What Interstates and/or US highways do you wish existed, but don't?
Posted by VirusMaster3073@reddit | AskAnAmerican | View on Reddit | 168 comments
I wish I-20 went all the way to Myrtle Beach. I know they're planning on extending I-73 and I-74 there, but I'd prefer I-20 (and maybe I-73)
Redbird9346@reddit
Extend I-495 across the Long Island Sound in a tunnel, serving Plum Island and Fishers Island along the way, then connect it to I-95 somewhere in southwestern Rhode Island. This would be a rail and vehicular tunnel.
nogueydude@reddit
Something from San Diego County California to Aroostook County Maine.
Meilingcrusader@reddit
They should finally make I-97/I-99 I have heard proposed to run south from Wilmington Delaware down to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, to Norfolk, and then on to Raleigh. Also I see your I-20 extension to Myrtle Beach and I raise you an I-40 extention from Wilmington NC to Myrtle Beach, Charleston, and Savannah.
foxsable@reddit
A Florida alternative to I-4
CupBeEmpty@reddit
Some dang thing between the Maine seacoast and the Merrimack Valley.
That or a full interstate that just completely bypasses anywhere near NYC on 95. Fuck everything about 95 within about 100 miles of NYC.
Select-Belt-ou812@reddit
the original plan for I-95 in NJ had the route go from I-287 to Pennington, but it got canceled by Hopewell Twp residents. that would have saved all the bs for the last 45 years. you can still see the ramp rights-of-way, on what is currently I-295, between Federal City Road and NJ-31, where the highway briefly divides. so close
also, in that area, US-202 was supposed to be a full limited access freeway between New Hope and PA-309, but that got killed by Solebury Twp
In all cases like these, the fallout from NOT having the highway turned out to be INFINITELY WORSE than it woulda been WITH it
TillPsychological351@reddit
I visit the Jersey Shore from New England every year. I've found that you can get through the NYC metro area relatively painlessly if you take I-87, then the Henry Hudson Parkway to the GW Bridge, then I-95 to the Garden State Parkway around Elizabeth. You have to slow down to get in the GW bridge, and there's usually a brief slowdown around the Meadowlands, but other than that, traffic moves fine.
This doesn't work heading north, tbough, because you hit the tolls if the GW bridge. So, I take the Garden State Parkway all the way to I-287 and cross the river here.
SkiingAway@reddit
If you're going via the GWB the fastest route from Boston/most of the populated parts of New England is often going to be Wilbur Cross/Merritt/Hutchinson -> Cross County -> Henry Hudson -> GWB. That said, that is a route most will find high-stress to drive.
TillPsychological351@reddit
I'm not coming Boston, though.
SkiingAway@reddit
What area are you coming from?
TillPsychological351@reddit
NEK of Vermont.
SkiingAway@reddit
Upper Valley with NJ ties, hello.
Consider trying VT-11 -> US-7 -> (VT-249)/NY-7-> I-787 -> I-87 - and then follow whatever the traffic apps say for NJ, on a good day/the most direct route to the Shore will be Route 17-> GSP.
Especially if you will be hitting the Hartford-NYC stretch at basically any time that isn't late at night on the CT/NYC route.
Google Maps/Waze will never recommend it, yet you'll find the estimated time is often about the same if you manually plot it out, and with less variance.
CupBeEmpty@reddit
Oh yeah I have done that and it is an unpleasant drive stress wise.
CupBeEmpty@reddit
My avoidance of NYC is to get on 84 in CT and cross the Hudson up at Newburgh, but I was usually headed west not due south so that changes things a bit.
RsonW@reddit
40 should extend to and past Bakersfield to connect with 5
WarrenMulaney@reddit
I mean 58 does the same thing
AbyssalRedemption@reddit
Tbh I could care less about the highways, I just want a functional high speed rail network and better public transportation infrastructure nation-wide.
IthurielSpear@reddit
The skyway, Jetson's style. C'mon, we have the tech for flying cars, we can handle them.
