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Title: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: robbones on January 13, 2015, 08:27:41 PM
US 271 in Arkansas is only 3 miles long before entering Oklahoma. What is the shortest US Highway in your state excluding Hawaii and Alaska?
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Zeffy on January 13, 2015, 08:33:28 PM
Is this counting bannered routes, or just mainline ones? For NJ, I believe the shortest would be US 9W, with only 11 miles of roadway within the Garden State.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Sam on January 13, 2015, 08:35:55 PM
US 220 in New York is about 1/10 mile long.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: texaskdog on January 13, 2015, 08:36:45 PM
I guess US 85 in El Paso that disappears into a duplex.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: hotdogPi on January 13, 2015, 09:04:02 PM
Massachusetts is surprisingly high for a small state. (US 3, 36 miles)
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: dfilpus on January 13, 2015, 09:07:21 PM
Quote from: texaskdog on January 13, 2015, 08:36:45 PM
I guess US 85 in El Paso that disappears into a duplex.
US 71 is shorter than US 85.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: dfilpus on January 13, 2015, 09:08:34 PM
In North Carolina, US 521 is down to 3.5 miles.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Thing 342 on January 13, 2015, 09:38:29 PM
Virginia is either US-11E at 0.58 miles or US-219 at 1.73 miles.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Charles2 on January 13, 2015, 09:53:05 PM
Tennessee: US 58 is 6/10 of a mile long.
Alabama: US 90 is 70 miles long, but is US 45 shorter?
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: pianocello on January 13, 2015, 09:57:28 PM
Quote from: dfilpus on January 13, 2015, 09:07:21 PM
Quote from: texaskdog on January 13, 2015, 08:36:45 PM
I guess US 85 in El Paso that disappears into a duplex.
US 71 is shorter than US 85.

That's debatable, the northbound lanes don't even enter the state. But yeah, the southbound lanes are shorter than US 85's length.

EDIT: Wait, is that alignment north of Texarkana new? I stand corrected, I think.

As for my own states, US 77 enters Iowa for about a quarter mile before it ends at I-29 in Sioux City. Honorable mention goes to US 136 in Keokuk (3 or 4 miles)
For Illinois (I'll claim it), US 60/62 has about a mile and a half in Cairo between the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
In Indiana, I think it's US 12 at 45 miles. Taking a quick glance at a list of the US highways in Indiana, it looks like US 12 is the only one that doesn't make it at least halfway across the state.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: tdindy88 on January 13, 2015, 10:12:17 PM
Indiana actually would be US 131, which takes up a very short distance (tenth of a mile or so) from the Michigan state line to the Indiana Toll Road.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: jp the roadgeek on January 13, 2015, 10:33:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on January 13, 2015, 09:04:02 PM
Massachusetts is surprisingly high for a small state. (US 3, 36 miles)

CT is smaller and higher: US 5 at 54.59 mi.   That is, if you don't count 1A at 1.93 mi.
RI: US 44 (26.3 mi) US 1A is 14 mi.
MD: US 222 3.61 mi. 
NH: US 2 35.4 mi.
PA: US 206 (0.46 mi)
VT: US 302 (35.6 mi)

Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: bulldog1979 on January 13, 2015, 11:48:26 PM

Quote from: tdindy88 on January 13, 2015, 10:12:17 PM
Indiana actually would be US 131, which takes up a very short distance (tenth of a mile or so) from the Michigan state line to the Indiana Toll Road.

It's 0.67 miles, actually. The length of US 223 in Ohio is slightly shorter: 0.66 miles.

For Michigan, the shortest is US 8 at 2.32 miles.


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Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Darkchylde on January 13, 2015, 11:48:59 PM
I'd think US 56 for Missouri. Not sure on mileage. Can't be more than 4.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Bickendan on January 14, 2015, 12:49:15 AM
199 for California and Oregon.
197 for Washington.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: TheCatalyst31 on January 14, 2015, 01:18:49 AM
The shortest in Wisconsin is US 141 at 117.33 miles, which is a lot higher than I would have guessed. Which raises the related question: what state has the longest "shortest U.S. route"? There's got to be a Western state with a longer one, I would think.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: dfwmapper on January 14, 2015, 04:48:37 AM
Arizona: US 64, 4 miles
New Mexico: US 160, 1 mile
Utah: US 89A, 3 miles, or US 491, 17 miles
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: froggie on January 14, 2015, 07:50:35 AM
QuoteAlabama: US 90 is 70 miles long, but is US 45 shorter?

