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State routes whose numbers reflect their status as former US routes?

Started by KCRoadFan, August 15, 2020, 11:17:04 PM

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KCRoadFan

Recently, I was thinking about the many examples of state routes with numbers that derive from or allude to the US routes that they replaced. Such numbers tend to fall in one of two main categories - one being former alignments of extant US routes. Examples that readily come to mind are the 100-series highways in Mississippi, which are designated whenever the US route bypasses a town, as well as roads in Missouri such as MO 367 and MO 350, which are former alignments of US 67 north of St. Louis and US 50 east of KC, respectively. Also in Missouri, the former alignment of US 24 through Lexington is designated MO 224.

The other category is roads that serve as "successor highways" for decommissioned or truncated US routes. Examples of these include state routes numbered 66 in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and California, which were assigned to parts of US 66; in addition, MO 366 was assigned to Watson Road, which once carried US 66 through the St. Louis area. In a similar vein, state routes numbered 99 in California, Oregon, and Washington were designated along the path of former US 99. Also, Minnesota and Wisconsin have state highways numbered 16, which were assigned to parts of former US 16 after it was decommissioned in those states; in addition, Highways 61 and 65 in Minnesota were designated after the US routes of the same number were truncated in that state.

Aside from the aforementioned, what other examples are there of state highways whose numbers derive from, or allude to, those of the US routes they replaced?


TheHighwayMan3561

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MN 65 both was and wasn't a downgraded US 65. MN 65 and US 65 changed over at Washington Avenue in Minneapolis (old US 12/52), with MN 65 being extended south to I-35W when US 65 was eliminated, though MN 65 is no longer continuous as the section between the end of the downtown freeway spur and Washington Ave was turned back.

For a year in the mid-30s US 65 was allegedly extended north to US 2, but AASHO "retroactively declined"  the extension as unnecessary and it went back to MN 65 within a couple years. In any case whether a reader thinks that counts as being US 65 or not (it was likely never signed) the section of MN 65 north of US 2 was still never US 65.

We also have:
MN 371
MN 210 (which extends further than its US counterpart did on both ends)
former MN 361
it's *possible* part of MN 55 southeast of Minneapolis was old US 55

ozarkman417

More MO ones:

MO 266, 571, 413, and of course, 66.

maybe 765?

Roadgeekteen

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jp the roadgeek

DE 202 as a former alignment of US 202
PA 611
MD 140

CT 66 is sort of a reflection of the former alignment of US 6A
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KCRoadFan

Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on August 15, 2020, 11:24:45 PM
Washington Avenue in Minneapolis (old US 12/52)

In the spirit of this thread - perhaps is that why Washington Avenue is designated as County Road 152? Because, numerically speaking, that would make a lot of sense.

sprjus4

CA-60 reflects the original alignment of US-60 before I-10 took over most of its alignment west of Phoenix. It is a major east-west freeway parallel to I-10 in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Max Rockatansky

CA 299, CA 66, CA 91, and CA 60 also for California.  Arguably CA 46 is a reference to US 466.  AZ 89 and 89A were US 89 and 89A.  AZ 80/NM 80 were part of US 80, AZ 66 was US 66.  AZ 180A was once US 180. 

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jay8g

Washington's SR 410 is a small segment of former US 410 (with the remainder becoming parts of other highways -- mostly US 12).

Mapmikey

VA 360
MD 222
MD 213
PA 120
PA 309
NY 104
KY 227
IA 163
TX 75
OH 21
OH 25
M-25
M-27
M-10
KS 383
MN 16
WI 16

Crown Victoria

Quote from: Mapmikey on August 16, 2020, 07:03:07 AM
VA 360
MD 222
MD 213
PA 120
PA 309
NY 104
KY 227
IA 163
TX 75
OH 21
OH 25
M-25
M-27
M-10
KS 383
MN 16
WI 16
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on August 15, 2020, 11:50:35 PM
DE 202 as a former alignment of US 202
PA 611
MD 140

CT 66 is sort of a reflection of the former alignment of US 6A

In Pennsylvania, also PA 106 and PA 706 (for sections of US 106) and PA 230.

NWI_Irish96

IN 152 used to be part of US 152.
The now-decommissioned IN 112 used to be part of IN 112.
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Takumi

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tdindy88

IN 933 used to be US 33 through South Bend and Mishawaka before US 33 was truncated to Elkhart.

NWI_Irish96

Quote from: tdindy88 on August 16, 2020, 08:56:41 AM
IN 933 used to be US 33 through South Bend and Mishawaka before US 33 was truncated to Elkhart.

I guess I was just looking at exact matches, but yes, 930, 931 and 933 are all former routings of US highways. I haven't been able to find any evidence that US 12 ever traveled any part of IN 912.
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wanderer2575

Quote from: Mapmikey on August 16, 2020, 07:03:07 AM

M-25
M-27
M-10


M-125 (another section of former US-25)
M-227 (at least the north-south portion of it; another section of former US-27)

pianocello

IL 38 was once Alternate US Route 30, or US 30A (sound it out).

The numbering was probably just a coincidence, though. I don't think the US Route was ever signed as 30A, just Alt. US 30.
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CNGL-Leudimin

CA, OR, WA 99.

I previously thought UT 30 was at least in part a former alignment of US 30S, but nope.
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Scott5114

OK 270 is old US 270.
Part of OK 266 is old US 66.
OK 166 is a reference to US 66 as well.
K-383 is old US 283.
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TheHighwayMan3561

Quote from: KCRoadFan on August 15, 2020, 11:54:07 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on August 15, 2020, 11:24:45 PM
Washington Avenue in Minneapolis (old US 12/52)

In the spirit of this thread - perhaps is that why Washington Avenue is designated as County Road 152? Because, numerically speaking, that would make a lot of sense.

That's likely related to former MN 152, which was the route from Minneapolis to St. Cloud before I-94 was built (US 52 was paired with US 10 on the north side of the river during that time, and shifted to I-94 for continuity later), although some of modern County 152 extends beyond that route's length, such as the Cedar Avenue section.

US 89

Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on August 16, 2020, 02:41:54 PM
I previously thought UT 30 was at least in part a former alignment of US 30S, but nope.

Part of it actually was - until US 30S was decommissioned in 1970, the segment of SR 30 between Curlew Junction and Tremonton was concurrent with US 30S. SR 30 has now been moved onto I-84 and it's questionable whether it even exists over its concurrencies with I-84/I-15/US 89, but the part between Curlew Junction and Snowville is in fact an old alignment of 30S.

Utah had apparently tried multiple times in the 1950s to add the corridor from Tremonton, UT to Sage, WY to the US route system - variously proposed as US 30, 330, and even 30C. All those proposals got hung up at some point, probably either because AASHTO rejected them or Utah couldn't get Wyoming to go along with them. At any rate, in the 1960s Utah created a State Route 30 along that Sage-Tremonton corridor, and to justify the number, the route was extended further west over SR 70 to what was then Nevada SR 30 towards Montello. Of course, Nevada's SR 30 was changed to 233 in a major 1978 renumbering.

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