Talk:List of longest state highways in the United States/Archive 1

Archive 1

Nebraska

Shouldn't Nebraska Highway 92 be longer? Nebraska Highway 2 is split in the middle. DandyDan2007 (talk) 12:29, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually, Nebraska Highway 92 is longer even if you count both parts of Nebraska Highway 2. I fixed the list. TheCatalyst31 ^{Reaction•Creation} 21:24, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Criteria?

Is there a criteria applied to define "state highway" for this list that's not obvious? When I saw that PA's entry is PA 18 a north-south route, I assumed that this list must exclude roads that are signed as US or Interstate, as I-76 and US 6, both east-west, are clearly longer. This would be consistent with the first definition used in state highways. But then I looked at Alabama's entry on this list, it redirects to US 31, which would be consistent with the second definition. So either there is no consistency to this list or there's something not obvious to me.

Can someone explain what the actual criteria is for this list? It really ought to be in the intro of the List. And of course the list entries need to be reviewed for consistency. --J Clear (talk) 14:02, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

I think the idea is to include only "state-numbered" highways. Alabama redirects because it's one of four states (five if you count Oregon) that assigns state numbers to U.S. Routes. Most in Alabama were realigned in the mid-1950s to correspond one-to-one with U.S. Routes, but some (e.g. SR-13) don't. Tennessee State Route 1 is a good example of one that bounces back and forth between U.S. Routes (and even has a few tiny independent segments). In fact, in all four states, such inventory numbers are the longest, but Georgia signs these routes and Florida's and Tennessee's have short independent segments. --NE2 10:18, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

For the record, Florida's longest signed state road (which happens to be totally signed) is SR A1A, 338.752 miles total over six segments. SR 20 appears to be second with 185.054 miles signed in three segments (out of 358.154 miles total). --NE2 00:55, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Oregon: 99, not 140?

Bickendan brings up a good point here: if we allow OK 3 with 3E as part of it, Oregon Route 99 plus OR 99W is longer than OR 140. --NE2 21:50, 26 January 2015 (UTC)