Crossing the same body of water twice or more

[huskeroadgeek]

I don't know how many times I-90 in Montana crosses the Clark Fork, but enough that I remember it being a significant number of times from my last trip through there back in '01.

I'd forgotten about that one-I noticed that too on a trip I made through there in 2004. If I count correctly, I-90 crosses the Clark Fork River 17 times. That's over a distance of about 175 miles from the first crossing just N. of Exit 208 E. of Anaconda, and the last crossing just E. of Exit 33 at St. Regis. That may be a record for the most number of times one highway crosses a river, at least for an interstate. I doubt you'd find very many highways anywhere crossing a river that many times over a distance of only 175 miles either.

Looking at the map, it's 11 - the river dips south of Missoula (unless it comes back up north from there, but I don't think it does, I don't remember it anywway.  I enjoy that all 11 are marked with the sign for Clark Fork - my wife and I remarked about it on the way out to MN last month.  (drove I-90 through there from WA to MN)

No, it does not dip south of Missoula. That's the Bitterroot River, which flows into the Clark Fork. The Clark Fork continues to follow I-90 E and SE of Missoula. It is clearly marked as so on the Montana State Highway map. I should also note that after counting them again, there are actually 18 total crossings of the river on I-90.

[FreewayDan]

Four L.A. area freeways cross the Los Angeles River twice:
I-405 in Long Beach (JCT I-710) and by the Sepulveda Dam (JCT U.S. 101),
U.S. 101 in Downtown L.A. (JCT California 10) and near Universal City,
IH 5 near Elysian Park (JCT California 110) and north of the 134 interchange, and
CA 134 once west of IH 5 and immediately east of IH 5

[dfilpus]

 

Four L.A. area freeways cross the Los Angeles River twice:
I-405 in Long Beach (JCT I-710) and by the Sepulveda Dam (JCT U.S. 101),
U.S. 101 in Downtown L.A. (JCT California 10) and near Universal City,
IH 5 near Elysian Park (JCT California 110) and north of the 134 interchange, and
CA 134 once west of IH 5 and immediately east of IH 5

But the question was about a body of water 

[Alps]

NJ 23 splits to go on both sides of the Pequannock River, and there are periodic crossings as they wind their way southward together.
I-87 crosses the Hudson River twice - the Tappan Zee Bridge and by Glens Falls.

[Dougtone]

I-88 crosses the Susquehanna River 3 times, twice near Oneonta and once near Harpursville.  NY 17 also crosses the Susquehanna 3 times, in Windsor, Vestal and near Waverly.

[juscuz410]

Indiana Toll Road: Crosses Fawn River three times & St. Joseph River twice (third time on the Ohio Turnpike)

[mgk920]

I-39 crosses the Wisconsin River twice, once near Portage, WI and the other in the south suburbs of Wausau, WI (Rothschild, to be exact).  Its continuation (US 51) then crosses it again just south of Merrill, WI and again in the Minocqua-Woodruff (Lakeland), WI area.

WI 441 crosses the Fox River twice in the Appleton, WI area.

I-94 crosses the Menomonee River twice in Milwaukee, WI.

Mike

[tdindy88]

I-465 crosses the White River twice in Indianapolis, of course it is a beltway.

[FreewayDan]

Four L.A. area freeways cross the Los Angeles River twice:
I-405 in Long Beach (JCT I-710) and by the Sepulveda Dam (JCT U.S. 101),
U.S. 101 in Downtown L.A. (JCT California 10) and near Universal City,
IH 5 near Elysian Park (JCT California 110) and north of the 134 interchange, and
CA 134 once west of IH 5 and immediately east of IH 5

But the question was about a body of water  

The L.A. River is a body of water.  It may be all in a concrete channel, but there is a small section in Glendale (where I-5 crosses over it) that is free of a concrete bottom. 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Los_Angeles_River_Glendale.jpg

[PAHighways]

US 422 crosses the Schuylkill River five times, three of the crossings are located near the Interstate 176 interchange.

[UptownRoadGeek]

The I-10 crosses Lake Pontchartrain twice. Once entering New Orleans from the east, then leaving New Orleans to the west.

[RustyK]

I don't know how many times I-90 in Montana crosses the Clark Fork, but enough that I remember it being a significant number of times from my last trip through there back in '01.

I'd forgotten about that one-I noticed that too on a trip I made through there in 2004. If I count correctly, I-90 crosses the Clark Fork River 17 times. That's over a distance of about 175 miles from the first crossing just N. of Exit 208 E. of Anaconda, and the last crossing just E. of Exit 33 at St. Regis. That may be a record for the most number of times one highway crosses a river, at least for an interstate. I doubt you'd find very many highways anywhere crossing a river that many times over a distance of only 175 miles either.

Looking at the map, it's 11 - the river dips south of Missoula (unless it comes back up north from there, but I don't think it does, I don't remember it anywway.  I enjoy that all 11 are marked with the sign for Clark Fork - my wife and I remarked about it on the way out to MN last month.  (drove I-90 through there from WA to MN)

No, it does not dip south of Missoula. That's the Bitterroot River, which flows into the Clark Fork. The Clark Fork continues to follow I-90 E and SE of Missoula. It is clearly marked as so on the Montana State Highway map. I should also note that after counting them again, there are actually 18 total crossings of the river on I-90.

Ah, there you go.  I was trying to make it out on the bing maps and my computer decided that it didn't want to play along anymore, so when I saw that river turn south (at least looking at it, it looked like it turns south, but I suppose that actually flows north there, doesn't it?) - I figured that was it.  I don't remember how many times it manages to cross east of Missoula - I was counting down the miles to Butte and hoping the kids would stay asleep for a little while longer at that point.