Maxpowr9@reddit
I'll go off the board, and blame Canada. A35 was supposed to connect Montréal, to the US border near Burlington, VT with I-89; for seamless interstate travel. No joke, it's taken Canada 50 years(!) to build the dumb thing, and it's almost done.
It's the same problem with Amtrak not able to go Montréal again.
MyUsername2459@reddit
Interstate access to Myrtle Beach would be nice. It does seem conspicuous that such a major destination is really only accessible through windy, narrow backroads. Either an interstate, or at least a state-level limited access highway connecting Myrtle Beach to the Interstate system would make things so much better for visitors.
G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit
SO I think the plan is eventually I-74 will connect with SC Highway 31 which will be the interstate route from I-95 to Myrtle Beach.
jfchops2@reddit
I remember seeing signs along the road saying "future interstate corridor" on that drive on a family trip 15 years ago. Still no progress made?
G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit
There have been on other parts of I-74 but not that stretch. NC doesn't really feel an imperative to build a stretch of I-74 designed to take people out of state.
randomwords83@reddit
lol when? I’ve been driving that route from Ohio since the 90’s and those signs have been there since before that. I’ve been hoping every time that there has been progress but it doesn’t seem to be the case. I just assumed after all this time they weren’t going to do it and just didn’t bother to take the signs down 🌞
hwc@reddit
Same for the outer banks.
kingmiker@reddit
64 to the OBX has that dang 30-40 mile 2 lane section. Back in my (not so) younger days, I swear I got a ticket on the 2 lane, heading east, almost every time I passed someone running 55. It was madness.
im-on-my-ninth-life@reddit
Well not really "narrow", there is 4-lane access all the way from I-95 (via US 501 and connecting routes)
BIue_Ooze@reddit
I wish there were an elevated highway from my house to my work.
PorcelainTorpedo@reddit
The only answer
At12ABQ@reddit
Phoenix to Vegas
NoobSalad41@reddit
Thankfully, they’ve already done most of the hard work in getting that up to interstate standards. There’s still a couple of slow spots (the roundabouts in Wickenburg; getting onto I-40 in Kingman when going towards Phoenix), but it’s much improved.
I remember the trip used to take at least an hour longer 15-20 years ago, because you had to descend into a canyon doing hairpin turns at 20 mph to reach Hoover Dam, and then climb back out, because the Colorado River crossing was just a road on top of Hoover Dam, surrounded by oblivious sightseeing tourists. Building the bridge (and the bypassing Boulder City) has made the trip a lot shorter.
There’s still some work to be done, but it’s been significantly improved.
JaunxPatrol@reddit
Should probably be a train given the size of the two cities
miclugo@reddit
This is what Interstate 11 is supposed to be, if it ever happens.
AgKnight14@reddit
A lot of US-95 in Arizona has at least been widened and divided, but who knows how long it’ll be until it’s up to full interstate standards
Drew707@reddit
When I lived in Reno and had to go to Phoenix all the time, this was the dream. 95 is just too difficult with the small town speed traps.
redwingsphan19@reddit
I-11. It’s getting there.
Artemis1982_@reddit
I wish I 95 went through Raleigh so I didn’t have to drive up US 1 or over to Rocky Mount to get to RVA or DC.
MiketheTzar@reddit
Winston Salem or Statesville (NC) to Bristol or Johnson City (TN). I'd like to have a northern route over the Appalachian Mountains the I-40 route gets blocked by mudslides about every 3 years.
omnipresent_sailfish@reddit
I-10 should go all the way to Hawaii
PDGAreject@reddit
My thought too. Going 80 it would take 31 hours of driving so we're gonna need some cocaine and a few cans of gasoline
ToxinArrow@reddit
Mr Peanutbutter?
G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit
Dallas to Denver is an easy one. Or, at least from Amarillo to Raton to start with. You'd think this would be a busy enough truck route to warrant one.
