It can be freeway or expressway
Let's skip corridor protection unless we find a lot fewer than I expect.
Illinois
US 50 has to be the leader. Including the under construction Lebanon by pass the ROW extends to Carlyle. Then from before Xenia to the freeway to Indiana.
US 34 From 74 to Wataga 164 near Monmouth was 34 pre Freeway
The Macomb By Pass 67 North of Macomb was but was finally made 4 lanes.
I will incorporate by reference a current related Wisconsin thread in Midwest.
Suicide Alley on Cape Cod
MN 43 from I-90 to Winona. The four-lane project ran out of money and was never revisited.
The eastern side of FL-570 around Lakeland. You can see how the overpasses were built with the intent that it would be widened in the future: https://goo.gl/maps/RaTrLcpn7ASsadG98
It has a toll plaza, too: https://goo.gl/maps/CQqmhH16KS9YR9Zb9
In Michigan, M-52 between Tecumseh and Manchester was built with the intention of expanding it to a four-lane divided freeway. The extra ROW is on the east side of the road. You can still see where some proposed interchanges were graded out, such as this full cloverleaf with a proposed realigned US-12 (mind you, this was 1950s design): https://goo.gl/maps/SLHeggnx8AomZoi49
The portion of M-231 constructed thus far also is on ROW sufficient for a four-lane divided freeway, with the hope of future expansion.
KY 67, the Industrial Parkway, between I-64 and US 23.
Portions of the two-lane KY 80 in Pulaski County near the Shopville area have enough ROW for four lanes, but only two lanes were built.
I found a 0 lane road in a 4 lane right of way while looking through Alabama a couple of days ago (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.8582017,-88.4024566,1555m/data=!3m1!1e3)
I will take that!I thought this could be an interesting thread.
Much of FM 523 around Angleton and Freeport looks like it's on a four-lane ROW. I think they will expand it in the future.
Examples:
Here: (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.2006026,-95.3914572,932m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Here: (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.156939,-95.3951198,823m/data=!3m1!1e3)
And here: (https://www.google.com/maps/@29.1253925,-95.3896137,1627m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Every Super-2 in Arkansas. Ultimately will become 4 lane expressways when funds become available, though.
Pretty sure that US-51 between Tomahawk and just south of Hazelhurst WI is. It's a bit confusing as the clear zones were expanded a few years ago between Tomahawk and a couple miles south of the start of the current multilane stretch at CTH-D. I don't know if WISDOT doesn't have the ROW between the north end of the four lane clear zones and CTH-D, or if they just haven't acted on it.
A few here in Virginia:
VA Route 262 in Staunton
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.1513428,-79.120211,677m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
VA Route 225 in Virginia Beach
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.778093,-76.1292829,345m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
Dam Neck Road in Virginia Beach
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7671396,-76.1158932,690m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
University Blvd in Manassas
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7652103,-77.5576247,1343m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
Quote from: SkyPesos on January 11, 2021, 02:50:03 PM
I found a 0 lane road in a 4 lane right of way while looking through Alabama a couple of days ago (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.8582017,-88.4024566,1555m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Isn't that supposed to be a future US-98?
Quote from: DJ Particle on January 11, 2021, 11:50:37 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on January 11, 2021, 02:50:03 PM
I found a 0 lane road in a 4 lane right of way while looking through Alabama a couple of days ago (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.8582017,-88.4024566,1555m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Isn't that supposed to be a future US-98?
It lines up with US 98 on both ends, so I guess so, except...
I went to check that section on google earth with historical imagery this time to see how back it dates to, and that 4 lane right of way has been finished and unused since
2010. How does a state screw up this bad that it's not in use 10 years after completion?
Quote from: SkyPesos on January 11, 2021, 11:57:01 PM
Quote from: DJ Particle on January 11, 2021, 11:50:37 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on January 11, 2021, 02:50:03 PM
I found a 0 lane road in a 4 lane right of way while looking through Alabama a couple of days ago (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.8582017,-88.4024566,1555m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Isn't that supposed to be a future US-98?
