For Massachusetts, it's probably I-91 north of Northampton or maybe I-190.
My bet is on I-155, 9.1k vehicles per day near the MO-TN border.
Quote from: ozarkman417 on May 22, 2020, 05:54:12 PM
My bet is on I-155, 9.1k vehicles per day near the MO-TN border.
Always wondered why that was built. Doesn't seem to serve any purpose.
In Arkansas it has to be the new I-49 in Texarkana north of I-30. Right now it's kind of a road to nowhere as it ends at US 59/71.
I-94 between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul, 3 vehicles per day.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on May 22, 2020, 06:59:06 PM
I-94 between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul, 3 vehicles per day.
I doubt it.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 22, 2020, 07:08:33 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on May 22, 2020, 06:59:06 PM
I-94 between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul, 3 vehicles per day.
I doubt it.
I thought it might be a road closure, but I'm not seeing anything on Google that would indicate that.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 22, 2020, 05:56:45 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on May 22, 2020, 05:54:12 PM
My bet is on I-155, 9.1k vehicles per day near the MO-TN border.
Always wondered why that was built. Doesn't seem to serve any purpose.
Provides another crossing of the Mississippi River -- there's no other crossing between Cairo IL and Memphis, except a ferry.
Also connects I-55 to the future I-69 corridor, which seemed to have a fair amount of traffic every time I drove it even though it's not yet an Interstate.
Pretty sure IL is I-180. Just have a feeling...
Based on 2016 data, Utah's least-traveled interstate is I-70 between exit 99 (Millers Canyon) and 108 (Lone Tree). AADT on that segment is only 3800.
There are a few stations on I-80 between US 93 at Wells and the Utah border that report AADT of 5100-5200.
Traveling west to east, AADT on I-80 drops below 10,000 at Fernley and stays that way, except for in the immediate vicinity of towns, for its remaining ~350 miles across Nevada.
In Louisiana the lowest AADT I found was around 15,000 on I-49 just south of the US 84/Mansfield exit.
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As a singular route I would imagine I-505 is the big winner in California.
For PA, it looks like the least traveled segment of interstate is I-476/PA Turnpike Northeast Extension between the Wyoming Valley and Clarks Summit interchanges with an AADT of 7500. Completely opposite conditions from I-476's southern reaches as the Blue Route where AADT exceeds 130000!
Also note that I-86 in Erie County PA has an AADT of 9000.
For years I always figured that I-64 in Southern Indiana was the lightest traveled, especially west of Evansville. But I-69 from Oakland City (Exit 34) to SR 445 (Exit 110) is all below 10,000 on the most recent AADT.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 22, 2020, 05:45:11 PM
For Massachusetts, it's probably I-91 north of Northampton or maybe I-190.
Well, I-91 north of Sunderland, anyway.
I wonder about I-90 in far western MA, too.
In SC, the toll portion of I-185 hardly sees any traffic at all, even during pre-pandemic rush hours.
I-520 around North Augusta, SC is pretty lightly travelled as well. Most of the traffic is on the GA side west of US 25.
I-75 in the Upper Peninsula.
For Virginia, I-64 west of I-81 gets down to 9,000 AADT. There's no other interstate in the state, including 3dis, that gets that low to my knowledge.
For the most part, thru volumes are usually about 9,000 - 11,000 AADT, reaching up to 20,000 AADT between Clifton Forge and Covington.
I-59 between the Alabama state line and the first exit in Georgia is the lowest in the state at 14,100 AADT as of 2018. The lowest you'll find on anything other than I-59 is right around 20,000 (at the north end of I-185 and along I-16 near Soperton).
Are we talking 2di's only, or could it also be a 3di?
For New York, I think we had established at one point in another thread that it would be I-88, if you're looking at the entire length of the interstate. If you're looking for just a small segment, then I thought I remembered I-87 in the Adirondacks as the winner, but based on a quick check, I-86 in the Southern Tier appears to have a slight edge. It's sustained below 6K per day between Angelica and Almond, while nothing on I-87 falls below that.
For North Carolina, it would be I-73 / I-74 north of Rockingham, the lowest point being around 8,500 AADT.
