I don't know, maybe this is random, but I just noticed that as one enters Texas on I-10 from New Mexico, the second town they hit is Vinton. As one enters I-10 in Louisiana from Texas, the first town they hit is Vinton.
Anywhere else like this- where the same road hits a place with the same name at roughly the same part of the state, but in different states?
I-85 comes across my mind for this one.
Mecklenburg County, NC, is near the southern end of I-85's drive through NC.
Same thing with Virginia. Mecklenburg County is the southernmost county along I-85's short Virginia journey.
Mecklenburg is the second NC county on NB I-85, while it's the first one driving north into Virginia.
Not exactly what you were looking for, but your question reminded me of this:
Sanderson Florida is about 50 miles west of the east end of US 90. If you continue west on US 90 for about 1600 miles, you'll reach a Sanderson in Texas, which is situated about 185 miles east of the highway's west end.
http://www.usends.com/Explore/Sanderson/index.html
US 41 and I-94 both pass though Lake County, IL and Lake County, IN.
Mike
This is a little bit different because these are adjoining parts of two states, but it's interesting that I-74 goes through Vermilion County, IL at its east end in the state and then when it crosses the border into Indiana, it goes through Vermillion County, IN(notice the difference in spelling).
US 101: Smith River CA is just south of the California-Oregon border and the Smith River is in that area. Head a bit north of Reedsport OR (around 150 miles) and there's the Smith River again...LOL!
Rick
US-54 crosses the Mississippi between Pike County, IL and Pike County, MO
There is O'Fallon, IL on the eastern side of the St. Louis, MO metropolitan area and O'Fallon, MO on the western side of the same metro area. Both are on Interstate 64.
I-90, US 20, and NY/PA 5 are all in Erie County, NY and Erie County, PA (the only PA county they go through). In NY, I-90 enters Erie County at about the 40 mile mark and US 20 and NY 5 enter at about the 41.4 mile mark. In PA, I-90 is 46.4 miles long, and both US 20 and PA 5 are about 45 miles long.
U.S. 220 passes through Allegany County, MD and Allegheny County, VA.
U.S. 340 starts in Frederick County, MD and just barely misses Frederick County, VA.
U.S. 30 goes through Allen County, Indiana, crosses across Van Wert County (nipping the corners of Paulding and Putnam Counties) and then goes across Allen County, Ohio.
I-91 hits Springfield, VT in the second half of the state, about 22 miles after crossing another Interstate (I-93). It also drives through Springfield, Mass after crossing I-90.
To be even more technical: I-91 passes through Hartford, CT. It also passes through Hartford, VT (which White River Junction is actually part of). This link from Google Maps even shows the municipal boundary for Vermont's Hartford:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Hartford,+VT&hl=en&ll=43.664395,-72.302055&spn=0.129394,0.280495&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=36.231745,71.806641&oq=Hartford&hnear=Hartford,+Windsor,+Vermont&t=m&z=12
Also not exactly the same but heading southbound on US 63 from Missouri into Arkansas, it encounters AR 9 to the southwest approximately 2 blocks past the Arkansas state line. One state to the south, crossing into Junction City, Louisiana, it also encounters LA 9 to the southwest about 2 blocks into LA.
There are two notable places called Hilliard in the US. One is a small town along US 23 in Florida, northwest of Jacksonville. The other is in Ohio, a suburb on the northwest side of Columbus, whuch US 23 also passes through.
And then there's Urbana, in Champaign County, IL, and Urbana, in Champaign County, OH. Too bad there's not a single highway connecting both. But if you look at the Ohio portion of US 36 (which passes through Urbana) and extrapolate it westward, it points rather directly at Urbana, IL.
Two weak examples add up to one good example, right?
PS my phone doesn't autocorrect much but it keeps wanting to change IL to I'LL, even in all-caps.