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Title: Is US 159 the shortest US highway to enter 3 states?
Post by: bugo on February 08, 2014, 06:56:01 AM
NE2?
Title: Re: Is US 159 the shortest US highway to enter 3 states?
Post by: usends on February 10, 2014, 10:55:29 AM
Yes: there are 14 US routes shorter than US 159, and none of them go through 3 states. 
Historically, there have been an additional 25 routes shorter than 159, but again, none of them went through more than 2 states.
Title: Re: Is US 159 the shortest US highway to enter 3 states?
Post by: hotdogPi on February 10, 2014, 03:27:43 PM
What about US 44 for 4 states?
Title: Re: Is US 159 the shortest US highway to enter 3 states?
Post by: agentsteel53 on February 10, 2014, 05:57:58 PM
the longest US highway which is only in two states appears to be 277: 632 miles in Oklahoma and Texas. 

someone can prove me wrong.
Title: Re: Is US 159 the shortest US highway to enter 3 states?
Post by: usends on February 11, 2014, 10:35:16 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on February 10, 2014, 05:57:58 PM
the longest US highway which is only in two states appears to be 277: 632 miles in Oklahoma and Texas. 
someone can prove me wrong.

I probably would've believed you, except you added that last sentence, so I had to look.  ;-)
Found a couple that are longer:
US 380: 677 miles in NM and TX.
US 190: 875 miles in TX and LA.
Title: Re: Is US 159 the shortest US highway to enter 3 states?
Post by: Alps on February 11, 2014, 10:30:39 PM
US 730 is the shortest US highway to enter 2 states.
Title: Re: Is US 159 the shortest US highway to enter 3 states?
Post by: bugo on February 12, 2014, 02:32:40 AM
US 277 could (and should) easily be extended to US 60 or US 64 along OK 74.
Title: Re: Is US 159 the shortest US highway to enter 3 states?
Post by: usends on February 12, 2014, 09:18:41 AM
Quote from: Alps on February 11, 2014, 10:30:39 PM
US 730 is the shortest US highway to enter 2 states.

Also interesting to note here that the shortest mainline US route ever (US 630, at just under 3 miles) served two states.  (But that designation was retired in the '30s.)