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Highway in your state with the furthest terminus

Started by OCGuy81, April 22, 2020, 12:55:27 PM

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OCGuy81

Inspired by the "getting to" posts, what highway in your state (US or Interstate) has the most miles ahead of it after leaving your state?

Example: after leaving Oregon, US 20 still has roughly 2900 miles to go.



sprjus4

#1
Interstates -

Virginia - I-95 South - 872 miles to Miami, FL
North Carolina - I-40 West - 2,131 miles to Barstow, CA
South Carolina - I-95 North - 1,198 miles to Houlton, ME / I-20 West - 1,193 miles to Fort Davis, TX / I-10

NWI_Irish96

#2
Indiana has several that are bunched closely together:

US 30 WB has 2280 miles until its terminus in Astoria, OR
US 20 WB has 2265 miles until its terminus in Newport, OR
US 12 WB has 2217 miles until its terminus in Aberdeen, WA
US 50 WB has 2197 miles until its terminus in West Sacramento, CA
I-80 WB has 2131 miles until its terminus in San Francisco
US 6 WB has 2060 miles until its terminus in Bishop, CA
I-90 WB has 2052 miles until its terminus in Seattle

I wonder if any other state has at least 7 routes that go more than 2000 miles.  I know all 7 of Indiana's routes go through Illinois, but when you subtract Illinois' mileage at least a few of them go under 2000.
Indiana: counties 100%, highways 100%
Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%

frankenroad

For Ohio, it looks like US-30, about 2,430 miles.   US-6 and US-50 probably were originally longer, but have been truncated in California. 

I-80 is the longest Interstate beyond Ohio, about 70 miles longer than I-90.
2di's clinched: 44, 66, 68, 71, 72, 74, 78, 83, 84(east), 86(east), 88(east), 96

Highways I've lived on M-43, M-185, US-127

1995hoo

I live in Virginia and I assume it would be westbound US-50.
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OCGuy81

I'm thinking central states like Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, etc could be interesting and difficult to determine.

Texas?? Perhaps US 62?

rlb2024

Louisiana would probably be I-10 west (about 1,680 miles to the Pacific Ocean -- more than half of that in Texas), followed by US 11 (about 1,614 miles to upstate New York).

hbelkins

Kentucky's would almost certainly be US 60 to its western end in Arizona.
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OCGuy81

Michigan looks close. Is it US 41 leaving the UP or I-75?

hotdogPi

Quote from: OCGuy81 on April 22, 2020, 02:47:31 PM
Michigan looks close. Is it US 41 leaving the UP or I-75?

US 12 seems to have them both beat.
Clinched

Traveled, plus
US 13, 50
MA 22,35,40,53,79,107,109,126,138,141,151,159,203
NH 27, 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 9A, 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32, 193, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 36

OCGuy81

#10
Quote from: 1 on April 22, 2020, 02:48:43 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on April 22, 2020, 02:47:31 PM
Michigan looks close. Is it US 41 leaving the UP or I-75?

US 12 seems to have them both beat.

D'oh! 😂 I'd forgotten about that one sneaking out the SW corner. I guess I'd forgotten US 2 as well

Roadgeekteen

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TheHighwayMan3561

Is this question about routes originating in your state or include any route just passing through?

Flint1979

US-12 for Michigan. It has 2,274 miles left after leaving Michigan. US-2 has 1,810 miles left after leaving Michigan.

Eth

The obvious answer for Georgia would seem to be US 1...but it would be incorrect. Per Wikipedia, it continues north for 1,601 miles after leaving Georgia, but the winner is actually US 84, which heads west for 1,661 miles before ending in Colorado.

jp the roadgeek

#15
CT:

Interstate:  I-95 1343 miles from CT/NY border to Miami (unless you were to count silent I-84 mileage on I-80/I-81 between UT and PA)
US Route: US 6 2938 miles from CT/NY border to Bishop, CA
State Route: CT 12 228.8 miles from CT/MA border as MA/NH/VT 12 to Morrisville, VT

RI:

Interstate: I-95 1454 miles from RI/CT border to Miami
US Route: US 6 3054.4 miles from RI/CT border to Bishop, CA
State Route: RI 122 67.15 from RI/MA border as MA 122 to Orange, MA (although RIDOT would have you believe it's RI 1A by its new signage on I-195.  If this were so, it would win at 113.44 miles as MA/NH 1A [with silent concurrencies] from the RI/MA border to Portsmouth). 

MA

Interstate: I-90 2884.72 miles from MA/NY border to Seattle
US Route: US 20 3212 miles from MA/NY border to Newport, OR if you count the portion through Yellowstone.  If you don't, US 6 wins at 3080.9 miles from MA/RI border to Bishop, CA.
State Route: MA 12 164.4 miles from MA/NH border as NH/VT 12 to Morrisville, VT

NY

Interstate: I-90 2499 miles from NY/PA border to Seattle
US Route: US 6 2860 miles from NY/PA border to Bishop, CA (wins by 21 miles over US 20)
State Route: NY 2 142.3 miles from NY/MA border to Boston.  If you allow for number changes, NY 7 wins going away at 445.9 miles as VT/NH/ME 9 to Calais, ME.   
Interstates I've clinched: 97, 290 (MA), 291 (CT), 291 (MA), 293, 295 (DE-NJ-PA), 295 (RI-MA), 384, 391, 395 (CT-MA), 395 (MD), 495 (DE), 610 (LA), 684, 691, 695 (MD), 695 (NY), 795 (MD)

Max Rockatansky

US 6 has about 3,150 miles outside of California and beats out the likes of US 50 and I-80 by a couple hundred miles. 

US 89

For Utah the winner appears to also be US 6, with 2479 miles remaining from the Colorado border to Provincetown.

Honorable mention to the three other routes with over 2000 miles remaining at the eastern state line: US 50 (2165 miles), US 40 (2110 miles), and I-80 (2087 miles).

cpzilliacus

Maryland.

U.S. highways - clearly U.S. 50, about 3073 miles from near its eastern terminus in Ocean City to Sacramento, California according to this sign.

Interstates - I-70, about 2160 miles from its eastern terminus on the west edge of Baltimore to its western terminus at Beaver, Utah (not Cove Fort) at the junction with I-15 (the sign west of I-695 says 2200 miles, which apparently overstates things a little).
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Roadgeekteen

The interstate answer for Massachusetts would be I-90.
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oscar

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on April 22, 2020, 04:33:41 PM
The interstate answer for Massachusetts would be I-90.

US 6 and US 20 (over 3300 miles) are both longer.
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Roadgeekteen

Quote from: oscar on April 22, 2020, 04:46:16 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on April 22, 2020, 04:33:41 PM
The interstate answer for Massachusetts would be I-90.

US 6 and US 20 (over 3300 miles) are both longer.
Interstate highways I mean. I know that US 6 and 20 are longer.
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ozarkman417

For Interstates this would be I-70 (approx. 1111 miles from KC to I-15).
U.S. Highway answer is probably U.S. 50 (approx. 1768 miles to I-80 JCT in Sacramento from KC).
For combined state routes, Route 5 (from just south of Gainesville, MO to US 67/167).

OCGuy81

Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on April 22, 2020, 03:15:13 PM
Is this question about routes originating in your state or include any route just passing through?

Any route just passing through. Whichever end of your state (N,S, E, W) it leaves out of, the highway that has the most "life" ahead of it after

TheHighwayMan3561

For Minnesota it's between US 2 and US 12 both ending on the Washington coast. I can't find mileage figures by state to figure it out.