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Title: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: ethanhopkin14 on February 16, 2021, 10:03:35 AM
How may highways out there spend an unusually short period of time in a jurisdiction, whether it be a city, county, state, province or country?  I don't know if I count townships since in the US the definition changes from state to state, and you can be nowhere near town X but be in the township. 

This made me think of it. Traveling US-84 to Lubbock, it just clips the northeast corner of Lynn County, Texas.  You cross the county line from Garza County to Lynn County here:

https://goo.gl/maps/rYsFC5SNSLDNenee8 (https://goo.gl/maps/rYsFC5SNSLDNenee8)

Then 4.4 miles later you cross from Lynn County to Lubbock County.

I know that's nowhere near the shortest period of time a highway spends in a jurisdiction, but for Texas' expanse, it is a relatively speaking short distance. 
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: jp the roadgeek on February 16, 2021, 10:58:21 AM
I-684 spends about 2.1 miles in CT
I-86 has the little dip into PA near Waverly, NY that lasts about a mile
I-24 is in Georgia for 4 miles
US 522 spends 2.35 miles in MD
US 340's second foray into VA near Harper's Ferry lasts 0.57 miles
RI 114A is a total of 0.4 miles long and exists in 2 pieces (separated by about 2 miles of it passing through MA).

The shortest I've seen is CT 71 in Newington, CT.  It must spend a couple hundred feet in the town between Farmington and West Hartford near Westfarms Mall. 
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: 1995hoo on February 16, 2021, 11:05:08 AM
I-95 and I-495 cross through 0.11 miles of District of Columbia airspace on the Wilson Bridge.

VA-231 passes through approximately 0.3 of a mile of Louisa County just to the southwest of Gordonsville. To make it even better, for a long time one of the county line signs had a spelling error ("Lousia County"), though it was fixed by the time the Google Street View car went through.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 16, 2021, 11:10:51 AM
VA 102 crosses into West Virginia multiple times, and has two isolated Virginia segments that are 0.2 and 0.6 miles long.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: hotdogPi on February 16, 2021, 11:11:01 AM
I don't think this got a definitive answer for this in another thread, although it was leaning toward no:

Quote from: 1 on February 03, 2021, 11:46:11 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 03, 2021, 11:27:01 AM
https://goo.gl/maps/8MWwkVdfP6dACKCP9

This is got to be the shortest distance through a town ever.  Enter Phillipsburg, and then go a very short distance and enter a new community.

MA 146 through Douglas a second time...

OpenStreetMap: About 250 feet southbound, but if you're going northbound, you have to be on the left half of the roadway.
Google Maps search: Southbound only, and you have to be in the southbound lanes.
Google Maps by clicking points: Doesn't quite enter the shoulder, so therefore not at all.
Bing Maps: Doesn't seem to understand that Massachusetts is divided into towns, not villages.
Apple Maps: By using "drop pin", it thinks that entire corner is in Uxbridge, not Douglas, even ignoring that nearby West St. becomes Uxbridge St. for a short distance.

Can someone provide a definitive answer on whether MA 146 enters Douglas twice?
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on February 16, 2021, 11:13:24 AM
I-80/94/US 6 passes through 3/10 of a mile of Munster between the state line and Hammond.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: jmacswimmer on February 16, 2021, 11:27:39 AM
I-70 barely clips the City of Baltimore (which is independent from Baltimore County) at a certain location where it has a park & ride (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3011444,-76.711696,3a,41.3y,85.58h,84.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snBBWP5LJ1AlO3o60rnrShQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?hl=en) :spin:
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 11:37:50 AM
Inb4 I-95/495 DC
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 11:43:32 AM
Quote from: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 11:37:50 AM
Inb4 I-95/495 DC
:hmmm:
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 16, 2021, 11:05:08 AM
I-95 and I-495 cross through 0.11 miles of District of Columbia airspace on the Wilson Bridge.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: kalvado on February 16, 2021, 11:53:03 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 16, 2021, 11:11:01 AM
I don't think this got a definitive answer for this in another thread, although it was leaning toward no:

Quote from: 1 on February 03, 2021, 11:46:11 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 03, 2021, 11:27:01 AM
https://goo.gl/maps/8MWwkVdfP6dACKCP9

This is got to be the shortest distance through a town ever.  Enter Phillipsburg, and then go a very short distance and enter a new community.

