Rank your county's highways based on importance their importance to the county.
For Dane County WI:
T1. I-39 and I-90 (concurrent for entire length in county)
3. I-94
4. US-12
5. US-151
6. US-18
7. US-14
8. WI-30
9. US-51
10. WI-19
11. WI-113
12. WI-78
13. WI-73
14. WI-69
15. WI-138
16. WI-92
17. WI-106
18. WI-89
19. WI-188
20. WI-104
Fresno County
- CA 99
- CA 41
- CA 180
- CA 168
- I-5
- CA 33
- CA 198
- CA 43
- CA 145
- CA 269
- CA 63
- CA 201
- CA 245
For Lake County, IN, I included a few unnumbered routes that are actually more important than some of the numbered routes
Tier I: Major freeways
1) I-80/94
2) I-65
Tier II: Just slightly less major because tolled
3) I-90/Indiana Toll Road
Tier III: Minor freeways & Major arterials:
4) US 30
5) US 41
6) IN 912
Tier IV: important arterials
7) US 20
8) US 12
9) IN 53
10) US 231
Tier V: major local roads & minor arterials:
11) IN 152 (connects the US 41 and US 12/20 segments of Indianapolis Blvd)
12) US 6/Bus US 6/Ridge Road (main thoroughfare in Munster/Highland/Lake Station)
13) Calumet Ave (unnumbered section between I-80/94 and US 30, main thoroughfare in Munster/Dyer)
14) IN 2
15) IN 55
16) 45th St/45th Ave
Tier VI: locally important routes
17) IN 51
18) IN 312
19) IN 130
Hennepin County, MN
1. (tie) I-94 and I-35W
I-494
MN 62
MN 100
US 169
I-394
US 212
MN 610
US 12 (outside of 494)
MN 77
MN 55
MN 5
I-694 (virtually all of the Hennepin County portion is duplexed with I-94)
MN 101 (just being a freeway isn't always that important)
MN 47/65 (the designations matter less than their street names)
Dead Last: MN 121
Fairfax County, Virginia:
1. I-495 (the Capital Beltway)
2. I-95/I-395
3. I-66
This is where it then gets a little tougher. Tysons Corner has become Fairfax County's "downtown" and almost a small city unto itself, so I decided to consider the major routes that serve it to be the next on the importance list. I put VA-7 higher on the list simply because on the whole it seems like a more important commuter road than VA-123 does. I put VA-123 higher than VA-267 because 123 runs all the way across Fairfax County from south to north.
4. VA-7
5. VA-123
6. VA-267 (the Dulles Toll Road; not counting the Airport Access Road)
Then the Fairfax County Parkway is the only significant route that connects the county's northwestern end to its southeastern end; before it was constructed, you had to go in to the Beltway or use a bunch of connecting routes:
7. VA-286
8. VA-289 (stub route that serves the important role of connecting to the Springfield transit hub)
The next two routes overlap through the City of Fairfax, which isn't part of Fairfax County. It was a bit of a tossup which to list first; I listed US-50 first because I think the part inside the Beltway is more important as a commuter route.
9. US-50
10. US-29
The next ones are low as they are because they serve the extreme ends of the county, whereas the ones above serve more of a range of locations; also, south of the Beltway the GW Parkway and VA-235 serve as an alternate to US-1.
11. US-1
12. George Washington Memorial Parkway
13. VA-235 (connects to the GW Parkway)
14. VA-28
I don't think all the secondary routes merit mention, but the next one is a significant exception, as the part west of I-95 is a very significant arterial. At one point, VDOT explored seeking federal funding to improve it.
15. Secondary Route 644
The next two are critical east-west routes.
16. Secondary Route 620
17. VA-236
The next one is more important in Arlington than it is in Fairfax County.
18. VA-244
The next three are relatively significant connectors between parts of the county that can be more direct than the Interstate.
19. Secondary Route 617 (Backlick Road; connects Springfield and Annandale)
20. Secondary Route 650 (Gallows Road; connects Annandale and Tysons Corner)
21. Secondary Route 638 (connects Route 620 and Route 644 and is the last such connection before the Beltway cuts off most direct routes)
This last one is the most significant route serving the Clifton area, the far southwestern part of the county.
22. Secondary Route 645.
Arapahoe County, CO
1) I-25
2) I-225
3) I-70
It's weird to have a 3di higher than a 2di, but within the county, I-70 only hits the boonies.
4) US85
5) US285
6a) US40
6b) US287
US40 and US287 are concurrent on Colfax.
8) US87
In theory, could be higher, but it's concurrent with I-25 so if it didn't exist, it wouldn't matter.
9) CO83
10) CO30
11) CO88
12) CO177
All of these are important roads that carry a ton of traffic.
13) CO75
Don't really know why this is a state highway, but at least it's in the burbs.
14) CO470
It's very important for the metro, but the actual portion that's in Arapahoe County doesn't even have an exit, so it gets demoted.
15) CO79
Rural connector between towns.
16a) CO36
16b) CO40
I-70 frontage roads that used to be US36 and US40
Oakland Co, Michigan:
I-75
I-696
I-96
M-59
M-1
US-24
M-5
I-275 *
M-10 **
M-39 **
M-150
M-24
M-15
* - this one would be higher, except it only runs from an exit at 8 Mile Rd on the county's southern border to its terminus at I-696.
