Longest urban drives in the US (military, malls, suburban)
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It won't happen while most of us are alive, but I can definitely see a time when the corridor from Fayetteville to Raleigh to Greensboro to Charlotte to Atlanta fills into one big urban drive. It certainly would fall into a hectic one with a lot of trucks.
This is a bit of a circuitous route, no? In a similar way I could go from Patchogue across Long Island through Queens, Brooklyn & Staten Island to I-95 in Elizabeth, up to Rt 21 linking Newark to Paterson, connecting with 21 to I-80 & crossing the GWB then back on I-95 all the way to New Haven and never see a rural area, remaining entirely within the New York metro. It’d take 4 hrs 11 minutes
It totally is, but the rule was "not going backwards". What's interesting is how highly urbanized the shoreline of the actual SF Bay is versus how rural/less developed the Pacific coastline is once you're past Daly City and Pacifica. 280 between SF and San Jose is quite beautiful and scenic since it's mostly rolling hills and forests with smallish towns dotted in between.
This is a bit of a circuitous route, no? In a similar way I could go from Patchogue across Long Island through Queens, Brooklyn & Staten Island to I-95 in Elizabeth, up to Rt 21 linking Newark to Paterson, connecting with 21 to I-80 & crossing the GWB then back on I-95 all the way to New Haven and never see a rural area, remaining entirely within the New York metro. It’d take 4 hrs 11 minutes
Going by the letter of the question, you could drive 6,074 miles and never leave NYC let alone the suburbs. Although you couldn't get them all, there are more than a couple miles of dead ends.
Colfax Ave. In Denver is widely considered to be the longest commercial stretch in America at 26.5 miles of continuous urbanity, with no breaks in development. Look it up.
Colfax Ave. In Denver is widely considered to be the longest commercial stretch in America at 26.5 miles of continuous urbanity, with no breaks in development. Look it up.
I don't think 26miles would crack the top 10 longest continuous stretch in America.
Colfax Ave. In Denver is widely considered to be the longest commercial stretch in America at 26.5 miles of continuous urbanity, with no breaks in development. Look it up.
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Originally Posted by atadytic19
I don't think 26miles would crack the top 10 longest continuous stretch in America.
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