about Lynchburg when this thread first started, and after thing about it for a bit, I disqualified myself.
Back when I pulled it up, the maps on Ducky back then (using Apple maps now but I'm not sure what they were using about a month ago), it was showing the Lynchburg Expressway fully interconnected with the US-29 Lynchburg-Madison Heights-Amherst Bypass. That is certainly not the case, not even close. They also showed the VA-210 Old Town Connector as a freeway, and that's not the case either. So then, you can put the 12-mile freeway officially known as the Madison Heights Bypass on the list of Mini Freeways.
Just thought of one that I have driven on and surprisingly forgot about:
Route 99 (near former US 99E) in Yuba City, CA. 2 mile freeway segment which bypasses some residential neighborhoods but ends BEFORE 99 reaches Route 20; this short freeway also does not connect to the nearby Route 70 and Route 65 freeways (though in the past, a Route 65 bridge from Olivehurst to 99 has been proposed).
Quote from: Dirt Roads on June 24, 2022, 10:52:05 AM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on June 24, 2022, 09:53:39 AM
Totally forgot about the Lynchburg Expressway (US 29 BUSINESS and US 501), which exists only in the city of Lynchburg, VA and has no other freeway connections. It uses surface arterials to make the connection to the US 29/US 460 bypass (which I discuss on the Mini Freeway Networks thread Dirt Roads just started).
You forgot the Candler Mountain Road connector, which is a short freeway that connects the Lynchburg Expressway with the US-460 Richmond Highway/Lynchburg Highway. I started to write up something about Lynchburg when this thread first started, and after thing about it for a bit, I disqualified myself.
Back when I pulled it up, the maps on Ducky back then (using Apple maps now but I'm not sure what they were using about a month ago), it was showing the Lynchburg Expressway fully interconnected with the US-29 Lynchburg-Madison Heights-Amherst Bypass. That is certainly not the case, not even close. They also showed the VA-210 Old Town Connector as a freeway, and that's not the case either. So then, you can put the 12-mile freeway officially known as the Madison Heights Bypass on the list of Mini Freeways.
Candlers Mountain Road isn't a freeway since it passes through two signalized intersections and some at-grade RIROs between the interchanges at the Lynchburg Expressway and Jerry Falwell Parkway.
Did anyone mention the William Lehman Causeway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_Road_856) (SR-856) in Miami-Dade County, FL? 1.7 miles. Goes between a signalized T-intersection with US-1 and a partial interchange with SR-A1A.
The Cross Island Pkwy on Hilton Head Island, SC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2046159,-80.7540395,15.08z (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2046159,-80.7540395,15.08z)
Quote from: Dirt Roads on June 24, 2022, 08:57:43 AM
It's been mentioned many other times on AARoads, but I don't believe anyone has added it to this thread yet: TX-6 Bypass around College Station, Texas. Part of this is multiplexed with US-190.
I thought about that, but it is almost 40 miles long. It isn't connected to anything else though.
Quote from: Dirt Roads on June 24, 2022, 08:57:43 AM
It's been mentioned many other times on AARoads, but I don't believe anyone has added it to this thread yet: TX-6 Bypass around College Station, Texas. Part of this is multiplexed with US-190.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on July 06, 2022, 10:36:55 PM
I thought about that, but it is almost 40 miles long. It isn't connected to anything else though.
Everything really is bigger in Texas.
Sorry I am late to the party, but wouldn't any US or state highway that has a freeway constructed bypass of a town be considered for this thread? The list of those is astronomically long.
Georgia:
The Athens Perimeter, GA 10 Loop. The 44-foot median of the newer sections suggests that GDOT considered it an at-grade expressway with a lot of interchanges, and there was one signalized interchange until a few years ago, but it's full freeway now.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9475838,-83.4096784,13.12z
The Monroe bypass, US 78
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.7991289,-83.7193595,14.69z
The Rome three-bladed throwing star, US 27 and US 411
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.2314199,-85.1537208,14.17z
The Bainbridge bypass, US 27 and US 84
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9065664,-84.5794671,14.48z
Liberty Boulevard in Albany, US 19, US 82, GA 300, and GA 520
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.5863538,-84.1584972,12.92z
The Chicamauga Park bypass, US 27
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9227868,-85.2470866,13.18z
Harry S. Truman Parkway in Savannah, unnumbered
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.0266384,-81.0686978,12.66z
Ronald Reagan Parkway, unnumbered and closed to trucks, so does it qualify?