** - these only because of their continuations into Wayne Co.
La Porte County, IN:
1. I-94
2. I-80/90 (Indiana Toll Road)
3. US 30
4. US 20
5. IN SR 2
6. US 12
7. US 35
8. US 421
9. US 6
10. IN SR 39
11. IN SR 4
12. IN SR 8
13. IN SR 212
14. IN SR 104
Weld County, CO:
1) US 85
2) US 34
3) I-25
4) SH 257
5) US 87
6) SH 392
7) SH 60
8) I-76
9) SH 119
10) US 6
11) SH 52
12) SH 66
13) SH 56
14) SH 14
15) SH 263
16) SH 71
17) SH 144
This was hard as a large chunk of every road in the county is rural. Not much here.
Tell me if I missed anything
Quote from: jlam on June 17, 2022, 04:24:30 PM
This was hard as a large chunk of every road in the county is rural. Not much here.
Tell me if I missed anything
Missed CO402 and CO79. Technically CO263 doesn't exist anymore either.
Douglas County, Nevada:
1. US 50 (for tourism, connecting Reno and Carson City with South Lake Tahoe)
2. US 395 (#1 for county residents for service to Minden and Gardnerville in Carson Valley)
3. NV 207 (connects Tahoe to Carson Valley)
4. NV 28 (completes the tourist loop around Lake Tahoe)
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Main roads in Carson Valley:
5. NV 88 (also continues into California)
6. NV 206
7. NV 756
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8. NV 208 (connects to Lyon County and is part of the most logical route to Las Vegas)
9. NV 759 (stub to the local airport)
10. NV 757 (minor connector in Carson Valley)
11. NV 760 (stub from US 50 to USFS' Nevada Beach)
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999. NV 705, an orphaned piece of old US 50 which is really just part of a glorified driveway to some residential properties within the Carson City limits
Middlesex County, Ma
I-90 (Mass. Pike
I-95
I-495
I-93
US 3
MA 9
MA 2
MA 28
US 20
MA 27
MA 126
MA 16
MA T2
Riverside Co CA
I-10
CA 60
CA 91
I-15, I-215 tied
CA 79
CA 74, CA 86, CA 111 tied
US 95
CA 71
CA 62
CA 243
CA 371
CA 177
San Francisco city and county:
I-80 - west terminus of the 2DI
US-101 - connects the city with many other both big and small
I-280 - a bypass of US-101 to San Jose with beautiful scenery and little traffic nowadays but only if your commute can take advantage of it. Otherwise you can get to the Embarcadero easily
The rest of the state highways are surface streets
CA 1 - one of two arterials in the Sunset District (the other being Sunset Blvd) and carries a lot of traffic
CA 35 - Has HAWK signals and leads to the Zoo I guess.
CA 82 - Very short before it enters Daly City
Hamilton County, OH:
- I-75
- I-71
- I-275
- US 52 (incl I-74)
- OH 126
- US 50
- OH 562
- US 127
- US 22/OH 3
- US 27
- US 42
- OH 4
- OH 264
- OH 561
- OH 125
- OH 32
- OH 128
- OH 747
- I-471
Nassau County, NY:
1. Long Island Expressway (I-495)
2. Northern Parkway
3. Southern Parkway
4. Meadowbrook Parkway
5. Wantagh Parkway
6. Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135)
7. Sunrise Highway (NY 27)
8. Jericho Turnpike (NY 25)
9. Northern Boulevard (NY 25A)
10. Hempstead Turnpike (NY 24)
11. Hillside Avenue (NY 25B)
Some of the above are really ties (e.g. NSP vs. SSP).
Brown County, WI
I-41
I-43
WI-172
US-41 (north of I-41)
WI-29
WI-57
WI-54
WI-32
WI-96
US-141 (duplexed with other highways for its entire length except a short stretch on Green Bay's north side)
Lafayette County, WI
1. US 151
2. CTH XX
3. WIS 23
4. WIS 11
5. WIS 81
6. WIS 126
7. WIS 78
All other county highways
Lafayette County is very rural so outside of US 151 and CTH XX most highways are very lightly trafficked.
Jackson County, IL
1) IL 13
2) US 51
3) IL 127
4) IL 149
5) Old IL 13
6) IL 4
7) IL 3
8) Old US 51
9) IL 151
Mecklenburg County- NC
I-77/US21
I-85
I-485
I-277
US74
Billy Graham Pkwy
NC 73
NC16
––––– all above are freeways/expressways or have sections of them
NC24––weird sub highway sub drive
NC49––main city road that lots use
NC160––road for the west side of town
US29––road for the east side of town
US521––suburban boulevard that goes into SC
NC51––neighborhood connecting road in south Charlotte
For Whitfield County, Georgia, Interstate 75, by far the most important road for through travelers, also is likely the most important road for the county as well.
US 76 is actually concurrent with US 41 through most of the county, whereas US 41 has more independent mileage. Even so, US 76's independent mileage in the county does consist of an important divided highway. I'd say have them tied for # 2. :)
# 3 is definitely GA 71, given that it is four-lanes most of the way through the county and is an important corridor (looking outside the county, the main route for Dalton-Cleveland traffic as well).
# 4 would be GA 52, a very important road through the city of Dalton, though concurrent with US 76 in the eastern part of the county.
Then afterwards would be GA 2, GA 201, GA 286, and all the similarly important roads in the county as well as arterials through Dalton.
