"Tongue" routes

[cpzilliacus]

I-495 in Maryland and Virginia?

I-664 in Virginia?

[bzakharin]

Would I-676 count? It's not so much that it veers too far away from I-76 as I-76 going South then East, while I-676 going East then South, so the distance (as the crow flies) between the northeastern point on 676 and the southwestern point on 76 is 4.52 miles whereas getting from either junction to either point is between 3 and 4 miles. Also the northwestern section of the Baltimore Beltway (I-695) qualifies.

[Kacie Jane]

Reverse tongue -- KY 1571 in Estill County. Both ends are at KY 52, but in this case KY 52 loops around and KY 1571 is the straighter route.

Like US 101 and Alt US 101 near Ilwaco, WA. The Alt route is half a mile. The "main" route is 6 1/2 miles and passes through two towns.

Taking this on a tangent, but it's particularly hilarious because Alt US 101 still isn't the shortest route through there.  I mean, to cover that half-mile gap, yes.  But if you're driving through from Astoria to Aberdeen, you save 6 miles taking SR 401 and SR 4 over 101 and its "alternate".

[peterj920]

WIS 100 around Milwaukee

[cl94]

NY 3A comes close, but it's 3A that cuts the corner. Honestly, very few, if any, non-truck routes in New York make it because the suffixed system was mainly designed as alternate routes serving smaller communities.

[NYhwyfan]

NY 3A comes close, but it's 3A that cuts the corner. Honestly, very few, if any, non-truck routes in New York make it because the suffixed system was mainly designed as alternate routes serving smaller communities.

What about NY 28N? Would that qualify in relation to its length versus the length of NY 28 between NY 28N's endpoints?

[cl94]

NY 3A comes close, but it's 3A that cuts the corner. Honestly, very few, if any, non-truck routes in New York make it because the suffixed system was mainly designed as alternate routes serving smaller communities.

What about NY 28N? Would that qualify in relation to its length versus the length of NY 28 between NY 28N's endpoints?

Not quite. Closer than most, but, as the crow flies, the endpoints are about 5 miles further apart than the most distant point.

[mcdonaat]

LA 451 - 11 miles out from LA 114 at the furthest point, while the distance between the two junctions is about 2 miles.
LA 603 - goes 6 mi out from US 65, while US 65 is only five miles long in that same span.