Came back over to say that it is beyond me why your content's not presented in classrooms. You can literally hear the research and academia applied and time taken to present sound, informed information. Not just "post something" I know I've said a thousand times but for obvious reason it bears repeating... Another, yet another, excellent presentation by Mileage Mike. Back to the MMT channel...
Now a new interstate 87 several states away in NC, I 87 is limited to NY from the triboro bridge in NYC to the Canadian border to become Route 15 to Montreal.
@@stonehenge55if it moves to the Garden State Parkway which is already Interstate Standards and make the existing Interstate a spur route that would cost nothing except designation approval.
I think Crain Hwy, at least the MD-3 portion, should be converted to Interstate standards, because Crain Hwy is one of the most congested "roads?" in Maryland, as it's another six-lane suburban stroad, with 3-4 traffic lights per mile, many of them being red for two minutes, which is most likely the primary contribution to it's painful congestion. Many people use Crain Hwy to get between communities like Glen Burnie, Crofton, Bowie, and Upper Marlboro, and there are even people in the former two communities using I-97 and MD-3 to commute to Washington, as well as people in Bowie commuting to Baltimore.
@@jasonfischer8946 97 needs to follow 50 west from Annapolis then follow 301 south down to 295. There needs to be a viable alternative to 95. Especially for through traffic to bypass DC/NoVA.
I-41 should be an honorable mention in WI. It runs from that same interchange with I-43 in Green Bay south through Milwaukee, then literally 2.5 miles into Illinois, where US-41 splits from I-94.
2.5 miles into IL? It’s literally only 1 mile in IL before the US-41 split. And even then it isn’t signed in IL at all. You only know of its existence till you are in WI. It should have been on this list
On the books, it's 9 blocks between the IL state line and the US 41 interchange south of Russell Rd. If you're being generous, you could argue that it's just over 2 miles between the IL state line and IL 173.
@@MilkLikeSubstancethat’s not part of it. That’s just US-41. The section from where it leaves I-94 to 173 isn’t even up to interstate standards. I-41 only goes 1 mile into IL technically. Even though you would never know it because IL does not sign it.
I-88 in Illinois is an interesting road. The tolled portion is damn near always under construction in some fashion. The section where it runs parallel with I-355 is really fascinating to see in person.
Being born in Aurora, Illinois and seeing that interchange almost everyday along with the now old Circle Interchange of I90, I94 and I290, I never understood the fascination of seeing them.
@@kosjeyrthe old Circle Interchange was interesting to me. Its short, slow speed ramps used to annoy me, but I understood why it was designed as such. For I-88 / I-355 interchange, I just liked that it is essentially a stretched stack interchange.
I-27 was originally intended to connect Amarillo’s Pantex Nuclear Weapons facility to Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock. Much like the segment of I-44 that connect Wichita Falls Sheppard Air Force Base to Lawton Fort Sill. Both are part of the military use for the interstate highway system.
Fun fact about I-17: it's important to Arizonans since its one of three routes up north from Phoenix (US-60/AZ-89 to the west via Prescott, AZ 87 to the east via Payson) and the fastest one to boot, so it gets clogged up a lot. Because of that they've been constructing flex lanes between the edge of the Valley around Anthem/AZ-74 and the road to Prescott (AZ-69), a stretch with no escape from the interstate corridor. These flex lanes change direction according to the dominant flow of traffic at the time and weave around the terrain as one climbs from the Sonoran desert to the Arizona-New Mexico mountains.
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Lots of infrastructural transportation improvements in Georgia. The rebuilding of the I-16/I-95 junction with added light masts, sound barriers, and design to better flow. The same on the other end of I-16 at I-75. New improved lighting and signage in Macon on I-75 from I-16 northward. Widening and resurfacing of I-85 north of the Atlanta area headed toward South Carolina. Other road projects across the state as well.
As long as it is routed away from NYC (or at the very least, grade separated with zero direct interaction with that metro). City traffic is already bad enough, and most of it is because of i95 and trucks. I87 as a NYC metro bypass mainly for trucks would do wonders for traffic
No offense, but extending I-87 into NJ is a pipe dream. Mike’s map looked like he placed the suggested route along the Garden State Parkway. But Jersey residents will allow tractor trailers on the Parkway when they start pumping their own gas. That said, NJ could cobble together an I-87 route along existing highways that are at or near Interstate standards. That may not afford some commenters the NYC bypass or congestion relief they were hoping for as the options are limited. The best option is to change 287’s designation through NY and NJ suburbs to the mainline 87 and make the Bronx alignment that is currently 87 a three digit interstate. Then in Central Jersey where the current 287 intersects the NJ Turnpike, it would continue concurrently with 95 and later changing over to the current 295 in South Jersey. And just like 295, this 87 alignment would rejoin the Turnpike across the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Since I don’t know Delaware highways, I won’t venture a guess as to how to route the remaining stretches outside of NJ.
@@matthewwurtzel322Trucks are allowed on the GSP to exit 105 (rt. 18). I think they were forced off there before the second Driscoll bridge was built (they used to squeeze something like 11 lanes (6 N/5 S) on to the old bridge (current northbound bridge) which now holds 8 lanes. I think the current ban on trucks could be lifted to exit 129 (NJ Turnpike) (all the short bridges with height restrictions are in the 130s), allowing 287 and the GSP to be added to a theoretical I-87 down to Cape May.
New Jersey Turnpike Authority could apply for Interstate 87 designation approval right now if they want but would have to work with NYDOT to turn the existing Interstate into a spur Route. Neither NJDOT or DELDOT would have to use tax payer dollars for the Delaware Bay Bridge. The bridge would be constructed from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority using Toll revenue from the Turnpike and the Parkway. Then DELDOT will take over.
I would love to see I-73/74 completed. I live in Ohio and can't believe we've made almost no progress other than a short section of freeway around Portsmouth.
IMO they should extend I-99 north up US 220 & US 15 to New York and then convert I-390 to I-99 to Rochester, NY. They should also extend I-99 south to Delaware near the proposed I-97 and US 13 corridor and then further south to South Carolina in the future.
There are plans to replace I-90 through Albany and Rensselaer with I-88 and reroute I-90 down I-87 to the Berkshire Connector to encourage long-distance traffic to bypass Albany.
No there aren’t, that is extremely unlikely and no plans have even been talked about between the NY gov. The most likely thing for them to do is to extend I-88 west of Schenectady, and then north of Schenectady. It would meet the northway near Malta or round lake, and then run east to Bennington. This is also extremely unlikely, but it is the most likely thing to happen out of everything.
@@tmetsjets The difference between what you're talking about and what I said, which indeed has been discussed, is that the one I talked about can be accomplished with only changes to signage. No new pavement. In other words, what you're talking about would cost 100,000x more.
@@pleappleappleap What you said was out of pocket. The most likely thing to happen is what I said. It has been discussed. Both plans are unlikely to happen, yours is just way more unlikely.
I-43 from Beloit to the Hale Interchange in SW Milwaukee used to be considered the worst strech of Interstate in the country for road conditions. I-41 on the north side of Milwaukee is also undergoing reconstruction.
I started watching one of your videos about a year ago and quit a few minutes in. Maybe it was just my mood at the time, but I found your delivery a little dull. But... A couple months ago, after watching someone's 40 minute video on 1.5 speed just to get through it quicker, I saw one of your videos and clicked on it. YT kept the 1.5 speed for YOUR video and I found it suitably entertaining. I actually do like your content. I guess I just need to speed you up 50%. That's how I've been watching your videos for the past couple months. PLEASE don't be offended. I just thought you'd find this humorous. 😂
I've driven the stretch of US-15 between Williamsport, PA and the NYS line which is the future I-99 corridor many times. It's pretty much already at interstate standards and is a posted 70 mph speed limit once north of the immediate Williamsport suburbs. It is quite mountainous through that corridor, so weaker engine cars often have trouble maintaining the speed limit in quite a few sections.
Only reason it isn't yet 220 needs to be finished getting it's upgrades along with the high speed ramp upgrades Us 15 still has a few at grade intersections
I thought the same. I took US-15 driving from Kutztown to Mansfield before. I was surprised to see the "future I-99" sign and it not be done yet, at least up by Mansfield. (If I recall, it was less up to standard around Williamsport.)
@@lancehammons5918 Yeah, I don't recall in my Lock Haven trip (on bus, not driving myself) that 220 was to standard, so the more circuitous route might actually be the more logical one at this point.
@@adamdobrowolski2510 plus starting next year Pa is in the process of getting a 4 lane expressway between Harrisburg and Williamsport They only have selingsgrove left to bypass
If you thought the I-16/I-95 interchange was a hot mess, try I-16's other end! The I-16/I-75 interchange project started at least 6 years ago, but don't worry because there's only 6 more years to go!
Extending I-27 seems like a good idea, although that Midlands / Big Spring split seems pointless. Is there anything in that area to justify such a split? Neither of those cities is anywhere near as big as Dallas / Fort Worth or Minneapolis / St. Paul.
