Interesting stuff

[Some_Person]

I always love reading interesting things about highways, such as the most amount of lanes or the highest speed limit, stuff like that, so I made a thread for everyone to share some interesting stuff. It doesn't have to be anything specific, just something you find to be cool, interesting, abnormal, awesome, or anything of that nature.

For example, this ramp to the GSP Northbound is unusually long http://goo.gl/maps/bvNmL

Also, this is one of the biggest amount of lanes I've seen http://goo.gl/maps/ChpZC

This section of the Lehigh Valley Thruway is correctly labelled as a freeway, but surprisingly the speed limit is only 25mph http://goo.gl/maps/KtZbo http://goo.gl/maps/BuPCf (street view) it's mostly due to the dangerous curves before it, but the fact that the limit goes down (from 35) rather than up after those curves is interesting.

[Roadsguy]

Though I consider it freeway, there's actually no barrier over the bridge because it's so narrow.

Was the bridge built before the freeway? The bridge appears to have been designed to feed straight into one of the local streets in Easton.

[roadman65]

I also noticed that both Nevada and Rhode Island have a lot in common.  There are no US Route terminuses in their states where all US Routes pass through and never stop.

Then, the States of FL,CA, WA, and ME have all US routes terminate  at one end and NO routes pass through, although US 1 and US 2  in Maine do  enter at one end and then make it to the Candian Border on the other side continuing as NB Provincial roads and in Washington some make it to continue into Canada.  FL  has two US routes that terminate  at both ends within itself and do not leave the Sunshine State.

NJ, once had only one US Route pass through it until US 9 was extended in DE.  US 1 was the only route to pass over two state lines as every other US Route terminates in NJ.

[mgk920]

I also noticed that both Nevada and Rhode Island have a lot in common.  There are no US Route terminuses in their states where all US Routes pass through and never stop.

Then, the States of FL,CA, WA, and ME have all US routes terminate  at one end and NO routes pass through, although US 1 and US 2  in Maine do  enter at one end and then make it to the Candian Border on the other side continuing as NB Provincial roads and in Washington some make it to continue into Canada.  FL  has two US routes that terminate  at both ends within itself and do not leave the Sunshine State.

NJ, once had only one US Route pass through it until US 9 was extended in DE.  US 1 was the only route to pass over two state lines as every other US Route terminates in NJ.

US 202 transits New Jersey.

Mike

[Crewdawg]

I also noticed that both Nevada and Rhode Island have a lot in common.  There are no US Route terminuses in their states where all US Routes pass through and never stop.

Then, the States of FL,CA, WA, and ME have all US routes terminate  at one end and NO routes pass through, although US 1 and US 2  in Maine do  enter at one end and then make it to the Candian Border on the other side continuing as NB Provincial roads and in Washington some make it to continue into Canada.  FL  has two US routes that terminate  at both ends within itself and do not leave the Sunshine State.

NJ, once had only one US Route pass through it until US 9 was extended in DE.  US 1 was the only route to pass over two state lines as every other US Route terminates in NJ.

US 95 transits CA

[roadman65]

I cannot believe that I forgot US 202.  Considering I lived in New Jersey for 25 years of my life I should have know that one like the back of my hand.  US 95 in California, I easily forgot about that one as I have not lived there, and that one is acceptable, but US 202 a road I even clinched within the Garden State. 

[Alps]

I also noticed that both Nevada and Rhode Island have a lot in common.  There are no US Route terminuses in their states where all US Routes pass through and never stop.

Then, the States of FL,CA, WA, and ME have all US routes terminate  at one end and NO routes pass through, although US 1 and US 2  in Maine do  enter at one end and then make it to the Candian Border on the other side continuing as NB Provincial roads and in Washington some make it to continue into Canada.  FL  has two US routes that terminate  at both ends within itself and do not leave the Sunshine State.

NJ, once had only one US Route pass through it until US 9 was extended in DE.  US 1 was the only route to pass over two state lines as every other US Route terminates in NJ.

US 95 transits CA

As does the top part of 395, on a technicality.

[roadman65]

Also a thing to note that Rhode Island has no 3 digit US routes within its borders.

I was thinking about US 395 in CA as it really does transit on its top segment and another thing about it is the fact that because it enters Nevada in the middle, US 281 has to hold the title of the longest three digit route within a state.  California is longer than Texas if you go north to south as I-5 is longer in mileage in the Golden State than I-35 is in the Lone Star State.   I believe that in the early days when US 395 went all the way to San Diego, if it never entered Nevada, US 395 would be the longest 3 digit to be within one state then.

[Alps]

Also a thing to note that Rhode Island has no 3 digit US routes within its borders.

I was thinking about US 395 in CA as it really does transit on its top segment and another thing about it is the fact that because it enters Nevada in the middle, US 281 has to hold the title of the longest three digit route within a state.  California is longer than Texas if you go north to south as I-5 is longer in mileage in the Golden State than I-35 is in the Lone Star State.   I believe that in the early days when US 395 went all the way to San Diego, if it never entered Nevada, US 395 would be the longest 3 digit to be within one state then.

... but US 395 enters Oregon. How is that within one state? Or are you saying "most miles of a single 3 digit US route in one state?" US 380 in Texas must be up there, too.

EDIT: Wow, as long as 380 is, even if it extended all the way to Arkansas, it'd STILL be 70 miles short of 281.

