Heavily traveled Unofficial Bypasses that should be state highways

[getemngo]

I can think of two in Michigan.

In Traverse City, South Airport Rd and Three Mile Rd serve as a US 31 bypass, and South Airport Rd and Garfield Rd serve as an M-37 bypass.

In the Marquette area, County Road 480 and Cherry Creek Rd from downtown Negaunee to Harvey serve as a popular bypass for US 41/M-28. I think there have been past proposals to move one of the two trunklines onto this route.

[Bruce]

Mercer St. in Seattle - Was originally going to be a freeway, instead became 1-way couplet, now a boulevard, and so heavily traveled it should be a State Route.  Bypasses downtown choke points, to access SR-99, when working properly.

If Mercer Street's recent project was under WSDOT's total control, it would've been massively overbudget and delayed...not to mention being even worse for pedestrians, knowing their track record.

[kphoger]

Roark Valley Road to Shepherd of the Hills Expressway, as a very useful bypass of Branson's strip (MO). Could be numbered MO-276 or perhaps a lettered secondary route.

[roadman65]

Jack Martin Blvd. in Brick, NJ should be one.  It is already a defacto bypass for Route 88 there, why not make it official.

Then there is NJ 347 under maintenence of Cumberland County, NJ.

In DeLand, FL, although already a state highway, FL 15A should be US 17 & 92 mainline instead of going through Downtown DeLand.  A state highway bypass that should be a US route in this case.

[ftballfan]

Boon Rd in Cadillac

Alba Hwy from Alba to M-32 west of Gaylord

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.3740655,-86.161696/44.5995266,-85.655969/@44.4609711,-85.8751968,10.5z?hl=en

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/44.2507236,-86.3197546/43.9554503,-86.3394902/@44.2398484,-86.3269592,14.46z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m10!3m4!1m2!1d-86.3230836!2d44.2494686!3s0x881c2946b4876ddd:0xea5489d663b5ee30!3m4!1m2!1d-86.324384!2d44.2345889!3s0x881c2924e55ea0fb:0x72bd4f52331138ac!1m0!3e0?hl=en

[Bitmapped]

Miller Road serve as a continuation of the Lebanon, OH bypass. It would simplify the Lebanon area routings a lot if SR 48 was routed onto the rest of the Lebanon bypass and then Miller Road back to SR 48. Right now, the part of the bypass between SR 123 and US 42 is signed as "To SR 48" and "To US 42."

https://goo.gl/maps/RcRxDofQ8JD2

[bulldog1979]

In the Marquette area, County Road 480 and Cherry Creek Rd from downtown Negaunee to Harvey serve as a popular bypass for US 41/M-28. I think there have been past proposals to move one of the two trunklines onto this route.

The Marquette County Road Commission proposed turning CR 480 over to MDOT back in 2005. The state is willing to do such a thing as long as it forms part of a continuous routing of another highway designation. The popular expectation was to reroute M-28 south near Teal Lake and around to connect to the end of Rail Street in downtown Negaunee along a new roadway. Once it met Rail Street, it would be a straight shot over to CR 480. The eastern end would either use Cherry Creek Road (CR 551) back to M-28, or run all the way to US 41 at Beaver Grove along the rest of CR 480.

[Katavia]

Poplar Tent Road from NC 73 to US 29-601. But the RenFest. 

[cl94]

Sand Creek Road in Albany. It's the shortcut to everywhere  . Kidding, kidding.

-Van Dam Street in Saratoga Springs. Bypass of NY 29 for traffic coming from US 9 / NY 9N / I-87, as well as a connection to NY 9N.
-Round Lake/Ashdown Roads in Ballston Lake, NY and Blue Barns Rd south of Ashdown Rd. Bypass of Albany County for traffic between I-87 and Schenectady/west.
-Erie CRs 57 and 276 (Central Ave/Harris Hill Rd). Bypass of NY 78. LOS E or worse common weekdays.
-Erie CRs 21 and 338 (Losson Rd/William St). Bypass of US 20 with an AADT well over 10,000. LOS E or worse common.

[Revive 755]

* For Lincoln, Nebraska: Saltillo Road between US 77 and 84th Street and 120th Street, and 120th Street between Saltillo Road and Nebraska 2 (at least until the South Bypass Freeway is built).

* For Hannibal, Missouri:  Paris Gravel Road between Route MM and US 61.  I am not sure about the heavily traveled part, but it makes a nice way to bypass most of the stoplights on US 61 when used with Route MM and US 24.

* For DeKalb and Sycamore, IL:  Peace Road between IL 23 north of Sycamore and Gurler Road, then west on Gurler Road to IL 23, perhaps as a locally maintained Bypass IL 23.

* For numerous towns along IL 31 south of Rakow Road:  A bypass using Rakow, Randall, and Orchard Roads.  Have to wonder sometimes why those roads weren't made into IL 31 with the existing route turned back.

[dgolub]

Lawrence Hill Road bypasses NY 25A in Cold Spring Harbor, and it's more direct.  My understanding is that NY 25A did once follow it, but they rerouted it through the main part of town to reduce traffic on a road where people live.  Maybe Alternate NY 25A?

[Rothman]

Sand Creek Road in Albany. It's the shortcut to everywhere  . Kidding, kidding.

[bing101]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_Road_(California)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Parkway_(California)



I'm Shocked that Vasco Road, and Richmond Parkway are not officially designated at state highways or County routes but they are major limited access roads in Contra, Costa County.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_American_Freeway
Its  listed as secondary road 1007


Also Summerlin Parkway Im surprised that this freeway is a city owned freeway and not owned by Nevada DOT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerlin_Parkway

[roadfro]

Also Summerlin Parkway Im surprised that this freeway is a city owned freeway and not owned by Nevada DOT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerlin_Parkway

If I had my way, NDOT would take over Summerlin Pkwy from the City of Las Vegas–an ownership swap of some current state highways that are arterial roads could be mutually beneficial to both parties' interests. One drawback here is that Summerlin Pkwy has a lot of landscaping in the right of way, more so than most other NDOT highways, so maybe NDOT isn't too keen on that.

NDOT has been working on clarifying and streamlining policies that on state highway relinquishments and accepting local roads into the state system. This swap would make sense.

[wanderer2575]

I don't know how heavily it's used, but a combination of city and county streets and roads forms an officially-posted bypass around Stratford, Ontario for routes 7 and 8 truck traffic.