[huskeroadgeek]

I don't know how many times I-90 in Montana crosses the Clark Fork, but enough that I remember it being a significant number of times from my last trip through there back in '01.

I'd forgotten about that one-I noticed that too on a trip I made through there in 2004. If I count correctly, I-90 crosses the Clark Fork River 17 times. That's over a distance of about 175 miles from the first crossing just N. of Exit 208 E. of Anaconda, and the last crossing just E. of Exit 33 at St. Regis. That may be a record for the most number of times one highway crosses a river, at least for an interstate. I doubt you'd find very many highways anywhere crossing a river that many times over a distance of only 175 miles either.

Looking at the map, it's 11 - the river dips south of Missoula (unless it comes back up north from there, but I don't think it does, I don't remember it anywway.  I enjoy that all 11 are marked with the sign for Clark Fork - my wife and I remarked about it on the way out to MN last month.  (drove I-90 through there from WA to MN)

No, it does not dip south of Missoula. That's the Bitterroot River, which flows into the Clark Fork. The Clark Fork continues to follow I-90 E and SE of Missoula. It is clearly marked as so on the Montana State Highway map. I should also note that after counting them again, there are actually 18 total crossings of the river on I-90.

Ah, there you go.  I was trying to make it out on the bing maps and my computer decided that it didn't want to play along anymore, so when I saw that river turn south (at least looking at it, it looked like it turns south, but I suppose that actually flows north there, doesn't it?) - I figured that was it.  I don't remember how many times it manages to cross east of Missoula - I was counting down the miles to Butte and hoping the kids would stay asleep for a little while longer at that point.

I tried following it with Google and Bing maps and realized neither shows the river at all times. Rand McNally doesn't mark it very well either, so then I consulted the Montana State Highway Map and saw that it has the rivers marked very well, so it was real easy to see on that map. I think that area of I-90 W. of Missoula where it follows the Clark Fork is one of the more scenic interstate drives I have seen.

[InterstateNG]

Indiana Toll Road: Crosses Fawn River three times & St. Joseph River twice (third time on the Ohio Turnpike)

Ohio Turnpike crosses a different St. Joseph.

[agentsteel53]

I think that area of I-90 W. of Missoula where it follows the Clark Fork is one of the more scenic interstate drives I have seen.

indeed.  The old US-10 can be found as well, and is also quite scenic.

[hbelkins]

Kentucky's Mountain Parkway crosses the Red River four times -- three times in Powell County and once in Wolfe County.

[jdb1234]

I-459 crosses the Cabaha River twice between Exit 19 (US 280) and Exit 23 (Liberty Parkway).

AL 119 crosses the Little Cabaha River twice near Leeds.

[Bryant5493]

U.S. 23/441/S.R. 15 cross the Tallulah River twice in Tallulah Falls, Georgia.


Be well,

Bryant

[yakra]

US201 crosses the Kennebec River four times, at Augusta, Waterville, Skowhegan and The Forks.

Back before 1954, when 201 followed what's now 201A, it crossed six times: instead of crossing at Skowhegan, it crossed at Norridgewock, Madison and Solon.

[juscuz410]

Indiana Toll Road: Crosses Fawn River three times & St. Joseph River twice (third time on the Ohio Turnpike)

Ohio Turnpike crosses a different St. Joseph.

Duly noted. Interesting fact: the headwaters of both rivers are 5 miles apart in Hillsdale Co. Michigan.

Fixed quote -DTP

[triplemultiplex]

I-39 crosses the Wisconsin River twice, once near Portage, WI and the other in the south suburbs of Wausau, WI (Rothschild, to be exact).  Its continuation (US 51) then crosses it again just south of Merrill, WI and again in the Minocqua-Woodruff (Lakeland), WI area.

You missed I-39's southern most Wisconsin River crossing with 90 & 94 for a total of 5 crossings for the I-39/US 51 corridor.  Also that last one is in Tomahawk.

The winner in Wisconsin has to be WI 131 and the Kickapoo River.  I count 32 crossings between Soldiers Grove and Tomah.  It would have been even more if a section of 131 hadn't been relocated north of La Farge in the 60's for a proposed dam that never materialized.  (Looks like 5 more crossings.)

The Kickapoo is Wisconsin's largest river that exists entirely within the "Driftless Area", a region in the southwestern part of the state that was spared by the glaciers.  As a result the Kickapoo has a well developed valley and a gracefully meandering channel that frequently butts up against the valley walls.  From a road construction stand point, it's much like a mountain valley in that it's easier to have a highway bridge the stream numerous times to keep the road on flat ground.  And since WI 131 follows the entirety of the Kickapoo River the result is 32 meetings of the same stream and the same highway.

[jjakucyk]

Mention must be made of I-75 in downtown Dayton, Ohio.  It crosses the Great Miami River 5 times in 5 miles!  http://maps.google.com/maps?gl=us&om=0&ie=UTF8&ll=39.761311,-84.190292&spn=0.096198,0.156212&z=13

[cjk374]

I-20 crosses the Tensas River 2 times in Madison Parish; not much of a "body" of water, but the crossings are all signed.

[bulldog1979]

It's a minor river, but US 41/M-28 crosses the Carp River in Negaunee Township and again in the City of Marquette near the mouth next to the city water treatment plant and Marquette Branch Prison.

M-95 crosses the Michigamme River twice: once by the Marquette-Dickinson county line and second by Republic.

[brownpelican]

I-55 crosses the Pearl River twice in Jackson, Miss.:
* The first one from Jackson to Flowood while co-signed with I-20
* The second one from Flowood back to Jackson near downtown Jackson.