We all know what freeways are. But where are the abandoned parts of the freeways/roads. I have some in my area how about yours?
Much of the Old Ridge Route is one of the classic abandoned/unused roads out there/
https://www.gribblenation.org/2018/11/legend-of-ridge-route-history-of.html?m=1
Recently I hiked the abandoned portion of Foresta Road out of Yosemite:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2022/10/abandoned-foresta-road-between-foresta.html?m=1
Most people don't even know about the original pre-1937 alignment of CA 1 between Montara and Pacifica over Pedro Mountain:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2021/07/former-california-state-route-1-over.html?m=1
Old Jackrabbit Trail which was the initial alignment of US 60 and US 70:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2022/03/former-us-route-60-70-on-jack-rabbit.html?m=1
Former CA 190 east of Porterville at the bottom of Lake Success:
https://www.gribblenation.org/2021/10/former-california-state-route-190-at.html?m=1
Certainly this thread will get relocated. But we have an abandoned on-ramp for the original section of I-85 here in Orange County, North Carolina. This is located at the east end of Efland and deep in the woods is a ramp from the eastbound lane of (then) US-70A (now reverted back to US-70) to westbound I-85 (now posted on streetblades as I-85 Connector to Exit 161, formerly posted on streetblades as US-70X). The old loop was pretty tight and had a steep elevation change. There was a recent proposal to replace this abandoned connection from Efland to I-85 as part of a failed development that was to have been anchored by Buc-ees.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hillsborough,+NC+27278/@36.0825595,-79.1515227,487m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x89acc1041d398e59:0x3593ab3cd48ad23e!8m2!3d36.0754183!4d-79.0997347!16zL20vMHlqbDg
Twenty-five years ago, you could still see the arc-shaped loop sloping down from here: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0830338,-79.1521546,3a,43.9y,125.48h,78.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3XA-qRLW8_cSkdtdsmSztQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
There is abandoned portions of Old IL 13 at the bottom of Crab Orchard Lake, near Cambria and Crainville, IL. The two "ends" of Old 13 on both sides of the lake are now boat ramps, and there is a bit of the old road still visible on the northern peninsulas extending into Crab Orchard Lake. Foreville Rd (still usable to get to another boat ramp) and another road off of Campground Rd leading to another boat ramp are still usable, disconnected pieces of Old 13
https://maps.app.goo.gl/NbwB6ZcMkuoz7Wvx7?g_st=ic
This bridge at the south end of Keweenaw Bay was once part of US-41. It now serves as part of someone's driveway.
https://goo.gl/maps/Sn3wQ3CYnTWHaAR4A
There's this little bit of former I-44 northeast of Tulsa which was rerouted to meet the Creek Turnpike.
(https://i.imgur.com/Lw5HHRZ.png)
It's always annoyed me that they didn't dig it up.
Ghost ramps and stubs aside, there's a few in the Seattle area:
The old northbound lanes of the Airport Expressway are now used as the overflow for the cell phone lot at Sea-Tac Airport. They were moved east as part of light rail construction in the late 2000s.
The former express lanes ramps onto I-90 from 5th Avenue S/Seattle Blvd S/S Dearborn Street are being converted into light rail tracks, with the street-level ramp remaining for maintenance access but otherwise unused most of the time.
There are probably going to be some abandoned sections of the Mountain Parkway when the widening is complete.
There's an abandoned section of I-95 in Newburyport, Massachusetts. It's now used as a hiking trail. Walked down it myself.
Perhaps one of the best known is the Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike, bypassed during the 1960s in lieu of twinning the Rays Hill and Sideling Hill Tunnels.
There's also shorter stretches of abandoned PA Turnpike at the Laurel Hill Tunnel and just east of the Blue Mountain Tunnel.
Off the Turnpike, PA also has the Goat Path near Lancaster (planned to be partially used by a surface route), a short expressway stub in Norristown, and PA 61 between Ashland and Centralia.
