Interstate Freeway Ending

[CtrlAltDel]

65 used to end at a traffic light.

It still does.

That's what I said. 

[JustDrive]

Interstate 8 ends at a stoplight in San Diego.

I-605 technically ends at the 210, but there's a ramp that connects to Huntington and Mount Olive Drives that ends at a stoplight. The ramp itself has a postmile sign labeling it as 605.

[sparker]

Both I-175 and I-375 end at either street merges or stoplights in St. Petersburg, FL -- and they're only about a mile apart.

[Eth]

Edit:  Wait, did I goof regarding I-16?  What's the deal with Route 25 in Georgia?

No, you were right about I-16. Here's a portion of the Savannah inset of GDOT's official map, which may clear it up:

[Ned Weasel]

No, you were right about I-16. Here's a portion of the Savannah inset of GDOT's official map, which may clear it up:

Thanks!  It's nice to see something that clarifies what Google makes confusing.

[nwi_navigator_1181]

65 used to end at a traffic light.

It still does.

It's very weird. Going south from US 12/20, signage indicates I-65 begins there, though I-65 northbound is considered "ended"  at the Toll Road exit...before the light at US 12 and 20.

How about I-194 in Battle Creek, Michigan? After going less than two miles north from I-94, it ends at a lighted intersection at Hamblin Avenue.

[webny99]

Well, how do I describe this? I'm thinking of like, freeways that don't end in an interchange with other interstate highways, and end at a limited-access US/State highway at a traffic light or stop sign.

The title says interstate: Are you thinking of interstate endings only, or any freeway ending?

[paulthemapguy]

The South Dakota I-190 ends at a signal as it spurs into Rapid City. 
The west end of I-780 in California (the freeway section anyway) is a signal at Lemon St in Vallejo.

[US 89]

I-8 ends at a traffic light in the Ocean Beach area of San Diego.

I-516 ends at the light at Montgomery St in Savannah, GA.

[DJ Particle]

What about Interstate non-freeways that end at surface-street intersections that aren't US or state routes?  I think that's a category of one, although I think its signage ends where it ceases to be a freeway, because probably almost nobody calls the Holland Tunnel "I-78."

Isn't I-78's stub end in Manhattan still technically a freeway?  Its intersections with other streets are served by very short exit ramps, and the streets don't actually cross the interstate.

[Rothman]

I-291's north end is essentially a traffic light at its intersection with the Pike.  Burnett Road quickly feels more rural.

[GaryV]

I-194 ends in downtown Battle Creek, continuing north as M-66 on Division Street.

[jmacswimmer]

I83 in baltimore ends on local streets.

And on the other side of downtown, I-395 does the same thing.

[jmd41280]

I-79 north ends at a traffic signal at Lincoln Ave. in Erie, PA. The I-79 roadway then transitions into the Bayfront Parkway.

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.1103667,-80.1212366,3a,75y,31.81h,91.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shUA6Jt2QqGRGGEq2Y0zXbA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[Henry]

I83 in baltimore ends on local streets.

And on the other side of downtown, I-395 does the same thing.

For that matter, so does I-395 in DC.

[jp the roadgeek]

I-384's east end becomes a 4 lane divided US 6/44, which splits less than a mile away.
I-684's north end becomes a 2 lane NY 22, which joins the north end for the last few hundred feet at its last interchange.
And speaking of I-90. it's east end is now at MA 1A
I-391 ends at a traffic light in downtown Holyoke
I-587 ends in a traffic circle
And there is much debate about the north end of I-787.  Does it transition to NY 787, or exit onto NY 7 and end at the east end of the bridge?

[texaskdog]

I-35 In Minnesota ends at MN 61 (old US 61) at a stoplight

[MikieTimT]

Illinois loves feeder ramps there is an entire thread on Great Lakes on just one but 88 really doesn't end at 80 . There is an 88 ends sign just past the cloverleaf so it simply becomes one of its old numbers Illinois 5
Also Interstate 2 becomes US 83.

In that vein, I-57 for now ends at US60, and just turns into a 4 lane rural expressway with cross traffic after the southern cloverleaf.

For now.

US-60 is planned to be upgraded to limited access with overpasses/access roads until the junction with US-67 at Poplar Bluff where US-67 upgraded will carry I-57 south to Little Rock, where it will have a proper termination onto I-40.  Now, that isn't fully funded, so it may take 20+ years to come to fruit, but the new terrain route selection in Arkansas is moving forward with online public comment at this time, so progress is being made south of the border anyway.

[Ned Weasel]

Isn't I-78's stub end in Manhattan still technically a freeway?  Its intersections with other streets are served by very short exit ramps, and the streets don't actually cross the interstate.

I guess you could call it that, although it seems like a stretch to me, but part of it is most definitely grade-separated by virtue of coming out of a tunnel.  The portion leading to the tunnel in Jersey City, however, is most definitely not a freeway.

[Echostatic]

I-45's southern end in Galveston dumps it onto a surface road.

[WillWeaverRVA]

I-264 ends at a traffic signal at Parks Ave in Virginia Beach, VA.

I-564 dumps you onto VA 337 at its western end.

[ethanhopkin14]

I-45's southern end in Galveston dumps it onto a surface road.

I have always been fascinated with Interstates ending because of natural or political boundaries, or arbitrarily, because Texas has 3 (almost 5) interstates (35, 37 and 45; almost 69E-W) that terminate south because of Mexico or the Gulf of.  It has 1 3di (110) that ends at Mexico and one interstate (27) that ends and US-87 continues it's legacy as an expressway.  The rest of Texas' termini of interstates end in the middle of a freeway portion (45 north, 44 west, 345 south, 37 north), it defaults onto another like directed interstate (20 and 30) or at a "T" intersection (2, 27 north, 37 north-ish, 45 north-ish, 69C).  Basically Texas has all the types of interstate termini there are and it's fascinating, yet I am still so bothered by the arbitrary.  I-44 and I-27 bother me because it's lost potential and so doe I-37 to a lesser degree. 

All that to say that I have always been fascinated with I35, 37 and 45's southern termini.  So jarring to be on a long freeway and then have it end at a traffic light.  I was always in the camp that felt like I-37 ended at the traffic signal in Corpus Christi. 

[JKRhodes]

I-17 ends at a traffic light. It's the only interstate I'm aware of that has sidewalks and restaurant driveways along its length (albeit only the first hundred feet).

Of course, it could be argued that I-17's true terminus is the McConnell Dr. Overpass, but there isn't any signage to indicate one way or the other.

[Ned Weasel]

I-17 ends at a traffic light. It's the only interstate I'm aware of that has sidewalks and restaurant driveways along its length (albeit only the first hundred feet).

Of course, it could be argued that I-17's true terminus is the McConnell Dr. Overpass, but there isn't any signage to indicate one way or the other.

Are you sure that's the official terminus instead of I-40?  I always thought it was I-40.  Wikipedia agrees, and so do the signs from I-40 and NB I-17: https://goo.gl/maps/6REr2r2BmVAzvRnD7 , https://goo.gl/maps/kEQJ377sr2scDCai6 , https://goo.gl/maps/6R6sDFZ3ozmHxSP39 .  I'm inclined to believe this sign: https://goo.gl/maps/7ydHXyvb5NgiwXj96 , is shorthand for "TO SOUTH I-17," but hey, I've been wrong before.

[sprjus4]

It's the only interstate I'm aware of that has sidewalks and restaurant driveways along its length (albeit only the first hundred feet).

I-676, I-78, I-70.