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Any of you road enthusiasts out there have closed exits in your town? As in, the ramp is still there, but for some reason, you aren't allowed to use it. The only one I can think of right now has been demolished - the old exit 1 on I-195 in Providence, RI. Any of you know of more?

There are a few closed entrances on the rapid-fire section of the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago.  Most of the traces have been removed.  The Eisenhower does have a few closed ramps near the Circle as well.

Former eastbound entrance ramp from Racine (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=41.875373,-87.652647&spn=0.000849,0.001206&t=h&z=20&layer=c&cbll=41.875373,-87.652647&panoid=yovVbZjOj1gPxqGJPRn1cw&cbp=12,261.04,,1,-2.7) on the Ike.

Former exit ramp off the Tri-State for 88th Avenue (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=41.744725,-87.837667&spn=0.003418,0.004823&t=h&z=18).  Streetview (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=41.745322,-87.838489&spn=0.003418,0.004823&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=41.745322,-87.838489&panoid=wbAwnRdbCZt_YvoD3GEsKQ&cbp=12,121.08,,2,5.71) shows very little left other than ROW.

A few in CT

I-84:
Exit 12 on the west side of the Housatonic River
Eastbound Exit 25 short ramp onto Reidville Dr. near Friendly's (Exit 24 WB to be eliminated soon)
Exit 34 westbound and westbound CT 72 entrance ramp from Crooked St (replaced by CT 72 Exit 2 to CT 372)
Eastbound Ramps (50 and 52) to Ann St (NB only) and Morgan St (replaced by the I-91 Flyover)
Forbes St. exit ramp (eliminated when the I-384 interchange was completed).

I-91:

Exit 29 left exit SB to Charter Oak Bridge, as well as ramp from Charter Oak south to I-91 North
Exit 30 NB Founders Bridge Exit, as well as ramp from WB Founders to I-91 South
Exit 43 Warehouse Point exit.

In my town: Former left-hand entrance from Smith Rd. (original terminus of the freeway-let that became I-287) onto the I-80 WB Exit 43 ramp to I-287 SB. Now used for maintenance access, guiderailed off from the rest of the ramp.
Elsewhere in NJ: Easternmost exit ramp on NJ 33 around Freehold was barriered off, I think because locals didn't want traffic exiting there. Ghost ramps: NJ 58 (Orange St., Newark) and NJ 81 (NJ Turnpike Interchange 13 and I-278). Plenty of less notable examples but it's 1 AM.

I-44 exit 40C in Lawton, for Fort Sill Gate 2.

Quote from: jp the roadgeek on December 07, 2013, 12:49:15 AM
A few in CT

I-84:
Exit 12 on the west side of the Housatonic River
Eastbound Exit 25 short ramp onto Reidville Dr. near Friendly's (Exit 24 WB to be eliminated soon)
Exit 34 westbound and westbound CT 72 entrance ramp from Crooked St (replaced by CT 72 Exit 2 to CT 372)
Eastbound Ramps (50 and 52) to Ann St (NB only) and Morgan St (replaced by the I-91 Flyover)
Forbes St. exit ramp (eliminated when the I-384 interchange was completed).

I-91:

Exit 29 left exit SB to Charter Oak Bridge, as well as ramp from Charter Oak south to I-91 North
Exit 30 NB Founders Bridge Exit, as well as ramp from WB Founders to I-91 South
Exit 43 Warehouse Point exit.

Also, exit 49 for Stiles Street on I-95.

A loop ramp from U.S. 31 south/280 east (Elton B. Stephens Expressway) south onto U.S. 11 (1st Avenue) north (http://binged.it/1bOKZcu) was closed, but remains in place:

10 year old photos, but its unchanged:
https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/alabama011/us-011_1st_av_n_abn_ramp_01.jpg
https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/alabama011/us-011_1st_av_n_abn_ramp_02.jpg
https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/alabama011/us-011_1st_av_n_abn_ramp_03.jpg
https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/alabama011/us-011_1st_av_n_abn_ramp_04.jpg

I-4 has the left hand exit for South Street (Exit 83) that was closed when the City of Orlando had South Street closed west of I-4 to build the Amway Center.  South Street used to be one way WB, so traffic could not turn left, but right into the closed street.

Apparently when the street reopened, the ramp did not and this was after FDOT placed new signage that included South Street as previously that left hand ramp had only one guide sign for it.  There was no advanced signing for decades and just a sign at the diverge point.  Even though the new Amway Center now could use that particular exit, they closed it off with a Jersey barrier.

The Eastbound I-4 exit for Robinson Street was closed when the new WB FL 408 to EB I-4 flyover opened to prevent weaving as that ramp was right after the merge of 408 traffic.  The new EB South Street ramp that replaced the former Anderson Street ramp that now connects with Garland Avenue which is the I-4 frontage road through Downtown allows the movement to Robinson.  Plus you could exit at Amelia Street too and double back one block as well.

The WB I-4 exit to Gore Street was removed as well. This is unclear as there is no weave issues of any sort, but maybe pre-planning as new ramps from WB FL 408 to I-4 will someday be built in this immediate area.

On northbound US(I)-41 in Neenah, WI, there used to be a northbound off only exit at Cecil St.  It was closed in the late 1970s and the former ramp reworked into a southern extension of Green Bay Rd (pre-1960 US 41 north of Cecil St) called Jewelers Park Dr.

http://goo.gl/maps/uwQxA

Mike

We're not counting ramps closed temporarily for construction reasons, right?

There is a left-hand ramp from U.S. 1&9 NB (express) to Delancy Street in Newark, NJ, that was permanently closed.  All movements are made now from the local roadway.

I hope this includes airports as well...

Seatac Airport (in Seattle) has lots of closed ramps along the freeway leading to the main terminal from SR 518. The Port rebuilt the airport to include light rail in the median of the freeway. The list of ramps include:

• A closed ramp from "the freeway" (it doesn't have a number) going south to Air Cargo Rd. The only remnant is the newer grass. It was replaced with a left-side ramp towards S 170th (which itself used to be a right-hand entrance to the freeway. (http://goo.gl/RD4qSx (http://goo.gl/RD4qSx))
• Towards the terminal, two ramps can be seen joining the departure/arrival roads from the east. These were U-turn ramps. They were replaced with a large two lane u-turn ramp about a mile up the freeway. (http://goo.gl/xJgvT9 (http://goo.gl/xJgvT9))
• The departures road has a closed ramp that went into a parking garage. Still stands but is barricaded off. (http://goo.gl/8U3Lvg (http://goo.gl/8U3Lvg))
• The end of the departures road has a closed ramp that connected to International Boulevard. It's been closed for a while; 1990 imagery on Google Earth show it closed even then. (http://goo.gl/ZMebSc (http://goo.gl/ZMebSc))

Quote from: vtk on December 07, 2013, 01:29:45 PM
We're not counting ramps closed temporarily for construction reasons, right?

No.  For example, I would not include the ramp for I-80 through the Burns Harbor Interchange (Exit 16) on the Indiana Toll Road.  That one will be closed for a year and half and be replaced.

Exit 19A in Shreveport, LA...EB I-20...was originally a left-hand exit until the current right-hand elevated ramps were built in the 1980s.

While speaking of I-4 in Orlando, many years ago other exit ramps have been closed back in the 70's.   EB I-4 to SB FL 435 had a ramp that was eliminated, as well as EB I-4 to Gore Street that was removed so the FL 408 trumpet interchange could be built in the very spot.

In Pennsylvania US 22 had ramps near Kuhnsville that were eliminated when the I-78 interchange was constructed.  EB US 22 had a ramp that led to one of the streets of Kuhnsville, that now require you to exit at PA 100 NB a mile sooner.  I also remember another ramp westbound on US 22 that also was closed as a result of the I-78/ US 22 interchange.

In New Jersey there was one in East Orange on NB Garden State Parkway just north of I-280.  Also in Newark, there was a direct ramp leading to present day I-78 EB from US 1 & 9 NB that was severed for I-78 Exit 58B to be built.  At the time it was access to the NJ Turnpike Exit 14 as I-78 did not exist to the west of US 1 & 9.

Exit 186B  from Bryan Stock Trail onto southbound I-25 in Casper, WY has been closed for months.  It was a very short ramp, and I think they decided it was unneeded as there's another slightly longer (#186A) southbound ramp a bit "south" - actually, cardinal-east, in the same area.

Unless things have changed in the past few years, the former Exit 251 on I-10 in eastern Orleans Parish, LA, formerly serving the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, has been closed since Katrina hit.  There's another full diamond interchange one mile to the southwest (near milepost 250) which was built to serve development that never happened and, to my knowledge, has never been open.

Quote from: roadman65 on December 08, 2013, 02:13:22 AM
EB I-4 to Gore Street that was removed so the FL 408 trumpet interchange could be built in the very spot.

That was actually a full 6-ramp parclo: http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/1637451/Page+067/

North Carolina:

I-95: Exit 14 closed with ramps removed (current US 74-A; was US 74-301 at one time)
I-95: Exit 87 used to be a split exit with NB at SR 1162 and SB at SR 1178.  The SR 1162 ramps were removed and SR 1178 was converted to a full diamond
I-85 between exits 20 and 21 had a US 29-74 connector that has been removed
I-40: exit at current NC 16 Business was removed when NC 16 bypass was built
US 52 (future I-285): between exits 86 and 87 there used to be an exit to old US 29-70 Bus
US 52 (future I-285): Exits 110A and 111B in Winston-Salem have been removed.

South Carolina:

I-85 between Spartanburg and Gaffney a couple ramps to/from service roads have been removed.

Mapmikey

There's one on Westbound I-70 between East Wheeling OH and Cambridge OH. I see it every time I drive that, but never have figured out why it was ever installed. But it's of the original 1950s design, sitting disused.

Assuming that this meets the OP's criteria, I'm surprised that nobody has yet mentioned the old ramp to I-95 South from I-93 South (old MA 128 North) in Canton, MA.  Although the ramp was closed off when the interchange was converted to a trumpet back in the mid-70s; the ramp is still present but closed off to general traffic.

http://goo.gl/maps/Nfkbs (http://goo.gl/maps/Nfkbs)

Similar was done with the I-95(MA 128)/US 3 North interchange in Burlington, MA.  The original on-ramp to US 3 North from I-95/MA 128 North is still present but closed off decades ago; again due to the interchange being converted to a trumpet-style type.

http://goo.gl/maps/10VP3 (http://goo.gl/maps/10VP3)

Some California examples:

- The onramp from Bayshore Boulevard to US 101/Bayshore Freeway north near Silver Avenue in San Francisco.  Closed some time in the last 10 years (presumably to prevent merging issues with the nearby Alemany Boulevard offramp) -

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Silver+Avenue+%26+Bayshore+Boulevard,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en&ll=37.732006,-122.404185&spn=0.001131,0.001089&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=13.172641,17.841797&t=h&hnear=Bayshore+Blvd+%26+Silver+Ave,+San+Francisco,+San+Francisco+County,+California+94124&z=20&layer=c&cbll=37.732006,-122.404185&panoid=XY0h_mlaSd3uB9WXYVgkig&cbp=12,220.24,,0,-1.66

- Barham Boulevard offramp from US 101/Hollywood Freeway north in Hollywood.  Closed decades ago in favor of a longer ramp to Cahuenga Boulevard and another ramp to Universal Studios (also, the old ramp led to a 5-way intersection at Barham) -

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Barham+Boulevard,+Los+Angeles,+CA&hl=en&ll=34.128699,-118.346612&spn=0.001184,0.001089&sll=34.066276,-118.461778&sspn=0.013403,0.017424&oq=Barham+Boul&t=h&hnear=Barham+Blvd,+Los+Angeles,+California+90068&z=20

- Offramp from Route 110/Arroyo Seco Parkway southbound to Fair Oaks Avenue in South Pasadena, another instance where a ramp closure took care of a former 5-way intersection.  Ramp seems to be used now for maintenance vehicles

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1600+West+State+Street,+South+Pasadena,+CA&hl=en&ll=34.119373,-118.149601&spn=0.002368,0.002178&sll=34.119622,-118.149471&sspn=0.000837,0.001089&oq=1600+W+State+Stre&hnear=1600+W+State+St,+South+Pasadena,+California+91030&t=h&z=19

Quote from: PHLBOS on December 09, 2013, 09:58:17 AM
Assuming that this meets the OP's criteria, I'm surprised that nobody has yet mentioned the old ramp to I-95 South from I-93 South (old MA 128 North) in Canton, MA.  Although the ramp was closed off when the interchange was converted to a trumpet back in the mid-70s; the ramp is still present but closed off to general traffic.

http://goo.gl/maps/Nfkbs (http://goo.gl/maps/Nfkbs)

That just reminded me of the short-lived but still-present ramp, which came up in another thread, that loops from I-78 EB to I-287 NB, although there is and always has been a direct left ramp between them.

