Which dead and incomplete motorways do you know?
I know, there are some dead and incomplete motorways in Poland, whose construction started either before World War II as the areas belonged still to Germany or in the communist area, where a motorway from the Polish East to the Polish West boarder should be build under the name "Olympijka", whose completion was planned in 1980 for the Olympic Games in Moscow, but remained incomplete.

In The Netherlands, the A4 is very notorious. Plans to make this motorway (it is even constructed partially!) date back from the early fifties, but now 50 years later, there is still no complete A4. But we having huge traffic jams on the adjacent A13 as a benefit :ohno:

theres a very weired highway north of chicago.
It has only two entrys, one at the beginning, one at the end....

There are several such in Czechia (Praha-Brno, Brno-Svitavy, Cheb-Liberec), started in 1938/39 and abandoned during war, construction of that from Prague to Brno continued in 50's but was canceled after few years. So we have many bridges left which are slowly decaying.

for example this one
30's
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/borovsko_most/sq/stavba_01.jpg
in 60's
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/borovsko_most/sq/cb3.jpg.
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/borovsko_most/sq/oblouk.jpg.
Today
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/borovsko_most/sq/15_borovsko_b6_a.jpg.
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/borovsko_most/sq/2005_prouza_05.jpg

theres a very weired highway north of chicago.
It has only two entrys, one at the beginning, one at the end....

Where is that exactly? In Illinois or Wisconsin?

I think its already in wisconsin....

but its south of milwaukee

In Seattle we have a stub for the R.H.Thomson freeway/expressway:

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=47.641995,-122.297149&spn=0.001652,0.003369&t=k&om=1

Here are a few that I know of:

In Baltimore, Interstate 70 was supposed to continue into the city limits, go to downtown, and end at I-95. This never happened; the Interstate pretty much ends at the Beltway, with a little extension heading towards the city limits. Part of the Interstate in the city was buit, though, between Greene Street and Pulaski Street. It is now part of US Route 40.

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2343/baltimorejl1.jpg

From above, you can see that the eastern terminus of I-70 where it is near the city limits was not supposed to be the terminus.

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/8499/baltimore2nf1.jpg

Buffalo originally planned on building an outer beltway. This naver happened. Mile Strip Road, near Hamburg, has a short stretch of Interstate-type expressway, which would've been part of that beltway. The interchange with US Route 219 is the section of Mile Strip Road that is expressway.

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/6829/buffalofq3.jpg

Interstate 990 north of Buffalo was supposed to go all the way to Lockport. It never did. It ends at Millersport Highway. The continuation of the Interstate is visible as it heads eastbound; the start of the overpass is visible.

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/6739/lockportug0.jpg

Hartford's proposed network in the 1960s

http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/pics/art-hfd-fwy-60s.png


Hartford's highway network as of 2007 (new highways are doubtful)

http://www.smart-traveler.info/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/road_map_of_hartford_ct_usa.gif

I'll get in more detail later when I get to a computer with Google Earth, so I can show the details of the highways that were construction and then were cancelled.

And there's a lot of them. ;)

That Hartford network looks a bit overdone to me. Cities of that size in Europe may be happy with 3 or 4 Expressways.

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8938/wum1jo5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1722/wum2en4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6051/wum3bg1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Basically the motorway is no good for going anywhere further south than the cbd. I can't believe they still want to do tidal flow even though they found it to be unsafe. Idiots in their own report they came to the conclusion the only way to provide the capacity was by building the second tunnel.:bash:

The M23 was supposed to continue much further into London than it does now, however the locals were opposed to it and it was stopped. The main motorway continues for about 0.5 miles after the junction that connects with the A23.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/Neromasc/M23.jpg

Delaware Route 141 was supposed to be an expressway bypass around the western part of Wilmington, DE. The freeway would've connected I-95 to US Route 202, provideding a faster and less-congested route for people coming north from Maryland or Newark on I-95 and heading towards the West Chester area (and vice versa). The expressway was only built to Delaware Route 2, and then just became a 4-lane surface road. There are other sections of expressway closer to Route 202 to indicate the proposed expressway. At the Route 2 interchange, a connector & distributor road is incomplete and abandoned, showing that the expressway would've continued.

The expressway will finally be extended a little bit, and trees and businesses have been cleared out so that the expressway can be continued to Delaware Route 34.

