Highways on Jeopardy!

[mgk920]

With all of those Interstate miles, Texas has only one North-South interstate, I-35, that stretches the entire state. The other significant North-South Interstate, I-45, only goes between Houston and Dallas before it becomes hidden I-345, then US-75.

If it weren't for the Panhandle, Texas would only have one east-west Interstate stretching from coat to cost border to border.

True, but then again, Interstate 10, with it's 881 miles in Texas alone, is the longest Interstate segment within a single state, and makes up 35.8% of the total highway length. 32.5% of it's length, or 779 miles, is west of Texas, and 31.7% of it's length, or 780 miles, is east of Texas. The shortest segment of Interstate 10 is within the state of Alabama at 66 miles. I think one of the shortest interstate segment within a state has to be Interstate 86 in Waverly, NY/South Waverly, PA where the main segment of Interstate 86 briefly dips into Pennsylvania for a mile terminating at route 34.

Now longs is I-684 in Connecticut?

Mike

[CtrlAltDel]

With all of those Interstate miles, Texas has only one North-South interstate, I-35, that stretches the entire state. The other significant North-South Interstate, I-45, only goes between Houston and Dallas before it becomes hidden I-345, then US-75.

If it weren't for the Panhandle, Texas would only have one east-west Interstate stretching from coat to cost border to border.

True, but then again, Interstate 10, with it's 881 miles in Texas alone, is the longest Interstate segment within a single state, and makes up 35.8% of the total highway length. 32.5% of it's length, or 779 miles, is west of Texas, and 31.7% of it's length, or 780 miles, is east of Texas. The shortest segment of Interstate 10 is within the state of Alabama at 66 miles. I think one of the shortest interstate segment within a state has to be Interstate 86 in Waverly, NY/South Waverly, PA where the main segment of Interstate 86 briefly dips into Pennsylvania for a mile terminating at route 34.

Now longs is I-684 in Connecticut?

Mike

Isn't the absolute shortest considered to be the segment of I-95 in DC?

[vdeane]

With all of those Interstate miles, Texas has only one North-South interstate, I-35, that stretches the entire state. The other significant North-South Interstate, I-45, only goes between Houston and Dallas before it becomes hidden I-345, then US-75.

If it weren't for the Panhandle, Texas would only have one east-west Interstate stretching from coat to cost border to border.

True, but then again, Interstate 10, with it's 881 miles in Texas alone, is the longest Interstate segment within a single state, and makes up 35.8% of the total highway length. 32.5% of it's length, or 779 miles, is west of Texas, and 31.7% of it's length, or 780 miles, is east of Texas. The shortest segment of Interstate 10 is within the state of Alabama at 66 miles. I think one of the shortest interstate segment within a state has to be Interstate 86 in Waverly, NY/South Waverly, PA where the main segment of Interstate 86 briefly dips into Pennsylvania for a mile terminating at route 34.

According to FHWA, I-86 terminates at the NY/PA line just west of US 220.