There used to be an exit off southbound I-405 to a little street called Waterford Avenue just south of Sepulveda Pass. That offramp was blocked off some twenty years ago, and now any evidence of it has probably disappeared under all the construction.

The one that most readily comes to my mind was a portion of a ramp that was closed for many years but was eventually rehabilitated and returned to service.

To explain: I-66 used to end (or begin, depending on your viewpoint) at I-495. As originally constructed, traffic from northbound I-495 (the Inner Loop) exited to westbound I-66 via a left-side ramp that became the left side of I-66 (the ramp coming from the southbound I-495 Outer Loop became the right lanes). I-66 was extended inside the Beltway in December 1982, but the left-side exit remained in place and continued to merge on the left side. It was later augmented by a right-side loop-around ramp that was never especially popular with drivers.

Here's a 1964 image from HistoricAerials.com: http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=3.2E-05&lat=38.8846645348764&lon=-77.222830691406&year=1964  The configuration will be clearer if you zoom it out. I-66 runs in from the left side of the image. Note its stub end for the planned future extension.

I-66 inside I-495 has always had a peak-direction HOV restriction applicable to all lanes (originally HOV-4, later HOV-3, and in 1995 it became HOV-2, which it still is). In the mid-1990s VDOT imposed a peak-direction HOV-2 restriction on the left lane outside the Beltway. This created a problem with the left-side entrance coming from the Beltway. It was deemed undesirable to have general-purpose SOVs merging into the HOV lane. So the ramp was reconfigured to cross over westbound I-66 and merge in on the right side, creating an annoying bend or "kink" about two-thirds of the way around. The closed portion of the ramp was left in place but was blocked off and left to deteriorate. You can see this configuration in the 2002 image: http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=1.6E-05&lat=38.8838549806612&lon=-77.225054691406&year=2002

Then beginning in 2008, I-495 was rebuilt to include high-occupancy/toll lanes with their own dedicated exits. Part of the project involved rebuilding the I-66 interchange, and in doing so the old left-side entrance to I-66 westbound was rehabilitated and put back into service as an HO/T exit ramp. General-purpose traffic now has to exit I-495 on the right and use a reconfigured version of the loop-around ramp mentioned earlier. The annoying portion of the ramp after the "kink" was demolished. Current satellite image here: http://goo.gl/maps/98PQc

It was interesting to see an abandoned ramp put back into service again and I guess it's an example of why sometimes it's good to leave such things in place if there's a reasonable possibility it might be used again. An example of a situation where ramps were built prematurely and left in place long after it was clear they were never likely to be used would be those old ramps on I-278 on Staten Island that would have connected to the Richmond Parkway had it been completed. Those ramps probably could have been demolished a lot sooner than they were.

I discovered some closed ramps in Fort Lee, NJ.  These would be on I-95 to Hudson Terrace which are beyond the GWB Toll Plaza which might be why they're closed.  However, GWB was always tolled and the rock cut between Hudson Terrace and the Hudson River would have prevented any earlier toll plazas to be between the road and river.

The SB is no longer tolled since 1972 or around, so it could be used again, but instead the ramp to Hudson Terrace is a folded diamond type of ramp that loops back is still the ramp to Hudson Terrace SB.

Quote from: roadman65 on December 10, 2013, 10:00:49 PM
I discovered some closed ramps in Fort Lee, NJ.  These would be on I-95 to Hudson Terrace which are beyond the GWB Toll Plaza which might be why they're closed.  However, GWB was always tolled and the rock cut between Hudson Terrace and the Hudson River would have prevented any earlier toll plazas to be between the road and river.

They've probably always been for official use only. So don't go listing all the access ramps along the Turnpike.

Quote from: NE2 on December 10, 2013, 10:21:35 PM

Quote from: roadman65 on December 10, 2013, 10:00:49 PM
I discovered some closed ramps in Fort Lee, NJ.  These would be on I-95 to Hudson Terrace which are beyond the GWB Toll Plaza which might be why they're closed.  However, GWB was always tolled and the rock cut between Hudson Terrace and the Hudson River would have prevented any earlier toll plazas to be between the road and river.

They've probably always been for official use only. So don't go listing all the access ramps along the Turnpike.

--probably

Quote from: hm insulators on December 10, 2013, 02:25:27 PM
There used to be an exit off southbound I-405 to a little street called Waterford Avenue just south of Sepulveda Pass. That offramp was blocked off some twenty years ago, and now any evidence of it has probably disappeared under all the construction.

As of November 24, the Montana Avenue exit off the 405 was permanently closed because of the construction.

The SB 101 onramp at Cabrillo Blvd in Santa Barbara was permanently shut down in 2012 because it was a left entrance.

I also remember the CA 15 interchange with Imperial Avenue, which was removed because of its very close proximity to the Market Street interchange to the north.

There used to be an entrance from Broad St to OH 315 NB (I-71 at the time?) many years ago.  Apparently the pavement remained until this section of OH 315 was rebuilt circa 2000.

Similarly, there was a left entrance from Twin Rivers Dr to OH 315 (I-71 originally) NB, which was closed sometime before the mid-90s.  It seems it was closed due to its unsafe design and redundancy with the ramps just north of Goodale (redundant since mid-1970s when Twin Rivers Dr was extended to Goodale).  Or it might have stayed open until circa 1993 when work began rebuilding the Spring-Sandusky Interchange.

While researching the previous ramp on USGS topos, the 1973 revision shows a looping ramp from OH 315 SB to Goodale St EB which was not in the 1965 edition or the 1979 revision.

The entrance from Fulton St & 21st St to I-71 NB was recently closed permanently, as part of the Columbus Crossroads megaproject – specifically, the phase constructing the exit from I-70 WB to Mound St which started this year.  The bottom half of this entrance ramp has been torn up, probably related to the alignment shift of the 70W to 71N ramp, but I believe the pavement of the top half of the ramp is still there.

There was once an interchange at US 62 (now also I-670) and Stelzer Rd.  Hints of that diamond interchange are clearly visible in the aerial imagery, including what might be residual pavement (or it might be coincidentally located dirt patches).

In Whippany, NJ the Westbound NJ 10 ramp to Parsippany Road was closed due to safety concerns at the top of the ramp where Reynolds Avenue intersects with the ramp and Parsippany Road.

Traffic is now diverted to a side street beyond the interchange that was used as the defacto ramp from Parsippany Road to NJ 10 WB.  A light was installed at the intersection of that road and Parsippany Road instead of just signalizing the Reynolds Avenue/ Offramp intersection.

Quote from: JustDrive on December 11, 2013, 04:57:25 PM

I also remember the CA 15 interchange with Imperial Avenue, which was removed because of its very close proximity to the Market Street interchange to the north.

In 1964 it was a surprisingly elaborate setup at Francis & Imperial, involving a traffic circle:

http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=8E-06&lat=32.7069942386938&lon=-117.11983505322&year=1964

(At the time, Ocean View Boulevard to the south had an at-grade intersection with what was then unsigned Route 103.  This would persist into the 1970s)

The interchange remained at least past 1989:
http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=8E-06&lat=32.7069942386938&lon=-117.11983505322&year=1989

Oak Street in Delaware Water Gap, PA has two ramps on and off of I-80 that are closed just west of the Delaware River Toll Bridge Toll Plaza.

There is one in my hometown on US 202 http://goo.gl/maps/3suSq (http://goo.gl/maps/3suSq).

And there is even Street View on the old ramp http://goo.gl/maps/O5ICs (http://goo.gl/maps/O5ICs).

Wasn't there an exit along the Chicago Skyway which was closed for some time in the 80s before it was totally removed???  I seem to remember a creepy looking abandoned exit when I went through there in the late 80's/early 90s.

Quote from: thenetwork on December 16, 2013, 10:39:24 PM
Wasn't there an exit along the Chicago Skyway which was closed for some time in the 80s before it was totally removed???  I seem to remember a creepy looking abandoned exit when I went through there in the late 80's/early 90s.

Indiana and Wabash Avenues. There's still a median on the one-way Indiana Avenue where the ramp touched down.

Quote from: NE2 on December 16, 2013, 11:21:03 PM

Quote from: thenetwork on December 16, 2013, 10:39:24 PM
Wasn't there an exit along the Chicago Skyway which was closed for some time in the 80s before it was totally removed???  I seem to remember a creepy looking abandoned exit when I went through there in the late 80's/early 90s.

Indiana and WabashMichigan Avenues. There's still a median on the one-way Indiana Avenue where the ramp touched down.

FTFY. You can see parts of what used to be an overpass over 67th Street in that location here. http://goo.gl/maps/zRkj4

On I-75 NB in Covington, KY, there used to be an exit for Jefferson Ave.  When you approached it from the south during the '80s, the advance BGSs for that exit were all intact, but had the word CLOSED in larger white letters on green background, right about where the "1 MILE" or whatever would be.  Appeared a bit odd, yes.  The exit itself, of course, was barricaded off.

Someone told me the reason for the exit's closure.  The exit was at the bottom of a hill, and there might have been braking issues and such.  But this was not just any hill -- I think this one was infamously known as "Suicide Hill" or something, since the hill made a precarious S-curve on the way down, causing untold trouble for tractor-trailers.  (I was also told that the truckers refused to take the newer/safer I-275 bypass instead due to the longer distance; can't say I blame them. More likely, it was the trucking companies that refused the drivers the extra time and mileage.)  There was even a runaway truck ramp at the bottom of the hill at one point, rare for such a developed area.  This was the kind with a huge pile of pebble-gravel, with plenty of those yellow drums full of sand at the end.  When the hill was finally straightened in the '90s, the exit was eliminated entirely.  I think there's a swale following the route of the NB off-ramp, but that's about it.  In fact, there is now a hospital located within part of the interchange's footprint!

Another possible reason for the exit's closure was that it was basically an overbuilt interchange leading to a pair of residential streets.  Note its 1968 appearance:
http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=8E-06&lat=39.0716978868713&lon=-84.5182641298833&year=1968 (http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=8E-06&lat=39.0716978868713&lon=-84.5182641298833&year=1968)

In Dayton, OH, for a long time there was a closed exit off of I-75 at Riverside Dr., to and from the east only.  I heard it was closed because of its proximity to the interchange with OH-4, aptly named "Malfunction Junction", at least until its reconstruction in the 200s finally eliminated the tight and narrow curves.  Pretty much all evidence of the ramps on the north side have been eliminated with the recent construction, including the concrete-intensive ramp from the SB bridge down to Riverside Dr.  South of I-75, you can still make out the grading for the NB Riverside-to-NB I-75 on-ramp, along with SB-to-NB loop-ramp, which was actually still in use right up until it closed for the construction project.

Florida's Turnpike has a couple of these; they're still active trumpet interchanges that are now short a couple of brass pipes.

Exit 244 for US 192 (https://maps.google.com/?ll=28.289096,-81.347001&spn=0.002962,0.004823&t=h&z=18)
Exit 285 for FL 19 (https://maps.google.com/?ll=28.651546,-81.80693&spn=0.002952,0.004823&t=h&z=18)

Back in the days when I-280 in Toledo crossed over a drawbridge, there was an interchange immediately to the north of the bridge for then-US-223/Summit St.  Prior to the 80s, not only was there a northbound exit ramp from I-280 to westbound US-223, but there was also a ramp to westbound Huron St off the same transition ramp.   