Connecticut gets a rep for being completely suburbanized and developed. However, there are several surface routes with some abandoned parts that are still hikeable and get you deep in the woods, out of sight of the newer roadway. There are a couple of ghost towns on old old CT 8, and another where CT 179 and CT 20 once met. CT 89 has more than 4 miles of abandoned roadway.
The list is here: http://kurumi.com/roads/ct/abandoned.html
NYC has a couple, most notably the abandoned section of the Richmond Parkway over Richmond Avenue in Staten Island (and formerly the abandoned flyover with the Staten Island Expressway)
In Detroit, there is a abandoned on ramp near M-59 and I-94. The Ramp once also carried M-29 from Gratiot Ave to Shook Rd before I-94 was built. The ramp was abandoned when the current ramps for M-59 was built in the 90s https://www.google.com/maps/@42.6261723,-82.8498883,1644m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en
At I-295's north end, there's a stub continuing straight from the loop ramp where 295 turns onto I-64 eastbound.
In Chesapeake, the old 2-lane alignment of US 17 was converted to a bike/pedestrian trail. The old pavement with line markings is still mostly intact.
^ The city actually repaved most of the old US-17 road / trail, and interestingly kept the lane markings in tact and restriped it properly.
The very end of US-6 on Cape Cod was narrowed from a divided road to a two-lane road some years ago, but they never dug up all the remains:
https://goo.gl/maps/Yk561JY9EzvazgFF9 (https://goo.gl/maps/Yk561JY9EzvazgFF9)
Quote from: pderocco on February 26, 2023, 10:17:32 PM
The very end of US-6 on Cape Cod was narrowed from a divided road to a two-lane road some years ago, but they never dug up all the remains:
https://goo.gl/maps/Yk561JY9EzvazgFF9 (https://goo.gl/maps/Yk561JY9EzvazgFF9)
See also Niagara Scenic (f/k/a Robert Moses) Parkway north of Niagara Falls.
There are quite a few old alignments of US-395 in the Owens Valley and beyond. Some are still in use as local roads, but a few are truly abandoned although they are still barely drivable, with grass growing out of the crack down the middle, and bushes encroaching on the pavement from both sides. They never bothered to tear up the pavement in the old days.
It's kind of fun to drive those old roads. I often imagine them as they must have been when they were the actual road, with 1940s vehicles puttering along them. I imagine Hollywood stars and crew taking them on their way to filming westerns up in the Alabama Hills, or movies like Out of the Past up in Bridgeport and Tahoe. It was much more of a trek in those days, when 45 was a more likely top speed than the 75 we do up there now.
Just north of Chicago, the Amstutz Expressway (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3806234,-87.8257492,3a,15.4y,0.54h,94.47t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sY6XIaFhOndnBfvy_xHaaXg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DY6XIaFhOndnBfvy_xHaaXg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D211.86058%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) has a stub end indicating a cancelled extension towards WI.
Quote from: Henry on February 27, 2023, 10:36:32 AM
Just north of Chicago, the Amstutz Expressway (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3806234,-87.8257492,3a,15.4y,0.54h,94.47t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sY6XIaFhOndnBfvy_xHaaXg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DY6XIaFhOndnBfvy_xHaaXg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D211.86058%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) has a stub end indicating a cancelled extension towards WI.
I would love to see detailed period maps from eastern Lake and far northeastern Cook Counties in Illinois that show where the extended Lake Freeway in Wisconsin, et al, were planned to go in the 1950s and 1960s.
Mike
Quote from: pderocco on February 26, 2023, 10:17:32 PM
The very end of US-6 on Cape Cod was narrowed from a divided road to a two-lane road some years ago, but they never dug up all the remains:
https://goo.gl/maps/Yk561JY9EzvazgFF9 (https://goo.gl/maps/Yk561JY9EzvazgFF9)
This view (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0470933,-70.2123023,3a,75y,242.93h,97.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXuShY_MN9Tclgyqa2Xaydg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DXuShY_MN9Tclgyqa2Xaydg%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D9.803043%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) looks better. You can actually see the former lane from here.