Quote from: webny99 on May 22, 2020, 09:54:25 PM
Are we talking 2di's only, or could it also be a 3di?
For New York, I think we had established at one point in another thread that it would be I-88, if you're looking at the entire length of the interstate. If you're looking for just a small segment, then I thought I remembered I-87 in the Adirondacks as the winner, but based on a quick check, I-86 in the Southern Tier appears to have a slight edge. It's sustained below 6K per day between Angelica and Almond, while nothing on I-87 falls below that.
Can be either.
Probably I-10 and 20 in West Texas, though I may be wrong on that.
Quote from: Some one on May 22, 2020, 11:33:25 PM
Probably I-10 and 20 in West Texas, though I may be wrong on that.
Probably I-10 directly east of I-20.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 22, 2020, 08:36:16 PM
As a singular route I would imagine I-505 is the big winner in California.
CalTrans publishes the traffic counts. I might have guessed I-505, but the 2017 count shows around 12K AADT near the split and junction with I-5 or portions of I-8 which shows a bit less than 8K AADT roughly at the San Diego-Imperial County line.
Quote from: michravera on May 23, 2020, 12:41:25 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 22, 2020, 08:36:16 PM
As a singular route I would imagine I-505 is the big winner in California.
CalTrans publishes the traffic counts. I might have guessed I-505, but the 2017 count shows around 12K AADT near the split and junction with I-5 or portions of I-8 which shows a bit less than 8K AADT roughly at the San Diego-Imperial County line.
I was looking at those same tables and some of the Caltrans reports have "left align/right align" splits. Not sure exactly what that terminology means but going by context it looks like I-8 in that vicinity is actually 2 x 8K = 16K. I think Max R. is right about I-505, whose 11,200 at the lowest edges out I-40's low of 11,700.
Quote from: gonealookin on May 23, 2020, 01:43:50 AM
Quote from: michravera on May 23, 2020, 12:41:25 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 22, 2020, 08:36:16 PM
As a singular route I would imagine I-505 is the big winner in California.
CalTrans publishes the traffic counts. I might have guessed I-505, but the 2017 count shows around 12K AADT near the split and junction with I-5 or portions of I-8 which shows a bit less than 8K AADT roughly at the San Diego-Imperial County line.
I was looking at those same tables and some of the Caltrans reports have "left align/right align" splits. Not sure exactly what that terminology means but going by context it looks like I-8 in that vicinity is actually 2 x 8K = 16K. I think Max R. is right about I-505, whose 11,200 at the lowest edges out I-40's low of 11,700.
I went through the 2018 data and averaged out all of the "ahead_aadt" data of all of the segments for each interstate and found that over all of its segments, I-40 has the lowest average AADT per segment.
I am not 100% sure how to interpret the data, so please do let me know if I took the wrong approach.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SlWOjMIhL1bEHWfeHx0HcI4iLswzejZ9/view (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SlWOjMIhL1bEHWfeHx0HcI4iLswzejZ9/view)
Ozarkman already mentioned 155, which is definitely 3di. For 2di it is probably I-49 between Carthage and Harrisonville (according to https://www.modot.org/traffic-volume-maps), but I-35 north of Cameron has some very light numbers as well.
Delaware only has three interstates, so it's not really "lightly-traveled", but the one with the lowest AADT is I-495 with a minimum of 25091.
Quote from: ilpt4u on May 22, 2020, 07:20:03 PM
Pretty sure IL is I-180. Just have a feeling...
Y'think? I-180 is by far and away the lightest traveled interstate (or freeway for that matter) in the state.
http://www.gettingaroundillinois.com/gai.htm?mt=aadt
Quote from: Brandon on May 24, 2020, 12:05:29 AM
Quote from: ilpt4u on May 22, 2020, 07:20:03 PM
Pretty sure IL is I-180. Just have a feeling...
Y'think? I-180 is by far and away the lightest traveled interstate (or freeway for that matter) in the state.
http://www.gettingaroundillinois.com/gai.htm?mt=aadt
It might be the lightest traveled interstate in the country.
In Colorado, it's I-76 northeast of Sterling to the Nebraska line. CDOT reports just southwest of Julesburg an AADT of 7800.
