Mini Freeways

[GreenLanternCorps]

This is a thread for documenting short stretches of freeway that are unconnected to any other freeways,

Inspired by this short section of OH 28 near Milford, Ohio  It's a short bypass, no more than a mile long, with three bridges and a partial interchange, that ends at stoplights on each end.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.191217,-84.2457723,2016m/data=!3m1!1e3

This section of Harshman Rd up by the Air Force Museum in Riverside, Ohio is another example.  Just long enough for an interchange.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.781831,-84.1240171,2378m/data=!3m1!1e3

[Max Rockatansky]

CA 77 fits this thread perfectly:

https://www.gribblenation.org/2019/02/california-state-route-77-real-shortest.html?m=1

[SkyPesos]

US 40 (formerly planned as I-170) in Baltimore

[MATraveler128]

US 202 in Doylestown, PA from PA 611 to East State Street. (Yes I'm aware of the parkway section).

[hobsini2]

We have 5 legit mini freeways in the Chicago area. However, all 5 do have some kind of interchange with an Interstate.

IL Route 38 (Roosevelt Rd) is a freeway between I-294 and Route 83. Only section of Roosevelt Rd that is posted 55.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8632767,-87.9397505,15.5z

IL Route 83 (Kingery Hwy) is a freeway between I-88 and 55th St. However there is one street (Oakmont Dr) that has a RI-RO situation with Southbound 83.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.819563,-87.9536996,13.5z

IL Route 171 (1st Ave) is a freeway between 55th St and 44th St. 3 interchanges (I-55, Joliet Rd, 47th St) with a stop light on each end before 171 becomes an arterial street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8029318,-87.8284857,15z

IL Route 394 is the extension of the Bishop Ford Freeway from I-80/94/294 to Sauk Trail where that is a stoplight. There are 2 interchanges (Glenwood-Dyer Rd, US 30 Lincoln Hwy). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5372469,-87.6147983,13z

There is a mini freeway for Stony Island Ave off I-94. It does have an interchange at 103rd St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7117001,-87.5919712,14.75z

[kphoger]

We have 5 legit mini freeways in the Chicago area. However, all 5 do have some kind of interchange with an Interstate.

IL Route 38 (Roosevelt Rd) is a freeway between I-294 and Route 83. Only section of Roosevelt Rd that is posted 55.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8632767,-87.9397505,15.5z

IL Route 83 (Kingery Hwy) is a freeway between I-88 and 55th St. However there is one street (Oakmont Dr) that has a RI-RO situation with Southbound 83.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.819563,-87.9536996,13.5z

IL Route 171 (1st Ave) is a freeway between 55th St and 44th St. 3 interchanges (I-55, Joliet Rd, 47th St) with a stop light on each end before 171 becomes an arterial street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8029318,-87.8284857,15z

IL Route 394 is the extension of the Bishop Ford Freeway from I-80/94/294 to Sauk Trail where that is a stoplight. There are 2 interchanges (Glenwood-Dyer Rd, US 30 Lincoln Hwy). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5372469,-87.6147983,13z

There is a mini freeway for Stony Island Ave off I-94. It does have an interchange at 103rd St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7117001,-87.5919712,14.75z

Do you count this, or does the canal access disqualify it?

[GCrites]

This section of Harshman Rd up by the Air Force Museum in Riverside, Ohio is another example.  Just long enough for an interchange.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.781831,-84.1240171,2378m/data=!3m1!1e3

I believe that part of Harshman was a part of Dayton's old outerbelt like Indianapolis has.

[hobsini2]

We have 5 legit mini freeways in the Chicago area. However, all 5 do have some kind of interchange with an Interstate.

IL Route 38 (Roosevelt Rd) is a freeway between I-294 and Route 83. Only section of Roosevelt Rd that is posted 55.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8632767,-87.9397505,15.5z

IL Route 83 (Kingery Hwy) is a freeway between I-88 and 55th St. However there is one street (Oakmont Dr) that has a RI-RO situation with Southbound 83.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.819563,-87.9536996,13.5z

IL Route 171 (1st Ave) is a freeway between 55th St and 44th St. 3 interchanges (I-55, Joliet Rd, 47th St) with a stop light on each end before 171 becomes an arterial street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8029318,-87.8284857,15z

IL Route 394 is the extension of the Bishop Ford Freeway from I-80/94/294 to Sauk Trail where that is a stoplight. There are 2 interchanges (Glenwood-Dyer Rd, US 30 Lincoln Hwy). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5372469,-87.6147983,13z

There is a mini freeway for Stony Island Ave off I-94. It does have an interchange at 103rd St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7117001,-87.5919712,14.75z

Do you count this, or does the canal access disqualify it?