"They sell it to you, like they sell it to me.
They're crowding the road to the cape."
--"Love Grenade," by The Cavedogs.
There are a few abandoned alignments (now grassy areas) of tollways around Orlando that have been re-routed...
1. The former west end of the East-West Tollway was abandoned for a westward expansion. The abandoned section is between FL 50 and FL 408 a few miles west of downtown Orlando near the N. Kirkman/FL 50 intersection.
2. The former east end of FL 408 where it tied in with FL 417 east of Orlando was partially abandoned. The old right-of-way is used by William Coleman Dr. up to Valencia College Lane then is a grassy area north of the intersection to the FL 417 curve.
3. A grassy/new buildings area between FL 429 and the FL 414/FL 451 interchange in Apopka. FL 429 was routed through there until it was re-routed to meet with FL 414 west of its old routing.
In Greensboro, NC, there is a stretch of abandoned freeway near the airport runways in which the right-of-way is used by Cornerstone Dr. as well as a grassy area where the freeway used to go toward Bryan Blvd. I believe that this freeway was once named Bryan Blvd. This freeway became abandoned/changed due to the routing of I-73 in the area.
The original alignment of FL 4A and early US Route in the Lower Florida Keys:
Cudjoe Key (which has been converted into a bike trail since I took this):
(https://live.staticflickr.com/626/32951783860_76fc205c65_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ScQvju)23Cudjoe (https://flic.kr/p/ScQvju) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Sugarloaf Key:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4223/34627768381_706c9e5470_3k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UKWn8k)IMG_8762 (https://flic.kr/p/UKWn8k) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3944/33179014262_f2e487831e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/SxV813)18Sugarloaf (https://flic.kr/p/SxV813) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3838/32951785740_78ec13526e_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ScQvSU)17Sugarloaf (https://flic.kr/p/ScQvSU) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3738/32951788690_de806f9dce_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ScQwKL)3Sugarloaf (https://flic.kr/p/ScQwKL) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Geiger Key:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/630/32951789610_bb6ef33319_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ScQx2C)1Geiger (https://flic.kr/p/ScQx2C) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Boca Chica Key:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4219/34597536052_c20ab1f768_3k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UHgq7h)IMG_8807 (https://flic.kr/p/UHgq7h) by Max Rockatansky (https://www.flickr.com/photos/151828809@N08/), on Flickr
Of course these are all in addition to the numerous Florida East Coast RR bridges which were once used by US 1.
There are a few abandoned US 61 sections along Lake Superior. Some of them have reverted to private ownership and the landowners have erected barricades, such as the stretch at the old MN 1 junction (bypassed in 1969 with a new 61 alignment closer to the shoreline). There's also the old Border Road section near Grand Portage that is officially abandoned north of Mount Maud.
Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike east of Breezewood:
(https://i.imgur.com/CIKkokM.jpg)
The Jersey Turnpike has a section of abandoned pavement between the two northbound carriageways a short distance north of Exit 8A. It's one of the original carriageways that was abandoned when the quad-carriageway system was extended south to Exit 8A in the late 1980s and it became necessary to build ramps connecting the new inner roadway to a service area. I assume the reason they couldn't just maintain that pavement and put the ramps to one side of it probably had to do with existing right-of-way versus acquisition costs and, presumably, there wasn't room to squeeze another carriageway in between the existing roadway and the service area if the ramps had been located next to the existing road instead of in place of it.
There is a short abandoned segment of the Cross County Parkway in Yonkers, NY at Exit 3 just east of its beginning at the Saw Mill.
Quote from: Ted$8roadFan on February 28, 2023, 08:01:44 AM
There is a short abandoned segment of the Cross County Parkway in Yonkers, NY at Exit 3 just east of its beginning at the Saw Mill.
