GA-400 is a good one. Was partially tolled in the past now its just a freeway starting at I-85 heading north into the ATL suburbs.

Wisconsin-794 (mixed expressway/freeway/parkway short extension of I-794), 441 (Will be upgraded to full interstate standards soon, spur of I-41) Minnesota-610 (spur of US-10 technically but runs between I-94 and US-10 and is up to interstate standards except for probably it's merge into I-94 until it gets it's western extension)

The Taconic State Parkway (NY-987G) is a 104 mile decided highway from Westchester County to an interchange with I-90 in the town of Chatham, NY

MO-370 in the St. Louis area. Seems like it's up to interstate standards but doesn't have the blue shield.

@@aaronolp2118 I was going to say the same thing! MO-364 is another one in the area that seems worthy of the blue shield.

When it was first built, IL-390's name was like an old Saturday Night Live sketch - The Elgin-O'Hare Expressway neither goes to Elgin nor O'Hare. Discuss. In its current state, 390 is closer to the airport than ever, it still falls several miles short of reaching Elgin.

It technically will be connected to 90 once 490 is built

This project, “Western Access to O’Hare Airport” was first proposed/started in 1970s (I-355 Tollway land acquisition started then). Since I live south of this area, I have watched the past 27 years of activity - which included O’Hare Modernization (decade long runway re-alignment). The I-480 Western Bypass has started with land acquisition (and I-294 Tollway widening project, ongoing).

In my wild dreams, I can envision IL 394 eventually being extended into Indiana and becoming a southward extension of I-41.

You don't pronounce the last letter in Illinois... el-in-OY!! My state of birth, and also where I live...Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, I hate when people say Ell-In-NOISE, it's wrong, 100%

MoDot has decided not to request designations for either MO 370, which connects I-70 and 270, and it's newer sister, MO 364, which connects 270 with I-64 in western St. Charles County. Supposedly, IL 255 was planned to become a full freeway, following it's current terminus at US 67 in Godfrey north to I-72 at Jacksonville. Much of 67 is an expressway, but there's been no action on upgrading the road north in years.

Balt-Wash Pkwy- I drive Motorcoach and use the parkway all the time going to DC , they are allowed on it but like you said NO tractor-trailers. There are no low clearance issues as my height is just under 12'

The Baltimore Washington Parkway is a unit of the National Park Service, so that's an added complication along that route. DC 295 (the portion of that route that is within the District's boundary) is a mess -- narrow lanes, poorly designed and constructed ramps, poor roadbed and maintenance.

Also MO-364

130 around Austin is nearly 200 miles south of its would-be parent route.

Yeah, a lot of it from Binghamton to Harriman is close, but not signed yet. Should be done by the end of the decade.

There’s signs on NY-17 that say “Future I-86”.

NY 17 is one of those highways I'd like to see you drive, Mike. I've always wondered about that drive...

@@8bpianoplayer It's beautiful! But i did crash my car on it a few weeks ago on it because of black ice, hopefully it becoming an interstate will get it some lights.

@@thomasmarley3646 The stretch near the Elmira Airport gets really bad, I remember passing about 4-5 cars in the ditch just in that area one time.

As far as I know there isn't any Federal funding for additions to the interstate system. I looked into it a while ago.

I remember there was SOME talk about looping I-11 on that beltway to circumvent LV to the US95 interchange ... and then I-11 can continue northbound for Reno ... but now the plan is for I-11 to continue on US95 (including the portion that is now I-515) once that freeway is upgraded. which makes sense .... as Phoenix is listed as the control city for I-515/US93/US95 South.

He's referring to highways that would keep the same number if changed to/from interstate status.

Seems to take forever to get from I-84 to Binghamton and I-81, lots of curves, speed limit constantly toggling between 55 & 65, but that all makes it a fun experience, particularly at night, and I'm normally the only vehicle in sight - and it's free.

I was also thinking about MO 364 & 370.

And VT 289! That’s an interesting one…

The interesting thing about 441 in Appleton, is that 441 predates I-41. Because I-41 simply mirrors the route of US 41. So it was originally a US 41 auxiliary route lol. With all the recent reconstruction done (and a bit more to come), I do wonder if it will ever become I-441

Good suggestions

Yeah, watched this to see if MO 370 was on the list. Used to drive it to work, looks like a duck, quacks like duck.