I-17 in Arizona I've been on many times. It ends in Flagstaff and become a street that ties in the downtown Flagstaff area. Pretty route once you get out of the desert area and into pine forests in the higher elevations.
I know of one, at least. I-280 in the Iowa/Illinois Quad Cities - starts at a big cloverleaf intersection southeast of the "city center" of the Quad Cities in rural Rock Island County, Illinois, where I-80 coming west from Chicago meets I-74 coming north from Peoria. I-80 continues north across the Mississippi River into Iowa at Le Claire before quickly turning back to it's standard east-west orientation and running across the northern edge of the city of Davenport, Iowa. I-74 turns west and runs concurrently with I-280 along the southern shore of the Rock River into Moline, where they separate in front of the Quad Cities International Airport, with I-74 heading almost due north through the middle of the Quad Cities, crossing the Mississippi River on the newest bridge in the area before terminating at I-80 north of the Elmore Ave commercial area in Davenport, while I-280 continues to the west, staying south of the Rock River, curves a bit to cut through Milan, then crosses the Mississippi at a southeast-to-northwest angle, then heads mostly north through the far western part of Davenport, ending at I-80 in the northwest corner of Davenport, about midway between the big US-61 interchange and The World's Largest Truckstop in Walcott, Iowa. Together, I-80 and I-280 make a kinda bumpy, misshapen rectangle around the core of the Quad Cities.
There's also I-255 and I-270 around St. Louis - they're basically the same interstate for the most part in a loop around St. Louis and East St. Louis, but I-255 crosses the Mississippi from Illinois into Missouri and continues for about 3.5 miles before it ends at I-55 and the route becomes I-270. Then I-270 crosses the Mississippi from Missouri to Illinois, meets up with the northern end of I-255, then continues on another 8 miles to meet back up with I-70.
@@IowaDad81 those all slipped my mind, the only one I could think of when I saw this video was the one around Cincinnati. Then I thought about the Capital Beltway, and there has to be a few around Philadelphia and New York. Also Wheeling, WV has one
Great work, Sir. Having lived the last 45 years of the US15 PA/NY kerfuffle, I99 is an 'about time' upgrade. The northern PA section of US15 has had "future I99" signs for at least 10 years, and I daresay the conversion of that section from Williamsport to the border would require signage at best (and that little problematic section near the Tioga-Hammond Dam that wants to slide down the mountain). Yeah the US220 section needs work, but not inexpensive. Could be your easiest Interstate conversion. At least to Williamsport. I390 redesignate? Nope, I86 intervenes.
I'm honestly excited for interstate 11 due to the fact that it may be the only interstate I'll live to see completed, at least in Nevada and Arizona. Also this would give Utah an excuse to extend I-70 out west into Nevada and end at I-11 making it one step closer to being a fully cross country interstate but one can only dream.
I was born and raised in Decatur, Illinois and when that town finally got I-72 it was for many years strictly in Illinois. Then for some reason it was extended to Hannibal, Missouri but no further, so that a little bit of it isn’t in Illinois. The Wikipedia entry describes the convoluted history of the extension starting in 1991, twenty years after the first part was built. Apparently it was partly to make an Interstate route from Kansas City to Chicago, supposedly needed because of NAFTA.
Interstate 41 in Wisconsin; previously designated US 41 runs from the meeting with Interstate 43 on the north side of Green Bay, Wisconsin to the Illinois state line near Pleasant Prairie, WI. The Interstate extends on both ends signed as US 41
I-45 will likely be extended as a designation to at least the Texas-Oklahoma state line to connect to the Denison-Sherman area. It will be up to Oklahoma to get funds to build it to Tulsa or along US 69 past Muskogee leading to I-44 (bypassing Tulsa, but a major truck route). Between Henryetta and Tulsa, US 75 is dual highway far from Interstate standard, and it does connect to the Interstate-quality Indian Nations Turnpike to US 69 near McAllester. Oklahoma tends to build turnpikes.
Yeah, I see what you are saying about how long it takes for an interstate highway to be completed these days. Interstates 73 and 74 in VA, NC, GA have been taking many years. Its the SC section that is taking the longest. At least, in NC where I live, it's been picking up in recent years. The I-74 section is getting close to completion at the east side of Winston Salem so it's going to be great when open.Your mention of I-87 having a route going in the route you showed in the video has crossed my mind before and seems like a great idea. I think it should be extended south of Raleigh with the US-1 alignment that goes past Sanford, and keep it moving south and continue building southward to Columbia and end in Savannah.
I-16 is a nice, peaceful interstate highway to drive on. Not much traffic and a lot of forest land and agricultural land along the route. Thank goodness this highway was built, as it makes it easy for metro Atlantans to get to Savannah within 4 1/2 hours by way of I-75. Otherwise, that trek would probably be six or seven hours.
A fun fact about I-12 in Louisiana. Although it is technically the offshoot from I-10, when you’re driving at the split/merge, I-10 is actually the one that seems like an exit/on-ramp. Most people crossing the country use it, so less lanes are designated to I-10 going to New Orleans and it seems like I-10 is actually the offshoot of itself.
I-11 is facing a lot of opposition from being built in Arizona, even though parts of US 93 (it’s future alignment) are already built to freeway standards. Unfortunate because that road is very dangerous and needs to be upgraded to a freeway the entire way.
Both Alaska and Hawaii have their own intrastate interstates. And Puerto Rico has an intra-territory interstate. And I would suggest that I-69 be an honorable mention as the sections in Kentucky and Texas are completely isolated in those states, although the Kentucky portion will soon be connected to Indiana with a troll bridge.
I don't know why the highway from Tucson to Nogales isn't simply more of I-17, rather than have its own unique designation of I-19. If I-11 gets built from Vegas to Phoenix then it would be a good to have that replace I-19.
As for that connection between the two I-87s, I'd only have it go to Laurel, Delaware, or Cape May, New Jersey, if the Delaware Bay Bridge would be too much. I'd rather have US 17 between Yamasee, South Carolina, and the Hampton Roads and US 13 between from there to Wilmington, Delaware as I-99.
86 goes about 5 miles into PA on its western end, plus drops back into PA for about half a mile near Waverly, NY. If it weren't for that, it would've been a double feature with the Idaho I-86
There’s also I-86 in Idaho, which I believe used to be a suffixed branch of I-15. Like I-12 and I-19, it seems like it would have made more sense to be a 3-digit spur.
Yeah, used to be I-15W when it was just Pocatello to American Falls, got renumbered in the '70s to do away with most of the old letter designations, also changed I-80N to I-84. Imo, 86 should be something like 584, since it still acts like an east-west spur of 84
My vote is for I-99 to be first completed. They just opened a substantial segment of the Central Pennsylvania Thruway this year and seem more fired up to get the part south of Williamsport finished. The segment of US-15 north of Williamsport seems to be up to Interstate standards already.
What happened to I-41 in Wisconsin? If it goes into Illinois at all, it's only for half a mile. I think it should've been on your list. Otherwise this is a really good video!
@@dvferyance I'm wondering if there was a political or bureaucratic advantage to have the Interstate designation for the entire concurrent run with I-94.
Laredo could have 4 major interstates: I-2, I-27, I-35 & I-69, that would be crazy for a city of a population of less than 500k. Hopefully this city is doing things very well, there are a lot of industrial parks which are developing
The idea to connect the two I-87 routes has got to be one of the craziest I've heard. No way in H that Cape May would be fine with an interstate going THRU it! At least for the rest of New Jersey, though, it can technically can concurrent with the Garden State Parkway (much like I-95 is the New Jersey Turnpike) but I have no idea if the GSP can even be elevated to interstate standards. I should note that the GSP does switch to a "connector" in NY and terminates at 87/287, so you could just have a NYC-NJ split of 87 in this case. Instead, the problem lies in absolutely tearing apart what makes Cape May so great. It's a hard no for me and many others.
Quebec Autoroutes may have the same standards but the surfaces in certain areas are very sketchy. A-15 QC- 132 under the Champlain bridge is very bumpy as you transition on to the Northbound loop to mount the bridge.
@@warriyorcat the former ferry on the former US 16 is mentioned here: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_16_in_Michigan US 16 lost the US designation because I-96 replaced it. The Badger carries.US-10. There's no east-west interstate route near there.
@@FameyFamous My silly notion: Continue I-96 along US 31 to Ludington where it ends. From there Business 96 is cosigned with US 10 to Michigan over the ferry and through to I-43. Have Wisconsin I-96 start there and continue with I-43 to Green Bay, and further west to I-94 using Wisconsin 29.
i14 through GA,AL & MS is very much needed. Any travels further west are by air for me. So I can’t say if it’s needed in LA. Since TX is actively building it out, I have to assume it’s actually needed there.