The short little segment on the south side? Doesn't look like that was ever part of the mainline and looks more like a staging area for bridge work.
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 28, 2023, 07:53:35 AM
The Jersey Turnpike has a section of abandoned pavement between the two northbound carriageways a short distance north of Exit 8A. It's one of the original carriageways that was abandoned when the quad-carriageway system was extended south to Exit 8A in the late 1980s and it became necessary to build ramps connecting the new inner roadway to a service area. I assume the reason they couldn't just maintain that pavement and put the ramps to one side of it probably had to do with existing right-of-way versus acquisition costs and, presumably, there wasn't room to squeeze another carriageway in between the existing roadway and the service area if the ramps had been located next to the existing road instead of in place of it.
Here? (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4164353,-74.4457823,152m/data=!3m1!1e3)
^ Look just north of there.
I-44 in Catoosa, OK comes to mind as when the Creek Turnpike got built, I-44 got realigned to meet with it. The abandoned part is still in tact but not used.
https://goo.gl/maps/RQRiykotUdTqFR8L7
Seen from OK 66 where I-44 used to diverge.
https://goo.gl/maps/GF5ACvzkw66PSUaP6
Quote from: wanderer2575 on February 27, 2023, 08:16:59 PM
Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike east of Breezewood:
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A much newer abandoned section (about 10ish years ago) on the PA Turnpike is a short stretch just east of the Blue Mountain Tunnel. (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1461145,-77.6375571,1486m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en)
Part of the westbound carriageway of what used to be I-70's connector to a temporary terminus at US-40 near Kirkersville OH, before I-70 was constructed through Columbus. The eastbound carriageway is now part of OH-158.
https://goo.gl/maps/R9NAzFUxjEq9x38RA
Part of I-690 in Syracuse at the Fairgrounds became part of the Fair's parking lot while new carriageways were constructed for the present freeway through that area.
Quote from: roadman65 on February 28, 2023, 04:23:03 PM
Part of I-690 in Syracuse at the Fairgrounds became part of the Fair's parking lot while new carriageways were constructed for the present freeway through that area.
Hm. I'll check on this. Find it hard to believe given the terrain.
Quote from: Rothman on February 28, 2023, 05:24:07 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 28, 2023, 04:23:03 PM
Part of I-690 in Syracuse at the Fairgrounds became part of the Fair's parking lot while new carriageways were constructed for the present freeway through that area.
Hm. I'll check on this. Find it hard to believe given the terrain.
" roadman65" is correct. I-690 used to split at the Fairgrounds. The roadway just to the north of State Fair Blvd, the one with the overpasses above it, used to be the eastbound lanes of I-690. I-690's EB lanes were moved beside the WB lanes to accommodate the interchange with NY 695 in the mid-1970's. https://goo.gl/maps/XUPyBwDxQkQBwFwG8
Here is a view from the ramp from NY 695 to EB I-690. https://goo.gl/maps/yFMsbYkrs6HV9J5P7
Quote from: jmacswimmer on February 28, 2023, 11:43:46 AM
A much newer abandoned section (about 10ish years ago) on the PA Turnpike is a short stretch just east of the Blue Mountain Tunnel. (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1461145,-77.6375571,1486m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en)
And there's the tiny exposed section of the old West Virginia Turnpike at the west end of the Memorial Tunnel. For that matter, the entire Memorial Tunnel might count (except that it's not technically abandoned, if you consider that the folks in rail transit use it as a training ground for subway disaster response). We've got an entire (mock) subway station deep inside.
Quote from: Rothman on February 28, 2023, 05:24:07 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on February 28, 2023, 04:23:03 PM
Part of I-690 in Syracuse at the Fairgrounds became part of the Fair's parking lot while new carriageways were constructed for the present freeway through that area.
Hm. I'll check on this. Find it hard to believe given the terrain.