Not sure when/why the Huron ramp was abandoned, but what was left of the abandoned ramp and still-active interchange remained until the new Skyway bridge was constructed.

Quote from: thenetwork on January 08, 2014, 09:19:59 PM
Back in the days when I-280 in Toledo crossed over a drawbridge, there was an interchange immediately to the north of the bridge for then-US-223/Summit St.  Prior to the 80s, not only was there a northbound exit ramp from I-280 to westbound US-223, but there was also a ramp to westbound Huron St off the same transition ramp.   

Not sure when/why the Huron ramp was abandoned, but what was left of the abandoned ramp and still-active interchange remained until the new Skyway bridge was constructed.

Found this in the archives of the Toledo Blade:
http://tinyurl.com/oeaubah
According to the article, it was in late 1971, but the background on the closure is very interesting.  Also interesting is a picture at the bottom of the page...it shows old signage on the ramp to Huron and Summit and the old sequential exit numbering that existed at the time.  Pretty cool!

I-93 through Boston has a bunch of "lost" interchanges. Though the ramps are gone, obviously. Heading north on old I-93:

Exit 20: 90 west - Mass Pike - kneeland Street - Chinatown (still there but moved)
Exit 22: Atlantic Ave - Northern Ave. (closed)
Exit 24: Callahan Tunnel - Logan Airport - Government Center (Calahan access closed, Government Center is Exit 23)
Exit 25: Causeway Street - North Station (closed)
Exit 26: Storrow Drive - Cambridge (still there)
Exit 27: US 1 north - Tobin Bridge (exit remains, moved from right side to left side).

Heading south on I-93:
Exit 27: US 1 north - Tobin Bridge (closed)
Exit 26: Storrow Drive - Cambridge - North Station (exit moved several miles north via Leverett Circle connector)
Exit 25: Haymarket Square - Government Center (shifted south, now Exit 24B)
Exit 24: Callahan Tunnel - Logan Airport (now Exit 24A, combined ramp with Govt center exit)
Exit 23: High Street - Congress Street (ramp relocated to serve Purchase Street)
Exit 22: south Station (combined with mass pike exit, numbered 20B)
Exit 21: Kneeland St. Chinatown (closed)
Exit 20: 90 west - Mass Pike - Points West (now exit 20A, combined with South Station exit)

Not really in my town, but on the other side of the state exit 66 on I-90, which lead to the Ellsworth Air Force Base, was closed in 2003. They got a new exit a mile or so to the west, though, and it serves the purpose exit 66 did just fine.

Quote from: TCN7JM on January 09, 2014, 12:47:27 AM
Not really in my town, but on the other side of the state exit 66 on I-90, which lead to the Ellsworth Air Force Base, was closed in 2003. They got a new exit a mile or so to the west, though, and it serves the purpose exit 66 did just fine.

Also in the area, Exit 51 was replaced with Exit 52 and the interstate alignment shifted. Even though they did a lot of landscaping, you can still see the old one.

Quote from: SD Mapman on January 09, 2014, 01:01:38 AM

Quote from: TCN7JM on January 09, 2014, 12:47:27 AM
Not really in my town, but on the other side of the state exit 66 on I-90, which lead to the Ellsworth Air Force Base, was closed in 2003. They got a new exit a mile or so to the west, though, and it serves the purpose exit 66 did just fine.

Also in the area, Exit 51 was replaced with Exit 52 and the interstate alignment shifted. Even though they did a lot of landscaping, you can still see the old one.

I've not been that far west. When was that exit replaced?

Westbound Business-80 (unsigned CA-51) had an offramp to Watt Ave near the IRS building that was removed in 2002. There was another Watt Ave offramp that was 1-2 miles earlier that already existed, so this shorter offramp was removed as a duplicate.

QuoteOak Street in Delaware Water Gap, PA has two ramps on and off of I-80 that are closed just west of the Delaware River Toll Bridge Toll Plaza.

Was this one ever open to normal traffic, or was it built just for emergency/"authorized vehicle" access only?  I've seen recent photos that show it signed/gated for emergency/authorized vehicle access.

Quote from: mtantillo on January 09, 2014, 12:37:26 AM
I-93 through Boston has a bunch of "lost" interchanges. Though the ramps are gone, obviously. 

Not to nitpick, but I believe that the premise of this particular thread involves either closed ramps that are still present or remnants of such ramps being present; not ramps that were completely taken out due to a major mainline corridor overhaul such as the Big Dig.  Obviously the gap in the I-93 exit numbering will be finally addressed when those exit numbers are converted to mile-marker based ones in the future.

Heck from mid-70s onward, the original Central Artery and South Station Tunnel had some ramps that were either closed or cut off.  The reason I didn't mention those earlier was because the entire elevated Artery is now gone and the South Station Tunnel was completely reconfigured to a one-way tunnel carrying southbound traffic. 

There is long-abandoned Rest Area on I-40 in Arkansas just before I-440 that is all overgrown.

There is another near Morrilton in 2000, but still looks usable.

Quote from: thenetwork on December 16, 2013, 10:39:24 PM
Wasn't there an exit along the Chicago Skyway which was closed for some time in the 80s before it was totally removed???  I seem to remember a creepy looking abandoned exit when I went through there in the late 80's/early 90s.

A few were removed, including the Michigan Avenue/Indiana Avenue ramp.  That one included a large bridge over the railroad tracks similar to the Stony Island Avenue ramp.  The others removed were just small slip ramp type ramps.  I don't remember all of them off-hand.  There's little sign of them currently.

The Michigan/Indiana ramp (not Wabash, SPUI) was the original (1957) terminus of the Skyway until the Ryan was finished in 1962.

Quote from: pianocello on December 17, 2013, 01:15:34 AM

Quote from: NE2 on December 16, 2013, 11:21:03 PM

Quote from: thenetwork on December 16, 2013, 10:39:24 PM
Wasn't there an exit along the Chicago Skyway which was closed for some time in the 80s before it was totally removed???  I seem to remember a creepy looking abandoned exit when I went through there in the late 80's/early 90s.

Indiana and WabashMichigan Avenues. There's still a median on the one-way Indiana Avenue where the ramp touched down.

FTFY. You can see parts of what used to be an overpass over 67th Street in that location here. http://goo.gl/maps/zRkj4

That's for the railroad, and, IIRC, predates the Skyway.  These were long, soaring truss bridges.

Here's some more on them:

Former Skyway Exit/Entrance Ramps (http://forgottenchicago.com/forum/5/4741/4763/_subject_) at Forgotten Chicago.

Historic American Engineering Record (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/il/il0800/il0824/data/il0824data.pdf).

One I've always wondered about is SB Alum Creek to WB I-270 in Columbus. Is it closed, or was it never finished?

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Quote from: 6a on January 09, 2014, 02:12:43 PM
Is it closed, or was it never finished?

Probably the latter. It looked about the same in 1971: http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=4&lat=39.873&lon=-82.935&year=1971

On CA-91, the Coal Canyon Rd exit was closed back in 2003. I believe it is a wildlife crossing today.

A subset of the OP are closed weigh stations and their associated ramps.  I-29 south of Missouri Valley Iowa/Hiway 30 a couple of miles are two closed truck weigh stations. One of the structures has been demolished, but the on and off ramps remain.  I think the IaDOT might use them for logistics areas.

When Md. 200 (ICC) was extended from its interim eastern terminus at Md. 28 (Norbeck Road) to its new (and current, as of today) interim eastern terminus at I-95 in 2011, the "exit" at Md. 28 was removed and the associated traffic signal was dismantled and taken away.  It is almost invisible today, though it can still be seen in Google here (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=olney+md&ll=39.113247,-77.061893&spn=0.004071,0.007929&client=firefox-a&channel=np&hnear=Olney,+Montgomery,+Maryland&gl=us&t=h&z=17) "exiting" from the eastbound side of Md. 200.

If we're including closed rest areas, there was a pair of them on I-71 about 20 miles southwest of Columbus, OH.  Someone told me they were closed due to prostitution activity going on there, but I think it was more likely the sprawling development in the Grove City area that made other "rest" options available.  Also, there was a rather steep incline to access the area on the SB side.  The ramps, now reduced to dirt paths, are still readily visible.
https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d5589!2d-83.1780545!3d39.8172118!2m1!1e3&fid=7 (https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d5589!2d-83.1780545!3d39.8172118!2m1!1e3&fid=7)

There is also an abandoned rest area on I-70 EB near St. Clairsville, OH.  Not sure if it's barricaded off, and GSV shows heaps of gravel on the parking area, but the pavement seems to be fully intact.  I have a distant memory, unconfirmed, that at one time you had to exit at the rest area and follow a long C/D-type road in order to get off at Mall Rd./Banfield Rd.  Again, I think they closed this one due to nearby commercial development.

Quote from: lepidopteran on January 09, 2014, 09:38:34 PM
If we're including closed rest areas, there was a pair of them on I-71 about 20 miles southwest of Columbus, OH.  Someone told me they were closed due to prostitution activity going on there, but I think it was more likely the sprawling development in the Grove City area that made other "rest" options available.  Also, there was a rather steep incline to access the area on the SB side.  The ramps, now reduced to dirt paths, are still readily visible.
https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d5589!2d-83.1780545!3d39.8172118!2m1!1e3&fid=7 (https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d5589!2d-83.1780545!3d39.8172118!2m1!1e3&fid=7)

I've always wondered why that was closed. I don't think it's because of Grove City business, because that didn't start blowing up until the 90s and I'm pretty sure the rest area was closed long prior. Considering the spacing of rest areas along I-71, I think a rest area here makes more sense than the one in Jeffersonville.  (On the other hand, with the NB rest area at the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge temporarily closed, we might as well have one halfway between Cincinnati and Columbus...)

Regarding rest areas, there's a never-opened rest area on westbound I-66 east of Linden, Virginia. I don't know how to post a map link when using an iPad, so I'll edit this later unless someone beats me to it. Driving west you pass what looks like an exit ramp that's blocked off with a "Road Closed" gate, then a few second later another such ramp rejoins the road. Looking at the satellite view reveals a parking area set up like one for a rest area. The rest area facilities were never constructed.


Edited to add: Found the map link in the "Abandoned Freeways" thread: http://maps.google.com/?ll=38.909018,-78.026705&spn=0.006387,0.016512&t=k&z=17&vpsrc=6

Just this morning, the closed NB Rest Area on I-295 in NJ is now signed with a black on gray "Springfield Yard" sign.  The main entrance is blocked by a jersey barrier (a modified ramp exists where traffic used to exit the rest area).  And thru the trees, you can see the old building still intact.  Maybe DOT will use this for a sub-yard, such as for snow/salting operatings or the like in the future...

Quote from: 1995hoo on January 10, 2014, 07:37:24 AM
Regarding rest areas, there's a never-opened rest area on westbound I-66 east of Linden, Virginia. I don't know how to post a map link when using an iPad, so I'll edit this later unless someone beats me to it. Driving west you pass what looks like an exit ramp that's blocked off with a "Road Closed" gate, then a few second later another such ramp rejoins the road. Looking at the satellite view reveals a parking area set up like one for a rest area. The rest area facilities were never constructed.

There is also one on the eastbound side of I-66 between I-81 and the U.S. 340/U.S. 522 interchange at Front Royal (Google here (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=front+royal+va&ll=38.983465,-78.234115&spn=0.008156,0.015857&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&channel=np&hnear=Front+Royal,+Warren,+Virginia&gl=us&t=h&z=16)).  For many years it was not used (and had signage inside the rest area from the late 1970's or early 1980's), but has recently morphed into a trucks-only rest area with no facilities.