Interesting trivia about I-17 in Arizona: A few years back, there was talk in Utah about extending I-17 north along the US 89 corridor to at least I-70 in Sevier Valley and possibly to I-15 in Scipio, thus creation a direct interstate highway connection between Phoenix and Salt Lake City. It kind of disappeared out of the papers due to environmental concerns and quiet opposition from the Navajo Nation, but never officially killed. Personally, I don’t think it would ever happen, but designwise would be no more of a challenge in places than I-70 through Glenwood Canyon in Colorado or I-15 through the Virgin River gorge in Arizona. It would just make the national parks that it passes by much more crowded…
The I-99 designation should be given to route from New York City to Savannah GA. The route would follow US 17 across the Eugene Talmadge Bridge. Then follow I-95 through South Carolina from EXIT 5 to EXIT 33. Then it would follow US 17 through Charleston to Georgetown, SC. It would follow SC 31 through the Myrtle Beach area. Then it would follow US 17 once again to Wilmington, NC. In Wilmington, NC it would follow Interstate 140. It would again follow US 17, following all the way to the Virginia Beach Area. It would then follow US 13 across the Chesapeake Bridge and Tunnel and continue to Delaware. In Dover, DE it would join Delaware SR 1 which it would follow all the way to I-95 in Wilmington, DE I-99 and I-95 would be cosigned for the 2nd time until I-95 branches off along I-295. I-99 would follow I-295 across the Delaware Memorial Bridges and join the New Jersey Turnpike. When I-95 joins the New Jersey Turnpike the routes would be cosigned for the 3rd time. In the New York City Area I-99 would leave I-95 via the Goethals Bridge and follow the entire length of I-278. Interstate 99 would finally end at the Buckner Interchange in the Bronx. All of its traffic would be dumped onto northbound I-95.
The i11 has several segments they need to get done but have "future" signs up already. The portion between the Hoover Dam Bypass bridge (I call it the Willy E Coyote Bridge because it is taller than the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge) and Kingman, AZ will link it to i40 for about 20 miles. That will likely get done in the next few years. Nevada tends to build thing pretty fast too, and a freeway between Las Vegas and Reno is badly needed.
@@MarkSmith-xc2jh It is about 76 miles to Kingman (that needs completed) from the bridge to where it joins i40. The portion through the Lake Mead NRA isn't an interstate but I think the changes that need done there aren't as extensive. The part from LMNRA Kingman isn't close to freeway ready yet. The current US 93 turn off (toward Wikiup, AZ) is 24 miles east of Kingman along i40 - that was the part I was referring to that is already complete since it is an Interstate.
I-99 runs through Pennsylvania, and about 10 miles of NY State up to Corning, NY. I wouldn't be surprised if I-99 replaces I-390 someday, going all the way up to Rochester, NY.
I-73 and I-74 also run with US 220 in North Carolina. I know, I've driven them. Another rub with I-87 is that it would have to run concurrently with the Garden State Parkway which has a truck ban above Tinton Falls. I wonder why some of these interstates are not redesigned as 3 digits-a lot of them seem like they should be. I also wonder some states thumb their nose at the AASHTO standards (is that right?) At least one other fellow "Road Geek" refers to I-99 as the Bud Schuster Porkway. Something I've often wondered about is why I-87 doesn't extend through NYC as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Gowanus Expressway, and Staten Island Expressway. Granted, some of those sections are old and not up to specs. But that would make I-87 interstate-Elizabeth, NJ is on the other side of the Goethals Bridge. (That's pronounced "Gaw-th-als".)
I grew up in Rochester, NY. I-99 in NY is the upgraded US-15 corridor to the west of Corning. I think it would be nice if I-390 was renamed I-99. It might happen after my demise, though. US 15 once ended in downtown Rochester. When I-390 opened, US 15 was cut back to the Southern Tier, south of the origin of I-390...US 15 became NY 15.
@@FameyFamous _Are you from Rochester?_ I could agree that NYSDOT could keep I-390 co-routed with I-99 up to the Thruway (I-90 in that part of the state.) and keep the I-390 designation from the Thruway north to the existing end at I-490, keeping the NY 390 designation as is. In time (say 5 years) drop the I-390 designation for the section between I-86 (NY 17) and the Thruway, making I-390 a short spur around the west side of Rochester.
Got it. I spent my formative years off Lyell Ave. @ Mt. Read Blvd. Definitely West Side. We did not have A/C back then, so I heard the drone of I-490 during the summer as a kid.
they'll likely do it as a co-currency as to not confuse drivers looking for I-390. 50 years from now, why I-390 ends while I-99 continues will be a trivia fact.
I-72 used to be an Intrastate, running from Champaign to Springfield within the state of Illinois. I-172 was originally supposed to run from Springfield to Fall Creek, Illinois, however this was resigned to I-72 in 1995. There was a 4 mile extension of U.S. 36 into Hannibal, Missouri that was also signed as I-72, removing it from the intrastate system. I don’t know if there are plans to extend it any further, but it only runs in Missouri for 2 miles, making me and I’m sure many others wonder why it is even signed into Missouri, considering it doesn’t leave Hannibal City limits.
As for I-99, PA is actively upgrading the I-99 / I-80 interchange to complete a high speed link between I-76 and I-80 in central PA. As for future upgrade of US-220 and US-15 to interstate standards and connecting to NY, PA would rather improve US-322 around the State College area thus improving US-322 traffic connectivity to I-99 and I-80 in the short term
Interchanges with I95 in Savannah and I75 in Macon have either recently been redone or are expanding currently! Also I’m from a little southeast of Macon and just south of the proposed I14 corridor in Georgia and we’d love it here. Would make things so much easier
I really hope you're wrong about Interstate 14, because I've heard that Alabama DOT wants to build a western extension of I-85. If anything, that western extension should be part of I-14, and the extension of I-85 should be turned south, probably towards Dothan, Alabama and Panama City, Florida.
I don’t understand why 17 and 19 are separate. Wouldn’t it make much more sense for them to be numbered the same, and follow 10 between Phoenix and Tucson?
Random but, US 83 being a road with one lane in each direction having a speed limit of 75 is genuinely insane to me 😭 I’ve never seen anything like that until this video
I assume you mean I-87 -- but yeah, it would be nice to get it connected from North Carolina where US-17 currently runs along the swamp. I was just reminded of it again today as I had to drive down the nightmare that is US-58 between Emporia and Portsmouth. I don't think an interstate will go up through the CBBT and Eastern Shore though (at least not for another 50+ years)
A lot of this is a philosphical of when interstate highways should stop being counted as spurs, along with the issue of states using federal funding to build highways entirely within their state. In some of these cases it came down to how the highway was pitched to the public more than how it functionally operates.
I don't know why TxDOT hasn't extended I-45 to the Oklahoma Border. I know it's not up to Interstate standards in Oklahoma, but in Texas, you go from I-45 through I-345 to US-75 without really noticing a change in the freeway standards.
It's because the interstate rules at the time. They were strict about them ending and beginning at other interstates, military bases, and coasts. They can make exceptions and since Oklahoma didn't want to extend to Tulsa the exception was approved to end I-45 at US-70 in Durant Oklahoma. But Oklahoma also rejected that so no more negotiations and it was signed into law. So the ending only made it up to downtown Dallas. Although TxDot did build to the original plans that's why it seems 45 should go to the border. Today they make all kinds of exceptions and it's possible. But to this day, just like in the past, Oklahoma still has no money 😂
There's also the issue of what's currently I-345. It's extremely controversial in the Dallas area, there's been a lot of calls to have the freeway removed entirely to reconnect downtown Dallas with the Deep Ellum neighborhood. Problem is that if it were removed, there's currently no way to go from northbound I-45 to northbound US 75 north of Spur 366, and the entire corridor around the west of downtown Dallas is already a massive mess of ramps and freeway bridges.
@@EthanNeal it has been determined it has to stay or be rebuilt. A traffic study was performed. So whatever they come up with, there will still be a thorough connection between I-45 and US75. Now the talks are about it going underground, at the surface or keeping it elevated. And money.
@@batemanjo9 Took a look at it, that study came out just after I moved away from the area. Figured they'd keep it in some form, it would be too much of a strain on traffic around downtown to remove it, curious to see what they'll do with it going forward
Wait how are i88 in illinois and i88 in New York supposed to even connect? I know theres plans for some parts of i90 to be replaced by i88 in new york but how would it work through all the other states, or you know, leaving chicago?
I was driving on US 17 in NC over the weekend. I kept seeing signs that said Future I-87. I looked around at the road and my only thought was "You have a lot of work to do before this is an interstate."
So... a childhood planned idea of mine to have a Nebraska I- 27 wasn't so far fetched? (Thought the routing I had was mostly paralleling US 83 running from North Platte to Pierre SD , whereas the plans shown used I-76 up to US 385 then to I-90
I think what they would do, instead of building a bridge to Cape May, NJ, they would have I-87 go along DE-1 (which they are considering promoting it to Interstate status), then onto US-13, to I-295, across the Delaware Memorial Bridge, to the New Jersey Tpke. (which the southern half doesn't have an Interstate number), onto the New Jersey section of I-287 (North), and then hooking up to New York State Thruway at Exit 15 in Suffern, NY. They would then make the current NY State Thwy. (I-87) from Exits 8 thru 15 an extension of the future I-86, and then continue I-86 onto the New York section of I-287 (Cross Westchester Exwy.), ending at I-95 (New England Thwy.) in Rye, NY. Then they would make the current southern end of New York's I-87 - from NY State Thwy. Exit 8, thru the southern terminous of Major Degan Exwy. - an auxiliary route of I-86; perhaps naming it I-286.
