List of shortest state highways in the United States

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

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List of highways

Shortest state highways by state
StateHighwaymikmReferences
Alabama Alabama 151.svg State Route 151 0.4040.650 [1]
Alaska Alaska 98 shield.svg Route 98 13.421.6 [2]
Arizona Spur plate.svg
Arizona 90.svg
State Route 90 Spur
0.4200.676 [3]
Arkansas Arkansas 369.svg Highway 369 0.1960.315 [4]
California California 77.svg State Route 77 0.3530.568 [5]
Colorado Colorado 110 wide.svg State Highway 110 0.1860.299 [6]
Connecticut Connecticut Highway 78.svg Connecticut Route 78 0.430.69
Delaware Ellipse sign 491.svg Route 491 0.360.58 [7]
Hawaii HI-7714.svg Route 7714 0.0860.138 [8]
Idaho Idaho 61.svg State Highway 61 0.7401.191 [9]
Kentucky Elongated circle 2920.svg Route 2920 0.0130.021 [10]
Louisiana Louisiana 897-5 (2008).svg Highway 897-5 0.0500.080 [11]
Maryland MD Route 939.svg Route 939 0.010.016 [12]
MD Route 963.svg Route 963 0.010.016 [12]
MD Route 990.svg Route 990 0.010.016 [12]
Massachusetts MA Route 15.svg Route 15 0.230.37 [13]
Michigan M-212 rectangle.svg M-212 0.7321.178 [14] [15]
Montana MT-68.svg Highway 68 1.4942.404 [16]
Nevada Nevada 781.svg State Route 781 0.0390.063 [17]
New Hampshire NH Route 141.svg Route 141 2.1723.495 [18]
New Jersey Elongated circle 59.svg Route 59 0.150.24 [19] [20]
New Mexico New Mexico 446.svg State Road 446 0.2500.402 [21]
North Dakota ND-91 (2015).svg Highway 91 0.5230.842 [22]
Oregon [lower-alpha 1] OR 251.svg Route 251 0.761.22 [23]
Payette Spur Highway No. 492 0.070.11 [24]
PennsylvaniaPA-299.svg Route 299 0.0520.084 [25]
South DakotaSpur plate South Dakota.svg
SD 20.svg
Highway 20 Spur
0.4580.737 [26]
TennesseeSecondary Tennessee 447.svg State Route 447 0.1590.256 [27]
UtahUtah 231.svg State Route 231 0.0850.137 [28]
VermontVermont 26.svg Route 26 0.0130.021 [29]
Virginia State Route 300Y 0.040.064 [30]
WashingtonWA-213.svg State Route 213 0.6301.014 [31]
WyomingWY-224.svg Highway 224 0.120.19 [32]

See also

Notes

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

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">U.S. Route 167</span> Highway in the United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Washington State Route 900</span> State highway in Washington, United States

State Route 900 (SR 900) is a state highway serving part of King County, Washington, United States. It travels 16 miles (26 km) between southern Seattle and the Eastside suburbs of Renton and Issaquah, separated by the Issaquah Alps. The highway terminates to the west at an interchange with Interstate 5 (I-5) in Tukwila and to the east at I-90 in Issaquah, and also has intermediate junctions with I-405 and SR 167 in Renton.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arizona State Route 92</span> Former state highway in Arizona, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">U.S. Route 730</span> Highway in Oregon and Washington

U.S. Route 730 (US 730) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway, of which all but 6.08 miles of its 41.78 miles are within the state of Oregon. The highway starts in rural Morrow County in Eastern Oregon at an interchange with Interstate 84 (I-84) and US 30, located east of the city of Boardman. US 730 travels east along the Columbia River as a continuation of Columbia River Highway No. 2 into Umatilla County, intersecting I-82 and US 395 in the city of Umatilla. US 730 and US 395 form a short concurrency within the city before the highways part, and US 730 continues northeast into Washington. The highway travels through rural Walla Walla County and ends at an intersection with US 12 south of Wallula.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Texas State Highway 144</span> State highway in Texas

State Highway 144 is a state highway that runs from Meridian to Granbury in central Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arkansas Highway 355</span> State highway in Arkansas, United States

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Special routes of U.S. Route 95</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louisiana Highway 75</span> State highway in Louisiana, United States

Louisiana Highway 75 (LA 75) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana. It runs 46.86 miles (75.41 km) in a general east–west direction from a dead end in Bayou Pigeon to the junction of LA 22 and LA 942 in Darrow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Louisiana Highway 88</span> State highway in Louisiana, US

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Business routes of Interstate 40</span> Highway system

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arkansas Highway 369</span> State highway in Arkansas, United States

Highway 369 is a designation for three north–south state highways in Arkansas. All are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT). One segment provides connectivity in the Ouachita Mountains, with the other two serving as short industrial access roads. The longest segment was designated in 1966 and extended thrice, with the two industrial access roads created in 1978 and 1980. All three segments are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).

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