I'm surprised this thread doesn't already exist. I did a forum search for both isolated exits and "exit 15" i-89, and none of the results turned up this topic.
I noticed that Exit 15 (Old Route 10) on I-89 only has a few roads. The roads at this exit are isolated; to get anywhere else by car, you need to get back on I-89.
The roads in Jamestown, RI also qualify (with RI 138 being the freeway), albeit trivially, as it's an island.
This may be much more common out west, but I don't know of any other examples.
There was an exit off I-10 outside of New Orleans that led to nowhere. I'm pretty sure they have closed that exit down and abandoned it. It'd be in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. If you look on Google Maps you'll be able to see it.
Granted this one's on an island but I'll mention it anyway.
Atlantic City High School (on Great Island) interchange off US 40/322 (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Atlantic+City,+NJ/@39.3638157,-74.4809234,15.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c0dd576e5cc721:0x4a6fcb43e9675262!8m2!3d39.3642834!4d-74.4229266)
Here's (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3660243,-74.4710622,3a,75y,326.97h,92.86t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx6jcuqApKX5mjRmVI7dg7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) how it's signed.
Exit 21 off of NJ 55 is about as isolated as you'll get off an exit in NJ. Going east, you quickly run into a dirt road. The road had two sets of gates to prevent anyone from using it, and per the aerial views eventually ends across some railroad tracks as what appears to be a unofficial track crossing. Going west, you pass by a campground that, by judging the aerial views, isn't kept in all that great of shape.
While the exit isn't truly isolated, it's a strangely barren exit with no real purpose of existence unlike almost any other exit in the state. It does connect with NJ 47, on which there's no signage whatsoever informing you that taking the road will lead you to NJ 55.
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 31, 2017, 01:24:40 PM
There was an exit off I-10 outside of New Orleans that led to nowhere. I'm pretty sure they have closed that exit down and abandoned it. It'd be in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. If you look on Google Maps you'll be able to see it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0949826,-89.9048455,7728m/data=!3m1!1e3
One of them is still active, one is locked (although Google SV managed a ride though it), but the one in the middle is succumbing to nature.
^ The one that is "still active" connects to Michoud Blvd and thus has egress points that don't require going back to I-10. The one Flint was referring to was the northern of those three interchanges, which closed post-Katrina and actually had the ramp termini pavement taken out a few years ago.
I-64 Exit 1 in Virginia is like this (Jerry's Run). You can access the frontage road (old US 60) which doesn't connect to anything else and some national forest trails.
While not an interchange per say, Dory Rd. at MA 128/Blackburn Circle (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6251762,-70.6570191,16z) in Gloucester.
This may be a stretch of the OP's point, but Exit 7 (Ruddock) and Exit 15 (Manchac) on the Manchac Swamp Bridge segment of I-55 in Louisiana only lead to Old U.S 51, which runs right next to the interstate.
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 31, 2017, 02:29:34 PM
While not an interchange per say, Dory Rd. at MA 128/Blackburn Circle (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6251762,-70.6570191,16z) in Gloucester.
Isn't it exit 10, or at least inferred as being such on signage going into Gloucester on 128? I don't know if exit number = interchange in reality, though.
There was a thread on "dead-end" exits a while back you might be interested in:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=12718.0
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on August 31, 2017, 03:04:40 PM
There was a thread on "dead-end" exits a while back you might be interested in:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=12718.0
I started that thread too...
The Interstates in the Mountain West states have numerous "ranch exits", serving only one or a few ranches. They exist because the property owner needs road access and a long frontage road would be too expensive. Also, it gives drivers a chance to pull well off the freeway for a quick nap or deal with mechanical problems, or to make a safe U-turn when they belatedly realize they don't have enough fuel to make it to the next gas station.
A search for "isolated" might be too narrow, there might be one or more "ranch exit" threads.
Quote from: 1 on August 31, 2017, 03:07:31 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on August 31, 2017, 03:04:40 PM
There was a thread on "dead-end" exits a while back you might be interested in:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=12718.0
I started that thread too...
So you asked the same question twice?
Quoteto get anywhere else by car, you need to get back on I-89
Quotethat you have to get back on at the same exit
Quote from: BrianP on August 31, 2017, 03:22:24 PM
Quote from: 1 on August 31, 2017, 03:07:31 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on August 31, 2017, 03:04:40 PM
There was a thread on "dead-end" exits a while back you might be interested in:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=12718.0
I started that thread too...
So you asked the same question twice?
Quoteto get anywhere else by car, you need to get back on I-89
Quotethat you have to get back on at the same exit
Yes, but by accident. I didn't realize the other thread existed when I created this one.