After that, I was surprised to see I-70 at the Utah line has an 8300 AADT.
Quote from: zzcarp on May 24, 2020, 12:31:03 AM
In Colorado, it's I-76 northeast of Sterling to the Nebraska line. CDOT reports just southwest of Julesburg an AADT of 7800.
After that, I was surprised to see I-70 at the Utah line has an 8300 AADT.
Probably mostly Denver-Salt Lake City/Las Vegas/LA travel.
Indiana? Probably I-69 between Evansville (north of I-64) and Bloomington in southern Indiana...
For Iowa, I assume it's I-880. In Nebraska, I assume it is I-80 west of I-76.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 12:09:59 AM
Quote from: Brandon on May 24, 2020, 12:05:29 AM
Quote from: ilpt4u on May 22, 2020, 07:20:03 PM
Pretty sure IL is I-180. Just have a feeling...
Y'think? I-180 is by far and away the lightest traveled interstate (or freeway for that matter) in the state.
http://www.gettingaroundillinois.com/gai.htm?mt=aadt
It might be the lightest traveled interstate in the country.
This is data from 2013 that I posted a long time ago, but other than unsigned and international crossings, it's I-90 in Wyoming.
Lowest AADT 2dis
1. I-A2 AK 237 @ mile 145
2. I-A1 AK 307 @ 256
3. I-A4 AK 1080 @ 104
4. I-95 ME 1682 @ 300
5. I-15 MT 1790 @ 396
6. I-89 VT 2000 @ 130
7. I-91 VT 2100 @ 177
8. I-90 WY 2198 @ 59
9. I-10 TX 2652 @ 364
10. I-25 WY 2718 @ 299
11. I-29 ND 2980 @ 217
12. I-15 ID 3000 @ 181
13. I-A3 AK 3021 @ 52
14. I-75 MI 3100 @ 375
15. I-94 MT 3170 @ 241
16. I-70 UT 3275 @ 104
17. I-90 MT 3420 @ 520
18. I-25 NM 3630 @ 453
19. I-94 ND 3868 @ 0
20. I-29 SD 4460 @ 227
21. I-80 NV 4600 @ 404
22. I-20 TX 4804 @ 38
23. I-81 NY 4998 @ 180
Lowest AADT 3dis
1. I-180 IL 2200 @ mile 10
2. I-185 SC 3400 @ 12
3. I-115 MT 3630 @ 0
4. I-229 MO 4228 @ 6
5. I-680 IA 5700 @ 19
6. I-172 IL 6300 @ 12
7. I-890 NY 7053 @ 8
8. I-781 NY 7297 @ 0
9. I-155 MO 7312 @ 0
10. I-335 KS 7320 @ 137
11. I-380 IA 7700 @ 65
12. I-476 PA 7930 @ 124
13. I-129 NE 8250 @ 0
14. I-495 ME 8680 @ 0
15. I-795 NC 8900 @ 7
16. I-505 CA 8900 @ 30
17. I-155 IL 8900 @ 0
18. I-520 SC 9300 @ 23
19. I-790 NY 9324 @ 1
Chris
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 12:36:25 AM
Quote from: zzcarp on May 24, 2020, 12:31:03 AM
In Colorado, it's I-76 northeast of Sterling to the Nebraska line. CDOT reports just southwest of Julesburg an AADT of 7800.
After that, I was surprised to see I-70 at the Utah line has an 8300 AADT.
Probably mostly Denver-Salt Lake City/Las Vegas/LA travel.
How does SLC come into the picture on I-70 at the Utah-Colorado state line?
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 09:27:59 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 12:36:25 AM
Quote from: zzcarp on May 24, 2020, 12:31:03 AM
In Colorado, it's I-76 northeast of Sterling to the Nebraska line. CDOT reports just southwest of Julesburg an AADT of 7800.
After that, I was surprised to see I-70 at the Utah line has an 8300 AADT.
Probably mostly Denver-Salt Lake City/Las Vegas/LA travel.
How does SLC come into the picture on I-70 at the Utah-Colorado state line?
Depending on traffic and where you are in Denver, the quickest way from Denver to SLC is I-70 west into Utah and then US 6 through Price to I-15.