Yes...about 59 miles.  US 411 is also slightly shorter than US 90 at 88 miles.

Mississippi's shortest is US 425 at just under 3 miles (all in Natchez, and all concurrent with US 84).

Minnesota's shortest is US 8 at just over 22 miles.

JP mentioned US 222 for Maryland.  But US 522 is even shorter, at just over 2 miles (over half of that a concurrency with I-70).

He also mentioned US 2 for New Hampshire, but US 1 is half as short at just under 17 miles.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Mapmikey on January 14, 2015, 08:31:11 AM
In Virginia, all of these are under 10 miles:
US 11E, US 11W, US 219, US 311

In South Carolina the shortest is US 276 at around 45 miles

In North Carolina it is US 178 at under 10 miles.

Mapmikey
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: PHLBOS on January 14, 2015, 08:33:22 AM
Quote from: 1 on January 13, 2015, 09:04:02 PM
Massachusetts is surprisingly high for a small state. (US 3, 36 miles)
Since MA & PA (my respective homestates) were already mentioned; I'll chime in on neighboring Delaware, US 9 202 in the Diamond State is just under 31 over 13 miles.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: dfilpus on January 14, 2015, 08:40:35 AM
Quote from: Mapmikey on January 14, 2015, 08:31:11 AM

In North Carolina it is US 178 at under 10 miles.

Mike,
How can you forget US 521 at 3.5 miles?
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: bassoon1986 on January 14, 2015, 09:46:01 AM
Louisiana is US 11.  24.6 miles
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: elsmere241 on January 14, 2015, 10:08:14 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 14, 2015, 08:33:22 AMSince MA & PA (my respective homestates) were already mentioned; I'll chime in on neighboring Delaware, US 9 in the Diamond State is just under 31 miles.

US 202 has to be shorter than that.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Zeffy on January 14, 2015, 10:19:34 AM
Quote from: elsmere241 on January 14, 2015, 10:08:14 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 14, 2015, 08:33:22 AMSince MA & PA (my respective homestates) were already mentioned; I'll chime in on neighboring Delaware, US 9 in the Diamond State is just under 31 miles.

US 202 has to be shorter than that.

I think US 202 is the shortest, but US 40 and US 301 are also both very short highways (both < 15 miles) in Delaware.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: SD Mapman on January 14, 2015, 10:20:12 AM
SD: US 16A: 39 miles
That's pretty good for a state with long crossing highways.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: roadman65 on January 14, 2015, 10:37:18 AM
US 23 in Florida is 37 miles.
US 29 in Florida is 43 miles long.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Mapmikey on January 14, 2015, 10:41:28 AM
Quote from: dfilpus on January 14, 2015, 08:40:35 AM
Quote from: Mapmikey on January 14, 2015, 08:31:11 AM

In North Carolina it is US 178 at under 10 miles.



Mike,
How can you forget US 521 at 3.5 miles?


To quote a NASCAR driver...I ran out of talent entering turn 1...

Mapmikey
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: PHLBOS on January 14, 2015, 12:13:42 PM
Quote from: Zeffy on January 14, 2015, 10:19:34 AM
Quote from: elsmere241 on January 14, 2015, 10:08:14 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 14, 2015, 08:33:22 AMSince MA & PA (my respective homestates) were already mentioned; I'll chime in on neighboring Delaware, US 9 202 in the Diamond State is just under 31 over 13 miles.
US 202 has to be shorter than that.

I think US 202 is the shortest, but US 40 and US 301 are also both very short highways (both < 15 miles) in Delaware.
Noted and earlier post corrected to reflect such.  US 40 in DE is just over 17 miles and US 301 is just under 15 miles.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: hbelkins on January 14, 2015, 01:48:53 PM
Guessing that Kentucky's is US 79. (I don't count US 52's two brief excursions into Pike County because it's maintained by WVDOT.)

