Visit Any State "Orphans" Lately??

[hbelkins]

There are a few of these along the northeastern portion of the KY/VA border, in Pike County, Ky. and Buchanan County, Va.

https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d11203!2d-82.1147171!3d37.4389072

(Anyone else hate the new Google Maps format?)

[hotdogPi]

(Anyone else hate the new Google Maps format?)

If you want the yellow roads back, go to google.com/mapmaker
.

This will not change everything back: light orange roads will stay light orange whether they were yellow or freeway before.

If you want more explanation on the new Google Maps, go here.

[hbelkins]

No, I mean the whole format and interface. And I don't see the "short link" option anywhere.

[Thing 342]

The Northeastern Panhandle of WV is effectively an orphan, as there is only one major road (WV-9) connecting it to the rest of the state.

[corco]

In that case, so is Idaho north of New Meadows

[hotdogPi]

The closest I have ever gotten to an orphaned part of a state is shown here.



It's only 50 feet away from being an orphan (it doesn't quite cross the border on the left).

[mapman1071]

The Arizona Strip is the only "orphan" I've visited recently, and even then, something like a decade ago.

I-15 has no connections by road to any AZ or US Highway.

[vdeane]

Define "by road".  There are some dirt trails that connect I-15 to the rest of Arizona.

[Bitmapped]

There are three parts of Monongalia County, West Virginia that are only accessible by road from Pennsylvania.

• West of Blacksville, Dunkard Creek cuts off a small bend in the creek from the rest of WV: http://goo.gl/maps/bD8E0
• Near Fort Martin, part of CR 53/4 connects to PA township roads on both ends. A private power plant access road also interesects it. http://goo.gl/maps/UMEqx
• Near Cheat Lake, part of Morgans Run Road was disconnected from the rest of the WV road system when a bridge over a bay in Cheat Lake was removed: http://goo.gl/maps/z7FDt