What is it? 91 maybe? 5?
US 331
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US 57, US 211, US 223, US 266, US 311, old US 630
138. It's even an orphan.
I'd say US 730, which connects US 12 and I-84 near the Washington/Oregon border without much in between.
The aforementioned 223 is pretty pointless too, and just randomly ends north of Toledo.
US 1A, Stonington, CT
All it does is connect a borough of 900 before looping back.
US 202. Or US 44.
Quote from: ajlynch91 on May 25, 2017, 10:22:32 PM
I'd say US 730, which connects US 12 and I-84 near the Washington/Oregon border without much in between.
The aforementioned 223 is pretty pointless too, and just randomly ends north of Toledo.
I used to use 730 a lot. It's the fastest route from a lot of places to Portland.
Really a good argument could be made for US 163. Really the route doesn't offer much in the way of any real advantage to taking US 191. Outside of tourism there really isn't much of a reason ever to take US 163, given the odd numbering convention maybe it ought to have remained a series of state highways?
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on May 25, 2017, 11:13:40 PM
US 202. Or US 44.
I would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is. Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on May 25, 2017, 11:13:40 PM
US 202. Or US 44.
Under that logic then US 5 is useless, thanks to mostly I-91.
Edit becuase of accidental deletion.
Quote from: JJBers on May 25, 2017, 11:41:19 PM
US 5, thanks to mostly I-91.
US 5 acts as a crucial business route for I-91, actually connecting the communities that I-91 bypasses. To call it unimportant strikes me as a statement made out of ignorance of the area served by it.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on May 25, 2017, 11:38:21 PM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on May 25, 2017, 11:13:40 PM
US 202. Or US 44.
I would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is. Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.
Redundant? How is the stretch from Westfield, MA into Maine redundant? Redundant of what?
US 202 connects all those little hilltowns all along its path. No other road goes where it does.
I personally would go with US 159. Its only practical use is for those going north on I-29 who are going to Falls City NE, and who's going there? I am not sure what practical benefit exists for the independent section in Kansas. It's a long windy road through some small towns.
Around my area it would be US 311. The whole route is serves as a longer, more out-of-the-way version of US 220. It makes an awkward nearly 90 degree turn in Winston-Salem, and the entire freeway section after the turn has been taken over by I-74
Quote from: Rothman on May 25, 2017, 11:53:59 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on May 25, 2017, 11:38:21 PMI would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is. Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.
Redundant? How is the stretch from Westfield, MA into Maine redundant? Redundant of what?
US 202 connects all those little hilltowns all along its path. No other road goes where it does.
By
redundant, I believe he means that there's several stretches of 202 where it's concurrent with other routes;
implying that it would be better to designate the non-concurrencies in between as different routes.
Quote from: PHLBOS on May 26, 2017, 08:39:40 AM
Quote from: Rothman on May 25, 2017, 11:53:59 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on May 25, 2017, 11:38:21 PMI would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is. Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.
Redundant? How is the stretch from Westfield, MA into Maine redundant? Redundant of what?
US 202 connects all those little hilltowns all along its path. No other road goes where it does.
By redundant, I believe he means that there's several stretches of 202 where it's concurrent with other routes; implying that it would be better to designate the non-concurrencies in between as different routes.
Pfft. Pfft, I say.
USeless 641.
Quote from: Brandon on May 25, 2017, 10:21:38 PM
138. It's even an orphan.
On that note, US 266 is pretty useless as well.
I'm surprised it's taken this long to for US 130 to be mentioned. While it's an important corridor in Jersey, it should just be a state route.
Quote from: Rothman on May 25, 2017, 11:53:59 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on May 25, 2017, 11:38:21 PM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on May 25, 2017, 11:13:40 PM
US 202. Or US 44.
I would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is. Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.
Redundant? How is the stretch from Westfield, MA into Maine redundant? Redundant of what?
US 202 connects all those little hilltowns all along its path. No other road goes where it does.
From Hillsborough, NH into ME, it's cosigned with NH 9, US 3, I-393, US 4, NH 107, NH 126, NH 16, NH/ME 11, ME 4A, ME 4, and ME 9 for most of its route. If MA 21 were extended from Belchertown to Hillsborough, NH (21 is available in NH), you can just create a new state route from Easthampton to Belchertown and be done with it.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on May 26, 2017, 04:59:49 PM
Quote from: Rothman on May 25, 2017, 11:53:59 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on May 25, 2017, 11:38:21 PM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on May 25, 2017, 11:13:40 PM
US 202. Or US 44.