I like the tier system for this:
Brazoria County:
Tier A:
1. TX 288
It's the major freeway that connects the county to Houston and the coast. Most deservedly #1.
Tier B:
2. TX 35
It passes through 3 of the county's biggest cities and has a lot of mileage through here.
Tier C:
3. TX 6
4. TX 36
5. TX 332
6. TX 288 BUS B
The rest of the county's state highways are moderately important. 6 and 36 are arguably more important outside of the county, which gives them the nod over 332.
Tier D:
7. FM 518
8. FM 521
9. FM 2004
518 is one of the busiest routes in the county, 521 is a great 288 alternative, and 2004 is the preferred route between Galveston and Brazosport.
Tier E:
10. FM 528
11. FM 1128
12. FM 2234
13. FM 865
14. FM 523
15. TX 35 BUS E
16. TX 35 BUS C
528, 1128, 2234, and 865 are included here because of the development on them rather than their length. 523 is another great 288 alternative. Plus 35 has a couple business routes.
Tier F:
17. FM 1462
18. FM 524
19. FM 1495
20. FM 2611
21. FM 1459
22. FM 2917
23. FM 2403
All of these are unimportant rural FM routes.
Porter County, IN.
Tier I: The Majors
I-94 (keeping close to the lakeshore and National Park, and being one of only two direct access routes to Michigan)
The Indiana Toll Road - while it has only two ramps serving Porter County (Willowcreek Road and Indiana 49), those two exits serve as access points to most major areas. In the case of Indiana 49, you have access to the rest of Porter County's major sectors if you know what you're doing.
Tier II: The Arterials
US 20 - Four lanes the entire way through and the clear go-to route if I-94 or the Toll Road isn't your cup of tea. The integral path between Gary and South Bend.
US 12 - The more scenic/industrial route between Gary and Michigan City, closely following US 20 until the Porter-Laporte County line. Access to the Steel Mills, South Shore stations, National Park, and beaches for miles. May get closer to equal footing to US 20 once double-tracking of the South Shore Line is complete.
US 30 - The closest to being a "freeway" for Central-Southern Porter County. A divided highway the entire way through, it really picks up in importance for those looking to cut through Indiana with little fuss once east of Indiana 49.
US 6 - While not as "busy" as the above US routes, it's still a viable path for those looking to access towns and cities off the beaten path. Really shows its importance in Portage, serving as the major artery of southern Portage.
Indiana 49 - While it may not be as important south of the Porter County Fairgrounds, it's a major player from US 30 northward, switching between freeway and expressway. Within 10 miles, you have access to US 30, Indiana 2, US 6, the Toll Road, I-94, US 12/20, the Dunes National Park, and the Dunes Park South Shore Station.
US 231: This road has a quick jump through Porter County, but still has importance. It's the only north-south US highway in Porter County and is the link point in Hebron for Indiana 2 and Indiana 8. Short, but sweet.
Tier III: The Major Locals (includes unnumbered roads)
Indiana 2 - the diagonal route from Hebron to just west of...Westville. This road covers a wide swath of Porter County and is a nice alternative to the roads that have supplanted it.
Indiana 8 - Another quiet route that covers Hebron, Kouts, and point beyond. Not known for a lot of traffic.
County Road 100 S (known as 109th Avenue in Lake County) - Accessing Crown Point, Winfield, Lakes of the Four Seasons, and - ultimately - Indiana 2. The only other route that connects Broadway to Indiana 2 besides US 30 and US 231. A good alternative if you have time to burn.
Indiana 149: Major connection between US 12 and Indiana 130, with access to the steel mills, US 20, and US 6. No interstate access, which isn't all that problematic.
Indiana 130 - A major commuter route between Valparaiso and Hobart, with access to the major expressways by way of Indiana 51. Still important despite being truncated to Indiana 149 in recent years.
Willowcreek-Crisman Road: the major arterial of Portage, whose importance will be greatly increased if/when the road extends to US 30. In its current form, it's purposeful from its current southern terminus to its connection to Indiana 249, including one of only two access points within the county to the Toll Road.
Central Avenue: connects eastern Portage to points as far west as Gary's west side. Would serve an even greater purpose if access to Hammond wasn't cut off at Cline Avenue.
Tier IV: Short, But Important (similar to the thread I started)
Indiana 520 - the only route between Indiana 49 and Indiana 212 that truckers can use to jump between US 12 and 20, and less than a quarter of a mile long. Going east, this road makes a difference between downtown Michigan City and the outer fringes. Coming from Michigan City, this road makes the difference between interstate, beachfront, industrial, and railway access. Almost the same as...
Indiana 249 - in a very short span, provides easy access to US 12, US 20, I-94, the Port of Indiana, and the Ogden Dunes South Shore Station. Doubles in value when coupled with the above mentioned Crisman-Willowcreek connection.
Doing one of the counties where I grew up, not my current county, because it's got fewer highways.
ORANGE COUNTY, NC:
US 15-501 - Major artery in Chapel Hill, and its route to Durham.
NC 86 - Backbone of the county, connecting the three major towns.
I-85 - Major east-west road, connecting the county with the rest of the Urban Crescent.
NC 54 - Major road in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, plus part of the best route from Chapel Hill to Raleigh, plus an east-west rural route across the south county.
I-40 - Runs north-south across the county
US 70 - Parallels I-85
US 70 ALT - City streets in Hillsboro.