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/8555/newportsr9.jpg

US Route 219 was supposed to be an expressway connecting Buffalo, NY, to State Route 17 (now I-86). The expressway was only completed to Springville, NY, and it becomes a 2- or 3-lane surface road from Springville south. Ridges of dirt at the terminus of the expressway show where the expressway would've continued over State Route 36.

This expressway is also being extended after decades of delay. The new expressway portion will continue from Springville to Ashford.

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1992/springvillemw0.jpg

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/8134/springville2tt3.jpg

A Bangkok highway project won by Hong Kong's Hopewell group went bust in the 90s. Only parts of the bridges for the highway were built when it was abandoned (I believe it was a highway and not a railway). I don't believe anything has changed today but perhaps some Thai forumers can update us on that.

A Bangkok highway project won by Hong Kong's Hopewell group went bust in the 90s. Only parts of the bridges for the highway were built when it was abandoned (I believe it was a highway and not a railway). I don't believe anything has changed today but perhaps some Thai forumers can update us on that.

Do you mean the stretch in de the northern part of the city to the old airport? That was supposed to be an elevated railway and not a highway.

The first picture is of Highway 26 just east of Gresham, Oregon. There was supposed to be a highway that passed under the little extended curve you see and connect back up with I-205. It never happened. The only evidence is the earthworks and R.O.W. on Highway 26.

The second picture is of Highway 167 in Puyallup, Washington. It was initially supposed to connect to I-5 near Tacoma. We ran out of money. Only now are we proposing to finish this highway due to increased problems with freight mobility from the Port of Tacoma.

The third and fourth pictures is of Highway 509 near Sea-Tac International Airport. The third is a larger view of where the freeway would connect. Basically, it'll connect to I-5 just south of the airport. The fourth is a close up of the current terminus of 509. This is another project being proposed for completion.

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w287/Jaxom92/Transit/Unfinished1.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w287/Jaxom92/Transit/Unifished2.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w287/Jaxom92/Transit/Unfinished3A.jpg
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w287/Jaxom92/Transit/Unfinished3B.jpg

P.S. I love Google Earth!

Do you mean the stretch in de the northern part of the city to the old airport? That was supposed to be an elevated railway and not a highway.
Actually, it was supposed to be a combo :)
http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/MassTransit/Hopewell2.jpg http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/MassTransit/Hopewell7.JPG

Source (http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/MassTransit/HopewellMain.shtml)

San Francisco is full of freeways which abruptly ends. This is why:

http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/pics/kmap-sf-1951.jpg

Some concept drawings of what would've been.

http://cypress.he.net/~arch21/Images/SunsetIntx.jpg
http://cypress.he.net/~arch21/Images/NBeachIntx.jpg
http://cypress.he.net/~arch21/Images/CivicIntx.jpg

What the city map might've looked like had all been built. It would've become what downtown Los Angeles is today - a sea of freeways and cars.

http://www.bikesummer.org/1999/zine/images/freeway.jpg

Netherlands - A4 - near Vlaadinger, Schiedam and Delft:

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/7.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/6.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/5.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/4.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/3.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/2.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/1.jpg

Yeah that situation is nuts, actually, the only thing that's missing is the pavement itself, there already lies a dike since the 60's where that road was supposed to lie on.

As a result, there is only one motorway connecting the 3 most important cities in The Netherlands. This road is extremely overcrowded, and has traffic jams during most of the day. This A13 carries over 160.000 vehicles a day on 2x3 lanes, while 120.000 is enough to widen to 2x4, so imagine how busy that road is. (actually, in Portugal they widen a road 2x4 by 52.000!)

This is the incredible plan for freeway and motorway for Paris in the 1970's

Paris region
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8673/162xr8.gif

red : Motorway built
dark purple : deleted
green : renamed project
orange : plan Pompidou (freeway in the center of Paris) deleted
light purple : freeways built
brown : project approved.

plan Pompidou for inner Paris

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5830/80hw0.jpg

Double blue line : freeway. (6 at 8 lanes)
Dark blue line : avenue, boulevard without intersection or single way freeway for the Seine banks.
light blue line : avenue or boulevard with underground passage.
blue circle : interchange

Where is that exactly? In Illinois or Wisconsin?
He's referring to the IL 137 'Amstutz Freeway' in Waukegan.