MA 146 through Douglas a second time...

OpenStreetMap: About 250 feet southbound, but if you're going northbound, you have to be on the left half of the roadway.
Google Maps search: Southbound only, and you have to be in the southbound lanes.
Google Maps by clicking points: Doesn't quite enter the shoulder, so therefore not at all.
Bing Maps: Doesn't seem to understand that Massachusetts is divided into towns, not villages.
Apple Maps: By using "drop pin", it thinks that entire corner is in Uxbridge, not Douglas, even ignoring that nearby West St. becomes Uxbridge St. for a short distance.

Can someone provide a definitive answer on whether MA 146 enters Douglas twice?
Locality tax maps may be your best bet:
https://www.axisgis.com/DouglasMA/
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: hotdogPi on February 16, 2021, 12:01:44 PM
Quote from: kalvado on February 16, 2021, 11:53:03 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 16, 2021, 11:11:01 AM
I don't think this got a definitive answer for this in another thread, although it was leaning toward no:

Quote from: 1 on February 03, 2021, 11:46:11 AM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 03, 2021, 11:27:01 AM
https://goo.gl/maps/8MWwkVdfP6dACKCP9

This is got to be the shortest distance through a town ever.  Enter Phillipsburg, and then go a very short distance and enter a new community.

MA 146 through Douglas a second time...

OpenStreetMap: About 250 feet southbound, but if you're going northbound, you have to be on the left half of the roadway.
Google Maps search: Southbound only, and you have to be in the southbound lanes.
Google Maps by clicking points: Doesn't quite enter the shoulder, so therefore not at all.
Bing Maps: Doesn't seem to understand that Massachusetts is divided into towns, not villages.
Apple Maps: By using "drop pin", it thinks that entire corner is in Uxbridge, not Douglas, even ignoring that nearby West St. becomes Uxbridge St. for a short distance.

Can someone provide a definitive answer on whether MA 146 enters Douglas twice?
Locality tax maps may be your best bet:
https://www.axisgis.com/DouglasMA/

238-263 feet southbound, and a driver in the right lane going northbound will enter Douglas for under 2 feet.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: GaryV on February 16, 2021, 12:30:00 PM
I-80 / I-90 Ohio Turnpike swipes 2 corners of Ottawa County (the border is a stair-step).  Once for about 1/2 mile and second for about 2 miles.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: ethanhopkin14 on February 16, 2021, 12:43:01 PM
To clarify, Texas State Highway Loop 168, the shortest signed highway in Texas at 361 feet would technically qualify since it is located completely in Tenaha.  This thread was made for roads that pass through a jurisdiction.  No one has suggested such a route, I just wanted to clarify. 
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: CtrlAltDel on February 16, 2021, 12:44:55 PM
As discussed many times on this forum, the right of way of US-56/US-64/US-412 just nicks Texas, although the roadway does not.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: ethanhopkin14 on February 16, 2021, 12:49:15 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on February 16, 2021, 12:44:55 PM
As discussed many times on this forum, the right of way of US-56/US-64/US-412 just nicks Texas, although the roadway does not.

Yeah.  I mentioned as a surveyor, I believe the right-of-way entering Texas lands the highways in Texas.  I was largely outvoted. 
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: SectorZ on February 16, 2021, 12:53:56 PM
Vermont Route 26 is 69 (nice) feet long.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 01:15:54 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on February 16, 2021, 12:49:15 PM

Quote from: CtrlAltDel on February 16, 2021, 12:44:55 PM
As discussed many times on this forum, the right of way of US-56/US-64/US-412 just nicks Texas, although the roadway does not.

Yeah.  I mentioned as a surveyor, I believe the right-of-way entering Texas lands the highways in Texas.  I was largely outvoted. 

Oh yeah, I have a hard time considering the entire right-of-way as "the highway".  The UVC definition of the term includes the phrase "entire width between the boundary lines", so............    meh
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: frankenroad on February 16, 2021, 01:35:04 PM
OH-315 enters and leaves the city of Columbus several times between I-670 and the Delaware County line - a distance of about 12 miles.   At one point, the gap is about 200 feet.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: jp the roadgeek on February 16, 2021, 02:17:57 PM
How did I forget MD 896 :banghead:

I-384 barely enters East Hartford, CT as it merges with I-84.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: noelbotevera on February 16, 2021, 02:31:33 PM
Depending on how you define the NYC city line and the beginning of the Southern State Parkway, it spends a maximum of 0.3 miles in Queens. Once all ramps merge to form the parkway, and the first exit is reached, you're in Nassau County.