In North Carolina/TN, an alternative to I-40. Even before the hurricane damage, 40 was closed at the state line a ton. Hwy 421 isn't bad to get to Boone, and Hwy 74 to Asheville, but from there it's a mess to get into TN. The only alternative interstate to go west is to go up into VA then get on 81.
Build an I-269 bridge over the Mississippi River. Traffic would get backed up for hours back in 2001 when one of the two bridges in Memphis were closed down. Complete the southern I-269 loop across the river and connect back to I-40.
The_dots_eat_packman@reddit
Came here to write Dallas to Denver too. In a dream world Amtrak would have this route too.
Jermcutsiron@reddit
While we're dreaming about Amtrak, anything going north out of Houston shouldn't require a bus ride to Longview.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
Extension on I-27, goes from Pueblo, CO to Surfide Beach, TX
I-34. Described in another comment
Not bad actually, I'll add that one
G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit
I-17 still won't fix the Dallas to Amarillo route. Really they just need to take highway 287 and turn it into an Interstate and build bypasses around all the towns. Then there'd be an interstate route from Houston all the way to Denver with I-27
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
It goes through Austin to Surfside Beach
G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit
Sorry I mean to say I-45 - extending it from Dallas to Amarillo
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
I drew it going to Wichita Falls
G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit
Hwy 287 is basically that right now as it is a freeway up that far, but then you have to go through the downtown stoplights of every little town if you're continuing north or west towards Denver or I-40 west.
jfchops2@reddit
Downtown Denver to the southwest suburbs would be really nice for people who live here and travel between the two areas. Santa Fe Dr. would be the road to turn into a freeway. Have family down there and going to their house for dinner is a 1hr drive after work with the current roads
brookish@reddit
Anything that connected Colorado more directly to the east and west
yourmomwasmyfirst@reddit
I-69
TheFalconKid@reddit
One that goes right from Dubuque Iowa to Iowa City. I drive from up north to Iowa City about once a year and it's all interstates untill halfway between Dubuque and Iowa City you have to take a bunch of country roads and cut through a lot of small towns.
velociraptorfarmer@reddit
Isn't that just US-151 that runs between the east side of Cedar Rapids and Dubuque? That's a 4 lane freeway the whole way.
TheFalconKid@reddit
That's part of it. But the fastest route once you get to Fairview you gotta jump on highway 1, otherwise 151 takes you to Cedar Rapids.
Epicapabilities@reddit
It's basically already there, but US-52 between St. Paul and Rochester should absolutely be an Interstate. They've removed most of the at-grade intersections by this point, but when I was a kid there were multiple traffic lights you had to stop at for basically no reason lol.
velociraptorfarmer@reddit
The US-52 freeway needs to run as a 4 lane all the way through Waterloo (along US-63) until it connects to I-380 so the Avenue of the Saints actually functions as a usable freeway.
Zoomingforcats@reddit
I would add 169/60 from the Twin Cities to Worthington/Sioux Falls to that as well.
velociraptorfarmer@reddit
Making the Avenue of the Saints an actual freeway that makes sense rather than going west before cutting back straight east across northern Iowa.
It should run down US-52 to Rochester, US-63 to Waterloo, then along its current alignment to St. Louis.
CRO553R@reddit
Interstate 70 continuing to Sacramento, instead of ending in Utah.
warneagle@reddit
A freeway along the fall line from I-20 in Augusta to I-20 in Meridian would be super useful to me since basically all of my family lives on that line. Like follow the Fall Line Freeway to Macon, then basically US-80 the rest of the way.
DisgruntledGoose27@reddit
Fuck highways lets at least built a modern high speed rail network first
Aggressive-Click-605@reddit
Something south of I40 to receive all that crazy traffic on I40.
LigmaSneed@reddit
There needs to be another section of I-405 that goes around the east side of Joint Base Lewis McChord. I-5 between Olympia and Tacoma is a huge bottleneck because of the military base.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
If anyone wants full maps of the interstates I doodled
Zoomingforcats@reddit
You missed I10 to Hawaii.
