I-55 crosses the Mississippi at Memphis and then in the St. Louis area. I-40 and U.s. 70 crosses the Tennessee River twice, first in western Tennessee and later in the eastern part. I-285 crosses the Chattahoochee twice, to the north and west of Atlanta, while I-275 crosses the Ohio twice on either side of Cincinnati.
I-87 crosses the Hudson River on the Tappan Zee Bridge and then again in the Glens Falls area.
I-80 crosses the Platte River 3 times in Nebraska, then crosses the South Platte River in Nebraska and the North Platte River in Wyoming. Interestingly by the time I-80 crosses the North Platte River in Wyoming, it is a fairly minor river. I-70 crosses the Missouri River twice in Missouri. I-90 crosses the Missouri River in South Dakota and then crosses the Jefferson, Madison and Gallatin Rivers in Montana just above where they meet to form the Missouri.
Idaho 55 crosses the Payette River 7 times in about 80 miles
- once at the south side of Horseshoe Bend
- once just north of Horseshoe Bend by Gardena
- once just north of Banks
- once just north of Smith's Ferry (on the historic Rainbow Bridge)
- once on the south side of Cascade
- once on the north side of Cascade just before it gets dammed up at the Cascade reservoir
- once in McCall on the west side of town
US-95 crosses the Salmon 3 times between Riggins and Whitebird Idaho
Frequent river crossings happen pretty often in mountainous areas, since it's often most efficient to build the road along the river. There's a ton of same-river crossings on I-70 in Western Colorado, too.
I 64 and the Kanawha River:
south side to north side between MP 44 and 45.
north side to south side between MP 53 and 53.
south side to north side between 58 and 59.
(then is multiplexed with I-77 and begins using 77 based MPs.)
north side to south side is the off-ramp of exit 98, which exists only south/east bound.
south side to north side is the on-ramp of exit 98, which permits entry only north/west bound.
north side to south side between MP 96 and 95.
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US 119/US 52 which is Corridor G, and the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River (which is the border between WV and KY) crosses the river four times just north of Williamson, creatating two short "enclaves" of the highway in Kentucky, before finally entering Kentucky at Williamson/South Williamson and remaining.
Quote from: corco on July 18, 2010, 04:37:43 PM
Frequent river crossings happen pretty often in mountainous areas, since it's often most efficient to build the road along the river. There's a ton of same-river crossings on I-70 in Western Colorado, too.
I count 5 crossings for I-70 over the Colorado River.
It's actually pretty common for minor highways to cross minor creeks and streams a number of times anywhere. More than one crossing for major highways over major rivers are more rare though outside of mountainous areas.
US 64 crosses the Arkansas River 5 times.
I-91 crosses the Connecticut River twice.
I-89 crosses the White River three times.
I-5 crosses the Sacramento River 8 times between Yreka and Sacramento, CA.
IL 100 crosses the Illinois River three times, first on a drawbridge at Hardin, then on another drawbridge near Detroit, then again at Beardstown.
Both I-44 and MO 30 cross the Meramec River twice.
I-24 crosses both the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers twice.
I don't know how many times I-90 in Montana crosses the Clark Fork, but enough that I remember it being a significant number of times from my last trip through there back in '01.
Quote from: Jim on July 18, 2010, 09:57:42 PM
I don't know how many times I-90 in Montana crosses the Clark Fork, but enough that I remember it being a significant number of times from my last trip through there back in '01.
I'd forgotten about that one-I noticed that too on a trip I made through there in 2004. If I count correctly, I-90 crosses the Clark Fork River 17 times. That's over a distance of about 175 miles from the first crossing just N. of Exit 208 E. of Anaconda, and the last crossing just E. of Exit 33 at St. Regis. That may be a record for the most number of times one highway crosses a river, at least for an interstate. I doubt you'd find very many highways anywhere crossing a river that many times over a distance of only 175 miles either.
both I-80 and US-46 cross the Passaic River 4 times. While not a body of water, US-46 manages to go underneath the Garden State Parkway 3 times with not one full interchange.
In Columbus, I-670 crosses the Scioto River 3 times (between I-70 west and 315) and I-270 loops around and crosses the Scioto River, Alum Creek, and Big Walnut Creek twice.
Knickerbocker Rd (FM 584) crosses Lake Naswothy (nastywater) 3 times.
BigMatt
Quote from: golden eagle on July 18, 2010, 04:11:48 PM
I-40 and U.s. 70 crosses the Tennessee River twice, first in western Tennessee and later in the eastern part.
I-40 also crosses the Caney Fork River 5 times in less than 5 miles between Gordonsville and Buffalo Valley, TN.
I-5 crosses the South Fork Umpqua River five times (and the North Fork once) and the Willamette five times -- the Coast Fork twice (Cottage Grove, south of Creswell) and the river proper three times (Eugene, Wilsonville, Portland).
OR 99 hits the South Fork Umpqua seven times (and the North Fork once) and the Rogue three times.