Similarly, the Cross Island Parkway spends under half a mile in Nassau County. Interestingly enough, this distance is long enough that there is an interchange with NY 25, which quickly enters NYC going west.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: SEWIGuy on February 16, 2021, 02:45:44 PM
Heading south out of Duluth, MN-23 nicks a corner of Douglas County, WI after it crosses the St. Louis River before re-entering Minnesota after about a half mile.  There is no signage in Wisconsin and Minnesota handles the maintenance. 
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 02:50:19 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on February 16, 2021, 11:43:32 AM
Quote from: US 89 on February 16, 2021, 11:37:50 AM
Inb4 I-95/495 DC
:hmmm:
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 16, 2021, 11:05:08 AM
I-95 and I-495 cross through 0.11 miles of District of Columbia airspace on the Wilson Bridge.

Goddammit. I swear I looked for it before posting that.  :-P
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 02:57:44 PM
Curious to know...

Who maintains the (https://goo.gl/maps/iBgrVAnnc438317JA) portions (https://goo.gl/maps/Fp3ygLqPwCQY2y2A6) of (https://goo.gl/maps/fyk3HY169wLZ1WQ88) BC-97 that are north of the Yukon border?  For example, whose bridge is this (https://goo.gl/maps/wbh5xGfJ6ESoztrK6)?  Similarly, who maintains the portion of (https://goo.gl/maps/FDtTPBSKksXAd7dY7) YK-1 that is south of the British Columbia border?
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: debragga on February 16, 2021, 03:28:42 PM
FM 1389 is in Dallas County for 0.2 miles, with most of that being a 90 degree curve:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/32.6031533,-96.5222097/32.6056207,-96.5221989/@32.6042153,-96.5229285,17z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: zzcarp on February 16, 2021, 03:35:00 PM
I-71 in the Cleveland area passes through the village of Linndale (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Linndale,+OH/@41.445158,-81.7705812,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8830ee6d5dbb2c07:0xf46367d40b5f517a!8m2!3d41.4453433!4d-81.7657135) for 0.2 miles. Even though there's no direct highway exit, the Linndale police fund their village by constantly running speed traps on I-71.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: jmacswimmer on February 16, 2021, 03:45:51 PM
Quote from: zzcarp on February 16, 2021, 03:35:00 PM
I-71 in the Cleveland area passes through the village of Linndale (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Linndale,+OH/@41.445158,-81.7705812,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8830ee6d5dbb2c07:0xf46367d40b5f517a!8m2!3d41.4453433!4d-81.7657135) for 0.2 miles. Even though there's no direct highway exit, the Linndale police fund their village by constantly running speed traps on I-71.

Sounds like I-295 & Hopewell in VA :spin:
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: snowc on February 16, 2021, 03:55:10 PM
Quote from: jmacswimmer on February 16, 2021, 03:45:51 PM
Quote from: zzcarp on February 16, 2021, 03:35:00 PM
I-71 in the Cleveland area passes through the village of Linndale (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Linndale,+OH/@41.445158,-81.7705812,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8830ee6d5dbb2c07:0xf46367d40b5f517a!8m2!3d41.4453433!4d-81.7657135) for 0.2 miles. Even though there's no direct highway exit, the Linndale police fund their village by constantly running speed traps on I-71.

