List of shortest state highways in the United States

In the United States each state maintains its own state highway system. This is a list of the shortest state highways in each state.

List of highways

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Shortest state highways by state
State Highway mi km References
Alabama   State Route 151 0.404 0.650 [1]
Alaska   Route 98 13.4 21.6 [2]
Arizona  
 
State Route 90 Spur
0.420 0.676 [3]
Arkansas   Highway 369 0.196 0.315 [4]
California   State Route 77 0.353 0.568 [5]
Colorado   State Highway 110 0.186 0.299 [6]
Connecticut   Connecticut Route 78 0.43 0.69
Delaware   Route 491 0.36 0.58 [7]
Hawaii   Route 7714 0.086 0.138 [8]
Idaho   State Highway 61 0.740 1.191 [9]
Kentucky   Route 2920 0.013 0.021 [10]
Louisiana   Highway 897-5 0.050 0.080 [11]
Maryland   Route 939 0.01 0.016 [12]
  Route 963 0.01 0.016 [12]
  Route 990 0.01 0.016 [12]
Massachusetts   Route 15 0.23 0.37 [13]
Michigan   M-212 0.732 1.178 [14][15]
Montana   Highway 68 1.494 2.404 [16]
Nevada   State Route 781 0.039 0.063 [17]
New Hampshire   Route 141 2.172 3.495 [18]
New Jersey   Route 59 0.15 0.24 [19][20]
New Mexico   State Road 446 0.250 0.402 [21]
North Dakota   Highway 91 0.523 0.842 [22]
Oregon[a]   Route 251 0.76 1.22 [23]
Payette Spur Highway No. 492 0.07 0.11 [24]
Pennsylvania   Route 299 0.052 0.084 [25]
South Dakota  
 
Highway 20 Spur
0.458 0.737 [26]
Tennessee   State Route 447 0.159 0.256 [27]
Utah   State Route 231 0.085 0.137 [28]
Vermont   Route 26 0.013 0.021 [29]
Virginia State Route 300Y 0.04 0.064 [30]
Washington   State Route 213 0.630 1.014 [31]
Wyoming   Highway 224 0.12 0.19 [32]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Oregon uses signed numbered state routes and unsigned named state highways.

References

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  1. ^ Milepost Map (Map). Alabama Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  2. ^ "Klondike Highway in AK, BC, and YK" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  3. ^ Roadway Inventory Management Section, Multimodal Planning Division (December 31, 2013). "2013 State Highway System Log" (PDF). Arizona Department of Transportation. pp. 562, 563. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  4. ^ Transportation Planning and Policy Division (December 31, 2019). State Highway Route and Section Map, Howard County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62,500. Little Rock: Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  5. ^ California Department of Transportation (2006). "All Traffic Volumes on CSHS". California Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011.
  6. ^ "Colorado Historic Highway Inventory – Historical Summary and Evaluation of Significance" (PDF). Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  7. ^ Staff (2018). "Traffic Count and Mileage Report: New Castle County" (PDF). Delaware Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  8. ^ Hawaii Department of Transportation (October 2016). "State DOT Road Inventory" (ESRI Shapefile). Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  9. ^ "State Highway 61 Milepoint Log". Idaho Transportation Department. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  10. ^ "Anderson County State Primary Road System" (PDF). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. May 21, 2020.
  11. ^ Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (2022). LADOTD Bing Maps Tool (Map). Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  12. ^ a b c Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2021). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  13. ^ "MassGIS Data: Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Roads". May 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  14. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  15. ^ Girard, Jojo (September 28, 2021). "The Long and Short of It: Five Unique Michigan Highways". Grand Rapids, Michigan: WFGR-FM. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  16. ^ Planning and Research Bureau (1978). "1978 Montana Federal-Aid Road Log". Helena: Montana Department of Highways. pp. 22, 105. Retrieved December 20, 2018 – via Archive.org.
  17. ^ Nevada Department of Transportation (January 2019). "State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps". Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  18. ^ "NH GRANIT - NH DOT Roads". New Hampshire Department of Transportation. July 3, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  19. ^ "Route 59 Straight Line Diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. 2009. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  20. ^ Roberts, Russell. New Jersey's Atlantic Shore: From Sandy Hook to Atlantic City & on to Cape May, p. 3. Hunter Publishing, 2011. ISBN 9781588439796. Accessed October 27, 2019. "The shortest highway in America is in New Jersey. Route 59, clocking in at a whopping 792 feet, is located on the border of Cranford and Garwood. It was originally built in 1931 to be part of Route 22, but plans changed."
  21. ^ "State Routes" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  22. ^ North Dakota Department of Transportation. North Dakota Route and Mileage Map (PDF) (Map). Bismarck: North Dakota Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  23. ^ Transportation Development Division (April 2016). "Port Orford Highway No. 251" (PDF) (Straight Line Chart). Salem: Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  24. ^ Transportation Development Division (February 2015). "Payette Spur Highway No. 492" (PDF) (Straight Line Chart). Salem: Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  25. ^ Bureau of Maintenance and Operations (December 17, 2015). Roadway Management System Straight Line Diagrams (Report) (2015 ed.). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  26. ^ "State Highway Log – Aberdeen Region" (PDF). South Dakota Department of Transportation. January 2017. pp. 51–57. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  27. ^ TDOT GIS. "Road Segment Dataset" (GIS Map Data). Tennessee Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  28. ^ "Highway Reference Online". Utah Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  29. ^ State Highways History (PDF). Vermont Agency of Transportation. December 5, 2007.
  30. ^ "State Route 300Y" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  31. ^ Multimodal Planning Division (January 4, 2021). State Highway Log Planning Report 2020, SR 2 to SR 971 (PDF) (Report). Washington State Department of Transportation. p. 1683. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  32. ^ aaroads.com – Wyoming Routes 200–299