Chris
Quote from: jayhawkco on May 24, 2020, 09:31:03 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 09:27:59 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 12:36:25 AM
Quote from: zzcarp on May 24, 2020, 12:31:03 AM
In Colorado, it's I-76 northeast of Sterling to the Nebraska line. CDOT reports just southwest of Julesburg an AADT of 7800.
After that, I was surprised to see I-70 at the Utah line has an 8300 AADT.
Probably mostly Denver-Salt Lake City/Las Vegas/LA travel.
How does SLC come into the picture on I-70 at the Utah-Colorado state line?
Depending on traffic and where you are in Denver, the quickest way from Denver to SLC is I-70 west into Utah and then US 6 through Price to I-15.
Chris
Taking I-25 north to CO-14 to US-287 up to I-80 west is quicker and shorter. Taking the route you are talking about is a little further and takes a little longer.
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 09:38:07 AM
Quote from: jayhawkco on May 24, 2020, 09:31:03 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 09:27:59 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 12:36:25 AM
Quote from: zzcarp on May 24, 2020, 12:31:03 AM
In Colorado, it's I-76 northeast of Sterling to the Nebraska line. CDOT reports just southwest of Julesburg an AADT of 7800.
After that, I was surprised to see I-70 at the Utah line has an 8300 AADT.
Probably mostly Denver-Salt Lake City/Las Vegas/LA travel.
How does SLC come into the picture on I-70 at the Utah-Colorado state line?
Depending on traffic and where you are in Denver, the quickest way from Denver to SLC is I-70 west into Utah and then US 6 through Price to I-15.
Chris
Taking I-25 north to CO-14 to US-287 up to I-80 west is quicker and shorter. Taking the route you are talking about is a little further and takes a little longer.
What if you live in Arvada? Lakewood? Golden? All places in the metro area where that would not be true. (Getting off topic for this thread though.)
Chris
Quote from: jayhawkco on May 24, 2020, 09:57:29 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 09:38:07 AM
Quote from: jayhawkco on May 24, 2020, 09:31:03 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 09:27:59 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 12:36:25 AM
Quote from: zzcarp on May 24, 2020, 12:31:03 AM
In Colorado, it's I-76 northeast of Sterling to the Nebraska line. CDOT reports just southwest of Julesburg an AADT of 7800.
After that, I was surprised to see I-70 at the Utah line has an 8300 AADT.
Probably mostly Denver-Salt Lake City/Las Vegas/LA travel.
How does SLC come into the picture on I-70 at the Utah-Colorado state line?
Depending on traffic and where you are in Denver, the quickest way from Denver to SLC is I-70 west into Utah and then US 6 through Price to I-15.
Chris
Taking I-25 north to CO-14 to US-287 up to I-80 west is quicker and shorter. Taking the route you are talking about is a little further and takes a little longer.
What if you live in Arvada? Lakewood? Golden? All places in the metro area where that would not be true. (Getting off topic for this thread though.)
Chris
All three of those places are the same route as Denver to SLC.
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 10:10:04 AM
Quote from: jayhawkco on May 24, 2020, 09:57:29 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 09:38:07 AM
Quote from: jayhawkco on May 24, 2020, 09:31:03 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 09:27:59 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 12:36:25 AM
Quote from: zzcarp on May 24, 2020, 12:31:03 AM
In Colorado, it's I-76 northeast of Sterling to the Nebraska line. CDOT reports just southwest of Julesburg an AADT of 7800.
After that, I was surprised to see I-70 at the Utah line has an 8300 AADT.
Probably mostly Denver-Salt Lake City/Las Vegas/LA travel.
How does SLC come into the picture on I-70 at the Utah-Colorado state line?
Depending on traffic and where you are in Denver, the quickest way from Denver to SLC is I-70 west into Utah and then US 6 through Price to I-15.
Chris
Taking I-25 north to CO-14 to US-287 up to I-80 west is quicker and shorter. Taking the route you are talking about is a little further and takes a little longer.
What if you live in Arvada? Lakewood? Golden? All places in the metro area where that would not be true. (Getting off topic for this thread though.)
Chris
All three of those places are the same route as Denver to SLC.