Quote from: jeffandnicole on January 10, 2014, 08:47:13 AM
Just this morning, the closed NB Rest Area on I-295 in NJ is now signed with a black on gray "Springfield Yard" sign.  The main entrance is blocked by a jersey barrier (a modified ramp exists where traffic used to exit the rest area).  And thru the trees, you can see the old building still intact.  Maybe DOT will use this for a sub-yard, such as for snow/salting operatings or the like in the future...

Is Springfield like Washington, Union, and Franklin?

For much of the 1980's and the 1990's, the Winnetka Avenue exit of the CA-118 freeway was built, but closed to traffic.  This was because after the freeway was designed but before the freeway was built, the area on Winnetka Avenue between Devonshire and the 118 freeway became part of a gated community known as Monteria Lake. 

The Winnetka Ave exit reopened when significant development occurred north of the freeway.  Winnetka Avenue in this area has since been renamed Porter Ranch Drive.

While technically not an exit, CT 9 NB in Middletown no longer allows motorists to legally make the left turn onto Miller/Bridge Streets.  It's never been an interchange, but rather an intersection.  The former sign saying MILLER/BRIDGE STs <-- has been replaced with a "EMERGENCY AND AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY" sign.  The only way to legally access those streets now is from the southbound lanes.  NB, the route is Exit 18, then reverse direction back south.

Can't say I blame ConnDOT for closing the NB turn.  Back when I commuted that way, I'd see school busses make that left turn across 3 lanes of traffic going ~ 60 mph.  Sure, the posted speed there is 45, but noone goes it, unless the light at "Exit" 16 is red.

Quote from: shadyjay on January 19, 2014, 03:54:59 PM
While technically not an exit, CT 9 NB in Middletown no longer allows motorists to legally make the left turn onto Miller/Bridge Streets.  It's never been an interchange, but rather an intersection.  The former sign saying MILLER/BRIDGE STs <-- has been replaced with a "EMERGENCY AND AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY" sign.  The only way to legally access those streets now is from the southbound lanes.  NB, the route is Exit 18, then reverse direction back south.

Can't say I blame ConnDOT for closing the NB turn.  Back when I commuted that way, I'd see school busses make that left turn across 3 lanes of traffic going ~ 60 mph.  Sure, the posted speed there is 45, but noone goes it, unless the light at "Exit" 16 is red.

Can cars legally make the left turn out of there onto CT 9 NB?  I did it once.  No signs saying I couldn't

Quote from: jp the roadgeek on January 19, 2014, 04:25:15 PM
Can cars legally make the left turn out of there onto CT 9 NB?  I did it once.  No signs saying I couldn't

The Goog shows a pavement marking with a right turn arrow. I don't know if that's regulatory in Connecticut, especially since it could be covered with snow.

You cannot legally make the move between CT 9 NB and Miller/Bridge Sts.  The change was made only in the past year or so. 
Looks like Google Streetview has the signage/pavement markings.

Quote from: jake on December 07, 2013, 07:46:43 PM
Seatac Airport (in Seattle) has lots of closed ramps along the freeway leading to the main terminal from SR 518. The Port rebuilt the airport to include light rail in the median of the freeway. The list of ramps include:

• A closed ramp from "the freeway" (it doesn't have a number) going south to Air Cargo Rd. The only remnant is the newer grass. It was replaced with a left-side ramp towards S 170th (which itself used to be a right-hand entrance to the freeway. (http://goo.gl/RD4qSx (http://goo.gl/RD4qSx))

I managed to get a nice picture of the closed northbound lanes while riding the Link from SeaTac.

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I remember a closed exit on I-10 in New Orleans East. I believe it's still standing.

Newest closed exit on Westbound 290 in Chicago, Morgan Street

As of tonight, closed ramps at Ohio State Route 32 and I-275 in Cincinnati. Both are loop ramps, southbound to eastbound and northbound to westbound movements. However, at the present time the other two ramps at this cloverleaf remain in place.

West of Seatac Airport near Seattle, the junction between SR 509 and S 176th (http://goo.gl/iS3SBM) was opened around 2002, but was closed just after 2009. This corresponds miraculously well with the construction of Seatac's third runway. My presumption is that it was opened for construction access. I'm surprised WSDOT hasn't torn down the massive wall that bars residents from using the ramps. Seems like it would be at least somewhat useful.

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Quote from: ET21 on February 18, 2014, 08:16:09 PM
Newest closed exit on Westbound 290 in Chicago, Morgan Street

As far as I've seen, that's temporary.

Quote from: Brandon on February 19, 2014, 09:24:24 AM

Quote from: ET21 on February 18, 2014, 08:16:09 PM
Newest closed exit on Westbound 290 in Chicago, Morgan Street

As far as I've seen, that's temporary.

It's a complete demolition, least for the substructure. Whether they bring it back I didn't see anything
From Travel Midwest:

CHICAGO — The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced that weather permitting, a new lane pattern is scheduled to be installed on EB I-290 between Racine and Peoria Streets beginning Wednesday, February 19, 2014.

The lane pattern will allow for the continued demolition of the remaining bridge substructure at Morgan Street. Lane closures for this work will begin at 8 p.m. By at 5 a.m. Thursday morning, all four EB lanes will be shifted to the south.  The left lane will take motorists onto Congress Parkway. Motorists will use the next adjacent lane to access the ramp to the NB Kennedy Expressway. The two right lanes will access the SB Dan Ryan Expressway.

Motorists can expect delays during times when the lane closures are in effect and should allow extra time for trips through this area. Drivers are urged to pay close attention to flaggers and signing in the work zones, obey the posted speed limits, and be on the alert for workers and equipment.

Find details on other construction projects in IDOT's District 1 at www.dot.state.il.us. Updates on the impacts to traffic are available at www.travelmidwest.com.

Quote from: 6a on January 09, 2014, 02:12:43 PM
One I've always wondered about is SB Alum Creek to WB I-270 in Columbus. Is it closed, or was it never finished?

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What goes on here now? There's grading going on at this interchange. Is it to add this much-fantasized-about ramp? Or could the grading be for something else?

I recall the ramp being there and us using it in the early '80s but I was in preschool then and probably don't remember things well. Mom says it was never there. I know it was gone for sure (if it ever existed) by the late '90s.

Yes, they are building that ramp now.

Old USGS topos do not show the ramp existing.  I'm sure I have old Franklin County maps from various years that also do not show the ramp existing.  Your mom is right.

Quote from: vtk on October 27, 2014, 05:15:55 PM
Yes, they are building that ramp now.

Any idea what they plan to do? Looks like a slip ramp from SB Alum Creek to WB I-270, but the geometry is all wrong (except if they plan to construct a clover within that, which is strange because I didn't think DOTs still constructed tight weaving situations).

Quote from: jake on October 27, 2014, 05:52:14 PM

Quote from: vtk on October 27, 2014, 05:15:55 PM
Yes, they are building that ramp now.

Any idea what they plan to do? Looks like a slip ramp from SB Alum Creek to WB I-270, but the geometry is all wrong (except if they plan to construct a clover within that, which is strange because I didn't think DOTs still constructed tight weaving situations).

It's not going to follow that outline, the grading is a more standard ramp; a gradual arc I guess would be a way to say it.

Quote from: 6a on October 27, 2014, 05:59:23 PM

Quote from: jake on October 27, 2014, 05:52:14 PM

Quote from: vtk on October 27, 2014, 05:15:55 PM
Yes, they are building that ramp now.

Any idea what they plan to do? Looks like a slip ramp from SB Alum Creek to WB I-270, but the geometry is all wrong (except if they plan to construct a clover within that, which is strange because I didn't think DOTs still constructed tight weaving situations).

It's not going to follow that outline, the grading is a more standard ramp; a gradual arc I guess would be a way to say it.

That's what I was hoping (not like this (http://goo.gl/DwJU74) in Bend, Oregon, for example).

Quote from: jake on October 27, 2014, 06:02:57 PM

That's what I was hoping (not like this (http://goo.gl/DwJU74) in Bend, Oregon, for example).

Oh god, with the truck traffic at that exit...my word that wouldn't work, haha.

As for a soon-to-be-closed exit, the I-70 WB ramp to 4th St in downtown Columbus goes away the evening of 11/7. The new Mound St. Connector opens the next morning and should be hilarious to watch.

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The very useful 14th St. exit (Exit 6) off the FDR Drive southbound at the big Con Ed station closed in 2002 (I believe it was right after the big transformer explosion there that year, but left in place because of security fears).  Orange "closed" banners like in the GSV linked below were slapped over the BGS for it.  The BGSs were finally removed this year or last, only 11-12 years after the exit de-facto-permanently closed.

http://goo.gl/maps/W24YG

Quote from: 6a on October 27, 2014, 06:11:26 PM

As for a soon-to-be-closed exit, the I-70 WB ramp to 4th St in downtown Columbus goes away the evening of 11/7. The new Mound St. Connector opens the next morning and should be hilarious to watch.

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Yeah I had previously heard indirectly there would be a one or two week transition period with both ramps open.  Apparently not.

Quote from: lepidopteran on January 08, 2014, 07:24:25 PM
In Dayton, OH, for a long time there was a closed exit off of I-75 at Riverside Dr., to and from the east only.  I heard it was closed because of its proximity to the interchange with OH-4, aptly named "Malfunction Junction", at least until its reconstruction in the 200s finally eliminated the tight and narrow curves.  Pretty much all evidence of the ramps on the north side have been eliminated with the recent construction, including the concrete-intensive ramp from the SB bridge down to Riverside Dr.  South of I-75, you can still make out the grading for the NB Riverside-to-NB I-75 on-ramp, along with SB-to-NB loop-ramp, which was actually still in use right up until it closed for the construction project.

They also closed the Little York Rd. exit when they put in the Benchwood/Wyse Rds. interchange. The ROW was still evident until quite recently but now they've developed that newly open land.

Quote from: gilpdawg on October 29, 2014, 06:56:50 PM

Quote from: lepidopteran on January 08, 2014, 07:24:25 PM
In Dayton, OH, for a long time there was a closed exit off of I-75 at Riverside Dr., to and from the east only.  I heard it was closed because of its proximity to the interchange with OH-4, aptly named "Malfunction Junction", at least until its reconstruction in the 200s finally eliminated the tight and narrow curves.  Pretty much all evidence of the ramps on the north side have been eliminated with the recent construction, including the concrete-intensive ramp from the SB bridge down to Riverside Dr.  South of I-75, you can still make out the grading for the NB Riverside-to-NB I-75 on-ramp, along with SB-to-NB loop-ramp, which was actually still in use right up until it closed for the construction project.

They also closed the Little York Rd. exit when they put in the Benchwood/Wyse Rds. interchange. The ROW was still evident until quite recently but now they've developed that newly open land.

ODOT also closed old Exit 57 (Neva Dr) during that reconstruction, plus totally revamping the Stanley. Ave exit (Exit 56).  I think a couple of other exits were also permanently closed as a result of the redoing of "Malfunction Junction"(I-75/OH 4)

Quote from: 6a on October 27, 2014, 06:11:26 PM
As for a soon-to-be-closed exit, the I-70 WB ramp to 4th St in downtown Columbus goes away the evening of 11/7. The new Mound St. Connector opens the next morning and should be hilarious to watch.

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About flipping time. They've been talking about that since before I spent a few years there. At least they're doing the changeover on a Saturday so nobody will be going downtown.

A long closed exit here on the Garden State Parkway: 
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.10836,-74.795775&spn=0.000008,0.006539&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=39.108562,-74.796885&panoid=0jTKgLSXA7LV8JT2agub8Q&cbp=12,7.04,,0,-0.28 (https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.10836,-74.795775&spn=0.000008,0.006539&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=39.108562,-74.796885&panoid=0jTKgLSXA7LV8JT2agub8Q&cbp=12,7.04,,0,-0.28)
I thought I read somewhere that this served the early days of the GSP to complete the Cape May Courthouse bypass segment (currently under construction to add the new interchanges) before the segment to the north was completed.  I remember turning left NB off the GSP in this area, but it may have been a connection just south of Cape May CH.