This makes a lot more sense IMO, coming from a NJ guy. It absolutely would NOT fly in Cape May to run an interstate through there. It would destroy a true gem, so it would have to break off of the Garden State Parkway, and then belt around somewhere to lead to this hypothetical bridge. And then moving on north, I don't know what standards the GSP would need to meet to become an interstate, but there isn't exactly much room to renovate between I-95 and NJ-19. This pretty much only leaves Delaware to carry the load, which I don't know much about because most of my dealings are limited to the Wilmington/Newark area.
@@adamdobrowolski2510 The DE-1 - Delaware Mem Br - NJ Tpk route is more realistic, while a Delaware Bay crossing and GSP repurposing is more aspirational in a region of the country lacking aspiration when it comes to roads. Neither one will happen, though, because Eastern Shore Virginia doesn't want it.
You missed I-41 in Wisconsin. It's basically the segment of US41 from Green Bay, WI to South Milwaukee, WI upgraded to federal interstate standards and redesignated as such. With Wisconsin being right in the middle of the country the US and interstate numbering systems overlap, and they can get away with that.
495 and 205 exist in numerous places. California I-405; runs for about 70 miles from Hyatt North of Laguna Hills to New Hall, bypassing both Disney Land and Downtown Los Angeles and going through Costa Mesa and Long Beach and unfortunately for its own good, Los Angeles International airport and many of the Western LA Suburbs and places like Van Nuys and Grenada Hills before reconnecting to it's parent route. Washington I-405 serves as an eastern bypass of Seattle connecting Bothell (between Lynnwood and Everett) and Renton, just northeast of SeaTac Airport). Intermediate 205 California connects I-5 in Tracy with I-580 forming the base of an inverted right triangle (being by far the shortest branch of loop of I-5 at only 9 miles. It should for one be an odd number 1st digit (705), it is the other short tertiary interstate in the Bay Area along with the orphan I-238 freeway in the San Leandro area. The other I-205 serves an eastern bypass of Portland as and crossing the Columbia River into Washington before meeting it's parent South of Vancouver. Interstate 405 also exists as a Western bypass of Portland. California has 2 other I-5 routes that do not follow the numeric paradigm. The Century Freeway is entirely connected to the 605 in Norwalk with the 405 by the Los Angeles Airport. This one could have easily been numbered Interstate 6. I-210 violates number convention as in only connects to it's parent vat Redlands (exits 85A & B Eastbound) to the eastern leg replaced the former California 30. Freeway so I-30 (California) would be more appropriate as the Western end is at I-5;in Sykmat and the route does not follow even/odd rules, as it runs north/South between Downtown Pasadena and Sykmat and between Highland and Redlands. East/West signs are correct for the middle section (same situation as with I-69 and I-196;in Michigan which change directions at their midpoints), l-605 only has one connector with its parent in Santa Fe Springs, it connects to the 105 and the 405. This is ever built over the mountains to connect with the SR-138 freeway called the high Desert Corridor as A new freeway between Palmdale and Victorville (which would be appropriate as an I-38 But CA might just be insured by repeat the SR 138/I-138 trick )not very original, but CA has all sorts of 3 digit interstate numbering issues, like 880, 680, 280 all only having one connection to it's parent, and then there is 580, which has two connections and forma the Wrong Way concurrency with its parent. Both roads are one and the same between the Oakland/Emeryville Border at the MacArthur Maze and Richmond where 580 takes over former State Route 17's ROW and crosses the Bay on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and ends in Mill Valley where it meets US 101.
Another accurate video Mike....I do support I-73 extention from the NC border to Myrtle Beach, that city is growing n needs to be connected to the system....but I saw where the map showing it bypassing Florence where I 20 n I 95 intersects. It would be better to bring it south to Florence, SC, to intersect with I 20 to Atlanta, and I 95 to Miami n the northeast,, then replace US 501 with it into Myrtle Beach.
It mainly needs to be completed to Big Cabin in order to accommodate the trucking. An extension up to KC by means of US 169 would be nice to have, but is a pipe dream.
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I 97, Mike...not only is it in Intrastate, the whole highway exists in a single county
should have made it i995 so maryland had all the spur routes for 95 accounted for!
Being from Texas that sounds so normal lol. We have Harris county toll road authority who manages long interstate like roads just in my county.
Came to make the same comment, lived in Anne Arundel for years and know 97 well
It's only a little over 17.6 miles
Should be an extension of 83 and continue down to Ocean City
Honorable mention for I-66 which is only in one state but does cross a state line.
I watched the video to hear about I-66, and it never happened.
@@ScottGunMag69 It's not up to standard as an interstate, it will never get the "shield"
@@SeanBrown2013 I-66 in Virginia is totally up to Interstate standards. They just finished construction on the express lanes.
Goes a bit into DC, on what was once MD. So it's true Interstate
Came back over to say that it is beyond me why your content's not presented in classrooms. You can literally hear the research and academia applied and time taken to present sound, informed information. Not just "post something" I know I've said a thousand times but for obvious reason it bears repeating... Another, yet another, excellent presentation by Mileage Mike. Back to the MMT channel...
Mike could talk about anything and I'd watch every second of it. Never thought highway's would be so interesting
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I-87 in New York north of Saratoga is one of the most beautiful drives in all of the United States
Now a new interstate 87 several states away in NC, I 87 is limited to NY from the triboro bridge in NYC to the Canadian border to become Route 15 to Montreal.
Southbound is nicer for some reason.
@@stonehenge55if it moves to the Garden State Parkway which is already Interstate Standards and make the existing Interstate a spur route that would cost nothing except designation approval.
@@tomasmowery164 Except Garden State Parkway is not made for trucks.
I've been on that road, and yes, I back that up 100%.
Hey Mike you missed I 97 between Baltimore and Annapolis. The Hawaiian Interstates. Puerto Rico ( I know it's a territory).
Ah yes. Forgot I-97
I've been saying for years that I97 should be renamed I595 because there already is an I 595 and it goes between I97 and the capital beltway
I think Crain Hwy, at least the MD-3 portion, should be converted to Interstate standards, because Crain Hwy is one of the most congested "roads?" in Maryland, as it's another six-lane suburban stroad, with 3-4 traffic lights per mile, many of them being red for two minutes, which is most likely the primary contribution to it's painful congestion. Many people use Crain Hwy to get between communities like Glen Burnie, Crofton, Bowie, and Upper Marlboro, and there are even people in the former two communities using I-97 and MD-3 to commute to Washington, as well as people in Bowie commuting to Baltimore.
@@jasonfischer8946 97 needs to follow 50 west from Annapolis then follow 301 south down to 295. There needs to be a viable alternative to 95. Especially for through traffic to bypass DC/NoVA.
@@jasonfischer8946 How many people really know that US 50 between the Beltway and I-97 is an UNSIGNED I-595? Just curious.
I-41 should be an honorable mention in WI. It runs from that same interchange with I-43 in Green Bay south through Milwaukee, then literally 2.5 miles into Illinois, where US-41 splits from I-94.
2.5 miles into IL? It’s literally only 1 mile in IL before the US-41 split. And even then it isn’t signed in IL at all. You only know of its existence till you are in WI. It should have been on this list
On the books, it's 9 blocks between the IL state line and the US 41 interchange south of Russell Rd. If you're being generous, you could argue that it's just over 2 miles between the IL state line and IL 173.
I was going to mention I-41 as well as the designation actually ends at the IL state line
Yeah it's actually signed US41 in Illinois.
@@MilkLikeSubstancethat’s not part of it. That’s just US-41. The section from where it leaves I-94 to 173 isn’t even up to interstate standards. I-41 only goes 1 mile into IL technically. Even though you would never know it because IL does not sign it.
I-88 in Illinois is an interesting road. The tolled portion is damn near always under construction in some fashion. The section where it runs parallel with I-355 is really fascinating to see in person.
Being born in Aurora, Illinois and seeing that interchange almost everyday along with the now old Circle Interchange of I90, I94 and I290, I never understood the fascination of seeing them.
@@kosjeyrthe old Circle Interchange was interesting to me. Its short, slow speed ramps used to annoy me, but I understood why it was designed as such. For I-88 / I-355 interchange, I just liked that it is essentially a stretched stack interchange.
Left out a couple. I-97 Maryland. I-41 Wisconsin. Maybe they extended I-72, not sure but it's in central part of Illinois. Trucker speaking here
I-72 now extends a couple miles into Hannibal, MO, so like I-41 it barely meets the "interstate" definition
I-41 crosses the state line into Illinois for less than a mile.
