Abandoned Freeways

[amroad17]

There is one off of I-95 in near Marlboro, MA.  There is an abandoned section east of the current I-95 sort of hidden in the woods.

I think you mean Newburyport, MA; that section was abandoned during the 1974 widening project.  I-95 goes nowhere near Marlboro; though I-495 does.

Sorry, I was thinking it was further south than where it actually is.

[US12]

There is an Abandoned rest Area at mile 33 on US 23 North

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=willis+mi&ll=42.18127,-83.685189&spn=0.00481,0.013078&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Willis,+Augusta+Charter+township,+Washtenaw,+Michigan&gl=us&t=h&z=17

[dfilpus]

There is an Abandoned rest Area at mile 33 on US 23 North

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=willis+mi&ll=42.18127,-83.685189&spn=0.00481,0.013078&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Willis,+Augusta+Charter+township,+Washtenaw,+Michigan&gl=us&t=h&z=17

That one was closed because of the expansion of the prisons just west of there.

[StogieGuy7]

There is an Abandoned rest Area at mile 33 on US 23 North

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=willis+mi&ll=42.18127,-83.685189&spn=0.00481,0.013078&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Willis,+Augusta+Charter+township,+Washtenaw,+Michigan&gl=us&t=h&z=17

That one was closed because of the expansion of the prisons just west of there.

And that is not a very confidence inspiring reaction from the state!  How would you like to live in that neighborhood.   

[US12]

There is an Abandoned rest Area at mile 33 on US 23 North

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=willis+mi&ll=42.18127,-83.685189&spn=0.00481,0.013078&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hnear=Willis,+Augusta+Charter+township,+Washtenaw,+Michigan&gl=us&t=h&z=17

That one was closed because of the expansion of the prisons just west of there.

And that is not a very confidence inspiring reaction from the state!  How would you like to live in that neighborhood.   

From M DOT "  The Willis Rd Rest Area was closed because it was a low-use facility, and close enough to the Dundee Welcome Center that it was deemed redundant." This happened in 1996.

[Skye]

In East Chicago, IN, IN912 was an expressway that connected I-90 to BP Refinery, steel mills, and ship yards. A few years ago the expressway was broken up due to issues with the bridge over the Indiana Harbor Canal and DOT decided cost to repair/replace the bridge was too much. Now there are two existing portions of the expressway one between I-90 exit 10 and Michigan Ave in East Chicago and the other portion is a short stretch in Whiting between I-90 Exit 3 and US41. This portion is unsigned as IN912 most likely to ease confusion signs on I-90 have had the 912 shield removed and simply say "Cline Ave" while on signs on 41 simply say "Chicago via Toll Road".

One in Cincinnati I don't think is as visible as it used to be due to new construction in the area but there was once a plan to build an expressway along/near US27/Colerain Ave from I-74 going north. If you use street view go to Colerain Ave & Virginia Ave there is a mound of grass on the SE corner of the intersection that was supposed to be the beginning of the expressway. It's not as visible as it used to be, though.

[amroad17]

^ The beginning of the expressway was very prominent until the I-74/Beekman interchange along with the rerouting of Colerain Ave. reconstructed through there changed the landscape.

https://goo.gl/maps/eKQeYaGZB6Kg69r97

Before the reconstruction, the exit ramp from I-74 WB to Colerain curled around the trees, passing over the West Fork of Mill Creek, and met Colerain at a T-intersection.  Colerain went along the telephone lines in the now grassy area by the end of the houses to curve around to where it currently meets Virginia Ave.  Where the current Beekman-Colerain intersection is now is where a grassy mound rose and ended at where Colerain used to be.  There was also another grassy mound that tapered down in the now-leveled field in the southeast quadrant of the Colerain-Virginia intersection.  From what I have read, the Colerain Freeway was supposed to go over the Virginia-Chase intersection, stay west of Virginia Ave. (seeing the sliver of undeveloped land behind the houses on the west side of Virginia just north of Chase), then follow Kirby up to North Bend Road where there is a crude 1950's-ish two quadrant interchange.  This is the only vestige left of what was supposed to be the Colerain Freeway.

https://goo.gl/maps/5UjhJiPseSa3wPxm9
https://goo.gl/maps/ghGmSnLNGVfraP8JA

Ultimately, the Colerain Freeway was supposed to end at I-275 between the US 27 (Exit 33) and US 127 (Exit 36) interchanges.

[roadman65]

The Will Rogers Turnpike in Okalossa, OK still lies unused as the new realignment ties into the Creek Turnpike  for a seamless default for a south beltway around Tulsa.

[Scott5114]

The Will Rogers Turnpike in Okalossa, OK

...where?

[kylebnjmnross]

^I think I found it: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Catoosa,+OK/@36.174266,-95.7417254,2916m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x87b6f5d238da2023:0x71b31a3ff125400!8m2!3d36.1889879!4d-95.7458174

[Scott5114]

Well, yeah, but that's in Catoosa, not...whatever the hell he said, which sounds like a Seminole place name that would be out of place in the Creek/Cherokee/Osage territory that the Tulsa metro straddles.