Sounds like I-295 & Hopewell in VA :spin:
Been there numerous times, and it's not that bad in regard to speed traps. BUT, there is a speed marker that is on the road and tracks the speeds of speedy drivers.  :banghead:
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on February 16, 2021, 03:56:50 PM
US 2 clips about 2 miles of Aitkin County, MN, just long enough to intersect the eastern terminus of the famed MSR 200 before leaving into St. Louis (eastbound) or Itasca (westbound).
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: ethanhopkin14 on February 16, 2021, 04:15:08 PM
When making this I forgot all about US-160 clipping the northwest corner of New Mexico, just long enough to intersect New Mexico State Highway 597 to access the Four Corners Monument.

https://goo.gl/maps/7EVcSkpb7BQPJK1p9 (https://goo.gl/maps/7EVcSkpb7BQPJK1p9)
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: Steve.S on February 16, 2021, 04:59:10 PM
OH-32 clips the southwest corner of Highland County.  It's 0.37 miles by my Google Earth measurement.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: TheStranger on February 16, 2021, 05:04:12 PM
Once the extension of the Metro Manila Skyway from NLEX to the New Manila International Airport is completed, the segment in Caloocan will be a grand total of 1 mile long - long enough for at least one exit (the ramps to NLEX itself at Libis Baesa).

NAIAX's last kilometer is in Paranaque but the rest of the route is entirely in Pasay.  The westernmost kilometer of NLEX Harbor Link is in Navotas.

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A very small portion of I-380 clips South San Francisco (at US 101).

Route 35 skirts South San Francisco as well for about 2000 feet, near Westborough Boulevard.  Enough that there is a SSF city limit sign, but not enough that the highway has any SSF street sign blades at any point.

Route 82 (former US 101) just clips about 3 blocks in Hillsborough, near the town's hall.  In SF, Route 82 only lasts for 1919 feet in city limits before ending at I-280 (former Route 82 and US 101).

The final easternmost few feet of unsigned Route 244 at Auburn Boulevard are in the City of Sacramento.

Route 128 dips into Solano County for a mere 3/4 mile near Monticello Dam between Napa County and Yolo County.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: pianocello on February 16, 2021, 05:24:22 PM
I-294 spends about 200 feet within Chicago's city limits near O'Hare.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: 1995hoo on February 16, 2021, 06:41:45 PM
It looks like this road (https://goo.gl/maps/eiiyWK8J3dLMpsVc9) crosses into West Virginia for about 300 feet before returning to Virginia.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: hbelkins on February 16, 2021, 07:18:19 PM
There is a section of IA 330 that nicks a corner of a county. It was a stop on the two-day 2010 Iowa meet that centered on Marshalltown. I can't remember the name of the county, though.

There's a small section of I-79 in West Virginia that barely nicks a corner of Braxton County. When you enter Braxton from Gilmer, you can see the Lewis County sign just ahead around a slight curve.

There are a few Kentucky state routes that do similar things, such as KY 61 having a brief foray into Metcalfe County between Cumberland and Adair counties.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: kenarmy on February 16, 2021, 07:27:31 PM
I-55 goes through Flowood for like <0.3 miles.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flowood,+MS
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: snowc on February 16, 2021, 07:46:53 PM
NC 55 in Johnston County NC, it only goes for about a brief mile and back to sampson county NC.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: Dirt Roads on February 16, 2021, 08:20:15 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 16, 2021, 07:18:19 PM
There's a small section of I-79 in West Virginia that barely nicks a corner of Braxton County. When you enter Braxton from Gilmer, you can see the Lewis County sign just ahead around a slight curve.

You've got them backwards.  It's a sliver of Gilmer County.  There's about 40 miles of I-79 in Braxton County, but with only 6 exits.  Fun fact: before I-79 was completed to the Burnsville exit, there was a temporary exit at Gem at what is now signed as WV-5.  We were greatly disappointed when they closed the Gem exit and forced us to go up to Burnsville, then backtrack to get over to Copen (the center of the universe for Irish mountain music).
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: wxfree on February 16, 2021, 10:28:28 PM
TX 115 crosses three county lines in quick succession.  Going northeast, it crosses from Andrews County into Martin County.  I measure 0.35 mile until it crosses into Gaines County.  I measure 0.16 mile until it crosses into Dawson County.  Somewhere online I've seen a photo in which you can see three county line crossings in one image.