CaliforniaHope@reddit
Dude, I’d just be happy not to be stuck in traffic lmao
kaik1914@reddit
DC to Buffalo via center of Pennsylvania.
openwheelr@reddit
Best we can do is Route 15
spitfire451@reddit
Either countless tunnels thru the Piedmont region or trainloads of dynamite to blow them apart.
GMHGeorge@reddit
There needs to be an interstate from Montgomery AL to Panama City Beach or maybe a bit further west
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
I-365?
GMHGeorge@reddit
?
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
I just thought of what number that interstate would be. I've been drawing a ton of interstates secretly lately
Jerentropic@reddit
I-710 is already taken, through Los Angeles, from Long Beach to Alhambra. Can Interstate number be used in more than one stretch?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_710_and_State_Route_710_(California)
udderlymoovelous@reddit
Yeah, there are multiple 295s
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
There can be multiple, the limit is only per state on spurs
GMHGeorge@reddit
Ah, how does branch naming work? Use the highway it is coming off of and add a number in front?
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
Odd numbers usually spur while even numbers usually bypass or business route, but there are some exceptions
G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit
Montgomery to PCB is too far to just be a spur. It could be I-79 or something.
im-on-my-ninth-life@reddit
More likely it would just take I-65 from the existing, with I-85 taking over for what is now I-65 from Mobile to Montgomery
miclugo@reddit
I-85 ends in Montgomery, so you could always extend it south. (At one point around 2010 there were proposals to extend I-85 west to Meridian, Mississippi, but those seem to be off the table.) But I-85 is already out of the grid south of Atlanta, why make it worse?
I don't like I-79 as a number for this one because it's actually west of I-75.
I-67 is available and in the right place (and is actually the highest odd number not in use).
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
That's probably a better number actually
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
I guess, since it's far from the already existing I-79 (interstate numbers repeat sometimes)
atomfullerene@reddit
Agree. I lived in AL for a while and if you wanted to go northwest to southeast you were out of luck
PlainTrain@reddit
Alabama does have a nice collection of four lane highways. They are pretty annoying around the cities though.
SpiritOfDefeat@reddit
U.S. 22 through PA and NJ as a full blown interstate with 3 lanes in each direction and trucks banned from the left lane.
SkiingAway@reddit
....that's why I-78 exists. It was quite literally built to be a high-speed/interstate bypass of US-22. If you want to widen it, do that, but there's not much reason to make 2 parallel interstates going the same direction a few miles apart. (not to mention how utterly impossible it would the eastern segment in NJ to an interstate).
SpiritOfDefeat@reddit
I just have to use 22 way too much and my fellow Pennsylvanians make it a painful experience 😭
JulesChenier@reddit
Many N/S interstates sould have better structure.
hwc@reddit
Memphis to Kansas City.
Dio_Yuji@reddit
I would tear a bunch of them down if I were in charge. At least from the middle of cities themselves
guywithshades85@reddit
An east-west route that goes through Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. I would love the convenience but hate it at the same time because it'll most likely ruin the landscape.
squarerootofapplepie@reddit
That would be immensely unpopular. Also I’d be furious with them shutting down the Quebec to MA pipeline because of environmental impact and then building a highway.
Canada actually offered to build a toll highway across Maine, pay for it, and let Maine keep the toll revenue, but it never happened.
TillPsychological351@reddit
This would be only in Canada, but a more direct connection between I-91 and Quebec City would be nice. As it is now, you either have to take a secondary route, or head northwest at Sherbrooke along 55 to reach the mian highway.
SkiingAway@reddit
It's taken Canada 60 years to finish the A-35 so going from I-89 to MTL doesn't involve 30 minutes of local backroads once you cross the border, so I wouldn't be too optimistic there.
Theoretically you might one day get the A-73 extended to US-201 at the Maine border. Not east-west, but it would improve connectivity a bit for Mainers.