NC 57 - Rural road in the north county.
NC 49, NC 157 - Cut across the northern corners of the county; both insigificant in the county.
Posting this mostly as a placeholder: It should surprise no one that I wasn't happy with a subjective answer, so I'm working on an "importance factor" for each route in Monroe County using the average AADT of the route and the mileage within the county. It's a bit time consuming so it might take a few days before I have it posted - but an interesting exercise nonetheless and a good way to become better associated with the AADT volumes of the highways in my county.
My attempt at Chesterfield County, VA:
Tier 1 (freeways):
I-95
VA 288
VA 76 - Powhite Pkwy (except the portion west of SR 950)
VA 150 - Chippenham Pkwy
VA 895 - Pocahontas Pkwy (is in the county for less than a mile and has no junctions except with I-95/VA 150, but is the best way to get from Chesterfield County to RIC Airport despite the high toll)
Tier 2 (major arterials):
US 360 - Hull Street Rd (absolutely crushing traffic between VA 288 and Magnolia Green)
US 60 - Midlothian Tpke
US 1/301 - "Route 1" (yes, that is now its official name)
VA 10 - Iron Bridge Rd/Hundred Rd
VA 147 - Huguenot Rd
SR 653 (between US 60 and SR 604) - Courthouse Rd
SR 604 (between SR 653 and VA 288) - Courthouse Rd; the segment between VA 288 and VA 10 is much less important
SR 675/SR 711 (basically one continuous route) - Robious Rd, serves as a major connector between the Bon Air area and VA 288
Tier 3 (minor arterials/connectors)
SR 604 (between SR 754/SR 950 and SR 653) - Genito Rd
SR 754/SR 950 - Old Hundred Rd/Charter Colony Pkwy
VA 36/SR 602 - River Rd
SR 647 - Walmsley Blvd
VA 144 - Harrowgate Rd/Chester Rd
VA 145 - Centralia Rd
SR 618 - Rivers Bend Blvd/Meadowville Technology Pkwy (will be a fairly important truck connector to I-295 once that area is built out, a LEGO facility is scheduled to be built there)
Quote from: webny99 on June 21, 2022, 10:40:33 AM
Posting this mostly as a placeholder: It should surprise no one that I wasn't happy with a subjective answer, so I'm working on an "importance factor" for each route in Monroe County using the average AADT of the route and the mileage within the county. It's a bit time consuming so it might take a few days before I have it posted - but an interesting exercise nonetheless and a good way to become better associated with the AADT volumes of the highways in my county.
Alright, here it is.
Tier 1
1. I-490
2. I-390/NY 390
3. NY 104
4. I-590/NY 590
5. I-90
Tier 2
6. NY 31
7. NY 531
8. NY 18
9. NY 15
10. NY 252
11. NY 441
Tier 3
12. NY 15A
13. NY 33
14. NY 250
15. NY 259
16. NY 96
17. NY 33A
18. NY 383
Tier 4
19. NY 386
20. NY 31F
21. NY 65
22. NY 253
23. NY 404
24. NY 19
25. NY 286
Tier 5
26. NY 260
27. NY 64
28. NY 251
29. NY 204
30. NY 261
31. NY 36
32. NY 153
Unranked
33. NY 31A
34. NY 272
I decided to combine the interstate and state route portions of 390 and 590, and once I did that, the top tier was very predictable. I-490 blows everything else away and the rest of the top five are exactly how I had them before running any calculations. Where it got more interesting was in some of the lower tiers, where my perceptions would have overridden the data in some cases. I wouldn't have had NY 15 so high because I think of it as largely redundant to I-390 - and yet much of it is still a very busy and important route. Similarly, I never would have had NY 15A right behind NY 441 since NY 441 seems much more important, yet portions of NY 15A are just as busy and it provides critical connections for MCC and many daily commuters. I would have also been tempted to rank NY 36 higher than NY 19 because it's closer to the city, so it seems like it should be important. Yet NY 36 has the lowest average AADT of any route except for NY 272. It really doesn't serve anything significant besides Churchville, and most of the route is very rural. Meanwhile NY 19 is the main route through Brockport, a significant N/S truck route, and provides connection to the Thruway from Brockport and points north.