The old Exit 98 on NY 17. Just kidding.

The EB NY 198-SB Elmwood Avenue ramp (http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=1.6E-05&lat=42.9329261737202&lon=-78.8778397451169&year=1963) in Buffalo has not existed for at least 20 years. Exiting traffic must weave over and exit onto what was the NB exit ramp. Not too far from here, I-190 NB formerly had a direct ramp to Porter Avenue (http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=3.2E-05&lat=42.8972638643287&lon=-78.898410700684&year=1963).

I have several...


There is a Cloverleaf ramp from I-5 to SR-512 in Lakewood, WA that was replaced with a wider Diamond Ramp to convert a full cloverleaf into a parclo.


When the MAX was built through Portland, the Eastern approaches to the Steel Bridge were rebuilt, and a direct ramp to I-84 East was removed, and the stub still exists.  I it is one of only a hand full of removed ramps with Stubs, others were never built.  Which also leads to a ramp that used to exist from the WB I-84 to NB I-5 ramp, which connected to surface streets to connect to the Steel Bridge and former 99W.  There was also a ramp from SE 2nd Ave to I-84 EB that was closed when the interchange was rebuild in conjunction with the MAX.


Which also leads to the entire missing Harbor Freeway and all the ramps to and from it to the bridges, or from Front St/Naito Ave to the Bridges.  Of which the one from Naito to the Hawthorne Bridge is completely intact and just a curb prevents its use.


Then finally, I will add the missing left exits and entrances along I-90/94 through downtown Chicago.  Every-other one was removed to provide acceleration lanes to the others.

Quote from: cl94 on October 30, 2014, 07:15:22 PM

Quote from: 6a on October 27, 2014, 06:11:26 PM
As for a soon-to-be-closed exit, the I-70 WB ramp to 4th St in downtown Columbus goes away the evening of 11/7. The new Mound St. Connector opens the next morning and should be hilarious to watch.

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About flipping time. They've been talking about that since before I spent a few years there. At least they're doing the changeover on a Saturday so nobody will be going downtown volume will be lower.

Kennedy Expressway (outbound) at Monroe Street in Chicago:

https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.879822,-87.645114&spn=0.001683,0.002642&t=h&z=19
Street View: https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.878985,-87.645416&spn=0.001695,0.002642&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.878985,-87.645416&panoid=_R_g43mn8ep4EhOgSoWxIA&cbp=12,27.48,,0,8.04

Quote from: cl94 on October 30, 2014, 08:46:20 PM
Not too far from here, I-190 NB formerly had a direct ramp to Porter Avenue (http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=3.2E-05&lat=42.8972638643287&lon=-78.898410700684&year=1963).

Speaking of that area, is there a reason I-190 is missing exit 10?

Quote from: vdeane on October 31, 2014, 12:48:35 PM

Quote from: cl94 on October 30, 2014, 08:46:20 PM
Not too far from here, I-190 NB formerly had a direct ramp to Porter Avenue (http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=3.2E-05&lat=42.8972638643287&lon=-78.898410700684&year=1963).

Speaking of that area, is there a reason I-190 is missing exit 10?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_190_%28New_York%29#Exit_list claims it was planned at Ferry Street.

QuoteExit was part of the original design but never constructed

I don't see a Ferry St exit in the plans (at least, not the ones I looked at), but there is a "future connection" noted where the Peace Bridge ramps are now with a similar design.  Maybe Porter Rd and the Peace Bridge were planned to be separate exits at one time?

Quote from: vdeane on October 31, 2014, 02:30:53 PM

QuoteExit was part of the original design but never constructed

I don't see a Ferry St exit in the plans (at least, not the ones I looked at), but there is a "future connection" noted where the Peace Bridge ramps are now with a similar design.  Maybe Porter Rd and the Peace Bridge were planned to be separate exits at one time?

I'm trying to figure out how they even could fit an exit there. It was immediately south of the toll booths, the river is a few feet to one side of the road, and the CSX line to the Whirlpool Bridge borders the other. I'll head over to the library later and see if I can dig up any plans in UB's archives. I've found everything else for this part of the state there.

I do know that Exit 8 was originally supposed to be for NY 33, but that stretch of expressway was never built. Stub ramps exist coming from I-190 with provisions for braiding.

Speaking of braiding, aerial imagery indicates that I-290 once had C-D roadways and a single exit from the main roadways for each multi-ramp interchange or closely-spaced interchange pair (http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=8E-06&lat=42.9847678266264&lon=-78.7949194179686&year=1966). Any idea why these were taken out during widening without replacement? Certainly would make traffic flow more smoothly if there were some.

In Cincinnati the old ramp from Montgomery Road to Westbound Norwood Lateral still connects to the expressway but not to the surface streets anymore.

Quote from: cl94 on October 31, 2014, 03:42:09 PM

Quote from: vdeane on October 31, 2014, 02:30:53 PM

QuoteExit was part of the original design but never constructed

I don't see a Ferry St exit in the plans (at least, not the ones I looked at), but there is a "future connection" noted where the Peace Bridge ramps are now with a similar design.  Maybe Porter Rd and the Peace Bridge were planned to be separate exits at one time?

I'm trying to figure out how they even could fit an exit there. It was immediately south of the toll booths, the river is a few feet to one side of the road, and the CSX line to the Whirlpool Bridge borders the other. I'll head over to the library later and see if I can dig up any plans in UB's archives. I've found everything else for this part of the state there.

No plans, but I did see the annual reports from the mid-50s to the 2000s. One from the 60s had a map containing an exit list for the entire system. Exits N10 and N16 were listed as "not open", so there was (at one point) a planned Exit N9. Until I see any official documents stating otherwise, I'll assume that the Peace Bridge was supposed to be N10.

Quote from: GCrites80s on October 27, 2014, 03:48:04 PM

Quote from: 6a on January 09, 2014, 02:12:43 PM
One I've always wondered about is SB Alum Creek to WB I-270 in Columbus. Is it closed, or was it never finished?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.tapatalk.com%2Fd%2F14%2F01%2F10%2Fera6aze4.jpg&hash=4e7cd1cb0984510818bad4b8c3941a33d9cfd356)

What goes on here now? There's grading going on at this interchange. Is it to add this much-fantasized-about ramp? Or could the grading be for something else?

I recall the ramp being there and us using it in the early '80s but I was in preschool then and probably don't remember things well. Mom says it was never there. I know it was gone for sure (if it ever existed) by the late '90s.

This ramp is open now. It does not follow the alignment of the fantasy ramp.

Here is a recently built interchange on I-43 north of Sheboygan that is only open for golf events at Whistling Straits.  It will open in about 2 weeks for about a week, then it will be closed for 5 years until the Ryder Cup is played there in 2020.  The people near the interchange were very upset that this interchange was built since it cost $4 million and it is sparsely used. 

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.830497,-87.771768,3a,75y,22.59h,63.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sunuCDmIb4-pSQwiVbeGNpw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I was looking at Historic Aerials and I noticed that in Orlando originally before the East West Expressway was built, that I-4 had and EB off and on to parallel Division Avenue where the current FL 408 trumpet interchange is now.

They closed all eastbound to and from Gore Street ramps to make the new toll road connection that is now being removed during the I-4 Ultimate Project.  However, those ramps will not be returned as even the WB exit for Gore Street was closed several years ago when the South Street interchange was remodified.  The only thing left from Gore Street from original I-4 at Gore/Division is that of the westbound I-4 on ramp which might be closed permanently after the ultimate, but not sure of that as I must consult the plans.

There used to be a frontage road access point on US 169 in Hopkins, MN. It was on the northbound side between Cedar Lake Road and I-394. The exit closed in 2011 or 2012 and a sound wall was built.

https://www.google.com/maps/@44.957592,-93.400724,3a,75y,31.45h,82.38t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s85cIPNUwKg--SlS-VMmNjw!2e0!5s20110701T000000!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Quote from: peterj920 on July 30, 2015, 06:46:50 PM
It will open in about 2 weeks for about a week, then it will be closed for 5 years...  The people near the interchange were very upset that this interchange was built since it cost $4 million and it is sparsely used.

This sounds like it would have been funded by the golf venue, in which case, there's no story here (besides the roadgeek trivia).  On the other hand, if this was funded with taxpayer money, Wisconsinites should be grabbing their pitchforks and lighting their torches...

Quote from: vtk on July 30, 2015, 11:27:19 PM

Quote from: peterj920 on July 30, 2015, 06:46:50 PM
It will open in about 2 weeks for about a week, then it will be closed for 5 years...  The people near the interchange were very upset that this interchange was built since it cost $4 million and it is sparsely used.

This sounds like it would have been funded by the golf venue, in which case, there's no story here (besides the roadgeek trivia).  On the other hand, if this was funded with taxpayer money, Wisconsinites should be grabbing their pitchforks and lighting their torches...

It was a 50/50 split between Kohler and the taxpayers of Wisconsin, $2 million each.  The project was approved in 2009

Quote from: peterj920 on July 31, 2015, 01:47:50 PM

Quote from: vtk on July 30, 2015, 11:27:19 PM

Quote from: peterj920 on July 30, 2015, 06:46:50 PM
It will open in about 2 weeks for about a week, then it will be closed for 5 years...  The people near the interchange were very upset that this interchange was built since it cost $4 million and it is sparsely used.

This sounds like it would have been funded by the golf venue, in which case, there's no story here (besides the roadgeek trivia).  On the other hand, if this was funded with taxpayer money, Wisconsinites should be grabbing their pitchforks and lighting their torches...

It was a 50/50 split between Kohler and the taxpayers of Wisconsin, $2 million each.  The project was approved in 2009

How much of that was from WisDOT and how much was from the Department of Tourism?

Mike

Quote from: mgk920 on July 31, 2015, 10:54:50 PM

Quote from: peterj920 on July 31, 2015, 01:47:50 PM

Quote from: vtk on July 30, 2015, 11:27:19 PM

Quote from: peterj920 on July 30, 2015, 06:46:50 PM
It will open in about 2 weeks for about a week, then it will be closed for 5 years...  The people near the interchange were very upset that this interchange was built since it cost $4 million and it is sparsely used.

This sounds like it would have been funded by the golf venue, in which case, there's no story here (besides the roadgeek trivia).  On the other hand, if this was funded with taxpayer money, Wisconsinites should be grabbing their pitchforks and lighting their torches...

It was a 50/50 split between Kohler and the taxpayers of Wisconsin, $2 million each.  The project was approved in 2009

How much of that was from WisDOT and how much was from the Department of Tourism?

Mike

According to this, is was 1/2 from the DOT and 1/2 from Kohler, but the total cost was $671,000: http://host.madison.com/news/local/public-money-goes-to-event-only-i--ramp-for/article_5090cce4-73d2-11df-a0cf-001cc4c002e0.html

The i95 sb to the i295(east beltway) ramp used to be a cloverleaf but a few years ago a flyover was built. The old cloverleaf is still there.  ( its the cloverleaf with no traffic detail) Interestingly driving both ways on 95  exit 362a comes first. SB used to be the normal exit xB xA set up.  (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F15%2F08%2F01%2Fc7db31077eaa03a98cab499ad803d9da.jpg&hash=3a211502b1ad2b875476fe3fc23ed12d71ee1ae6)

I vaguely recall... Wasn't there a ramp on I-80 in Youngstown–perhaps to the OH 711 freeway–that was closed for a very long time? I seem to remember driving by that exit–a seemingly important left exit with broad, sweeping geometry–with an orange CLOSED banner over the guide sign for what seemed like many years.

Quote from: briantroutman on August 01, 2015, 08:55:59 PM
I vaguely recall... Wasn't there a ramp on I-80 in Youngstown–perhaps to the OH 711 freeway–that was closed for a very long time? I seem to remember driving by that exit–a seemingly important left exit with broad, sweeping geometry–with an orange CLOSED banner over the guide sign for what seemed like many years.

Yes-because it was a stub until construction on the northern part of SR 711 began in 2002. SR 711 ended at US 422 before then.

