Heavily traveled Unofficial Bypasses that should be state highways

[peterj920]

There are some bypass routes that are used heavily but are not state highways.  Around Ripon, CTH A, CTH K, and CTH KK is a heavily traveled bypass route for Wis 23.
Highland Dr in Oconto Falls is a shorter to go through the city than Wis 22 is. 
In Kiel, CTH AA connects with Wis 67 and they combine to form a bypass for Wis 32/57.   

Are there any other unofficial bypasses that should have the main route rerouted on?

[empirestate]

For whatever reason, the first thing that comes to my mind is Schoenbar Road in Ketchikan, AK.


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[JREwing78]

- Territorial Rd and Bullard Rd around the NE side of Evansville, WI, connecting at each end to US 14.
- Hwy 59 replacing CTH N between Edgerton and Whitewater (or, a Hwy 20 extension to Edgerton via US 12 and CTH N)
- CTH A between Hwy 151 NE of Beaver Dam and Hwy 26 south of Juneau
- CTH MM between Brooklyn and Oregon
- CTH M between Verona and Oregon
- CTH N between Stoughton and Cottage Grove

[dfwmapper]

Homerville, GA, has a county road (named Bypass Road) that serves as a bypass of the town for US 84.

Loop 1910 in Andrews, TX, is a city street that forms a beltway that effectively serves as a bypass for TX 115, TX 176, and US 385.

[SEWIGuy]

-From WI-69, taking Dane County PB from just south of Verona to just west of Belleville to avoid the latter.  (They were actually contemplating relocating WI-69 to this route at one point.)
-As JR mentioned above, taking Rock County N instead of WI-59 from Edgerton to Whitewater to avoid Milton.

[thefraze_1020]

Cook Rd between I-5 and WA-20 in Sedro-Woolley sees as much traffic as WA-20, because it is the preferred route to Sedro-Woolley from southbound I-5.

Besides, "Sedro-Woolley" is signed from I-5 at the Cook Rd exit anyway, so it might as well be a state highway.

[doorknob60]

Lassen County Route A3 around Susanville, CA: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.3529976,-120.4517611,12z
CalTrans signs point people heading to Alturas and Lakeview down this road, so in a way it's an "official" bypass, but it's not a state highway. It saves about 14 miles over following US-395 the whole way.

[intelati49]

W 135th street (Santa Fe) in Kansas City, KS. Connects to MO 150 and serves as an adhoc alternative to (crush hour loaded) I-435.

[Mrt90]

-From WI-69, taking Dane County PB from just south of Verona to just west of Belleville to avoid the latter.  (They were actually contemplating relocating WI-69 to this route at one point.)
-As JR mentioned above, taking Rock County N instead of WI-59 from Edgerton to Whitewater to avoid Milton.

So many people take Rock County Hwy N to cut across from US 12 to I-39/I-90 on the way to Madison/Dells/etc that it's not only a bypass of Milton but also of Fort Atkinson and Cambridge.  The thing I sometimes forget is that it's not technically County N until you hit the Rock County Line, I think in Whitewater (Walworth County) it's actually called Walworth Ave, but there are signs now on US12 directing you to County N.

Someone above had a good idea to extend Hwy 20 west from the point it ends at the intersection with US12 and Hwy67. They could continue Hwy20 to run concurrently with US12, and then turn west replacing Rock County Hwy N, and then run it concurrently with Hwy59 to I-39/I-90 at least.

[hobsini2]

Hwy F between both ends of Wis 35 comes to mind to bypass River Falls and Hwy E between both ends of Wis 35 to bypass Prescott.

[SEWIGuy]

-From WI-69, taking Dane County PB from just south of Verona to just west of Belleville to avoid the latter.  (They were actually contemplating relocating WI-69 to this route at one point.)
-As JR mentioned above, taking Rock County N instead of WI-59 from Edgerton to Whitewater to avoid Milton.

So many people take Rock County Hwy N to cut across from US 12 to I-39/I-90 on the way to Madison/Dells/etc that it's not only a bypass of Milton but also of Fort Atkinson and Cambridge.  The thing I sometimes forget is that it's not technically County N until you hit the Rock County Line, I think in Whitewater (Walworth County) it's actually called Walworth Ave, but there are signs now on US12 directing you to County N.

You are within about 1/4 mile from the Rock County line at that intersection.  You are actually on an unmarked Walworth County S at this point.

[national highway 1]

Sanderson Ave in San Jacinto, CA. Currently CA 79 follows a more circuitous route along Ramona Xpwy, State St and West Florida Ave.

[andy3175]

Sanderson Ave in San Jacinto, CA. Currently CA 79 follows a more circuitous route along Ramona Xpwy, State St and West Florida Ave.

Excellent example. SR 79 also has a difficult time taking the most direct route from San Jacinto south to Warner Springs ... one must take SR 79 through Temecula and onto I-15 briefly rather than taking the very old alignment of SR 79 that is now County R-3 Sage Road.

[vtk]

CR 900N / Lafayette Center Rd between Roanoke, IN and I-69 should really be part of US 24 bypassing Fort Wayne to the south. Or so I've heard.

A string of county roads from Adrian, MI to Dundee should probably be a state route, but I don't think that could really be considered a bypass of anything.

OH 231 traffic can take a township road whose number I forget to shorten the trip slightly and bypass a hamlet called Wyandot.  Combined with US 23 and US 30, this makes an effective OH 4 bypass of Bucyrus when they shut down Sandusky Ave for the Bratwurst Festival (starting today) or unplanned incidents. The official detour is always asinine.

I use Ervin Rd and US 224 to cut between US 127 and US 30, skipping most of Van Wert, OH when I travel between Columbus and Fort Wayne.