Washington County, RI
a/k/a South County
US 1
RI 4
I-95
RI 2
RI 78
RI 138
RI 3
RI 112
RI 108
RI Scenic 1-A
RI 403
RI 102
RI 110
RI 91
RI 216
RI 165
Charleston County, SC (3rd most populated county in SC)
Tier I: Major roads that this area can't sustain without
I-26 (major interstate, route to Columbia, Summerville to Charleston commute, gets up to 180,000 cars on weekdays at busiest)
US 17 (bisects the county, spending 75 miles, goes from rural connection and major route to/from I-95 and Savannah to lifeline through West Ashley, downtown CHS and Mount Pleasant, then goes back to mostly connection route heading toward Georgetown)
I-526 (was a bypass, but now is the major way between WA and Mt. Pleasant, 3 major bridges)
Tier II: Very important routes
SC 61 (connects plantations to downtown Charleston, goes through major parts of West Ashley)
US 52 (Rivers Ave), vital connection to local shopping areas, more suburban North Charleston, Goose Creek and north
S-10-75 (Ashley Phosphate Rd), major road through most congested part of North Charleston, connects two major routes, Dorchester and Rivers
SC 703 (Coleman Blvd) goes through older Mount Pleasant, connection to Sullivan's Island
SC 171 (Folly Rd) Major connection from West Ashley to Folly Beach, lifeline of James Island
Tier III: Moderately important routes
SC 517 (IOP Connector) main route from Mount Pleasant to Isle of Palms
SC 30 (James Island Connector) route from downtown to James Island bypassing Folly Rd draw bridge, rumored to be extended as part of I-526
SC 7 (Sam Rittenberg Blvd) major route between US 17 and North Charleston
SC 461 (Glenn McConnell Pkwy) bypass of SC 61, serves growing parts of West Ashley, rumored to extend to Summerville
SC 642 (Dorchester Rd) connection between Summerville, Joint Base Charleston and North Charleston
SC 700 (Maybank Hwy) major route between James Island and John's Island, can connect to Kiawah and Seabrook
S-10-20 (Main Rd) route from US 17 through John's Island to Kiawah and Seabrook
Tier IV: Less important routes
SC 41 (serves North Mount Pleasant, but most of its service comes in Berkeley County)
US 78 (mostly concurrent with US 52, only important above North Charleston as it connects to I-26. More important in Summerville area)
S-10-57 (Bees Ferry Rd) vital connection through West Ashley's northern area, connecting 17 to 61
SC 165 (connection from Meggett, through Ravenel and Hollywood, across 17, connecting to Summerville)
SC 162 (business route of 17, going through Ravenel and Hollywood)
SC 174 (route from US 17 to Edisto Beach, but in least populated western part of county)
Tier V: unimportant routes
SC 164 (just a connection between SC 174 and 162)
SC 45 (mostly goes through Francis Marion National Forest in its time in Charleston County)
SC does a good job assigning state routes to the important roads. If I went through every non-state important road it would take hours.
SM-G998U
Will County IL (based solely on what the road is within the county)
I-80
I-55
I-355
I-57
IL 59
IL 53/Joliet Rd
US 30/Plainfield Rd/Lincoln Hwy
US 45/La Grange Rd
IL 7/159th St/Joliet Rd/Theodore St/Larkin Ave
IL 171/Archer Ave
IL 43/Harlem Ave
US 52 (This high up because of Jefferson St in Joliet)
IL 394
Weber Rd
Joliet Rd (the non IL 53 section)
IL 1
IL 126
US 6/Southwest Hwy
95th St
Wolf Rd
111th St
IL 113
IL 102
Laraway Rd/Sauk Trail
Arsenal Rd
IL 129 (One of the most useless state highways.)
Center St Joliet
Cedar Rd
Monroe County, Michigan
1. I-75
2. US-23
3. US-24
4. I-275
5. M-50
6. M-125
7. US-223
Santa Clara County, California
Tier I
US-101
I-880
I-280
Tier II
CA-17
I-680
CA-85
Tier III
CA-87
CA-237
CA-152
Tier IV
CA-9
CA-82
Tier V
CA-130
CA-35
CA-25
I might also include the county expressways in this list, since they were originally intended to be built out as freeways, and many have freeway sections. In that case, I'd put:
Lawrence in Tier II
Capitol, Almaden, Montague, San Tomas and Central in Tier III
Foothill in Tier IV.
Marshall County, IN
US 31
US 30
US 6
IN 10
IN 331
IN 17
IN 110/IN 25
IN 117
IN 106
Plymouth-Goshen Trail
Plymouth-LaPorte Trail
Michigan Road (old US 31)
Lincoln Highway (old US 30)
Ventura County, CA
Tier I:
US-101
Tier II:
CA-126
CA-118
CA-33
Tier III:
CA-23
CA-1
Tier IV:
CA-150
CA-34
Tier V:
CA-232
Bottom of the list because never built (and not expected ever to be built in the future, but still on the state highway list):
CA-257
CA-64 (would barely enter the county even if built)
Clarke County GA
1. SR 10 Loop
2. SR 10 (2a. US 78 Business, entirely concurrent with SR 10, but SR 10 extends beyond the end of US 78 Bus)
3. SR 15 Alternate (3a. US 129, almost entirely concurrent with parts of SR 10 Loop and SR 15 Alt)
4. US 78 (entirely concurrent with parts of SR 10 Loop and SR 10)
5. US 29/SR 8 (entirely concurrent with each other, plus concurrent with part of SR 10 Loop)
6. US 441/SR 15 (entirely concurrent with each other, plus concurrent with part of SR 10 Loop)
7. SR 72
MRC des ÃŽles de la Madeleine, including reference routes:
- QC 199 (the only numbered highway), the main street of the archipelago
- Chemin de l'Étang-du-Nord, Chemin des Caps, Chemin du Grand-Ruisseau, Chemin Petitpas (reference route 99760), a loop going through the villages of L'Étang-du-Nord and Fatima
- Chemin du Bassin (reference route 99590), a spur from QC 199 to the village of Bassin
- Chemin de l'Aéroport (reference route 99902), a spur from QC 199 to the ÃŽles-de-la-Madeleine Airport (YGR) in Havre-aux-Maisons
- Chemin du Quai (reference route 99766), a spur from QC 199 to the Cap-aux-Meules harbor, though not to the CTMA ferry
- Chemin de la Rivière (reference route 99596), a gravel spur from Chemin du Bassin used by the MTQ for resources
Delaware County, Ohio version
1) US 23
2) I-71
3) US 36
4) OH 3
5) US 42
6) OH 257
7) OH 750
8) OH 315
9) OH 37
10) OH 61
11) OH 745
12) OH 203
13) OH 605
14) OH 229
15) OH 521
16) OH 656
17) OH 47
18) OH 4
Morrow County Hierarchy
1) I-71
2) OH 61
3) OH 309
4) US 42
5) OH 95
6) OH 314
7) OH 229
8) OH 97
9) OH 19
10) OH 288
11) OH 656
12) OH 746
St Louis county, with a tier system this time. US 50 and 61 aren't included as they're entirely concurrent with various other routes in the county. Also I definitely missed a few letter routes here.