I-42 in North Carolina
@@andyasumtneer1978 It hasn't been signed yet.
I-27 was originally intended to connect Amarillo’s Pantex Nuclear Weapons facility to Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock. Much like the segment of I-44 that connect Wichita Falls Sheppard Air Force Base to Lawton Fort Sill. Both are part of the military use for the interstate highway system.
Fun fact about I-17: it's important to Arizonans since its one of three routes up north from Phoenix (US-60/AZ-89 to the west via Prescott, AZ 87 to the east via Payson) and the fastest one to boot, so it gets clogged up a lot. Because of that they've been constructing flex lanes between the edge of the Valley around Anthem/AZ-74 and the road to Prescott (AZ-69), a stretch with no escape from the interstate corridor. These flex lanes change direction according to the dominant flow of traffic at the time and weave around the terrain as one climbs from the Sonoran desert to the Arizona-New Mexico mountains.
Here I thought I-4 was more famous than I-45. I guess I-4 is more infamous. 😂
Nice video Mileage Mike.
-Lifelong Cocoa, FL resident
I-97 in Maryland!
Is 68 and 93 one too?
The west end of I-68 is in WV.
@@jliller 10-4 I just looked at the map a minute ago
It's really a shame he missed it because it's a fascinating one, too! It's in only 1 county, and doesn't intersect any 2-digit Interstates.
@@Routetherapy10 I-93 is in New England. It primarily connects Southern New Hampshire to Boston but it also runs further north into Vermont.
So glad to find this channel, thanks for all your work. FYI, Harlingen, TX has a hard "j" sound for the g, like "generate". Keep up the awesome work!
Hawaii's H1, H2 and H3. They all have the interstate highway signs.
Alaska...
@@blast_processing-music_disc doesn't actually have signs
@@Soupsandwich69 oh I didn't know thx for the correction
There may be plans to link up San Francisco and Hawaii in the future.
@@VidaBlue317 I was thinking that there were plans to make the windward side of Oahu it's own state.
Us75 in Oklahoma at the Choctaw casino has been upgraded with new interstate style ramps. Possibly may extend to future ih45
And the Kickapoo Turnpike in Choctaw recently got a new I-335 designation
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Georgia Department of Transportation is also doing a massive interchange reconstruction of I-16 and I-75 in Macon.
Lots of infrastructural transportation improvements in Georgia.
The rebuilding of the I-16/I-95 junction with added light masts, sound barriers, and design to better flow.
The same on the other end of I-16 at I-75.
New improved lighting and signage in Macon on I-75 from I-16 northward.
Widening and resurfacing of I-85 north of the Atlanta area headed toward South Carolina.
Other road projects across the state as well.
I ride my motorcycle 32K per year and I love the info that you put out on the great American Hwy system. Keep going !!
The theoretical I-87 would be a great I-95 bypass… The Delaware Bay crossing would definitely be its biggest and most unrealistic hurdle.
As long as it is routed away from NYC (or at the very least, grade separated with zero direct interaction with that metro). City traffic is already bad enough, and most of it is because of i95 and trucks.
I87 as a NYC metro bypass mainly for trucks would do wonders for traffic
I agree. Bypass the DC and NYC metros, built with minimal exits like a turnpike.
No offense, but extending I-87 into NJ is a pipe dream. Mike’s map looked like he placed the suggested route along the Garden State Parkway. But Jersey residents will allow tractor trailers on the Parkway when they start pumping their own gas.
That said, NJ could cobble together an I-87 route along existing highways that are at or near Interstate standards. That may not afford some commenters the NYC bypass or congestion relief they were hoping for as the options are limited. The best option is to change 287’s designation through NY and NJ suburbs to the mainline 87 and make the Bronx alignment that is currently 87 a three digit interstate. Then in Central Jersey where the current 287 intersects the NJ Turnpike, it would continue concurrently with 95 and later changing over to the current 295 in South Jersey. And just like 295, this 87 alignment would rejoin the Turnpike across the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
Since I don’t know Delaware highways, I won’t venture a guess as to how to route the remaining stretches outside of NJ.
@@matthewwurtzel322Trucks are allowed on the GSP to exit 105 (rt. 18). I think they were forced off there before the second Driscoll bridge was built (they used to squeeze something like 11 lanes (6 N/5 S) on to the old bridge (current northbound bridge) which now holds 8 lanes. I think the current ban on trucks could be lifted to exit 129 (NJ Turnpike) (all the short bridges with height restrictions are in the 130s), allowing 287 and the GSP to be added to a theoretical I-87 down to Cape May.
New Jersey Turnpike Authority could apply for Interstate 87 designation approval right now if they want but would have to work with NYDOT to turn the existing Interstate into a spur Route. Neither NJDOT or DELDOT would have to use tax payer dollars for the Delaware Bay Bridge. The bridge would be constructed from the New Jersey Turnpike Authority using Toll revenue from the Turnpike and the Parkway. Then DELDOT will take over.
I would love to see I-73/74 completed. I live in Ohio and can't believe we've made almost no progress other than a short section of freeway around Portsmouth.
Ah, the calls from Ohio to connect directly to Myrtle Beach! That's no surprise to me! All you see in Myrtle Beach are plates from Ohio!
This was our joke when I-49 first opened in Louisiana… interstate that doesn’t leave Louisiana 😂
I drove 99 in a truck, its a rough ride to get to Rochester, i did see Penn State football stadium from the freeway
IMO they should extend I-99 north up US 220 & US 15 to New York and then convert I-390 to I-99 to Rochester, NY. They should also extend I-99 south to Delaware near the proposed I-97 and US 13 corridor and then further south to South Carolina in the future.
There's also I-86 connecting I-84 and I-15 in southern ID.
True but there’s another I-86 that’s in PA and NY.
I absolutely love your channel! Thanks for the fascinating info!
There are plans to replace I-90 through Albany and Rensselaer with I-88 and reroute I-90 down I-87 to the Berkshire Connector to encourage long-distance traffic to bypass Albany.
that's a great point that the naming encourages traffic movements.
No there aren’t, that is extremely unlikely and no plans have even been talked about between the NY gov. The most likely thing for them to do is to extend I-88 west of Schenectady, and then north of Schenectady. It would meet the northway near Malta or round lake, and then run east to Bennington. This is also extremely unlikely, but it is the most likely thing to happen out of everything.
@@tmetsjets The difference between what you're talking about and what I said, which indeed has been discussed, is that the one I talked about can be accomplished with only changes to signage. No new pavement.
In other words, what you're talking about would cost 100,000x more.
@@pleappleappleap What you said was out of pocket. The most likely thing to happen is what I said. It has been discussed. Both plans are unlikely to happen, yours is just way more unlikely.
@@tmetsjets How is yours more likely when it costs hundreds of millions of dollars and mine costs almost nothing and it's an active proposal?
I-43 from Beloit to the Hale Interchange in SW Milwaukee used to be considered the worst strech of Interstate in the country for road conditions. I-41 on the north side of Milwaukee is also undergoing reconstruction.
Interesting point, part of planned I-14 and I-27 from Midland east to Sterling City in TX run concurrent
I started watching one of your videos about a year ago and quit a few minutes in. Maybe it was just my mood at the time, but I found your delivery a little dull.
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I watch everything at 1.5 speed except music and comedy. It's hard to go back after you get used to it.
I've driven the stretch of US-15 between Williamsport, PA and the NYS line which is the future I-99 corridor many times. It's pretty much already at interstate standards and is a posted 70 mph speed limit once north of the immediate Williamsport suburbs. It is quite mountainous through that corridor, so weaker engine cars often have trouble maintaining the speed limit in quite a few sections.
Only reason it isn't yet
220 needs to be finished getting it's upgrades along with the high speed ramp upgrades
Us 15 still has a few at grade intersections
I thought the same. I took US-15 driving from Kutztown to Mansfield before. I was surprised to see the "future I-99" sign and it not be done yet, at least up by Mansfield. (If I recall, it was less up to standard around Williamsport.)
@@adamdobrowolski2510 would honestly be smarter just to route i99 up i180 at this point
@@lancehammons5918 Yeah, I don't recall in my Lock Haven trip (on bus, not driving myself) that 220 was to standard, so the more circuitous route might actually be the more logical one at this point.
@@adamdobrowolski2510 plus starting next year
Pa is in the process of getting a 4 lane expressway between Harrisburg and Williamsport
They only have selingsgrove left to bypass
If you thought the I-16/I-95 interchange was a hot mess, try I-16's other end! The I-16/I-75 interchange project started at least 6 years ago, but don't worry because there's only 6 more years to go!
I recently passed through that area and it looks almost completed. Looks like it has to be less than a year at this point.
Extending I-27 seems like a good idea, although that Midlands / Big Spring split seems pointless. Is there anything in that area to justify such a split? Neither of those cities is anywhere near as big as Dallas / Fort Worth or Minneapolis / St. Paul.
