Unpaved Exits on interstates

[Roadrunner75]

Runaway truck ramps.   

[CtrlAltDel]

Runaway truck ramps.   

You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.

[dfwmapper]

Pretty sure it's illegal to drive on a runaway truck ramp if you're not actually in a runaway vehicle. Can't count those. Bureaucrat, you are hereby demoted.

[SD Mapman]

Runaway truck ramps.   

Pardon my ignorance, but where are any of these on interstates? The only ones I've seen have been on non-interstates (but then I'm not really familiar with mountainous interstates)

[adventurernumber1]

Runaway truck ramps.   

Pardon my ignorance, but where are any of these on interstates? The only ones I've seen have been on non-interstates (but then I'm not really familiar with mountainous interstates)

There are some runaway truck ramps on I-24 near Monteagle, TN, where the two bounds split going down the plateau.

[dfwmapper]

Pardon my ignorance, but where are any of these on interstates? The only ones I've seen have been on non-interstates (but then I'm not really familiar with mountainous interstates)

Arizona has a pair on I-17 headed into the Verde Valley.
Northbound
Southbound

[spooky]

There is a runaway truck ramp on the Mass Pike (I-90) EB approaching the bridge over the Westfield River. This is near the end of the 30-mile gap between Exits 2 and 3, where the Turnpike climbs to 1,724 ft (highest point on I-90 until Oacama, SD)

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1576445,-72.8169999,1031m/data=!3m1!1e3

[Pete from Boston]

There is a runaway truck ramp on the Mass Pike (I-90) EB approaching the bridge over the Westfield River. This is near the end of the 30-mile gap between Exits 2 and 3, where the Turnpike climbs to 1,724 ft (highest point on I-90 until Oacama, SD)

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1576445,-72.8169999,1031m/data=!3m1!1e3

I knew there was a really familiar one I couldn't think of.

I haven't driven that stretch in a couple of years, but I believe the Turnpike runs almost continuously downhill for something like six miles from that highest point. 

I'm curious a) if the ramp was installed proactively or reactively, and b) how much use it's seen. 

[spooky]

There is a runaway truck ramp on the Mass Pike (I-90) EB approaching the bridge over the Westfield River. This is near the end of the 30-mile gap between Exits 2 and 3, where the Turnpike climbs to 1,724 ft (highest point on I-90 until Oacama, SD)

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1576445,-72.8169999,1031m/data=!3m1!1e3

I knew there was a really familiar one I couldn't think of.

I haven't driven that stretch in a couple of years, but I believe the Turnpike runs almost continuously downhill for something like six miles from that highest point. 

I'm curious a) if the ramp was installed proactively or reactively, and b) how much use it's seen. 

I drove this route around 10-15 times per year for most of the 90s, and I can tell you that it was rare that there were fresh looking tracks - maybe once or twice the entire time.

I can also attest to the downhill nature of the Turnpike in that area, based on a ticket for going 80 in a 55 in a 1980 Pontiac Sunbird that had no business going 80 mph. (This was approximately 10 days before the speed limit increased to 65)

[Roadrunner75]

Here's one on I-176 approaching the PA Turnpike entrance south of Reading:
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.167482,-75.886023&spn=0.000008,0.005611&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=40.167504,-75.887167&panoid=FbQDZP2ZTqCFfSZgmKzJJA&cbp=12,131.78,,0,1.25
Also one along I-68 here:
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.710113,-78.305743&spn=0.000004,0.002806&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=39.710179,-78.305665&panoid=OcsDGfAlz0KxL7XChVAEQg&cbp=12,245.82,,0,-3.44

[cl94]

Runaway truck ramps.   

Pardon my ignorance, but where are any of these on interstates? The only ones I've seen have been on non-interstates (but then I'm not really familiar with mountainous interstates)

There are two on the SB side of I-77 in Virginia south of Exit 8. Other than those and the aforementioned ones, they're much more common out west where steep grades are unavoidable and in TN/NC. IMO, New York should have some on I-87 in the Adirondacks and NY 17/Future I-86 near Wurtsboro given conditions and the amount of accidents, but that's probably asking too much.

Off Interstates, there's one on MA 2 just east of the NY border, one on NY 28 south of Herkimer, and a couple pretty well-known ones on US 219 near Ridgway (including on the truck lane), but even those are rare in the mountainous parts of the northeast.

[Mr_Northside]

I-376 has one descending down Greentree hill towards the Ft. Pitt Tunnels

Of course, I also wouldn't count runaway truck ramps, mostly cause, while they split from the primary carriageway, they don't really exit to anywhere (at least everyone I've seen).

[hbelkins]

I-26 after crossing the Tennessee state line in North Carolina. Can't remember if there's one on the Tennessee side or not.

I-64 east of Beckley descending the mountain down to the New River.

[seicer]

VA I-64, Exit 1 for Jerry's Run Road is gravel and dirt: http://goo.gl/maps/vjRad
VA I-64, Exit 43 goes to a gravel road to the south: http://goo.gl/maps/poIrj

[bassoon1986]

Exit 169 on I-49 in Louisiana leads to unpaved Asseff Rd.

Exit 132 on I-49 used to be going east on LA 478, but it is now paved.

On I-10 in Louisiana:
Exit 121 for Butte La Rose going northbound turns to dirt or gravel
Exit 127 for Whiskey Bay you can see the (fuzzy) state highway shield past the pavement: https://www.google.com/maps/@30.368317,-91.635014,3a,75y,348.96h,77.91t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sg5GJIBHtTp-aC1BRlNQ99g!2e0

[myosh_tino]

Runaway truck ramps.   

Pardon my ignorance, but where are any of these on interstates? The only ones I've seen have been on non-interstates (but then I'm not really familiar with mountainous interstates)

In California...

* I-80 westbound near Alta --- http://goo.gl/maps/mU5YL
* I-5 northbound at the Grapevine --- http://goo.gl/maps/o2LWq and http://goo.gl/maps/3VhZV
* I-15 eastbound at Mtn Pass --- http://goo.gl/maps/8cIGb

There are probably more in California but these are the ones I have personally seen.

[GCrites]

jeez guys