As for West Virginia, also guessing that US 30 wins.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: sandiaman on January 14, 2015, 02:09:23 PM
That's easy: US 160  less than one  mile long in NM, a road that has   a driveway going to the Four Corners Monument.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Bickendan on January 14, 2015, 02:42:29 PM
Idaho: 195 at .3 miles.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: ekt8750 on January 14, 2015, 02:42:38 PM
Quote from: elsmere241 on January 14, 2015, 10:08:14 AM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 14, 2015, 08:33:22 AMSince MA & PA (my respective homestates) were already mentioned; I'll chime in on neighboring Delaware, US 9 in the Diamond State is just under 31 miles.

US 202 has to be shorter than that.

The useless concurrency it has with 95 and then DE141 helps it along a bit.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: PHLBOS on January 14, 2015, 03:54:48 PM
Quote from: ekt8750 on January 14, 2015, 02:42:38 PMThe useless concurrency it has with 95 and then DE141 helps it along a bit.
Without those concurrencies, US 202 in DE is just shy of 4.5 miles; 5.5 miles if one includes DE 202 that was once US 202 pre-1981.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Coelacanth on January 14, 2015, 05:39:20 PM
Quote from: froggie on January 14, 2015, 07:50:35 AM
Minnesota's shortest is US 8 at just over 22 miles.

Surely 65 and/or 69 are shorter than this.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: froggie on January 14, 2015, 06:10:33 PM
You're correct...I erred (seems to be a going trend in this thread).

US 69 would be the shortest at about 12.5 miles.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Big John on January 14, 2015, 06:22:13 PM
West Virginia - US 30 at about 4 miles?
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: jakeroot on January 14, 2015, 06:41:56 PM
I just briefly posted here about a state route, but then I re-read the thread title and quickly deleted my post. I should have edited my post instead but this should help fill the void anyways.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: adventurernumber1 on January 14, 2015, 07:28:04 PM
In Georgia, US 123 is the shortest US Highway at 17.7 miles.

Not far behind are US 11 (22.7 miles), and US 378 (23.4 miles).

I did this research on my own but I'm pretty certain these are the three shortest US Highways in GA (and they all immediately came to mind, too)  :D
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: DandyDan on January 15, 2015, 06:02:46 AM
I'd have to assume that for Nebraska, US 159 is the champion, though I'm not sure precisely how long it is.  US 159 may very well be the Kansas champion as well.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on January 15, 2015, 08:56:56 AM
I don't live in a U.S. state, but the shortest U.S. route that is within two hours of me would be U.S. 2 in New York with its glorious 4,760 feet; not quite one mile.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Mapmikey on January 15, 2015, 10:13:57 AM
Quote from: DandyDan on January 15, 2015, 06:02:46 AM
I'd have to assume that for Nebraska, US 159 is the champion, though I'm not sure precisely how long it is.  US 159 may very well be the Kansas champion as well.

US 138 and US 159 in Nebraska are very close...Rand McN puts 138 as a mile shorter.

For Kansas, it is either US 177 or US 270

Mapmikey
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: OCGuy81 on January 15, 2015, 10:17:52 AM
Quote199 for California and Oregon.

Without looking it up, isn't US 6 shorter in California?  Again, you might be right on 199.

Oregon is probably US 730.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: kkt on January 15, 2015, 10:22:48 AM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on January 15, 2015, 10:17:52 AM
Quote199 for California and Oregon.

Without looking it up, isn't US 6 shorter in California?  Again, you might be right on 199.

Oregon is probably US 730.

I looked it up yesterday.  The previous poster is right, 199 is shorter than 6 in California.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on January 15, 2015, 10:46:16 AM
Colorado: U.S. 84 is 27 miles long before it dips into New Mexico.