Yeah I noticed that one once I was editing already. I spotted 364 and 370 in St. Louis later as well. Might have to do a part 2 later.

They need to do something on 101 north from the 110. I’ve sat in that traffic too many damn times.

That part is literally one of the first freeways in the world. Since Pasadena hates freeways and there's no room to improve it I think the status quo will never change

@@horizonoftheeast it's also designated with several designations designed to preserve its historic nature. It wasn't an interstate when the system was created. They have made no effort to make it an interstate in the intervening decades. It will never be an interstate.

​​​@@MileageMikeTravelsI would love to see a part 2. NY-690 is another one that I think you should talk about. As well as AZ-51 (formerly AZ-510) and AZ-210, WI-794, AL-759, NC-885, VT-289, PA-576, NC-140, MO-249, AR-440, VA-195, VA-164, VA-381, OK-344, and maybe RI-37 which was planned to be I-895. And maybe NY-281 if it counts

Also VA 195 in downtown Richmond

And, This dimrod narrator doesn't know that the last letter in Illinois is not pronounced... el-in-OY!! My state of birth, and also where I live...Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, I hate when people say Ell-In-NOISE, it's wrong, 100%

378 was an interstate until they rerouted I-78 to the south of Allentown/Bethlehem. Then it was decommissioned and became PA Rt 378.

Some of those are FORMER US highways. As it is now, states are doing more to delete US routes than to establish new ones. Typically they would have to be rather long intrastate routes, like M-28 in Michigan or long multi-state routes like 92 and 200 in the High Plains. Arkansas seems to be the only state adding or extending lots of US routes. Virginia is more likely to decommission US 60 east of Richmond than to raise VA-33 east of Richmond. When Arizona completes I-11 from the Colorado River to Phoenix, then say bye-bye to US 93 from just north of Las Vegas. Technically, US routes are also the state-route designation in California (thus US 50 is also CA-50 in California) and Pennsylvania (thus US 30 in Pennsylvania is also PA-30). This also holds in Indiana for two-digit routes (US 31 is effectively IN-31). It's not so in Illinois or Texas. Go figure.

Yes definitely 576. And almost us highways is definitely something he should consider!

Route 3 running between Quincy and the Sagamore Bridge to Cape Cod should be renamed I-393, although maybe it's not quite interstate standard.

164 in virginia, 370, 364, and 249 in missouri, 549 in arkansas (will become a part of interstate 49,) 295 in NC, etc

Ah yeah, I forgot about NY690...

I wonder if NY481 will be renumbered once I-481 goes away.

I'm hearing a lot about it. I"ll have to add it to the list.

As someone who lives right off of NY-17, it really is an interesting situation. The governor just announced $1 billion in capital investment for upgrading the Orange-Sullivan portion to Interstate standards so it looks like movement is happening, at least soon

@@cypothingy you can thank the casino in part. I'm wondering how they plan to address the steep gradients in Sullivan County.

It’s interesting how that road evolved from an old two-lane route, in bits and pieces.

I drive 390 and 590 daily and constantly wonder why they’re not signed as interstates.

I travel IN-265 and KY-841 each day and wonder as well. That was the last part of 265 to be built, and strangely KY co-signs it as 841 the entire way, and I think the signing comes down to how it was paid for. But everyone refers to the entire thing as I-265.

@@ryan225360 590 I know was a lot of push back from local residents. It was close hence the ghost ramps on 104, but too much push back. That's also why they shortened down the roundabout.

There’s an expression. There ain’t no noise in Illinois.

