Routs That Backtrack

[MCRoads]

I have always thought I-476 in Scranton, PA was weird because it backtracked a little bit. However, US 52 in Sabula, IA, backtracks quite a bit before crossing the Mississippi River, a lot more than I-476. Anyone else got any examples? What about routs that loop over themselves like I-70 in Breezewood?

[hotdogPi]

US 101 in Washington
The entirety of MA 80 and MA 145

[jmacswimmer]

What about routs that loop over themselves like J-70 in Breezewood?

I-76 crosses over itself where it bumps I-80 and enters the Ohio Turnpike west of Youngstown.

[webny99]

J-70 in Breezewood

J for jumpy?

[MCRoads]

Oops, lol. Typing is fun, isn't it.

[webny99]

Oops, lol. Typing is fun, isn't it.

Indeed. Sorry, I just can't help having fun with typos. 

[webny99]

With regards to the actual thread subject, are you looking for roads that go the opposite of their signed direction, or just circuitous routes in general?

[1995hoo]

Oops, lol. Typing is fun, isn't it.

Indeed. Sorry, I just can't help having fun with typos. 

Yet you neglected to mention the one in the subject line?

[frankenroad]

I can think of three off the top of my head - all being because they are constricted by one of the Great Lakes.

The eastern end of OH-163 on the Marblehead Peninsula
M-25 on Michigan's thumb
M-123 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

[webny99]

Oops, lol. Typing is fun, isn't it.

Indeed. Sorry, I just can't help having fun with typos. 

Yet you neglected to mention the one in the subject line?

I did notice it, but I couldn't think of an obvious way to have fun with it.
J for jumpy was just too perfect to pass up in thread about routes jumping around.

[GaryV]

I can think of three off the top of my head - all being because they are constricted by one of the Great Lakes.

The eastern end of OH-163 on the Marblehead Peninsula
M-25 on Michigan's thumb
M-123 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Also M-22 in the Leelanau Peninsula.  And Wisconsin 13 near the Apostle Islands.

[Some one]

I-64 does a bit of a curve in Norfolk and ends... at its spur routes.

[US 89]

Utah has a few state routes that would fit this idea, but the biggest example is probably SR 68. That route follows Redwood Road north through the Salt Lake metro for over 67 miles...but in Woods Cross, it turns east and hooks back around to the south.

This has been the case since 2001. Before then, the north (east) end was at 200 West in Bountiful, which carried SR 106. But in 2001, the portion of 106 between 400 North and 500 South was removed from the state system, and the piece south of 5th became an extension of 68.

[GaryV]

Oops, lol. Typing is fun, isn't it.

Indeed. Sorry, I just can't help having fun with typos. 

Yet you neglected to mention the one in the subject line?

I did notice it, but I couldn't think of an obvious way to have fun with it.
J for jumpy was just too perfect to pass up in thread about routes jumping around.

If it's a rout that backtracks, does that mean that now you are winning?

[renegade]

M-29 in Michigan.

[texaskdog]

US 41 in Michigan

Speaking of which, wondering why they don't do with 41 what they did with 27.  Extend 141 north to Copper Harbor and let 41 end in Marquette.

[Flint1979]

US 41 in Michigan

Speaking of which, wondering why they don't do with 41 what they did with 27.  Extend 141 north to Copper Harbor and let 41 end in Marquette.

That should be the other way around 141 should go to Marquette and end there. While 41 should follow 141's current path and go to Copper Harbor. 41 shouldn't be on M-28's route.

[jemacedo9]

Oops, lol. Typing is fun, isn’t it.

Indeed. Sorry, I just can't help having fun with typos. 

Yet you neglected to mention the one in the subject line?

I did notice it, but I couldn't think of an obvious way to have fun with it.
J for jumpy was just too perfect to pass up in thread about routes jumping around.

If it's a rout that backtracks, does that mean that now you are winning?

Ask Atlanta about their last Super Bowl appearance...

[Roadgeekteen]

Don't all beltways backtrack?

[SectorZ]

Don't all beltways backtrack?

In many cases to infinity.

[texaskdog]

US 41 in Michigan

Speaking of which, wondering why they don't do with 41 what they did with 27.  Extend 141 north to Copper Harbor and let 41 end in Marquette.

That should be the other way around 141 should go to Marquette and end there. While 41 should follow 141's current path and go to Copper Harbor. 41 shouldn't be on M-28's route.

agreed, just thinking they didn't do that with 27/127

[texaskdog]

Oops, lol. Typing is fun, isn’t it.

Indeed. Sorry, I just can't help having fun with typos. 

Yet you neglected to mention the one in the subject line?

I did notice it, but I couldn't think of an obvious way to have fun with it.
J for jumpy was just too perfect to pass up in thread about routes jumping around.

If it's a rout that backtracks, does that mean that now you are winning?

Ask Atlanta about their last Super Bowl appearance...

that's why they want I-3 in Georgia so bad.

[index]

NC 210 for its entire length, 210 east will eventually become 210 west as you head down the route.

[ethanhopkin14]

I-25 from Santa Fe to Las Vegas.  It short but there is a point when the northbound lanes are facing south.

I-64 in Norfolk hasn't been mentioned yet?

What about I-8 east of Yuma in the telegraph pass where the carriageways cross over each other.  Does that count?

[index]

I-64 in Norfolk hasn't been mentioned yet?

It was, earlier in the thread:

I-64 does a bit of a curve in Norfolk and ends... at its spur routes.