I don't know how this works in other states, although I'd assume the laws are similar, but in Texas cities prefer not to build infrastructure outside of their boundaries.  A city can actually annex a piece of land that isn't attached to the rest of the city if it owns that land.  That way there are no tax or property rights implications, but the city can enforce its ordinances on the property it owns, and use city police and fire services there.  One result is that cities sometimes annex long, narrow strips of land for something like a pipeline.  An example I'm familiar with is Stamford, which annexed land for a water line out to Lake Stamford.  FM 600 crosses that strip at just about a right angle.  According to TxDOT's Statewide Planning Map, that section through the city is about 65 feet.  I don't know how accurate that is, but it's somewhere in that range.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: MinecraftNinja on February 16, 2021, 10:46:31 PM
US route 212 spends very little time in Wyoming.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: CtrlAltDel on February 16, 2021, 11:46:24 PM
Quote from: wxfree on February 16, 2021, 10:28:28 PM
An example I'm familiar with is Stamford, which annexed land for a water line out to Lake Stamford.  FM 600 crosses that strip at just about a right angle.

Weird.

(https://i.imgur.com/7PUCA8c.png)
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: TravelingBethelite on February 17, 2021, 12:57:41 AM
Quote from: SectorZ on February 16, 2021, 12:53:56 PM
Vermont Route 26 is 69 (nice) feet long.

The kicker is the next longest road (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Route_26#Vermont_Route_26) is 420 feet.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: ethanhopkin14 on February 17, 2021, 11:13:46 AM
Quote from: wxfree on February 16, 2021, 10:28:28 PM
TX 115 crosses three county lines in quick succession.  Going northeast, it crosses from Andrews County into Martin County.  I measure 0.35 mile until it crosses into Gaines County.  I measure 0.16 mile until it crosses into Dawson County.  Somewhere online I've seen a photo in which you can see three county line crossings in one image.

I don't know how this works in other states, although I'd assume the laws are similar, but in Texas cities prefer not to build infrastructure outside of their boundaries.  A city can actually annex a piece of land that isn't attached to the rest of the city if it owns that land.  That way there are no tax or property rights implications, but the city can enforce its ordinances on the property it owns, and use city police and fire services there.  One result is that cities sometimes annex long, narrow strips of land for something like a pipeline.  An example I'm familiar with is Stamford, which annexed land for a water line out to Lake Stamford.  FM 600 crosses that strip at just about a right angle.  According to TxDOT's Statewide Planning Map, that section through the city is about 65 feet.  I don't know how accurate that is, but it's somewhere in that range.

Here we go. (https://goo.gl/maps/s7zymbM6zp3BhrYJ6)  If you pan around you can see all three county line signs. 
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: kphoger on February 17, 2021, 11:46:43 AM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on February 17, 2021, 12:57:41 AM

Quote from: SectorZ on February 16, 2021, 12:53:56 PM
Vermont Route 26 is 69 (nice) feet long.

The kicker is the next longest road (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Route_26#Vermont_Route_26) is 420 feet.

Heh.  Heheh.  Heheheheheh.  69.  420.  Heheheheheheh.
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Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: Flint1979 on February 17, 2021, 01:51:31 PM
I-75 clips the NW corner of Taymouth Township, MI in Saginaw County for about a mile and a half. People would most likely be unaware that they are even in Taymouth Township because it's between the Bridgeport and Birch Run exits and you think that Birch Run Township is directly south of Bridgeport Township but that isn't the case. Birch Run Township is south of Frankenmuth Township and Taymouth Township is south of Bridgeport Township. I never paid much attention to it until I saw it on my GPS say Taymouth Township, MI I had always figured when I hit Townline Road I was coming into Birch Run or Bridgeport in the other direction not having to go through Taymouth first. I-75 runs NW and SE on the stretch between MM 136 and 144.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: hbelkins on February 17, 2021, 05:27:27 PM
Quote from: Dirt Roads on February 16, 2021, 08:20:15 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 16, 2021, 07:18:19 PM
There's a small section of I-79 in West Virginia that barely nicks a corner of Braxton County. When you enter Braxton from Gilmer, you can see the Lewis County sign just ahead around a slight curve.

You've got them backwards.  It's a sliver of Gilmer County.

I was afraid I'd do that, and didn't look at a map to verify.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: Jim on February 17, 2021, 05:34:49 PM
I-75 very briefly cuts a corner of DeSoto County, Florida.  I don't know how long it is, but I know when you see the DeSoto County sign in each direction, you can see the next county sign (Sarasota NB, Charlotte SB) just up the road.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: I-55 on February 17, 2021, 06:32:37 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 16, 2021, 02:57:44 PM
Curious to know...