A:
- I-270
- I-64/US 40
- I-170
- I-70
- I-44
B:
- US 67
- MO 141
- MO 100
- I-55
- MO 30
- MO 340
- MO D (Page Ave)
C:
- MO 364
- MO 370
- MO 367
- MO 109
- MO 180
- MO AB (Ladue Rd)
D:
- MO 115
- MO 231
- MO 267
- MO HH (Clayton Rd)
- MO JJ (Ballas Rd)
- MO N (Florissant Rd)
Harford County, MD:
- I-95
- US 40
- US 1
- MD 24
- MD 22
- US 1 Bus.
- MD 23
- MD 543
- MD 136
- MD 152
- MD 165
- MD 7 (mainline)
- MD 155
- MD 147
- MD 161
Using the tiered approach for Polk County, IA:
Tier 1 (Interstates)
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I-80
I-35
I-235
I'd say all three are equally important: I-80 and I-35 for cross-country traffic and I-235 for local traffic.
Tier 2 (Other freeways and expressways)
====
US 65
IA 163 (there's a short city street segment in Des Moines but most of it is an expressway)
IA 141
IA 5 (its length in Polk County is relatively short but is a freeway for most of it)
IA 330 (overlaps with US 65)
Tier 3 (urban arterials)
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US 69
US 6
IA 28
IA 415
IA 160 (entirely within Ankeny but connects IA 415 with I-35)
Tier 4 (rural state highways)
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IA 44 (ends in Grimes)
IA 17 (ends in Granger)
IA 316 (begins in Runnells; segment north of there was decommissioned in 2003)
Jefferson County, Colorado
Interstates:
I-70
I-76
Freeways/Expressways
US 6 (6th Avenue Freeway/expressway through Golden/major interregional highway through Clear Creek Canyon)
US 285 (Hampden Ave Freeway/mountain expressway to Confer and Park County)
C-470
US 36
CO 58
Interregional State Highways
CO 93
CO 74
CO 72
Denver Metro City Streets (mostly)
US 40 (Colfax Avenue, then an I-70 frontage road in the foothills)
CO 121 (Wadsworth Boulevard)
CO 95 (Sheridan Boulevard)
CO 319 (Kipling Boulevard)
CO 8 (Morrison Road)
Only a tiny stretch in Jeffco
CO 128
CO 119
CO 75
Greene County, Virginia
Tier I
US 29 - most important route in the county.
US 33 - important west of US 29, but not too important east of it.
Tier II
VA 230 - the county's only state route, also connects Stanardsville to Madison.
SR 633 - connects the rural areas in the southwest to Ruckersville.
SR 810 - a scenic way to get from Stanardsville to Crozet.
SR 743 - former US 29 alignment in the 1930s.
Tier III
SR 607 - shortcut from North US 29 to East US 33.
SR 609 - former SR 243
SR 616 - a way from SR 607 West to US 29 North.
Saginaw County, Michigan:
1) I-75/US-23, concurrent through the whole county and only called I-75.
2) I-675
3) M-46
4) M-58
5) M-84
6) M-13
7) M-83
8) M-47
9) M-52
10) M-81
11) M-57
12) M-54
13) M-15
In my Grandmother Novak's county of Green Lake WI:
Wis 23
Wis 73
Wis 49
Wis 44
Wis 91
Hwy K
Hwy A
Hwy E
Bus Wis 23/Lawson Dr (Green Lake)
Hwy F
Hwy D
Hwy AW
Hwy J
Hwy B
Hwy T/Farmer St (Princeton)
Hwy X
Hwy Q
In my Grandmother Hobson's county of Winnebago WI:
I/US 41
US 10
US 45
Wis 21
Wis 441
Wis 47
Wis 44
Wis 26
Wis 76
Wis 114
Wis 116
Wis 91
Hartford County, CT
Tier 1: I-84, I-91, CT 2
Tier 2: I-291, CT 9, CT 20 (expressway portion only)
Tier 3: I-384, US 6, US 44, CT 15 (99% of which is concurrent with US 5), CT 72
Tier 4: I-691 (90% of it is in New Haven County), US 5 (standalone portion), CT 3, CT 4, CT 10, CT 71, CT 75, CT 83, CT 99, CT 159, CT 173, CT 175, CT 185, CT 187, CT 189, CT 190 CT 218, CT 372
Tier 5: CT 30, CT 94, CT 140, CT 160, CT 167, CT 174, CT 176, CT 177, CT 178, CT 220, CT 229, CT 287, CT 305, CT 322
Tier 6: CT 17 (one town) CT 20 (non-expressway), CT 69, CT 71A, CT 179, CT 194
Tier 7: CT 66 (one town), CT 74 (ditto), CT 120, CT 191, CT 192, CT 309, CT 314, CT 315, CT 364
Tier 8: CT 168, CT 181, CT 219
US 202 is excluded, as it is 100% concurrent with other routes (US 44, CT 10)
Cass County, ND. Not bothering with county highways.