I would say US 202, except the portion between I-95 in DE and I-78 in NJ is. Rest of it certainly is redundant for the most part.
Redundant? How is the stretch from Westfield, MA into Maine redundant? Redundant of what?
US 202 connects all those little hilltowns all along its path. No other road goes where it does.
From Hillsborough, NH into ME, it's cosigned with NH 9, US 3, I-393, US 4, NH 107, NH 126, NH 16, NH/ME 11, ME 4A, ME 4, and ME 9 for most of its route. If MA 21 were extended from Belchertown to Hillsborough, NH (21 is available in NH), you can just create a new state route from Easthampton to Belchertown and be done with it.
Pfft. Leave US 202 alone.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 25, 2017, 09:41:19 PM
What is it? 91 maybe? 5?
I wouldn't say US-91, as it's effectively a loop from Brigham City UT to Downey ID (well, Virginia ID) that primarily serves the Cache Valley. Granted, if I had my way I'd reroute/(re-)extend it down (US-89), UT-126, UT-134, the West Davis Corridor (future UT-67), Legacy Parkway (current UT-67), (I-215), (I-80), and UT-85 to I-15/US-89 in Lehi. That, or send it down UT-68, (US-6), (I-15), and UT-28 to US-89 in Gunnison, but that's a different topic for a different thread.
I don't know much about US-5 except its entire route parallels I-91, but that's not entirely a bad thing, other than letting US-5 have some of its own routing.
As for some other routes, I'd second US-130, and if not for its scenery, I'd also put US-163 as-is here as it's really a relic from before the US-191 extension. Of course, I'd extend it over UT-162 and CO-41 and renumber it as a US-x60, US-x64, US-x91, or, in sending it to Page or beyond, US-x89 (I don't care all that much about 3-digit US Route polarity).
Quote from: Rover_0 on May 27, 2017, 03:18:10 AM
As for some other routes, I'd second US-130, and if not for its scenery, I'd put it as-is here as it's really a relic from before the US-191 extension. Of course, I'd extend it over UT-162 and CO-41 and renumber it as a US-x60, US-x64, US-x91, or, in sending it to Page or beyond, US-x89 (I don't care all that much about 3-digit US Route polarity).
US 130 is in New Jersey.
Quote from: 1 on May 27, 2017, 06:21:48 AM
Quote from: Rover_0 on May 27, 2017, 03:18:10 AM
As for some other routes, I'd second US-130, and if not for its scenery, I'd put it as-is here as it's really a relic from before the US-191 extension. Of course, I'd extend it over UT-162 and CO-41 and renumber it as a US-x60, US-x64, US-x91, or, in sending it to Page or beyond, US-x89 (I don't care all that much about 3-digit US Route polarity).
US 130 is in New Jersey.
He meant US 163, it would be infinitely more viable as a transportation corridor if it was extended to US 160 via UT 162/CO 41. In fact UT 162 used to be numbered UT 163, my understanding was that it was originally meant to be a eastern extension of US 163 once US 191 had consumed much of it's alignment from Crescent Junction at I-70 southward.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 27, 2017, 10:06:29 AM
Quote from: 1 on May 27, 2017, 06:21:48 AM
Quote from: Rover_0 on May 27, 2017, 03:18:10 AM
As for some other routes, I'd second US-130, and if not for its scenery, I'd put it as-is here as it's really a relic from before the US-191 extension. Of course, I'd extend it over UT-162 and CO-41 and renumber it as a US-x60, US-x64, US-x91, or, in sending it to Page or beyond, US-x89 (I don't care all that much about 3-digit US Route polarity).
US 130 is in New Jersey.
He meant US 163, it would be infinitely more viable as a transportation corridor if it was extended to US 160 via UT 162/CO 41. In fact UT 162 used to be numbered UT 163, my understanding was that it was originally meant to be a eastern extension of US 163 once US 191 had consumed much of it's alignment from Crescent Junction at I-70 southward.
Fixed, as my points on US-130 and US-163 stand.
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As far as big routes go US 180 has to be pretty high up there at 1,092 miles. The problem with US 180 is that it has some huge multiplexes with higher priority routes like with US 62, I-10, US 191, and I-40 that water it down from the get go. There is no really true direction that the route takes as it is a true east/west from I-20 west to El Paso only to become more of a north/south route in New Mexico/Arizona. Really the thing to do to make the route more viable would be to shorten to I-40 to I-10 much like the original US 260 was. It would make more sense even a numbering convention since it would actually touch US 60 whereas it currently does not touch US 80.