TillPsychological351@reddit
Frankly, I'm surprised A55 even exists. It only goes to Magog, and it's not uncommon to see zero other vehicles while you drive it.
CenterofChaos@reddit
Technically route 2 and route 4 do. But they're slow roads.
TillPsychological351@reddit
I was thinking this, but I wouldn't want another highway going through the White Mountains. Maybe an interstate that connects Portland to North Conway, but keep the existing state roads further west.
ZaphodG@reddit
At least in Vermont, the original plan was to have Route 4 be at least a 50 mph road. The planned bypass around Woodstock and Bridgewater was killed by the NIMBY people.
CupBeEmpty@reddit
It is one thing that is crazy. I can get down to Boston in an hour or so.
If I need to go the same distance east west rather than north south we are talking at least a couple hours ok random state roads. If I want to go to Burlington it actually makes sense to go south to get on 89 and then head north
goodsam2@reddit
Yeah going from Acadia to Burlington had us going away south then back north.
FREE-ROSCOE-FILBURN@reddit
US-69/75 between Dallas and Tulsa should be an interstate
im-on-my-ninth-life@reddit
I kinda wish an Interstate existed to Athens GA, but not really (fuck that place except for the University of Georgia)
ColossusOfChoads@reddit
What's wrong with Athens? They gave us REM and the B-52s, so how bad can it be?
im-on-my-ninth-life@reddit
The people that live there are entitled POS's that act like the university should serve them while also wanting to dictate what the university does
SonuvaGunderson@reddit
If only Route 11 could extend all the way to I-95 we would FINALLY have a reasonably direct route from southeastern Connecticut to Hartford.
hotdogaholic@reddit
y aint there no tunnel from cape may to delaware?
y aint they build no bypass tunnel to go under/around NYC (like the bigdig larger scale)
NotTheATF1993@reddit
My own private highway that went everywhere I'd want to go.
Danny69Devito420@reddit
I am waiting on I 74 to be completed between Lumberton and Charlotte tbh. The parts that aren't highway are the wooorst.
Lol I drove most of I 20 thru SC today. I do agree on that one, even though I live in NC now. I met my friend in Myrtle Beach and drove them back to the upstate last year and I didn't realize how shitty it was to get there from the upstate after you leave Florence.
gugudan@reddit
I'd like to wipe existing Interstates in NC and just do a complete do over.
277 is Charlotte's noose. Goodbye.
85 would go from Raleigh to Charlotte rather than following 40 from Durham to Greensboro.
I'd probably reroute 40 to be further south to connect Asheville, Asheboro, Fayetteville, and Wilmington.
77 would be a little further east to connect Charlotte directly with the Triad.
26 would continue east from TN to connect Boone, the Triad, the Triangle, and connect to 95.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
I doodled another interstate numbered I-34 that follows I-74 largely until it reaches I-85 where it overlaps, then follows Brookshire freeway to I-74 again, then goes to Fayetteville, new Bern, and ends in Outer Banks in Nags Head
Danny69Devito420@reddit
I could totally use that one! Getting to the Outer Banks from here sucks.
Didn't even realize you were from Rock Hill when I answered this! My need for I-74 is to go there and visit my favorite aunt lol.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
I made An interstate numbered I-28 that follows replaces I-985, follows US 23 and 123 to go through Clemson, Greenville, and Spartanburg, and ends in Rock Hill, replacing following already ridiculously wide Celanese Blvd (although there are probably better ideas for it admittedly but idk what)
Danny69Devito420@reddit
Most of my family is in Clemson. That would make my drives to visit my family so much better if that route existed. Lol but my aunt lives in a neighborhood off of Celanese so we can't make it worse 🤣 I can't think of a better road though.
rco8786@reddit
Personally I’d love to delete or reroute a few of them
davdev@reddit
There should be highways that travel at 45 degree angles instead of basically East-West or North-South.
So Something like Boston-Phoenix or Seattle-Atlanta.