I-55 crosses the Des Plaines River twice. Once between Arsenal Rd and Bluff Rd (Mile 246) and then again between La Grange Rd (US-12/20/45) and First Ave (IL-171) (Mile 280-81).
A handful here in Virginia:
I-295 crosses the Chickahominy River twice between the northern I-95 and eastern I-64 interchanges.
US 60 crosses the James River twice (3 times if you count the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel as a James River crossing), one between Amherst and Buckingham (Nelson - Appommatox County Line), and once in the City of Richmond (Manchester Bridge).
US 460 crosses the New River a few times between the WV Line and Blacksburg.
VA 3 crosses the Rappahannock River twice: once in Fredericksburg, and once between Lancaster and Middlesex Counties.
Here's a little-known and rare one: US 50 crosses the Potomac twice. Technically three times, but I'm discounting the fact that there are two branches of the upper Potomac, of which US 50 crosses both. The northern branch is considered the "primary", as that was the one used for the Maryland/Virginia border. US 50 crosses it near Gorman, MD, then crosses the main Potomac again on the Roosevelt Bridge into D.C.
The only other route that does so is, of course, I-495.
As far as the Interstates in Michigan go, it's hard for me to fathom that anything could beat I-96's four crossings of the Grand. I'm more than willing to be corrected if I'm wrong.
Quote from: huskeroadgeek on July 18, 2010, 10:30:16 PM
Quote from: Jim on July 18, 2010, 09:57:42 PM
I don't know how many times I-90 in Montana crosses the Clark Fork, but enough that I remember it being a significant number of times from my last trip through there back in '01.
Looking at the map, it's 11 - the river dips south of Missoula (unless it comes back up north from there, but I don't think it does, I don't remember it anywway. I enjoy that all 11 are marked with the sign for Clark Fork - my wife and I remarked about it on the way out to MN last month. (drove I-90 through there from WA to MN)
I'd forgotten about that one-I noticed that too on a trip I made through there in 2004. If I count correctly, I-90 crosses the Clark Fork River 17 times. That's over a distance of about 175 miles from the first crossing just N. of Exit 208 E. of Anaconda, and the last crossing just E. of Exit 33 at St. Regis. That may be a record for the most number of times one highway crosses a river, at least for an interstate. I doubt you'd find very many highways anywhere crossing a river that many times over a distance of only 175 miles either.
I seem to recall that I-15 crosses the Missouri River more than once in Montana.
Quote from: RoadWarrior56 on July 19, 2010, 12:15:24 PM
I seem to recall that I-15 crosses the Missouri River more than once in Montana.
I count six times on Google Maps.
US-61 crosses the Mississippi River 4 times (maybe a record for signed routes crossing the Mississippi River below Minneapolis).
Hastings, MN
LaCrosse, WI
Dubuque, IA
Memphis, TN
US-67 crosses the Mississippi twice, both times from the same state.
Rock Island, IL
Alton, IL
US-52 crosses the Mississippi three times.
Minneapolis, MN
St. Paul, MN
Savanna, IL
Quote from: RustyK on July 19, 2010, 12:05:26 PM
Quote from: huskeroadgeek on July 18, 2010, 10:30:16 PM
Quote from: Jim on July 18, 2010, 09:57:42 PM
I don't know how many times I-90 in Montana crosses the Clark Fork, but enough that I remember it being a significant number of times from my last trip through there back in '01.
I'd forgotten about that one-I noticed that too on a trip I made through there in 2004. If I count correctly, I-90 crosses the Clark Fork River 17 times. That's over a distance of about 175 miles from the first crossing just N. of Exit 208 E. of Anaconda, and the last crossing just E. of Exit 33 at St. Regis. That may be a record for the most number of times one highway crosses a river, at least for an interstate. I doubt you'd find very many highways anywhere crossing a river that many times over a distance of only 175 miles either.
Looking at the map, it's 11 - the river dips south of Missoula (unless it comes back up north from there, but I don't think it does, I don't remember it anywway. I enjoy that all 11 are marked with the sign for Clark Fork - my wife and I remarked about it on the way out to MN last month. (drove I-90 through there from WA to MN)
No, it does not dip south of Missoula. That's the Bitterroot River, which flows into the Clark Fork. The Clark Fork continues to follow I-90 E and SE of Missoula. It is clearly marked as so on the Montana State Highway map. I should also note that after counting them again, there are actually 18 total crossings of the river on I-90.
Four L.A. area freeways cross the Los Angeles River twice:
I-405 in Long Beach (JCT I-710) and by the Sepulveda Dam (JCT U.S. 101),
U.S. 101 in Downtown L.A. (JCT California 10) and near Universal City,
IH 5 near Elysian Park (JCT California 110) and north of the 134 interchange, and
CA 134 once west of IH 5 and immediately east of IH 5
:cool:
Quote from: FreewayDan on July 19, 2010, 04:18:13 PM
Four L.A. area freeways cross the Los Angeles River twice:
I-405 in Long Beach (JCT I-710) and by the Sepulveda Dam (JCT U.S. 101),
U.S. 101 in Downtown L.A. (JCT California 10) and near Universal City,
IH 5 near Elysian Park (JCT California 110) and north of the 134 interchange, and
CA 134 once west of IH 5 and immediately east of IH 5
But the question was about a body of water :-D
NJ 23 splits to go on both sides of the Pequannock River, and there are periodic crossings as they wind their way southward together.