Who maintains the (https://goo.gl/maps/iBgrVAnnc438317JA) portions (https://goo.gl/maps/Fp3ygLqPwCQY2y2A6) of (https://goo.gl/maps/fyk3HY169wLZ1WQ88) BC-97 that are north of the Yukon border?  For example, whose bridge is this (https://goo.gl/maps/wbh5xGfJ6ESoztrK6)?  Similarly, who maintains the portion of (https://goo.gl/maps/FDtTPBSKksXAd7dY7) YK-1 that is south of the British Columbia border?

From the Wikipedia entry on the Alaska Highway
Quote
The British Columbia government owns the first 82.6 miles (132.9 km) of the highway, the only portion paved during the late 1960s and 1970s. Public Works Canada manages the highway from Mile 82.6 (km 133) to Historic Mile 630. The Yukon government owns the highway from Historic Mile 630 to Historic Mile 1016 (from near Watson Lake to Haines Junction), and manages the remainder to the U.S. border at Historic Mile 1221. The State of Alaska owns the highway within that state (Mile 1221 to Mile 1422).

The portion of reference is near mile 560-570.

(unrelated) the postal code for Yukon is YT. I only mention this because YK is my home state postal code in my fictional maps and I made sure it wasn't an existing postal code before establishing it. When I saw YK it crossed my mind as a red flag. Don't think I'm calling you out, it took me four years to remember IA instead of IO.  :pan:
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: PHLBOS on February 17, 2021, 06:36:27 PM
MA 128 only goes through Essex for about 0.6 miles.

I-95 only goes through Ridley Park (Delaware County), PA for about 0.5 miles.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: Roadgeekteen on February 17, 2021, 07:40:55 PM
MA 135 in Dedham for about 0.6 miles.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: kphoger on February 18, 2021, 09:41:32 AM
Quote from: I-55 on February 17, 2021, 06:32:37 PM
(unrelated) the postal code for Yukon is YT. I only mention this because YK is my home state postal code in my fictional maps and I made sure it wasn't an existing postal code before establishing it. When I saw YK it crossed my mind as a red flag. Don't think I'm calling you out, it took me four years to remember IA instead of IO.  :pan:

I use YK and YT interchangeably.

Quote from: Wikipedia:  Canadian postal abbreviations for provinces and territories
YK is common but not official. It is used as the second-level country code domain (.yk.ca).

Quote from: Emond Publishing:  Style Guide:  Canadian and US Abbreviations



Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: sbeaver44 on February 18, 2021, 06:47:39 PM
I-76/PA Tpk spends approximately 2.6 miles in Huntingdon County.  I know this isn't signed Westbound as the entry point is in the Tuscarora Tunnel and there's nothing after the tunnel.  I don't remember if Eastbound is signed.  It also doesn't spend too long in Berks County either.

US 30 spends about 2 miles in West Virginia.  As far as states go, that's got to be one if the lowest ratios of length in a state vs total highway length.

New York Route 419 is an entrance road to Watkins Glen State Park from NY 329.  It is 0.30 miles long.  I suspect we'll find a lot of these type of roads across the US.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: WNYroadgeek on February 18, 2021, 10:46:04 PM
NY 21 spends half a mile in Yates County.
NY 246 spends 0.1 mile in Genesee County.
NY 65 spends 0.25 miles in Livingston County.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: zachary_amaryllis on February 19, 2021, 12:07:44 AM
what about us-340 near harper's ferry wv?

the segement thats in va is short.. not sure how short, but pretty damn short.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: DandyDan on February 19, 2021, 04:01:16 AM
When US 69 goes south out of Emmons, MN into Iowa, it goes through Worth County before entering  Winnebago County.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: Flint1979 on February 19, 2021, 06:38:50 AM
I-75 spends about three quarters of a mile in Hamtramck, MI with Detroit on both sides.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on February 19, 2021, 12:48:29 PM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on February 19, 2021, 12:07:44 AM
what about us-340 near harper's ferry wv?

the segement thats in va is short.. not sure how short, but pretty damn short.