Quote from: Rover_0 on May 27, 2017, 03:18:10 AM
I don't know much about US-5 except its entire route parallels I-91, but that's not entirely a bad thing, other than letting US-5 have some of its own routing.
US 5 functions as a local arterial for most of its length. It's locally important, but it's doubtful that it provides much value when viewed from the context of a national transportation network, because of I-91 filling that role.
If I'm not mistaken, the only portion of US 5 that's in the National Highway System in its own right is the portion in Connecticut from East Windsor to East Hartford. (The stretch from East Hartford to Meriden is "shared" with CT 15, which might have a claim to being the more dominant route number.)
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on May 27, 2017, 10:34:15 AM
If I'm not mistaken, the only portion of US 5 that's in the National Highway System in its own right is the portion in Connecticut from East Windsor to East Hartford. (The stretch from East Hartford to Meriden is "shared" with CT 15, which might have a claim to being the more dominant route number.)
Technically, CT 15 does. In the CT Route log, the US 5/CT 15 duplex's mileage is credited to CT 15, and most locals will refer to it as Route 15, especially the South Meadows Expressway and Charter Oak Bridge part.
Off the top of my head:
US 46 : through traffic now handled by I-80, could be a SH with little fanfare.
US 181: I-37 handles the populated endpoints; see above for SH conversion.
US 401: Useless as a through route, doesn't do anything done more directly by
other routes.
US 166: After truncation east of KS, only serves as local server; could be SH.
US 159: Completely concur with previous reply.
May think of more later. But the five above could disappear without any serious consequence.
Quote from: sparker on May 27, 2017, 03:05:01 PM
Off the top of my head:
US 46 : through traffic now handled by I-80, could be a SH with little fanfare.
US 181: I-37 handles the populated endpoints; see above for SH conversion.
US 401: Useless as a through route, doesn't do anything done more directly by
other routes.
US 166: After truncation east of KS, only serves as local server; could be SH.
US 159: Completely concur with previous reply.
May think of more later. But the five above could disappear without any serious consequence.
I'm kind of surprised nobody has mentioned US 199 yet.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 27, 2017, 03:06:44 PM
Quote from: sparker on May 27, 2017, 03:05:01 PM
Off the top of my head:
US 46 : through traffic now handled by I-80, could be a SH with little fanfare.
US 181: I-37 handles the populated endpoints; see above for SH conversion.
US 401: Useless as a through route, doesn't do anything done more directly by
other routes.
US 166: After truncation east of KS, only serves as local server; could be SH.
US 159: Completely concur with previous reply.
May think of more later. But the five above could disappear without any serious consequence.
I'm kind of surprised nobody has mentioned US 199 yet.
Hold on there -- I've found US 199 to be pretty useful if (1) I'm in a hurry to get to Portland or Seattle, and Siskiyou Summit's closed because of snow (that scenario has happened more than a few times). If I'm not in a hurry, I'll stay on 101 up the Oregon coast -- one of my favorite drives in the whole country! 199's reasonably useful as a regional connector; it probably retains its U.S. status because it
does cross a state line.
Quote from: sparker on May 27, 2017, 03:19:25 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 27, 2017, 03:06:44 PM
Quote from: sparker on May 27, 2017, 03:05:01 PM
Off the top of my head:
US 46 : through traffic now handled by I-80, could be a SH with little fanfare.
US 181: I-37 handles the populated endpoints; see above for SH conversion.
US 401: Useless as a through route, doesn't do anything done more directly by
other routes.
US 166: After truncation east of KS, only serves as local server; could be SH.
US 159: Completely concur with previous reply.
May think of more later. But the five above could disappear without any serious consequence.
I'm kind of surprised nobody has mentioned US 199 yet.
Hold on there -- I've found US 199 to be pretty useful if (1) I'm in a hurry to get to Portland or Seattle, and Siskiyou Summit's closed because of snow (that scenario has happened more than a few times). If I'm not in a hurry, I'll stay on 101 up the Oregon coast -- one of my favorite drives in the whole country! 199's reasonably useful as a regional connector; it probably retains its U.S. status because it does cross a state line.
