Signed state routes that dead-end

[BridgesToIdealism]

It seems that having signed state routes that have at least one terminus at a dead-end are somewhat common in Louisiana, especially down towards the Delta. However, I was wondering if anyone else knows of any other locations where this occurs in quantity? To clarify, I'm only talking about actively signed routes and current alignments (i.e. old alignments that have been bypassed but left in place in sections don't count). Some of the ones that I have thought of are below.

Louisiana

* LA-300 (dead-end at Delacroix)
* LA-46 (dead-end at Shell Beach)
* LA-624 (dead-end Hopedale Marina)
* LA-23 (dead-end at Venice)
* LA-39 (dead-end just south of the Pointe a la Hache ferry)
* LA-3257 (dead-end across the bayou from Lafitte)
* LA-1 (dead-end at Grand Isle)

Florida

* FL-404/Pineda Causeway (dead-end just west of I-95, although plans for extension)
* FL-9336 (dead-end at Everglades National Park)

South Carolina

* SC-700 (dead-end at Rockville)

[ilpt4u]

What do you mean by dead end? As in the roadway just ends, with no road to turn onto to continue?

[BridgesToIdealism]

What do you mean by dead end? As in the roadway just ends, with no road to turn onto to continue?

Yes

[hotdogPi]

ME 24 is a dead end.
ME 123 is a no outlet but not quite a dead end.
ME 209 is also a no outlet.
RI 77 is almost a no outlet.

All blocked by water.

[jmacswimmer]

In Southern Maryland, MD 6 dead-ends at the Potomac River at its western terminus.  MD 5 also dead-ends at its southern terminus in Point Lookout State Park (where the Potomac empties into the Chesapeake).

One of the more prominent examples IMHO of a state route dead-ending would be NC 12 at its northern terminus in Corolla NC, where access to any OBX points further north requires driving directly on the beach. (And the only way back to mainland, for now, requires backtracking 20 miles to US 158 in Kitty Hawk.)

[Max Rockatansky]

Some from California:

CA 39:  The highway exists between I-210 and CA 2 but it is blocked off with no outlet due to a land slide.
CA 169:  Both segments have a dead end with through road built over the implied connection or outlet.
CA 173:  Technically exists between CA 138 and CA 189 but the dirt section is blocked off with no through route.
CA 207:  Ends at the Mount Reba Ski Area.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

MN 11, east end at a resort past the Voyageurs NP entrance. It used to have an end shield, but it didn't in 2016 when I went to that terminus.

Also US 75's north end where the customs stations were closed.

[cu2010]

The most useless NY route, NY 421, dead ends in the middle of nowhere.

NY 189 now effectively dead ends at the Canadian border; this is now a one-way southbound only crossing after the Canadians closed their border station in 2011.

[Max Rockatansky]

MN 11, east end at a resort past the Voyageurs NP entrance. It used to have an end shield, but it didn't in 2016 when I went to that terminus.

MN 169 east of Ely essentially continues onward but trickles into nothing in Superior National Forest. 

[sprjus4]

VA-125 directly in the middle.

There used to be a bridge here over a decade ago, it was demolished and never replaced. VA-125 is still signed on either side.

[Max Rockatansky]

Arizona:

AZ 67 dead ends at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. 
AZ 373 ends in Greer and has no outlet.
AZ 366 ends near the peak of Mount Graham and has no outlet.
AZ 181 dead ends at Chircahua National Monument and has no outlet.
AZ 289 ends in the ghost town of Ruby and has no outlet.

An obvious one I forgot for California was both ends of CA 146.  Both sides end at Pinnacles National Park and have no outlet nor connection aside foot trails.

[Takumi]

VA 14, 354, and quite a few state facility routes.

[formulanone]

LA 56 at Cocodrie

TX 87 was partially washed away years ago, southwest of Port Arthur.

TX 165 (if the gates are closed) at the Texas State Cemetery.

[SectorZ]

Along with some Maine routes already posted, ME 4 in Rangeley dead-ends at a lake pier.

[ilpt4u]

KY looks like it has some that end at marinas on Kentucky Lake

[Bickendan]

OR 46 terminates at the Oregon Caves -- may not count, as that is the destination itself.
OR 351 dead ends just south of the Lake Wallowa recreation area.
OR 413 makes it to Cornucopia and stops... but it's unclear if it's signed.
WA 501's lower branch and its spur (Spur 501) both dead end.
WA 504 terminates at Johnston Observatory on Loowit -- may not count, as that's the destination.

[paulthemapguy]

Michigan 37 dead ends on the Old Mission Peninusla in Grand Traverse County.  Michigan 116 dead ends at Ludington State Park.  Michigan 154 dead ends at the southern tip of Harsens Island in Lake St. Clair.
Lots of Missouri State Routes dead end at state parks, and plenty of Minnesota State Routes dead end at state facilities.  Utah has state routes that do one or the other.

[Rothman]

NY 431 dead ends at Whiteface Mountain's summit.

[Big John]

WA 542 at Mt. Baker

[Revive 755]

I think we had this thread already but anyway:

Illinois
* IL 138

Missouri
* Very frequently with the lettered routes.
* Common with numbered routes that go into state parks such as MO 119, MO 144, and MO 147
* Also a few cases where the road into a city has been turned over, such as MO 231, MO 267, and MO 340 around St. Louis.

[Finrod]

Colorado State Highway 5 ends at the top of Mt. Evans, and is the highest paved road in North America at the summit.

[briantroutman]

PA 660 dead-ends at a parking area for Leonard Harrison State Park. Google Maps seems to suggest that the parking area is PA 660–and that the route therefore loops back onto itself (which perhaps is debatable as to being a dead end or not), but that doesn't appear to be supported by the corresponding PennDOT straight line diagram (bottom of page 130).



Of the top of my head, I'm not aware of any other signed Pennsylvania state traffic routes (i.e. those signed with a keystone shield) that dead-end. If there's another, I'd be interested in knowing about it.

[WNYroadgeek]

If cul-de-sacs count, then you can add NY 14's northern terminus: https://goo.gl/maps/WQHefMTdF6Zmp1SU8

[xonhulu]

OR 46 terminates at the Oregon Caves -- may not count, as that is the destination itself.
OR 351 dead ends just south of the Lake Wallowa recreation area.
OR 413 makes it to Cornucopia and stops... but it's unclear if it's signed.
WA 501's lower branch and its spur (Spur 501) both dead end.
WA 504 terminates at Johnston Observatory on Loowit -- may not count, as that's the destination.

As of 2018, the last time I was on these highways, neither of OR 351 or OR 413 were signed.

Some more from Oregon:
OR 540 dead-ends at either the entrance to Sunset Bay State Park or the parking lot of Cape Arago State Park (I'm not sure where the designation actually stops).
OR 250 (unsigned) dead-ends at Cape Blanco State Park
OR 251 (unsigned) dead-ends at the parking lot for Port Orford Heads State Park

OR 182 (never signed) dead-ended at the end of Otter Rock, but I'm not sure the route still exists: ODOT relinquished the hwy to Lincoln County a few years back.

In Washington:
WA 103 dead-ends at Leadbetter Point State Park.

[NWI_Irish96]

Indiana:

IN 111 and IN 166 dead end at the Ohio River. Several other state highways end at entrances to places like military facilities, state parks, state home/hospitals, quarries, where the road continues as a restricted-access road.