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Reno, NV only has I-80 going east-west and I-580/US-395 going north-south.
I wonder what the biggest city is that only has a bypass: no limited-access highways within the city limits? (or let's say, the area of the city limits on the other side contains at max 10% of the city's population)
Living in Metro Atlanta for example, it has the I-285 bypass.
However, I'm curious to know what major cities don't have a highway bypass, where you must travel through the city to reach your destination?
Some cities have a bypass but it doesn't have a complete circle meaning depending on which direction you are going, you may have no choice. For example Las Vegas has a "bypass", the 215, but if you need to go NE you have to get on the 15 you have no other choice, because the 215 is C-shaped. Are we including these?
However more pure examples are:
Tucson, AZ
Salt Lake City, UT
New Orleans, LA
In contrast, cities that wrote the book on highway bypasses:
The entire state of Texas
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I wonder what the biggest city is that only has a bypass: no limited-access highways within the city limits? (or let's say, the area of the city limits on the other side contains at max 10% of the city's population)
An interesting challenge, I accept it.
Given that US cities are mostly the size that they are due to being logistically favorable for their respective industries (at time of finding) and that during initial suburban development everyone worked downtown and lived in the burbs meant our very first freeways were meant to serve the city proper limits, this will be extremely rare. You will be hard pressed to find a single town or city that does not have this.
Boise, ID comes close. The I-84 is pretty far from the core. There is somewhat of a bypass that leads to the Downtown core called the 184, but it turns into a normal street essentially once it crosses the river. And then on the East side that road remains an arterial street with lights all the way to the I-84 again. But I don't know if Boise qualifies in your opinion.
Not necessarily a major city but I believe Abilene, TX might be the best example of what such a city would look like. It has bypass freeways that Texas basically trademarked, but has no freeway in the core, and there's practically no or very few development on the outside of the bypass freeway. There may be better examples but I don't know every town and city in this country.
Being 2 miles from Downtown doesn't really count as "bypassing" to me.
Edit: I would argue a good amount of Salt Lake City's "bypass" 215 serves more as a reliever freeway for the I-15 than as a freeway meant to bypass the entire city. And that's fine, but it's simply not a bypass. Maybe the furthest south sections of the 215 act more like a bypass freeway but the northern section near the airport and downtown certainly do not.
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Reno, NV only has I-80 going east-west and I-580/US-395 going north-south.
I wonder what the biggest city is that only has a bypass: no limited-access highways within the city limits? (or let's say, the area of the city limits on the other side contains at max 10% of the city's population)
The closest to this would probably be Washington, D.C. There are very few freeways within the District and most end shortly after entering the District. There IS a continuous limited access route along DC295 to Interstate 295 through the eastern half of the city but its not heavily advertised and long distance traffic is directed on the east side of the Beltway on 95/495.
1. New Orleans - no real bypass of the immediate city, though cross country traffic is encouraged to take Interstate 12 heading west from Slidell and meeting up with Interstate 10 again in Baton Rouge, traveling through the Northshore. So in a way I-12 is a bypass of New Orleans.
2. Baton Rouge - all east-west traffic must take I-10 through downtown, where the Mississippi River bridge is
3. Montgomery
4. Jackson, MS - Interstate 220 is a partial bypass but the quickest north south route is still on I-55
5. Mobile, AL - Interstate 10 right through downtown and the tunnel
6. Jacksonville - Now I-295 is a beltway but the quickest way is still through downtown on 95
7. Las Vegas
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