I-87 crosses the Hudson River twice - the Tappan Zee Bridge and by Glens Falls.
I-88 crosses the Susquehanna River 3 times, twice near Oneonta and once near Harpursville. NY 17 also crosses the Susquehanna 3 times, in Windsor, Vestal and near Waverly.
Indiana Toll Road: Crosses Fawn River three times & St. Joseph River twice (third time on the Ohio Turnpike)
I-39 crosses the Wisconsin River twice, once near Portage, WI and the other in the south suburbs of Wausau, WI (Rothschild, to be exact). Its continuation (US 51) then crosses it again just south of Merrill, WI and again in the Minocqua-Woodruff (Lakeland), WI area.
WI 441 crosses the Fox River twice in the Appleton, WI area.
I-94 crosses the Menomonee River twice in Milwaukee, WI.
Mike
I-465 crosses the White River twice in Indianapolis, of course it is a beltway.
Quote from: dfilpus on July 19, 2010, 07:12:42 PM
:cool:Quote from: FreewayDan on July 19, 2010, 04:18:13 PM
Four L.A. area freeways cross the Los Angeles River twice:
I-405 in Long Beach (JCT I-710) and by the Sepulveda Dam (JCT U.S. 101),
U.S. 101 in Downtown L.A. (JCT California 10) and near Universal City,
IH 5 near Elysian Park (JCT California 110) and north of the 134 interchange, and
CA 134 once west of IH 5 and immediately east of IH 5
But the question was about a body of water :-D
The L.A. River is a body of water. It may be all in a concrete channel, but there is a small section in Glendale (where I-5 crosses over it) that is free of a concrete bottom. :angry:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Los_Angeles_River_Glendale.jpg
US 422 crosses the Schuylkill River five times, three of the crossings (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Reading,+PA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.683309,95.888672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Reading,+Berks,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.308331,-75.90394&spn=0.017738,0.046821&t=h&z=15) are located near the Interstate 176 interchange.
The I-10 crosses Lake Pontchartrain twice. Once entering New Orleans from the east, then leaving New Orleans to the west.
Quote from: huskeroadgeek on July 19, 2010, 01:01:26 PM
Quote from: RustyK on July 19, 2010, 12:05:26 PM
Quote from: huskeroadgeek on July 18, 2010, 10:30:16 PM
Quote from: Jim on July 18, 2010, 09:57:42 PM
I don't know how many times I-90 in Montana crosses the Clark Fork, but enough that I remember it being a significant number of times from my last trip through there back in '01.
I'd forgotten about that one-I noticed that too on a trip I made through there in 2004. If I count correctly, I-90 crosses the Clark Fork River 17 times. That's over a distance of about 175 miles from the first crossing just N. of Exit 208 E. of Anaconda, and the last crossing just E. of Exit 33 at St. Regis. That may be a record for the most number of times one highway crosses a river, at least for an interstate. I doubt you'd find very many highways anywhere crossing a river that many times over a distance of only 175 miles either.
Looking at the map, it's 11 - the river dips south of Missoula (unless it comes back up north from there, but I don't think it does, I don't remember it anywway. I enjoy that all 11 are marked with the sign for Clark Fork - my wife and I remarked about it on the way out to MN last month. (drove I-90 through there from WA to MN)
No, it does not dip south of Missoula. That's the Bitterroot River, which flows into the Clark Fork. The Clark Fork continues to follow I-90 E and SE of Missoula. It is clearly marked as so on the Montana State Highway map. I should also note that after counting them again, there are actually 18 total crossings of the river on I-90.
Ah, there you go. I was trying to make it out on the bing maps and my computer decided that it didn't want to play along anymore, so when I saw that river turn south (at least looking at it, it looked like it turns south, but I suppose that actually flows north there, doesn't it?) - I figured that was it. I don't remember how many times it manages to cross east of Missoula - I was counting down the miles to Butte and hoping the kids would stay asleep for a little while longer at that point. :)
Quote from: RustyK on July 20, 2010, 02:38:34 AM
Quote from: huskeroadgeek on July 19, 2010, 01:01:26 PM
Quote from: RustyK on July 19, 2010, 12:05:26 PM
Quote from: huskeroadgeek on July 18, 2010, 10:30:16 PM
Quote from: Jim on July 18, 2010, 09:57:42 PM
I don't know how many times I-90 in Montana crosses the Clark Fork, but enough that I remember it being a significant number of times from my last trip through there back in '01.