Wisconsin had 36 years to get that done. Their failure is not anyone else’s failure. The Interstate Freeway act ended with the completion of I-70 through the Rockies. It was supposed to take 10 years. It took 36. But it’s done. Sorry Wisconsin forgot to add a few more roads, but 😢 boo hoo, what part about 90% paid for by the Feds didn’t they not understand in 1956? I mean, I wasn’t even born in 1956, but I understand when the Feds offer to pay for 90% you DONT FUCK THAT UP! Focus on that Asian chip making company building a plant there in Wisconsin. It will be your cash cow because you have access to big giant lakes and Arizona doesn’t. It takes water Arizona does not have to build those stupid chip making plants under construction in Arizona. Talk about the stupidest political financial disaster ever conceived… it takes more water than the Island of Taiwan is capable to produce which …where in the heck is Arizona gonna find it? It’s a no brainer… Wisconsin has been selected to be the new Asia within America. Get used to working all day under microscopes because the Dairy Cow is no longer your cash cow. Get used to a lot of Asian immigration as well.

I thought that would happen in 2018 when the construction was done. It should be I-441 we don't have many 3 di interstates.

I've wondered that too. At first, I thought they would've made it I-441 when they added I-41 to the system, but then that didn't happen. Then I thought they might make it I-441 after the reconstruction of the southern part, but then that didn't happen either. Now that they're reconstructing I-41 between Green Bay and Appleton (including the northern 41/441 interchange), I wonder if they'll apply for I-441 after that? But I'm not holding my breath lol

@@jaykebird2go I wish they would we only have three 3 di and 2 of them are very short. If 441 would become an interstate at 11 miles it would be our longest 3 di interstate.

I'm thinking that the Outagamie County section is still substandard, likely due to shoulder widths.

NY-878 was used to be upgraded as Interstate 878!

@@kennypalermo9071 Dear Kenny: Sorry, no. 878 used to be a connector to part of Interstate 78. Interstate 78 was never built, so they changed the North Queens part (Clearview Expy) to interstate 295. The southern part was delisted/canceled. The Nassau Expy was then built piecemeal, with one part being every built every decade or so. They recently rebuilt the part between Rockaway Turnpike and Burnside Ave' which was a flood and pothole disaster. Who noses (!) what they will do next?

I was actually about to type this, assuming 878 was overlooked, or just unknown.

Oopsy...I just posted about 878 and 78. I didn't see these comments. I grew up a few miles away and used to play in the puddles along the right-of-way before it was finally built. The story of the ill-fated Nassau Expressway was a big part of my youth.

@@r.g.8977 I-78 was originally supposed to be extended across Manhattan (much like I-495) and the Williamsburg Bridge onto a series of circuitous routes in Brooklyn, Queens & the Bronx, including the I-878 connection. Though the Manhattan section was canceled and the other routes renumbered, unlike with I-495 New Jersey did not request the elimination of I-78 going to the Holland Tunnel -- even though it uses surface streets with traffic lights in Jersey City (12th Street EB, 14th Street WB) to reach the tunnel. Thus, the official end of I-78 is at the Manhattan entrance & exit ramps to the Holland Tunnel, the latter a near-circular roadway (called the Holland Tunnel Rotary though it's not quite a full circle) dispersing tunnel traffic over five separate exits. Still, the stub end of I-78 is one of only two 2di's in Manhattan today; I-95 (Trans-Manhattan Expressway) is the only one built as planned.

I've got more miles on non interstate freeways than YOU do waffle stomping in the Petro showers, c'mon

The entire saga of the "east end bridge" is a story of its own!

Ah, the infamous Gene Synder "Syndway"...roflmbo

Ditto I wish I read your comment before I asked more or less the same thing.

Any word on when they’re going to begin widening that section to three lanes? It’s gonna have a huge impact on my commute for a while. 😂

I had heard that there was a project on deck for converting CA15 to I-15.

Once up to Interstate standards, I've often thought that WI-29 would be a great I-96, even if it can't connect with the Michigan segment.

Actually the B-W Parkway begins at US-50 New York Avenue. The portion of road north from DC-295 at the DC/MD line is MD 201 and there is an exit to B-W Parkway from MD 201.

@@jbgroup1 Oh yes, you're right. I forgot about that. I think that's why people often refer to that portion past NY Ave. as Kenilworth Ave. like the rest of MD 201 until it changes names to Edmonstron Road somewhere around Greenbelt.

@@rksdhs Is I-570 a highway ever existed?