I forgot about that one. I would say that it really isn't a freeway. The stat doesn't recognize it as such. It's iffy. Kind of like the Route 56 "Expressway".

[hobsini2]

We have 5 legit mini freeways in the Chicago area. However, all 5 do have some kind of interchange with an Interstate.

IL Route 38 (Roosevelt Rd) is a freeway between I-294 and Route 83. Only section of Roosevelt Rd that is posted 55.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8632767,-87.9397505,15.5z

IL Route 83 (Kingery Hwy) is a freeway between I-88 and 55th St. However there is one street (Oakmont Dr) that has a RI-RO situation with Southbound 83.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.819563,-87.9536996,13.5z

IL Route 171 (1st Ave) is a freeway between 55th St and 44th St. 3 interchanges (I-55, Joliet Rd, 47th St) with a stop light on each end before 171 becomes an arterial street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8029318,-87.8284857,15z

IL Route 394 is the extension of the Bishop Ford Freeway from I-80/94/294 to Sauk Trail where that is a stoplight. There are 2 interchanges (Glenwood-Dyer Rd, US 30 Lincoln Hwy). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5372469,-87.6147983,13z

There is a mini freeway for Stony Island Ave off I-94. It does have an interchange at 103rd St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7117001,-87.5919712,14.75z

Do you count this, or does the canal access disqualify it?

I forgot about that one. I would say that it really isn't a freeway. The state doesn't recognize it as such. It's iffy. Kind of like the Route 56 "Expressway".

[kphoger]

We have 5 legit mini freeways in the Chicago area. However, all 5 do have some kind of interchange with an Interstate.

IL Route 38 (Roosevelt Rd) is a freeway between I-294 and Route 83. Only section of Roosevelt Rd that is posted 55.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8632767,-87.9397505,15.5z

IL Route 83 (Kingery Hwy) is a freeway between I-88 and 55th St. However there is one street (Oakmont Dr) that has a RI-RO situation with Southbound 83.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.819563,-87.9536996,13.5z

IL Route 171 (1st Ave) is a freeway between 55th St and 44th St. 3 interchanges (I-55, Joliet Rd, 47th St) with a stop light on each end before 171 becomes an arterial street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8029318,-87.8284857,15z

IL Route 394 is the extension of the Bishop Ford Freeway from I-80/94/294 to Sauk Trail where that is a stoplight. There are 2 interchanges (Glenwood-Dyer Rd, US 30 Lincoln Hwy). https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5372469,-87.6147983,13z

There is a mini freeway for Stony Island Ave off I-94. It does have an interchange at 103rd St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7117001,-87.5919712,14.75z

Do you count this, or does the canal access disqualify it?

I forgot about that one. I would say that it really isn't a freeway. The state doesn't recognize it as such. It's iffy. Kind of like the Route 56 "Expressway".

[hotdogPi]

Massachusetts:
MA 116 in Amherst
US 1 in Newburyport
MA 28 in Falmouth
MA 28 in a small part of Somerville

New Hampshire:
NH 101 in Milford
NH 9 in Keene
US 3 in Laconia

[triplemultiplex]

We have US 51 here in Madison from Buckeye Rd to WI 30.  The ramps at WI 30 means the freeway portion of US 51 ends before actually meeting the WI 30 freeway.

I imagine that's the kind of example you're looking for and not like a short freeway portion of a longer rural expressway. (Which there are too many of around the country to list.)

I'm thinking most examples will be like the Tillman Bridge in Green Bay:
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=44.50892,-448.02175&z=15&t=S
A higher crossing of a navigable waterway with interchanges on one end or the other or both that serves as a de-facto freeway chunk.

[cockroachking]

Emphasizing the lack of connection with other freeways, here are some from NY:
NY-441 in Penfield
NY-425*** in the Tonawandas
NY-179 in Blasdell
US-9W in Kingston
US-209/NY-199 in Kingston
US-9 in Poughkeepsie
US-9 from Ossining to Peekskill
Suffolk CR-105 in Riverhead
Suffolk CR-99 in Patchogue
NY-304 in Pearl River

***This is a maybe, since the two interchanges are separated by a traffic signal.

[webny99]

Emphasizing the lack of connection with other freeways, here are some from NY:
NY-441 in Penfield
...
NY-304 in Pearl River

Yep, those are the first two that came to mind, particularly NY 441, which I was going to mention if no one else had. I feel it should be a freeway between I-490 and Penfield, but there's unfortunately two traffic signals at the I-490 interchange and three more east of there. The interchange with I-490 has a rare triple-left turn and certainly handles freeway-type volumes - it could really stand to be a freeway all the way to NY 250, at least, but the problem is there's nowhere to put it east of the current freeway.

