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Title: Roads ending as roads
Post by: Max Rockatansky on September 14, 2021, 08:46:34 PM
Well, what are they and where they located?
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: Hobart on September 14, 2021, 08:51:27 PM
M-37 by Traverse City, Michigan ends at a parking lot. So does the road to Whitefish Point.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: Ned Weasel on September 14, 2021, 09:02:25 PM
All the ones that don't end as a field of grass, a concrete or metal barrier, or a body of water.

Does a road end as a road if it ends as a cul-de-sac?  Does it end as a road if it ends as a parking lot?
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: formulanone on September 14, 2021, 09:18:24 PM
Here's one (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3358635,-76.9271173,2654m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m1!1e4).
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: Occidental Tourist on September 14, 2021, 09:21:43 PM
How many roads must a man walk down before a road can be considered to be ending a road?
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: CoreySamson on September 14, 2021, 09:23:27 PM
In Alanland, roads do not end as roads. They end as migratory headless water buffaloes.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: Max Rockatansky on September 14, 2021, 09:26:08 PM
Quote from: CoreySamson on September 14, 2021, 09:23:27 PM
In Alanland, roads do not end as roads. They end as migratory headless water buffaloes.

In Alanland roads end you.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: jeffandnicole on September 14, 2021, 11:28:02 PM
https://youtu.be/o9IystCH9vQ
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: Terry Shea on September 15, 2021, 01:23:15 AM
M-185 is a circular route on Mackinac Island that doesn't allow for motor vehicle traffic.  It has no real beginning or ending.  You could say it's an 8 mile long roundabout! :)
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: Rothman on September 15, 2021, 06:51:28 AM
Quote from: Terry Shea on September 15, 2021, 01:23:15 AM
M-185 is a circular route on Mackinac Island that doesn't allow for motor vehicle traffic.  It has no real beginning or ending.  You could say it's an 8 mile long roundabout! :)
Same with any beltway.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: Terry Shea on September 16, 2021, 05:36:34 PM
Quote from: Rothman on September 15, 2021, 06:51:28 AM
Quote from: Terry Shea on September 15, 2021, 01:23:15 AM
M-185 is a circular route on Mackinac Island that doesn't allow for motor vehicle traffic.  It has no real beginning or ending.  You could say it's an 8 mile long roundabout! :)
Same with any beltway.
Except beltways have cross roads or interchanges.
Title: Re: Roads ending as potatoes
Post by: hbelkins on September 16, 2021, 09:04:31 PM
Kentucky has a number of state highways, many signed but some not signed, where state maintenance ends but the road continues as a county-maintained route. KY 12's eastern end at the Franklin-Henry county line is a good example. The route continues as a Henry County road instead of a state road.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: Flint1979 on September 16, 2021, 09:06:39 PM
Quote from: Hobart on September 14, 2021, 08:51:27 PM
M-37 by Traverse City, Michigan ends at a parking lot. So does the road to Whitefish Point.
M-37 ends in a cul-de-sac.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: wanderer2575 on September 20, 2021, 03:33:00 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on September 16, 2021, 09:06:39 PM
Quote from: Hobart on September 14, 2021, 08:51:27 PM
M-37 by Traverse City, Michigan ends at a parking lot. So does the road to Whitefish Point.
M-37 ends in a cul-de-sac.

As does US-41.  (There's an ORV trail that continues, but to my mind that doesn't count.)
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: Flint1979 on September 20, 2021, 10:01:52 PM
Quote from: wanderer2575 on September 20, 2021, 03:33:00 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on September 16, 2021, 09:06:39 PM
Quote from: Hobart on September 14, 2021, 08:51:27 PM
M-37 by Traverse City, Michigan ends at a parking lot. So does the road to Whitefish Point.
M-37 ends in a cul-de-sac.

As does US-41.  (There's an ORV trail that continues, but to my mind that doesn't count.)
Yep I drove up to the cul-de-sac at US-41's northern terminus. The route beyond there is pretty rough and it actually connects you back to US-41 southwest of Copper Harbor but it's full of potholes and ruts and puddles of water all over the place and stuff like that so taking a small car isn't advised you need a 4 wheel drive back there. When I went up there I remember looking at the dead end sign and the 55 mph speed limit sign and thinking should I really do 55? Then I saw a deer just before the cul-de-sac that I scared back into the woods but other than that they had brand new asphalt it looked like it had been paved within the last year and this was in June 2020 when I was there. Mandan Road is on maps but I wouldn't suggest taking it beyond US-41's terminus at the cul-de-sac.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: thspfc on September 20, 2021, 10:54:11 PM
I-78's eastern terminus does not qualify, as the easternmost 15 miles of it are parking lots. You can leave your car there for 8 hours and neither it nor any of the cars around it will move an inch.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: roadman65 on September 22, 2021, 12:10:19 AM
US 21 in SC ends onto a local road heading to a private island resort.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: jp the roadgeek on September 30, 2021, 11:35:22 PM
QC 132 ending at...QC 132
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: HighwayStar on September 30, 2021, 11:42:16 PM
Quote from: Occidental Tourist on September 14, 2021, 09:21:43 PM
How many roads must a man walk down before a road can be considered to be ending a road?

The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: gonealookin on October 01, 2021, 12:35:15 AM
If the road goes on forever and the party never ends, the road can't end as a road.  So have your girlfriend stick a beer between her legs and don't worry about it.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: jaehak on October 01, 2021, 10:25:24 AM
I saw a road in Bull Shoals, Arkansas that ended in the lake. At a boat ramp to be specific. There was even a sign that said " Caution: Lake Ahead." Wish I took a picture.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: GaryV on October 01, 2021, 10:26:09 AM
This is the road that never ends
Yes it goes on and on my friends
Some people started driving it not knowing what it was
And they'll continue driving it forever just because ...
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: andrepoiy on October 03, 2021, 11:41:40 AM
I don't quite understand this post, but if OP meant that a particular jurisdiction ends but the physical road itself continues, I'm sure there are plenty of examples of this everywhere
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: hotdogPi on October 03, 2021, 11:50:42 AM
Quote from: andrepoiy on October 03, 2021, 11:41:40 AM
I don't quite understand this post, but if OP meant that a particular jurisdiction ends but the physical road itself continues, I'm sure there are plenty of examples of this everywhere

It was a parody thread to begin with.
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: SkyPesos on October 03, 2021, 02:04:57 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on October 03, 2021, 11:41:40 AM
I don't quite understand this post, but if OP meant that a particular jurisdiction ends but the physical road itself continues, I'm sure there are plenty of examples of this everywhere
That day was sort of crazy. Here a thread I made:
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 14, 2021, 09:34:21 PM
Since today seems to be shitpost day here, I'll contribute too  :spin:
Title: Re: Roads ending as roads
Post by: Max Rockatansky on October 03, 2021, 02:11:55 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on October 03, 2021, 02:04:57 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on October 03, 2021, 11:41:40 AM
I don't quite understand this post, but if OP meant that a particular jurisdiction ends but the physical road itself continues, I'm sure there are plenty of examples of this everywhere
That day was sort of crazy. Here a thread I made:
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 14, 2021, 09:34:21 PM
Since today seems to be shitpost day here, I'll contribute too  :spin:

The amusing thing is that this actually somehow became a viable thread anyways.