Incomplete Routes Deserving Completion

[dvferyance]

The north end of the Taconic State Parkway in New York?

Here in Wisconsin, I would say:

- I/WI-794 Lake Freeway/Parkway southward to at least WI 33 at the Kenosha-Racine County line.
- WI 11 eastward from Brodhead to at least I-39/90.
- US 51 freeway/expressway to the north end of the Lakeland (Minocqua/Woodruff) area.
- US 12 from Madison to Elkhorn.
- WI 21 bypass of Omro.

Mike

As far as the first one goes WI 33 is north of Milwaukee so this extension dosen't even make sense. WI 11 already exist between Brodhead and Janesville. The third one was the one I brought up. Upgrade US 51 to a full freeway to US 8 and extend I-39. From there to Woodruf widen US 51 to four lane but not a full freeway. I don't think the last 2 are all that needed. I would like to see the Lake Parkway upgraded to a freeway but I think it's fine where it ends.

[D-Dey65]

Why?

Oh gee, um... reconnecting 331 to it's parent route? Yeah, that's it.


And I thought this was about all routes that were incomplete, not just proposed limited-access highways.

[inkyatari]

The Amstutz Highway.

j/k

[Joe The Dragon]

Palatine Road (junior expressway to full expressway)

IL-53 + IL-120

[kphoger]

Elgin—O'Hare Expressway.

And don't tell me it's in the works.  It still won't reach Elgin.

[Joe The Dragon]

Elgin—O'Hare Expressway.

And don't tell me it's in the works.  It still won't reach Elgin.

well if they can do the next small part with no stop lights maybe just maybe they can half ass it and make us-20 RIRO

[mgk920]

Palatine Road (junior expressway to full expressway)

IL-53 + IL-120

Not to the Wisconsin state line at Richmond?

Mike

[Revive 755]

The north end of the Taconic State Parkway in New York?

Here in Wisconsin, I would say:

- I/WI-794 Lake Freeway/Parkway southward to at least WI 33 at the Kenosha-Racine County line.
- WI 11 eastward from Brodhead to at least I-39/90.
- US 51 freeway/expressway to the north end of the Lakeland (Minocqua/Woodruff) area.
- US 12 from Madison to Elkhorn.
- WI 21 bypass of Omro.

Mike

As far as the first one goes WI 33 is north of Milwaukee so this extension dosen't even make sense. WI 11 already exist between Brodhead and Janesville. The third one was the one I brought up. Upgrade US 51 to a full freeway to US 8 and extend I-39. From there to Woodruf widen US 51 to four lane but not a full freeway. I don't think the last 2 are all that needed. I would like to see the Lake Parkway upgraded to a freeway but I think it's fine where it ends.

US 12 is needed.  I-39/I-90 will be better after the widening is finished, but given the size of Chicagoland and the amount of growth around Madison, there needs to be another corridor/option for getting between the two - which even if the route into Illinois is never completed, would be provided via the WI 50 corridor over to Kenosha.  Plus there's all the safety issues with current US 12 north of Elkhorn.

[mgk920]

The north end of the Taconic State Parkway in New York?

Here in Wisconsin, I would say:

- I/WI-794 Lake Freeway/Parkway southward to at least WI 33 at the Kenosha-Racine County line.
- WI 11 eastward from Brodhead to at least I-39/90.
- US 51 freeway/expressway to the north end of the Lakeland (Minocqua/Woodruff) area.
- US 12 from Madison to Elkhorn.
- WI 21 bypass of Omro.

Mike

As far as the first one goes WI 33 is north of Milwaukee so this extension dosen't even make sense. WI 11 already exist between Brodhead and Janesville. The third one was the one I brought up. Upgrade US 51 to a full freeway to US 8 and extend I-39. From there to Woodruf widen US 51 to four lane but not a full freeway. I don't think the last 2 are all that needed. I would like to see the Lake Parkway upgraded to a freeway but I think it's fine where it ends.

Brainfart at the time, I meant WI 31, not WI 33.



Mike

[ftballfan]

The gap in the US-127 freeway between Ithaca and St. Johns. At least it's four lane divided (with an interchange already built at M-57)

[Max Rockatansky]

The gap in the US-127 freeway between Ithaca and St. Johns. At least it's four lane divided (with an interchange already built at M-57)

It's so lightly populated up there that it would be some major overkill.  When I lived in DeWitt I was surprised at how people really wanted the US 127 freeway north of I-69.  US 27 from I-69 to St. John's never seemed to me to adequate when I drove it.  Really the only thing that was probably necessary was a bypass of St Johns around the east side of town.

[Finrod]

Connecting Georgia 400 and I-675 like the original design of Atlanta expressways had it.

[roadgeek]

I always hated the idea of US-2 being discontinuous...not really sure how that came to be.

[sparker]

CA 138 as a freeway east from the completed I-5 "stub/ramps" to at least CA 14.  Palmdale/Lancaster combined has a population near 350K; a freeway connection to I-5 would not only be appropriate for that area in and of itself, but as a connection to the proposed Palmdale-Victorville corridor.  While not particularly direct, such combined facilities (CA 14 would be easily expanded by median lanes) would, in the long haul, help to divert traffic destined for or originating in the "Inland Empire" or other areas east of L.A. metro away from the L.A. basin itself. 

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I always hated the idea of US-2 being discontinuous...not really sure how that came to be.

I thought I had heard early on it was "signed" through Canada to connect the sections, but it didn't last long. Then later the eastern terminus of the western 2 was cut back some time after I-75 was finished in the UP anyway.

[Roadgeekteen]

I always hated the idea of US-2 being discontinuous...not really sure how that came to be.

I thought I had heard early on it was "signed" through Canada to connect the sections, but it didn't last long. Then later the eastern terminus of the western 2 was cut back some time after I-75 was finished in the UP anyway.

How? Real signs or just on paper?