Most lightly traveled interstate in your state

Started by Roadgeekteen, May 22, 2020, 05:45:11 PM

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Roadgeekteen

For Massachusetts, it's probably I-91 north of Northampton or maybe I-190.
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ozarkman417

My bet is on I-155, 9.1k vehicles per day near the MO-TN border.

Roadgeekteen

Quote from: ozarkman417 on May 22, 2020, 05:54:12 PM
My bet is on I-155, 9.1k vehicles per day near the MO-TN border.
Always wondered why that was built. Doesn't seem to serve any purpose.
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Road Hog

In Arkansas it has to be the new I-49 in Texarkana north of I-30. Right now it's kind of a road to nowhere as it ends at US 59/71.

TheHighwayMan3561

I-94 between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul, 3 vehicles per day.

Roadgeekteen

Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on May 22, 2020, 06:59:06 PM
I-94 between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul, 3 vehicles per day.
I doubt it.
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hotdogPi

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 22, 2020, 07:08:33 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on May 22, 2020, 06:59:06 PM
I-94 between downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul, 3 vehicles per day.
I doubt it.

I thought it might be a road closure, but I'm not seeing anything on Google that would indicate that.
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Traveled, plus
US 13, 50
MA 22, 35, 40, 53, 79, 107, 109, 126, 138, 141, 151, 159
NH 27, 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32, 193, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 36

oscar

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 22, 2020, 05:56:45 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on May 22, 2020, 05:54:12 PM
My bet is on I-155, 9.1k vehicles per day near the MO-TN border.
Always wondered why that was built. Doesn't seem to serve any purpose.

Provides another crossing of the Mississippi River -- there's no other crossing between Cairo IL and Memphis, except a ferry.

Also connects I-55 to the future I-69 corridor, which seemed to have a fair amount of traffic every time I drove it even though it's not yet an Interstate.
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ilpt4u

Pretty sure IL is I-180. Just have a feeling...

US 89

Based on 2016 data, Utah's least-traveled interstate is I-70 between exit 99 (Millers Canyon) and 108 (Lone Tree). AADT on that segment is only 3800.

gonealookin

There are a few stations on I-80 between US 93 at Wells and the Utah border that report AADT of 5100-5200.

Traveling west to east, AADT on I-80 drops below 10,000 at Fernley and stays that way, except for in the immediate vicinity of towns, for its remaining ~350 miles across Nevada.

bassoon1986

In Louisiana the lowest AADT I found was around 15,000 on I-49 just south of the US 84/Mansfield exit.


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Max Rockatansky

As a singular route I would imagine I-505 is the big winner in California. 

Crown Victoria

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For PA, it looks like the least traveled segment of interstate is I-476/PA Turnpike Northeast Extension between the Wyoming Valley and Clarks Summit interchanges with an AADT of 7500.  Completely opposite conditions from I-476's southern reaches as the Blue Route where AADT exceeds 130000!

Also note that I-86 in Erie County PA has an AADT of 9000.

tdindy88

For years I always figured that I-64 in Southern Indiana was the lightest traveled, especially west of Evansville. But I-69 from Oakland City (Exit 34) to SR 445 (Exit 110) is all below 10,000 on the most recent AADT.

Rothman

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 22, 2020, 05:45:11 PM
For Massachusetts, it's probably I-91 north of Northampton or maybe I-190.
Well, I-91 north of Sunderland, anyway.

I wonder about I-90 in far western MA, too.
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wriddle082

In SC, the toll portion of I-185 hardly sees any traffic at all, even during pre-pandemic rush hours.

I-520 around North Augusta, SC is pretty lightly travelled as well.  Most of the traffic is on the GA side west of US 25.

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sprjus4

For Virginia, I-64 west of I-81 gets down to 9,000 AADT. There's no other interstate in the state, including 3dis, that gets that low to my knowledge.

For the most part, thru volumes are usually about 9,000 - 11,000 AADT, reaching up to 20,000 AADT between Clifton Forge and Covington.

Eth

I-59 between the Alabama state line and the first exit in Georgia is the lowest in the state at 14,100 AADT as of 2018. The lowest you'll find on anything other than I-59 is right around 20,000 (at the north end of I-185 and along I-16 near Soperton).

webny99

Are we talking 2di's only, or could it also be a 3di?

For New York, I think we had established at one point in another thread that it would be I-88, if you're looking at the entire length of the interstate. If you're looking for just a small segment, then I thought I remembered I-87 in the Adirondacks as the winner, but based on a quick check, I-86 in the Southern Tier appears to have a slight edge. It's sustained below 6K per day between Angelica and Almond, while nothing on I-87 falls below that.

sprjus4

For North Carolina, it would be I-73 / I-74 north of Rockingham, the lowest point being around 8,500 AADT.

Roadgeekteen

Quote from: webny99 on May 22, 2020, 09:54:25 PM
Are we talking 2di's only, or could it also be a 3di?

For New York, I think we had established at one point in another thread that it would be I-88, if you're looking at the entire length of the interstate. If you're looking for just a small segment, then I thought I remembered I-87 in the Adirondacks as the winner, but based on a quick check, I-86 in the Southern Tier appears to have a slight edge. It's sustained below 6K per day between Angelica and Almond, while nothing on I-87 falls below that.
Can be either.
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Some one

Probably I-10 and 20 in West Texas, though I may be wrong on that.

Roadgeekteen

Quote from: Some one on May 22, 2020, 11:33:25 PM
Probably I-10 and 20 in West Texas, though I may be wrong on that.
Probably I-10 directly east of I-20.
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