Quote from: oscar on August 31, 2017, 03:10:29 PM
The Interstates in the Mountain West states have numerous "ranch exits"
Do they have blue cheese exits as well? :spin:
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on August 31, 2017, 03:28:21 PM
Quote from: oscar on August 31, 2017, 03:10:29 PM
The Interstates in the Mountain West states have numerous "ranch exits"
Do they have blue cheese exits as well? :spin:
I'm assuming there are a few exits in the Thousand Islands region along I-81, right? :D
The Bazaar Cattle Pens exit on the Kansas Turnpike.
Although not completely isolated (due to a frontage road that continues southwest to Pedrick Road), the exit for Kidwell Road in Dixon, CA off of Interstate 80 leads to essentially three cul de sacs
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They're not signed as exits, but there are a few ramps on I-75 in the Everglades that access gated roads or parking areas. You have to come back to the same place to leave, as far as I know.
Quote from: SectorZ on August 31, 2017, 03:02:19 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on August 31, 2017, 02:29:34 PM
While not an interchange per say, Dory Rd. at MA 128/Blackburn Circle (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6251762,-70.6570191,16z) in Gloucester.
Isn't it exit 10, or at least inferred as being such on signage going into Gloucester on 128? I don't know if exit number = interchange in reality, though.
Actually, no; this intersection was never numbered. Exit 11 is Grant Circle/MA 127, Exit 10 is the signalized intersection w/MA 127 & Exit 9 is the signalized intersection w/MA 127A & 128's northern terminus.
To my knowledge, this BGS (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6040916,-70.7423234,3a,75y,64.83h,80.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s69W28qktSNcsMFhjKJ7pAA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) & this LGS (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6224531,-70.6800413,3a,75y,94.89h,80.91t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snzKFF0H09n15ZYSOfeqxTA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) are the only remaining evidence, to my knowledge, of 128's Exits 11, 10 & 9 on signage.
Probably the most isolated CT exits are the pair of Exit 1's off of SR 695 to Ross Rd and Squaw Rock Rd. Not much off of either exit other than a lesser known state park.
Exit 23 off of I-40 in Newberry Springs, Fort Cady Road, leads to one of the most well-known (for auto enthusiasts) stretches of isolated road in California:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mrs-orcutts-driveway/view/google/
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/mrs-orcutts-driveway
https://goo.gl/maps/2DNp7cJffL12
The exit however is not as isolated as other examples in this thread though as it connects southward to old US 66, and has a gas station at one corner.
This is my idea of an isolated exit. The yellow sign in the distance sums it up. I thought it was worth spending a few minutes getting out the car to take the photos.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedcam.uk%2Fd70%2Fnofac1.jpg&hash=b0614808f22c048a9ec8371baf0d2d7910cdb3a4)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedcam.uk%2Fd70%2Fnofac2.jpg&hash=757623ba628053baa0c1595349cfa77b60697c99)
"Exit 1" on I-10 in Louisiana is literally a U-turn. I laughed when I saw it. Likewise, Exit 880 on the Texas side almost does the same thing except it takes you to the welcome center WB (the exit from both directions takes you here)
The northernmost segment of I-5 in California (north of Redding and Shasta Lake) seems to have a lot of very short exits that lead to tiny roads that go almost nowhere beyond the freeway. They usually provide access to a campsite, hiking trail, rest area, nothing more. Around the Dunsmuir area specifically, there are several of these exits that I'd be surprised if they ever get more than a few cars a day.
Exit 53 on I-10 in Arizona has Hovatter Road and Harquahala Road. I wouldn't attempt either one of those in anything less than a high clearance vehicle if not one that has 4WD. Hovatter has a interesting back story with a hermit family which the road is named after, it can be used to reach the Kofa Mountains if you know what you're doing. Exit 320 on I-40 is much of the same with Pinta Road. Pinta Road is an abandoned section of Route 66, not really much of anything can be reached at either end and it is definitely a 4WD road these days.
Quote from: formulanone on August 31, 2017, 01:56:40 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 31, 2017, 01:24:40 PM
There was an exit off I-10 outside of New Orleans that led to nowhere. I'm pretty sure they have closed that exit down and abandoned it. It'd be in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. If you look on Google Maps you'll be able to see it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0949826,-89.9048455,7728m/data=!3m1!1e3
One of them is still active, one is locked (although Google SV managed a ride though it), but the one in the middle is succumbing to nature.
I noticed that, the WB on ramp is what that would have been. I never could figure out what the purpose of having that exit there. At least with the I-89 one it serves a few businesses from what I can see.