EDIT/CORRECTION: I forgot the useless concurrency of U.S. 400 with U.S. 50, maybe 10 miles or so.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: PHLBOS on January 15, 2015, 11:31:54 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 14, 2015, 06:41:56 PM
I just briefly posted here about a state route, but then I re-read the thread title and quickly deleted my post. I should have edited my post instead but this should help fill the void anyways.
What I typically do in that type of situation is one of two things:

1.  If nobody commented on such prior to my realizing any error(s); I just remove the entire post (if nothing in it is relevent nor correct).

2.  If someone did comment/reply; I just slash out the original post as needed/required.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: hbelkins on January 15, 2015, 12:02:57 PM
Can anything in Missouri top the duo of US 166/US 400?
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: bugo on January 15, 2015, 06:27:12 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 13, 2015, 08:27:41 PM
US 271 in Arkansas is only 3 miles long before entering Oklahoma. What is the shortest US Highway in your state excluding Hawaii and Alaska?

271 used to be longer in Arkansas. It followed US 71 to end at US 64, and it also followed US 59 to reenter Arkansas east of Page.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: robbones on January 15, 2015, 06:35:50 PM
Quote from: bugo on January 15, 2015, 06:27:12 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 13, 2015, 08:27:41 PM
US 271 in Arkansas is only 3 miles long before entering Oklahoma. What is the shortest US Highway in your state excluding Hawaii and Alaska?

271 used to be longer in Arkansas. It followed US 71 to end at US 64, and it also followed US 59 to reenter Arkansas east of Page.
I remember seeing the signs on U.S. 64
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: hotdogPi on January 15, 2015, 07:10:04 PM
Which state has the longest shortest? I mentioned Massachusetts, but then someone beat me with Connecticut. From the first page:

Quote from: jp the roadgeek on January 13, 2015, 10:33:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on January 13, 2015, 09:04:02 PM
Massachusetts is surprisingly high for a small state. (US 3, 36 miles)

CT is smaller and higher: US 5 at 54.59 mi.   That is, if you don't count 1A at 1.93 mi.

Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: jakeroot on January 15, 2015, 08:07:59 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 15, 2015, 11:31:54 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 14, 2015, 06:41:56 PM
I just briefly posted here about a state route, but then I re-read the thread title and quickly deleted my post. I should have edited my post instead but this should help fill the void anyways.
What I typically do in that type of situation is one of two things:

1.  If nobody commented on such prior to my realizing any error(s); I just remove the entire post (if nothing in it is relevent nor correct).

2.  If someone did comment/reply; I just slash out the original post as needed/required.

Sounds like a good tactic.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: JCinSummerfield on January 15, 2015, 08:19:10 PM
Already mentioned, but let's hear it for US-8!
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: bugo on January 16, 2015, 12:43:54 AM
Quote from: texaskdog on January 13, 2015, 08:36:45 PM
I guess US 85 in El Paso that disappears into a duplex.

What about US 71?
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: dfwmapper on January 16, 2015, 06:23:07 AM
Quote from: sandiaman on January 14, 2015, 02:09:23 PM
That's easy: US 160  less than one  mile long in NM, a road that has   a driveway going to the Four Corners Monument.
Quote from: dfwmapper on January 14, 2015, 04:48:37 AM
New Mexico: US 160, 1 mile

Quote from: bugo on January 16, 2015, 12:43:54 AM
What about US 71?
Quote from: dfilpus on January 13, 2015, 09:07:21 PM
US 71 is shorter than US 85.

Some of you need to read the thread before you post. :pan:
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: texaskdog on January 16, 2015, 08:16:27 AM
Some of you need to read the thread before you post.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: roadman65 on January 16, 2015, 08:52:43 AM
Quote from: texaskdog on January 16, 2015, 08:16:27 AM
Some of you need to read the thread before you post.
Asking people to follow the thread is too much.

