Urban interstates that end abruptly

[interstatefan990]

Here's an interesting thing to think about:

During the construction of the original Interstate highway system, many people in city neighborhoods protested the construction of freeways in or around their towns, seeing the roads' effect and potential impact. Some of these efforts were successful in stopping the routes from being built as planned. As a result, many urban Interstates end abruptly. Two examples I found (images below) are I-295, which suddenly terminates in NYC's Hollis neighborhood in Queens, and I-70, which also suddenly terminates at the Baltimore city line in Maryland.

Anyone have any other examples they know of? Favorites? Annoyances? Opinions?

   

[silverback1065]

Doesn't i-83 apply here in Baltimore?

Pixel 5

[DTComposer]

The north end of I-710 in Los Angeles/Alhambra would certainly be a notable example in California.

[interstatefan990]

Doesn't i-83 apply here in Baltimore?

Pixel 5

Yes. Ends in downtown and becomes President St. Don't know if it was due to opposition though.

[silverback1065]

I think indirectly, I believe it was supposed to end at i-170.

Pixel 5

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Doesn't i-83 apply here in Baltimore?

Pixel 5

Yes. Ends in downtown and becomes President St. Don't know if it was due to opposition though.

I believe it was supposed to connect to I-95 and was stopped, like I-70.

[TheStranger]

When I-480 existed as an interstate in SF, it would have counted due to never being built west of the Broadway interchange.

I-280's northern terminus was more abrupt prior to the construction of the Giants' ballpark; pre-2000 the viaduct ended at 4th Street with only a northbound offramp.  As part of the park construction project, 280 was realigned to feed into King Street about a block and a half to the west, which has remained the configuration since.

Though entirely by design: I-10 suddenly ending at a simple diamond interchange where Route 1 does a TOTSO in Santa Monica.  (1 had been proposed at times as freeway west and south of there, and the freeway itself does continue for one more mile as Route 1 through the tunnels)

[SkyPesos]

Not really the end of an interstate number, but the end of a segment of interstate highway
This I-95 segment ends at a park and ride next to the I-495 interchange, where I-95 continues southeast from there on a concurrency with I-495. I-95 was suppossed to continue south of there into DC, linking with I-395, and also linking with the eastern termius of I-70S, which got cancelled south of I-495 as well.


Sometimes I wonder what the point of that park and ride is though. There's Greenbelt 2.5 miles east of there, and that one connects to the Green and Yellow metro lines, while this one seems like it can only offer bus connections at most.

[Henry]

The south end of current I-170 west of St. Louis is at a Target just beyond I-64:

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.6292987,-90.342145,1180m/data=!3m1!1e3

[silverback1065]

I think that's on purpose. I don't think that was ever supposed to go any further south.
Nevermind, checked wikipedia and you're right it was supposed to go further south.

[KCRoadFan]

Doesn't I-394 in Minneapolis just funnel you onto the streets downtown near Target Field, Target Center, and First Avenue? I seem to remember something like that.

[thenetwork]

Way back in the 60s, there was to be an I-290 to be built just south of downtown Cleveland connecting I-71 to I-271 on the east side. 

The affluent east side communities went NIMBY on ODOT, and for decades, the only hint of a future I-290 was a stub connecting I-77 to a dead-end "T" intersection at East 55th St.

By the late 80s, I-490 was created to link I-90 @ I-71 to I-77 and the East 55th St. stub.

Now the Opportunity Corridor will be the final chapter in this abandoned freeway, now being built as a boulevard connecting I-77 to the University Circle area.

[3467]

There is the Dan Ryan Carmack feeder ramps which were to extend to Wacker. It's been discussed in detail in Midwest. There are also the feeder Ramps from the Bishop Ford and Skyway on Stony Island that were supposed to be to a freeway connecting to Lake Shore Drive. Not sure if these ramps count. Lake Shore Drive was later improved as part of the improvement to the U.S. Steel southworks  .
There are are freeway stubs none interstate though.