BTW, there are many 'unbuilts' in metro Milwaukee, too, and their 'ghost' ends are very visible on air photos.

Mike

A15 ends here then become a boulevard... the 3,6 kms missing to reach Paris' ring road "Périphérique" have never been built.
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/6384/a15n315ky2.jpg

A15 should have interchanged with the 'Périphérique' here :
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/5723/a15pouchetml5.jpg

Eastern branch of the A199 won't get any further...
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5021/a199estoz3.jpg

... it should have been throught this zone :
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1426/a199est2ax3.jpg

...and interchange with the A104 here :
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/83/a199a104rj0.jpg

...but the 1,3 kms missing will never get built.
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4930/a199a1042db2.jpg

Whereas the western branch of the A199 will never get built neither. It now ends here, and become an avenue.
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7340/a199ouestjd7.jpg

...while on the original plan it should have went throught the green diagonal you can see here (nowadays frozen terrains, which in the future will probably be converted for Light Rail use).
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9133/a199ouest2hq2.jpg

A104 won't get any further South. Nowadays it only serves a local industrial zone.
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8492/a104clgep1.jpg

A103 ends here :
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4079/a103a86mq7.jpg

A87 will never get built (you can guess where it should have been built by following the green line going North-South).
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9990/a87a4nd7.jpg

BRASIL

Rodovia Caminho do Mar (SP-148) São Paulo to Santos
opened in 1922
closed since 1992

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/20/124636981e376138cfebgf2.jpg[/QUOTE]

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/Caminho3.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/Caminho2.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/Caminho.jpg

Toronto transportation plan from the 1960s (first pic is where we were in the 60s, second pic is what was proposed)

http://transit.toronto.on.ca/images/spare-0019-01.gif

and now you are?? (misses a 3rd map to show nowadays transportation system in order to compare)

The notorious 7km gap of the A4 in The Netherlands. This is build in the late sixties, and never completed to date.
http://www.autosnelwegen.nl/asw/galerie/ak24.jpg

and now you are?? (misses a 3rd map to show nowadays transportation system in order to compare)

Here is Toronto today...

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w198/electrify85/Toronto-central.jpg

Pretty much the same, though the suburbs got their freeways at least. As for the city itself, it got its Spadina line extension, but that's about it...

http://subway.umka.org/maps/toronto.gif

http://cypress.he.net/~arch21/Images/NBeachIntx.jpg
A very beautiful idea for an urban freeway intersection! I think San Francisco would have more freeways had planners insisted on burying them instead of dividing the city with double-deck death traps.

:hug:

Yeah i think San Francisco is missing a north-south link.

north of la in Via Princessa there was suposed to be a freeway connecting ca 14 with interstate 5 near Magic Mouantian. Only the interchange with the 14 was ever built.

They have recently been made into on/offramps of the 14.

i cant find a pic atm

What about the Brussels bypass? Are there any plans for making it a real circle, or it's one of the "dead and incomplete motorways" stories?

It is an egg-shaped ringroad. But there are parts on the eastern side which aren't up to motorway standards.

But i think there is more need for an better ringroad of Antwerp.

héhé juanico i lost like 200 hours of driving in this A199 neverbuilt area in torcy

I shall have to find pictures of the incomplete freeway into downtown - MacKenzie Ravine - it was supposed to have Stony Plain Road (then a highway) cut through the ravine into the valley and into the downtown - they flattened out portions of the ravine but never actually paved the ravine. It is now a park with a biking trail.

Poland, Krakow.
From West we drive into Kraków A-4, pass city and... its the end of highway :ohno:

http://lorenc.republika.pl/tmp/a4.jpg

I noticed this too when i drove there.

Maybe they used to plan the A4 right through the city instead of southwards near Krakow.

(oops, duplicate response :lol: )

héhé juanico i lost like 200 hours of driving in this A199 neverbuilt area in torcy

Then we might have been stuck some day in the same "bouchon" ;)

Route 15 was originally going to be an expressway from Painted Post/Corning, NY, all the way down to Williamsport, PA. The expressway only went about 10 miles south of Painted Post. The road will finally become an expressway in the next few years as the future I-99 is built up through Central PA past State College and Williamsport to Painted Post and the I-86 intersection.