I'd forgotten about that one-I noticed that too on a trip I made through there in 2004. If I count correctly, I-90 crosses the Clark Fork River 17 times. That's over a distance of about 175 miles from the first crossing just N. of Exit 208 E. of Anaconda, and the last crossing just E. of Exit 33 at St. Regis. That may be a record for the most number of times one highway crosses a river, at least for an interstate. I doubt you'd find very many highways anywhere crossing a river that many times over a distance of only 175 miles either.
Looking at the map, it's 11 - the river dips south of Missoula (unless it comes back up north from there, but I don't think it does, I don't remember it anywway. I enjoy that all 11 are marked with the sign for Clark Fork - my wife and I remarked about it on the way out to MN last month. (drove I-90 through there from WA to MN)
No, it does not dip south of Missoula. That's the Bitterroot River, which flows into the Clark Fork. The Clark Fork continues to follow I-90 E and SE of Missoula. It is clearly marked as so on the Montana State Highway map. I should also note that after counting them again, there are actually 18 total crossings of the river on I-90.
Ah, there you go. I was trying to make it out on the bing maps and my computer decided that it didn't want to play along anymore, so when I saw that river turn south (at least looking at it, it looked like it turns south, but I suppose that actually flows north there, doesn't it?) - I figured that was it. I don't remember how many times it manages to cross east of Missoula - I was counting down the miles to Butte and hoping the kids would stay asleep for a little while longer at that point. :)
I tried following it with Google and Bing maps and realized neither shows the river at all times. Rand McNally doesn't mark it very well either, so then I consulted the Montana State Highway Map and saw that it has the rivers marked very well, so it was real easy to see on that map. I think that area of I-90 W. of Missoula where it follows the Clark Fork is one of the more scenic interstate drives I have seen.
Quote from: juscuz410 on July 19, 2010, 09:03:24 PM
Indiana Toll Road: Crosses Fawn River three times & St. Joseph River twice (third time on the Ohio Turnpike)
Ohio Turnpike crosses a different St. Joseph.
Quote from: huskeroadgeek on July 20, 2010, 03:51:32 AMI think that area of I-90 W. of Missoula where it follows the Clark Fork is one of the more scenic interstate drives I have seen.
indeed. The old US-10 can be found as well, and is also quite scenic.
Kentucky's Mountain Parkway crosses the Red River four times -- three times in Powell County and once in Wolfe County.
I-459 crosses the Cabaha River twice between Exit 19 (US 280) and Exit 23 (Liberty Parkway).
AL 119 crosses the Little Cabaha River twice near Leeds.
U.S. 23/441/S.R. 15 cross the Tallulah River twice in Tallulah Falls, Georgia.
Be well,
Bryant
US201 crosses the Kennebec River four times, at Augusta, Waterville, Skowhegan and The Forks.
Back before 1954, when 201 followed what's now 201A, it crossed six times: instead of crossing at Skowhegan, it crossed at Norridgewock, Madison and Solon.
Quote from: InterstateNG on July 20, 2010, 07:58:12 AM
Quote from: juscuz410 on July 19, 2010, 09:03:24 PM
Indiana Toll Road: Crosses Fawn River three times & St. Joseph River twice (third time on the Ohio Turnpike)
Ohio Turnpike crosses a different St. Joseph.
Duly noted. Interesting fact: the headwaters of both rivers are 5 miles apart in Hillsdale Co. Michigan.
Fixed quote -DTP
Quote from: mgk920 on July 19, 2010, 11:19:56 PM
I-39 crosses the Wisconsin River twice, once near Portage, WI and the other in the south suburbs of Wausau, WI (Rothschild, to be exact). Its continuation (US 51) then crosses it again just south of Merrill, WI and again in the Minocqua-Woodruff (Lakeland), WI area.
You missed I-39's southern most Wisconsin River crossing with 90 & 94 for a total of 5 crossings for the I-39/US 51 corridor. Also that last one is in Tomahawk.
The winner in Wisconsin has to be WI 131 and the Kickapoo River. I count 32 crossings between Soldiers Grove and Tomah. It would have been even more if a section of 131 hadn't been relocated north of La Farge in the 60's for a proposed dam that never materialized. (Looks like 5 more crossings.)
The Kickapoo is Wisconsin's largest river that exists entirely within the "Driftless Area", a region in the southwestern part of the state that was spared by the glaciers. As a result the Kickapoo has a well developed valley and a gracefully meandering channel that frequently butts up against the valley walls. From a road construction stand point, it's much like a mountain valley in that it's easier to have a highway bridge the stream numerous times to keep the road on flat ground. And since WI 131 follows the entirety of the Kickapoo River the result is 32 meetings of the same stream and the same highway.
Mention must be made of I-75 in downtown Dayton, Ohio. It crosses the Great Miami River 5 times in 5 miles! http://maps.google.com/maps?gl=us&om=0&ie=UTF8&ll=39.761311,-84.190292&spn=0.096198,0.156212&z=13
I-20 crosses the Tensas River 2 times in Madison Parish; not much of a "body" of water, but the crossings are all signed.
It's a minor river, but US 41/M-28 crosses the Carp River in Negaunee Township and again in the City of Marquette near the mouth next to the city water treatment plant and Marquette Branch Prison.
