Temporary US highways

[bugo]

There doesn't seem to be a webpage dedicated to temporary US routes, so we should start a list here. 

A couple that I can think of that pop into my head are Temporary US 70, which ran in Arkansas from just north of Lockesburg along US 71 south, AR 24 (now US 371) east (south) and AR 27 north to rejoin US 70 at Kirby.  Mainline US 70 was mostly gravel at the time, while the temporary route was paved.  It existed from around 1947 to 1956. 

The other one that comes to mind is Temporary US 56 in the Oklahoma Panhandle.  It followed modern US 64/412/OK 3 and OK 95 between east northeast of Boise City to Elkhart, KS. 

What other Temporary US routes existed?  What was the last one to exist?

[national highway 1]

I'm not sure, but US 109 became US 9W, then there was a brief split between US 9W and US 9E before 9E became US 9.
The original 1926 alignment of US 87 between Piegan MT and Rawlins WY was mainly split between US 87W and US 87E, with US 187 (now 191) running between US 87W at Moran Junction and Rock Springs. Much of US 87W is now US 191 and US 287, while most of US 87E is now US 87, I-90, I-25 and US 26.
US 208 apparently was a precursor to US 210 in MN, does anyone shed any balckround light on this?
US 711 and US 622 were 1925 routes that were gone by 1927, also US 250 which was made into a 50N/50S split.
The tiny US 630 was probably made into US 95A...
Does anyone know whether US 1 or 1A made it into New York City or not, also, whether US 7 also made it into NYC?

[NE2]

There doesn't seem to be a webpage dedicated to temporary US routes, so we should start a list here. 

http://www.us-highways.com/tempus.htm
Supposedly Carson City currently has temporary US 50-395, Wilmington has US 117, and Lawton has US 62. These all sound like BS though.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Temp US 40 in Columbus along Main St. from Bexley to High St.

[US71]

There doesn't seem to be a webpage dedicated to temporary US routes, so we should start a list here. 

A couple that I can think of that pop into my head are Temporary US 70, which ran in Arkansas from just north of Lockesburg along US 71 south, AR 24 (now US 371) east (south) and AR 27 north to rejoin US 70 at Kirby.  Mainline US 70 was mostly gravel at the time, while the temporary route was paved.  It existed from around 1947 to 1956. 

The other one that comes to mind is Temporary US 56 in the Oklahoma Panhandle.  It followed modern US 64/412/OK 3 and OK 95 between east northeast of Boise City to Elkhart, KS. 

What other Temporary US routes existed?  What was the last one to exist?

There was a Temp US 59 roughly following current AR 59 between Siloam Springs and Van Buren, Arkansas

[national highway 1]

US 73 in OK, US 17-1.

[bugo]

I'm not sure, but US 109 became US 9W, then there was a brief split between US 9W and US 9E before 9E became US 9.
The original 1926 alignment of US 87 between Piegan MT and Rawlins WY was mainly split between US 87W and US 87E, with US 187 (now 191) running between US 87W at Moran Junction and Rock Springs. Much of US 87W is now US 191 and US 287, while most of US 87E is now US 87, I-90, I-25 and US 26.
US 208 apparently was a precursor to US 210 in MN, does anyone shed any balckround light on this?
US 711 and US 622 were 1925 routes that were gone by 1927, also US 250 which was made into a 50N/50S split.
The tiny US 630 was probably made into US 95A...
Does anyone know whether US 1 or 1A made it into New York City or not, also, whether US 7 also made it into NYC?

That's not at all what I'm talking about.  I'm talking about routes that were marked on maps (and presumably signed) as TEMP US xx.

[bugo]

There doesn't seem to be a webpage dedicated to temporary US routes, so we should start a list here. 

http://www.us-highways.com/tempus.htm
Supposedly Carson City currently has temporary US 50-395, Wilmington has US 117, and Lawton has US 62. These all sound like BS though.

Lawton probably had one at one time, but I'm pretty sure the current routing is the permanent route.

[dfilpus]

There doesn't seem to be a webpage dedicated to temporary US routes, so we should start a list here. 

http://www.us-highways.com/tempus.htm
Supposedly Carson City currently has temporary US 50-395, Wilmington has US 117, and Lawton has US 62. These all sound like BS though.

There is no current US 117 Temporary in Wilimington NC. During the shift of US 117 from its old multiplex with NC 133 to its current multiplex with NC 132, there may well have been a short-lived Temporary designation.

[Alps]

I'm a little surprised US 9 was never signed "Temporary" around the Beesley's Point bridge in NJ.

[Kacie Jane]

I'm a little surprised US 9 was never signed "Temporary" around the Beesley's Point bridge in NJ.

I noticed a couple weeks ago that someone added a Temp US 9 to Wikipedia and thought it was BS, but you may want to take a look at the photo in this news story.

[roadfro]

There doesn't seem to be a webpage dedicated to temporary US routes, so we should start a list here. 

http://www.us-highways.com/tempus.htm
Supposedly Carson City currently has temporary US 50-395 ... These all sound like BS though.

US 50-395 Temp does officially exist in Carson City, NV--it was approved by AASHTO a few years ago at about the same time the Carson City Freeway was extended to Fairview Drive. The temp designation runs along Fairview Drive west to Carson Street. At Carson Street, the temp designation heads south and ends at the US 50/395 junction at the south end of Carson City.

Despite the official approval, the temporary routes are not signed as such, but as mainline US 50/395. The Fairview Drive portion was initially signed as "TO US 50/US 395" when the freeway segment opened, but all the To banners have been removed.

[hbelkins]

I know that I saw a few "TEMP" banners on US routes in old maps and atlases from the 1960s, but I cannot remember which routes or states. I do remember Temp I-75 in Michigan, though.

[Alps]

I'm a little surprised US 9 was never signed "Temporary" around the Beesley's Point bridge in NJ.

I noticed a couple weeks ago that someone added a Temp US 9 to Wikipedia and thought it was BS, but you may want to take a look at the photo in this news story.

Hey, thanks! So the last one to exist... still exists.

[agentsteel53]

Ohio loved them. 



Oklahoma also had them on the books, and I'm sure many other states too.

never seen a fully embossed one. 

[bugo]

There doesn't seem to be a webpage dedicated to temporary US routes, so we should start a list here. 

http://www.us-highways.com/tempus.htm
Supposedly Carson City currently has temporary US 50-395, Wilmington has US 117, and Lawton has US 62. These all sound like BS though.

62T in Lawton ran along West 82nd Street in Lawton.  It was a temporary connector between the old and new alignments.

[andy3175]

Another temporary US route that is posted (due to ongoing movement of the roadbed due to mining activities) is a section of US 191 in Arizona near Morenci. For more info and pictures, see:

https://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=u0191nbaz

We have a map there that shows the original US 666 route along with the current (temporary) US 191 alignment.

Regards,
Andy

[tvketchum]

US 20 in Idaho, I believe, had a temporary routing in the 1960s