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/8310/paintedpostvm3.jpg
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/7985/paintedpost2yi2.jpg


An outer partial-beltway was once proposed for Buffalo, NY. That beltway would've had Niagara Falls at the northern terminus. An expressway was built along the Niagara River from downtown Niagara Falls eastward into the farmland. The beltway never came to life, and the expressway became known as the Robert Moses Parkway and LaSalle Expressway. The Expressway ends at Williams Road.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2765/niagarafallsfy4.jpg
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/9225/niagarafalls2jo1.jpg

Once planned motorways in the western part of NL:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/8213/ooitgeplandfp6.png

There were once wild plans for a superhighway from Rotterdam to the north. This road was supposed to have only a few exits near big cities and run parallel next to some other motorways. Not a single centimeter was actually build but a few marks in the landscape remain till today:

Here you can see te start, near Rotterdam, that round curve on the edge of the forest was supposed to be a cloverleaf junction between the superhighway and the second ring of Rotterdam (also never build btw)

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8565/a13a16vz2.jpg

Further north, northwest of Amsterdam, this superhighway was planned to cross the A8 which is also never built (they are still planning to, though)

on the left you can see the A9 and on the right the end of the A8, the purple line in the middle coming from the south is the cancelled superhighway A16, the crossing purple line is the still planned A8 exstension
http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6821/a8a16uf6.png

This is what you can see today, look at the curved waterway in the middle:

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1852/a16stamwegslootjetk5.png

Visible remains A3, Amsterdam-Rotterdam. They actually started on this one. the space for a junction with the A10 ringroad around Amsterdam was reserved, now the area is being built but you can see the outlines vaguely
http://maps.google.nl/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.336676,4.882479&spn=0.012141,0.029182&t=k&z=15&om=1

further south you can see the tracé clearly and the junction with the A9 was almost completed. The space reservation can be followed a few kilometers to the south.
http://maps.google.nl/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.302338,4.884024&spn=0.024301,0.058365&t=k&z=14&om=1

South of Amsterdam, red are excisting Motorways and purple never build ones. the purple line on the left is The A3, the one in the middle was the A9 shortcut and the purple line in the lower right corner is the A6
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/8716/a3a6a9rb8.png

Visible remains A7, which was planned to go from Purmerend straight to Amsterdam instead of the current route via Zaandam. You can see that the Motorway makes a tight turn to the southwest , at that point was a junction planned and the A7 should go southwards if it was built.
http://maps.google.nl/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.506479,4.932475&spn=0.012094,0.029182&t=k&z=15&om=1

The A80 was planned to go from Haarlem to Hilversum and maybe further, only the now excisting exit Hilversum is really visible as a part of this highway, it was supposed to be the junction with the A27:
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/8693/a80yv2.png

A closer look:
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/541/a801mb8.png

the A30-A1 junction near Barneveld, planned as a cloverleaf but now a simple exit, the A30, coming from the south ends here but was, and still is, planned to go north towards Almere

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5577/a1a30sw4.png

Cape Town, South Africa - the highways run on the foreshore in between downtown Cape Town and the harbor. There are many urban legends about why these highways which actually got built from both the east and west and only stopped literally 100 meters from being joined never got finished. Some suggests that the engineer had missed the alignment of the west and east segment of the highway and was forced to abandon the project, the project ran out of cash while others suggest that the city realized that the highways should not have been suspended as it cuts out the city from the magnificent views of the harbor and sea. Today these highways are a hit with stunts-men who like to perform stunts for both local and international movies and adverts.

West side of the highways

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/417602912_ab98ce492e_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1240/552103944_eb666e9588_b.jpg

East side

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/234853510_41ec185fc2_o.jpg

Now the disused highway is used as a parking lot, LOL

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1228/528717630_4a13ded1f7_o.jpg

Are there any current plans to connect them?

Mike

Wow, that one is Cape Town looks really cool, maybe even a bit surrealistic.