1972 historic aerials confirms this. The median used to be wide with parking for the fair in the median hence all the bridges in the main parking area.
Quote from: Rothman on February 28, 2023, 08:28:24 AM
Quote from: Ted$8roadFan on February 28, 2023, 08:01:44 AM
There is a short abandoned segment of the Cross County Parkway in Yonkers, NY at Exit 3 just east of its beginning at the Saw Mill.
The short little segment on the south side? Doesn't look like that was ever part of the mainline and looks more like a staging area for bridge work.
Are you sure Ted's not talking about the north side? (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9320446,-73.8736806,3a,75y,238.63h,89.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxg-NW8siSuQeew_Jlo2QJg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en)
Quote from: D-Dey65 on March 06, 2023, 09:41:51 PM
Quote from: Rothman on February 28, 2023, 08:28:24 AM
Quote from: Ted$8roadFan on February 28, 2023, 08:01:44 AM
There is a short abandoned segment of the Cross County Parkway in Yonkers, NY at Exit 3 just east of its beginning at the Saw Mill.
The short little segment on the south side? Doesn't look like that was ever part of the mainline and looks more like a staging area for bridge work.
Are you sure Ted's not talking about the north side? (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9320446,-73.8736806,3a,75y,238.63h,89.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxg-NW8siSuQeew_Jlo2QJg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en)
Either way, are we really here to highlight every tiny realignment? That's not really abandonment like the PA Turnpike examples.
Quote from: D-Dey65 on February 27, 2023, 11:30:04 AM
Quote from: pderocco on February 26, 2023, 10:17:32 PM
The very end of US-6 on Cape Cod was narrowed from a divided road to a two-lane road some years ago, but they never dug up all the remains:
https://goo.gl/maps/Yk561JY9EzvazgFF9 (https://goo.gl/maps/Yk561JY9EzvazgFF9)
This view (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0470933,-70.2123023,3a,75y,242.93h,97.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXuShY_MN9Tclgyqa2Xaydg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DXuShY_MN9Tclgyqa2Xaydg%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D9.803043%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) looks better. You can actually see the former lane from here.
What was the point of realigning such a short segment?
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on February 28, 2023, 11:34:20 AM
Quote from: 1995hoo on February 28, 2023, 07:53:35 AM
The Jersey Turnpike has a section of abandoned pavement between the two northbound carriageways a short distance north of Exit 8A. It's one of the original carriageways that was abandoned when the quad-carriageway system was extended south to Exit 8A in the late 1980s and it became necessary to build ramps connecting the new inner roadway to a service area. I assume the reason they couldn't just maintain that pavement and put the ramps to one side of it probably had to do with existing right-of-way versus acquisition costs and, presumably, there wasn't room to squeeze another carriageway in between the existing roadway and the service area if the ramps had been located next to the existing road instead of in place of it.
Here? (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4164353,-74.4457823,152m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Quote from: sprjus4 on February 28, 2023, 11:35:00 AM
^ Look just north of there.
It seems odd that they bothered to cover over some of the abandoned roadway, but not all of it.
Former US 6 in Bourne, MA. Used to lead to a rotary.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7805947,-70.5467865,3a,15.5y,89.86h,86.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUkfXYU5GG-NTTDIl1uGd0Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7805947,-70.5467865,3a,15.5y,89.86h,86.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUkfXYU5GG-NTTDIl1uGd0Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
The only extant remains of the original Wilbur Cross Highway, which was modernized from ~1972-84.
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7738291,-72.5853002,3a,15.2y,70.13h,90.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smDzJVfwBnvG3SLzdjtgzLA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7738291,-72.5853002,3a,15.2y,70.13h,90.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smDzJVfwBnvG3SLzdjtgzLA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192)
Quote from: Rothman on March 06, 2023, 10:40:08 PM
Either way, are we really here to highlight every tiny realignment? That's not really abandonment like the PA Turnpike examples.