Traditional_Entry183@reddit
Corridor H, linking Strasburg VA and Weston, WV. I'm originally from Northern WV but live in Central VA, and this would cut hours off of my trip every time I travel to see my parents.
Of course at this point, it's taken so long that I've aged from my early 20s to my late 40s and my parents might not still be around when it's complete.
sickest_000@reddit
I think there needs to be one on the Delmarva peninsula. Also maybe 1 connection from Maryland to Virginia, a direct route from 270 to 66 without getting on 495. That 495 bridge is getting old as well.
TillPsychological351@reddit
US 301 on the Delmarva peninsula basically functions as an interstate for most.of its length.
10tonheadofwetsand@reddit
The problem with any connection over the Potomac — highway or rail — is that both sides are lined with extraordinarily wealthy neighborhoods full of politically connected people who will never allow it to happen.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
So there's not going to be an east cost interstate numbered I-99 like I described?
Alfonze423@reddit
I-99 runs from I-76 in Bedford PA to I-86 near Corning NY, and will eventually extend south to I-68 at Cumberland Maryland.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
It gets renumbered I-97, and the existing I-97 becomes part of I-70
Alfonze423@reddit
No complaints there
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
The reason is because Numbers theoretically increase West to East and South to North. I-99 should run along the Atlantic
10tonheadofwetsand@reddit
Not that connects Fairfax, Loudoun, and Montgomery Counties are extremely wealthy, especially along the river. It’ll be tough.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
I've been drawing one numbered I-99 that largely follows US 17 in SC and NC, US 13 in VA, and US 113 in Maryland and Delaware
TheyCallMeElHeffay@reddit
I saw it too. Basically splits off 95 around Wilmington DE, follows Delaware 1 to US13 down the peninsula, across the CBBT to Norfolk, follows 17 down eastern NC, then connected Jacksonville NC, Wilmington NC, Myrtle beach, Charleston, Savannah, and then connecting back to 95 around Jacksonville FL. It will never happen at this point but I definitely remember reading about it and seeing a map.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
no, it ends in Yemassee, SC
TheyCallMeElHeffay@reddit
Maybe. Could be the original plan was reduced. What I saw proposed was about 30 years ago and ran the whole distance. I seem to remember some promotional stuff from the Global Transpark proposal in Eastern NC and how the park would connect to the coastal interstate and to what is now the new I42 from Raleigh to the port in Morehead City.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
Oh, I was thinking of what interstate I proposed on my personal doodles
Ravenclaw79@reddit
But 97 would be north-south — 70 is east-west
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
I-70 gets extended to Ocean city, following US 50
miclugo@reddit
If you're looking for a north-south route, that's basically what DE-1 is.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
Which I doodled as becoming part of an east coast interstate numbered I-99, with the existing I-99 becoming I-97 and the existing I-97 becoming part of the I-70 Ocean City extension
Bear_necessities96@reddit
Not interstate just a bullet train from northeast to south and from east to west
TehWildMan_@reddit
a few times over the years, various people have proposed the idea of an "outer perimeter" arc connecting i75 and i85 with an arc that travels well into the suburbs as a way to divert traffic from 285.
Although such idea seems largely dead, for good reason.
im-on-my-ninth-life@reddit
There needs to be something there, especially with I-40 in the mountains now being closed.
dontdoxmebro@reddit
The NIMBYism in the outer metro counties is so strong that the outer perimeter will probably have to be built out in the rural counties.
Atlanta had an Interstate master plan that looked almost like Houston’s with multiple perimeters and redundant through routes, but the Atlanta Freeway Revolt meant that the redundant roadways were not completed. Langford Parkway, I-675, the Stone Mountain Freeway, and Freedom Parkway were all parts of the never completed redundant freeway network. The Carter Center sits where a neighborhood was even bulldozed for the interchange where the completed I-675, GA-400, Stone Mountain Freeway, and Freedom Parkway were planned to meet.