M-95 crosses the Michigamme River twice: once by the Marquette-Dickinson county line and second by Republic.
I-55 crosses the Pearl River twice in Jackson, Miss.:
* The first one from Jackson to Flowood while co-signed with I-20
* The second one from Flowood back to Jackson near downtown Jackson.
I-495 in Massachusetts crosses the Merrimack River 3 times.
US 10 crosses the Tomorrow River 4 times near Amherst WI
TX: US 69 crosses the Sabine River twice; between Mineola and Lindale, and between Lone Oak and Greenville. It used to be 3 times, when US 69 was routed through Greenville, but the in-town portion was made into a Bus. route several years ago and the main route was placed on the former Loop 315 around town, which now misses the 3rd Sabine River crossing.
...EDIT, now that more brain cells are working....
TX 155 crosses 3 parts of Lake Palestine, 1 of which is the sole crossing spanning the middle of the lake (otherwise you'd have to go around).
US 175 crosses 2 parts of Cedar Creek Lake between Kemp and Mabank.
FM 273 (north of Bonham) crosses 3 parts of Lake Bonham.
Alabama: US 431 crosses Lake Eufaula five (yes, five) times: just south of AL 285, just south of the US 82 west split, just north of AL 30, just north of AL 131, and one last time south of AL 95.
I-895 in MD crosses the Patapsco River 3 times. Two of them on bridges, and one while inside the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel.
US 31 in MI crosses the St. Joseph River at least two times.
I-287 crosses the Raritan River twice in New Jersey.
FL A1A crosses the Indian River twice in Central Florida.
M-89 crosses the Kalamazoo river six times. Twice in Plainwell, once in Otsego, two times in Allegan and once just west of where M-89 and M-40 split East of Fennville.
Quote from: rawmustard on July 19, 2010, 11:01:14 AM
As far as the Interstates in Michigan go, it's hard for me to fathom that anything could beat I-96's four crossings of the Grand. I'm more than willing to be corrected if I'm wrong.
That's certainly the winner among interstates. US-127 trumps I-96's multiple crossings of the Grand River with six crossings, all in Jackson County.
I-70 crosses the Colorado River in Colorado at least 10 times. including a couple of times when the river 'splits" and I-70 is routed over the "island" in the middle of the Colorado.
I-81 crosses the Susquehanna 2 times:
- I-81 on the George Wade Bridge in Harrisburg
- I-81 again before Exit 230 near the NY/PA State Line
Its counterpart US 11 also crosses 2 times:
- At Pittston, PA on the Fort Jenkins Bridge
- Again at Hallstead, PA near the I-81 bridge
Both come close to crossing again in Binghamton, but that river is actually the Chenango which feeds into the Susquehanna. Also, the US 11 Northumberland crossing is the West Branch of the Susquehanna, and that doesn't count.
PA 29 (the not-Allentown one) crosses the Susquehanna twice as well, once near Nanticoke and another at Tunkhannock.
If I counted this right based on Google's Terrian Map, OR-42 crosses the Coquille River (I'm counting any of the forks) 22 times over about 31 miles. If someone wants to double check the accuracy of that it'd be nice. I always remembered that highway having lots of bridges, but I didn't realize it was that many.
Here's the link to the section of highway: http://goo.gl/maps/mUA7O
This has to be a winner :D that's like once every 1.5 miles for an extended stretch of road.
EDIT: I think if you count only the Middle Fork, you get 21 crossings over 28 miles, even better!
I-93 and US 3 also cross the Merrimack River 3 times each.
Ohio Turnpike / I-80 crosses the Cuyahoga River twice:
-one dramatic crossing in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park
-and another crossing east of Streetsboro
I-294 Tri State Tollway crosses the Des Plaines River twice in Illinois (Justice and Des Plaines). I-94 also crosses the Des Plaines twice (Gurnee, IL and Pleasant Prairie WI near Hwy C. So If you took the Tri State to Milwaukee, you would actually cross it 4 times.
US 41 technically crosses the Menomonee River 4 times. Once near Downtown Milwaukee with I-94/43. Second time with I-94 east of Miller Park. Third time by itself north of Miller Park. And finally with US 45 just south of Wis 167 Mequon Rd.
Wis 83 crosses the Fox River (southern one from Illinois) 5 times. First with Hwy 50 west of Paddock Lake, 3 times in Burlington, and once in Waterford.
Does the I-190 in NYS count? It does cross the Niagara River twice, but being Grand Island is in the middle of it, does it really count as I-190 only goes half way across the Niagara and the other half back?
Quote from: roadman65 on August 12, 2013, 02:06:29 PM
Does the I-190 in NYS count? It does cross the Niagara River twice, but being Grand Island is in the middle of it, does it really count as I-190 only goes half way across the Niagara and the other half back?
As far as I am concerned, it counts twice. I would even say that I-190 could technically have a 3rd crossing of the Niagara as it goes in to Canada.