Oh, don't misunderstand I'm with you on that one. lol US 199 is frequently a punching bag that ends up getting trashed on the Fictional Boards as one of the worst US Routes of all times. I would imagine that you're probably right about it staying a US Route simply because it exists in Oregon. One could make the argument that 99 could have stayed a US Route because it was over 300 miles and possibly even 299 since it connected so many...in addition to being close the 300 mile preference for Intrastate US Routes.
Speaking of intrastate US Routes, how does US 92 and US 192 never come up in conversations like this one? US 92 in particular essentially has been completely replaced by I-4 and it has some pretty heavy multiplexes with US 17 in addition to US 441.
US 35 in Indiana seems to be the least used US highway in the state, although it is pretty important in Ohio and WV. It links a lot of county seats but over any long distance it's simply too indirect to merit using it over an interstate or other US highway.
US 46 in New Jersey and US 57 in Texas, both could be SH's.
Quote from: sparker on May 27, 2017, 03:19:25 PM
it probably retains its U.S. status because it does cross a state line.
That's exactly the reason. US routes have to be a minimum of 300 miles, or cross state lines. US-199 meets the latter requirement.
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 17, 2017, 01:48:41 AM
US 57 in Texas, both could be SH's.
Very true, but US-57 only exists in the first place because it connects to MX-57. You could actually make a case that US-57 and US-96 should be swapped, as both would fit better into the overall grid. US-57 was created in the 70s, IIRC.
Quote from: Quillz on August 17, 2017, 02:00:16 AM
Quote from: sparker on May 27, 2017, 03:19:25 PM
it probably retains its U.S. status because it does cross a state line.
That's exactly the reason. US routes have to be a minimum of 300 miles, or cross state lines. US-199 meets the latter requirement.
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 17, 2017, 01:48:41 AM
US 57 in Texas, both could be SH's.
Very true, but US-57 only exists in the first place because it connects to MX-57. You could actually make a case that US-57 and US-96 should be swapped, as both would fit better into the overall grid. US-57 was created in the 70s, IIRC.
Swapping US 57 and US 96 makes perfect sense since both travel in the wrong direction.
Quote from: Quillz on August 17, 2017, 02:00:16 AM
Quote from: sparker on May 27, 2017, 03:19:25 PM
it probably retains its U.S. status because it does cross a state line.
That's exactly the reason. US routes have to be a minimum of 300 miles, or cross state lines. US-199 meets the latter requirement.
I believe that only applies to new US routes. Plenty of routes exist today that don't fit either, such as US 46, 92, 192, 290, and several others.
As for 199 not being decommissioned, CA couldn't really apply its philosophy of "decommission every US Highway you see" because they couldn't (or didn't want to) get in a dispute with Oregon on the issue.
US 223. It just goes from a junction with US 127 to merge onto US 23 and go into Ohio unsigned. It's only about 45 miles long and a SH could very easily replace it. Other than Adrian it doesn't go through any significant towns.
Down in the Carolinas, two more that could disappear without anyone calling for a search party are US 276 and US 601; they're either redundant in regards to more efficient routes or their more viable sections have been superseded by Interstates. Regarding 601 in particular -- if & when I-74 is completed & signed from I-77 to Winston-Salem, the US 601 alignment between Mt. Airy and Salisbury could be taken over by a rerouted US 52 (the I-285 project south of Winston-Salem would have to be at least in progress as well). Aside from that, both routes could easily become state highways without disrupting any sense of connectivity; neither has any national significance.
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 18, 2017, 12:55:41 AM
US 223. It just goes from a junction with US 127 to merge onto US 23 and go into Ohio unsigned. It's only about 45 miles long and a SH could very easily replace it. Other than Adrian it doesn't go through any significant towns.
But, but, but ... but ......
Isn't it important enough that they want to upgrade it into I-73?
:poke: :pan:
Quote from: sparker on August 18, 2017, 04:31:25 AM
Down in the Carolinas, two more that could disappear without anyone calling for a search party are US 276 and US 601; they're either redundant in regards to more efficient routes or their more viable sections have been superseded by Interstates.
US 276 goes through Pisgah National Forest, and also serves the Blue Ridge Parkway. Its one of the only routes that penetrates the heart of the Forest, and it is a pretty gnarly drive up to the Parkway. Ironically enough, many search parties rely on 276 when someone goes missing in Pisgah. US 601 however, I can agree with.
