Re: Largest U.S. city with no "federal routes"

On Apr 4, 2:50 am, howlincoyote...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Mar 31, 2:49 pm, Scott O. Kuznicki <scottkuzni...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:





Since we're playing numbers games (and they're fun!), what is the
largest U.S. city (not metropolitan area, but a single municipality)
with no U.S. routes entering its boundary? How about the largest
municipality with only one U.S. route?

[scroll down for my guesses]

I submit that it is Seattle, WA. The dearth (or should I say "death")
of U.S. routes in Washington State leaves Seattle without its former
U.S. 10 and U.S. 99.

The largest municipality with only one U.S. route? Could it be Los
Angeles with U.S. 101?!?

Another note - it's unlikely (but I could be wrong) that there is even
a large city east of the Mississippi River (especially in the South)
that doesn't have at least one 2-dus or 3-dus running through it.

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It is currently San Diego as the largest city without a US route, but
there's a possibility that Phoenix someday make take over that claim.
ADOT currently has a policy against two routes serving the same two
points, and US 60 and I-10 do that; once in Tempe, and once way out
near Quartzsite. If US 60 is truncated to Tempe due to that rule,
then Phoenix will become the largest US city with no US highways
(unless US 93 is extended for some reason, which it might...it tends
to grow a few miles ever few years). The Superstition Freeway ends
one-half mile east of the Phoenix city limit.

Mesa, on the other hand, is the largest US city without an Interstate,
and there is absolutely no reason as of now to believe that will
change.- Hide quoted text -

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Well, before 1992, the Superstition was AZ360, and US60 followed Van
Buren St and Apache Trail thru Phoenix/Tempe/Mesa. It's unusual that
that oversight has yet to be corrected, since ADOT is quite thorough
about route changes. But then again, US89A's north end is at the Utah
border, and UDOT signs it from there as U-11, so maybe ADOT has some
more "corrections" in store....

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