Remote roads in urban areas

[webny99]

Southeastern sections of Chicago can appear pretty remote.
South Corliss Avenue:
https://goo.gl/maps/WXk1LvU72nWZvyLr7
East 134th Place:
https://goo.gl/maps/5eGyBNdipuRNEZKn6
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Also, the "Forgotten Triangle" area of Cleveland can look pretty deserted.  This is the area where the new Opportunity Corridor is being built, so it may liven things up a bit.
East 71st Place:
https://goo.gl/maps/dL762xvStSL31mE27

Some of those look downright scary more than remote, at least in the traditional sense.
I have been wondering how long it would be before people started dropping abandoned (and not just deserted) urban areas. Detroit has a lot of good ones, some that are almost mind-blowing. This, for example. And this.

[bing101]

Lake Herman Road in Solano County, CA it goes through the edges of Vallejo and Benicia but the road looks like its in the middle of nowhere.

Yet this route gets used as an alternate route to I-780 though.

[Max Rockatansky]

Carquinez Scenic Drive in the Diablo Range between Oakland and Vallejo.  That road is unbelievably desolate and partially converted to a trail.  Best part is that it is the original alignment of US 40. 

[Urban Prairie Schooner]

Southeastern sections of Chicago can appear pretty remote.
South Corliss Avenue:
https://goo.gl/maps/WXk1LvU72nWZvyLr7
East 134th Place:
https://goo.gl/maps/5eGyBNdipuRNEZKn6
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Also, the "Forgotten Triangle" area of Cleveland can look pretty deserted.  This is the area where the new Opportunity Corridor is being built, so it may liven things up a bit.
East 71st Place:
https://goo.gl/maps/dL762xvStSL31mE27

Some of those look downright scary more than remote, at least in the traditional sense.
I have been wondering how long it would be before people started dropping abandoned (and not just deserted) urban areas. Detroit has a lot of good ones, some that are almost mind-blowing. This, for example. And this.

There are many parts of New Orleans East that look similar, especially in the area between Chef Hwy and the Intracoastal Waterway.

[US 89]

A lot of Utah's SR 60 corridor has somehow managed to retain much of its older, agricultural feel despite being located right in the middle of the Wasatch Front urban area. The photo below is just a few miles from downtown Ogden and its immediate suburbs:

[interstate73]

I-80 between Exits 47 and 53 in New Jersey passes through the Great Piece Meadows and it looks like nothing but swamp and trees (and a few houses you can see off to the side that often have water up to their back porches or worse) even though its the main corridor between the Morris County Suburbs and Bergen/Passaic Counties and onward to NYC. It's only 6 miles long and its usually a quick trip but it always feels so much longer to me since there's nothing to look at!

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.887782,-74.3180959,3a,75y,57.68h,90.91t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTW35WUnit46iHI-FMm8-Zg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DTW35WUnit46iHI-FMm8-Zg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D147.3843%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

[webny99]

A lot of Utah's SR 60 corridor has somehow managed to retain much of its older, agricultural feel despite being located right in the middle of the Wasatch Front urban area. The photo below is just a few miles from downtown Ogden and its immediate suburbs:

Not sure why, but this called to mind this scene, about 7 miles east of downtown Syracuse, NY.

[amroad17]

A lot of Utah's SR 60 corridor has somehow managed to retain much of its older, agricultural feel despite being located right in the middle of the Wasatch Front urban area. The photo below is just a few miles from downtown Ogden and its immediate suburbs:

Not sure why, but this called to mind this scene, about 7 miles east of downtown Syracuse, NY.

FIFY. This intersection is north of Fayetteville.

[webny99]

A lot of Utah's SR 60 corridor has somehow managed to retain much of its older, agricultural feel despite being located right in the middle of the Wasatch Front urban area. The photo below is just a few miles from downtown Ogden and its immediate suburbs:

Not sure why, but this called to mind this scene, about 7 miles east of downtown Syracuse, NY.

FIFY. This intersection is north of Fayetteville.

Whoops. You're right, my bad.

[mrcmc888]

The Balt-Wash Parkway in this instance is only about 5 miles from the DC beltway, 20 from the city center, and is surrounded by the suburb of Laurel, Maryland, but it feels like you're going right through the countryside.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0794668,-76.8214683,3a,75y,45.1h,76.14t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFl58tHrJY6aX_emQ3-TUsw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DFl58tHrJY6aX_emQ3-TUsw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D41.475433%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

[Roadgeekteen]

The Balt-Wash Parkway in this instance is only about 5 miles from the DC beltway, 20 from the city center, and is surrounded by the suburb of Laurel, Maryland, but it feels like you're going right through the countryside.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0794668,-76.8214683,3a,75y,45.1h,76.14t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFl58tHrJY6aX_emQ3-TUsw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DFl58tHrJY6aX_emQ3-TUsw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D41.475433%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192

Isn't it run by the national park service?