Md. 200 crosses the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River three times (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=colesville+md&hl=en&ll=39.091666,-77.028193&spn=0.018619,0.038581&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=38.593229,79.013672&hnear=Colesville,+Montgomery,+Maryland&t=m&z=15) between Exits 10 and 13.
Texas State Highway 71 crosses the Colorado River 4 times between Austin and Columbus. It crosses it in Bastrop, in Smithville, in La Grange and lastly in Columbus. For that fact, I-10 crosses the Colorado in Columbus as well, and then heading west crosses the Colorado crossing from Arizona to California near Blythe, although not the same river. :-D
AZ 95 1/2 Crosses the Colorado River Three Times:
I-40/Historic US 66 Bridge and Needles River Road Bridge (The California/Arizona Line and the California/Nevada line is at midspan)
Also Bullhead Parkway Bridge (AZ 95 Ends At Midspan and NV 163 Begins)
US 24 crosses the Wabash River at least 3 times between Ft. Wayne and Logansport, IN.
I-90 crosses the Clark Fork at least 5 times in Montana, but sometimes I swear it is 100.
Quote from: juscuz410 on July 19, 2010, 09:03:24 PM
Indiana Toll Road: Crosses Fawn River three times & St. Joseph River twice (third time on the Ohio Turnpike)
The St. Joseph River in Ohio is a different river than the one in Indiana/Michigan.
The St. Joseph River in Indiana/Michigan is also crossed twice by M-139 and US 12 and three times by US 31.
**EDIT: Is this potentially the only river that is crossed multiple times by both an odd and even US highway with none of the crossings being multiplexes of the two?**
US 24 crosses the Wabash River twice.
I-465 crosses the White River twice, and so will I-69 once it's finished.
US-60 crosses the James River 3 times:
- Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, along with I-64
- Manchester Bridge in Downtown Richmond
- Near Gladstone, VA
I see most people avoided this, but I'll point it out anyway. Circumferential highways crossing rivers twice are trivial and uninteresting. On the other hand, Ohio's I-270 crosses a few rivers twice, but the Olentangy only once – the Olentangy flows into the Scioto downtown. Speaking of the Olentangy, I think one could say OH 315 crosses it twice, on a single bridge which also passes over Fifth Ave. And US 23 crosses the Scioto twice: at Piketon, and at Chillicothe.
Quote from: FreewayDan on July 19, 2010, 04:18:13 PM
Four L.A. area freeways cross the Los Angeles River twice:
I-405 in Long Beach (JCT I-710) and by the Sepulveda Dam (JCT U.S. 101),
U.S. 101 in Downtown L.A. (JCT California 10) and near Universal City,
IH 5 near Elysian Park (JCT California 110) and north of the 134 interchange, and
CA 134 once west of IH 5 and immediately east of IH 5
101 crosses the LA River THREE times. The westernmost crossing is just east of Van Nuys Blvd.
Quote from: rawmustard on July 19, 2010, 11:01:14 AM
As far as the Interstates in Michigan go, it's hard for me to fathom that anything could beat I-96's four crossings of the Grand. I'm more than willing to be corrected if I'm wrong.
I-196 crosses it twice in Grand Rapids as well.
I counted I-15 crossing the Virgin River 6 times between St. George, UT and Beaver Dam, AZ through the Virgin River Gorge. The gorge itself has 4 crossings (if you don't count a short portion where the river goes under the highway).
I-35 crosses the Mississippi River twice.
Quote from: Steve on August 15, 2013, 12:20:01 AM
I-35 crosses the Mississippi River twice.
I-69 almost crosses the Rio Grande thrice.
Quote from: jjakucyk on July 22, 2010, 07:32:14 PM
Mention must be made of I-75 in downtown Dayton, Ohio. It crosses the Great Miami River 5 times in 5 miles! http://maps.google.com/maps?gl=us&om=0&ie=UTF8&ll=39.761311,-84.190292&spn=0.096198,0.156212&z=13
I-75 also crosses the Great Miami River a 6th (!) time (just north of Exit 78, south of Piqua, OH) and then a 7th (!!) time (around mile marker 89, just south of Sidney, Ohio).
In total, 7 crossings in about 38 miles.
Quote from: ce929wax on August 11, 2013, 12:55:59 AM
M-89 crosses the Kalamazoo river six times. Twice in Plainwell, once in Otsego, two times in Allegan and once just west of where M-89 and M-40 split East of Fennville.
You're right that it crosses six times, but technically in Plainwell M-89 only crosses the river proper east of downtown while crossing its mill race west of there. Of course, M-89 crosses the Kalamazoo on the Washington Avenue bridge which spans the consolidated railroad tracks in Battle Creek right before it ends at Dickman Road.
Quote from: keithvh on August 16, 2013, 07:24:48 PM
Quote from: jjakucyk on July 22, 2010, 07:32:14 PM
Mention must be made of I-75 in downtown Dayton, Ohio. It crosses the Great Miami River 5 times in 5 miles! http://maps.google.com/maps?gl=us&om=0&ie=UTF8&ll=39.761311,-84.190292&spn=0.096198,0.156212&z=13
I-75 also crosses the Great Miami River a 6th (!) time (just north of Exit 78, south of Piqua, OH) and then a 7th (!!) time (around mile marker 89, just south of Sidney, Ohio).