The segment between MD and WV is only about 0.6 miles long. The only other route that segment encounters is SR 671.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: Life in Paradise on February 19, 2021, 01:11:05 PM
I-69 (formerly I-164) northbound around Evansville at about the 12-13 mile marker, there are two county signs about 100' apart.  Leave one county (Vanderburgh) enter another (Warrick) and quickly leave it for Vanderburgh again.

https://earth.google.com/web/search/Lowe%27s+East+Evansville,+IN/@38.03464219,-87.4729662,120.15897369a,0d,60y,7.10648094h,85t,0r/data=CigiJgokCRofqVxs_EJAEfUhhZgU_EJAGeK-Y6T53VXAIeNUvQMb3lXAIhoKFmQwdHJqMENkbzBDVHFEYjNtazVQNkEQAg (https://earth.google.com/web/search/Lowe%27s+East+Evansville,+IN/@38.03464219,-87.4729662,120.15897369a,0d,60y,7.10648094h,85t,0r/data=CigiJgokCRofqVxs_EJAEfUhhZgU_EJAGeK-Y6T53VXAIeNUvQMb3lXAIhoKFmQwdHJqMENkbzBDVHFEYjNtazVQNkEQAg)
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: -- US 175 -- on February 19, 2021, 05:18:24 PM
US 175, in the interchange where it crosses I-20 (and passes near I-635's southern (SE) terminus), leaves Dallas, passes through a tiny corner of Balch Springs in the middle of the interchange, then goes right back into Dallas.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: achilles765 on February 19, 2021, 05:56:44 PM
If I remember correctly, doesn't IH 84 end at IH 90 like less than a mile into Massachusetts?
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: 1995hoo on February 19, 2021, 06:00:39 PM
"IH"?
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: JayhawkCO on February 19, 2021, 06:06:19 PM
The city of Lakeside, Colorado is only about 2400' x 2400', so I guess it has 2400 feet worth each of I-70 and CO95.

Chris
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: CtrlAltDel on February 19, 2021, 06:14:52 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 19, 2021, 06:00:39 PM
"IH"?

Texas people have a tendency to say "IH" for interstates instead of "I."
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: SectorZ on February 19, 2021, 06:20:47 PM
Quote from: achilles765 on February 19, 2021, 05:56:44 PM
If I remember correctly, doesn't IH 84 end at IH 90 like less than a mile into Massachusetts?

It's about 7 miles or so.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: JayhawkCO on February 19, 2021, 06:27:07 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on February 19, 2021, 06:20:47 PM
Quote from: achilles765 on February 19, 2021, 05:56:44 PM
If I remember correctly, doesn't IH 84 end at IH 90 like less than a mile into Massachusetts?

It's about 7 miles or so.

I think other than DC's I-95/495, the next shortest interstate in a state is I-129 only being in Iowa for 0.27 miles.  The other shortest 2di is I-78 in New York for 0.9 miles.

Chris
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 19, 2021, 08:13:16 PM
I-57 barely clips the northwest corner of Clay County, IL.  From north to south, it enters from Effingham County and leaves in to the eastern panhandle of Fayette County.  In this GSV, you can see the "Fayette County" sign in the distance, even with the fisheye lenses that Google uses, as you cross into Clay County going south. https://goo.gl/maps/vNk5npTf1sSGCqm76

The clip is so short that I initially didn't think I deserved to count Clay County in my county clinching from only driving I-57.  I drove US45 through the seat of Clay County (Louisville, pronounced "Louis-ville") in 2019, so there's no gray area anymore.  :)
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: KCRoadFan on February 19, 2021, 10:30:35 PM
In western Kansas, between Oakley and Colby, I-70 angles northward for about 20 miles before leveling off again. It's on this angled stretch that it clips the northeast corner of Logan County, entering Thomas County to the north about a mile after coming in from Gove County, which is to the east.
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: jp the roadgeek on February 19, 2021, 11:59:33 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 19, 2021, 12:48:29 PM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on February 19, 2021, 12:07:44 AM
what about us-340 near harper's ferry wv?

the segement thats in va is short.. not sure how short, but pretty damn short.

The segment between MD and WV is only about 0.6 miles long. The only other route that segment encounters is SR 671.

Quote from: jp the roadgeek on February 16, 2021, 10:58:21 AM
US 340's second foray into VA near Harper's Ferry lasts 0.57 miles
Title: Re: HIghway With the Shortest Trip Through a Jurisdiction
Post by: renegade on February 20, 2021, 01:03:28 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 19, 2021, 06:00:39 PM
"IH"?
International Harvester.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Harvester