Google maps disagrees, but as I said, off topic for this thread. Either way, I-70, a major trucking thoroughfare having nearly the same traffic as rural I-76 is still surprising.
Chris
Quote from: STLmapboy on May 23, 2020, 09:22:31 PM
Ozarkman already mentioned 155, which is definitely 3di. For 2di it is probably I-49 between Carthage and Harrisonville (according to https://www.modot.org/traffic-volume-maps), but I-35 north of Cameron has some very light numbers as well.
Well most people who actually travel I-49 in the Joplin/Carthage area actually turn off of it on (or just stay on it for northbound I-49) MO-171/249 as it's a better TOTSO than the crappy cloverleaves that I-49 has with I-44. Only those heading to I-44 east on southbound I-49 and vice versa actually use that stretch other than local traffic. If they'd ever actually do a proper Interstate to Interstate interchange on Exit 53, I could see MoDOT moving I-49 over to it as it's quicker for anything other than the aforementioned movements.
In WA, I'm going to assume I-705.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 22, 2020, 08:36:16 PM
As a singular route I would imagine I-505 is the big winner in California.
I would imagine I-780 in California too given that these interstates are not as jammed as I-80 though.
I-82 in Oregon would be my guess for the Beaver State if the whole route is to be counted. There just is not that many miles on it with there being alternate routes to connect with the bridge at the border from both eastbound and westbound traffic, which makes Oregon's section of I-82 rather redundant.
Rick
Quote from: bing101 on May 24, 2020, 10:46:00 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 22, 2020, 08:36:16 PM
As a singular route I would imagine I-505 is the big winner in California.
I would imagine I-780 in California too given that these interstates are not as jammed as I-80 though.
Overall 780 appears to be the third-least-travelled with an average of 58K aadt per segment versus 21K for 505 and 16K for 40
data (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SlWOjMIhL1bEHWfeHx0HcI4iLswzejZ9/edit#gid=884966634)
Quote from: jayhawkco on May 24, 2020, 10:15:54 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 10:10:04 AM
Quote from: jayhawkco on May 24, 2020, 09:57:29 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 09:38:07 AM
Quote from: jayhawkco on May 24, 2020, 09:31:03 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 09:27:59 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 12:36:25 AM
Quote from: zzcarp on May 24, 2020, 12:31:03 AM
In Colorado, it's I-76 northeast of Sterling to the Nebraska line. CDOT reports just southwest of Julesburg an AADT of 7800.
After that, I was surprised to see I-70 at the Utah line has an 8300 AADT.
Probably mostly Denver-Salt Lake City/Las Vegas/LA travel.
How does SLC come into the picture on I-70 at the Utah-Colorado state line?
Depending on traffic and where you are in Denver, the quickest way from Denver to SLC is I-70 west into Utah and then US 6 through Price to I-15.
Chris
Taking I-25 north to CO-14 to US-287 up to I-80 west is quicker and shorter. Taking the route you are talking about is a little further and takes a little longer.
What if you live in Arvada? Lakewood? Golden? All places in the metro area where that would not be true. (Getting off topic for this thread though.)
Chris
All three of those places are the same route as Denver to SLC.
Google maps disagrees, but as I said, off topic for this thread. Either way, I-70, a major trucking thoroughfare having nearly the same traffic as rural I-76 is still surprising.
Chris
As somebody who has made the Denver-Salt Lake drive multiple times, depending on your exact O/D within the Denver and Salt Lake areas, it's generally more or less the same time between the two cities with a slight edge to I-80. But even if 80 is faster, there are plenty of reasons to take 70 instead. For one, the I-70 route is
much more fun as a driver, since it takes you through all kinds of cool Rocky Mountain terrain like Glenwood Canyon. I-80 through Wyoming is relatively flat and uninspiring, and it gets old after about 15 minutes - especially if you've gone that way multiple times before.
Also, believe it or not, I-70 is a more reliable route in winter despite its higher elevation. Sure, you're fighting skiers and mountain pass traffic, but because of the relatively flat profile of I-80 across Wyoming, it tends to experience all sorts of blizzards that will shut down the highway entirely. I-70 probably gets more snow, but in my experience it rarely closes completely. So while sitting in ski traffic on 70 sucks, I'd take that any day over spending the night in Rawlins or something because a blizzard closed I-80.