1. I-94 / U.S. 52
2. I-29 / U.S. 81
3. U.S. 10
4. ND 294
5. ND 18
6. ND 46
7. ND 38
8. ND 10
Leon County, FL - not accounting for portions of state routes that are silently concurrent with US highways.
Tier 1: Interstates
- I-10
Tier 2: US Highways
- US 27
- US 319
- US 90
Tier 3: Interregional State Highways
- SR 61
- SR 363
- SR 20
Tier 4: Urban Arterials
- SR 263
- SR 366
- SR 265
- SR 371
- SR 373
- SR 155
Tier 5: Rural roads that stay rural
- SR 59
- SR 267
Tier 6: Unsigned minor city streets
- SR 61A
- SR 157
An early attempt at Harris County, Texas (Houston)
Tier A:
Interstate 10
Interstate 45
Interstate 69/US 59
US 290
Interstate 610
FM 1093
Tier B:
SH 6
SH 288
SH 225
West park Tollway
US 90 Alternate
Beltway 8
FM 1960
FM 2920
Tier C:
SH 3
SH 146
SH 99
SH 249
Hardy Toll Road
US 90
Tier D:
SH 35
FM 518
FM 521
FM 525
Other FM routes
Orange County, North Carolina has some interesting results:
I-85/I-40 (The Spine) AADT 113,000 (2019)
I-40 82,000 (2017)
I-85 56,000 (2019)
NC-54 East (Raleigh Road) 50,000 (2019)
US-15/501 49,500 (2019)
US-15/501 Fordam Boulevard 45,500 (2019)
US-15/501 South 36,000 (2019)
NC-54 Bypass 35,000 (2019)
NC-86 Martin Luther King, Jr. (Airport Road) 28,000 (2019)
South Churton Street (Old NC-86) 25,000 (2018)
Churton Street (Bus US-70/NC-86) 20,000 (2017)
NC-86 North to NC-57 18,500 (2019)
US-70 East 15,500 (2019)
Bypass US-70 14,000 (2019)
NC-54 West 13,000 (2019)
Erwin Road North 12,500 (2019)
Hillsborough Road (Carrboro) 12,000 (2019)
Buckhorn Road North 12,000 (2016)
Estes Drive East 12,000 (2017)
Smith Level Road 11,500 (2019)
Jones Ferry Road 11,500 (2019)
NC-86 North 11,000 (2016)
Ephesus Church Road 11,000 (2017)
Cornelius Street (Bypass US-70) 10,500 (2019)
Sage Road 10,500 (2019)
Orange Grove Road North 9,500 (2019)
NC-86 South 9,300 (2018)
US-70A (NC-86 and Bus US-70) 9,200 (2017)
Center Street (US-70) 9,100 (2019)
Eubanks Road 8,700 (2017)
Homestead Road 8,100 (2017)
Mt. Willing Road 8,100 (2017)
Bus US-70 (Bennett Place) 7,500 (2019)
Erwin Road South* 7,500 (2019)
Old Number 10 AADT 6,800 (2018)
Merritt Mill Road 6,600 (2016)
Hillsborough Street (Carrboro) 6,500 (2019)
NC-57 6,400 (2016)
Efland-Cedar Grove Road 6,300 (2018)
I-85 Connector (US-70X) 5,900 (2018)
Old Durham Road* 5,500 (2019)
Stagecoach Road 5,000 (2020)
*Erwin Road South had an AADT of 12,000 back in 2007 before completion of the Michigan Left project on US-15/501 at Erwin Road. Similarly, Old Durham Road had an AADT of 7,000 before this same project, even though the project did not change southbound traffic patterns on Old Durham Road. But the traffic congestion during the construction of the Michigan Lefts permanently changed traffic volumes northeast of Chapel Hill.
Note that the traffic volumes recorded in 2020 are much lower and not used by NCDOT. The largest recorded volume was used over the past 5 years, except in the one case where the most recent data was older. These tiers match the NCDOT color codes, but individual routes might not be shown as the same color code due to my methodology.
Bay County, Michigan:
1) I-75/US-23
2) US-10
3) M-25
4) M-13
5) M-15
6) M-84
7) M-47
8) M-138
9) M-61
10) M-247
11) M-20 (M-20 is pretty useless once it runs concurrent with Business US-10 in Midland but used to make it all the way to Bay City before US-10 was rerouted onto it's current route)
Tier 1: Interstates
1. I-5
2. I-405
Tier 2: Non-Interstate freeways
3. CA-55
4. CA-91
5. CA-57
6. CA-22
Tier 2.5: Interstate that briefly passes through Orange County
7. I-605
Tier 3: Tollways
8. CA-73
9. CA-133
10. CA-241
11. CA-261
Tier 4: Arterials
12. CA-1
13. CA-39
14. CA-90
Tier 5: Mountain roads
15. CA-74
16. CA-142
Waukesha County
I-94
I-43
WI-16
WI-164
WI-83
WI-59
US-18
WI-67
I-41 (Because it hardly enters the county)
WI-36
US-45
Hamilton County, NY
1. NY 30
Spans the length of the county and gets most of the important communities.
