Cities with no "through" Interstates

[Zeffy]

New Brunswick, New Jersey:



The New Jersey Turnpike appears to not enter the city limits at all.

Hoboken, New Jersey:



I-78 is way outside the city limits here.

[Kacie Jane]

Amtrak *does* cut through Marble Hill, so technically, it's Bronx-Manhattan-Bronx-Manhattan-Queens-Manhattan.

No, that's the Metro North Hudson line that does that; Amtrak service from the Hudson valley takes the Empire connection at Spuyten Duyvil (site of the recent Metro North derailment) straight south into Manhattan.

Amtrak service from New England does what Kevin described, via the Hell Gate Bridge and East River tubes to Penn Station, then the Hudson River tubes into NJ.

My bad, I had my wires crossed and for some reason recalled incorrectly that all northbound service headed east out of Penn.  (I know it's off topic, but is there a connection that would allow trains to travel as I described?)

[NE2]

(I know it's off topic, but is there a connection that would allow trains to travel as I described?)

Only if you reverse direction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Point_Link

[Brandon]

New Brunswick, New Jersey:

The New Jersey Turnpike appears to not enter the city limits at all.

Hoboken, New Jersey:

I-78 is way outside the city limits here.

Zeffy, neither one of these maps shows municipal boundaries at all.  From my experience here in the Midwest, a lot of municipalities tend to have strange twists and turns to them.  It's better to use their boundary maps and zoning maps instead of Google.

New Brunswick, NJ zoning map: http://thecityofnewbrunswick.org/planninganddevelopment/files/Zoning-Map-20113.pdf

I-95 does in fact enter the city limits of New Brunswick.  Look at the far right of the map.

Hoboken, NJ zoning map: http://www.hobokennj.org/docs/communitydev/Zoning-Map.pdf

I-78 does not enter the city limits (north is to the right).

[Zeffy]

Yep, I forgot that if you type in the location name in Google, the boundaries of the location are outlined. I should've used that, because I-95/NJTP definitely passes into New Brunswick's city limits. Hoboken remains the same, however.

Adding one to the list, Union City (if you don't count NJ 495 as an Interstate...) doesn't contain any through Interstates.

[PHLBOS]

Boston did not have any "through" Interstates until I-95 was moved to MA 128 and I-93 extended.

That change also denied the City of Lynn of ever getting a through-Interstate (95) built.  Although the originally-planned I-95 would not have gone through Downtown Lynn; the aborted-corridor (which was to be situated near/along the eastern edge of the Lynn Woods Reservation) was definitely in Lynn's city limits.

The nearby City of Salem also has no through Interstates.  Although two aborted connectors (Vinnin Square & Downtown Salem) would've technically run through Salem's borders but essentially terminate just outside said-borders.  These connectors were, at one time, planned as "Business Spurs" from I-95 but no known number was offically proposed/assigned.  One segment of the aborted Downtown Salem Connector was recently built (opened a few years ago) as a downsized 2-lane arterial bypass (Bridge St. Bypass/Relocated MA 107) linking the new Salem-Beverly Bridge (MA 1A).

[roadman65]

Johnstown, PA has no through interstates.  Nearby Altoona used to have none, but thanks to ole Buddy it now does.

Then Lancaster, PA has none, although connected to the interstate system via two freeways: PA 283 and US 222 it still has none to or through.

[yakra]

Buffalo, NY is really only served directly by a 3di (I-190), as is Rochester (I-390 and I-490).  Also, Portland, ME is only served directly by I-295, as I-95/Maine Turnpike bypasses the city. 

I-95 is actually completely within the city of Portland between Exit 46 (South Portland city line) to Exit 52 (Falmouth town line).

[bing101]

You mean Bakersfield, Fresno? they rely on CA-99. There are no interstates in the area.

[dgolub]

New Brunswick, New Jersey:

The New Jersey Turnpike appears to not enter the city limits at all.

Hoboken, New Jersey:

I-78 is way outside the city limits here.

Zeffy, neither one of these maps shows municipal boundaries at all.  From my experience here in the Midwest, a lot of municipalities tend to have strange twists and turns to them.  It's better to use their boundary maps and zoning maps instead of Google.

New Brunswick, NJ zoning map: http://thecityofnewbrunswick.org/planninganddevelopment/files/Zoning-Map-20113.pdf

I-95 does in fact enter the city limits of New Brunswick.  Look at the far right of the map.

Hoboken, NJ zoning map: http://www.hobokennj.org/docs/communitydev/Zoning-Map.pdf

I-78 does not enter the city limits (north is to the right).

Well, if we're including small cities, then Glen Cove and Long Beach on Long Island have no interstate in them at all.  In fact, Long Beach doesn't even have any state routes in it.  Up in the Hudson Valley, Peekskill and Poughkeepsie have no interstates within their boundaries, although they're both served by US routes.