[CJResotko]

I found this abandoned section of business route I-55 in Sherman, IL. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9124473,-89.5881661,690m/data=!3m1!1e3

[ilpt4u]

I found this abandoned section of business route I-55 in Sherman, IL. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9124473,-89.5881661,690m/data=!3m1!1e3

I like this abandonded section of Old US 66 in Illinois: https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7870049,-87.8507514,822m/data=!3m1!1e3

Not really an expressway at that point, more of an urban street, but still abandonded

[roadman65]

Well, yeah, but that's in Catoosa, not...whatever the hell he said, which sounds like a Seminole place name that would be out of place in the Creek/Cherokee/Osage territory that the Tulsa metro straddles.

i guess old age is setting in already.  Damn but at least its not that bad as some younger than me I know.

[crispy93]

The exit from the northbound Hutch to the Cross County has a wider-than-necessary bridge because there were plans to extend the CCP further east: https://goo.gl/maps/7ruZ8GvhgNaoExKY6

There's also a partially abandoned stack interchange at the northern end of CT-9 at I-84

[CJResotko]

Another abandoned/unfinished freeway I found is Ozark Mountain High Road outside of Branson, Missouri.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.674449,-93.3183719,1815m/data=!3m1!1e3
However, there have been conversations about it getting finished.

[CJResotko]

There's an abandoned section of US-15 just north of Selinsgrove, PA.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8188681,-76.8540562,902m/data=!3m1!1e3

[vdeane]

There's an abandoned section of US-15 just north of Selinsgrove, PA.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8188681,-76.8540562,902m/data=!3m1!1e3

Not abandoned.  That was a stub left for a planned extension that is yet to be built (the northern section is under construction, the southern section should be built sometime this decade).

[bing101]

https://www.gribblenation.org/2017/06/the-story-on-how-unbuilt-us-40.html




Here is a story of abandoned sections of US-40 where it was intended to be a constructed freeway in Brownsville, PA.

[sbeaver44]

https://www.gribblenation.org/2017/06/the-story-on-how-unbuilt-us-40.html




Here is a story of abandoned sections of US-40 where it was intended to be a constructed freeway in Brownsville, PA.

Hey that is a great read and explains why Business 40 and PA 166 end where they do.   I unfortunately never got to see this in the old section, but my wife has family out that way, so I'm incredibly familiar with the area.

[bugo]

Coming out of Dulles International is this extra bridge.

What's the story behind this bridge? Looking at historicaerials.com, the bridge isn't that old. It doesn't show up on the aerial marked 1980.

[froggie]

That bridge carried the former alignment of the eastbound C/D road.  It was bypassed ca. 2006-2007 when a direct on-ramp from Aviation Dr was added and the C/D road was extended west through the Rudder Rd interchange.

[frankenroad]

^ The beginning of the expressway was very prominent until the I-74/Beekman interchange along with the rerouting of Colerain Ave. reconstructed through there changed the landscape.

https://goo.gl/maps/eKQeYaGZB6Kg69r97

Before the reconstruction, the exit ramp from I-74 WB to Colerain curled around the trees, passing over the West Fork of Mill Creek, and met Colerain at a T-intersection.  Colerain went along the telephone lines in the now grassy area by the end of the houses to curve around to where it currently meets Virginia Ave.  Where the current Beekman-Colerain intersection is now is where a grassy mound rose and ended at where Colerain used to be.  There was also another grassy mound that tapered down in the now-leveled field in the southeast quadrant of the Colerain-Virginia intersection.  From what I have read, the Colerain Freeway was supposed to go over the Virginia-Chase intersection, stay west of Virginia Ave. (seeing the sliver of undeveloped land behind the houses on the west side of Virginia just north of Chase), then follow Kirby up to North Bend Road where there is a crude 1950's-ish two quadrant interchange.  This is the only vestige left of what was supposed to be the Colerain Freeway.

https://goo.gl/maps/5UjhJiPseSa3wPxm9
https://goo.gl/maps/ghGmSnLNGVfraP8JA

Ultimately, the Colerain Freeway was supposed to end at I-275 between the US 27 (Exit 33) and US 127 (Exit 36) interchanges.

If you look at that aerial view, you can see several areas where new houses have been built in the last 10 years or so (you can tell because they have attached garages, where the original building stock in that area did not have attached garages).   These were built on land that the state had acquired for the freeway, but has since been turned back into private hands.  These areas are most notable just west of Virginia Ave and Kirby Rd.

[J3ebrules]

Recently learned about an abandoned highway that inexplicably was given an NJ state highway number instead of just fading into the abyss - NJ 324.

Well, it still faded into the abyss - I haven't been down to visit yet, but apparently it's now unsigned and mostly abandoned. It was the old alignment of US 322 to the ferry across the Delaware River (hence the "324"  designation - someone at NJDOT was being cute) before the Commodore Barry Bridge was opened and it and the new approach took 322 with it.

[Occidental Tourist]

The realigned Airport Expressway coming out of SeaTac airport is interesting, including the old abandoned northbound lanes and bridge being partially converted to parking, and a former northbound on-ramp being turned into a southbound, left-side offramp.