Okay, I found out about the one on the south side shortly after your reply. This clearly looks like a proposed service road expansion, but there's also a stub of a connecting ramp (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9315145,-73.8729077,3a,75y,233.89h,89.43t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sirhF3y7Ddglr2fyrxjMp-Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DirhF3y7Ddglr2fyrxjMp-Q%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D300.5256%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) after the eastbound C-D road extension (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9315741,-73.873131,3a,75y,86.92h,101.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKVUBhBIDwcIcKjv5SUWg7A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) .
Quote from: D-Dey65 on March 10, 2023, 03:40:47 PM
Quote from: Rothman on March 06, 2023, 10:40:08 PM
Either way, are we really here to highlight every tiny realignment? That's not really abandonment like the PA Turnpike examples.
Okay, I found out about the one on the south side shortly after your reply. This clearly looks like a proposed service road expansion, but there's also a stub of a connecting ramp (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9315145,-73.8729077,3a,75y,233.89h,89.43t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sirhF3y7Ddglr2fyrxjMp-Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DirhF3y7Ddglr2fyrxjMp-Q%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D300.5256%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) after the eastbound C-D road extension (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.9315741,-73.873131,3a,75y,86.92h,101.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKVUBhBIDwcIcKjv5SUWg7A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) .
Looks like a maintenance turnaround to me in those links.
Quote from: webny99 on March 07, 2023, 08:48:50 AM
Quote from: D-Dey65 on February 27, 2023, 11:30:04 AM
Quote from: pderocco on February 26, 2023, 10:17:32 PM
The very end of US-6 on Cape Cod was narrowed from a divided road to a two-lane road some years ago, but they never dug up all the remains:
https://goo.gl/maps/Yk561JY9EzvazgFF9 (https://goo.gl/maps/Yk561JY9EzvazgFF9)
This view (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0470933,-70.2123023,3a,75y,242.93h,97.02t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sXuShY_MN9Tclgyqa2Xaydg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DXuShY_MN9Tclgyqa2Xaydg%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D9.803043%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) looks better. You can actually see the former lane from here.
What was the point of realigning such a short segment?
The point was that it used to be a divided road through the intersection with the traffic light. It was confusing to people coming up 6A and turning left to go to Race Point. Do you turn left, and then wait for cars coming down 6, or do you just turn left and barge through? There were a lot of accidents there. So they necked it down to two lanes before the intersection, and that solved the problem.
I'm not sure why they dug up the old pavement south of the intersection, but not north.
A section of Bragg Blvd. (NC-24) was abandoned after NC-24 was rerouted to the east concurrently with NC-210. This abandoned section is not maintained anymore, but still has NC-24 signage (see link below).
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1526965,-78.9691849,3a,17.8y,165.32h,89.51t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjU_Nh9AY7sYbgBt4QEYS-g!2e0!5s20190601T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en (https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1526965,-78.9691849,3a,17.8y,165.32h,89.51t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sjU_Nh9AY7sYbgBt4QEYS-g!2e0!5s20190601T000000!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en)
Quote from: jmacswimmer on February 28, 2023, 11:43:46 AM
Quote from: wanderer2575 on February 27, 2023, 08:16:59 PM
Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike east of Breezewood:
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A much newer abandoned section (about 10ish years ago) on the PA Turnpike is a short stretch just east of the Blue Mountain Tunnel. (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.1461145,-77.6375571,1486m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en)
Is that Sideling Service Area a distorted Diverging Diamond?
Quote from: Lukeisroads on February 25, 2023, 09:38:01 AM
We all know what freeways are. But where are the abandoned parts of the freeways/roads. I have some in my area how about yours?
Quote from: Rothman on March 06, 2023, 10:40:08 PM
are we really here to highlight every tiny realignment?
Seems like a fair question for the OP.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on February 25, 2023, 03:07:29 PM
There's this little bit of former I-44 northeast of Tulsa which was rerouted to meet the Creek Turnpike.
