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Auxiliary Interstate Highways (also called three-digit Interstate Highways) are a subset of highways within the United States' Interstate Highway System. The 323 auxiliary routes generally fall into three types: spur routes, which connect to or intersect the parent route at one end; bypasses, which connect to the parent route at both ends; and beltways, which form a circle that intersects the parent route at two locations. Some routes connect to the parent route at one end but to another route at the other end; some states treat these as spurs while others treat them as bypasses. Like the primary Interstate Highways, auxiliary highways meet Interstate Highway standards (with rare exceptions).
Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways | |
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Formed | June 29, 1956[1] |
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Interstates | Interstate X (I-X) |
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The shorter auxiliary routes branch from primary routes; their numbers are based on the parent route's number. All of the supplement routes for Interstate 95 (I-95) are designated with a three-digit number ending in "95": I-x95. With some exceptions, spur routes are numbered with an odd hundreds digit (such as I-395), while bypasses and beltways are numbered with an even hundreds digit (such as I-695). Because longer Interstates may have many such supplemental routes, the numbers can repeat from state to state along their route, but they will not repeat within a state.
There are three states that have no auxiliary Interstate Highways: Alaska, Arizona, and New Mexico. North Dakota has an auxiliary route, but it is unsigned, and Wyoming's does not meet Interstate Highway standards.
Auxiliary Interstates are divided into three types: spur, loop, and bypass routes.
The first digit of the three digits usually signifies whether a route is a bypass, spur, or beltway. The last two digits are derived from the main Interstate Highway. For instance, I-115 contains an odd number in the first digit (1), which indicates that this freeway is a spur. The last two digits signify the highway's origin. In this case, the "15" in I-115 shows that it is a supplement to I-15.
Exceptions to the standard numbering guidelines exist for a number of reasons. In some cases, original routes were changed, extended, or abandoned, leaving discrepancies in the system. In other cases, it may not be possible to use the proper number because the limited set of available numbers has been exhausted, causing a "non-standard" number to be used.
A spur route's number usually has an odd number for its first digit.[2] It is usually one of the following:
Examples include:
Sometimes, a three-digit Interstate Highway branches off from another three-digit Interstate Highway. These spurs do not connect directly with their parent highways, but are associated with them via the three-digit highways they do intersect with.
Examples include:
A bypass route may traverse around a city, or may run through it with the mainline bypassing. In a typical 3-digit Interstate Highway, bypasses usually have both its two termini junctioned with another Interstate highway. Bypass routes are preceded by an even number in the first digit.[2]
Examples include:
In the case of an auxiliary Interstate highway which has both ends at Interstates but not the same Interstate, some states treat these as bypasses while others treat these as spurs—see Spur route above.
