Subject: I-66 in D.C.<br/>
Date: Jun 10, 2003 @ 03:42<br/>
Author: Brendan (Brendan &lt;pit.hokie@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-444213709">Thanx for the recognition, Michael.  I&#39;m not a frequent poster but I&#39;m <br/>
always glad to enrich the minds of my fellow tripointers.<br/>
To your question re: I-66, it does indeed enter D.C.  From William <br/>
Yurasko&#39;s D.C. Highways page at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/beltway/dc.html:">http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/beltway/dc.html:</a><br/>
&quot;Enters with US 50 via the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, then heads N-S past <br/>
the Kennedy Center, the E Street Expressway, and Watergate. Ends at the US <br/>
29 Whitehurst Freeway/K Street interchange. Was supposed to continue to <br/>
I-95, but both plans were cancelled. One plan called for an underground <br/>
tunnel under K Street.&quot;  Here&#39;s a shield to validate:<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.interstate-guide.com/ishields/thb/i-066_dc.jpg">http://www.interstate-guide.com/ishields/thb/i-066_dc.jpg</a><br/>
The shortest signed Interstate (some are unsigned routes denoted only <br/>
legislatively) is I-375 in downtown Detroit, at 1.06 miles.  The shortest <br/>
unsigned is I-878 in New York near JFK airport (0.7 miles).<br/>
As far as the shortest 2di segment in one state with only one end in that <br/>
state, I-66 is the winner at 1.11 miles.  If you want to get technical (as <br/>
D.C. is not a state, but a district), the western I-76 (there are two!) in <br/>
Nebraska is 2.48 miles long.<br/>
<br/>
Brendan<br/>
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At 10:56 PM 6/9/2003, you wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt;yes great call brendan<br/>
&gt;& i think dc certainly beats greenwich ct<br/>
&gt;as interstate highway transit dwarf<br/>
&gt;thanx to woodrow wilson bridge<br/>
&gt;regardless of any interstate dead end dwarf claim dc may or may not also<br/>
&gt;have for interstate 66<br/>
&gt;& how wonderful it would be if true<br/>
&gt;for this nonstate to sweep both interstate categories<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;also uncannily you are once again in eyeshot if not slingshot range of yet<br/>
&gt;another tripoint<br/>
&gt;so in honor of this your & our first multiple stones throw achievement on a<br/>
&gt;single nontripointing topic<br/>
&gt;heres a pic of jc sitting on the nearby dcmdvas federative tripoint class b<br/>
&gt;exactly as shown in your latest map swatch<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;as she keeps the canoe from capsizing in the multiple motorboat wakes<br/>
&gt;i align the east face of the drawbridge tower ahead<br/>
&gt;with monument 9 at jones point behind<br/>
&gt;& the pierhead line at left<br/>
&gt;& snap the shutter<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;as your map shows<br/>
&gt;the tower & everything to the left of it in this pic is the winning segment<br/>
&gt;in dc<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;so multicongrats for this remarkable feat & i am glad i could document &<br/>
&gt;salute it<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;also do you know if there is any way to also verify whether interstate 66<br/>
&gt;ever really reaches dc<br/>
&gt;& if so whether it wins in its category </span></blockquote></div>