DoublePostedBroski@reddit
Atlanta really needs the “northern arc” though. It’s absolutely crazy that in order to go from the northeast suburbs to northwest suburbs you have to go south, then over, then back up.
It’s either that or take windy backroads that are overpopulated.
G00dSh0tJans0n@reddit
How far north are we talking? Like around Hwy 20 or Hwy 120?
shrimp-and-potatoes@reddit
The one that goes through the entirety of Ohio. Just a huge 20,000 lane highway.
DontRunReds@reddit
Oh, I just wish the Alaska Marine Highway were properly funded. I miss being able to take the ferry on any kind of reliable schedule.
Cosmic-Ape-808@reddit
Hwy 666 across Skinwalker Ranch
notyogrannysgrandkid@reddit
Completed I-49 between Fort Smith and Texarkana
bender1_tiolet0@reddit
The one from my house back to where my family live. The one that is straight as a arrow.
VIDCAs17@reddit
US 151 between Fond du Lac, WI and Cedar Rapids, IA could easily be upgraded to an Interstate, and would eliminate the crossroads and at-grade railroad crossings. To add on, make WI 26 a freeway with a bypass around Rosendale.
Also upgrade WI 29 between Green Bay and Eau Claire into an interstate for the same reasons.
DokterZ@reddit
Bypass Rosendale? That would tank the primary source of income in town.
Now that 151 is upgraded I just go to Fondle Sack and then head north. 41 could use some work between there and Oshvegas though.
RikardOsenzi@reddit
The original plan for I-84 going from Hartford to Providence.
max_m0use@reddit
A beltway around Pittsburgh. They're starting to build the Southern Beltway, but there are no current plans to construct anything between I-79 and the Mon-Fayette.
Odd-Help-4293@reddit
Would you propose an I-70 Chesapeake Bay Bridge, or routing it up around the top of the bay?
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
The Bay Bridge carries I-70 (I-270 gets renumbered I-70S as it was originally and gets extended following I-495 and US 50), and the Bay Bridge -Tunnel carries I-99
eugenesbluegenes@reddit
Where would you run I70? Or would you just be upgrading US70 to interstate standard?
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
Mostly US 50 Upgrades until MD-90 begins in which it follows that route
eugenesbluegenes@reddit
Nah, seems silly to upgrade highway 50 across Nevada.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
I was talking about the eastern side, It would go through the middle of nowhere in Nevada going to US 6 and Following it and US 395 in California until it goes to Fresno and San Jose
eugenesbluegenes@reddit
Why would you add another major highway across Nevada? And then there's a very tall mountain range between 395 and Fresno.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
Mainly to connect San Jose to Fresno, and Fresno to either Salt Lake, Las Vegas, Phoenix, or Denver
eugenesbluegenes@reddit
At least on the western half, I feel like this is the viewpoint of someone looking at a map and thinking where it would look good to connect things but not having actually traveled in the area in question.
Theironyuppie1@reddit
Make 522 an interstate highway from Winchester VA to Hancock MD
InterPunct@reddit
The Rye-Oyster Bay Bridge between Westchester County and Long Island NY across Long Island Sound.
It's insane how burdensome that traffic is to the Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges.
CalDavid@reddit
The final part of the I-710
JimBeam823@reddit
I-26 from Kingsport to Findlay, OH.
An interstate along US 74 from the I-26 split to Wilmington.
An interstate up the coast from Savannah to Hampton Roads to NYC with a bridge/tunnel across Cape May.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
I extended I-26 to Lexington Instead
OnasoapboX41@reddit
Augusta to Charleston
In order to drive to Charleston, you have to drive on 2-lane roads to get there, and it is annoying.
Also, one from Huntsville to Gadsden, AL (this one is not realistic at all, but one I want). My parents live in Gadsden, and trying to drive to Gadsden is a headache.
VirusMaster3073@reddit (OP)
I doodled I-77 going to Savannah, so an Auxillary spur route of I-77, probably numbered I-477