[debragga]

S 2nd Ave in Dallas, 4 miles or so from downtown: https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7521734,-96.7340409,3a,86.8y,350.75h,69.14t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s5LAFc8XDGnSwX8sXB_adrg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D5LAFc8XDGnSwX8sXB_adrg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D44.8143%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?hl=en

Then you have Dowdy Ferry Rd farther south. The portion between I-20 and Hutchins is known as the area where dead bodies get dumped: https://www.google.com/maps/@32.6769659,-96.6740314,3a,75y,134.16h,72.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sabQB9ccJrMr4vmcB82dfhw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?hl=en

[amroad17]

^ #1. Nice to see some Texas wilderness still around--even though it is very close to a downtown area.
   #2. That area looks scary as anything--and this is during the day!!!  I cannot imagine how this would look at night!  Is this where many of "The First 48" cases that Dallas had were filmed for TV? 

[Roadrunner75]

Here's something that's a bit desolate right in the middle of the "big city":

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0242533,-75.1400595,3a,75y,184.46h,84.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJUVb2hrV5ggrqZh52HgXDA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en

[Roadgeekteen]

Here's something that's a bit desolate right in the middle of the "big city":

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0242533,-75.1400595,3a,75y,184.46h,84.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJUVb2hrV5ggrqZh52HgXDA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en

Doesn't really look desolate, just kinda run down.

[Roadrunner75]

Here's something that's a bit desolate right in the middle of the "big city":

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.0242533,-75.1400595,3a,75y,184.46h,84.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJUVb2hrV5ggrqZh52HgXDA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1?hl=en

Doesn't really look desolate, just kinda run down.

The Logan Triangle is the best I could do for smack in the middle of Philly.  I figured Fairmount Park would be cheating.

[CoreySamson]

What about an entire city feeling remote? Brookside Village in the Houston metro is about 15 miles from Downtown Houston, surrounded by Pearland to the south and Beltway 8 to the north.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Brookside+Village,+TX+77581/@29.5896373,-95.3248953,3747m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x8640910d4733587b:0x44a37625f37c4fb9!8m2!3d29.586893!4d-95.3252363

It's surrounded by recent development, but the development has somehow missed out on this community. Most of its roads look desolate, and you would never know you're only a couple miles away from tons of shops and restaurants.

[GaryV]

... but the development has somehow missed out on this community ...

Huh?  There's lots of development - churches, at least one school, small businesses and stores, etc.  And most of the area looks to be built out with houses, perhaps on somewhat large size lots.

[kphoger]

I'm surprised it's not just "unincorporated Pearland".

[CoreySamson]

... but the development has somehow missed out on this community ...

Huh?  There's lots of development - churches, at least one school, small businesses and stores, etc.  And most of the area looks to be built out with houses, perhaps on somewhat large size lots.

I meant it doesn't have the brand new neighborhoods and businesses that are popping up everywhere else in the Houston suburban areas. Pearland (or nearly any other Houston suburb), for instance, has tons of new businesses and neighborhoods built within the last 5 years. It appears to me that most of the houses and businesses in Brookside have existed for over 20 years or so, therefore missing out on the new development.

[citrus]

This is one of my favorite things in San Francisco: in the middle of a pretty dense neighborhood (but a few miles from downtown), which you can see by zooming out or panning around a bit, you get a narrow dirt road!
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.7422787,-122.4109575,3a,75y,257.72h,74.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spgC02gAEcHmxkO5m-Nv2ZQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[mrcmc888]

Otter Creek Road, Nashville, TN, which serves as the way into a state park wedged between the city of Brentwood and Nashville suburban development.

https://www.google.com/maps/@36.059533,-86.7883631,3a,75y,47.9h,77.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbXe20MoFZpoHdZghf5U6kA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DbXe20MoFZpoHdZghf5U6kA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D144.08698%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

[debragga]

   #2. That area looks scary as anything--and this is during the day!!!  I cannot imagine how this would look at night!  Is this where many of "The First 48" cases that Dallas had were filmed for TV? 

Probably: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2015/12/18/dowdy-ferry-road-has-long-been-down-in-the-dumps/

[ErmineNotyours]

Was walking along Beacon Avenue within the Seattle city limits and saw this, a tethered cow grazing in the grass.  Street View

[ftballfan]

Was walking along Beacon Avenue within the Seattle city limits and saw this, a tethered cow grazing in the grass.  Street View

Not far to the south from there, Beacon Avenue has a gravel section!