@@kennypalermo9071 I don't know of an I-570 anywhere in Maryland unless I'm not aware of an unsigned stretch somewhere. But I-70 runs from Baltimore to Utah, so perhaps there's an I-570 somewhere further west?

@@rksdhs Where was I-570 by?

It is, infact half of I-495 was signed as MA-25. In the 60s MA-25 ran from the interchange with MA-24 in Ranyham to US-6 in Buzzards Bay. A bypass of 7 miles was later constructed around the Buzzards Bay Cranberry Bogs in the 80s after I-495 was signed.

@@endangerednayla What I had heard was that for some reason that large curve around Buttermilk Bay did not meet interstate standards. I find that to be hogwash. BTW, what held up the construction of MA 25 in that stretch was the lawsuit that Hope Ingersoll, the owner of the farm that the highway goes through. The details of that lawsuit are in this Wikipedia article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Route_25 After the 11-mile link of I-495 was completed between I-95 and MA 24, I-495 signage replaced MA 25 signage up to the junction with I-195. That change went along quietly. Contrast that with I-95 overalpping MA 128. The people driving along 128 did not want the 128 signs to disappear as that stretch of highway is still referred to this day as Route 128 instead of I-95, even on traffic reports.

No. I 87 is just a small freeway connecting to Norfolk va in the future. I 40 is the main interstate and it should remain I 540 or bottom side should become I 640.

Right, some of these could be interstates like I-105, I-305, I-505, or I-905 that could never be built throughout the world.

Same thing with Oklahoma. They have a half dozen Turnpikes that function as interstates but are not named so. Only recently has Oklahoma enumerated these Turnpikes. Creek: 364, Muskogee: 351, Indian Nation: 375. The Kilpatrick and Kickapoo Turnpike don't currently have numbers.

Palmetto Expressway (FL 826) isn’t a toll road.

Also most of the toll roads here in Florida are run by agencies like Central Florida Expressway Authority for the toll roads in Orlando Metropolitan Area. Those toll roads (FL 528, FL 408, FL 417, FL 414, FL 429) were never going to be part of the interstate highway system from the get go.

@@ace20016 Will Florida expressways become interstates?

@@kennypalermo9071 99.9% no. Well except for FL 9B. That supposed to be future I-795.

I’ve only been on a small portion of US 31 on a handful of occasions whenever I’ve gone to Carmel on the 146th St. exit (never been north of there) but I’ll say, it definitely has that interstate vibe to me. SR 37 is starting to become like that now from I-69 around Fishers to Noblesville in some areas. There’s been construction for a couple years on the 146th St. interchange there as well, I still remember when that used to be a normal light.

I’ve heard an I-67 is planned somewhere here in Indiana

They are definitely upgrading parts of this road to at least expressway standards. There’s two sections of this route that are at Indiana interstate speed limits also which is notable. The portion around Kokomo and the portion from US30 north into south bend is 65MPH rather than the standard 60. Also I’ve noticed construction south of Kokomo to make some sort of bridge or exit of some kind over an exposed railroad track that goes a-crossed US31. One more note is there’s one more exposed set of rail road tracks north near Plymouth Indiana. This road is littered with exits, and random crossing points for traffic onto side roads through out the entirety besides for these two seconds I mentioned above, and the part around Carmel. Interesting road indeed, and as a truck driver I really wish it WAS an interstate.

US 41 is the same in many parts of Indiana.

@@shyman9023 Did they have I-67 in Indiana?

Texas is probably the King of Highways

I haven't been to the 15/215 interchange up north since the summer, but it seems like it's almost done like you said. I drove on the 215 the other day; they removed the at-grade intersection at Sky Pointe Dr, so now traffic flows freely instead of having to stop at a light. I hope they finish the Centennial Bowl before 2024, I'm tired of the poor connectivity, lol.

@M D I've been reading that the freeway part and ramps should be done by 2024 but the final things like Skye Pointe, Centennial Blvd, Oso Blanca, and the local streets might be 2025 or 2026.

Breezewood is a good one that I want to check out. Looks like it's going to be sometime next year though.

Ah, Breezewood: "The Reno of the East"-yet the Commonwealth has never placed casinos there.