[thspfc]

I-35 in Duluth.

[davewiecking]

I think indirectly, I believe it was supposed to end at i-170.

Pixel 5

I-83 was supposed to end at the ramp stubs along the stretch of I-95 near where it passes over O'Donnell Ave. Not going into any more details here because this topic has been covered innumerable times elsewhere in the forum.

The north end of DC's I-395 and the east end of I-66 meet the OP's question. I'd also argue that the very small portion of I-266 that was built applies.

The park and ride just south of the I-95/I-495 interchange was an unofficial truck parking area before it was made an official Park and Ride with a truck weighing station, both of which were years before the Greenbelt Metro was opened, or had ramps connecting it to the Beltway.

[jp the roadgeek]

The I-95 segment in Canton, MA at I-93 where it loops onto MA 128.  It was supposed to continue beyond there as the Southwest Expressway. 

The north end of I-295 in Attleboro; it gives you the feel that you are on a local road as you can see where the ROW continues plus you have utility poles that parallel the ramp.

I-790 at both ends

[jdbx]

I-780 in Vallejo has kind of an abrupt end.  It intersects I-80 with a fairly typical cloverleaf, and if you are continuing west on I-780 past that, it just dumps you out onto Curtola Parkway.

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.0918497,-122.2349482,2276m/data=!3m1!1e3

[CtrlAltDel]

The road that was going to be I-40 in Memphis ends like this:

[Occidental Tourist]

I-380 (CA) ends with ghost ramps westbound under I-280 instead of continuing on to its planned terminus at CA 1 in Pacifica.

[froggie]

Doesn't I-394 in Minneapolis just funnel you onto the streets downtown near Target Field, Target Center, and First Avenue? I seem to remember something like that.

Yes but that was intentional.  I-394 was never planned to cross the river.

[1995hoo]

While it's not designated as an Interstate, the Willowbrook Expressway on Staten Island seems to fit this thread. The road coming south from the Bayonne Bridge abruptly dumps you onto Victory Boulevard because it was never completed. If you zoom out on the map below, it's pretty easy to tell where the highway was planned to run.

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6099993,-74.1593158,1201m/data=!3m1!1e3

[Bickendan]

US 30 in Portland, both currently where it feeds into NW Yeon Ave at Nicolai St, and previously when it had ended around NW 23rd Ave around Thurman and Vaughn Streets.
Qualifies, as this had been intended to be I-505 prior to the Mt Hood Freeway getting canceled, which would have extended further west toward the southern end of NW St Helens Rd (and ultimately along St Helens Rd all the way to Clatskanie).

Related: The Sunset Hwy (ORH 47) feeding into SW Market and Clay Streets at I-405, and OR 217 connecting to SW Barnes Rd at US 26, but this is likely by design.
WA 14's connection to downtown Vancouver at I-5 may count, also by design.
I-305 into Salem (now OR 99EB as the Salem Parkway) wouldn't count.

[mgk920]

Doesn't I-394 in Minneapolis just funnel you onto the streets downtown near Target Field, Target Center, and First Avenue? I seem to remember something like that.

Wasn't I-394 planned to continue across the Mississippi River and connect with I-35W in the area of those ghost interchange 'S' curves?

Mike

[silverback1065]

Doesn't I-394 in Minneapolis just funnel you onto the streets downtown near Target Field, Target Center, and First Avenue? I seem to remember something like that.

Wasn't I-394 planned to continue across the Mississippi River and connect with I-35W in the area of those ghost interchange 'S' curves?

Mike

no i think that's another cancelled highway. 394 was built as planned.

[SkyPesos]

Doesn't I-394 in Minneapolis just funnel you onto the streets downtown near Target Field, Target Center, and First Avenue? I seem to remember something like that.

Wasn't I-394 planned to continue across the Mississippi River and connect with I-35W in the area of those ghost interchange 'S' curves?

Mike

You're probably thinking of the cancelled I-335