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8977791,-84.0777417,13.7z
Sugarloaf Parkway, unnumbered. It connects to GA 316 at one end, but it'll be a while before 316 is upgraded to freeway. Initially, it was also closed to trucks, but it's not anymore.
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.949218,-83.9225722,13.44z
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, GA 141
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9340865,-84.2637835,14.66z
The Griffin Bypass, US 19-41
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.2471974,-84.2849811,13.88z
Quote from: Tom958 on July 09, 2022, 12:01:51 PM
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, GA 141
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9340865,-84.2637835,14.66z
Doesn't this technically connect to I-285?
Quote from: Tom958 on July 09, 2022, 12:01:51 PM
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, GA 141
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9340865,-84.2637835,14.66z
Quote from: sprjus4 on July 09, 2022, 12:10:57 PM
Doesn't this technically connect to I-285?
The [westbound] freeway lanes connect to the I-285 Outer Perimeter but there is that left-turn from the [eastbound] lanes across the [westbound] lanes to the ramp for the I-285 Outer Perimeter. Either way, GA-141 is not a complete freeway to reach the I-285 Inner Perimeter.
I-587 (NY)
US 7 freeway/super 2, Bennington to Manchester, VT
MA 116, Amherst
US 6 in Truro, MA has a short Super 4 segment with one unnumbered exit
NH 9, Keene
Quote from: sprjus4 on July 09, 2022, 12:10:57 PM
Quote from: Tom958 on July 09, 2022, 12:01:51 PM
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, GA 141
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9340865,-84.2637835,14.66z
Doesn't this technically connect to I-285?
The interchange with 285 is signal controlled. So, in my opinion, not as a freeway.
This Streetview (https://goo.gl/maps/TQaWdYMzwamWWTPn6) shows the signal controlling the northbound 141 to westbound 285 movement, and the traffic we see on southbound 141 is waiting to get through the signal that controls movement onto eastbound 285.
I just remembered about this one, and I had to skim through the thread to see if it was mentioned. If someone did mention it and I missed it, feel free to punch me.
Woodie Seat Freeway, Hutchinson, Kansas: https://goo.gl/maps/h7CuRZCWMnefZFm57
It's not even a state highway. Maybe it used to be part of one? Nevertheless, it's a freeway for six short city blocks. And it doesn't even directly connect to another freeway! It's just in the middle of town, doing its own mini freeway thing.
The way they signed the northern end of it is pretty cool: https://goo.gl/maps/DCKWBjru5BykyTHQ8 . And I'm guessing from the green space on the eastbound Avenue A exit sign that there used to be a state highway going on here, and it probably got re-routed because Kansas loves doing that.
I really need to make a point to drive this one sometime, since it's only four hours away from me.
Quote from: Ned Weasel on July 10, 2022, 08:20:58 AM
The way they signed the northern end of it is pretty cool: https://goo.gl/maps/DCKWBjru5BykyTHQ8 . And I'm guessing from the green space on the eastbound Avenue A exit sign that there used to be a state highway going on here, and it probably got re-routed because Kansas loves doing that.
From GSV it could've also meant that the freeway was intended to continue north (to maybe 1st Ave). The playground area north of the interchange was erected after 2015, so before that there was just green space there.
Quote from: Tom958 on July 10, 2022, 05:09:30 AM
Quote from: sprjus4 on July 09, 2022, 12:10:57 PM
Quote from: Tom958 on July 09, 2022, 12:01:51 PM
Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, GA 141
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9340865,-84.2637835,14.66z
Doesn't this technically connect to I-285?
The interchange with 285 is signal controlled. So, in my opinion, not as a freeway.
This Streetview (https://goo.gl/maps/TQaWdYMzwamWWTPn6) shows the signal controlling the northbound 141 to westbound 285 movement, and the traffic we see on southbound 141 is waiting to get through the signal that controls movement onto eastbound 285.