2. NY 8
This and NY 28 are of similar importance, but I pushed this one up a bit because it goes through the county seat.
3. NY 28
Serves Inlet, Blue Mountain Lake, and Indian Lake.
4. NY 28N
Serves Long Lake, but half its length in the county is just concurrent with NY 30.
5. NY 10
Doesn't do much of anything in the county.
And my home county, Cattaraugus (which, by the way, is Iroquois for "smelly riverbanks"):
Tier A: Very important connectors and long distance corridors
1. I-86/NY 17 - Connects the two cities as well as Randolph and ASP.
2. US 219 - Serves Salamanca and tourist hotspot Ellicottville.
Tier B: Important local connectors
1. NY 16 - Connects Olean, Franklinville, and Delevan. (Little tidbit- The highest point on the NY State Route system in Western NY is on 16 south of Olean.)
2. NY 417- This serves Salamanca, Allegany, Olean, and Portville. Very important in general; less important specifically to this county.
3. NY 242 - Connects Randolph, Little Valley, Ellicottville.
Tier C: Minor local connectors (unranked)
NY 394 (doesn't do much in this county)
US 62 (same thing)
NY 39 (same thing!)
NY 98 (serves very rural areas)
NY 240 (same thing)
NY 243 (spends almost no time in the county)
NY 305 (same thing)
NY 322 ( just connects South Dayton to US 62)
NY 280 (a generally little-used, narrow, deteriorating little road that doesn't need a State Route number)
NY 353 (decent length but doesn't go much of anywhere)
NY 241 (another waste of a number, connecting Randolph to US 62 in the middle of nowhere)
NY 446 (a very short connector from Hinsdale to Cuba [in Allegany County])
US 219 Business (almost entirely concurrent with NY 417)
This list has made me realize just how many state routes there are in this dinky little county.
EDIT: Oops! It's NY 446 not 443.
I'm going to do Albemarle County now:
Tier I
I-64 - The most important route in the county.
US 29 - Connects Charlottesville to Lynchburg and Washington.
Tier II
US 250 - More of a local Route of I-64.
Bus. US 29 / 250 - Business Routes for Charlottesville.
VA-20 - Connects Charlottesville with Scottsville and Orange.
VA-6 - Follows the James River and connects Scottsville to Richmond.
VA-240 - Pretty much a US 250 Business Route for Crozet.
Tier III
VA-151 - Scenic Route connecting multiple breweries.
SR-810 - Connects Crozet with Stanardsville.
SR-743 - Former Routing of US 29.
SR-649 - Connects VA-20 to the CHO Airport.
I didn't revive it, but I'll chip in. Larimer County, CO. Can I include county roads? Some of them seem kinda significant.They're not in any particular order, just grouped by type. There's enough locals and familiars to check me.
Interstates:
I-25
US Highways:
US 287
US 34
US 36
State Highways
CO 14
CO 1
CO 392
CO 402
CO 56
County Roads:
CR 42C/CR 23 (Centennial Drive over Horsetooth)
CR 54G (What we call 'old 287', plus, Vern's)
CR 38E/CR 27 (handy, though twisty and slow, alternate to the Poudre from the south end of Foco)
CR 5 (Timnath to CO 14)
CR 17 (from Foco to Berthoud)
CR 52E (Rist Canyon)
CR 74E (Red Feather)
CR 103 (Laramie River Road)
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on December 11, 2022, 06:50:07 PM
I didn't revive it, but I'll chip in. Larimer County, CO. Can I include county roads? Some of them seem kinda significant.They're not in any particular order, just grouped by type. There's enough locals and familiars to check me.
Interstates:
I-25
US Highways:
US 287
US 34
US 36
State Highways
CO 14
CO 1
CO 392
CO 402
CO 56
County Roads:
CR 42C/CR 23 (Centennial Drive over Horsetooth)
CR 54G (What we call 'old 287', plus, Vern's)
CR 38E/CR 27 (handy, though twisty and slow, alternate to the Poudre from the south end of Foco)
CR 5 (Timnath to CO 14)
CR 17 (from Foco to Berthoud)
CR 52E (Rist Canyon)
CR 74E (Red Feather)
CR 103 (Laramie River Road)
Sounds about right. You forgot CO 60 and CO 66, but neither road is very significant.
Quote from: jlam on December 11, 2022, 09:41:18 PM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on December 11, 2022, 06:50:07 PM
I didn't revive it, but I'll chip in. Larimer County, CO. Can I include county roads? Some of them seem kinda significant.They're not in any particular order, just grouped by type. There's enough locals and familiars to check me.
Interstates:
I-25
US Highways:
US 287
US 34
US 36
State Highways
CO 14
CO 1
CO 392
CO 402
CO 56
County Roads:
CR 42C/CR 23 (Centennial Drive over Horsetooth)
CR 54G (What we call 'old 287', plus, Vern's)
CR 38E/CR 27 (handy, though twisty and slow, alternate to the Poudre from the south end of Foco)
CR 5 (Timnath to CO 14)
CR 17 (from Foco to Berthoud)
CR 52E (Rist Canyon)
CR 74E (Red Feather)
CR 103 (Laramie River Road)
Sounds about right. You forgot CO 60 and CO 66, but neither road is very significant.
*slaps forehead*
forgot 66 does go into Larimer, and completely forgot 60.
much respect.