I seem to recall a "seasonal" exit on the NH Turnpike for a Race Track when I was on a family vacation in the early 80s.  Glancing at Google Maps, I don't see anything resembling one. 

Was there a bona-fide exit for a Race Track back then?  If so, what has become of the exit and/or Race Track???

NB US 85 had a flyover ramp exit on NB I-25 in Castle Rock, CO (Exit 183 I believe) with SB US 85 merging on to SB I-25.  I think it was 2001 when they closed this exit and moved US 85 up to the Founders/Meadows Pkwy exit.  The former interchange was rebuilt and connected Old US 85 to Front Street.  A bit farther north on I-25, the Surrey Ridge exits were closed as well as the unnamed Exit 191.

Quote from: thenetwork on August 02, 2015, 01:47:41 AM
I seem to recall a "seasonal" exit on the NH Turnpike for a Race Track when I was on a family vacation in the early 80s.  Glancing at Google Maps, I don't see anything resembling one. 

Was there a bona-fide exit for a Race Track back then?  If so, what has become of the exit and/or Race Track???

That was the Maine Turnpike and the exit (then-Exit 6/current Exit 42) was for Scarborough Downs racetrack (which still exists BTW).

Not sure when it happened; but the interchange itself is no longer a Seasonal Only interchange.
Scarborough Interchange today (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.602094,-70.375357,3a,75y,34.26h,87.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seMWvjOR2hr7KSFUYFPhQdg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1)

Quote from: PHLBOS on August 03, 2015, 10:48:52 AM

Quote from: thenetwork on August 02, 2015, 01:47:41 AM
I seem to recall a "seasonal" exit on the NH Turnpike for a Race Track when I was on a family vacation in the early 80s.  Glancing at Google Maps, I don't see anything resembling one. 

Was there a bona-fide exit for a Race Track back then?  If so, what has become of the exit and/or Race Track???

That was the Maine Turnpike and the exit (then-Exit 6/current Exit 42) was for Scarborough Downs racetrack (which still exists BTW).

Not sure when it happened; but the interchange itself is no longer a Seasonal Only interchange.
Scarborough Interchange today (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.602094,-70.375357,3a,75y,34.26h,87.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seMWvjOR2hr7KSFUYFPhQdg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1)

Thanks for the clarification & confirmation.  I knew there was something up there somewhere.

If we're including seasonal exits, Exit 16 on I-495 (Capital Beltway) in Largo, MD was originally like this, sort of.  It was only open for Redskins football games and perhaps other events at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium (now FedEx Field).  But the development of the shopping center on the site of the old Capital Centre (later USAir Arena) and the Capital Town Center Metrorail station eventually led the exit to be open 24/7.

Another closed exit in the DC area -- ISTR that on US-50 WB, off the C/D ramp for the South Dakota Ave. exit, the ramp for Fort Lincoln Dr. seemed to be closed off for a time.  I think it opened sometime before the adjacent Costco was built, though I suspect the prospect of retail in the area must have helped.

I seem to remember closed ramps coming off the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Quote from: Rothman on August 04, 2015, 10:43:44 AM
I seem to remember closed ramps coming off the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Those were closed off a little over a decade ago because some in high places were worried that they feed into streets that pass too closely to the NYPD headquarters building.

Mike

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I-85 connector in Gastonia - it partially is open to traffic (I think) - but no access from I-85. The exit sign was torn down a while back (2-3 decades?)

In Tampa, FL there used to be a closed entrance onto I-275 from Westshore Blvd that was abandoned for decades.  I believe the rather recent I-275 widening might of chopped it up.

However, the ramp was closed by FDOT to avoid weaving between it and the nearby interchange with FL 60.  Plus with FL 60 intersecting Westshore Blvd. to the south of it, motorists can still access I-275 rather simple still, so two birds are now killed with one stone to say.

Another here in the Appleton, WI area at the I-41/US 10/WI 441 'Bridgeview' interchange.

http://binged.it/1Yfoy3h

When the original US 10/WI 441 bridge was opened in 1975, Lake St (the curving street extending southward from the interchange east of I-41) had a SB off/NB on ramp connection to that interchange.  The ramps were closed when then US 41 was upgraded from four to six lanes in 1991/1992 and Lake St was rerouted and extended northwestward over (now) I-41 to feed into Jacobson Rd (the main east-west road south of US 10).  The street bridge is where the former SB off ramp bridge was and that scar to the right of that street bridge is where the fill for the former NB on ramp was dug out as part of the current freeway upgrade project (linked image was flown in late spring/early summer, 2015).

Mike

Quote from: gilpdawg on October 29, 2014, 06:56:50 PM

Quote from: lepidopteran on January 08, 2014, 07:24:25 PM
In Dayton, OH, for a long time there was a closed exit off of I-75 at Riverside Dr., to and from the east only.  I heard it was closed because of its proximity to the interchange with OH-4, aptly named "Malfunction Junction", at least until its reconstruction in the 200s finally eliminated the tight and narrow curves.  Pretty much all evidence of the ramps on the north side have been eliminated with the recent construction, including the concrete-intensive ramp from the SB bridge down to Riverside Dr.  South of I-75, you can still make out the grading for the NB Riverside-to-NB I-75 on-ramp, along with SB-to-NB loop-ramp, which was actually still in use right up until it closed for the construction project.

They also closed the Little York Rd. exit when they put in the Benchwood/Wyse Rds. interchange. The ROW was still evident until quite recently but now they've developed that newly open land.

That land hasn't been developed quite yet, but I think ODOT is still trying to sell it.  Here's a Google Maps view:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dayton,+OH/@39.8535088,-84.1898773,759m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x884080d5aedd1403:0xa640e392f20e4ce4

In Newark, OH, the ramps from OH 16/OH 79 and Buena Vista St. were removed in a 2011 construction project.  It appears the off ramp was eastbound-only and the on-ramp was westbound only.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Newark,+OH/@40.0611266,-82.3941466,268m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x883817d9b080117d:0x11616c35e1b4991c

Link to a proposal page from ODOT:
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/D05/MajorProjects/SR16Newark/Documents/Buena%20Vista%20Cedar%20and%20State%20Route%2016%20Interchange%20Project%20Information%20Sheet.pdf

I remembered another one.

In Akron, OH., the ramp from OH 8 southbound to I-76/I-77 westbound had an exit onto Johnston St.  It lasted into the early 2000s, but not much longer than that.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Akron,+OH/@41.0631267,-81.5057488,267m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x8830d7958b2efab7:0x29c96c95fd266d04

I can't remember if this was mentioned, but Ohio SR 315 NB immediately north of the I-670 interchange had a left exit to Olentangy River Road that was taken out when Olentangy River Road was extended. Well before I lived there, but the ramp is still visible and it is used as a bike path.

Quote from: busman_49 on December 14, 2015, 12:10:11 PM
In Newark, OH, the ramps from OH 16/OH 79 and Buena Vista St. were removed in a 2011 construction project.  It appears the off ramp was eastbound-only and the on-ramp was westbound only.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Newark,+OH/@40.0611266,-82.3941466,268m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x883817d9b080117d:0x11616c35e1b4991c

Link to a proposal page from ODOT:
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/districts/D05/MajorProjects/SR16Newark/Documents/Buena%20Vista%20Cedar%20and%20State%20Route%2016%20Interchange%20Project%20Information%20Sheet.pdf

That one was nasty. I remember that a year or two before the westbound ramp closed I was on my motorcycle and a slow-moving school bus appeared out of nowhere up the ramp. I was in the right lane of OH-16 and had a "beside buddy" lurking next to me in the left lane so I couldn't get over. I had to get on the brakes hard and heard the car behind me lock up its brakes. Scary! I hate school buses on freeways unless they are on a field trip or transporting kids for extracurriculars. But based on the time of day, this was a part of its regular route which was bullshit.

Quote from: cl94 on December 14, 2015, 01:58:18 PM
I can't remember if this was mentioned, but Ohio SR 315 NB immediately north of the I-670 interchange had a left exit to Olentangy River Road that was taken out when Olentangy River Road was extended. Well before I lived there, but the ramp is still visible and it is used as a bike path.

Well sorta, the R/W of the ramp is still there as the bike path but the ramp itself is gone.

Quote from: busman_49 on December 14, 2015, 12:14:21 PM
I remembered another one.

In Akron, OH., the ramp from OH 8 southbound to I-76/I-77 westbound had an exit onto Johnston St.  It lasted into the early 2000s, but not much longer than that.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Akron,+OH/@41.0631267,-81.5057488,267m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x8830d7958b2efab7:0x29c96c95fd266d04

Not to mention that there used to be an on-ramp to SR-8 Northbound from Inman/Lumiere avenues across from the Johnston St. Off-ramp.  That would have made 3 ramps converging nearly on top of each other before merging onto SR-8 proper when the Central Interchange was fully open! 

And on the other end of the Central Interchange, there used to be a Northbound on-ramp from Lovers Lane to the Central Interchange (SR-8/I-77/then I-80S) and Southbound SR-8 traffic could exit at Lovers Lane.  Due to the increased traffic and short merge/weave area, that on-ramp was closed and torn out in the late 70s/early 80s, while a jersey wall was constructed between SR-8 traffic and I-76 (80S)/77 traffic so the former could not exit at Lovers Lane anymore.


EDIT:  I tried to enter the historicalaerials.com image, but it did not hold the location.  Look at the Central Interchange aerials from 1966.

Zipping around the Akron area a little more, I didn't realize that in the early years, you could not enter I-77/US-21 South from Ghent Road.  Instead, there was a Southbound on-ramp from Cleveland-Massillon Road (Old US-21) to the freeway.   


EDIT:  I tried to enter the historicalaerials.com image, but it did not hold the location. Again.  Look at the Bath Township aerials from 1967.

I-25 in Trinidad, CO has a couple of good examples.

Prior to 2009 and the viaduct reconstruction, exit 14 was sealed off but mostly left standing. The southbound exit had a tight loop that dropped to street level quickly. At the intersection of the base of the ramp, it connected with University and State streets almost directly under the viaduct it just left. To add insult to injury, there are two railroad tracks that cross the intersection as well. The northbound ramps weren't as bad, but still tight. These were partially demolished to make room for the new connecting road.
Historic Aerials shot in 1999: http://historicaerials.com/?layer=1999&zoom=17&lat=37.16940500062221&lon=-104.51149106025694 (http://historicaerials.com/?layer=1999&zoom=17&lat=37.16940500062221&lon=-104.51149106025694)
Same shot in 2005:  http://historicaerials.com:?layer=2005&zoom=17&lat=37.16886639271146&lon=-104.51128721237183 (http://historicaerials.com:?layer=2005&zoom=17&lat=37.16886639271146&lon=-104.51128721237183)

When CDOT (CDH?) closed exit 14, they created an exit 13 a-b complex for the southbound lanes. Upon exiting the interstate, you could take 13B which would take you under the highway and allow you to connect via the new connecting road. For exit 13A, you would continue on the ramp, which looked quite like you were about to merge back onto the highway. Only striping said you were still on a ramp. It then left the highway and headed up to a diamond interchange. To continue southbound on 25 after 13A, you had to utilize the frontage road for about 1/2 mile.
Historic Aerials shot in 2005:  http://historicaerials.com:?layer=2005&zoom=17&lat=37.16234294767912&lon=-104.51428055763245 (http://historicaerials.com:?layer=2005&zoom=17&lat=37.16234294767912&lon=-104.51428055763245)

Flash forward to today, post viaduct replacement. All signs of the former exit 14 are long gone, but exit 13A has been truncated to a half diamond, only servicing the NB exit and SB entrance--probably because of the proximity of the NB 13B exit and the sheer stupidity of the southbound layout. The southbound ramp is partially still there, but the northbound ramp was cleared out. I bet the owner of that gas station on the east side of the interchange (which used to be my favorite stop due to the ease of access getting back onto NB 25) was pissed at this one...