Quote from: GaryV on August 18, 2017, 06:20:20 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on August 18, 2017, 12:55:41 AM
US 223. It just goes from a junction with US 127 to merge onto US 23 and go into Ohio unsigned. It's only about 45 miles long and a SH could very easily replace it. Other than Adrian it doesn't go through any significant towns.
But, but, but ... but ......
Isn't it important enough that they want to upgrade it into I-73?
:poke: :pan:
Basically I-73 in Michigan is dead and I don't think Ohio has any intention of building their stretch either. They concluded several years ago that there was a lack of need for an expressway there. The Lenawee County Road Commission isn't interested in the freeway at all.
Within California, it might be the alignment of US-6 or US-95. The former provides access into Nevada, albeit an extremely remote area. Granted, this is post-1964. Prior, it made it all the way to the ocean. The latter makes use of concurrencies and isn't really used much unless you need to get to Needles from Blythe. US-199 was mentioned, but it's actually a pretty useful connector between the ocean and some of the larger cities of Oregon (Eugene, Portland, both indirectly).
Within Oregon, it might be US-30 east of the Portland metro area, as it effectively exists only as a frontage road/business loop for I-84. Most of the other US highways within the state (26, 97, etc.) all have their own alignments and reach areas that interstates do not.
US 4. The route just doesn't seem important, although it probably is.
Quote from: CapeCodder on August 22, 2017, 09:56:30 AM
US 4. The route just doesn't seem important, although it probably is.
US 4 can be thought of in four segments with approximately equal length:
1. US 4 in New York. It mostly parallels I-87, but there are only a few major routes crossing the VT/NY border, and this is one of them.
2. US 4 in Vermont. Major, at least by Vermont standards.
3. US 4 in New Hampshire west of Concord. This is probably the least important of the four segments, as I-89 is much faster.
4. US 4 east of Concord, NH. This is also a major route.
Note that NY 7/VT 9/NH 9 is much more direct than taking segments 1, 2, and 3 of US 4, or even segments 1 and 2 along with I-89. US 4 is not a route you would go long distances on.
Aren't there interstates parallel to many US routes? I mean US 1 has I-95, right? Does that mean US 1 should be decommissioned (yes, I know about Overseas Highway)? I think many US routes have been downgraded to local traffic and short distance travel between the interstate and a point of interest. These days the difference between US and state highways is blurred already, since long multi-state routes that keep their numbers across states exist in many parts of the country (the big ones in my area would be PA/NJ 73, NJ/NY 17, NJ/NY/NJ 440. New England has many more).
Quote from: bzakharin on August 22, 2017, 11:59:36 AM
Aren't there interstates parallel to many US routes? I mean US 1 has I-95, right? Does that mean US 1 should be decommissioned (yes, I know about Overseas Highway)? I think many US routes have been downgraded to local traffic and short distance travel between the interstate and a point of interest. These days the difference between US and state highways is blurred already, since long multi-state routes that keep their numbers across states exist in many parts of the country (the big ones in my area would be PA/NJ 73, NJ/NY 17, NJ/NY/NJ 440. New England has many more).
The biggest one would be SR 200 which connects from Idaho to Minnesota, traveling through Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota.
I agree with US266, which has been mentioned twice thus far. Google doesn't even label it with the golden color it usually gives to US highways.
US163 goes to some wonderful tourist destinations, so I'm not going to hate on it. I will hate its numbering, though.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on August 22, 2017, 03:19:03 PM
I agree with US266, which has been mentioned twice thus far. Google doesn't even label it with the golden color it usually gives to US highways.
US163 goes to some wonderful tourist destinations, so I'm not going to hate on it. I will hate its numbering, though.
It should be renumbered 164, since it's pretty close to US 64. If that's not good enough, then 64 could be extended west in one way or another.
Quote from: roadguy2 on August 23, 2017, 12:45:17 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on August 22, 2017, 03:19:03 PM
I agree with US266, which has been mentioned twice thus far. Google doesn't even label it with the golden color it usually gives to US highways.
US163 goes to some wonderful tourist destinations, so I'm not going to hate on it. I will hate its numbering, though.
It should be renumbered 164, since it's pretty close to US 64. If that's not good enough, then 64 could be extended west in one way or another.
It would be more fitting in the X91 family given US 191 is next at one terminus and is the big route through the Navajo Nation.
What about 400 and 412? 412 IIR goes from Tennessee to New Mexico(?) and 400 seems to be a Kansas only route.