I-17 in Arizona I've been on many times. It ends in Flagstaff and become a street that ties in the downtown Flagstaff area. Pretty route once you get out of the desert area and into pine forests in the higher elevations.
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I believe I-86 the western portion is an intrastate for Idaho as well. Fantastic video!
Next video idea, auxiliary routes that go into other states
Interstates in Zimbabwe
I know of one, at least. I-280 in the Iowa/Illinois Quad Cities - starts at a big cloverleaf intersection southeast of the "city center" of the Quad Cities in rural Rock Island County, Illinois, where I-80 coming west from Chicago meets I-74 coming north from Peoria. I-80 continues north across the Mississippi River into Iowa at Le Claire before quickly turning back to it's standard east-west orientation and running across the northern edge of the city of Davenport, Iowa. I-74 turns west and runs concurrently with I-280 along the southern shore of the Rock River into Moline, where they separate in front of the Quad Cities International Airport, with I-74 heading almost due north through the middle of the Quad Cities, crossing the Mississippi River on the newest bridge in the area before terminating at I-80 north of the Elmore Ave commercial area in Davenport, while I-280 continues to the west, staying south of the Rock River, curves a bit to cut through Milan, then crosses the Mississippi at a southeast-to-northwest angle, then heads mostly north through the far western part of Davenport, ending at I-80 in the northwest corner of Davenport, about midway between the big US-61 interchange and The World's Largest Truckstop in Walcott, Iowa. Together, I-80 and I-280 make a kinda bumpy, misshapen rectangle around the core of the Quad Cities.
There's also I-255 and I-270 around St. Louis - they're basically the same interstate for the most part in a loop around St. Louis and East St. Louis, but I-255 crosses the Mississippi from Illinois into Missouri and continues for about 3.5 miles before it ends at I-55 and the route becomes I-270. Then I-270 crosses the Mississippi from Missouri to Illinois, meets up with the northern end of I-255, then continues on another 8 miles to meet back up with I-70.
@@IowaDad81 those all slipped my mind, the only one I could think of when I saw this video was the one around Cincinnati. Then I thought about the Capital Beltway, and there has to be a few around Philadelphia and New York. Also Wheeling, WV has one
Great work, Sir.
Having lived the last 45 years of the US15 PA/NY kerfuffle, I99 is an 'about time' upgrade. The northern PA section of US15 has had "future I99" signs for at least 10 years, and I daresay the conversion of that section from Williamsport to the border would require signage at best (and that little problematic section near the Tioga-Hammond Dam that wants to slide down the mountain). Yeah the US220 section needs work, but not inexpensive.
Could be your easiest Interstate conversion. At least to Williamsport.
I390 redesignate? Nope, I86 intervenes.
I'm honestly excited for interstate 11 due to the fact that it may be the only interstate I'll live to see completed, at least in Nevada and Arizona. Also this would give Utah an excuse to extend I-70 out west into Nevada and end at I-11 making it one step closer to being a fully cross country interstate but one can only dream.
Same here. Never been to Vegas, but live in Phoenix Metro. I hear it's rather slow due to traffic.
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I was born and raised in Decatur, Illinois and when that town finally got I-72 it was for many years strictly in Illinois. Then for some reason it was extended to Hannibal, Missouri but no further, so that a little bit of it isn’t in Illinois. The Wikipedia entry describes the convoluted history of the extension starting in 1991, twenty years after the first part was built. Apparently it was partly to make an Interstate route from Kansas City to Chicago, supposedly needed because of NAFTA.
If MODot ever gets it's head out of...you know...US 36 is to be completed as a freeway and be designated I-72 west to I-35 and later, I-29.
Texas has the most intrastate interstates.
Texas has the most of everything.
No close but Illinois does
@@briandaniel1986 Name the intrastate interstate highways in Illinois.
@@frank-qf9pm my fault. I was thinking of interstates. Read it wrong. Texas is the most in that case. But I will say I-88 I-72 is a couple
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Interstate 41 in Wisconsin; previously designated US 41 runs from the meeting with Interstate 43 on the north side of Green Bay, Wisconsin to the Illinois state line near Pleasant Prairie, WI. The Interstate extends on both ends signed as US 41
I-45 will likely be extended as a designation to at least the Texas-Oklahoma state line to connect to the Denison-Sherman area. It will be up to Oklahoma to get funds to build it to Tulsa or along US 69 past Muskogee leading to I-44 (bypassing Tulsa, but a major truck route). Between Henryetta and Tulsa, US 75 is dual highway far from Interstate standard, and it does connect to the Interstate-quality Indian Nations Turnpike to US 69 near McAllester. Oklahoma tends to build turnpikes.
Yeah, I see what you are saying about how long it takes for an interstate highway to be completed these days. Interstates 73 and 74 in VA, NC, GA have been taking many years. Its the SC section that is taking the longest. At least, in NC where I live, it's been picking up in recent years. The I-74 section is getting close to completion at the east side of Winston Salem so it's going to be great when open.Your mention of I-87 having a route going in the route you showed in the video has crossed my mind before and seems like a great idea. I think it should be extended south of Raleigh with the US-1 alignment that goes past Sanford, and keep it moving south and continue building southward to Columbia and end in Savannah.
I-16 is a nice, peaceful interstate highway to drive on. Not much traffic and a lot of forest land and agricultural land along the route. Thank goodness this highway was built, as it makes it easy for metro Atlantans to get to Savannah within 4 1/2 hours by way of I-75. Otherwise, that trek would probably be six or seven hours.
A fun fact about I-12 in Louisiana. Although it is technically the offshoot from I-10, when you’re driving at the split/merge, I-10 is actually the one that seems like an exit/on-ramp. Most people crossing the country use it, so less lanes are designated to I-10 going to New Orleans and it seems like I-10 is actually the offshoot of itself.
I-11 is facing a lot of opposition from being built in Arizona, even though parts of US 93 (it’s future alignment) are already built to freeway standards. Unfortunate because that road is very dangerous and needs to be upgraded to a freeway the entire way.
Both Alaska and Hawaii have their own intrastate interstates. And Puerto Rico has an intra-territory interstate. And I would suggest that I-69 be an honorable mention as the sections in Kentucky and Texas are completely isolated in those states, although the Kentucky portion will soon be connected to Indiana with a troll bridge.
I don't know why the highway from Tucson to Nogales isn't simply more of I-17, rather than have its own unique designation of I-19.
If I-11 gets built from Vegas to Phoenix then it would be a good to have that replace I-19.
Arizona should consider a highway to Lukeville, many people travel to Rocky Point, Mexico
As for that connection between the two I-87s, I'd only have it go to Laurel, Delaware, or Cape May, New Jersey, if the Delaware Bay Bridge would be too much. I'd rather have US 17 between Yamasee, South Carolina, and the Hampton Roads and US 13 between from there to Wilmington, Delaware as I-99.
The Garden State Parkway already goes to Cape May though, lol
@@TheSkyGuy77 I know. I'm saying grandfather that into the system like the Pennsylvania or New Jersey Turnpikes and sign it as I-87.
I-45 is so intense that you’ll forget it doesn’t go to other states.
I drove from Dallas to Houston on that for the first time last October.
You are not wrong.
LOL. I live in Houston. I 45 is basically one long, jammed, parking lot. It's easier to fly between the two cities.
@@izzo2998 One hundred percent
I 86 is also a interstate that begins in NY first starts off as NY-17 in Harriman, and ends by the border of Pennsylvania while shifting to I 90
86 goes about 5 miles into PA on its western end, plus drops back into PA for about half a mile near Waverly, NY. If it weren't for that, it would've been a double feature with the Idaho I-86
There’s also I-86 in Idaho, which I believe used to be a suffixed branch of I-15. Like I-12 and I-19, it seems like it would have made more sense to be a 3-digit spur.
Yeah, used to be I-15W when it was just Pocatello to American Falls, got renumbered in the '70s to do away with most of the old letter designations, also changed I-80N to I-84. Imo, 86 should be something like 584, since it still acts like an east-west spur of 84
I love I-96. As a resident of Muskegon, it makes travel across the state so smooth.
My vote is for I-99 to be first completed. They just opened a substantial segment of the Central Pennsylvania Thruway this year and seem more fired up to get the part south of Williamsport finished. The segment of US-15 north of Williamsport seems to be up to Interstate standards already.
great concept Mike
What happened to I-41 in Wisconsin? If it goes into Illinois at all, it's only for half a mile. I think it should've been on your list. Otherwise this is a really good video!
Frankly I 41 should end at the zoo interchage. The duplex down to Illinois is not necessary.
Wikipedia says 2.5 miles into Illinois, so *technically*...
@@dvferyance I'm wondering if there was a political or bureaucratic advantage to have the Interstate designation for the entire concurrent run with I-94.
@@0pyrophosphate0Wikipedia can be wrong. It only goes 1 mile (completely unsigned as well) in IL. That means 99.5% of it is in WI.
@0pyrophosphate0 that's wrong though because i41 is still signed as US 41 in Illinois.