Current shot: https://goo.gl/maps/X47WqvjtDK42 (https://goo.gl/maps/X47WqvjtDK42)

I-95 in CT has an example I remember. Exit 49 west of the Q Bridge stood when I went through in 2009, before the reconstruction. I forget where it went. So when the Q Bridge was reconstructed, exit 49 got sacrificed and for all I know off, only grading is the remnant.

CT 34 is also another example. At this same time, CT 34 still had three exits on the freeway. You were dumped into downtown New Haven at exit 3 (you were forced to exit here. Every time the freeway got truncated, you were forced to exit off there). A couple years later in 2011, exit 3 got nuked and the freeway was truncated to exit 2. Sometime in 2013, exit 2 got nuked and you were forced to exit when the freeway started. After the Q Bridge, I-91, and CT 34 got a facelift, the freeway was removed, and CT 34 got a downgrade from a freeway to a boulevard. Not worth destroying that freeway you know...

Bumping the thread....

I-40 in Statesville, NC used to have an exit to U.S. 64....this (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8123527,-80.8446702,620m/data=!3m1!1e3) is where it was. You can still see the footprint leading to 64. I think the exit was closed in the late 2000s

EDIT: Forget what I said....It appears the exit closed between June of 2012 and May of 2013, according to GSV.

The old exit 10 on EB I-96 along with the WB entrance. In this image, the ramp gradings are still there: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0736627,-86.0763173,869m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

The new exit 10 EB exit/WB entrance ramps are at 112th Ave (where the WB exit and EB entrance always were).

I-94 exit 184: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2311953,-83.5999025,411m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en (only the EB exit is still partially there and used as a parking area); exit 184 was replaced by exit 183 around 1970 according to HistoricAerials)

Michigan also has a slew of closed rest areas (and these are only the ones that have visible signs remaining):
NB I-75 MM 143: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.3343469,-83.8571512,3405m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en (replaced with one at MM 128)
EB I-94 MM 36: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1539179,-86.3394991,1662m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
EB I-94 MM 73: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2382751,-85.6630454,842m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en (with both Coloma and Oshtemo closed, EB I-94 goes 90 miles between rest areas [the welcome center near New Buffalo to the one just south of Battle Creek])
SB I-196 MM 16: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3279213,-86.2964627,904m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
WB US-10 MM 124: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6539253,-84.2058424,1088m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
NB US-23 MM 32: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1814623,-83.6833726,1238m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

Two more that aren't active rest areas, but are still open as truck pulloffs:
NB I-69 MM 28: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1588851,-84.9906857,1642m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
NB US-131 MM 29: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1723731,-85.6441478,1090m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

There are a few more that have been closed but have no sign of their existence remaining (WB I-94 MM 182 [replaced with Belleville in the 1970s], EB I-94 MM 168 [replaced with Chelsea in the 2000s], WB I-96 MM 140 [removed to make room for Exit 140], EB I-96 MM 161 [removed for development], NB US-131 MM 77 [removed to make room for M-6], WB I-96 MM 45 [removed to make room for M-6])
Some have closed recently, while some have been closed for 20 or more years.

Quote from: US71 on January 09, 2014, 09:31:57 AM
There is long-abandoned Rest Area on I-40 in Arkansas just before I-440 that is all overgrown.

There is another near Morrilton in 2000, but still looks usable.

The Morrilton one was closed due to a brutal rape/murder that occurred there.....R.I.P. Kristen Laurite

Also, just down the way from the closed US-64 exit, there is a clover where 40 & 77 meet, but the northeast "leaf" of the clover has been removed, I would assume because it's too sharp a corner to negotiate. Source (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8096964,-80.8616271,620m/data=!3m1!1e3)

Another somewhat recent one in SD: the ramp from West Boulevard North to I-190 northbound between Anamosa Street and Explorer Street was removed when the North Street interchange (which this ramp was technically a part of, despite being nowhere near North Street) was reconfigured into an SPUI.

Still don't know why they bothered, though. You get on 190 southbound from North Street and five seconds later the freeway ends.

Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on October 28, 2019, 01:17:29 PM

Quote from: US71 on January 09, 2014, 09:31:57 AM
There is long-abandoned Rest Area on I-40 in Arkansas just before I-440 that is all overgrown.

There is another near Morrilton in 2000, but still looks usable.

The Morrilton one was closed due to a brutal rape/murder that occurred there.....R.I.P. Kristen Laurite

The one at 440 is being replaced by a new exit for Maumelle.

Quote from: US71 on October 28, 2019, 10:51:36 PM

Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on October 28, 2019, 01:17:29 PM

Quote from: US71 on January 09, 2014, 09:31:57 AM
There is long-abandoned Rest Area on I-40 in Arkansas just before I-440 that is all overgrown.

There is another near Morrilton in 2000, but still looks usable.

The Morrilton one was closed due to a brutal rape/murder that occurred there.....R.I.P. Kristen Laurite

The one at 440 is being replaced by a new exit for Maumelle.

Where is this rest area? I've seen it mentioned several times in this thread, and can't find even the first trace of it.

Here's what I know from Connecticut. Omitted several interchanges that were replaced or slightly relocated in reconstruction (for example, Tolland Tpke on I-86 is now Buckland St on I-84; or CT 2/15 movement handled by Silver Lane extension)

Also omitted what noelbotevera had already posted upthread.

CT 2
* exit 6 (House St / Griswold St) had WB exit and EB entrance removed c. 1987 when 2/3 interchange opened
* exit 5C (Maple St) WB exit removed c. 1987, same
* exit 5B (Sutton Ave) slated to be removed

CT 15
* exit 91, Forbes St removed. It's now on I-84 between CT 15 and I-384

I-84
* exit 12, Newtown removed
* (exit 29, SR 597, was proposed to be removed, but YIMBYs protested to save it)

I-91
* Bina Ave NB entrance, removed c. 1992 in reconstruction
* exit 43, SR 510, Warehouse Point, removed c. 1992 in reconstruction

Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on October 28, 2019, 11:12:07 PM

Quote from: US71 on October 28, 2019, 10:51:36 PM

Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on October 28, 2019, 01:17:29 PM

Quote from: US71 on January 09, 2014, 09:31:57 AM
There is long-abandoned Rest Area on I-40 in Arkansas just before I-440 that is all overgrown.

There is another near Morrilton in 2000, but still looks usable.

The Morrilton one was closed due to a brutal rape/murder that occurred there.....R.I.P. Kristen Laurite

The one at 440 is being replaced by a new exit for Maumelle.

Where is this rest area? I've seen it mentioned several times in this thread, and can't find even the first trace of it.

I-40 Eastbound, just west of I-430 to the west of Little Rock.

Still clearly graded on aerial imagery.

Ayd Mill Rd.  Exit 104B on I-35E in St. Paul, MN - Opened 1980 (to carry traffic off the still-unfinished I-35E), Closed 1989 (when I-35E was completed), Re-opened 2004.

Anyone else see an exit that was closed and re-opened again?

Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on October 28, 2019, 11:12:07 PM

Quote from: US71 on October 28, 2019, 10:51:36 PM

Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on October 28, 2019, 01:17:29 PM

Quote from: US71 on January 09, 2014, 09:31:57 AM
There is long-abandoned Rest Area on I-40 in Arkansas just before I-440 that is all overgrown.

There is another near Morrilton in 2000, but still looks usable.

The Morrilton one was closed due to a brutal rape/murder that occurred there.....R.I.P. Kristen Laurite

The one at 440 is being replaced by a new exit for Maumelle.

Where is this rest area? I've seen it mentioned several times in this thread, and can't find even the first trace of it.

It's been buried for a long time...probably closed when 440 opened. I'll pull my old maps and see what I can find.

Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on October 28, 2019, 05:59:06 PM
Also, just down the way from the closed US-64 exit, there is a clover where 40 & 77 meet, but the northeast "leaf" of the clover has been removed, I would assume because it's too sharp a corner to negotiate. Source (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8096964,-80.8616271,620m/data=!3m1!1e3)

It was removed also because of the new split ramp from northbound I-77 to I-40/US 21.  I suspect more will be removed when they finish work on the interchange.

Turning to stay on US 64 west was a pain in the butt because of oncoming traffic exiting at Exit 153.

The relocated Saco interchange from I-95/Maine Turnpike in Saco, ME. The "new" Exit 5 (36) opened in the 1980s for I-195 East. It's a distance north of the previous exit for ME Route 112. A portion of the ramp is still used northbound for some inn and conference center. The southbound portion, bridge and all, was removed. I think it was with the Turnpike widening project. You can still see a bit of grading to the west where the ramps were.

I-84 in Plainville, CT is another example. Exit 34 for Crooked Street was removed westbound. The access for CT Route 372 was moved to CT Route 72's Exit 2 around 2002 or so. (I-84 Exit 33 is for CT Route 72 West.) The grading is still obvious, even with the small trees they planted on it since.

Quote from: kurumi on October 28, 2019, 11:39:21 PM
Here's what I know from Connecticut. Omitted several interchanges that were replaced or slightly relocated in reconstruction (for example, Tolland Tpke on I-86 is now Buckland St on I-84; or CT 2/15 movement handled by Silver Lane extension)

Also omitted what noelbotevera had already posted upthread.

CT 2
* exit 6 (House St / Griswold St) had WB exit and EB entrance removed c. 1987 when 2/3 interchange opened
* exit 5C (Maple St) WB exit removed c. 1987, same
* exit 5B (Sutton Ave) slated to be removed

CT 15
* exit 91, Forbes St removed. It's now on I-84 between CT 15 and I-384

I-84
* exit 12, Newtown removed
* (exit 29, SR 597, was proposed to be removed, but YIMBYs protested to save it)

I-91
* Bina Ave NB entrance, removed c. 1992 in reconstruction
* exit 43, SR 510, Warehouse Point, removed c. 1992 in reconstruction

Would also add the ramp from the Founders Bridge to I-91, removed sometime in the mid-90s

I-69 and Chandler Rd, near Lansing, MI.  I swear it was open when I first went to college, then one summer it disappeared.  It seems to happen around the same time US 27 was fully decommissioned in MI.

At the eastern terminus of I-69/I-94 in Port Huron, the left-hand ramp to the northbound M-25 connector was closed when the terminus was reconstructed several years ago, but the ramp is still there -- it's painted out and blocked with a Jersey barrier.  I think it was going to be removed as part of a project to relocate Pine Grove Avenue for expansion of the customs plaza, but that project never happened.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9962925,-82.4421375,168m/data=!3m1!1e3

Quote from: TEG24601 on October 31, 2019, 03:44:07 PM
I-69 and Chandler Rd, near Lansing, MI.  I swear it was open when I first went to college, then one summer it disappeared.  It seems to happen around the same time US 27 was fully decommissioned in MI.

Nope.  It was planned, designed, and graded, but never constructed.

Others in CT: 

I-84 Exit 24 WB.  Ramp to Harpers Ferry Rd was removed in I-84 reconstruction through Waterbury.  Never was a 24 EB.

I-84 Exit 28 EB: Old ramp to Ruggles Row for 322 WB traffic removed when I-691 was built.  Old exit 27 was renumbered to 28 and gave access to CT 322 in both directions (previously only gave access to CT 66 East).  27 number repurposed for 691 EB ramp. 

I-91 Exit 29 SB: Old ramp to Charter Oak Bridge

I-91 Exit 30 NB: Ramp from I-91 to the Founders Bridge removed with development in downtown Hartford.  Ramp from Founders Bridge to 91 South also removed

US 5/CT 15 (Berlin Turnpike): Direct ramp from Turnpike SB to 72 (now 372) EB removed with CT 9 construction.  Traffic for CT 372 East now must use Worthington Ridge.  Ramp area is now a jughandle for access to CT 9 South.

There are old ramps to and from I-481 and I-690 to Butternut Drive.

Quote from: jp the roadgeek on November 01, 2019, 10:40:30 PM
Others in CT: 

US 5/CT 15 (Berlin Turnpike): Direct ramp from Turnpike SB to 72 (now 372) EB removed with CT 9 construction.  Traffic for CT 372 East now must use Worthington Ridge.  Ramp area is now a jughandle for access to CT 9 South.

