"Bypasses" around Nothing Special

[jlam]

I nominate the two-year-old Mentone Bypass, a four-lane bypass of the town of 22. The bypass directs trucks around the town to the oil fields in the north.



Kinda looks like the beginnings of a Cities: Skylines world.

[Bruce]

US 195 skirts around Plaza, a tiny spot in the Palouse with a handful of homes and many more cows. The interchange is probably a bit overkill.

[freebrickproductions]

US 195 skirts around Plaza, a tiny spot in the Palouse with a handful of homes and many more cows. The interchange is probably a bit overkill.

What's up with this road stub?
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.3100494,-117.3886839,3a,36.7y,170.21h,87.4t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1surdur3-z-bBqK0KCFqJ7ug!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.6022741416608426%26panoid%3Durdur3-z-bBqK0KCFqJ7ug%26yaw%3D170.2148528556944!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQzMC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Over here in Alabama, you have AL 201, which serves as a bypass/cutoff between US 29 and AL 93 for the tiny town of Banks:
https://www.google.com/maps/@31.8056863,-85.8266547,3800m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQzMC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[Bruce]

US 195 skirts around Plaza, a tiny spot in the Palouse with a handful of homes and many more cows. The interchange is probably a bit overkill.

What's up with this road stub?
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.3100494,-117.3886839,3a,36.7y,170.21h,87.4t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1surdur3-z-bBqK0KCFqJ7ug!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.6022741416608426%26panoid%3Durdur3-z-bBqK0KCFqJ7ug%26yaw%3D170.2148528556944!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQzMC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

The north half of the bypass was constructed first, so it rejoined the old alignment using that stub. Once the section south of Cheney Plaza Road was completed, it wasn't needed anymore.

[freebrickproductions]

US 195 skirts around Plaza, a tiny spot in the Palouse with a handful of homes and many more cows. The interchange is probably a bit overkill.

What's up with this road stub?
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.3100494,-117.3886839,3a,36.7y,170.21h,87.4t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1surdur3-z-bBqK0KCFqJ7ug!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D2.6022741416608426%26panoid%3Durdur3-z-bBqK0KCFqJ7ug%26yaw%3D170.2148528556944!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQzMC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

The north half of the bypass was constructed first, so it rejoined the old alignment using that stub. Once the section south of Cheney Plaza Road was completed, it wasn't needed anymore.

Ah, that makes sense. Surprised it wasn't at least partially repurposed into a ramp.

[GaryV]

is just a wide spot in the road

It's really a small town when a "wide spot in the road" isn't any wider.

[vdeane]

Kinda looks like the beginnings of a Cities: Skylines world.

It's missing the highway carriageways randomly turning into a pair of two-way two-lane roads.

[Molandfreak]

Low-hanging fruit, but I-57 around Cairo.

[Max Rockatansky]

Ruins porn is always special.

[RobbieL2415]

How about a bypass of sand?

This one was needed due to coastal erosion.
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6146374,-75.4662982,3810m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQzMC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[roadman65]

NC 42 around Wilson, NC is nothing special, but to make Ward Blvd part of the state road system.  It's shorter to drive through Wilson.

[formulanone]

I nominate the two-year-old Mentone Bypass, a four-lane bypass of the town of 22. The bypass directs trucks around the town to the oil fields in the north.



Kinda looks like the beginnings of a Cities: Skylines world.

Thread over, you win.

I'm surprised there hadn't been jokes about the Mentone Bypass on this forum.

[WillWeaverRVA]

I nominate the two-year-old Mentone Bypass, a four-lane bypass of the town of 22. The bypass directs trucks around the town to the oil fields in the north.



Kinda looks like the beginnings of a Cities: Skylines world.

Thread over, you win.

I'm surprised there hadn't been jokes about the Mentone Bypass on this forum.

Now THAT is overbuilding to a comical extreme. Of course, Mentone IS an important...ish...place, as it's the largest population center and county seat of Loving County with its immense population of 64 (why does this county even exist?).

[PColumbus73]

I nominate the two-year-old Mentone Bypass, a four-lane bypass of the town of 22. The bypass directs trucks around the town to the oil fields in the north.



Kinda looks like the beginnings of a Cities: Skylines world.

Thread over, you win.

I'm surprised there hadn't been jokes about the Mentone Bypass on this forum.

Now THAT is overbuilding to a comical extreme. Of course, Mentone IS an important...ish...place, as it's the largest population center and county seat of Loving County with its immense population of 64 (why does this county even exist?).

Rest assured that a Texas politician will designate a future I-20N corridor to ensure such an important town is connected to the interstate system.

[Rothman]

Makes me wonder if turning radii or other maneuvering concerns led to that.

[elsmere241]

NC 42 around Wilson, NC is nothing special, but to make Ward Blvd part of the state road system.  It's shorter to drive through Wilson.

At least North Carolina has built bypasses over the years.  Delaware could and should have built them for Newark, Middletown, and Dover when they had the chance.  Now each has a piece of one, and it's too late to do anything more.

[roadman65]

NC 42 around Wilson, NC is nothing special, but to make Ward Blvd part of the state road system.  It's shorter to drive through Wilson.

At least North Carolina has built bypasses over the years.  Delaware could and should have built them for Newark, Middletown, and Dover when they had the chance.  Now each has a piece of one, and it's too late to do anything more.

What about the US 301 Freeway?

[elsmere241]

NC 42 around Wilson, NC is nothing special, but to make Ward Blvd part of the state road system.  It's shorter to drive through Wilson.

At least North Carolina has built bypasses over the years.  Delaware could and should have built them for Newark, Middletown, and Dover when they had the chance.  Now each has a piece of one, and it's too late to do anything more.

What about the US 301 Freeway?

I meant full-loop bypasses.  They could have been built when each place started to grow . . .

[roadman65]

NC 42 around Wilson, NC is nothing special, but to make Ward Blvd part of the state road system.  It's shorter to drive through Wilson.

At least North Carolina has built bypasses over the years.  Delaware could and should have built them for Newark, Middletown, and Dover when they had the chance.  Now each has a piece of one, and it's too late to do anything more.

What about the US 301 Freeway?

I meant full-loop bypasses.  They could have been built when each place started to grow . . .

Well talking about a state dead against E-W full highways.   IMO DE 404 should be a four lane expressway with a full limited access bypass around Georgetown.  However they won't build or upgrade east West routes. This coming from someone I know knowing DelDots aspirations.

[jgb191]

I never saw anything "special" about Encino, Texas bypassed by US-281 (eventually-to-be I-69C).  Same goes for Pierce and Hungerford, Texas bypassed by US-59 (eventually-to-be I-69).

[jeffandnicole]

The Cross Keys Bypass is a county bypass of the small Cross Keys section of Washington Twp, Gloucester County NJ.  But its main purpose was to bypass a 6-way intersection that was becoming increasingly congested.  It created several 4 way intersections, and all function normally.  https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ay8cYmfLKEq9nQAK6

[Quillz]

I nominate the two-year-old Mentone Bypass, a four-lane bypass of the town of 22. The bypass directs trucks around the town to the oil fields in the north.



Kinda looks like the beginnings of a Cities: Skylines world.

Thread over, you win.

I'm surprised there hadn't been jokes about the Mentone Bypass on this forum.

Now THAT is overbuilding to a comical extreme. Of course, Mentone IS an important...ish...place, as it's the largest population center and county seat of Loving County with its immense population of 64 (why does this county even exist?).

The history was county seats had to be reachable within a day so farmers could vote but still have harvest time. Thus why Texas has 254 counties, and most are small. 

As the country expanded west, the railroads made it easier to reach county seats.