Laredo could have 4 major interstates: I-2, I-27, I-35 & I-69, that would be crazy for a city of a population of less than 500k. Hopefully this city is doing things very well, there are a lot of industrial parks which are developing
The idea to connect the two I-87 routes has got to be one of the craziest I've heard. No way in H that Cape May would be fine with an interstate going THRU it! At least for the rest of New Jersey, though, it can technically can concurrent with the Garden State Parkway (much like I-95 is the New Jersey Turnpike) but I have no idea if the GSP can even be elevated to interstate standards. I should note that the GSP does switch to a "connector" in NY and terminates at 87/287, so you could just have a NYC-NJ split of 87 in this case.
Instead, the problem lies in absolutely tearing apart what makes Cape May so great. It's a hard no for me and many others.
I doubt a Delaware Bay crossing would connect to the GSP through the town of Cape May. The current ferry terminal looks like a good spot.
Quebec Autoroutes may have the same standards but the surfaces in certain areas are very sketchy. A-15 QC- 132 under the Champlain bridge is very bumpy as you transition on to the Northbound loop to mount the bridge.
H1, H2, H3 and H201 don't even leave the county let alone the state
Hawaii is a special case
Interstate 14 would be nice for a bypass around Atlanta if heading between AL and SC....
The old US-16 included a ferry from Muskegon to Milwaukee. Why not continue I-96 to Wisconsin in the future?!?
I thought the SS Badger was already part of a US Highway though? Now I have to look this up!
@@warriyorcat the former ferry on the former US 16 is mentioned here: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_16_in_Michigan
US 16 lost the US designation because I-96 replaced it.
The Badger carries.US-10. There's no east-west interstate route near there.
@@FameyFamous My silly notion:
Continue I-96 along US 31 to Ludington where it ends. From there Business 96 is cosigned with US 10 to Michigan over the ferry and through to I-43. Have Wisconsin I-96 start there and continue with I-43 to Green Bay, and further west to I-94 using Wisconsin 29.
I just clinched I-96 last weekend.
Nice. I haven’t seen the part west of Grand Rapids yet.
i14 through GA,AL & MS is very much needed. Any travels further west are by air for me. So I can’t say if it’s needed in LA. Since TX is actively building it out, I have to assume it’s actually needed there.
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Interesting trivia about I-17 in Arizona: A few years back, there was talk in Utah about extending I-17 north along the US 89 corridor to at least I-70 in Sevier Valley and possibly to I-15 in Scipio, thus creation a direct interstate highway connection between Phoenix and Salt Lake City. It kind of disappeared out of the papers due to environmental concerns and quiet opposition from the Navajo Nation, but never officially killed. Personally, I don’t think it would ever happen, but designwise would be no more of a challenge in places than I-70 through Glenwood Canyon in Colorado or I-15 through the Virgin River gorge in Arizona. It would just make the national parks that it passes by much more crowded…
The I-99 designation should be given to route from New York City to Savannah GA.
The route would follow US 17 across the Eugene Talmadge Bridge.
Then follow I-95 through South Carolina from EXIT 5 to EXIT 33.
Then it would follow US 17 through Charleston to Georgetown, SC.
It would follow SC 31 through the Myrtle Beach area.
Then it would follow US 17 once again to Wilmington, NC.
In Wilmington, NC it would follow Interstate 140.
It would again follow US 17, following all the way to the Virginia Beach Area.
It would then follow US 13 across the Chesapeake Bridge and Tunnel and continue to Delaware.
In Dover, DE it would join Delaware SR 1 which it would follow all the way to I-95 in Wilmington, DE
I-99 and I-95 would be cosigned for the 2nd time until I-95 branches off along I-295.
I-99 would follow I-295 across the Delaware Memorial Bridges and join the New Jersey Turnpike.
When I-95 joins the New Jersey Turnpike the routes would be cosigned for the 3rd time.
In the New York City Area I-99 would leave I-95 via the Goethals Bridge and follow the entire length of I-278.
Interstate 99 would finally end at the Buckner Interchange in the Bronx. All of its traffic would be dumped onto northbound I-95.
Lots of work. Start new series, I1009?
I'll put my money on I-11 being built in Arizona before I-73 being built in South Carolina!
The i11 has several segments they need to get done but have "future" signs up already. The portion between the Hoover Dam Bypass bridge (I call it the Willy E Coyote Bridge because it is taller than the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge) and Kingman, AZ will link it to i40 for about 20 miles. That will likely get done in the next few years. Nevada tends to build thing pretty fast too, and a freeway between Las Vegas and Reno is badly needed.
@@bms9144I think that stretch between I-40 and the Pat Tillman Bridge is a lil longer than 20 miles. At least it was when I drove it in 2021…
@@MarkSmith-xc2jh It is about 76 miles to Kingman (that needs completed) from the bridge to where it joins i40. The portion through the Lake Mead NRA isn't an interstate but I think the changes that need done there aren't as extensive. The part from LMNRA Kingman isn't close to freeway ready yet.
The current US 93 turn off (toward Wikiup, AZ) is 24 miles east of Kingman along i40 - that was the part I was referring to that is already complete since it is an Interstate.
I-99 runs through Pennsylvania, and about 10 miles of NY State up to Corning, NY. I wouldn't be surprised if I-99 replaces I-390 someday, going all the way up to Rochester, NY.
I-73 and I-74 also run with US 220 in North Carolina. I know, I've driven them. Another rub with I-87 is that it would have to run concurrently with the Garden State Parkway which has a truck ban above Tinton Falls. I wonder why some of these interstates are not redesigned as 3 digits-a lot of them seem like they should be. I also wonder some states thumb their nose at the AASHTO standards (is that right?) At least one other fellow "Road Geek" refers to I-99 as the Bud Schuster Porkway. Something I've often wondered about is why I-87 doesn't extend through NYC as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Gowanus Expressway, and Staten Island Expressway. Granted, some of those sections are old and not up to specs. But that would make I-87 interstate-Elizabeth, NJ is on the other side of the Goethals Bridge. (That's pronounced "Gaw-th-als".)
I grew up in Rochester, NY. I-99 in NY is the upgraded US-15 corridor to the west of Corning. I think it would be nice if I-390 was renamed I-99. It might happen after my demise, though. US 15 once ended in downtown Rochester. When I-390 opened, US 15 was cut back to the Southern Tier, south of the origin of I-390...US 15 became NY 15.
Why rename I-390? I’d be happier if we could keep the 390 destination and add I-99. Maybe I-99 should terminate at I-90 or at I-590.
@@FameyFamous _Are you from Rochester?_ I could agree that NYSDOT could keep I-390 co-routed with I-99 up to the Thruway (I-90 in that part of the state.) and keep the I-390 designation from the Thruway north to the existing end at I-490, keeping the NY 390 designation as is. In time (say 5 years) drop the I-390 designation for the section between I-86 (NY 17) and the Thruway, making I-390 a short spur around the west side of Rochester.
@@WPM_in_ATL more Pittsford and Brighton than Rochester. 😉
Got it. I spent my formative years off Lyell Ave. @ Mt. Read Blvd. Definitely West Side. We did not have A/C back then, so I heard the drone of I-490 during the summer as a kid.
they'll likely do it as a co-currency as to not confuse drivers looking for I-390. 50 years from now, why I-390 ends while I-99 continues will be a trivia fact.
I-72 used to be an Intrastate, running from Champaign to Springfield within the state of Illinois. I-172 was originally supposed to run from Springfield to Fall Creek, Illinois, however this was resigned to I-72 in 1995. There was a 4 mile extension of U.S. 36 into Hannibal, Missouri that was also signed as I-72, removing it from the intrastate system. I don’t know if there are plans to extend it any further, but it only runs in Missouri for 2 miles, making me and I’m sure many others wonder why it is even signed into Missouri, considering it doesn’t leave Hannibal City limits.
As for I-99, PA is actively upgrading the I-99 / I-80 interchange to complete a high speed link between I-76 and I-80 in central PA. As for future upgrade of US-220 and US-15 to interstate standards and connecting to NY, PA would rather improve US-322 around the State College area thus improving US-322 traffic connectivity to I-99 and I-80 in the short term
They could also easily extend I99 south to I68 in MD. It is not that far.
Can agree with you on that but there in the process of possibly extending i83 up to Williamsport via pa147 and i180
Interchanges with I95 in Savannah and I75 in Macon have either recently been redone or are expanding currently! Also I’m from a little southeast of Macon and just south of the proposed I14 corridor in Georgia and we’d love it here. Would make things so much easier
Babe wake up, Mileage Mike just posted a new interstate video
In my opinion, extending either I-55 or I-65 to Wisconsin would have been better than using I-41, which could have been used for I-69E.
I-86 is an Intrastate in Idaho, connecting I-84 near Declo with I-15 in Pocatello.
I really hope you're wrong about Interstate 14, because I've heard that Alabama DOT wants to build a western extension of I-85. If anything, that western extension should be part of I-14, and the extension of I-85 should be turned south, probably towards Dothan, Alabama and Panama City, Florida.
