Odd Temporary Endings To Freeways...

[Roadgeekteen]

I think I-229 used to turn into a dirt road.

[MCRoads]

Hey, what about the John Killpatrik TPike?

https://goo.gl/maps/uN6eeYCfWdA2

[froggie]

I think I-229 used to turn into a dirt road.

The roadway did, but A) that wasn't temporary, and B) I-229 permanently ends at I-90 with ramps serving all Interstate-to-Interstate movements, and has since initial construction.

[Sam]

The eastern end of the New York Thruway when it was first opened was NY 26. The endpoints obviously changed over time, but there has never been an interchange with NY 26, a pretty major route in its own right.

[jp the roadgeek]

Mass Pike west end, before it connected to the NY Thruway Berkshire Spur

https://goo.gl/maps/DbXhiM23q6C2

[Strider]

I think I-229 used to turn into a dirt road.

I remembered seeing some photos about the dirt road north of I-90. I wondered if it still exists today.

[hbelkins]

The freeway portion of US 31 east of Benton Harbor Michigan

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That's not odd. That's like a lot of other freeways that end at what will someday be full exits. And I remember hearing recently that the route is finally going to be extended to I-94.

[DandyDan]

I think I-229 used to turn into a dirt road.

I remembered seeing some photos about the dirt road north of I-90. I wondered if it still exists today.

The road north of I-90 appears to be paved according to the image shown on Google Maps.

[Voyager75]

I-20/59 used to dump out onto Valley Road in Fairfield, AL before the interstate was completed to Bessemer. Don't know why it just didn't end at Exit 118 a half mile up the highway. The clearing for the temp ramp is still there.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Valley+Rd,+Fairfield,+AL+35064/@33.469245,-86.9348828,18z/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x8888e198f7a6f991:0x8c5e33754faf6378

[Roadgeekteen]

I think I-229 used to turn into a dirt road.

I remembered seeing some photos about the dirt road north of I-90. I wondered if it still exists today.

I think it is paved now.

[ftballfan]

The freeway portion of US 31 east of Benton Harbor Michigan

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That's not odd. That's like a lot of other freeways that end at what will someday be full exits. And I remember hearing recently that the route is finally going to be extended to I-94.

I think the only reason that might be happening is due to a (likely overdue) full reconstruction of I-94 in that area in the near future.

[Flint1979]

The freeway portion of US 31 east of Benton Harbor Michigan

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That's not odd. That's like a lot of other freeways that end at what will someday be full exits. And I remember hearing recently that the route is finally going to be extended to I-94.

I think the only reason that might be happening is due to a (likely overdue) full reconstruction of I-94 in that area in the near future.

I-94 needs a total makeover from Detroit to Benton Harbor.

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[ftballfan]

The freeway portion of US 31 east of Benton Harbor Michigan

SAMSUNG-SM-J727A

That's not odd. That's like a lot of other freeways that end at what will someday be full exits. And I remember hearing recently that the route is finally going to be extended to I-94.

I think the only reason that might be happening is due to a (likely overdue) full reconstruction of I-94 in that area in the near future.

I-94 needs a total makeover from Detroit to Benton Harbor.

The part through Kalamazoo was redone recently. I find it hard to believe that I-94 is still two lanes each way around the south side of Ann Arbor and through the US-127 concurrency in Jackson.

[Brandon]

The former eastern end of the Elgin O'Hare Expressway (now IL-390).  Stopped short at a signal with Meacham (IL-53) and then got to I-290 at a six-ramp parclo.  ISTHA recently fixed this IDOT mess.

The old end on Google Maps (for now): https://goo.gl/maps/2gXWrXxvs2P2

[jakeroot]

The former eastern end of the Elgin O'Hare Expressway (now IL-390).  Stopped short at a signal with Meacham (IL-53) and then got to I-290 at a six-ramp parclo.  ISTHA recently fixed this IDOT mess.

The old end on Google Maps (for now): https://goo.gl/maps/2gXWrXxvs2P2

Sad to see, AFAIK, Chicago's only double permissive left go the way of the dodo (Thorndale, left onto Park Blvd). At least this one was replaced by an overpass! A plenty good excuse, admittedly.