In total, 7 crossings in about 38 miles.
Ohio Route 4 crosses the Great Miami twice. Once as it leaves Middletown, and a second time as it enters downtown Dayton.
U.S. 50 crosses the Potomac River between Gorman, Maryland and Gormania, West Virginia, and again between Arlington County, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Quote from: cabiness42 on August 13, 2013, 10:36:04 AM
**EDIT: Is this potentially the only river that is crossed multiple times by both an odd and even US highway with none of the crossings being multiplexes of the two?**
Nope. US-2 crosses the Mississippi River twice, and US-61 crosses it four times.
US 4 crosses the Merrimack River twice.
US 3 crosses the Merrimack River thrice.
Quote from: bulldog1979 on July 24, 2010, 11:26:44 PM
It's a minor river, but US 41/M-28 crosses the Carp River in Negaunee Township and again in the City of Marquette near the mouth next to the city water treatment plant and Marquette Branch Prison.
US 41 in Michigan also crosses the Sturgeon River twice: near Canyon Falls, south of Alberta, and again at its mouth south of Chassell. Which leads to the question: how many highways cross
multiple bodies of water more than once?
Algoma Ave (http://goo.gl/maps/J26UB) north of Grand Rapids crosses Cedar Creek 6 times and Little Cedar Creek once. Four of the crossings happen in half a mile, and almost all of them are signed! Somebody was really committed to making that road straight, environment be damned.
The PA Turnpike (I-70 overlap) crosses the Juniata River twice near the Bedford interchange.
Quote from: getemngo on October 06, 2013, 06:16:54 PM
Which leads to the question: how many highways cross multiple bodies of water more than once?
I-93 crosses the Merrimack River more than once and Pemigewasset River more than once.
However, the Pemigewasset flows into the Merrimack.
US 9 crosses the Hudson River twice, once on the George Washington Bridge and once near Albany.
Quote from: PAHighways on July 20, 2010, 12:08:23 AM
US 422 crosses the Schuylkill River five times, three of the crossings (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Reading,+PA&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=37.683309,95.888672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Reading,+Berks,+Pennsylvania&ll=40.308331,-75.90394&spn=0.017738,0.046821&t=h&z=15) are located near the Interstate 176 interchange.
Better make that six times. You forgot the Betzwood Bridge at Valley Forge on top of the two crossings around Pottstown.
I-70 crosses the Missouri River twice: at Saint Charles and again near Booneville.
I-95 crosses the Charles River three times between the Dedham-Needham town line and the Newton-Weston town line. A driver exiting I-95 North onto the Mass Pike crosses the Charles three more times before they get to the toll booth in either direction, then once more on the Pike if they are traveling eastbound.
The Chinese expressway G50 crosses the Yangtze river three times.
The French autoroute A7 crosses the Rhone river three times.
Quote from: spooky on October 07, 2013, 02:38:40 PM
I-95 crosses the Charles River three times between the Dedham-Needham town line and the Newton-Weston town line. A driver exiting I-95 North onto the Mass Pike crosses the Charles three more times before they get to the toll booth in either direction, then once more on the Pike if they are traveling eastbound.
Also in the Boston area I-93 crosses the Mystic River at least twice, the first being the Bunker Hill Bridge.
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on October 07, 2013, 06:07:07 PM
Also in the Boston area I-93 crosses the Mystic River at least twice, the first being the Bunker Hill Bridge.
That's the Charles...
Quote from: NE2 on October 07, 2013, 07:41:54 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on October 07, 2013, 06:07:07 PM
Also in the Boston area I-93 crosses the Mystic River at least twice, the first being the Bunker Hill Bridge.
That's the Charles...
Crap! It's the Tobin Bridge that goes over the Mystic.
TX 71 crosses the Colorado River at least five times between Columbus, TX and Austin, TX.
Quote from: triplemultiplex on July 22, 2010, 09:19:08 AM
Quote from: mgk920 on July 19, 2010, 11:19:56 PM
I-39 crosses the Wisconsin River twice, once near Portage, WI and the other in the south suburbs of Wausau, WI (Rothschild, to be exact). Its continuation (US 51) then crosses it again just south of Merrill, WI and again in the Minocqua-Woodruff (Lakeland), WI area.
You missed I-39's southern most Wisconsin River crossing with 90 & 94 for a total of 5 crossings for the I-39/US 51 corridor. Also that last one is in Tomahawk.
The winner in Wisconsin has to be WI 131 and the Kickapoo River. I count 32 crossings between Soldiers Grove and Tomah. It would have been even more if a section of 131 hadn't been relocated north of La Farge in the 60's for a proposed dam that never materialized. (Looks like 5 more crossings.)