I would really love to find photos of this interchange before CT Route 9 went in nearby. Just west of all that is Frontage Road, which gives access to/from CT Route 9 North. I believe the part between those ramps and Webster Square Road (in front of the Picture Show movie theaters) was done in the mid-1980s. An auto dealer is on the other side of the street today.

Quote from: wanderer2575 on November 01, 2019, 10:16:11 PM

Quote from: TEG24601 on October 31, 2019, 03:44:07 PM
I-69 and Chandler Rd, near Lansing, MI.  I swear it was open when I first went to college, then one summer it disappeared.  It seems to happen around the same time US 27 was fully decommissioned in MI.

Nope.  It was planned, designed, and graded, but never constructed.

Any reason why it was never constructed? IMHO, an interchange there would have been useful for the large apartment complexes along Chandler Rd to the south of I-69

https://goo.gl/maps/KSDVFymHkv3guVpZ6

Don't think I saw this one, looking through the old posts in this thread

Pretty sure there used to be a South I-55 Exit to IL 129 South. It is still Graded and the old Flyover Piers are still along I-55 North. Heck, IL 129 South may very well have been Old US 66?

Also, from the Satellite image, there also appears to have previously been a U-turn from I-55 North to I-55 South, just north of the Entrance ramp from IL 129 North to I-55 North - I assume this was for traffic from IL 129 to reach I-55 South

Quote from: ilpt4u on November 03, 2019, 12:19:33 AM
https://goo.gl/maps/KSDVFymHkv3guVpZ6

Don't think I saw this one, looking through the old posts in this thread

Pretty sure there used to be a South I-55 Exit to IL 129 South. It is still Graded and the old Flyover Piers are still along I-55 North. Heck, IL 129 South may very well have been Old US 66?

Also, from the Satellite image, there also appears to have previously been a U-turn from I-55 North to I-55 South, just north of the Entrance ramp from IL 129 North to I-55 North - I assume this was for traffic from IL 129 to reach I-55 South

That exit was closed due to the overpass crumbling years ago. it may be rebuilt in the future. *edited twice, did research, found out my original non-mention of the u-turn was right*

Quote from: SteveG1988 on November 03, 2019, 01:18:13 AM

Quote from: ilpt4u on November 03, 2019, 12:19:33 AM
https://goo.gl/maps/KSDVFymHkv3guVpZ6

Don't think I saw this one, looking through the old posts in this thread

Pretty sure there used to be a South I-55 Exit to IL 129 South. It is still Graded and the old Flyover Piers are still along I-55 North. Heck, IL 129 South may very well have been Old US 66?

Also, from the Satellite image, there also appears to have previously been a U-turn from I-55 North to I-55 South, just north of the Entrance ramp from IL 129 North to I-55 North - I assume this was for traffic from IL 129 to reach I-55 South

That exit was closed due to the overpass crumbling years ago. it may be rebuilt in the future.

I thought it was because they cancelled the Illiana Expressway which was supposed to start at that interchange.

Quote from: X99 on November 03, 2019, 01:19:37 AM

Quote from: SteveG1988 on November 03, 2019, 01:18:13 AM

Quote from: ilpt4u on November 03, 2019, 12:19:33 AM
https://goo.gl/maps/KSDVFymHkv3guVpZ6

Don't think I saw this one, looking through the old posts in this thread

Pretty sure there used to be a South I-55 Exit to IL 129 South. It is still Graded and the old Flyover Piers are still along I-55 North. Heck, IL 129 South may very well have been Old US 66?

Also, from the Satellite image, there also appears to have previously been a U-turn from I-55 North to I-55 South, just north of the Entrance ramp from IL 129 North to I-55 North - I assume this was for traffic from IL 129 to reach I-55 South

That exit was closed due to the overpass crumbling years ago. it may be rebuilt in the future.

I thought it was because they cancelled the Illiana Expressway which was supposed to start at that interchange.

That would be a goofy spot to begin the Illiana...I would do it just north of the I-55 Kankakee River crossing, to avoid building another river crossing and avoid the town of Wilmington

I'm trying to decided if I remember when that Overpass and the U-turn were both still there...

Quote from: KEVIN_224 on November 02, 2019, 03:57:21 PM

Quote from: jp the roadgeek on November 01, 2019, 10:40:30 PM
Others in CT: 

US 5/CT 15 (Berlin Turnpike): Direct ramp from Turnpike SB to 72 (now 372) EB removed with CT 9 construction.  Traffic for CT 372 East now must use Worthington Ridge.  Ramp area is now a jughandle for access to CT 9 South.

I would really love to find photos of this interchange before CT Route 9 went in nearby. Just west of all that is Frontage Road, which gives access to/from CT Route 9 North. I believe the part between those ramps and Webster Square Road (in front of the Picture Show movie theaters) was done in the mid-1980s. An auto dealer is on the other side of the street today.

From Aerial survey of Connecticut 1965 photograph 03426 (http://cslib.cdmhost.com/digital/collection/p4005coll10/id/11818) (I'm glad the link is still alive)
(https://i.imgur.com/DaQBHvX.jpg)

Connecticut sure does love those non-symmetric interchanges. You can also see traces of the original 1942 interchange alignment (before the 1962 freeway to the west).

Smaller pic and context on my Route 72 page (https://kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct72.html).

Don't know if these were mentioned, but there are two in lower Manhattan. Exit 6 on the southbound FDR used to be 15th St, but it was closed after 9/11 since it runs through a ConEd power substation and the signs were removed in 2016. One exit for Park Row coming off the Brooklyn Bridge has also been closed since 9/11

Quote from: crispy93 on November 04, 2019, 09:50:32 AM
Don't know if these were mentioned, but there are two in lower Manhattan. Exit 6 on the southbound FDR used to be 15th St, but it was closed after 9/11 since it runs through a ConEd power substation and the signs were removed in 2016. One exit for Park Row coming off the Brooklyn Bridge has also been closed since 9/11

That latter closure, along with a bunch of other streets in that area, is because they are all too close to the NYPD headquarters building.

Mike

Technically not a closed exit, but might as well be:  Northbound M-10 (Lodge Freeway) exit 14A to Northland Mall (https://goo.gl/maps/p9HVRFr3A3sM5WTN9).  This really is one exit ramp that forks at the top, but it's designated and signed as two exits.  The left fork (14B) merges into the service drive, while the right fork (14A) crossed the service drive to the Northland entrance.  When the mall closed, the entrance was removed but that part of the exit ramp and the signing have not been.

Recently, in Baltimore, the ramp from I-895 north to Holabird Avenue was removed as part of construction.

You'd never guess from driving through it today, but there was an Exit 125 on I-15 in central Utah that was completely closed and removed in 2003. Here it is in 1993 (https://www.historicaerials.com/location/38.47521046804434/-112.61186387065241/1993/17)...compared to how it looks today (https://goo.gl/maps/afhwCZskEqVrL8J48). Other than the fact that there wasn't much of anything off this exit, I have no idea why it was removed.

Quote from: US 89 on November 23, 2019, 12:03:56 PM
You'd never guess from driving through it today, but there was an Exit 125 on I-15 in central Utah that was completely closed and removed in 2003. Here it is in 1993 (https://www.historicaerials.com/location/38.47521046804434/-112.61186387065241/1993/17)...compared to how it looks today (https://goo.gl/maps/afhwCZskEqVrL8J48). Other than the fact that there wasn't much of anything off this exit, I have no idea why it was removed.

According to Wikipedia, it served as a ranch exit. My guess would be the owner of said ranch died, and as a result, the ranch went by the wayside.

And just north of said closed exit, there is an abandoned rest area (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.4968359,-112.616861,299m/data=!3m1!1e3), though it appears it was bare-bones.

There used to be an abandoned cloverleaf loop at the interchange between I-78 and I-287. But there was recently some construction there on the EB-NB loop, and the new ramp used up the loop.

Quote from: planxtymcgillicuddy on November 23, 2019, 06:13:59 PM

Quote from: US 89 on November 23, 2019, 12:03:56 PM
You'd never guess from driving through it today, but there was an Exit 125 on I-15 in central Utah that was completely closed and removed in 2003. Here it is in 1993 (https://www.historicaerials.com/location/38.47521046804434/-112.61186387065241/1993/17)...compared to how it looks today (https://goo.gl/maps/afhwCZskEqVrL8J48). Other than the fact that there wasn't much of anything off this exit, I have no idea why it was removed.

According to Wikipedia, it served as a ranch exit. My guess would be the owner of said ranch died, and as a result, the ranch went by the wayside.

"Ranch Exit" is just the traditional name in Utah for an exit that doesn't go anywhere. Most of them have been renamed now, but a few do still remain, including one on I-80 in Parleys Canyon where there is almost certainly no ranching activity.

Did anyone mention the 3rd street ramp to I-75/I-71 South in Cincinnati that has a closed ramp stub??


https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0983317,-84.5190541,3a,75y,355.17h,77.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXQizVIqK4ag8AArobS3JLg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0983317,-84.5190541,3a,75y,355.17h,77.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXQizVIqK4ag8AArobS3JLg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

Quote from: silveradoman298 on February 13, 2020, 07:39:11 PM
Did anyone mention the 3rd street ramp to I-75/I-71 South in Cincinnati that has a closed ramp stub??


https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0983317,-84.5190541,3a,75y,355.17h,77.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXQizVIqK4ag8AArobS3JLg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0983317,-84.5190541,3a,75y,355.17h,77.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXQizVIqK4ag8AArobS3JLg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)

Before this interchange was reconfigured due to the Ft. Washington Way project nearly 20 years ago, that ramp was the South I-71 to North I-75 ramp.

Quote from: lepidopteran on January 08, 2014, 07:09:07 PM
On I-75 NB in Covington, KY, there used to be an exit for Jefferson Ave.  When you approached it from the south during the '80s, the advance BGSs for that exit were all intact, but had the word CLOSED in larger white letters on green background, right about where the "1 MILE" or whatever would be.  Appeared a bit odd, yes.  The exit itself, of course, was barricaded off.

Someone told me the reason for the exit's closure.  The exit was at the bottom of a hill, and there might have been braking issues and such.  But this was not just any hill -- I think this one was infamously known as "Suicide Hill" or something, since the hill made a precarious S-curve on the way down, causing untold trouble for tractor-trailers.  (I was also told that the truckers refused to take the newer/safer I-275 bypass instead due to the longer distance; can't say I blame them. More likely, it was the trucking companies that refused the drivers the extra time and mileage.)  There was even a runaway truck ramp at the bottom of the hill at one point, rare for such a developed area.  This was the kind with a huge pile of pebble-gravel, with plenty of those yellow drums full of sand at the end.  When the hill was finally straightened in the '90s, the exit was eliminated entirely.  I think there's a swale following the route of the NB off-ramp, but that's about it.  In fact, there is now a hospital located within part of the interchange's footprint!

Another possible reason for the exit's closure was that it was basically an overbuilt interchange leading to a pair of residential streets.  Note its 1968 appearance:
http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=8E-06&lat=39.0716978868713&lon=-84.5182641298833&year=1968 (http://www.historicaerials.com/aerials.php?scale=8E-06&lat=39.0716978868713&lon=-84.5182641298833&year=1968)

I live about two miles from that section of I-75.  I see what is currently built, look at these Historic Aerials, and wonder who the engineer was that developed the original I-75 construction through the Covington cut-in-the-hill.  I guess he did not want to destroy some of the hills (which ended up getting partly blasted through in the early 1990's).

I am probably being a bit lazy, as I do not really want to read through six other pages of posts, but, if this has not already been mentioned, there used to be an interchange on I-75 just south of current Exit 164 (where the current Allen Twp 109 is today).  It was Exit 83-Mortimer when Ohio used sequential interchange numbers.  You can see the outline of a diamond interchange there when viewing through Google Maps.  Looking through Street View, you can see the outline very clearly.