Today, I was thinking about how US-50 exists in two segments in Maryland in two very different parts of the state. This leads to an interesting phenomenon, where one of the suggested routes by Google Maps (https://goo.gl/maps/khMJ5hhoKP9FeAph9) for a trip between Oakland MD (extreme western MD) and Delmar MD (eastern shore, "on" the DE state line) takes you through: Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, DC, back into Maryland, Delaware, and then finally back to Maryland. In other words, you end up switching states six times (for this example, just count DC as a "state") to simply end up in your destination's state, which is the same as that of your origin.
Of course there are cases where you may cross into a bordering state once. For example, driving between Westchester County Airport and Armonk NY on I-684 takes you through Connecticut. Further, a trip between Hooes VA and Chincoteague VA (https://goo.gl/maps/Yd511oC3VZ6hqJx26) is best accomplished via the MD Bay Bridge. However, what I'm interested in are cases where you enter more than one other state to enter your destination state, which is the same as your origin.
Any other cases you guys can think of? (be reasonable in your routings, it should be something suggested by mapping software or at least something direct)
Greendale, IN (near the Indiana portion of I-275) to New Albany, IN (IN portion of I-265)
Google Maps #1 routing is thru Kentucky, using I-275->I-71->I-64
To reach the IL Exclave (and 1st Capitol) of Kaskaskia by vehicles other than Air or Water, one must enter Missouri first from IL - the closest Mississippi River bridge is in Chester, IL, and from there, MO 51->Hwy H->US 61->(back in IL) Old Channel Rd
Cairo, IL to Metropolis, IL (the 2 Southern tips of IL), Google Maps routes traffic over the Ohio River twice into Kentucky, using KY 286/US 62 between Wickliffe and Paducah/I-24, then back north to Metropolis
Rereading your post...you are looking for a road trip with endpoints in one state that travels thru more than one other state as a "primary" routing - how about Menominee, MI to New Buffalo, MI? Google Maps has the primary routing basically along the western and southern shores of Lake Michigan, thru WI, IL, and IN
Taking a long trip on US 395 would easily lead someone onto it's two segments in California which are broken up with Nevada. There are numerous destinations on the El Camino Sierra portion alone that would merit a worth while trip that could start in California, enter Nevada, only to end up back in California.
Google's suggested route (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Buffalo,+NY/New+York,+NY/@42.030077,-77.2707922,8z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89d3126152dfe5a1:0x982304a5181f8171!2m2!1d-78.8783689!2d42.8864468!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c24fa5d33f083b:0xc80b8f06e177fe62!2m2!1d-74.0059728!2d40.7127753!3e0) from Buffalo to NYC goes through Pennsylvania and New Jersey (I-190, I-90, NY 400, US 20A, NY 36, I-390, I-86, I-81, I-80).
There are some Ohio River towns in Ohio that you can get Google to spit out Primary routes that travel from Cincy to destination via Kentucky and West Virginia...I tried Proctorville, which is across the Ohio from Huntington, WV
Speaking of I-684, the best route from Greenwich to Danbury (mind you they're both in Fairfield County, CT) is to take local roads into NY state, get on I-684, which crosses back into CT and once again into NY, to I-84 back into CT yet again.
Angle Inlet, MN.... to almost anywhere else in MN.
Forget having to leave the state...you have to leave the COUNTRY.... :-D
My all-time favorite: Pozuel de Ariza to Undues de Lerda (https://www.google.es/maps/dir/Pozuel+de+Ariza,+Zaragoza/Undu%C3%A9s+de+Lerda,+50689,+Zaragoza/@42.0725981,-2.4989995,8.63z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0xd5b5df00dfe10c5:0xa1152ce166514a0b!2m2!1d-2.1560753!2d41.3522636!1m5!1m1!1s0xd5755a201207547:0xd2227095d77dbfa5!2m2!1d-1.169498!2d42.5652333), both in Zaragoza province, Aragon, Spain. The route suggested by Mr. Google only touches Aragon for a tiny fraction of it: At the start, at the end and in the middle coincidentally along the road that touches four communities in just 6 miles I mentioned in another thread. To make things even more interesting, the route includes an unpaved, pothole-filled road (https://www.google.es/maps/@42.5808953,-1.2091086,3a,65.1y,188.88h,76.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sj4GeW5xukgstYCp_j2WKqA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) at the end.
Quote from: DJ Particle on January 16, 2020, 03:03:52 AM
Angle Inlet, MN.... to almost anywhere else in MN.