[roadman65]

Yeah I am saying most miles of a single 3 digit US route within one state.  Not being solo in one state.

[Alps]

US 58 runs 508 miles in Virginia. That's gotta be the longest in any Eastern state.

[Some_Person]

US 58 runs 508 miles in Virginia. That's gotta be the longest in any Eastern state.

That's crazy, just south though, US 64 runs 604 miles through North Carolina.

[roadman65]

I think the fact that I-10 journey through Texas is longer than that through the three states of CA, AZ, and NM together.  So El Paso is much closer to Santa Monica than it is with the LA Border on the other end of Texas via I-10.

Also, I-10 is shorter from the TX- LA Border to Jacksonville than it is to the TX- NM State Line at the opposite end of the state as well. Over one third of I-10 is located within the Lone Star State.

It is also the longest roadway maintained by one  agency: The Texas Department of Transportation.

[Takumi]

US 58 runs 508 miles in Virginia. That's gotta be the longest in any Eastern state.

For a few years, it was the longest single-state US route in the country, between US 290's truncation (198x) and 1996, when it was rerouted into Tennessee at its west end, a rerouting that also removed US 25W from Virginia). Now I believe US 158 is the longest single-state US route.

[hbelkins]

US 58 runs 508 miles in Virginia. That's gotta be the longest in any Eastern state.

And I have driven every mile of it, and its alternate route in the southwestern corner of the state.

[deathtopumpkins]

It is also the longest roadway in the United Statesmaintained by one  agency: The Texas Department of Transportation.

FTFY.

As has recently been demonstrated in other threads, there are roads in Canadian provinces much longer than that (Quebec Route 138, Ontario King's Highway 17 & 11, for example).

[Alps]

US 58 runs 508 miles in Virginia. That's gotta be the longest in any Eastern state.

That's crazy, just south though, US 64 runs 604 miles through North Carolina.

DOIiiiiiiiiiiii I knew that because there are exit numbers.

[vdeane]

It is also the longest roadway in the United Statesmaintained by one  agency: The Texas Department of Transportation.

FTFY.

As has recently been demonstrated in other threads, there are roads in Canadian provinces much longer than that (Quebec Route 138, Ontario King's Highway 17 & 11, for example).

I'm amazed that Alaska doesn't have anything longer.

[deathtopumpkins]

It is also the longest roadway in the United Statesmaintained by one  agency: The Texas Department of Transportation.

FTFY.

As has recently been demonstrated in other threads, there are roads in Canadian provinces much longer than that (Quebec Route 138, Ontario King's Highway 17 & 11, for example).

I'm amazed that Alaska doesn't have anything longer.

I believe the longest in Alaska is Route 1 at 540 miles. And there are several others up in the 400s (AK 2, the Dalton / AK 11, AK 98) and 300s. But driving across the state requires multiple routes.

[NE2]

AK 98

24 miles per Wikipedia.

[deathtopumpkins]

AK 98

24 miles per Wikipedia.

Whoops, my bad, in a quick glance I hadn't noticed that the mileage was for the entire Klondike Highway, not just the Alaska portion.

[roadman65]

I think the wye interchange north of Ocala where US 301 and US 441 split is interesting.  NB US 441 is dominate with US 301 having to exit into one lane.  SB US 301 is the dominate one with two lanes continuing while US 441 SB narrows to one lane and merges into the 301 traffic.  Usually, one route is dominate over the other, but here it is evenly split.

While on the subject of US 301, both of its ends are at two US routes that are consecutive in numbering.
US 40 at is north end in DE and US 41 at its south end in FL.

[kkt]

It is also the longest roadway in the United Statesmaintained by one  agency: The Texas Department of Transportation.

FTFY.

As has recently been demonstrated in other threads, there are roads in Canadian provinces much longer than that (Quebec Route 138, Ontario King's Highway 17 & 11, for example).

B.C. highway 97, 2081 km (1293 miles), the longest provincial highway in Canada says Wikipedia.  I've been on the part from Dawson Creek to Cache Creek, and a spectacular drive it was.

[Some_Person]

This interchange between US 222 Business and US 422 seems to be a diamond interchange, but with its ramps in between the carriageways of 422, rather than outside them, almost like the interchanges on the Pulaski Skyway: http://goo.gl/maps/TEUqP it seems pretty convenient, as there is only one intersection instead of two with traffic going on and off the highway.

Is there any place where two mainline toll plazas are so close to each other like this? http://goo.gl/maps/63lDY

And this has to be one of the craziest cloverleaf-like interchanges I've seen... http://goo.gl/maps/bHHLa

[NE2]

This interchange between US 222 Business and US 422 seems to be a diamond interchange, but with its ramps in between the carriageways of 422, rather than outside them, almost like the interchanges on the Pulaski Skyway: http://goo.gl/maps/TEUqP it seems pretty convenient, as there is only one intersection instead of two with traffic going on and off the highway.

It's a sort of internal SPUI. I-290 in Chicago has them, and there are others in various places.

And this has to be one of the craziest cloverleaf-like interchanges I've seen... http://goo.gl/maps/bHHLa

Just park-and-ride lots. This one poos more: http://maps.google.com/?ll=40.499997,-74.406205&spn=0.00372,0.008256&t=k&z=18

The cloverleaf has replaced the hammer and sickle as symbol of Mother Russia: http://maps.google.com/?ll=55.882424,37.726729&spn=0.005488,0.016512&t=k&z=17