[hbelkins]

Man o'War Boulevard in Lexington.

There are also a couple of backroads that can be used to bypass much of the commercial strip of Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. I think at least one has been adopted as a Tennessee state highway.

There's also a local road in (mumble), Tenn., that serves as a bypass for US 31E.

[Roadsguy]

A short bypass road for PA 100 around Eagle near the Turnpike was built a few years ago (on what was I believe ROW for the old planned expressway), but the 100 designation still goes through town despite the bypass being the better route.

[Zeffy]

CR 601 in Somerset County and Great Road in Mercer County (one continuous road). There is a surprising amount of traffic that use this 2-lane road to bypass some of the more congested parts of US 206 in Montgomery and Princeton.

[Avalanchez71]

Tom J. Hitch Pkwy which is used as a bypass around Columbia, TN by the locals that need to get from the North end to the South end.  The road is a county road that dips in and out of the city limits, however, there is little development along the the road.  The right of away that was acquired appears to easily able accommodation to a four lane divided highway.

[TEG24601]

Mercer St. in Seattle - Was originally going to be a freeway, instead became 1-way couplet, now a boulevard, and so heavily traveled it should be a State Route.  Bypasses downtown choke points, to access SR-99, when working properly.


Natio Parkway/Front Ave in Portland - adjacent to the former Harbor Dr./Fwy., this boulevard often becomes a bypass of I-5 when traffic backs up from I-84, and I-405 is jammed for one reason or another.  Formerly US/OR-99W, and should be again, if for no other reason than the sheer volume of traffic.


A minor local entry -
Ault Field Road and Heller Road around Oak Harbor, WA - a very common bypass of an otherwise choked small city.  Takes longer than if you could drive the speed limit through the city, but you never can.  Should really be a bypass route of SR 20.

[Rothman]

This has just been on my mind since the thread came to my attention:

In Hadley/Amherst, MA, a lot of people use Rocky Hill Road and Maple Street to bypass MA 9 to get to North Amherst, Leverett and other points north and northeast of downtown Amherst and the commercial strips in Hadley.

That said, I don't know if that route should be made a bona fide state highway.  I suppose they could be an extension of MA 63 back to MA 47 (thus completing a type of loop from Montague down to Hadley), but it's most likely not necessary.

[JCinSummerfield]

A string of county roads from Adrian, MI to Dundee should probably be a state route, but I don't think that could really be considered a bypass of anything.

If they extended M-34 east to US-23 (which is a natural extension), then the problem is solved, as Dundee is 4 miles north on US-23.  The mayor of our fine city (Petersburg) once inquired with the state about extending M-34, and they said if they did that, they would build a bypass around the towns of Deerfield & Petersburg, to make it more truck friendly.  This isn't on the state of Michigan's radar at all.

[mgk920]

- Territorial Rd and Bullard Rd around the NE side of Evansville, WI, connecting at each end to US 14.
- Hwy 59 replacing CTH N between Edgerton and Whitewater (or, a Hwy 20 extension to Edgerton via US 12 and CTH N)
- CTH A between Hwy 151 NE of Beaver Dam and Hwy 26 south of Juneau
- CTH MM between Brooklyn and Oregon
- CTH M between Verona and Oregon
- CTH N between Stoughton and Cottage Grove

IMHO, County 'A' (south of US 151) is likely to become a marked reroute of WI 26, once the upgrades to the south are complete.

Also, I can easily see Winnebago County 'N' and its eastward township road extension (Fisk Ave) between the I-41/WI 26 interchange in Oshkosh, WI and US 45 southeast of Oshkosh being upgraded to become US 45 to get US 45 off of Oshkosh city streets.  County 'I' (Oregon St and Jackson Dr, includes part of current US 45) north of County 'N' can become a southward extension of WI 76, too.

This looks to me like it would make a majorly useful 'natural' southern bypass of Oshkosh and southside access between Oshkosh and I-41.

Mike

[mwb1848]

"Truck Bypass Road" southwest of Silver City, NM, allows trucks to bypass downtown: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Truck+Bypass+Rd,+Silver+City,+NM+88061/@32.7688061,-108.2780964,14.75z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x86d8c7104e04f4d1:0x4e42a78cc2cbd05

There doesn't appear to be any state highway designation. However, trailblazers exist at each end pointing traffic to US 180 or NM 90.

There's a similar situation northeast of Carlsbad.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/N+Loop+Rd,+Carlsbad,+NM+88220/@32.4684069,-104.2472782,14.96z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x86e37745bd3e8d91:0x40be3dbc1e7b5994

North Loop Road is also known as WIPP Relief Route, meaning it allows highly toxic things to bypass downtown on the way to WIPP -- the U.S. Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

[PurdueBill]

CR 900N / Lafayette Center Rd between Roanoke, IN and I-69 should really be part of US 24 bypassing Fort Wayne to the south. Or so I've heard.

24 turning onto 900N and continuing into Allen County on Lafayette Center Rd and then straight onto I-469 is by far a much more sensible routing for US 24 thru traffic than either the current or previous route.  Those in the know go that way whenever possible. 

[The High Plains Traveler]

Sanderson Ave in San Jacinto, CA. Currently CA 79 follows a more circuitous route along Ramona Xpwy, State St and West Florida Ave.

That portion of CA-79 through San Jacinto has actually been relinquished by the state to the city. I know because I tried following it early this year, and the signage that was supposed to be maintained by the city has been removed.

In western Colorado, U.S. 50 has city-constructed bypasses through three cities. In Montrose, San Juan Avenue was traded to the state for Main Street through downtown a few years ago. But, Grand Junction has constructed Riverside Parkway, and Delta has constructed Confluence Blvd., both of which bypass business districts, and should carry the U.S. 50 mainline.