It lines up with US 98 on both ends, so I guess so, except...
I went to check that section on google earth with historical imagery this time to see how back it dates to, and that 4 lane right of way has been finished and unused since 2010. How does a state screw up this bad that it's not in use 10 years after completion?
It's not the first time Alabama has done this. This is near Phil Campbell...
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.3473222,-87.6938205,7399m/data=!3m1!1e3
Concerning the post of Jmiles32, I thought VA 225 ended at South Blvd. just south of the I-264 interchange. Did VDOT extend the route or is this just a Google Maps error?
Quote from: amroad17 on January 12, 2021, 02:37:54 AM
Concerning the post of Jmiles32, I thought VA 225 ended at South Blvd. just south of the I-264 interchange. Did VDOT extend the route or is this just a Google Maps error?
It's Google error; you're correct.
This might be a bit different than what the OP is looking for, but what comes to mind is this section of NY 153 (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.123274,-77.4857612,3a,75y,286.77h,83.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0rNCrcAV6CoemHI-0JXUSQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1), which was four lanes until a few years ago when it was restriped as three lanes (2+TWLTL).
Quote from: webny99 on January 12, 2021, 09:08:14 AM
This might be a bit different than what the OP is looking for, but what comes to mind is this section of NY 153 (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.123274,-77.4857612,3a,75y,286.77h,83.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0rNCrcAV6CoemHI-0JXUSQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1), which was four lanes until a few years ago when it was restriped as three lanes (2+TWLTL).
That's typically termed a road diet, which I don't think the OP is really referencing here. What he wants is where right-of-way for a 4 lane roadway exists, but only a 2 lane roadway exists.
Because right of way is typically wider than the paved roadway, I would imagine many 2 lane roadways have room for 4 lanes. Heck, even my property survey map shows my tiny side street, less than 30' wide paved curb to curb, as actually having 25' of right of way on either side of the center point of the roadway, which would make it wide enough for 4 lanes. But that is never gonna happen!
Quote from: thspfc on January 11, 2021, 06:21:40 PM
Pretty sure that US-51 between Tomahawk and just south of Hazelhurst WI is. It's a bit confusing as the clear zones were expanded a few years ago between Tomahawk and a couple miles south of the start of the current multilane stretch at CTH-D. I don't know if WISDOT doesn't have the ROW between the north end of the four lane clear zones and CTH-D, or if they just haven't acted on it.
The original 1950s/1960s plan for US 51 in that area was for a fully interstate compatible freeway on a new ROW. That plan was developed/completed to where it joins the 'old' US 51 ROW just south of Irma. The US 51 new-ROW freeway was to swing a bit farther east at that curve, I believe to continue northward to about where the present-day Tomahawk bypass begins.
At County 'K' and County 'L' (the latter is the US 51 'old road'), that US 51 new-ROW freeway was to continue northward as a west side bypass of the Lakeland (Minocqua/Woodruff) area. It was then planned to continue to end at the trumpet (soon to be a roundabout) at US 2 at Hurley.
The Tomahawk bypass was built as a 'Super Two' freeway on a four lane ROW (the SB side was built first), with full four lanes being completed by the early 1990s.
Mike
Quote from: mgk920 on January 12, 2021, 12:05:11 PM
Quote from: thspfc on January 11, 2021, 06:21:40 PM
Pretty sure that US-51 between Tomahawk and just south of Hazelhurst WI is. It's a bit confusing as the clear zones were expanded a few years ago between Tomahawk and a couple miles south of the start of the current multilane stretch at CTH-D. I don't know if WISDOT doesn't have the ROW between the north end of the four lane clear zones and CTH-D, or if they just haven't acted on it.