Forget having to leave the state...you have to leave the COUNTRY.... :-D
Same for Hyder, Alaska.. Indeed, anywhere in southeast Alaska to Anchorage, Fairbanks, etc. will take you through British Columbia and the Yukon, unless you can take one of the auto ferries that occasionally cross the Gulf of Alaska (usually much slower than cutting through Canada)..
Not a multi-out-of-state route, but quite often the quickest route per Google from my home in NJ to my workplace in Trenton is by taking I-95 to US 1 in PA. I've taken it home on rare occasion, but never to the office unless I was already in PA (such as dropping off a friend at the airport).
There are many routes from SW Ontario to points north and west that take you outside Ontario.
For example, from Windsor to Kenora takes you through 5 US states.
These aren't really road trips but local trips:
When I lived in Jeffersonville, IN, taking 65->64 to the New Albany, IN downtown exit was a couple minutes faster than taking 65->265->64.
Now I live one block from the IL/IN line and if I'm going anywhere in town that is south of 45th St it's faster to go over to Wentworth Ave in Lansing to get there.
Google's reccomended route for Montague NJ to Camden NJ is via PA, get over to US 209, down to PA33, down to US22, down to 476, over 76 to 676 and tada, you're in camden. Other route is entirely in new jersey and is 1 minute longer. 206-15-80-280-turnpike-73-295-676
Quote from: GaryV on January 16, 2020, 08:01:45 AM
There are many routes from SW Ontario to points north and west that take you outside Ontario.
For example, from Windsor to Kenora takes you through 5 US states.
Staying in Southwest Ontario itself, Windsor to Sarnia takes you through Michigan via I-94.
Getting to Daggett County, Utah from anywhere west of the Great Basin Divide or US 89 will take you through Wyoming.
Similarly, large areas of the Arizona Strip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Strip) are usually accessed by going through Nevada and/or Utah depending on your exact origin and destination. If you're coming from Yuma, you might even pass through California on the way.
Google recommends a trip from US-58 east of South Hill, VA and I-85 to US-58 west of Hillsville, VA and I-77 to take I-85 into North Carolina to I-40 to US-52 to I-77 back into Virginia. Interstate highway vs. arterial US-58 across the state.
Salisbury, MD to Elkton, MD via Delaware and US-13 and DE-1 on the Eastern Shore vs. US-50, US-301, I-97, and I-95 to stay in Maryland. Much longer routing time and mileage wise.
Williamson to Charleston in West Virginia. The four-lane Corridor L (US 119) crosses into Kentucky twice. For that matter, the direct route from Williamson to Logan (the next county over) does the same.
Also, US 52 follows Corridor L north out of Williamson before splitting off, so a trip from Williamson to Huntington will also cross into Kentucky twice.
A colleague of mine who works in Paducah (and formerly worked in Madisonville as well) lives in Marion (Crittenden County). Sometimes he takes US 60, I-69/US 41, and I-64 to get to Frankfort through Indiana instead of staying in Kentucky and using the parkways.
Quote from: US 89 on January 16, 2020, 12:38:05 PM
Getting to Daggett County, Utah from anywhere west of the Great Basin Divide or US 89 will take you through Wyoming.
Similarly, large areas of the Arizona Strip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Strip) are usually accessed by going through Nevada and/or Utah depending on your exact origin and destination. If you're coming from Yuma, you might even pass through California on the way.
Most people even from Phoenix use I-15 when they visit the Arizona Strip. That usually made my justification to use US 89A visit the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Vermillion Cliffs, Parashant National Monument or even Pipe Springs even easier. The Navajo Bridge versus the Virgin River Gorge is an interesting contrast in roadway types that both have some substantial beauty to them.
Many commuters in the Cincinnati area who live in the Anderson Township area (Ohio) and points east routinely drive through Kentucky to get to downtown Cincinnati, via I-275 and I-471. It is much faster and shorter than staying on the Ohio side of the river.
Many people drive from SW Idaho to Northern Idaho (eg. Boise to Coeur d'Alene) by going through Oregon and Washington, I-84 to I-82 to US-395 to I-90. The most direct route is ID-55 to US-95, which is about 80 miles shorter (or go in between and take I-84 to US-95 but that's probably the lose-lose option in terms of time and distance), but Google Maps puts drive times of both right around 7 hours, and it seems to be a coin flip which one will show up if you search for directions. I always use ID-55 and US-95, but if I ever made the trip in winter I would strongly consider the freeways.
The only reasonable route between SE Idaho (eg. Idaho Falls) and Northern Idaho takes you through Montana, on I-15 and I-90. US-93 could be part of another reasonable route, but that would still take you through Montana.
