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Non-Interstate Route That carry a lot of Interstate Traffic

Started by 3467, December 29, 2014, 02:37:06 PM

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froggie

One not mentioned yet:  VA/NC 168.  Not a whole lot of truck traffic, but a fair bit of interstate passenger vehicles both heading to/from the Outer Banks as well as North Carolina commuters in the Hampton Roads area.


swbrotha100

AZ 85 between I-8 and I-10. US 93 between I-40 and I-515

MrDisco99

US 280 in AL carries lots of traffic from Birmingham southeast through Auburn, and flows into GA 520 through Columbus and Albany which connects to I-75 (Tifton) and I-95 (Brunswick)... LOTS of Florida traffic on this route.

You could continue the corridor up to memphis, but I-22 is taking care of that.

jwolfer

Quote from: Zzonkmiles on January 05, 2015, 12:51:58 AM
How about US 1 between Key West and Miami? Surely the number of out-of-state cars and RVs on the road must be astronomical.
There are lots of roads in Florida with lots of oit of state tags

Gnutella

Quote from: sbeaver44 on December 29, 2014, 06:12:48 PM
-US 19/Corridor L between I-79 and Beckley
-US 15 in Pennsylvania (Buffalo-Rochester to Washington DC)
-US 301 in Maryland
-US 13 in Delaware/Maryland/Virginia previously stated

U.S. 19 between I-79 and I-77 has a notorious speed trap in Summersville. The police there probably make a windfall with all the traffic between Pittsburgh and Charlotte.

In Missouri, U.S. 36 is increasingly being used by truck traffic between Kansas City and Chicago.

In Georgia, U.S. 129 and U.S. 441 are increasingly being used to bypass Atlanta. It's a straight shot between the I-75 corridor in middle and south Georgia, and I-85 in the Carolinas. The distance between I-75 in Macon and I-85 in Commerce is 114 miles via U.S. 129 and U.S. 441, versus 162 miles and the hassle of Atlanta traffic via I-75, I-675, I-285 and I-85. If you're going northbound, take the following route:


- Exit I-75 in Macon
- Follow U.S. 129 from Macon to Eatonton
- Follow U.S. 129/U.S. 441 from Eatonton to Athens
- Follow U.S. 441 from Athens to Commerce
- Enter I-85 in Commerce

(Read the chart in the opposite direction if you're going southbound.)


BAM! Atlanta traffic avoided. And once you get on I-85, you're only 30 miles from the South Carolina state line. The only drawback to using U.S. 129 and U.S. 441 is that it's mostly two lanes between Gray and Watkinsville. I expect that to change in the next 10 years, though.



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