Quote from: CapeCodder on August 23, 2017, 01:37:17 PM
400 seems to be a Kansas only route.
I have a keyboard shortcut for all the US routes in only one state so I don't have to keep looking it up:
46NJ,57TX,92FL,96TX,117NC,130NJ,158NC,171LA,175TX,181TX,192FL,201ME,211VA,264NC,266OK,290TX,341GA,350CO,360VA
Some of these are very important within their state, while others are not.
us 150 and 136. neither need to exist, especially in indiana. us 33 and 35 in indiana arent necessary
Quote from: CapeCodder on August 23, 2017, 01:37:17 PM
400 seems to be a Kansas only route.
US 400 does continue west into Colorado multiplexed with US 50. But CO doesn't have anything to do with it, so it ends at US 385 in Granada.
I agree, it is rather useless overall, especially considering that almost half of it is a multiplex with US 50.
Quote from: roadguy2 on August 24, 2017, 12:20:57 AM
Quote from: CapeCodder on August 23, 2017, 01:37:17 PM
400 seems to be a Kansas only route.
US 400 does continue west into Colorado multiplexed with US 50. But CO doesn't have anything to do with it, so it ends at US 385 in Granada.
I agree, it is rather useless overall, especially considering that almost half of it is a multiplex with US 50.
It's multiplexed with US 54 for a long time too. From just east of Mullinville to the other side of Wichita. It could be downgraded to SR 34 to Dodge City. There is no reason to multiplex it to Granada since it's multiplexed with US 50.
I was thinking 400 as well. Most of it is multiplexed with 54, 50, or 166. Virtually none of it exists on new pavement after it's commissioning. Since it is multiplexed with 50 from Garden City until its (unsigned) end in Colorado, there is no reason for it to exist west of Garden City. It extends into Missouri and Colorado, but both states end it at the earliest possible opportunity. Plus, the number is just ridiculous.
Quote from: jaehak on August 24, 2017, 11:59:32 AM
I was thinking 400 as well. Most of it is multiplexed with 54, 50, or 166. Virtually none of it exists on new pavement after it's commissioning. Since it is multiplexed with 50 from Garden City until its (unsigned) end in Colorado, there is no reason for it to exist west of Garden City. It extends into Missouri and Colorado, but both states end it at the earliest possible opportunity. Plus, the number is just ridiculous.
I really like your answer jaehak. US400 is totally extraneous.
I would have to agree with US 400 being the most useless US highway. For one thing the westernmost 135 miles of US 400 are on a pointless multiplex with US 50. Colorado has no use for it which is why it ends at it's earliest opportunity, AASHTO stipulated that it could not end at a state line. It's multiplex with US 54 is 143 miles which is pretty pointless as well. It could have easily been a child of US 54 or US 50 and the route number is bothersome too since there is no US 0 or US 100 which are the only two routes it would have been a child of.
US 412 is another useless highway and runs nowhere near US 12. It's westernmost 135 miles are multiplexed with US 56, it runs with US 62 through much of Arkansas and US 64 through much of Oklahoma. This route could have very easily been a child of either US 56, 62 or 64.
US-40, US-60, US-70, US-99, US-91 All of these US routes had to be considered least important once interstates and state routes took their place in California.
Quote from: bing101 on August 25, 2017, 09:39:46 PM
US-40, US-60, US-70, US-99, US-91 All of these US routes had to be considered least important once interstates and state routes took their place in California.
But they were obviously very important, because their corridors had enough traffic for a full freeway instead of a two lane road.
Quote from: roadguy2 on August 26, 2017, 01:46:18 AM
Quote from: bing101 on August 25, 2017, 09:39:46 PM
US-40, US-60, US-70, US-99, US-91 All of these US routes had to be considered least important once interstates and state routes took their place in California.
But they were obviously very important, because their corridors had enough traffic for a full freeway instead of a two lane road.
And 99 is one of the busiest freeways in the country that has people on this forum constantly clamoring for it become an Interstate.
Quote from: bing101 on August 25, 2017, 09:39:46 PM
US-40, US-60, US-70, US-99, US-91 All of these US routes had to be considered least important once interstates and state routes took their place in California.
For those X0 routes, turns out there are places east of California.
Anyone thrown out US 223? I'll be crossing said route tomorrow and it just came to mind. It probably wouldn't exist if it didn't multiplex US 23 over the Ohio state line.