Quote from: Quillz on August 31, 2017, 11:22:38 PM
Seems there are plenty of them in Jefferson
Exit 793, Bailey Hill Rd doesn't look to connect to anything
The northernmost segment of I-5 in California (north of Redding and Shasta Lake) seems to have a lot of very short exits that lead to tiny roads that go almost nowhere beyond the freeway. They usually provide access to a campsite, hiking trail, rest area, nothing more. Around the Dunsmuir area specifically, there are several of these exits that I'd be surprised if they ever get more than a few cars a day.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on August 31, 2017, 01:41:32 PM
Exit 21 off of NJ 55 is about as isolated as you'll get off an exit in NJ. Going east, you quickly run into a dirt road. The road had two sets of gates to prevent anyone from using it, and per the aerial views eventually ends across some railroad tracks as what appears to be a unofficial track crossing. Going west, you pass by a campground that, by judging the aerial views, isn't kept in all that great of shape.
While the exit isn't truly isolated, it's a strangely barren exit with no real purpose of existence unlike almost any other exit in the state. It does connect with NJ 47, on which there's no signage whatsoever informing you that taking the road will lead you to NJ 55.
Hilariously coincidental to my contribution, an old grated bridge on NJ 47 just north of Schooner Landing Road is closed due to structural issues. Schooner Landing Road is the road I referred to in my post, coming off of NJ 55 at Exit 21. It's normally so unused, the majority of the road consists of narrow pavement without any center lines. Suddenly this almost-isolated exit is now the detour route to get around the closed bridge!
Exits 5B and 11 on I-59 in Louisiana, between the West Pearl River and the Pearl River. There's a decent bit of roads between the two, but to connect to the rest of Louisiana's road network or to Mississippi, you have to get onto I-59.
There are at least two or three (maybe more) exits like that along the "no services" section of I-70 (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/38.9336171,-111.8546332/Green+River,+Utah/@38.8400809,-112.106577,8z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x8748f0fbf934edc5:0xa55a1898435ef5ba!2m2!1d-110.1596352!2d38.9955607) between Salina, Utah and Green River, Utah.
Not too many of these in my area. The only one that comes to mind is the Captree Island exit on the Robert Moses Causeway, which as its name indicates is also an island.
Treasure island in San Francisco?
There are plenty of them on I-90 in South Dakota. The only thing posted with the exit is just the exit number no town now highway.
Quote from: dvferyance on September 03, 2017, 10:11:17 AM
There are plenty of them on I-90 in South Dakota. The only thing posted with the exit is just the exit number no town now highway.
They're not completely isolated, as most of these are on the section where SD 248 parallels the interstate, so you can drive down the sketchy county road and jump on 248 (which is also pretty sketchy). There's no town posted because we don't have a lot of towns West River and no road name posted because Lyman, Jones, and Jackson counties are really bad at putting up road signs.
The closest thing I can think of locally is the Black Dog Road exit off I-35W in Burnsville. It's an undeveloped road along the Minnesota River that services a local power plant. While it connects to other roads on both ends, it goes extremely out of the way in doing so.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on August 31, 2017, 03:37:51 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on August 31, 2017, 03:28:21 PM
Quote from: oscar on August 31, 2017, 03:10:29 PM
The Interstates in the Mountain West states have numerous "ranch exits"
Do they have blue cheese exits as well? :spin:
I'm assuming there are a few exits in the Thousand Islands region along I-81, right? :D
There actually are 2 exits off of I-81 on Wellesley Island itself. However, they aren't dead-ends
per se as you can get between the exits without entering I-81, but I-81/ON Highway 137 are the only ways vehicles can leave the islands. I-190's 3 exits on Grand Island, NY are a similar case- you need to use I-190 to get off the island. The bridges to both originally carried surface roads (NY 324 on Grand Island, Jefferson CR 171 on Wellesley Island) that still parallel the expressways.
And yes, Thousand Island dressing is indeed named after the region, with legend saying that it was developed by a fisherman in the region or George Boldt's maître d (owner of the Waldorf-Astoria and the person who built Boldt Castle).
As far as true dead-ends in New York, there are a couple on/around Long Island for state parks. One is on the Robert Moses Causeway for Captree State Park, another is on WB NY 27 for Connetquot River State Park (directly opposite Exit 46A). One in New York City is I-278 Exit 46A for Randall's/Wards Islands in the middle of the Triboro Bridge. I don't think there are any others.
Quote from: formulanone on August 31, 2017, 01:56:40 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 31, 2017, 01:24:40 PM
There was an exit off I-10 outside of New Orleans that led to nowhere. I'm pretty sure they have closed that exit down and abandoned it. It'd be in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. If you look on Google Maps you'll be able to see it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0949826,-89.9048455,7728m/data=!3m1!1e3
One of them is still active, one is locked (although Google SV managed a ride though it), but the one in the middle is succumbing to nature.
It was probably more active when Six Flags New Orleans was still open.
Exit 1 off I-15 in Nevada comes to mind as a noteworthy example of this - three casinos, a shopping mall, two power plants, an apartment complex, a quarry, a dirt racetrack, and several gas stations and restaurants are all located off of this exit. Collectively all of this forms the community of Primm.