@@BrianSimm "The city that never sleeps(tm)"

the Breezewood Interchange ..... I've spent many a day driving through there when I lived in Chicago and had to drive to DC or VA.

99 is ranked the most deadly highway in America. It averages almost 3 deaths per mile. Was built in 1920s with sharp curves little merge space no guardrails no lighting and potholes that will break an axle. Then factor in its mostly a two lane with a million vehicles using it.

@@mike-sk2li not to mention the passing through small farm towns like Lodi, you see local farm traffic join the quasi freeway.

This dimrod narrator doesn't know that the last letter in Illinois is not pronounced... el-in-OY!! My state of birth, and also where I live...Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, I hate when people say Ell-In-NOISE, it's wrong, 100%

I'm seeing a lot of people mention this route in the comments. Sounds like it might warrant its own video.

This right here! I love his videos but that “s” was hurting my ears.

😂 I'll remember it for the next Illinois related video.

On one hand, I was annoyed by it, but as a resident of Illinois, we deserve said disrespect. We earned it

@@qemdrive everyone knows it's "Ar-KAN-SAS"

Who the Hell cares lmfao people in different parts of the country say shit differently. It’s not a big deal. If that’s painful to you, you must have a very easy life hahaha

It won't count in the future as I heard that New York is making plans to demolish I-787

that Cline Avenue overpass ..... a WHOLE saga.

ARDOT is preparing to commit funds to extend I-49 south from I-40 at Alma across the Arkansas River to connect to AR 549 at Barling; once that happens, I expect AR 549 will officially become I-49. (Other past AR 549s in Bella Vista & the Texarkana area were later renumbered I-49. I-49 still must be completed from south of Fort Smith to north of Texarkana; much like I-69, that may not happen in my lifetime.) There are a few other "almost interstates" in AR (and in part TX) that this video missed: * His depiction of AR 530 omits the other part of AR 530, also a two-lane part of the future extension of I-530 to I-69, from AR 35 northwest of Monticello to US 278 west of Monticello. (It was built before the section south of Pine Bluff that he mentioned.) * The first two lanes of Future I-69 are now open as US 278 Bypass around the southeast side of Monticello, similar to AR 530. * AR 440 is a northern extension of I-440 beyond I-40 to end on the US 67/167 freeway between Sherwood & Jacksonville, northeast of Little Rock. I-440 signage was not pursued then because US 67 was not an interstate, but since then... * Congress has designated US 67 from I-40 in North Little Rock to Walnut Ridge as Future I-57. It's unclear if it will become I-57 once the sub-interstate grade stretch thru Jacksonville is widened & upgraded (construction set to begin any day now -- the rest of the route is interstate grade except possibly one short bridge), or will wait for the completion of I-57 from Walnut Ridge north along US 67 to Poplar Bluff, MO, then east along US 60 to the I-55/57 interchange at Sikeston. Once US 67 becomes I-57, I expect AR 440 will finally become part of I-440. * And finally, there is the short southern segment of the Texarkana Loop; the Texas stretch is signed as Loop 151 (the original number of the entire Loop in Texas), while the Arkansas stretch was likewise originally AR 245. When what is now I-49 (then AR 549) was built south of Texarkana, it was unknown which side of the Loop would eventually carry I-49; so its interchange with then-AR 245 was built so the Loop was the main route while AR 549/I-49 traffic could go either way. Eventually, FHWA chose the AR side of the Loop except for a rerouting thru a full freeway-to-freeway interchange with I-30 to end at US 71/59 north of Texarkana. Upon its completion, the rerouted part along with AR 245 from there to AR 549 became part of AR 549 (which in turn became I-49 a few weeks later); the last mile of AR 245 from I-49 to the state line became AR 151 to match TX Loop 151. (The bypassed, non-freeway section of AR 245 was given to the city, now called Four States Fair Blvd.) Most of the Texas Loop became first US 59 in the 1990's, then I-369 shortly after I-49 arrived. As TX plans to extend I-369 south along US 59 to meet I-69, that leaves the remaining TX Loop 151 / AR 151 as an "almost interstate"; it's been suggested as I-149 but that's not likely to happen.

@@mfarhanjamal They need to upgrade that one junction.