(https://i.imgur.com/Lw5HHRZ.png)
It's always annoyed me that they didn't dig it up.
Why do you want them to demolish it? It isn't hurting you. It isn't hurting anybody. It's a really neat place and I'm glad it's there. I don't understand how somebody can call themselves a "road enthusiast" but they want everything interesting about the hobby to go away.
Quote from: bugo on May 01, 2023, 08:53:15 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on February 25, 2023, 03:07:29 PM
There's this little bit of former I-44 northeast of Tulsa which was rerouted to meet the Creek Turnpike.
(https://i.imgur.com/Lw5HHRZ.png)
It's always annoyed me that they didn't dig it up.
Why do you want them to demolish it? It isn't hurting you. It isn't hurting anybody. It's a really neat place and I'm glad it's there. I don't understand how somebody can call themselves a "road enthusiast" but they want everything interesting about the hobby to go away.
Yeah this is pretty cool.
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1772458,-95.7395807,3a,75y,259.4h,90.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szklRWZEGV-sbs7l7gQLSkg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
There's some abandoned, yet still visible sections of the original Columbia River Highway, starting with this bridge by OR-127 (first pic is mine, the other 2 are GSV):
(https://i.imgur.com/iRMz2oS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XA5msQl.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Pl6Uc07.jpg)
There's also this random segment, which (also) has to be rather old as it's a 20ft concrete road with gravel shoulders:
(https://i.imgur.com/SAiGWAq.jpg)
as well as this mysterious road between Deer Island and Goble, which only has a guard rail visible:
(https://i.imgur.com/MEY6ump.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jVDkgRk.jpg)
Pennsylvania Route 23 has two abandoned freeway segments. The first is the Goat Path in Lancaster County, which consists of a graded but unbuilt road with the right-of-way used as farmland. The Goat Path consists of completed bridges and an incomplete interchange with PA 772. The second is the Schuylkill Parkway in Bridgeport, which is a short freeway stub that dead ends. The Schuylkill Parkway is used to test line painting.
There is an abandoned section of US 13 south of Tybouts Corner, DE that was bypassed when DE 1 was built and US 13 was rerouted to follow DE 1. The southbound lanes are still used as a local road while the northbound lanes are abandoned.
Quote from: Dough4872 on May 31, 2023, 09:33:32 PM
Pennsylvania Route 23 has two abandoned freeway segments. The first is the Goat Path in Lancaster County, which consists of a graded but unbuilt road with the right-of-way used as farmland. The Goat Path consists of completed bridges and an incomplete interchange with PA 772. The second is the Schuylkill Parkway in Bridgeport, which is a short freeway stub that dead ends. The Schuylkill Parkway is used to test line painting.
There is an abandoned section of US 13 south of Tybouts Corner, DE that was bypassed when DE 1 was built and US 13 was rerouted to follow DE 1. The southbound lanes are still used as a local road while the northbound lanes are abandoned.
There was a post in this thread already that covered some of the segments that you mentioned.
Quote from: bugo on May 01, 2023, 08:53:15 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on February 25, 2023, 03:07:29 PM
There's this little bit of former I-44 northeast of Tulsa which was rerouted to meet the Creek Turnpike.
(https://i.imgur.com/Lw5HHRZ.png)
It's always annoyed me that they didn't dig it up.
Why do you want them to demolish it? It isn't hurting you. It isn't hurting anybody. It's a really neat place and I'm glad it's there. I don't understand how somebody can call themselves a "road enthusiast" but they want everything interesting about the hobby to go away.
I agree, except for removing the old Pine St overcrossing bridge and regrading it to ground level, leave it alone. If nothing else, in the indeterminate future, a developer might come by and use that old highway as a major access surface street in his or her new plans.
Mike
Quote from: mgk920 on June 01, 2023, 11:20:53 AM
Quote from: bugo on May 01, 2023, 08:53:15 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on February 25, 2023, 03:07:29 PM
There's this little bit of former I-44 northeast of Tulsa which was rerouted to meet the Creek Turnpike.
