I'll be in New York June 22nd to July 2nd. Saturday the 28th is out, but any
other day is good for me.
--- acroorca2002 <
orc@...> wrote:
> well this flash dash of interstate 684 across connecticut may be
> the shortest such interstate highway interstate transit in america
>
> & for the first decades of its existence
> when i was practically living on it
> it performed this flash without so much as a raincoat
>
> not even an interstate route indicator shield saying connecticut
> rather than new york in small print above the number 684
>
> & certainly no welcome to connecticut mat
> nor welcome back to new york
> in either direction
>
> i believe the reason for all these omissions was that greenwich
> the connecticut town involved
> is quiet money
>
> but anyway i commonly amazed & amused fellow travelers thru it
> by swearing we were in connecticut during that passage
> when all their believing & seeing flatly denied this
> or at least couldnt support it
>
> i even won a few wagers over it too
>
>
> i believe there may be shorter interstate dead ends
> such as possibly interstate 66 in dc
> but dont know of any shorter state crossings
>
>
> & which reminds me
> if you &or arif &or anyone else would still like to do the pchcjbe
> aka petit central hudson central june border exhilaration
> with the shortest interstate line in america & its official blueprint
> i am still able & willing
> except monday june 16
> so please do proceed if & when ready
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Asher Samuels
> <asher972@y...> wrote:
> > Gee, and I used to think that I-684's quick trip into Connecticut
> was special.
> >
> >
> http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=18&n=4550217&e=60757
> 8&s=50
> >
> > Asher Samuels
> > asher972@y...
> > --- Brendan <pit.hokie@a...> wrote:
> > > Great find, Michael! Although further viewing leads me to
> believe that
> > > this road remains in New Mexico the whole time.
> > > Not to get too off-topic, but US 340, which runs through
> Virginia, into
> > > West Virginia and then back into Virginia for only several
> hundred feet is
> > > thought to be the shortest. This location is near the
> MD/VA/WV tripoint.
> > >
> >
> http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=39.32360922847994&lo
> n=-77.706354276978&s=25&symshow=n
> > >
> > > Also up for consideration is US 161 in the Four Corners area
> (NM/CO/AZ/UT
> > > quadpoint).
> > >
> >
> http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=36.996859594201005&l
> on=-109.03193193499461&s=25&symshow=n
> > >
> > >
> > > >for the very shortest such
> > > >consider
> > >
> >
> ><http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=13&n=4041216&e=675
> 16>http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=13&n=4041216&e=67
> 516
> > > >8&s=25
> > > >at the northwest corner of the texas panhandle
> > > >where both rumor & fence lines indicate texas gets barely
> nipped
> > > >by the eastbound lane
> > > >& not at all by the westbound lane
> > > >of us56&64
> > > >
> > > >depending on which side of the vehicle one is sitting in
> > > >the travel distance might be measured in inches rather than
> feet
> > >
> >
> >
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