A beltway (also known as a loop route) completely surrounds a metropolitan city, and it is often connected with multiple junctions to other routes. Unlike other auxiliary Interstate Highways (and by extension, all primary Interstate Highways), beltways do not have termini; however, they have a place where the highway mileage resets to zero. Beltways are also preceded by an even number in the first digit.[2]
Some examples of beltways include:
Number | Length (mi)[3] | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | Notes |
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H-201 | 4.10 | 6.60 | H-1 in Halawa, HI | H-1 in Honolulu, HI | [4] | 2004current | Signed as Route 78 until 2004 |
I-105 | 17.32 | 27.87 | SR 1 in El Segundo, CA | I-605 in Norwalk, CA | 1963 | current | Replaced segments of SR 42 |
I-205 | 12.97 | 20.87 | I-580 near Tracy, CA | I-5 near Tracy, CA | 1970 | current | |
I-305 | 6.00 | 9.66 | I-80 in West Sacramento, CA | I-80 Bus/US 50/SR 99 in Sacramento, CA | 1981 | current | Unsigned |
I-405 | 72.15 | 116.11 | I-5 in Irvine, CA | I-5 in Mission Hills, CA | 1964 | current | |
I-505 | 32.98 | 53.08 | I-80 in Vacaville, CA | I-5 in Dunnigan, CA | 1977 | current | Originally part of I-5W |
I-605 | 27.40 | 44.10 | I-405 in Seal Beach, CA | I-210 in Irwindale, CA | 1964 | current | |
I-805 | 28.02 | 45.09 | I-5 in San Ysidro, CA | I-5 in Sorrento Valley, CA | 1959 | current | |
I-905 | 8.96[5] | 14.42 | I-5 in San Ysidro, CA | Fed. 2 at the United States-Mexico border in Otay Mesa, CA | proposed | — | Currently SR 905, proposed to be signed as an Interstate |
I-105 | 3.49 | 5.62 | OR 99 in Eugene, OR | I-5 in Springfield, OR | 1958 | current | |
I-305 | — | — | Pine Street in Salem, OR | I-5 in Keizer, OR | 1957 | 1976 | Canceled |
I-405 | 3.53 | 5.68 | I-5 in Portland, OR | I-5 in Portland, OR | 1958 | current | |
I-505 | 3.17 | 5.10 | US 30 in Portland, OR | I-405 in Portland, OR | 1969 | 1979 | Canceled |
I-205 | 36.64 | 58.97 | I-5 in Tualatin, OR | I-5 in Salmon Creek, WA | 1958 | current | |
I-405 | 30.30 | 48.76 | I-5/SR 518 in Tukwila, WA | I-5/SR 525 in Lynnwood, WA | 1957 | current | |
I-605 | — | — | WA 99 in Federal Way, WA | I-5 in Everett, WA | — | — | Never built, was planned to bypass Seattle, WA |
I-705 | 1.50 | 2.41 | I-5/SR 7 in Tacoma, WA | Schuster Parkway in Tacoma | 1978 | current | |
I-210 | 4.9 | 7.9 | I-10 in Mobile, AL | I-65 in Prichard, AL | — | — | Currently I-165, the route number was decommissioned because it had no connection to I-10 |
I-410 | — | — | I-10/I-17 in Phoenix, AZ | I-10 in Phoenix, AZ | — | — | Now part of I-10 in Phoenix, AZ |
I-510 | — | — | I-10/SR 51 in Phoenix, AZ | SR 101 in Phoenix, AZ | — | — | Currently designated as SR 51 (Piestewa Freeway) |
I-710 | — | — | I-10 in Tucson, AZ | North Campbell Avenue/East 6th Street in Tucson, AZ | — | — | Mostly never built freeway that was to connect to University of Arizona campus from I-10 |
I-110 | 20.43 | 32.88 | SR 47 in San Pedro, CA | I-10/SR 110 in Los Angeles, CA | 1978 | current | Originally part of US 6, then signed as SR 11 |
I-210 | 48.72 | 78.41 | I-5 in Sylmar, CA | SR 57/SR 210 in Glendora, CA | 1964 | current | Does not connect physically with I-10 as segment from SR 57 east to I-10 is still signed as SR 210, formerly SR 30 prior to 2007. |
I-710 | 19.66 | 31.64 | Terminal Island in Long Beach, CA | Valley Boulevard in Alhambra, CA | 1983 | current | Originally signed as SR 7 |
I-110 | 6.94 | 11.17 | US 98 Bus. near Pensacola, FL | I-10 near Pensacola, FL | 1969 | current | |
I-110 | 8.89 | 14.31 | I-10 in Baton Rouge, LA | US 61 in Baton Rouge, LA | 1964 | current | |
I-210 | 12.40 | 19.96 | I-10 west of Lake Charles, LA | I-10 east of Lake Charles, LA | 1964 | current | |
I-310 | 11.25 | 18.11 | US 90/LA 3127 in Boutte, LA | I-10 west of Kenner, LA | 1983 | current | |