[mgk920]

We have US 51 here in Madison from Buckeye Rd to WI 30.  The ramps at WI 30 means the freeway portion of US 51 ends before actually meeting the WI 30 freeway.

I imagine that's the kind of example you're looking for and not like a short freeway portion of a longer rural expressway. (Which there are too many of around the country to list.)

I'm thinking most examples will be like the Tillman Bridge in Green Bay:
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=44.50892,-448.02175&z=15&t=S
A higher crossing of a navigable waterway with interchanges on one end or the other or both that serves as a de-facto freeway chunk.

I was going to mention the Mason St (WI 54/57) Fox River bridge in Green Bay, WI, too. It does have a regular sidewalk on its westbound side.  The other that immediately came to my mind in Wisconsin is Campus Dr (unnumbered street) in Madison, WI.  Built in the 1960s to bypass a very congested and narrow part of W University Ave, which was formerly a couple of 'US' highways before the Beltline freeway was built.

Mike

[TheHighwayMan3561]

MN:
US 169 Princeton bypass
MN 65 Cambridge bypass
MN 23 Paynesville bypass
US 2/71 Bemidji bypass
US 169 in downtown Mankato

[kphoger]

MN:
US 169 Princeton bypass
MN 65 Cambridge bypass
MN 23 Paynesville bypass
US 2/71 Bemidji bypass

How about MN-23/US-71 around Willmar?

[TheHighwayMan3561]

MN:
US 169 Princeton bypass
MN 65 Cambridge bypass
MN 23 Paynesville bypass
US 2/71 Bemidji bypass

How about MN-23/US-71 around Willmar?

Yes, and the MN 60 bypass of St. James.

[kphoger]

the MN 60 bypass of St. James.

Forgot about that one.

Oh hey, look, Google Maps now thinks that Watonwan CH-57 is now MN-60B.  Any truth to that?

Oh hey, look, mini-roundabouts.  Cool!

[Bruce]

Bits of US 2/97 near Wenatchee seem to fit the definition, though they quickly become mere expressways after a bit.

The North Spokane Corridor also fits the definition for now, since it's not connected to I-90. As does SR 522 in Monroe, since it's separated from the rest of the freeway.

[bzakharin]

NJ 15 has a freeway segment that's about 6.5 miles long through Jefferson Township and Sparta unconnected to other freeways. A bunch of segments of US 30 through Pennsylvania come to mind too.

[gonealookin]

Not as short as CA 77 but a couple of two-exit specials in California:

The CA 178 bypass of Lake Isabella:  https://goo.gl/maps/Lfiu97ufNX7VVsYz8
US 101 just north of Crescent City, up to the US 199 interchange:  https://goo.gl/maps/MDeMXNaYYAN2xBAy6

[hobsini2]

Not as short as CA 77 but a couple of two-exit specials in California:

The CA 178 bypass of Lake Isabella:  https://goo.gl/maps/Lfiu97ufNX7VVsYz8
US 101 just north of Crescent City, up to the US 199 interchange:  https://goo.gl/maps/MDeMXNaYYAN2xBAy6

You could even count CA 178 Freeway in Bakersfield or is that too long? https://www.google.com/maps/@35.3902911,-118.9615467,6143m/data=!3m1!1e3

[skluth]

There's a few I remember from St Louis

• US 67 between the Rock Rd and Natural Bridge Rd then underneath the runway. There is a RIRO at Lone Eagle Drive, but I've seen other freeways with those.
• There are a few short limited access sections of MO 141 the longest of which is between Page and Ladue Rd
• The west end of Forest Park Blvd is limited access as is a small section in NE Forest Park
• MO 30 is a freeway across the Meramec River and MO 141
• IL 3 in Columbia is a freeway between I-255 and Main St
• MO 367 from I-270 to the Missouri River (may be too long for this thread)
• MO 79 for a short distance north of I-70

Technically not all have freeway speed limits but I think some others previously mentioned have <55 mph speed limits.

[kphoger]

There's a few I remember from St Louis

• US 67 between the Rock Rd and Natural Bridge Rd then underneath the runway. There is a RIRO at Lone Eagle Drive, but I've seen other freeways with those.
• There are a few short limited access sections of MO 141 the longest of which is between Page and Ladue Rd
• The west end of Forest Park Blvd is limited access as is a small section in NE Forest Park
• MO 30 is a freeway across the Meramec River and MO 141
• IL 3 in Columbia is a freeway between I-255 and Main St
• MO 367 from I-270 to the Missouri River (may be too long for this thread)
• MO 79 for a short distance north of I-70

Technically not all have freeway speed limits but I think some others previously mentioned have <55 mph speed limits.

I'll add IL-15 around the south side of Belleville:  https://goo.gl/maps/aJApDh7kvZjg8yya9