I-82 in Washington is very close but it does dip into oregon for about 5-10 miles
I'm glad you didn't put I-41 since it does cross into Illinois by about ½ mile until the split of 41/94
Good old I-37! I take that route to go to Corpus Christi and the valley!
I don’t understand why 17 and 19 are separate. Wouldn’t it make much more sense for them to be numbered the same, and follow 10 between Phoenix and Tucson?
Random but, US 83 being a road with one lane in each direction having a speed limit of 75 is genuinely insane to me 😭 I’ve never seen anything like that until this video
Very common in the western half of Texas, for the 2-lane highways to be 75 mph. Even in the eastern half of Texas it's often 70
US93 and 95 in nevada
I've been on I-87 and I-88 many times up here in New York.
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I-97 should’ve connected to Virginia Beach
Or ocean city
I assume you mean I-87 -- but yeah, it would be nice to get it connected from North Carolina where US-17 currently runs along the swamp. I was just reminded of it again today as I had to drive down the nightmare that is US-58 between Emporia and Portsmouth. I don't think an interstate will go up through the CBBT and Eastern Shore though (at least not for another 50+ years)
@@yellowcrescent yeah I-87.
A lot of this is a philosphical of when interstate highways should stop being counted as spurs, along with the issue of states using federal funding to build highways entirely within their state. In some of these cases it came down to how the highway was pitched to the public more than how it functionally operates.
I don't know why TxDOT hasn't extended I-45 to the Oklahoma Border. I know it's not up to Interstate standards in Oklahoma, but in Texas, you go from I-45 through I-345 to US-75 without really noticing a change in the freeway standards.
It's because the interstate rules at the time. They were strict about them ending and beginning at other interstates, military bases, and coasts. They can make exceptions and since Oklahoma didn't want to extend to Tulsa the exception was approved to end I-45 at US-70 in Durant Oklahoma. But Oklahoma also rejected that so no more negotiations and it was signed into law. So the ending only made it up to downtown Dallas. Although TxDot did build to the original plans that's why it seems 45 should go to the border. Today they make all kinds of exceptions and it's possible. But to this day, just like in the past, Oklahoma still has no money 😂
There's also the issue of what's currently I-345. It's extremely controversial in the Dallas area, there's been a lot of calls to have the freeway removed entirely to reconnect downtown Dallas with the Deep Ellum neighborhood. Problem is that if it were removed, there's currently no way to go from northbound I-45 to northbound US 75 north of Spur 366, and the entire corridor around the west of downtown Dallas is already a massive mess of ramps and freeway bridges.
@@EthanNeal it has been determined it has to stay or be rebuilt. A traffic study was performed. So whatever they come up with, there will still be a thorough connection between I-45 and US75. Now the talks are about it going underground, at the surface or keeping it elevated. And money.
@@batemanjo9 Took a look at it, that study came out just after I moved away from the area. Figured they'd keep it in some form, it would be too much of a strain on traffic around downtown to remove it, curious to see what they'll do with it going forward
Wait how are i88 in illinois and i88 in New York supposed to even connect? I know theres plans for some parts of i90 to be replaced by i88 in new york but how would it work through all the other states, or you know, leaving chicago?
I was driving on US 17 in NC over the weekend. I kept seeing signs that said Future I-87. I looked around at the road and my only thought was "You have a lot of work to do before this is an interstate."
So... a childhood planned idea of mine to have a Nebraska I- 27 wasn't so far fetched?
(Thought the routing I had was mostly paralleling US 83 running from North Platte to Pierre SD , whereas the plans shown used I-76 up to US 385 then to I-90
I'm a midwest interstate expert and read my comment regarding i27 to 49
I think what they would do, instead of building a bridge to Cape May, NJ, they would have I-87 go along DE-1 (which they are considering promoting it to Interstate status), then onto US-13, to I-295, across the Delaware Memorial Bridge, to the New Jersey Tpke. (which the southern half doesn't have an Interstate number), onto the New Jersey section of I-287 (North), and then hooking up to New York State Thruway at Exit 15 in Suffern, NY.
They would then make the current NY State Thwy. (I-87) from Exits 8 thru 15 an extension of the future I-86, and then continue I-86 onto the New York section of I-287 (Cross Westchester Exwy.), ending at I-95 (New England Thwy.) in Rye, NY. Then they would make the current southern end of New York's I-87 - from NY State Thwy. Exit 8, thru the southern terminous of Major Degan Exwy. - an auxiliary route of I-86; perhaps naming it I-286.
This makes a lot more sense IMO, coming from a NJ guy. It absolutely would NOT fly in Cape May to run an interstate through there. It would destroy a true gem, so it would have to break off of the Garden State Parkway, and then belt around somewhere to lead to this hypothetical bridge. And then moving on north, I don't know what standards the GSP would need to meet to become an interstate, but there isn't exactly much room to renovate between I-95 and NJ-19. This pretty much only leaves Delaware to carry the load, which I don't know much about because most of my dealings are limited to the Wilmington/Newark area.
@@adamdobrowolski2510 The DE-1 - Delaware Mem Br - NJ Tpk route is more realistic, while a Delaware Bay crossing and GSP repurposing is more aspirational in a region of the country lacking aspiration when it comes to roads.
Neither one will happen, though, because Eastern Shore Virginia doesn't want it.
You missed I-41 in Wisconsin. It's basically the segment of US41 from Green Bay, WI to South Milwaukee, WI upgraded to federal interstate standards and redesignated as such. With Wisconsin being right in the middle of the country the US and interstate numbering systems overlap, and they can get away with that.
I-41 has a very short portion that enters Illinois
495 and 205 exist in numerous places. California I-405; runs for about 70 miles from Hyatt North of Laguna Hills to New Hall, bypassing both Disney Land and Downtown Los Angeles and going through Costa Mesa and Long Beach and unfortunately for its own good, Los Angeles International airport and many of the Western LA Suburbs and places like Van Nuys and Grenada Hills before reconnecting to it's parent route.
Washington I-405 serves as an eastern bypass of Seattle connecting Bothell (between Lynnwood and Everett) and Renton, just northeast of SeaTac Airport).
Intermediate 205 California connects I-5 in Tracy with I-580 forming the base of an inverted right triangle (being by far the shortest branch of loop of I-5 at only 9 miles. It should for one be an odd number 1st digit (705), it is the other short tertiary interstate in the Bay Area along with the orphan I-238 freeway in the San Leandro area. The other I-205 serves an eastern bypass of Portland as and crossing the Columbia River into Washington before meeting it's parent South of Vancouver.
Interstate 405 also exists as a Western bypass of Portland.
California has 2 other I-5 routes that do not follow the numeric paradigm. The Century Freeway is entirely connected to the 605 in Norwalk with the 405 by the Los Angeles Airport. This one could have easily been numbered Interstate 6.
I-210 violates number convention as in only connects to it's parent vat Redlands (exits 85A & B Eastbound) to the eastern leg replaced the former California 30. Freeway so I-30 (California) would be more appropriate as the Western end is at I-5;in Sykmat and the route does not follow even/odd rules, as it runs north/South between Downtown Pasadena and Sykmat and between Highland and Redlands. East/West signs are correct for the middle section (same situation as with I-69 and I-196;in Michigan which change directions at their midpoints), l-605 only has one connector with its parent in Santa Fe Springs, it connects to the 105 and the 405. This is ever built over the mountains to connect with the SR-138 freeway called the high Desert Corridor as
A new freeway between Palmdale and Victorville (which would be appropriate as an I-38 But CA might just be insured by repeat the SR 138/I-138 trick )not very original, but CA has all sorts of 3 digit interstate numbering issues, like 880, 680, 280 all only having one connection to it's parent, and then there is 580, which has two connections and forma the Wrong Way concurrency with its parent. Both roads are one and the same between the Oakland/Emeryville Border at the MacArthur Maze and Richmond where 580 takes over former State Route 17's ROW and crosses the Bay on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and ends in Mill Valley where it meets US 101.
At the beginning of the video Mike explained that all 3di's would be excluded.
Another accurate video Mike....I do support I-73 extention from the NC border to Myrtle Beach, that city is growing n needs to be connected to the system....but I saw where the map showing it bypassing Florence where I 20 n I 95 intersects. It would be better to bring it south to Florence, SC, to intersect with I 20 to Atlanta, and I 95 to Miami n the northeast,, then replace US 501 with it into Myrtle Beach.
I-45 should probably extend along US 69 through Big Cabin, OK (Will Rogers TPK); through Pittsburg and Ft Scott, KS to Kansas City.
It mainly needs to be completed to Big Cabin in order to accommodate the trucking. An extension up to KC by means of US 169 would be nice to have, but is a pipe dream.
That I-16/I-95 interchange in Savannah seems to be under permanent construction. It's been like that for the almost 5 years I've lived in GA.
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18:08 - calling I80 around the Quad Cities I90 😆