The standard route driving from Pullman, WA to Clarkston, WA would take you through Idaho for a few miles down Lewiston hill and Lewiston itself. This is a somewhat common trip, I'd wager, because Clarkston has the only Costco in the region (not counting Spokane/CDA). Also probably commuters to WSU.
US 195 south of Pullman dips into Idaho, so to get back to Washington means going out of state for a brief period.
US 199 is divided between Oregon and California. To get from Curry County to inland southern Oregon means going out of state unless one wants to risk the BLM road between Agness and Merlin.
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In Mexico, a trip from Monterrey south towards Matehuala takes you first from Nuevo León into Coahuila, then back into Nuevo León again. This is basically because the Sierra Madre is in the way of a more direct route.
Example: Monterrey to San Rafael de Galeana (https://goo.gl/maps/79WaAeNvUniKvL3X6).
Jordan Valley, Oregon residents use US 95 in Idaho to get to neighboring cities (and high school sports opponents) like Vale, Nyssa, and Ontario.. In fact "Ontario" is one of the control cities on 95 in Jordan Valley.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2For%2F95%2F78toid%2F7.jpg&hash=85ddeeeffae3bc1a8f53b9e5509cba155b3b0d38)
Quote from: corco on January 16, 2020, 04:04:45 PM
Jordan Valley, Oregon residents use US 95 in Idaho to get to neighboring cities (and high school sports opponents) like Vale, Nyssa, and Ontario.. In fact "Ontario" is one of the control cities on 95 in Jordan Valley.
Great example, the entire county (Malheur) is essentially split in two, with no paved connections between the two other than US-95 through Idaho. I believe Succor Creek Rd is passable, but it's not paved and US-95 will be far faster.
Also good example by nexus73, many times when visiting the Brookings area, we'd dip into California to take US-199 back to I-5.
Watching the ODOT webcams in winter shows the snowy passes and then a gander at Basque Station will reveal sunny dry conditions. Of course it is cold but it sure looks nice!
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As noted, for Buffalo, and in fact all of Western NY, the fastest route to NYC is through NJ and PA.
On more of a micro-level, the fastest route from Rockland County to Manhattan is also through New Jersey, typically using the Palisades.
The fastest route from Amarillo to El Paso is 90% in New Mexico. If you start anywhere north of Lamesa you'll probably end up cutting through New Mexico, too.
Wheeling WV to Wardensville WV, near the VA/WV state line. 210 miles via 70 to PA, 79 to WV, 68 to MD, MD42 to US219, MD 135 to MD 560, to US50, back into WV on WV42, then US48, to Finally end up in wardensville WV.
If you live in Omaha NE and want to drive to the airport (Eppley Airfield, likewise in NE), your drive might very well take you through Iowa.
Quote from: webny99 on January 16, 2020, 05:52:21 PM
As noted, for Buffalo, and in fact all of Western NY, the fastest route to NYC is through NJ and PA.
Faster than I-86 (incl. Future I-86) to I-87?
Per Google Maps, the quickest way to get from Little Compton, RI to Westerly, RI is to head north on RI 77 and to get on RI/MA 24 to I-195 back into RI to I-95 South into CT and take Exit 92 to CT 49 to CT 2 and follow local roads back into RI once again.
And any trip to and from Fishers Island, NY from any point in NY state requires taking a ferry from New London, CT.
Quote from: DJ Particle on January 17, 2020, 01:48:12 AM
Quote from: webny99 on January 16, 2020, 05:52:21 PM
As noted, for Buffalo, and in fact all of Western NY, the fastest route to NYC is through NJ and PA.
Faster than I-86 (incl. Future I-86) to I-87?
Yep. It's worth noting that even for the eastern parts of the state, routes to most (everywhere that isn't the Bronx or part of Queens) portions of NYC go through NJ. George Washington Bridge or the tunnels is generally faster than going around on the Tappan Zee. For I-81 west, it will still route through PA and NJ to go to Long Island, but north of NYC will use NY 17.
Quote from: frankenroad on January 16, 2020, 01:46:59 PM
Many commuters in the Cincinnati area who live in the Anderson Township area (Ohio) and points east routinely drive through Kentucky to get to downtown Cincinnati, via I-275 and I-471. It is much faster and shorter than staying on the Ohio side of the river.
You beat me to it, frankenroad. I was reading through the posts in this thread chronologically. I was two posts before yours when I thought of Anderson Township. My brother used to live in Anderson Township. During a visit years ago, he took me on the 275/471 route to get us to what is now called the Cincinnati Museum Center, though I think it might have had a different name back then.
