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Longest State Highways

Discussion in 'Travel Forum' started by Salty, Feb 3, 2023.

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  1. Salty

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    #1 Salty, Feb 3, 2023
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    I always smile when I see the road-sign just after I get on Interstate 40 (Old Route 66) which read something over 2000 miles to somewhere on the East Coast.

    Now I-5 in California runs from Mexico to the Oregon border, more than 800 miles, but because it is an interstate, the list excludes it. I expect I-10 which runs through Texas is also more than 800 miles.
     
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    Texas State Highway 16
     
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    Looked at 4 states I was very familiar with and did not get ANY correct. Fun time, lots of memories of fine state highways
     
    #4 Dr. Bob, Sep 28, 2024
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    CA Hwy1
     
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    Had the same thoughts on long interstates. That is another listing. State Highways (this listing) "may" run concurrent with US Highways and/or Interstate Highways for some distance but must have their own distinct identity at some point
     
    #6 Dr. Bob, Sep 28, 2024
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    Not a state highway, but I'm guessing that Maine has the biggest share of US 1. (Unless FL has more.)
     
    #7 OnlyaSinner, Sep 30, 2024 at 1:08 PM
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    You'd be short by just 19 miles
    US 1
    Florida 545
    Georgia 223
    South Carolina 171
    North Carolina 174
    Virginia 197
    DC 7
    Maryland 81
    Pennsylvania 81
    New Jersey 66
    New York 22
    Connecticut 117
    Rhode Island 57
    Massachusetts 86
    New Hampshire 17
    Maine 526

    Total 2,369 miles
     
    #8 Dr. Bob, Sep 30, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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    Thanks. The mileage has been changing, for whatever reasons I don't know. The sign at Fort Kent read 2,209 miles back when we lived there - 1976-85. A 2012 article in Down East magazine had the distance as 2,390, and of course Wiki has the table you posted. The Maine experience on Rt 1 is certainly different from that in any of the other states it crosses - no surprise there.
     
    #9 OnlyaSinner, Oct 1, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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    Ga Hwy 172. :Roflmao:Roflmao:Roflmao
     
    #10 Reynolds, Oct 1, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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    Okay, I'll bite. 172 isn't much of a state highway, but what makes it so funny for you??
     
    #11 Dr. Bob, Oct 2, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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    It runs right by my house.
     
    #12 Reynolds, Oct 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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