I-310 | 2.70 | 4.35 | US 90 Bus. in New Orleans, LA | I-10 in New Orleans, LA | 1964 | 1969 | Canceled Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway |
I-410 | 1.90 | 3.06 | LA 67 in Baton Rouge, LA | I-10 in Baton Rouge, LA | 1961 | 1964 | Renumbered as I-110 |
I-410 | 48.5 | 78.1 | I-10 west of New Orleans, LA | I-10 in New Orleans, LA | 1969 | 1977 | Canceled southern bypass of New Orleans; completed portions became I-310 and I-510 |
I-510 | 3.04 | 4.89 | LA 47 in New Orleans, LA | I-10/LA 47 in New Orleans, LA | 1992 | current | |
I-610 | 4.52 | 7.27 | I-10 at Metairie–New Orleans, LA line | I-10 in New Orleans, LA | 1965 | current | |
I-910 | 9.70 | 15.61 | US 90 Bus. in Marrero, LA | I-10/US 90 Bus. in New Orleans, LA | 1999 | current | Unsigned; completely concurrent with US 90 Bus.; both designation are temporary placeholders for Future I-49 |
I-110 | 4.10 | 6.60 | US 90 in Biloxi, MS | I-10 in D'Iberville, MS | 1988 | current | |
I-310 | — | — | US 90 near the Port of Gulfport, MS | I-10 in Gulfport, MS | proposed | — | Future spur into Gulfport, MS |
I-110 | 0.92 | 1.48 | Av Abraham Lincoln at the United States-Mexico border in El Paso, TX | I-10 in El Paso, TX | 1967 | current | |
I-410 | 49.49 | 79.65 | Beltway around San Antonio, TX | 1959 | current | ||
I-610 | 37.97 | 61.11 | Beltway around Houston, TX | 1975 | current | ||
I-215 | 54.50 | 87.71 | I-15 in Murrieta, CA | I-15 in Devore, CA | 1982 | current | Originally signed as I-15E, then SR 215 |
I-115 | 1.19 | 1.92 | I-15/I-90 in Butte, MT | Iron Street in Butte, MT | 1971 | current | |
I-315 | 0.83 | 1.34 | I-15 in Great Falls, MT | I-15 Bus/US 89 in Great Falls, MT | 1960 | current | Unsigned |
I-215 | 11.10 | 17.86 | I-15/Clark County Route 215 in Enterprise, NV | I-11/US 93/SR 564 in Henderson, NV | 1996 | current | |
I-515 | 20.54 | 33.06 | US 93/US 95 in Henderson, NV | I-15/US 93/US 95 in Las Vegas, NV | 1976 | 2024 | Not signed until 1994, this route is entirely concurrent with US 93/US 95; replaced by northward extensions of I-11 in 2017 and 2024 |
I-215 | 29.02 | 46.70 | I-80 in Salt Lake City, UT | I-15 in North Salt Lake, UT | 1963 | current | |
I-415 | 2.39 | 3.85 | I-80 in Salt Lake City, UT | 4430 S in Holladay, UT | 1965 | 1969 | Designation was scrapped to provide a single route number 215 for the entire route. |
I-516 | 6.49 | 10.44 | SR 21/SR 204 in Savannah, GA | SR 21 in Garden City, GA | 1985 | current | |
I-420 | 5.40 | 8.69 | I-285 in College Park, GA | I-20 in Atlanta, GA | 1983 | 1986 | Never built, was planned to bypass Atlanta, GA |
I-520 | 23.34 | 37.56 | I-20 in Augusta, GA | I-20 in North Augusta, SC | 1980 | current | |
I-220 | 17.62 | 28.36 | I-20/LA 3132 in Shreveport, LA | I-20 in Bossier City, LA | 1979 | current | |
I-420 | 10.20 | 16.42 | I-20 in West Monroe, LA | I-20 in Monroe, LA | 1957 | 1964 | Canceled bypass of Monroe |
I-220 | 12.01 | 19.33 | I-20 in Jackson, MS | I-55 in Ridgeland, MS | 1981 | current | |
I-820 | 35.17 | 56.60 | I-20 in Fort Worth, TX | I-20/US 287 in Fort Worth, TX | 1959 | current | |
I-222 | — | — | I-22 in Graysville, AL | I-422 in Brookside, AL | proposed | — | Proposed connector between I-422 and I-22 due to the inability to make a direct connection between the two routes. |
I-422 | — | — | I-20/I-59/I-459/US 11 in Bessemer, AL | I-59 in Argo, AL | proposed | — | Currently under construction; will only be indirectly connected to I-22 via I-222. |
I-124 | 1.97 | 3.17 | I-24 in Chattanooga, TN | US 27 in Chattanooga, TN | 1960 | current | Unsigned |
I-225 | 12.00 | 19.31 | I-25 in Denver, CO | I-70 in Aurora, CO | 1976 | current | |
I-425 | 5.31 | 8.55 | I-25/US 36 at Welby, CO | I-70/US 36 at Denver, CO | — | 1959 | Renumbered as I-270 by AASHTO |