For Maryland it looks like it would be I-68 near the MD/WV border - between MD 42 and US 219, AADT of 13,260
For grins, I also looked up the highest - I-270 just north of its split before I-495 - an AADT of 265,633
Neither of which were surprising.
Edit: Corrected fumble-fingered typing - of course 496 should be 495
I-496?
Quote from: sprjus4 on May 24, 2020, 05:22:57 PM
I-496?
What state? Also, I-75 in the UP probably has less travel.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 05:46:34 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on May 24, 2020, 05:22:57 PM
I-496?
What state? Also, I-75 in the UP probably has less travel.
There's no I-496 in Maryland. He was referring to I-49
5.
Quote from: dlsterner on May 24, 2020, 04:27:05 PM
For Maryland it looks like it would be I-68 near the MD/WV border - between MD 42 and US 219, AADT of 13,260
For grins, I also looked up the highest - I-270 just north of its split before I-496 - an AADT of 265,633
Neither of which were surprising.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 05:46:34 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on May 24, 2020, 05:22:57 PM
I-496?
What state? Also, I-75 in the UP probably has less travel.
Which I answered with #18. Also I-496 is nowhere close to being the most lightly traveled interstate in Michigan.
Quote from: Flint1979 on May 24, 2020, 07:15:09 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 05:46:34 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on May 24, 2020, 05:22:57 PM
I-496?
What state? Also, I-75 in the UP probably has less travel.
Which I answered with #18. Also I-496 is nowhere close to being the most lightly traveled interstate in Michigan.
496 was originally just a typo.
Quote from: sprjus4 on May 24, 2020, 05:48:18 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 05:46:34 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on May 24, 2020, 05:22:57 PM
I-496?
What state? Also, I-75 in the UP probably has less travel.
There's no I-496 in Maryland. He was referring to I-495.
Quote from: dlsterner on May 24, 2020, 04:27:05 PM
For Maryland it looks like it would be I-68 near the MD/WV border - between MD 42 and US 219, AADT of 13,260
For grins, I also looked up the highest - I-270 just north of its split before I-495 - an AADT of 265,633
Neither of which were surprising.
Yes, it was just a typo - I fumble-fingered the "5" into a "6". The original post has been edited.
What state has the busiest most lightly traveled interstate?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 10:58:33 PM
What state has the busiest most lightly traveled interstate?
Interesting question! Based on an earlier post in this thread (quoted below), I think Delaware could be a contender. Wonder if DC could be considered a "state" for this question?
Quote from: mrcmc888 on May 23, 2020, 11:44:22 PM
Delaware only has three interstates, so it's not really "lightly-traveled", but the one with the lowest AADT is I-495 with a minimum of 25091.
Quote from: dlsterner on May 24, 2020, 11:42:02 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 10:58:33 PM
What state has the busiest most lightly traveled interstate?
Interesting question! Based on an earlier post in this thread (quoted below), I think Delaware could be a contender. Wonder if DC could be considered a "state" for this question?
Quote from: mrcmc888 on May 23, 2020, 11:44:22 PM
Delaware only has three interstates, so it's not really "lightly-traveled", but the one with the lowest AADT is I-495 with a minimum of 25091.
Maybe New Jersey or Rhode Island.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 10:58:33 PM
What state has the busiest most lightly traveled interstate?
Some discussion of that here:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=24261.0
Quote from: webny99 on May 25, 2020, 10:20:21 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 10:58:33 PM
What state has the busiest most lightly traveled interstate?
Some discussion of that here:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=24261.0
Looks like for Connecticut it's parts of I-395. Still unsure what it is for Rhode Island.
In Arizona, the award goes to the section of I-8 between Gila Bend and Casa Grande.
For Wisconsin, although I have no figures handy, I'd think that it would be either somewhere on I-43 (either between Manitowoc and Green Bay or near Beloit) or I-535.
Mike
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 25, 2020, 11:10:16 AM
Quote from: webny99 on May 25, 2020, 10:20:21 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 10:58:33 PM
What state has the busiest most lightly traveled interstate?