However despite being a non-trivial locale, there is no way out for an ordinary car except via I-15 (there are dirt trails which can get you elsewhere that are probably passable to a pickup or SUV. And a rail line, but no train station).
In between the exit I was originally talking about and the Michoud exit is another abandoned exit. The ramps have been removed but the overpass is still there leading to nowhere. I found that by looking at a satelite image of the area. The exit I was originally talking about has had it's exit ramps removed as well, that's at mile marker 251. The other one is in between mile marker 249 and 250.
Vail, CO. The only way in and out by motor vehicle is via I-70.
Mike
Also, I agree with the one who posted 'Treasure Island' in California - the only way in and out for a motor vehicle is via I-80.
Also, HI 93 - currently, the only way for a motor vehicle to access anything on HI 93 beyond the west end of I-H1 is via I-H1. The lack of a driveable road around Ka'ena Point dead-ends this road. This will change if/when a Ka'ena Point bypass tunnel is ever drilled or a fairly short street connection is developed between Ali'inui Dr and Kapolei Parkway (much more likely in the near term, IMHO).
Mike
Exits 199 (Floriston) and 201 (Farad) on I-80 in California near the Nevada border certainly qualify.
Also, I-84 in Oregon has a slew of them through the (now on fire) Columbia River Gorge:
- Exit 25 - Rooster Rock State Park
- Exit 29 - Dalton Point
- Exit 30 - Benson State Recreation Area
- Exit 31 - Multnomah Falls
- Exit 40 - Bonneville Dam
- Exit 41 - Eagle Creek
- Exit 55 - Starvation Creek State Park
- Exit 56 - Viento State Park
- Exit 58 - Mitchell Point
- Exit (near MP 60) - Service Rd.
- Exit (near MP 61) - Ruthton Cove
The last two on I-84 are unnumbered, and the Ruthton Cove one doesn't even have a BGS announcing it. It's been that way for at least 20 years.
Depending on how willing you are to violate private property rights, I-70 exit 421A in Kansas City, KS might qualify. It's marked "RR Yard - No Outlet - Railroad Use Only". Legally, from there the only place you can go is to make a U turn and go back the way you came on I-70. If you continue onward, you're connected to a maze of one-lane roads that snake around the Union Pacific rail yard, some of which do come out on the other side and connect to various other Kansas City streets. But it's quite clear from the No Trespassing signs that's not something the general public is supposed to be doing.
Quote from: hbelkins on August 31, 2017, 04:33:08 PM
The Bazaar Cattle Pens exit on the Kansas Turnpike.
I have a friend who claims he has taken that exit and followed one of the trails to the end. He says it's about five miles of very bumpy trails but you will end up at a county road. From there, it's about 10 miles to a highway (I guess it would be K-99).
I-90 in South Dakota has many unnamed exits
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on September 03, 2017, 11:17:46 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 31, 2017, 01:56:40 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 31, 2017, 01:24:40 PM
There was an exit off I-10 outside of New Orleans that led to nowhere. I'm pretty sure they have closed that exit down and abandoned it. It'd be in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. If you look on Google Maps you'll be able to see it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0949826,-89.9048455,7728m/data=!3m1!1e3
One of them is still active, one is locked (although Google SV managed a ride though it), but the one in the middle is succumbing to nature.
It was probably more active when Six Flags New Orleans was still open.
Not as much as one would otherwise think...the main entrance to Six Flags was off Lake Forest Blvd, and thus I-510.
Quote from: froggie on September 06, 2017, 03:41:52 PM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on September 03, 2017, 11:17:46 PM
Quote from: formulanone on August 31, 2017, 01:56:40 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 31, 2017, 01:24:40 PM
There was an exit off I-10 outside of New Orleans that led to nowhere. I'm pretty sure they have closed that exit down and abandoned it. It'd be in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. If you look on Google Maps you'll be able to see it.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0949826,-89.9048455,7728m/data=!3m1!1e3
One of them is still active, one is locked (although Google SV managed a ride though it), but the one in the middle is succumbing to nature.
It was probably more active when Six Flags New Orleans was still open.
Not as much as one would otherwise think...the main entrance to Six Flags was off Lake Forest Blvd, and thus I-510.
I see that. The entrance on Michoud Blvd. was for busses and RV's only according to the sign at said entrance.
Oddly enough, going through the GSV images, the light for the entrance at Lake Forest Blvd was still running, in FYB/FYA mode, as of 2013. https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0476405,-89.9331448,3a,75y,231.87h,92.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7ofXLIZj3ydzYpBTI89Zbg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.0476405,-89.9331448,3a,75y,231.87h,92.78t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7ofXLIZj3ydzYpBTI89Zbg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
The fishing access exit from US 22/322 East in the Lewistown Narrows. Can't even be accessed from WB.
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