You should know that by now.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: roadfro on January 18, 2015, 06:44:33 PM
The shortest US route mainline in Nevada is US 395, which is about 85 miles long (depending on how one measures US 395 in Carson City). That seems to be the longest "shortest US Highway" in a state of those mentioned (unless I missed something while scanning the thread).
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: robbones on January 18, 2015, 08:02:00 PM
What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: NE2 on January 18, 2015, 08:05:14 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 18, 2015, 08:02:00 PM
What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?
Has to be Rhode Island.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: cl94 on January 18, 2015, 08:24:33 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 18, 2015, 08:05:14 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 18, 2015, 08:02:00 PM
What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?
Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: cpzilliacus on January 21, 2015, 05:55:56 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on January 13, 2015, 10:33:31 PM
MD: US 222 3.61 mi. 

I respectfully disagree with the above. 

The other of U.S. 22's spur routes that reaches Maryland is shorter, according to the State Highway Administration's Highway Location Reference - U.S. 522 in Washington County is about 2.3 miles (that includes the concurrency in Maryland with I-70) from the West Virginia border to the Pennsylvania line (this is the point near Hancock where the distance from the Potomac River to the Pennsylvania border is at its shortest).
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: froggie on January 23, 2015, 07:54:34 AM
I'd mentioned US 522 earlier (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=14465.msg2034312#msg2034312).
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: dgolub on January 23, 2015, 08:56:31 AM
Quote from: cl94 on January 18, 2015, 08:24:33 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 18, 2015, 08:05:14 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 18, 2015, 08:02:00 PM
What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?
Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: US71 on January 23, 2015, 09:44:03 AM
Quote from: cl94 on January 18, 2015, 08:24:33 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 18, 2015, 08:05:14 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 18, 2015, 08:02:00 PM
What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?
Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".
Define "short"
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Bickendan on January 23, 2015, 02:24:45 PM
Quote from: dgolub on January 23, 2015, 08:56:31 AM
Quote from: cl94 on January 18, 2015, 08:24:33 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 18, 2015, 08:05:14 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 18, 2015, 08:02:00 PM
What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?
Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.
US 97 disagrees!
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: robbones on January 23, 2015, 02:28:27 PM


Quote

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.

Alaska and Hawaii don't count for this topic.

Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: robbones on January 23, 2015, 02:44:01 PM
Quote from: Bickendan on January 23, 2015, 02:24:45 PM
Quote from: dgolub on January 23, 2015, 08:56:31 AM
Quote from: cl94 on January 18, 2015, 08:24:33 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 18, 2015, 08:05:14 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 18, 2015, 08:02:00 PM
What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?
Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.
US 97 disagrees!
Officially US 97 never existed in Alaska. Canada had to re number some highways as 97, but since Canada refused, US 97 didn't get approved in Alaska.

http://www.us-highways.com/ak-us.htm
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Bickendan on January 23, 2015, 03:19:18 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 23, 2015, 02:44:01 PM
Quote from: Bickendan on January 23, 2015, 02:24:45 PM
Quote from: dgolub on January 23, 2015, 08:56:31 AM
Quote from: cl94 on January 18, 2015, 08:24:33 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 18, 2015, 08:05:14 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 18, 2015, 08:02:00 PM
What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?
Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.
US 97 disagrees!
Officially US 97 never existed in Alaska. Canada had to re number some highways as 97, but since Canada refused, US 97 didn't get approved in Alaska.

http://www.us-highways.com/ak-us.htm

Exactly -- Yukon didn't want to swap 1 for 97. Pedantic on AASHTO's part.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: hbelkins on January 23, 2015, 09:32:55 PM
If US 2 can be presumed to have a gap through Canada, why can't US 97?
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: froggie on January 24, 2015, 09:06:29 AM
Following that logic, can we presume that I-76, I-84, I-86, and I-88 all have gaps?  I'd say no...
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Gnutella on January 26, 2015, 07:40:57 AM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on January 13, 2015, 10:33:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on January 13, 2015, 09:04:02 PM
Massachusetts is surprisingly high for a small state. (US 3, 36 miles)

CT is smaller and higher: US 5 at 54.59 mi.   That is, if you don't count 1A at 1.93 mi.
RI: US 44 (26.3 mi) US 1A is 14 mi.
MD: US 222 3.61 mi. 
NH: US 2 35.4 mi.
PA: US 206 (0.46 mi)
VT: US 302 (35.6 mi)



U.S. 224 is another short one in Pennsylvania. It enters from Ohio and ends at U.S. 422 in New Castle nine miles later.