The original 1950s/1960s plan for US 51 in that area was for a fully interstate compatible freeway on a new ROW. That plan was developed/completed to where it joins the 'old' US 51 ROW just south of Irma. The US 51 new-ROW freeway was to swing a bit farther east at that curve, I believe to continue northward to about where the present-day Tomahawk bypass begins.
At County 'K' and County 'L' (the latter is the US 51 'old road'), that US 51 new-ROW freeway was to continue northward as a west side bypass of the Lakeland (Minocqua/Woodruff) area. It was then planned to continue to end at the trumpet (soon to be a roundabout) at US 2 at Hurley.
The Tomahawk bypass was built as a 'Super Two' freeway on a four lane ROW (the SB side was built first), with full four lanes being completed by the early 1990s.
Mike
Do you have a source stating the US 51 freeway was to continue north of US 8? The only thing I saw was that Milwaukee-Superior Interstate/freeway proposal from the 1960s. That would've upgraded US 51 from Wausau to Ironwood.
Also, I wonder if they'll ever remove the remaining at-grade intersections on US 51 in the Irma area, so the freeway is continuous from Portage to US 8.
This setup was common in Ohio during a lot of 1960s era relocations. Examples include:
- OH 57 between I-76 and Rittman
- OH 585 north of OH 94
- US 50 east of Londonderry, part of which had a second set of lanes built recently for testing purposes
- Two-lane part of US 22 between Cadiz bypass and OH 151
- Two lane part of US 42 near Spring Valley (between 4-lane sections)
- OH 73 bypass of Corwin east of US 42
In Maryland:
- US 219 north of Deep Creek Lake bridge to MD 42
- US 220 north of I-68
- US 15 south of US 340
In West Virginia, the prime example is the King Coal Expressway (future US 52) between WV 65 and WV 44. If the other pair of lanes is ever built, it will be a narrow raised median.
Quote from: amroad17 on January 12, 2021, 02:31:01 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on January 11, 2021, 11:57:01 PM
Quote from: DJ Particle on January 11, 2021, 11:50:37 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on January 11, 2021, 02:50:03 PM
I found a 0 lane road in a 4 lane right of way while looking through Alabama a couple of days ago (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.8582017,-88.4024566,1555m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Isn't that supposed to be a future US-98?
It lines up with US 98 on both ends, so I guess so, except...
I went to check that section on google earth with historical imagery this time to see how back it dates to, and that 4 lane right of way has been finished and unused since 2010. How does a state screw up this bad that it's not in use 10 years after completion?
It's not the first time Alabama has done this. This is near Phil Campbell...
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.3473222,-87.6938205,7399m/data=!3m1!1e3
I can't help but wonder if the long time just sitting there is bad for the bridges. That bridge near the Mississippi border looks more like it's been abandoned than like it's waiting for the rest of the road to be built.
Quote from: vdeane on January 12, 2021, 01:02:05 PM
Quote from: amroad17 on January 12, 2021, 02:31:01 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on January 11, 2021, 11:57:01 PM
Quote from: DJ Particle on January 11, 2021, 11:50:37 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on January 11, 2021, 02:50:03 PM
I found a 0 lane road in a 4 lane right of way while looking through Alabama a couple of days ago (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.8582017,-88.4024566,1555m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Isn't that supposed to be a future US-98?
It lines up with US 98 on both ends, so I guess so, except...
I went to check that section on google earth with historical imagery this time to see how back it dates to, and that 4 lane right of way has been finished and unused since 2010. How does a state screw up this bad that it's not in use 10 years after completion?
It's not the first time Alabama has done this. This is near Phil Campbell...
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.3473222,-87.6938205,7399m/data=!3m1!1e3
I can't help but wonder if the long time just sitting there is bad for the bridges. That bridge near the Mississippi border looks more like it's been abandoned than like it's waiting for the rest of the road to be built.
