Shortest US Highway in your state

[JCinSummerfield]

Already mentioned, but let's hear it for US-8!

[bugo]

I guess US 85 in El Paso that disappears into a duplex.

What about US 71?

[dfwmapper]

That's easy: US 160  less than one  mile long in NM, a road that has   a driveway going to the Four Corners Monument.

New Mexico: US 160, 1 mile

What about US 71?

US 71 is shorter than US 85.

Some of you need to read the thread before you post.

[texaskdog]

Some of you need to read the thread before you post.

[roadman65]

Some of you need to read the thread before you post.

Asking people to follow the thread is too much.

You should know that by now.

[roadfro]

The shortest US route mainline in Nevada is US 395, which is about 85 miles long (depending on how one measures US 395 in Carson City). That seems to be the longest "shortest US Highway" in a state of those mentioned (unless I missed something while scanning the thread).

[robbones]

What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?

[NE2]

What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?

Has to be Rhode Island.

[cl94]

What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?

Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

[cpzilliacus]

MD: US 222 3.61 mi. 

I respectfully disagree with the above. 

The other of U.S. 22's spur routes that reaches Maryland is shorter, according to the State Highway Administration's Highway Location Reference - U.S. 522 in Washington County is about 2.3 miles (that includes the concurrency in Maryland with I-70) from the West Virginia border to the Pennsylvania line (this is the point near Hancock where the distance from the Potomac River to the Pennsylvania border is at its shortest).

[froggie]

I'd mentioned US 522 earlier.

[dgolub]

What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?

Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.

[US71]

What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?

Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

Define "short"

[Bickendan]

What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?

Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.

US 97 disagrees!

[robbones]

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.

Alaska and Hawaii don't count for this topic.

[robbones]

What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?

Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.

US 97 disagrees!

Officially US 97 never existed in Alaska. Canada had to re number some highways as 97, but since Canada refused, US 97 didn't get approved in Alaska.

http://www.us-highways.com/ak-us.htm

[Bickendan]

What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?

Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.

US 97 disagrees!

Officially US 97 never existed in Alaska. Canada had to re number some highways as 97, but since Canada refused, US 97 didn't get approved in Alaska.

http://www.us-highways.com/ak-us.htm

Exactly -- Yukon didn't want to swap 1 for 97. Pedantic on AASHTO's part.

[hbelkins]

If US 2 can be presumed to have a gap through Canada, why can't US 97?

[froggie]

Following that logic, can we presume that I-76, I-84, I-86, and I-88 all have gaps?  I'd say no...

[Gnutella]

Massachusetts is surprisingly high for a small state. (US 3, 36 miles)

CT is smaller and higher: US 5 at 54.59 mi.   That is, if you don't count 1A at 1.93 mi.
RI: US 44 (26.3 mi) US 1A is 14 mi.
MD: US 222 3.61 mi. 
NH: US 2 35.4 mi.
PA: US 206 (0.46 mi)
VT: US 302 (35.6 mi)

U.S. 224 is another short one in Pennsylvania. It enters from Ohio and ends at U.S. 422 in New Castle nine miles later.

In Georgia, U.S. 11 and U.S. 378 are both 23 miles long. U.S. 11 parallels I-59 in the northwestern corner of the state, and U.S. 378 begins at U.S. 78 in Washington (not far north of I-20) and crosses Strom Thurmond Lake into South Carolina.

[empirestate]

Following that logic, can we presume that I-76, I-84, I-86, and I-88 all have gaps?  I'd say no...

I agree, but not by following that logic. The gap in US 2 is because of Canada–that is, we can imagine that if the territory between the segments of US 2 were part of the U.S., then the route would be continuous through there. But the Interstates don't have that excuse, since the territory between their segments is part of the U.S., yet they're discontinuous anyway.

[Bickendan]

Following that logic, can we presume that I-76, I-84, I-86, and I-88 all have gaps?  I'd say no...

I agree, but not by following that logic. The gap in US 2 is because of Canada–that is, we can imagine that if the territory between the segments of US 2 were part of the U.S., then the route would be continuous through there. But the Interstates don't have that excuse, since the territory between their segments is part of the U.S., yet they're discontinuous anyway.

Although one could imagine I-76 riding along I-80 and I-71 unsigned, and I-84 along I-80 and I-380 (PA)... as amusing as the concept is, though, it's pointless.

[spell4yr]

Massachusetts is surprisingly high for a small state. (US 3, 36 miles)

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NH: US 2 35.4 mi.
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US 1 is shorter. I don't remember the exact distance, but it's not 35 miles.

[hotdogPi]

Massachusetts is surprisingly high for a small state. (US 3, 36 miles)

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NH: US 2 35.4 mi.
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US 1 is shorter. I don't remember the exact distance, but it's not 35 miles.

I-95 is 17 miles in New Hampshire, so US 1 should be about 17 miles.

[US 41]

What is the shortest "longest US Highway" in a state just to reverse the question?

Has to be Rhode Island.

Likely, at a mere 57 miles for US 1.

We could also ask about the longest "shortest US highway".

How about Alaska?  It's longest US highway is nothing with a length of zero.

US 97 disagrees!

Officially US 97 never existed in Alaska. Canada had to re number some highways as 97, but since Canada refused, US 97 didn't get approved in Alaska.

http://www.us-highways.com/ak-us.htm

So this explains why BC 97 is numbered the way it is!