Traveling from Coeur d'Alene or Sandpoint, Idaho to Eastern Idaho (Idaho Falls or Pocatello) means driving through Montana.
Also many people drive through Washington and Oregon when going from Coeur d'Alene to Boise following I-90 to US 395 to I-82 and I-84 instead of the more direct but slower US 95. It's 75 miles longer according to google maps but it's all interstate standard roads with 70 mph limits.
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The Google Maps suggested route for the trip between South Sioux City and Omaha, Nebraska is mostly I-29 in Iowa.
Something I experienced last week is the fact that from Red Wing, MN to Cottage Grove, MN, it is probably more optimal to take US 63, WI 35 and US 10 through Wisconsin than to follow US 61 and MN 316 on Minnesota.
Getting to Evanston, Wyoming from anywhere in the state along or west of the US/WYO 89 corridor will briefly take you into Utah.
Evanston is even the first control city listed for WYO 89 from US 30 westbound, even though the vast majority of traffic making this turn is probably going to Logan:
(https://i.imgur.com/1utVdVZ.jpg)
Going from Grand Junction, CO to Cortez, CO (both cities about 20-30 miles east of the Utah border), the recommended and quickest route is to take I-70 West to US-191 in Utah, then US-191 South through Moab to US-491 (Old 666) in Monticello, then US-491 back into Colorado to Cortez.
Out of the appx. 225 mile trip, only about a third of that mileage is in Colorado.
Another one: the fastest route from Vancouver, WA to Pasco or Spokane is I-84 in Oregon.
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A trip from Estcourt Station to pretty much anywhere in Maine will take you into Quebec and New Brunswick to cross the Clair-Fort Kent Bridge into Fort Kent.
Someone mentioned a West Virginia routing earlier. The obvious one here is someone in the Eastern Panhandle needing to go to Charleston. The former best routing would involve I-68 across Maryland, but now it might be just as good to drop into Virginia and take US 48. It's doubtful anyone in Charles Town wants to take WV 9, WV 29, US 50, WV 90, US 219, US 48 and I-79 just to stay in-state.
Quote from: hbelkins on January 18, 2020, 07:03:58 PM
Someone mentioned a West Virginia routing earlier. The obvious one here is someone in the Eastern Panhandle needing to go to Charleston. The former best routing would involve I-68 across Maryland, but now it might be just as good to drop into Virginia and take US 48. It's doubtful anyone in Charles Town wants to take WV 9, WV 29, US 50, WV 90, US 219, US 48 and I-79 just to stay in-state.
In 2010, we did a just-for-the-hell-of-it Morgantown to Harper's Ferry, purposefully staying in WV. It was scenic, but definitely long.
US 119>US 50>WV 24>US 219>WV 90>US 50>WV 93/former WV 972 to US 220 because of a detour on US 50>US 50>WV 29>WV 9>US 340
And if you go from Chattanooga to Memphis TN, US-72 goes thru Alabama and Mississippi to reach Memphis. Nashville to Chattanooga Via I-24 takes you into GA.
I haven't checked it to be certain, but I imagine anybody living in Berrien Springs, Michigan that wanted to travel to Iron Mountain, Michigan, would be better off going through Indiana, Illinois & Wisconsin.
To get from Nogales (Sonora) to San Luis RÃo Colorado (Sonora), it's about 20 miles shorter to go through Arizona. Google Maps suggests you'd save more than an hour going through Arizona, too; if you believe Google Maps about that, I have some nearby oceanfront property to sell you.
This is for a more general area, but it's possible in PA thanks to that notch including Erie.
It's faster to use the Southern Tier Expressway/NY 17 and I-81 southward to Scranton, than to stay in PA and do I-79 -> I-80 -> I-81. To expand this idea, it's faster to go through New York if you're traveling from Erie to anywhere north of I-80 and east of I-81 (in other words, nowhere except the Delaware Water Gap). Why would you do that? I have no clue.
Quote from: JCinSummerfield on January 22, 2020, 01:16:26 PM
I haven't checked it to be certain, but I imagine anybody living in Berrien Springs, Michigan that wanted to travel to Iron Mountain, Michigan, would be better off going through Indiana, Illinois & Wisconsin.
If they were in Iron Mountain and wanted to go to Crystal Falls or Iron River, it's faster to follow US 2/US 141 through Florence County, Wisconsin.
Quote from: dlsterner on January 17, 2020, 01:12:36 AM
If you live in Omaha NE and want to drive to the airport (Eppley Airfield, likewise in NE), your drive might very well take you through Iowa.