This bridge? (https://www.google.com/maps/@30.8625429,-88.4172779,3a,50.3y,266.93h,83.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1se5a9LwJdmvLAzXI_BmXJtw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
My first impression of this based on the condition of the bridge is that Alabama gave up on it, since it doesn't even seem to be maintained. I would want to know why that 4 lane row has been "abandoned" for a long time, considering that US 98 between Hattiesburg and Mobile, along with US 49 from Jackson to Hattiesburg, is part of the fastest route to FL from most of the I-20 corridor west of Jackson, including the DFW area. So solely based on the importance of the road for long distance travel, I thought they would actually want to 4 lane it asap. From what it looks like, Mississippi finished their 4 lane section, and the road narrows down to 2 lanes right before the AL border. I could do some searching on the Alabama forum here later; maybe there will be more detailed explanations for this.
NY Route 104 south of Wolcott, New York.
US 385 at the SD/NE state line- but only on the SD side. Nebraska is supposed to continue the four lane route through to Colorado via Alliance and Scottsbluff, but they have only completed the four lane section between Kimball on NE 71 and Minatare on US 26.
Quote from: Bitmapped on January 12, 2021, 12:54:31 PM
This setup was common in Ohio during a lot of 1960s era relocations. Examples include:
- OH 57 between I-76 and Rittman
- OH 585 north of OH 94
- US 50 east of Londonderry, part of which had a second set of lanes built recently for testing purposes
- Two-lane part of US 22 between Cadiz bypass and OH 151
- Two lane part of US 42 near Spring Valley (between 4-lane sections)
- OH 73 bypass of Corwin east of US 42
US 33 between Bellefountaine and Indian Lake
It may be a bit hard to see, but PA663 was cleared and graded for 4 lanes when it was bypassed between the PA Turnpike NE Extension and Pennsburg in the 1970's. That being close to 50 years ago, natural growth has somewhat deteriorated the ROW.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4205317,-75.4504254,3a,75y,213.74h,92.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sentxxlGIDzyBhdCidtGthw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Osceola County Road 532 in Florida. From CR 545 to US 17 & 92 it's is a four lane corridor with only two lanes since I-4 was built in the 60's which rendered its existence as a connector route to Kissimmee.
Corridor/right-of-way preservation isn't all that common in Colorado as far as I know, but there are some cases where there's right-of-way for more lanes than are present.
I believe the two lane US 287 Laporte Bypass (Google Maps (https://www.google.com/maps/@?api=1&map_action=map¢er=40.645975,-105.137412&zoom=14&basemap=satellite))–apparently built as phase one, and ultimately the only phase, of the "Fort Collins Expressway" –has right-of-way for four lanes, as well as accommodations for an interchange at Overland Trail (https://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/row_plans/Region4/287/FC287-3(33)Sec1/FC287-3(33)Sec1Sht12.jpg). That dates back around forty years ago, and there don't appear to be any plans to add lanes or more grade-separations to the bypass now; CDOT seems to be done expanding US 287 after widening the adjacent segment (https://www.codot.gov/news/2016-news-releases/01-2016/yes-it2019s-finally-happening-us-287-to-laporte-bypass) leading into Fort Collins. (That included adding a roundabout at the end of the bypass where there was originally plans for a freeway/expressway extension (https://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/row_plans/Region4/287/FC287-3(33)Sec2/FC287-3(33)Sec2Sht6A.tif).)
A new reservoir northwest of the area is going through studies/permitting, which if built, would require relocating some of US 287 (https://www.nisptalk.com/us-highway-287-relocation). That realignment would be a two-lane roadway with right-of-way for four lanes, as well.
WV-2 in Cabell County between the Mason county line and just north of Lesage
This is pretty much SOP in Kentucky these days for any new "bypass" style route.
I think it still is in Illinois the Macomb bypass and maybe the new Lebanon bypass.
It was SOP in the 1968 federal highway bill according to the Illinois 1969 highway plan.
A lot of the Illinois ones are from that era.