Some discussion of that here:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=24261.0
Looks like for Connecticut it's parts of I-395. Still unsure what it is for Rhode Island.
For RI, I would say the portion of I-295 between US 6 and RI 146. It's definitely I-395 north of CT 2 for CT.
Outside of 180 there are a lot of stretches in the 10 to 15000 a day range in Illinois.
Though I'm the current low volume era there has been actual congestion on 180 due to bridge repair. I never thought there would be a day when the only red spot was on 180.
15000 seems like the low volume range . Most of western 88 and 74 and most of eastern 64 and southern 57. Also most of 155 and 72. Parts of 64 and 72 go below 10000. Be interested to see how many Interstates are in the low volume range.
I compiled all of this info back in 2013, so some I'm sure is outdated, but here is (was) the lowest per state. The number after the @ is the median mileage number between the two measured endpoints.
AL: I-59 @ Mile 240
AK: I-A2 @ 145
AR: I-40 @ 0
AZ: I-8 @ 142
CA: I-505 @ 30
CO: I-76 @ 168
CT: I-291 @ 6
DC: I-695 @ 1
DE: I-495 @ 0
FL: I-10 @ 295
GA: I-59 @ 0
HI: I-H3 @ 13
ID: I-15 @ 181
IL: I-180 @ 10
IN: I-469 @ 15 (I-69 might be lower)
IA: I-880 @ 11
KS: I-335 @ 137
KY: I-69 @ 76
LA: I-55 @ 62
ME: I-95 @ 300
MD: I-68 @ 0
MA: I-90 @ 0
MI: I-75 @ 375
MN: I-90 @ 213
MS: I-59 @ 126
MO: I-229 @ 6
MT: I-15 @ 396
NE: I-76 @ 0
NV: I-80 @ 404
NH: I-93 @ 116
NJ: I-295 @ 2
NM: I-25 @ 453
NY: I-81 @ 180
NC: I-795 @ 7
ND: I-29 @ 217
OH: I-480 @ 41
OK: I-44 @ 0
OR: I-84 @ 359
PA: I-476 @ 124
PR: I-PR3 @ 19
RI: I-295 @ 22
SC: I-185 @ 12
SD: I-29 @ 227
TN: I-26 @ 24
TX: I-10 @ 364
UT: I-70 @ 104
VT: I-89 @ 130
VA: I-64 @ 57
WA: I-82 @ 0
WV: I-64 @ 177
WI: I-39 @ 110
WY: I-90 @ 59
It would be interesting to see how many of these have changed due to population shifts and whatnot. There were a couple of close seconds.
Chris
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 25, 2020, 01:02:03 AM
Quote from: dlsterner on May 24, 2020, 11:42:02 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2020, 10:58:33 PM
What state has the busiest most lightly traveled interstate?
Interesting question! Based on an earlier post in this thread (quoted below), I think Delaware could be a contender. Wonder if DC could be considered a "state" for this question?
Quote from: mrcmc888 on May 23, 2020, 11:44:22 PM
Delaware only has three interstates, so it's not really "lightly-traveled", but the one with the lowest AADT is I-495 with a minimum of 25091.
Maybe New Jersey or Rhode Island.
Back in 2013 (see the post just one up from this), it was DC, RI, DE, NJ.
Chris
Quote from: mgk920 on May 26, 2020, 09:59:33 AM
For Wisconsin, although I have no figures handy, I'd think that it would be either somewhere on I-43 (either between Manitowoc and Green Bay or near Beloit) or I-535.
Mike
Here you go: https://wisdot.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2e12a4f051de4ea9bc865ec6393731f8
It looks more like parts of I-39.
Quote from: Brandon on May 27, 2020, 02:51:39 PM
Quote from: mgk920 on May 26, 2020, 09:59:33 AM
For Wisconsin, although I have no figures handy, I'd think that it would be either somewhere on I-43 (either between Manitowoc and Green Bay or near Beloit) or I-535.
Mike
Here you go: https://wisdot.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2e12a4f051de4ea9bc865ec6393731f8
It looks more like parts of I-39.
After I posted that I started thinking about I-39 in the Portage to Plover area. Traffic does get pretty heavy there on summer weekends, though.
Mike