This is true if you live south or west of downtown Omaha, but not if you live in the northern part of Omaha.
Conversely, going from Carter Lake to anywhere else in Iowa makes you have to go through Nebraska and twice if it takes you to downtown Omaha.
Quote from: kphoger on January 22, 2020, 01:31:28 PM
To get from Nogales (Sonora) to San Luis RÃo Colorado (Sonora), it's about 20 miles shorter to go through Arizona. Google Maps suggests you'd save more than an hour going through Arizona, too; if you believe Google Maps about that, I have some nearby oceanfront property to sell you.
My guess would be that you could easily spend more time than Google's estimate for the entire trip, just at the border crossings alone.
To get from communities like Hinsdale or Claremont, NH to Hanover/Lebanon, NH - the quickest route would be to cross into Vermont and take I-91 north before crossing back into New Hampshire when you reach the appropriate exit. I suppose that would count. Yes, you can stay east of the river but it will take longer on the 2-lane road that is NH 12A.
US199 adds a couple of unique situations. To get from Crescent City to anywhere along I-5 north of Redding, one would use US199 passing through Grants Pass, Oregon. On the other hand, a trip from Grants Pass or Medford, Oregon, to coastal Brookings/Harbor, Oregon would take you on US199 through the Crescent City area.
Another one I encountered on a road trip was Hood River to Astoria, OR. Google suggested we cross into Washington on I-205, then cross back south into Oregon at Longview, WA.
In RI, the quickest (and mostly shortest) route between Providence and Warren/Bristol/Tiverton/Portsmouth/Middletown involves entering and leaving MA via SR 24 or 136 and I-195.
For southern MI; going to/from Lost Peninsula needs to enter and leave OH.
Quote from: ipeters61 on January 16, 2020, 12:05:19 AM
However, what I'm interested in are cases where you enter more than one other state to enter your destination state, which is the same as your origin.
I missed this the first time reading the OP. It seems we've all been posting a bunch of examples that don't fit the criteria.
Not quite what the OP is looking for, but before WV 193 was built to link WV 2 to I-64, I used to cross into Ohio at the bridge on the east side of Huntington, then take OH 7 and US 52 and crossed back into West Virginia to hit I-64. Fewer traffic lights than taking US 60 east, or going through downtown via US 60 and then taking WV 10 to the interstate.
To get from Denver to the Four Corners Monument takes one into New Mexico on US 160 & NM 597.
Quote from: kphoger on January 23, 2020, 01:36:36 PM
Quote from: ipeters61 on January 16, 2020, 12:05:19 AM
However, what I'm interested in are cases where you enter more than one other state to enter your destination state, which is the same as your origin.
I missed this the first time reading the OP. It seems we've all been posting a bunch of examples that don't fit the criteria.
Indeed. Well, here (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Philadelphia,+PA/Barnsley+Rd,+Oxford,+PA+19363/@39.8008,-75.7609846,10.04z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c6b7d8d4b54beb:0x89f514d88c3e58c1!2m2!1d-75.1652215!2d39.9525839!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c7b384dd5cdf71:0x1141d3666dbeaeab!2m2!1d-75.9825661!2d39.7333131!3e0!5m1!1e1) is an example that
does fit the two-other-states criteria. Both endpoints are in PA, while the fastest route passes through both Delaware and Maryland.
And why not some more?
Both endpoints in MA, passes through CT and RI (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/42.0289558,-71.9620887/Fall+River,+MA/@41.8929128,-71.8880058,9.88z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e4f8c6eccd3595:0xa598e51805a2a361!2m2!1d-71.1550451!2d41.7014912!3e0).
Both endpoints in OK, passes through AR and MO (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Peoria/Moffett,+OK+74946/@36.1137315,-94.3908932,8.33z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x87c86bb75d3a280d:0x71b31a2e0f86840!2m2!1d-94.6699476!2d36.9153444!1m5!1m1!1s0x87ca4c7a478da4e9:0x4248a51553fb2739!2m2!1d-94.4468822!2d35.390369!3e0).
Both endpoints in PA, passes through OH and WV (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Glasgow,+PA/39.8802816,-80.513697/@40.3692279,-80.629045,8.67z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!1m1!1s0x8834147918d824c9:0x787d1f648966c91b!2m2!1d-80.5059007!2d40.6456205!1m0!3e0).
