Bypasses that are shorter than the original route

[vtk]

Many bypasses go straight through town where the bypass swings around the town.

I don't disagree with what I think you meant, but what you actually typed doesn't make much of a sensible point. The first bolded word should have been something else, right?

[bugo]

Duh.  Shoot me.

[JustDrive]

Is the CA 4 Bypass in Antioch/Oakley/Brentwood shorter than the actual (soon to be former) State Route 4?

[roadman65]

How about when I-80 was built in Warren County, NJ?  It replaced US 46 that is 8 miles longer than I-80 from Columbia to Netcong. 

I-75 from Naples to Fort Myers in Florida cuts down the driving time wise than its companion US 41 by almost a half.  I do not know if the distance is shorter, but US 41 between those two cities is red light city.  You have many intersections in Fort Myers that have long wait signals and very frequent!  You cannot go even a mile without being stopped at another major crossroad.

I-95 is definetly a godsend for US 1 from Fredericksburg, VA to probably Portland, ME with the many stop lights the old road has between these two points.  Only from Bel Air, MD to Longwood Gardens in PA you have somewhat of open roading  in Maryland and a freeway around Oxford and Kennett Square in PA on US 1.  The rest is urbania or suburbia.

[The High Plains Traveler]

US 61 in Duluth used to have the "bypass" straight thru, whereas 61 ran a few blocks up the hill, then came back down

Not sure of what you're referencing. U.S. 61 went "up the hill" from the original end of I-35 as far as 3rd and 4th Streets, then at about 10th Avenue East jogged down to London Road. MN-23 went further east and ended up on Superior St., eventually intersecting U.S. 61 east of the city. The MN-23 designation was removed before the completion of I-35. After I-35 was completed around downtown, 61 (by then a state highway) went away through the city and now begins at an end-to-end intersection with I-35 where it ends at London Road.  I don't think there were any pre-I-35 bypasses of U.S. 61, but if you point something out I am missing I will look it up since I have maps.

It helps to understand that Duluth is on a hillside overlooking Lake Superior, and numbered Streets are parallel to the lakeshore. An increase in street number is also an increase in elevation. Avenues are perpendicular to the lakeshore.

[TheStranger]

Is the CA 4 Bypass in Antioch/Oakley/Brentwood shorter than the actual (soon to be former) State Route 4?

It's 5 miles shorter to take the bypass road than the surface street Route 4.

[roadman65]

How about the New River Gorge Bridge in WV?  That made US 19 much shorter than its original alignment that was winding its way down the gorge to only do the same up hill across the river.  Now its level and straight, so this is the best example of that.

[Alps]

How about the New River Gorge Bridge in WV?  That made US 19 much shorter than its original alignment that was winding its way down the gorge to only do the same up hill across the river.  Now its level and straight, so this is the best example of that.

I'd say that's much more of a realignment than a bypass. The new Hoover Dam bypass, though, is both. If all you're doing is cutting mileage or time, it's a realignment. If you're getting around something, it's a bypass. If for whatever reason getting around something is less distance than going through it, then you have the subject of this thread.
US 66's second alignment - heading east of Albuquerque instead of north - bypassing Santa Fe is much shorter than going up through it and back down.

[Takumi]

US 460's bypass of Blackstone and Nottoway is a mile or two shorter than the business route.

[mgk920]

From what I can tell, US 41's current routing through the Green Bay, WI area is shorter than any of its older 'through town' routings.

Mike

[roadman65]

Cannot forget about US 58 bypassing Courtland, VA.  That is shorter than its original alignment through town, as the newer US 58 cuts a straight line while the other from west to east goes northward with VA 35 into town, then splits from VA 35 and heads southeastward.  It is a shortcut for sure!

I am not sure about the Franklin- Holland Bypass though, but it may be shorter as well.
The Suffolk Bypass, of course, is longer, but for US 460 its shorter.

[Mark68]

How about I-80 in Sacramento? It's routed like a "bypass" to Bus 80, and I believe the original 80 (now Bus 80) went straight thru downtown, and former I-880 (now I-80 mainline) bypassed to the north.

[exit322]

Post Merge: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM

Whoa.  This must have been the first message board ever created on the internet.

[deathtopumpkins]

Post Merge: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM

Whoa.  This must have been the first message board ever created on the internet.

It's just a glitch resulting from the loss of the timestamp when posts are merged multiple times. That's a default date in computing.

[Takumi]

The Suffolk Bypass, of course, is longer, but for US 460 its shorter.

The Farmville bypass is shorter for US 15 but longer for US 460. The Keysville bypass is also shorter than the business route.

[TheStranger]

How about I-80 in Sacramento? It's routed like a "bypass" to Bus 80, and I believe the original 80 (now Bus 80) went straight thru downtown, and former I-880 (now I-80 mainline) bypassed to the north.

Today's Business 80 is about 1.4 miles longer than the current I-80 route/original I-880.