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While Missouri and Tennessee tie for bordering the most amount of states (8), Missouri's border with Kentucky is entirely a water border, there's no bridges that directly cross the Missouri-Kentucky border. Tennessee is the only state where you can cross directly into 8 different states by road.
Indeed, but as soon as you come over from Missouri to Illinois over the Cairo-Mississippi bridge, you can immediately cross over into Kentucky over the Cairo-Ohio bridge.
The total trip from MO to KY takes about 3 minutes.
Indeed, but as soon as you come over from Missouri to Illinois over the Cairo-Mississippi bridge, you can immediately cross over into Kentucky over the Cairo-Ohio bridge.
The total trip from MO to KY takes about 3 minutes.
That's a short enough time to be it's own oddity (snipping the West Virginia northern panhandle is the most commonly thought of example of being in a state for a short amount of time but that takes more than three minutes to go though) but you're still going through Illinois, not crossing the Kentucky-Missouri state line.
That's a short enough time to be it's own oddity (snipping the West Virginia northern panhandle is the most commonly thought of example of being in a state for a short amount of time but that takes more than three minutes to go though) but you're still going through Illinois, not crossing the Kentucky-Missouri state line.
Not sure how long exactly it takes, but another example would be the "neck" of Maryland, near the town of Hancock. If you take I-70E from Breezewood, PA, then take the exit for US 522, I believe that it's about 1.5 miles from the PA/MD border to the bridge across the Potomac connecting MD and WV.
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You can visit Cuba right here in the good ol' USA. That's right! In Tampa, Florida there is a park only .14 acres in size called Jose Marti Park that has been owned by the Cuban government since 1956. The park pays tribute to Jose Marti, a Cuban hero. You can visit without a passport, but sorry, no cigars for sale there.
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That's a short enough time to be it's own oddity (snipping the West Virginia northern panhandle is the most commonly thought of example of being in a state for a short amount of time but that takes more than three minutes to go though) but you're still going through Illinois, not crossing the Kentucky-Missouri state line.
Not sure how long exactly it takes, but another example would be the "neck" of Maryland, near the town of Hancock. If you take I-70E from Breezewood, PA, then take the exit for US 522, I believe that it's about 1.5 miles from the PA/MD border to the bridge across the Potomac connecting MD and WV.
Here's an interesting area: This little section of Minnesota State Route 23 just south of Duluth is actually in the state of Wisconsin for about 1/3 of a mile before it re-enters the state of Minnesota. For some reason the road is still labeled as *Minnesota* State Route 23 as it crosses this tiny sliver of WI, not sure which state actually maintains it. Take a look: https://www.google.com/maps/@46.6569...7i13312!8i6656
It's easier to imagine Massachusetts bordering Maine than it is to actually think of New Hampshire having a saltwater coast.
I'm not sure why NH having a coastline seems so odd to people. Maybe it's just me, but it always has just seemed natural to me that NH has a coast. Of course, historically, it makes sense as well. NH was one of the thirteen original colonies. Almost all transport of goods of any kind was by water, and a colony without any ocean access would likely have failed miserably. None of the original colonies were landlocked. Even PA, without an actual coastline, borders on the Delaware estuary at Philadelphia, giving oceangoing ships access.
On the way from Boston to Portland, you pass through a tiny sliver of New Hampshire, almost invisible on a large national map.
Doesn't Maryland do New Hampshire one better...
rather than driving through a tiny sliver, that state has a tiny sliver in it western most region. A 1.8 mi drive can take you from WV to PA....and that drive is in Maryland.
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