I am finding that you really have to be specific with your endpoints when looking for this type of example. Big city to big city just doesn't work like it does when you only have to pass through one other state... except for Buffalo to NYC, of course, which does still qualify! :awesomeface:
Western UP of Michigan to Southwest corner of the "mitten" of Michigan, pretty much all routings will go thru WI, IL, and IN, because the western half of the UP is so much further west than the "mitten"
The quickest way around Lake Michigan will usually be get to Green Bay, WI then I-43 and I-94 or Wausau, WI and use I-39, I-90, I-94
Quote from: Mark68 on January 23, 2020, 01:59:02 PM
To get from Denver to the Four Corners Monument takes one into New Mexico on US 160 & NM 597.
Getting to the Four Corners monument from
any of the four states requires ducking through another state - even NM, in which case you'd likely go through Teec Nos Pos, Arizona.
Texarkana, TX to Joaquin, TX takes you through Arkansas and Louisiana
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Texarkana,+TX/Joaquin,+TX/@32.6893616,-95.2050469,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x86344132c2a06457:0x9d583c9261db5b70!2m2!1d-94.0476882!2d33.425125!1m5!1m1!1s0x86373fc8878a12e1:0x9ef431946962e7fd!2m2!1d-94.0538028!2d31.9657232!3e0
Quote from: SteveG1988 on January 16, 2020, 11:09:22 PM
Wheeling WV to Wardensville WV, near the VA/WV state line. 210 miles via 70 to PA, 79 to WV, 68 to MD, MD42 to US219, MD 135 to MD 560, to US50, back into WV on WV42, then US48, to Finally end up in wardensville WV.
Basically any trip between either West Virginia panhandle and the central part of the state is going to involve going through a surrounding state. The preferred routing from Morgantown, the farthest north non-panhandle city, to the Northern Panhandle goes through Pennsylvania. Going to the Eastern Panhandle involves a route through Maryland. Even trips along the Ohio River often involve going through Ohio because SR 7 is a much faster route than WV 2.
To expound upon Fishers Island, the best route (https://goo.gl/maps/TUXArXgzcQzFeDnXA) from Fishers Island to Whitehall, NY takes you through CT, MA, and VT. New London ferry, city streets, CT 32 North, SR 693, I-395 North, CT 2 West, I-84 West, I-91 North, VT 103 North, US 4 West. Of the 239 mile trip, less than 10 miles is in NY state; part of the ferry trip, and the last few miles on US 4.
One segment of a cross-country trip taken in 1991 started at Kayenta, AZ and went NE on US 163 to its terminus at US 191, then segued at Bluff, UT onto UT 162, which crossed into CO, becoming CO 41. That terminated at US 160, where we turned back SE through 4 Corners (and, yes, we stopped at the monument!) back briefly through NM into AZ again. Then we turned east on US 64 into NM, overnighting at Farmington. So we hit 2 different states before returning to AZ, and 3 states before our daily destination. Of course, this is one of the few places outside New England where this overall number of states can be accessed in a relatively short trip or trip segment.
Anything in New York involving I-86/NY 17 passing by exit 60
Exits 4-59 in NY
Exit 59A in NY (EB ramps partially in PA)
Exit 60 in PA (fully)
Exit 61 in NY (EB ramps mostly in PA)
Exits 62-131 in NY
Driving VA-259 (Carpers Pike) in Frederick County, Virginia south from U.S. 50, one enters Hampshire County, West Virginia after a trip of a little more than 4 miles at the junction of County Route 23/8, also VA-610 (this road crosses the line several times). Carpers Pike politely becomes WV-259 here. Then things get interesting for the next 3 miles.
The state line runs down the middle of Carpers Pike in at least two places, and at least once the drivers will completely enter Virginia, and then back into West Virginia. None of this is marked by any signs, and has been that way for as long as I can remember.
About 42 miles later after a jaunt with U.S. 48 on Corridor H, WV-259 ends at the Virginia border, and VA-259 resumes.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 17, 2020, 10:31:12 AM
Driving VA-259 (Carpers Pike) in Frederick County, Virginia south from U.S. 50, one enters Hampshire County, West Virginia after a trip of a little more than 4 miles at the junction of County Route 23/8, also VA-610 (this road crosses the line several times). Carpers Pike politely becomes WV-259 here. Then things get interesting for the next 3 miles.
The state line runs down the middle of Carpers Pike in at least two places, and at least once the drivers will completely enter Virginia, and then back into West Virginia. None of this is marked by any signs, and has been that way for as long as I can remember.
About 42 miles later after a jaunt with U.S. 48 on Corridor H, WV-259 ends at the Virginia border, and VA-259 resumes.
The state line also runs down the middle of WV/VA 127, not too far from here, for a short distance as well.
Also, a trip from Pocahontas, Va., to Bluefield, along VA/WV 102, will take you into West Virginia at least twice.
