Exit named for a road that is somewhat distant from the actual interchange

[TheStranger]

A while back, I had a thread about "exit name not ideal for an interchange" -

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=28516.0

I just remembered a similar - but not exactly the same - concept, which occurs twice in San Francisco.

Much of Route 1 in the city runs on 19th Avenue, and thus US 101's exit for it in the Presidio (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8043624,-122.4725224,3a,35.5y,113.49h,92.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sT_BChLeyjshe39rjc1YP4Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) and I-280's exit in northern Daly City (https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6991721,-122.4712369,3a,16.3y,351.81h,92.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXOa_fDpeZ1vnbVaogYi7zQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) for this road are labeled for that particular street.

Just one caveat:  19th Avenue doesn't reach either freeway!

The north terminus of the Route 1 portion of 19th Avenue is over 3.1 miles from US 101, and the intersection where Route 1 moves off 19th to Junipero Serra is a full mile away from the 280/1 split.  However in both cases, because of how important the 19th Avenue segment is, the exit name is not egregious or severely indirect (so a little less debatable than a recent debate thread, the revived post about I-40 usage of Los Angeles as a control - https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18110.0 ).

Curious if any other examples are out there, and what the most distant ones might be.  For the purposes of the thread, the road in question has to be a conventional road and not a named limited access route, where maybe longer-distance TO type relationships are a little more understandable.  The primary focus here would be a conventional road that is not a state or US highway at all.

Having said that...for numbered routes, which do have more latitude over TO situations as well, the more interesting ones would be the ones furthest from the exit (bonus points if this requires driving significant distances on non-numbered routes away from the freeway exit).

[roadman65]

I remember when NJ did this on I-287.  The NB S. Washington Avenue exit ramp was signed as CR 529 South for many years until 1994 or so when NJDOT redid all the exit guides from the NJ Turnpike to Basking Ridge.   CR 529 is Washington Avenue only a mile north of I-287, but not heading south from it.  I believe it had that signed because the original Stelton Road interchange (the real 529 that is) had no left turns from I-287 N Bound to CR 529 S Bound, so some person in DOT thought to send them to CR 529 South via the convoluted way along Washington to Meltars Lane.  Probably the same person who did a terrible job in designing the Stelton Road interchange in the first place did the signing then.

Anyway, back to the present, PennDOT signs Business US 15 near the MD State Line from US 15 as Steinwher Avenue which is miles away yet.  US 15 Business at that point is Emmetsburg Road and not the aforementioned.

[KCRoadFan]

I'm sure this happens all the time in Texas. After all, the ramp accesses the frontage road, which in turn often has a number of businesses or side roads between the exit ramp and the named road on the sign.

[roadman65]

I'm sure this happens all the time in Texas. After all, the ramp accesses the frontage road, which in turn often has a number of businesses or side roads between the exit ramp and the named road on the sign.

The frontage roads in Texas you can say are part of the exit ramp.

[Skye]

I don't know if this counts, but in Cincinnati on I-75 Downtown, there's an exit labeled US West-River Rd-Linn St. It does put you on US 50 West right away, but it's an expressway known as the Sixth Street Expressway. There's an exit to Linn St off of that expressway not far from I-75 but it's another 1-2 miles before the road becomes River Rd.

[roadman65]

I remember once in Jersey City, before Christopher Columbus Drive was signed on I-78, Grand Street was signed there at that locale. The problem is it never went to it. The ramp connected to Montgomery Street one block past Grand.

[jp the roadgeek]

CT 72 current Exit 9 (future 1A) Eastbound in New Britain is signed for CT 71 Main St.  The problem is that CT 71 is not Main St.  To get to Main St,  one would have to take a right turn onto CT 71 (then known as the Harry S Truman Overpass), then take another right onto Chestnut St at the bottom of the overpass to finally get to Main St.  To further confuse things, if you stay on CT 71, it becomes South Main St about a half mile later. 

[Kniwt]

In Mountain View CA, the odd triangle of CA 237, CA 85, and US 101 leads to some interesting signage.

CA 85 north at CA 237 east: Sign shows US 101 south, which is actually three exits away. (There's no direct ramp from CA 85 north to US 101 south.)



CA 237 east at CA 85 north: Sign shows US 101 (which is still two exits away), not CA 85.

[DandyDan]

Exit 193 on I-35 in Iowa is signed for County B35, which is a mile to the east of the exit in Clear Lake. FWIW, this is my road to work.

[Evan_Th]

I-5 exit 172 in Seattle, WA, is signed for "NE 85th St / Aurora Ave N."  The exit goes to NE 85th St; Aurora Ave (which is SR 99, signed on its route but not mentioned on the interstate sign) runs parallel to I-5 about 3/4 mile away.

[andrepoiy]

Signs on the 403 Eastbound all say "401 via 403" starting from the QEW.

On the both the 407 and 401, Highway 412 an 418 are also signed as "407 TOLL via 412" or "401 via 418" etc.

[sprjus4]

I-70 and Baltimore 

[DJ Particle]

Didn't the NY Thruway exit for I-84 also list NY-17?

[CoreySamson]

I'm sure this happens all the time in Texas. After all, the ramp accesses the frontage road, which in turn often has a number of businesses or side roads between the exit ramp and the named road on the sign.

I'm guessing this would be a prime example of that. You have to go through 2 lights (or do an illegal turn through some pylons) to get to West Way.

[jp the roadgeek]

Didn't the NY Thruway exit for I-84 also list NY-17?

NY 17K (it still does), which until recently, was an EZ-Pass only movement. 

[HighwayStar]

I-70 and Baltimore 

[OCGuy81]

In Portland, OR, I-405 southbound has a sign at its split with US-30.  The left two lanes read "I-405 South/ US-26 West"

US-26 is actually about 1.2 miles south of this split.