In Georgia, U.S. 11 and U.S. 378 are both 23 miles long. U.S. 11 parallels I-59 in the northwestern corner of the state, and U.S. 378 begins at U.S. 78 in Washington (not far north of I-20) and crosses Strom Thurmond Lake into South Carolina.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: empirestate on January 26, 2015, 11:22:46 AM
Quote from: froggie on January 24, 2015, 09:06:29 AM
Following that logic, can we presume that I-76, I-84, I-86, and I-88 all have gaps?  I'd say no...

I agree, but not by following that logic. The gap in US 2 is because of Canada–that is, we can imagine that if the territory between the segments of US 2 were part of the U.S., then the route would be continuous through there. But the Interstates don't have that excuse, since the territory between their segments is part of the U.S., yet they're discontinuous anyway.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Bickendan on January 26, 2015, 12:13:19 PM
Quote from: empirestate on January 26, 2015, 11:22:46 AM
Quote from: froggie on January 24, 2015, 09:06:29 AM
Following that logic, can we presume that I-76, I-84, I-86, and I-88 all have gaps?  I'd say no...

I agree, but not by following that logic. The gap in US 2 is because of Canada–that is, we can imagine that if the territory between the segments of US 2 were part of the U.S., then the route would be continuous through there. But the Interstates don't have that excuse, since the territory between their segments is part of the U.S., yet they're discontinuous anyway.
Although one could imagine I-76 riding along I-80 and I-71 unsigned, and I-84 along I-80 and I-380 (PA)... as amusing as the concept is, though, it's pointless.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: spell4yr on January 26, 2015, 07:21:39 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on January 13, 2015, 10:33:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on January 13, 2015, 09:04:02 PM
Massachusetts is surprisingly high for a small state. (US 3, 36 miles)
...
NH: US 2 35.4 mi.
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US 1 is shorter. I don't remember the exact distance, but it's not 35 miles.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: hotdogPi on January 26, 2015, 07:22:24 PM
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Massachusetts is surprisingly high for a small state. (US 3, 36 miles)
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NH: US 2 35.4 mi.
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US 1 is shorter. I don't remember the exact distance, but it's not 35 miles.

I-95 is 17 miles in New Hampshire, so US 1 should be about 17 miles.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 07:33:09 PM
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What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?
Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.
US 97 disagrees!
Officially US 97 never existed in Alaska. Canada had to re number some highways as 97, but since Canada refused, US 97 didn't get approved in Alaska.

http://www.us-highways.com/ak-us.htm


So this explains why BC 97 is numbered the way it is!
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: bugo on January 26, 2015, 07:34:09 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on January 23, 2015, 09:32:55 PM
If US 2 can be presumed to have a gap through Canada, why can't US 97?

Good point.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Bickendan on January 26, 2015, 07:42:59 PM
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 07:33:09 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 23, 2015, 02:44:01 PM
Quote from: Bickendan on January 23, 2015, 02:24:45 PM
Quote from: dgolub on January 23, 2015, 08:56:31 AM
Quote from: cl94 on January 18, 2015, 08:24:33 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 18, 2015, 08:05:14 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 18, 2015, 08:02:00 PM
What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?
Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.
US 97 disagrees!
Officially US 97 never existed in Alaska. Canada had to re number some highways as 97, but since Canada refused, US 97 didn't get approved in Alaska.

http://www.us-highways.com/ak-us.htm


So this explains why BC 97 is numbered the way it is!
And BC 101, 99, 95, 93, AB 93, MB 83, 29, 75, 59, ON 71, 61, and NB 95.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: kkt on January 26, 2015, 07:48:59 PM
Quote from: Bickendan on January 26, 2015, 07:42:59 PM
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 07:33:09 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 23, 2015, 02:44:01 PM
Quote from: Bickendan on January 23, 2015, 02:24:45 PM
Quote from: dgolub on January 23, 2015, 08:56:31 AM
Quote from: cl94 on January 18, 2015, 08:24:33 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 18, 2015, 08:05:14 PM
Quote from: robbones on January 18, 2015, 08:02:00 PM
What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?
Has to be Rhode Island.
Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.
US 97 disagrees!
Officially US 97 never existed in Alaska. Canada had to re number some highways as 97, but since Canada refused, US 97 didn't get approved in Alaska.

http://www.us-highways.com/ak-us.htm
So this explains why BC 97 is numbered the way it is!
And BC 101, 99, 95, 93, AB 93, MB 83, 29, 75, 59, ON 71, 61, and NB 95.

