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Widest Highway/Freeway in your City?

Started by Road Warrior, February 23, 2009, 08:29:05 PM

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Road Warrior

I've always loved driving/riding through cities and comparing the width of the freeways/highways to those of my home base.

In Greensboro... Interstate 85 is 10 lanes wide between Exit 118 and 120.  Interstate 40 maintains 10 lanes between exits 208 and 212, and has a short stretch of 12 lanes before/after the 40/73 split.


SSOWorld

unfortunately my town's freeway is only 4 lanes.  :-|

The widest in the state is 8 lanes, Milwaukee downtown (not including exit auxiliary lanes).
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PAHighways

Not counting the toll plazas areas on the Turnpike System, the widest expressway in Pittsburgh is the Parkway North between the North Side and US 19 which is 8 (3 SB/2 HOV/3 NB).

deathtopumpkins

Counting exit ramps and HOV lanes, I believe I-264 in Virginia Beach reaches 16 lanes for a brief stretch, other than that the widest I know of around here is here in Hampton, on I-64 for 2 miles north of Mercury Blvd. (Exit 263) it is 10 lanes not counting exit ramps.
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I-95 is the closest highway to my home, and it is 8 lanes in some spots through Philadelphia.
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Most of the freeways in Metro Nashville have 6-8 lanes total.  A few spots widen out to 10-12.  (including exit ramps)

On the north side of town, they recently completed rebuilding the I-65 / Briley Parkway Interchange (TN 155).  The interchange also has extended flyovers to/from Ellington Pkwy. about a mile to the east.  On the north side of the interchange, there is 16 lanes total including the entrance and exit ramps.

Even though that is at an interchange, it's still pretty impressive to me for a medium size city like Nashville!
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In my town, there is no freeway. Although the widest highway is 4 lanes with some sections that are 6 lanes.
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OracleUsr

My hometown is Statesville, that HUGE METROPOLIS that it is (NOT).

Both interstates (40 and 77) are four lane through the city.
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I-75/85 (Downtown Connector) - 14 lanes or so, in spots.

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OK 51 between the Muskogee Turnpike and I-44 has 8 through lanes, with 10 lanes inbetween exits.

TheStranger

In metro Sacramento, the widest freeway is probably I-80 northeast of the split with Business 80, which is 14 lanes wide up to Exit 96 (Madison Avenue).

Within the city limits, I suspect the WX Freeway segment of the Capital City Freeway (Business 80/US 50/Route 99) fits the bill at 12 lanes between I-5 and 15th Street (former US 99 and later Route 160).

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Sadly US 101 is only 4 total lanes in Rohnert Park at the moment. Definitely needs to be widened.
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Road Warrior

Quote from: OracleUsr on February 23, 2009, 10:56:57 PM
My hometown is Statesville, that HUGE METROPOLIS that it is (NOT).

Both interstates (40 and 77) are four lane through the city.

hopefully one day (within my lifetime) they will widen 77 to at least 6 lanes from the Iredell/Meck line up to Yadkin county line.  Preferably 8 lanes from Charlotte to exit 36

Duke87

The widest highway in New York City Proper is the Trans-Manhattan Expressway, which has twelve lanes at first, although, as you go east, it rapidly sheds lanes. First down to eight after the Harlem River Drive, and then down to six after I-87. This all happens in less than a mile. And you wonder why there's traffic on the Cross Bronx.
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njroadhorse

I live in NJ and have two close freeways:

I-80 is 6 lanes near my exit (25)
I-84 in NY is very close and has 6 lanes (I think?)
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Alps

Quote from: njroadhorse on February 24, 2009, 03:49:00 PM
I live in NJ and have two close freeways:

I-80 is 6 lanes near my exit (25)
I-84 in NY is very close and has 6 lanes (I think?)

My closest Interstate is I-280 with 6 lanes in my town itself.  In my county, I get I-280 up to ten lanes, Garden State Parkway at eight, and the NJ Turnpike/I-95 with a whopping 14!

yanksfan6129

Also passing through my town in NJ, is I-80, with 6 total lanes. I'm not 100% percent sure of my town border, but I-287 may actually widen to 8 lanes in the northern section of my town (truck lanes for climbing?)

UptownRoadGeek

I-10 is 8-9 lanes at its widest point in the city. It will soon be 11-12 lanes in the suburbs

DAL764

The widest freeway in Hamburg would be the A7 through the Elbtunnel at a total of 8 lanes (2 per tube). Of course, that is unless one of the tubes is once again closed for repairs or because a driver panicked and caused a crash.
Next closest would be around 3 miles of the A1, at a total of 7 lanes, 3 going south, 4 going north. Other than those two, nothing wider than 6 lanes.

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Quote from: deathtopumpkins on February 23, 2009, 08:42:34 PM
Counting exit ramps and HOV lanes, I believe I-264 in Virginia Beach reaches 16 lanes for a brief stretch, other than that the widest I know of around here is here in Hampton, on I-64 for 2 miles north of Mercury Blvd. (Exit 263) it is 10 lanes not counting exit ramps.
Are you including the C/D Roads on I-264 between US 13 and Newtown Rd(?VA 403) when referring to the 16 lanes?   
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deathtopumpkins

Yeah, but isn't it still that wide for a little bit after the C/D roads end? Meh guess not... but still. C/D roads count.
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exit322

I-77 from the US 30/62 interchange up through Canton and perhaps all the way to Akron now is six-laned.  All two expressways in Massillon, where I live, are four-laned.

Terry Shea

I live in Grand Rapids, MI.  I-96, I-196 and M6 are all 4 lanes except for a brief portion of I-96 which is 5 lanes.  US 131 is 6 lanes through nearly the entire metro area but none of these freeways (with the possible exception of M6) have anywhere near enough lanes.  They're planning on adding lanes to I-96 and I-196 near the split but it's going to be a mess to get it done.  These freeways were very poorly planned in the first place.



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