The Kickapoo is Wisconsin's largest river that exists entirely within the "Driftless Area", a region in the southwestern part of the state that was spared by the glaciers. As a result the Kickapoo has a well developed valley and a gracefully meandering channel that frequently butts up against the valley walls. From a road construction stand point, it's much like a mountain valley in that it's easier to have a highway bridge the stream numerous times to keep the road on flat ground. And since WI 131 follows the entirety of the Kickapoo River the result is 32 meetings of the same stream and the same highway.
You also missed where Us 51/I-39 crosses 3 bays of Lake Du Bay between Stevens Point and Wausau. Lake Du Bay is an impoundment of the Wisconsin River.
Considering the nature of the Platte River in Nebraska, I-80 crosses it too many times to bother counting.
Quote from: cabiness42 on August 13, 2013, 10:36:04 AM
**EDIT: Is this potentially the only river that is crossed multiple times by both an odd and even US highway with none of the crossings being multiplexes of the two?**
The Mississippi is crossed multiple times by US 61, US 67, US 169 and by US 2 and US 52, although US 52's even-numbered nature is dubious at that point.
In Nebraska, the Elkhorn River crosses US 275 5 times alone, US 20 2 times alone (3 if you count the South Fork Elkhorn River), and once on their multiplex.
Quote from: DandyDan on October 08, 2013, 03:42:55 AM
The Mississippi is crossed multiple times by US 61, US 67, US 169 and by US 2 and US 52, although US 52's even-numbered nature is dubious at that point.
Both of US 67's crossings are at an Illinois state line. It enters the state from the south crossing from Missouri, and leaves the state in the north crossing into Iowa.
Same goes for two of US 61's crossings, only Wisconsin is the state involved.
Quote from: hbelkins on October 08, 2013, 11:02:45 AM
Both of US 67's crossings are at an Illinois state line.
here's the north one.
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Québec A-73 crosses the Chaudière river thrice on 9 kilometres (5.5 mi.) : http://goo.gl/maps/LdOoY
R-131 crosses Noire river 5 times, and windingly parallels its meanderings at its head in a spectacular valley (http://goo.gl/maps/hqqzs). Fun to drive.
R-132 has been crossing Matapedia river thrice for a short period of time (5-10 years now?), with 2 new arch bridges (https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/17798596) near Routhierville hamlet, a tiny paradisiac settlement accessible only by this covered bridge (https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/93607081).
R-132 also crosses Mitis river two times, separated by 533 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/5LRdI).
R-263 crosses Bulstrode river 4 times.
Those are the >2 crossings I can think of.
EDIT : minor corrections
One right in my back yard and I had forgotten about it.
The Mountain Parkway crosses the Red River four times -- three times in Powell County and once in eastern Wolfe County.
U.S. 119 (ADHS Corridor G) crosses the Little Coal River about 9 times between Danville, W.Va. and Alum Creek.
US 191 crosses the Gallatin River five times between Yellowstone and Bozeman. Beautiful scenery and 70mph speed limit!
Quote from: Duke87 on July 18, 2010, 05:41:59 PM
I-91 crosses the Connecticut River twice.
So does US 5. MA 116 does thrice. If you count a long exit ramp, I-84 crosses the Quinnipiac twice. CT 8 crosses the Naugatuck River 7 times between Derby and Thomaston. US 7 crosses the Housatonic River 6 times. CT 4 and US 44 cross the Farmington River twice, while CT/MA 8 does 3 times .
US 23 crosses the appropriately named "Crooked Creek" 4 times in a span of about 3 miles in Waverly, Ohio
It doesn't have to be a river. Is there anything that crosses the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean a significant number of times?
Hiway 30 in western Iowa crosses the Boyer River 5 times, and the East Boyer 2 more times.
Prior to the construction of the Missouri River crossing at Blair Nebraska, Hiway 30 went south to Council Bluffs and crossed the Missouri there. That added another Boyer crossing, however, the river has been channelized and hiway 30 has been realigned in a few places, so I cannot tell if there was ever a time when 30 crossed the Boyer a total of 7 times (or more, LOL).
It would take some good ancient map detective work to figure that out.
Quote from: 1 on October 26, 2013, 06:20:39 PM
It doesn't have to be a river. Is there anything that crosses the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean a significant number of times?
The
Queen Mary.
Not the
Titanic.
Intermodal shipping containers.
Quote from: theline on October 27, 2013, 08:12:59 PMThe Queen Mary.
Not any more!
I think the QM2 now serves that function (at least in summer) of crossing Southampton - New York, back and forth with short cruises in between crossings. The QE and QV I think are used more for world tours and long cruises than trans-atlantic crossings.
US 71 crosses the Red River (the southern one ;-) ) 3 times
I-40 in east-central Tennessee crosses the Caney Fork River I think five times in about two or three miles.
Quote from: webfil on October 11, 2013, 01:56:36 PMR-132 also crosses Mitis river two times, separated by 533 miles (http://goo.gl/maps/5LRdI).
Clever, but I almost want to consider this cheating.