Those movements are signal controlled, yes, but it looks like the connections from I-285 to the west are fully free-flowing with no at-grade crossings or signals.
So it is at least connected to I-285 in one direction.
I found a rather short example in Loves Park, Illinois, near Rockford.
Illinois 251, between the railroad crossing by Cottage Avenue, and the signal at Ethel Avenue, is a six lane freeway with two interchanges and a handful of RIROs.
Further south, it goes through a few signals, and ends at a trumpet in Rockford.
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2872638,-89.0681402,15.07z
US 20 in Cherry Valley, NY (Otsego County)
NY 5S in Frankfort to Ilion (Herkimer County)
IL-251 also has an interchange further north, with Rockton Rd. near Roscoe.
In Missouri, US 50 west of Jefferson City is one I thought of.
MN-36 and WI-64 on either side of the St. Croix River. Soon enough MN-36 will be freeway west of Norell Ave, but the stretch between Norell and Osgood would be difficult to convert.
Quote from: thspfc on August 06, 2022, 10:06:51 AM
MN-36 and WI-64 on either side of the St. Croix River. Soon enough MN-36 will be freeway west of Norell Ave, but the stretch between Norell and Osgood would be difficult to convert.
What about the intersection with MN-120? Any plans to upgrade that soon?
Quote from: DJ Particle on August 07, 2022, 10:41:46 PM
Quote from: thspfc on August 06, 2022, 10:06:51 AM
MN-36 and WI-64 on either side of the St. Croix River. Soon enough MN-36 will be freeway west of Norell Ave, but the stretch between Norell and Osgood would be difficult to convert.
What about the intersection with MN-120? Any plans to upgrade that soon?
Even if the annoying Century signal went away, here are also other remaining minor at-grades between Hilton Trail and Lake Elmo Avenue, most of which have been replaced with RCIs in recent years.
Quote from: Ned Weasel on July 10, 2022, 08:20:58 AM
I just remembered about this one, and I had to skim through the thread to see if it was mentioned. If someone did mention it and I missed it, feel free to punch me.
Woodie Seat Freeway, Hutchinson, Kansas: https://goo.gl/maps/h7CuRZCWMnefZFm57
It's not even a state highway. Maybe it used to be part of one? Nevertheless, it's a freeway for six short city blocks. And it doesn't even directly connect to another freeway! It's just in the middle of town, doing its own mini freeway thing.
The way they signed the northern end of it is pretty cool: https://goo.gl/maps/DCKWBjru5BykyTHQ8 . And I'm guessing from the green space on the eastbound Avenue A exit sign that there used to be a state highway going on here, and it probably got re-routed because Kansas loves doing that.
I really need to make a point to drive this one sometime, since it's only four hours away from me.
I believe this may have been K-14 at one point or the plan was to have 14 on it. 14 was on Main St, State St and Kansas Ave before the South and West Hutchinson Bypasses were built.
SR 381 in Johnson City, TN from US 19W to Browns Mill Rd:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3624719,-82.3898529,1415m/data=!3m1!1e3
US 321 between Elizabethton and JC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.318514,-82.3038364,3729m/data=!3m1!1e3
Quote from: index on August 08, 2022, 11:34:41 PM
SR 381 in Johnson City, TN from US 19W to Browns Mill Rd:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3624719,-82.3898529,1415m/data=!3m1!1e3
US 321 between Elizabethton and JC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.318514,-82.3038364,3729m/data=!3m1!1e3
TN-381 certainly counts, but US-321 connects to I-26 (which I still can't help but say I-181).
Quote from: Dirt Roads on August 09, 2022, 01:07:52 AM
Quote from: index on August 08, 2022, 11:34:41 PM
SR 381 in Johnson City, TN from US 19W to Browns Mill Rd:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3624719,-82.3898529,1415m/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3624719,-82.3898529,1415m/data=!3m1!1e3)
US 321 between Elizabethton and JC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.318514,-82.3038364,3729m/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.318514,-82.3038364,3729m/data=!3m1!1e3)
TN-381 certainly counts, but US-321 connects to I-26 (which I still can't help but say I-181).
I interpreted that guideline as being connected to other freeways only by freeway access. I feel that's what the OP may have meant but it's up to them.