I-126 | 3.68 | 5.92 | I-26 in Columbia, SC | US 21/US 76/US 176/US 321 in Columbia, SC | 1961 | current | |
I-326 | 5.24 | 8.43 | I-26 in Cayce, SC | SC 48 in Columbia, SC | 1976 | 1995 | Now part of I-77, formerly unsigned |
I-526 | 19.26 | 31.00 | US 17 in Charleston, SC | I-526 Bus./US 17 in Mount Pleasant, SC | 1989 | current | |
I-129 | 3.48 | 5.60 | US 20/US 75/US 77 in South Sioux City, NE | I-29/US 20/US 75 in Sioux City, IA | 1976 | current | |
I-229 | 14.97 | 24.09 | I-29 in St. Joseph, MO | I-29/US 59/US 71 in St. Joseph, MO | 1986 | current | |
I-229 | 11.33 | 18.23 | I-29 in Sioux Falls, SD | I-90 near Sioux Falls, SD | 1966 | current | |
I-130 | 5 | 8.0 | I-30/I-49 in Texarkana, AR | US 59/US 71 near Texarkana, AR | 2000 | 2014 | Was given a future designation during its existence due to not being upgraded to Interstate Highway standards; freeway became part of I-49 once completed |
I-430 | 12.93 | 20.81 | I-30/US 67 in Little Rock, AR | I-40/US 65 in Little Rock, AR | 1980 | current | |
I-530 | 46.65 | 75.08 | US 65 in Pine Bluff, AR | I-30/I-440 in Little Rock, AR | 1999 | current | |
I-630 | 7.40 | 11.91 | I-430 near Little Rock, AR | I-30 in Little Rock, AR | 1985 | current | |
I-235 | 13.78 | 22.18 | I-35/I-80 in West Des Moines, IA | I-35/I-80 near Des Moines, IA | 1961 | current | |
I-135 | 95.74 | 154.08 | Kansas Turnpike/I-35 in Wichita, KS | I-70/US 81 in Salina, KS | 1976 | current | |
I-235 | 16.52 | 26.59 | I-135/US 81 in Wichita, KS | I-135/US 81/K-15/K-254 in Wichita, KS | 1965 | current | |
I-335 | 50.13 | 80.68 | I-35/Kansas Turnpike/US 50 in Emporia, KS | I-470/Kansas Turnpike in Topeka, KS | 1987 | current | |
I-435 | 80.81 | 130.05 | Beltway around Kansas City, KS, and Kansas City, MO | 1965 | current | ||
I-635 | 8.90 | 14.32 | I-35 in Overland Park, KS | I-29/US 71 in Kansas City, MO | 1968 | current | |
I-335 | 2.74[6] | 4.41 | I-94 in Minneapolis, MN | I-35W in Minneapolis, MN | 1964 | 1978 | Canceled |
I-535 | 2.78 | 4.47 | I-35/US 53 in Duluth, MN | US 53/WIS 35 in Superior, WI | 1971 | current | |
I-235 | 5.36 | 8.63 | I-35/I-40 in Oklahoma City, OK | I-44 in Oklahoma City, OK | 1989 | current | |
I-335 | 19.6 | 31.5 | SE 89th Street in Oklahoma City, OK | I-44 in Luther, OK | 2024 | current | Routed along the Kickapoo Turnpike[7] |
I-635 | 37.00 | 59.55 | SH 121 in Grapevine, TX | I-20 in Balch Springs, TX | 1959 | current | |
I-440 | 9.96 | 16.03 | I-30/I-530 near Little Rock, AR | I-40/AR 440 near Little Rock, AR | 2003 | current | |
I-540 | 15.87 | 25.54 | US 271/AR 253 near Fort Smith, AR | I-40 in Van Buren, AR | 1965 | current | |
I-140 | 25.4 | 40.9 | US 17 near Winnabow, NC | I-40/US 17 in Wilmington, NC | 2008 | current | |
I-240 | 9.54 | 15.35 | I-26/I-40/US 74 near Asheville, NC | I-40/US 74A in Asheville, NC | 1980 | current | |
I-440 | 16.77 | 26.99 | I-40/US 1/US 64 near Cary, NC | I-40 near Raleigh, NC | 1991 | current | |
I-540 | 25.84 | 41.59 | I-40 near Durham, NC | I-87/US 64/US 264 near Knightdale, NC | 1997 | current | |
I-840 | 21.9 | 35.2 | I-40/I-73/US 421 in Greensboro, NC | I-40/I-85/I-785/I-85 Bus. in Greensboro, NC | 2011 | current | |
I-240 | 16.22 | 26.10 | I-44/US 62 in Oklahoma City, OK | I-40/US 270 in Oklahoma City, OK | 1965 | current | |
I-440 | 9.96 | 16.03 | I-40/I-240 near Oklahoma City, OK | I-35 in Oklahoma City, OK | — | 1975 | Now part of I-44 |
I-140 | 11.17 | 17.98 | I-40 near Farragut, TN | US 129 near Alcoa, TN | 1987 | current | |
I-240 | 19.27 | 31.01 | I-40 in Memphis, TN | I-40 in Memphis, TN | 1970 | current | |
I-440 | 7.64 | 12.30 | I-40 in Nashville, TN | I-24 in Nashville, TN | 1987 | current | |
I-640 | 7.03 | 11.31 | I-40 in Knoxville, TN | I-40 in Knoxville, TN | 1982 | current | |