[ilpt4u]

Sad to see, AFAIK, Chicago's only double permissive left go to the way of the dodo (Thorndale, left onto Park Blvd). At least this one was replaced by an overpass! A plenty good excuse, admittedly.

Is that in the City only? Or in the entire Metro area?

Come to think of it, the only ones I've seen in the Chicagoland area are temp stop lights in Construction zones that allow Dual Permissives...Interesting

[Charles2]

In the early '70's, the first segment of I-65 opened in Birmingham.  It was only a 3/4-mile segment from I-20/59 south to 6th Avenue North.  For a brief time the corresponding northbound exit at 3rd Avenue North was open to accommodate southbound traffic.  Traffic on I-65 had to do a virtual 180-degree turn to access the exit.

IIRC, the same layout was done on I-459 southbound at US-31 in Hoover in the late '70's/early '80's.

[jakeroot]

Sad to see, AFAIK, Chicago's only double permissive left go the way of the dodo (Thorndale, left onto Park Blvd). At least this one was replaced by an overpass! A plenty good excuse, admittedly.

Is that in the City only? Or in the entire Metro area?

Come to think of it, the only ones I've seen in the Chicagoland area are temp stop lights in Construction zones that allow Dual Permissives...Interesting

Well, I couldn't be sure. I just remember Brandon mentioning that signal in a thread a while back. There could very well be more when looking at the metro as a whole, but IIRC, Chicago, IDOT, and others are not being too keen on the setup.

[Joe The Dragon]

The former eastern end of the Elgin O'Hare Expressway (now IL-390).  Stopped short at a signal with Meacham (IL-53) and then got to I-290 at a six-ramp parclo.  ISTHA recently fixed this IDOT mess.

The old end on Google Maps (for now): https://goo.gl/maps/2gXWrXxvs2P2

on street view the old look
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9901261,-88.0405374,3a,48.6y,107.59h,89.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssrklH2DdYjXW3udCu9gT7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
I know some guys who love the new road (not the toll part)

[Roadsguy]

Woodhaven Road's "temporary" end in Northeast Philly is pretty bad.

[roadman65]

The end of I-295 near Trenton, NJ before it got extended to I-195 used to end at grade with a road it now does not even interchange with.

Then again for years I-95 used to end at US 13 in Chester, PA where now is a ramp less crossing.  So it can be argued that its sacrifices that locals make to accommodate freeway building.

[Flint1979]

I think I-229 used to turn into a dirt road.

I remembered seeing some photos about the dirt road north of I-90. I wondered if it still exists today.

The road north of I-90 appears to be paved according to the image shown on Google Maps.

From the looks of it 476th Avenue is a dirt road several miles north of the interchange.

[Sam]

I vaguely remember I-890 in Schenectady ending in a U-turn somewhere near the GE plant. It's kind of hazy, but I think the westbound lanes just turned 180 degrees and became the eastbound lanes. It must have been mid-1970's.

[triplemultiplex]

The old temporary end of the US 12 freeway between Baraboo and Wisconsin Dells featured a four-lane highway that went through a roundabout.  It was as if WisDOT anticipated being stuck unable to build the West Baraboo bypass for a decade or more.
This will show it until Google updates their imagery:
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=43.48889,-89.77668&z=17&t=S
The aerials are from 2013 and construction had not yet started on the West Baraboo bypass.
Zoom in close to the transition onto the old highway and you can see how they kept the concrete lanes intact and paved in between for the temporary connection to the freeway.
It's also fun to see how they built that next pair of overpasses beyond the end of the freeway when that freeway was constructed.  This place is both arrogant and humble in the future prospects for the freeway's southern extension.  Turns out arrogant was correct.

[bugo]

The intersection of the Gilcrease Expressway and the L.L. Tisdale Parkway in Tulsa qualifies. Right now, the intersection is an at-grade with a traffic light. East of this light, the Gilcrease is a 4 lane freeway. West of the intersection, it is temporarily a 2 lane road. The Tisdale is a full freeway south of this intersection. To the north, the Tisdale continues about 500 yards and ends at a T intersection with 36th Street North. The future plans are to build a huge stack interchange between the two highways.