(https://i.imgur.com/Lw5HHRZ.png)
It's always annoyed me that they didn't dig it up.
Why do you want them to demolish it? It isn't hurting you. It isn't hurting anybody. It's a really neat place and I'm glad it's there. I don't understand how somebody can call themselves a "road enthusiast" but they want everything interesting about the hobby to go away.
I agree, except for removing the old Pine St overcrossing bridge and regrading it to ground level, leave it alone. If nothing else, in the indeterminate future, a developer might come by and use that old highway as a major access surface street in his or her new plans.
Mike
I always appreciate a good chunk of derelict old highway or abandoned anything to find. That said, is not the current FHWA standard to raze the abandoned road to allow plant growth to take place?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 01, 2023, 11:53:20 AM
I always appreciate a good chunk of derelict old highway or abandoned anything to find. That said, is not the current FHWA standard to raze the abandoned road to allow plant growth to take place?
This is Oklahoma. They don't care what the feds say. They do it however they feel like doing it on that particular day.
Abandoning infrastructure is an Oklahoma tradition. There are dozens of steel truss bridges scattered around the state that were abandoned in place when counties built new parallel bridges. Some of the new concrete bridges are mere feet from the old truss bridges, which are usually through truss bridges. There are a handful of bridges on the state highway system that have been abandoned/preserved in place, including the US 266 Deep Fork River bridge in Okmulgee County or the US 66 Little Cabin Creek bridge in Craig County, but they're all over on county roads if you know where to look.
This is the old Strang bridge in Mayes County:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4003/4394169540_b514bd945f_c.jpg)
Bear Creek bridge in Logan County:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7226/7159644166_8604520963_c.jpg)
Old Channel Verdigris River bridge in Wagoner County:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4772/38992540430_472b3bdf5e_c.jpg)
Arkansas River bridge in Tulsa County. This one wasn't abandoned, but was repurposed as a pedestrian span:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/7219/7159609742_7d296d7ffd_c.jpg)(https://live.staticflickr.com/802/25978645057_66678c6ec8_c.jpg)
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 01, 2023, 11:53:20 AM
Quote from: mgk920 on June 01, 2023, 11:20:53 AM
Quote from: bugo on May 01, 2023, 08:53:15 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on February 25, 2023, 03:07:29 PM
There's this little bit of former I-44 northeast of Tulsa which was rerouted to meet the Creek Turnpike.
(https://i.imgur.com/Lw5HHRZ.png)
It's always annoyed me that they didn't dig it up.
Why do you want them to demolish it? It isn't hurting you. It isn't hurting anybody. It's a really neat place and I'm glad it's there. I don't understand how somebody can call themselves a "road enthusiast" but they want everything interesting about the hobby to go away.
I agree, except for removing the old Pine St overcrossing bridge and regrading it to ground level, leave it alone. If nothing else, in the indeterminate future, a developer might come by and use that old highway as a major access surface street in his or her new plans.
Mike
I always appreciate a good chunk of derelict old highway or abandoned anything to find. That said, is not the current FHWA standard to raze the abandoned road to allow plant growth to take place?
I'm quite old enough to remember when I-44 was still in its original configuration. Wasn't the current eastbound left exit to OK 66 a normal right exit from the old alignment?
One note about the old alignment: It is now a training ground for the OK Highway Patrol, among others. It's probably being used as a walking/biking trail as well.
Quote from: bugo on June 01, 2023, 08:52:35 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 01, 2023, 11:53:20 AM
I always appreciate a good chunk of derelict old highway or abandoned anything to find. That said, is not the current FHWA standard to raze the abandoned road to allow plant growth to take place?
This is Oklahoma. They don't care what the feds say. They do it however they feel like doing it on that particular day.
It's also a toll road, so Oklahoma can stick their finger in the eye of FHWA with impunity.