Canadians were good sports and accommodated the US route numbers... and then we went and changed a bunch of them to Interstate numbers.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: oscar on January 26, 2015, 08:05:22 PM
Quote from: Bickendan on January 26, 2015, 07:42:59 PM
And BC 101, 99, 95, 93, AB 93, MB 83, 29, 75, 59, ON 71, 61, and NB 95.

Also the ~4 km-long BC 395, connecting the Crowsnest Highway (BC/AB 3) to US 395.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: Bickendan on January 26, 2015, 08:19:16 PM
Quote from: oscar on January 26, 2015, 08:05:22 PM
Quote from: Bickendan on January 26, 2015, 07:42:59 PM
And BC 101, 99, 95, 93, AB 93, MB 83, 29, 75, 59, ON 71, 61, and NB 95.

Also the ~4 km-long BC 395, connecting the Crowsnest Highway (BC/AB 3) to US 395.
D'oh, and I'm the one that drafted that route for Clinched Highways! :pan:
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 09:44:43 PM
I just caught that MB 75 is actually a northern extension of US 75 and that US 83 also turns into MB 83. Now for a question. Did the US and Mexico cooperate on US 57 / Mex 57 or was that by chance?
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: oscar on January 26, 2015, 10:04:19 PM
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 09:44:43 PM
I just caught that MB 75 is actually a northern extension of US 75

Was a northern US 75 extension.  That border crossing is now barricaded, and cross-border traffic now takes I-29 and the short MB 29 connection to MB 75 the rest of the way to Winnipeg.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: bugo on January 27, 2015, 01:54:14 AM
Quote from: oscar on January 26, 2015, 10:04:19 PM
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 09:44:43 PM
I just caught that MB 75 is actually a northern extension of US 75

Was a northern US 75 extension.  That border crossing is now barricaded, and cross-border traffic now takes I-29 and the short MB 29 connection to MB 75 the rest of the way to Winnipeg.

I think Manitoba 29 has been decommissioned and Manitoba 75 extended to the border.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: bugo on January 27, 2015, 01:58:49 AM
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 09:44:43 PM
I just caught that MB 75 is actually a northern extension of US 75 and that US 83 also turns into MB 83. Now for a question. Did the US and Mexico cooperate on US 57 / Mex 57 or was that by chance?

Mexico 57 was there first. Texas renumbered state highways to TX 57 in 1966 and US 57 in 1970.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: NE2 on January 27, 2015, 09:22:28 AM
US 57: Nixon's illegal immigrant.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: oscar on January 27, 2015, 09:45:19 AM
Quote from: bugo on January 27, 2015, 01:54:14 AM
Quote from: oscar on January 26, 2015, 10:04:19 PM
Quote from: US 41 on January 26, 2015, 09:44:43 PM
I just caught that MB 75 is actually a northern extension of US 75

Was a northern US 75 extension.  That border crossing is now barricaded, and cross-border traffic now takes I-29 and the short MB 29 connection to MB 75 the rest of the way to Winnipeg.

I think Manitoba 29 has been decommissioned and Manitoba 75 extended to the border.

Which would make MB 75 now a northern extension of I-29 in North Dakota, rather than US 75 (which still continues on its old course and dead-ends at the international border, on the other side of the North Dakota/Minnesota state line).

But MB 75 still was a northern extension of US 75 rather than I-29, before the US 75 border crossing was closed.
Title: Re: Shortest US Highway in your state
Post by: bugo on January 27, 2015, 12:22:30 PM
Manitoba 29 wasn't decommissioned and Manitoba 75 wasn't rerouted until 2012.