Quote from: hbelkins on February 17, 2020, 03:05:56 PM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 17, 2020, 10:31:12 AM
Driving VA-259 (Carpers Pike) in Frederick County, Virginia south from U.S. 50, one enters Hampshire County, West Virginia after a trip of a little more than 4 miles at the junction of County Route 23/8, also VA-610 (this road crosses the line several times). Carpers Pike politely becomes WV-259 here. Then things get interesting for the next 3 miles.
The state line runs down the middle of Carpers Pike in at least two places, and at least once the drivers will completely enter Virginia, and then back into West Virginia. None of this is marked by any signs, and has been that way for as long as I can remember.
About 42 miles later after a jaunt with U.S. 48 on Corridor H, WV-259 ends at the Virginia border, and VA-259 resumes.
The state line also runs down the middle of WV/VA 127, not too far from here, for a short distance as well.
Yes, it seems that the "state line" part of 127 (Bloomery Pike) is split between being WVDOH-maintained and the other section VDOT-maintained, since the sign assemblies for the state line are between CR 6/2 (I.L. Pugh Road) and VA-734 (S. Sleepy Creek Road) here (https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B021'27.3%22N+78%C2%B021'38.8%22W/@39.357575,-78.3613292,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!1m2!2m1!1soomps+va!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d39.3575743!4d-78.3607825). Amusingly, the State Line Store (https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B021'28.2%22N+78%C2%B021'43.9%22W/@39.3578291,-78.3643917,615m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x89b58b12a715625f:0xbe6e28239cbf1de2!2sWhitacre,+VA+22625!3b1!8m2!3d39.3323224!4d-78.327228!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d39.3578249!4d-78.3622027), located west of that point, so facing WV-127, is located in Virginia, and even has a U.S. Postal Service branch for Whitacre, Virginia.
But overall, I think VDOT has more than its fair share of the state line part of SR127.
Quote from: hbelkins on February 17, 2020, 03:05:56 PM
Also, a trip from Pocahontas, Va., to Bluefield, along VA/WV 102, will take you into West Virginia at least twice.
I have never visited the Bluefield VA/WV metropolitan area, but would like to do so sometime.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on February 17, 2020, 08:28:29 PM
I have never visited the Bluefield VA/WV metropolitan area, but would like to do so sometime.
The quirky signage would be worth the trip by itself. At that point, you're not terribly far from the new Corridor Q that's under construction in Virginia and Kentucky.
You would think that there'd be a lot of trips like this between the Oklahoma panhandle and the main body of the state, but there aren't a lot of diagonal routes in the Texas panhandle, whereas there is a good one in northwest Oklahoma. So for most points in Oklahoma, the aim is getting to Watonga somehow and then following US-270 and friends northwest. However, there are points in southwest Oklahoma for which US-287 is a more feasible route to get to the Panhandle.
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 18, 2020, 06:55:03 PM
You would think that there'd be a lot of trips like this between the Oklahoma panhandle and the main body of the state, but there aren't a lot of diagonal routes in the Texas panhandle, whereas there is a good one in northwest Oklahoma. So for most points in Oklahoma, the aim is getting to Watonga somehow and then following US-270 and friends northwest. However, there are points in southwest Oklahoma for which US-287 is a more feasible route to get to the Panhandle.
Isn't there a section or two of US-64 in the OK panhandle where the eastbound shoulder or travel lane crosses into Texas?
Quote from: thenetwork on February 18, 2020, 09:49:53 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on February 18, 2020, 06:55:03 PM
You would think that there'd be a lot of trips like this between the Oklahoma panhandle and the main body of the state, but there aren't a lot of diagonal routes in the Texas panhandle, whereas there is a good one in northwest Oklahoma. So for most points in Oklahoma, the aim is getting to Watonga somehow and then following US-270 and friends northwest. However, there are points in southwest Oklahoma for which US-287 is a more feasible route to get to the Panhandle.
Isn't there a section or two of US-64 in the OK panhandle where the eastbound shoulder or travel lane crosses into Texas?
It's the shoulder. Driving along the road won't put you in Texas, but it's easy to stop there, get out, and get back in.
And the surrounding area is in New Mexico, not Oklahoma.
If you're going between MN's Arrowhead/Northland and the Driftless Region, it's faster to take US 53 and WIS 93 through Wisconsin.
Haines or Skagway, Alaska to Anchorage or Fairbanks or anywhere else in the main part of Alaska reachable by road takes you through both British Columbia and Yukon Territory!