Illinois has something called notice of freeway which didn't mean a new freeway. It just meant they were restricting any access. Now they do that for pretty much every state route.
NY 85 southwest of Albany (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6541084,-73.8397536,1585m/data=!3m1!1e3). Part of it was widened in the late 2000s as part of the project to extend the bypass 3/4 miles, but a mile and a half remains 2 lanes. US 209 for the first couple miles south of the expressway section near Kingston, NY (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.9387666,-74.0539379,1603m/data=!3m1!1e3) is similar, as is NY 299 between the Thruway and US 9W.
The US 127 bypass of Jamestown, Tenn.
US 220 for a few miles south of Bedford PA
Not sure this qualifies considering it's neither a freeway nor expressway, but Research Parkway in Meriden and Wallingford, CT certainly fits the topic.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.499054,-72.7664457,837m/data=!3m1!1e3
It looks like the road was planned to be a four-line divided highway (even has a number of double-sided light poles with only one light head on them), but it clearly never came to be.
It counts. There are a lot less than I thought there would be.There are a lot of roads with big ROW where it's easy to add say a passing lane but not many with a full freeway or expressway ROW .
Parts of US 51 fit wide ROW North of Centralia. It's close on US 24Washington Bypass
There is on 24 other side of Peoria but it's going to be built.
Four lane roads on an eight lane right-of-way: Old US 14-16 through Box Elder, SD. Planned to be downgraded to a single 3 or 4 lane road but it seems like everyone stopped caring about that
Parts of US 169 near Iola, Kansas come to mind.
Quote from: X99 on January 21, 2021, 06:00:36 PM
Four lane roads on an eight lane right-of-way: Old US 14-16 through Box Elder, SD. Planned to be downgraded to a single 3 or 4 lane road but it seems like everyone stopped caring about that
Would I-395 under the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC count for that?
Mike
Ravnia Avenue in Orland Park, IL, complete with stubs for the unbuilt NB lanes. (https://goo.gl/maps/cDJNu6eFP3SbDnGTA)
Realizing I missed the obvious example in my home state, which is the Southern Parkway (Utah 7) near St George from the Desert Canyons exit east. Traffic counts don’t justify a 4-lane on this section yet, so it’s been built as a super-two. There is plenty of ROW for another carriageway, for which some grading has already been done...and looking at the four eastern diamond interchanges (exits 6, 7, 10, and 15) it is fairly obvious that a four-lane is intended at some point in the future.
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on January 12, 2021, 07:20:48 PM
Quote from: Bitmapped on January 12, 2021, 12:54:31 PM
This setup was common in Ohio during a lot of 1960s era relocations. Examples include:
- OH 57 between I-76 and Rittman
- OH 585 north of OH 94
- US 50 east of Londonderry, part of which had a second set of lanes built recently for testing purposes
- Two-lane part of US 22 between Cadiz bypass and OH 151
- Two lane part of US 42 near Spring Valley (between 4-lane sections)
- OH 73 bypass of Corwin east of US 42
US 33 between Bellefountaine and Indian Lake
US 6 from OH 2 (SW of Bryan) to Ridgeville Corners.
US 258 / VA 10 Smithfield Bypass: https://goo.gl/maps/9D5fqYY6w88kBRPu9
County Road 707 in Stuart, FL due to the road diet it received when US 1 was rerouted onto the current 1996 Roosevelt Bridge. CR 707 was old US 1 and was four lane widened in 1964 across the St Lucie River to be narrowed 32 years later for a six lane structure to meet the needs of sprawling Florida of the 1990s.
In satellite images you can see that ROW. However Historic Aerials were not available pre1996 to show old alignment of Highway.
VA 171 from VA 134 to VA 172. (http://www.vahighways.com/route-log/va171.htm)
US 14 Woodstock bypass. It's Feb 2 how could I have forgotten the place Groundhog Day filmed.
I believe that the right-of-way for 2-lane MA 49 was sized for a future 4-lane expansion.