Both endpoints in Louisiana, but driving through Mississippi
Start/endpoint 1: Anywhere east of New Roads and South of the MS/LA state line (this area includes Baton Rouge and New Orleans)
Start/endpoint 2: Anywhere north of Ferriday and east of West Monroe (includes Monroe)
Quote from: thenetwork on February 18, 2020, 09:49:53 PM
Isn't there a section or two of US-64 in the OK panhandle where the eastbound shoulder or travel lane crosses into Texas?
Quote from: 1 on February 18, 2020, 09:55:27 PM
It's the shoulder.
It's neither one. The shoulder misses entering Texas by a couple of feet.
Below is a picture of the official northwest corner of Texas.
(Click the picture to go to a post with more info.)
(https://www.markjamesmullins.com/images/NWTX_markervs56.jpg) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26253.msg2470763#msg2470763)
A lot of people mistake the much easier found witness marker for the actual boundary (shown in pic).
Building off of OP's original example, there is a MUCH shorter example through the same area. The fastest route from the MD 210 corridor south of Washington to pretty much anywhere in Maryland west of the MD 97 corridor involves taking the Beltway around the west side of Washington. For example, National Harbor to Bethesda. This, of course, requires passing through DC and VA.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 23, 2020, 12:44:58 PM
US199 adds a couple of unique situations. To get from Crescent City to anywhere along I-5 north of Redding, one would use US199 passing through Grants Pass, Oregon. On the other hand, a trip from Grants Pass or Medford, Oregon, to coastal Brookings/Harbor, Oregon would take you on US199 through the Crescent City area.
Another one I encountered on a road trip was Hood River to Astoria, OR. Google suggested we cross into Washington on I-205, then cross back south into Oregon at Longview, WA.
Echoing this, Portland to Clatskanie.
Point Roberts to anywhere else in Washington.
And, a technicality: Ferries between North Saanich (Victoria) to Tsawassen (Vancouver) clip through the corner of the Canada/US border.
Finally, an example that satisfies the multi-state condition of the OP: Puducherry, India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puducherry).
This applies to certain trips within the KC area - one way to get from parts of south KC (e.g. Ward Parkway area) to Platte County is to take 435 west to 69 north to 35 north to 635 north, going through Kansas.
As for me, personally, l live in Midtown KC (West 39th Street area) and I've spent many a hot summer day cooling off at an aquatic center off 29 near Zona Rosa and KCI Airport. There are a number of ways to get there, but one thing I've done is to head west on 39th to Rainbow Blvd by KU Med, then proceed north on Rainbow (which becomes 7th Street) through KCK, until it crosses the river on the Fairfax Bridge, near Argosy Casino, and merges onto 635 north, which in turn merges onto 29 north. That route does have a lot of traffic lights, but because it's a more direct route than crossing the river on 35 north, which swings east while the waterpark is northwest (and 35 is often prone to congestion anyway), it's a way that I find practical.
Not many of these in South Carolina, but one is going from Gaffney, SC to North Myrtle Beach or Little River. The suggested routing takes you across US 74 in North Carolina, then the south loop of I-485 around Charlotte, then 85 back into SC. It's 4:05.
Foreman AR to Texarkana AR (and points farther including Little Rock etc.) You go through New Boston TX. Not a big difference anywhere south of DeQueen.
When I was staying at Wyndham Bentley Brook in Hancock, MA, we would often use NY 22 to get to Tanglewood, and, well, just about any other part of Massachusetts. Quicker than driving through Pittsfield.
St George, UT to Kanab, UT takes you into Fredonia, AZ.
A number of people in the Henderson, Ky. area who are going to Louisville or points east will take I-64 through Indiana instead of US 60 or the Kentucky parkways.
When I was on a school tour in 9th grade, the quickest way from Lakeville, CT to Kent, CT was to go into NY by going down CT 41 to Amenia Union, following Dutchess CR 2 to CR 3, which turns into CT 341 to Kent.
Right now, the only way to get from southern Idaho to Northern Idaho (Riggins or anywhere north), on a paved road, is by going through another state. The only real link, US-95, is currently closed south of Riggins due to a landslide. There is no detour route. Some brave folks have taken some back roads from McCall to Riggins, but that's unpaved narrow mountain roads, and apparently they may have closed that too after some accidents up there. Google Maps shows a parallel route, Pollock Rd, as an alternative, but that's been permanently closed for years (you can see concrete barriers on Google Satellite view). The only realistic detour involves going through Washington and Oregon, or Montana, depending on where you're coming from/going.
Most anywhere of consequence in Wisconsin and Florence, WI.
Mike