Poland, Krakow.
From West we drive into Kraków A-4, pass city and... its the end of highway :ohno:

http://lorenc.republika.pl/tmp/a4.jpg

Its not abandoned at all. Road construction contiunes even as we speak, albeit painfully slooow:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=13655202&postcount=732

in Atlanta, Stone Mtn. Pkwy US78 and GA166 at one point were scheduled to be connected. but was quickly shot down. I think it was going to be called I-420.

in Atlanta, Stone Mtn. Pkwy US78 and GA166 at one point were scheduled to be connected. but was quickly shot down. I think it was going to be called I-420.
Actually, I believe that US 78 was to continue in to connect to I-75/85 at GA 10. There was also to be a major north-south freeway connecting GA 400 at I-85 with (IIRC) I-675 at I-285. I'm not sure how GA 166 east was to fit into that all, but the major interchange where the first two were to meet is where the Carter library is now. Large portions of their never-used RsOW are clearly visible in Google's high-res air images of Atlanta's east side.

Mike

CA 2 - Beverly Hills Freeway/Glendale Freeway in Los Angeles

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=34.091016,-118.256772&spn=0.008601,0.020084&t=k&z=16&om=1

CA 90 - Slauson Freeway/Richard M Nixon Freeway/Marina Expressway

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.982442,-118.410988&spn=0.034447,0.080338&t=k&z=14&om=1

I 710 - Long Beach Freeway

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=34.07575,-118.160598&spn=0.008602,0.020084&t=k&z=16&om=1

Harbor Transitway (I-110 Carpool Lanes)

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=34.02485,-118.273584&spn=0.004304,0.010042&t=k&z=17&om=1

CA 170 - Laurel Canyon Freeway

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=33.987362,-118.369896&spn=0.004306,0.010042&t=k&z=17&om=1
(This one is very difficult to find. There is a portion of the 170 completed in North Hollywood, but this is part of the Hollywood Freeway. The freeway would have gone south from there and gone to LAX)

What do you have in other parts of the world?

What about the 110 gap in Pasadena, and the 71 gap in Pomona?

the Netherlands:
A4 ending near Delft:
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4367/spict28371gv.jpg

A very wide viaduct near Groningen. It was planned as a ringroad around the city.
http://dd50.inducks.org/wegen/img/2005/a7engelbert.jpg

N355 near Leeuwarden, 2x2 with emergency lanes, early plan for A7 (which now runs 30km to the south)
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/4074/leeuwarden1sq.png

Old exit IJsselstein on the A2 just south of Utrecht.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/226/ngeinafritoud2wy.jpg

In North Holland, strange shape (of an exit)
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/1641/einde12br.jpg

Viaduct over nothing near Roosendaal.
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4061/a17parallel9ng.jpg

The most (in)famous one in the Netherlands, groundworks for the A4 between The Hague and Rotterdam started in the 1960's, however, there is still no motorway (but a lot of traffic jams).
http://upload4.postimage.org/962856_e89b615a8b9028ad076d0aaaa3e49e15/RaarA402.jpg

Extra viaduct near Standdaarbuiten (North Brabant)
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4532/zinloosweggetjeex8.jpg

N348/N345 near Zutphen. This was ment to be the A48 motorway.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6628/trompetn348tf3.jpg

Unused bridge in Interchange De Hogt near Eindhoven (is being reconstructed as we speak).
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3860/dehogtqq3.jpg

Preparations for an A33, however it's still the N33:
http://members.lycos.nl/studentenov/N33.JPG

In the now reconstructed IC Vaanplein near Rotterdam had some suspicious bridges too.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7681/vaanpleinmq1.jpg

Old maps are also very interesting:
Here an planned A23 (east-west from Lelystad to Kampen)
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/6300/a23iv8.png

Planned A6, not build, also old road numbering.
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/9639/a6iv6.png

Old E10 planned, not build, that section near Visvliet is also nothing now.
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3200/e10qe8.png

Planned A18 to Nordhorn (not build), the A1 (east-west) is completed long ago.
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/8868/a18vm6.png

Planned ring around Eindhoven, all three planned routes aren't build.
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5121/a2at0.png

A3 Amsterdam-Rotterdam planned (not build), as well as an extended A16 Rotterdam - Haarlem (not build)
http://xs106.xs.to/xs106/06382/A3.PNG

N267:
http://www.dropshots.com/photos/131261/20061101/212222.jpg

http://www.dropshots.com/photos/131261/20061101/212302.jpg

Viaduct prepared for 2x2
http://www.dropshots.com/photos/131261/20061101/212333.jpg

another one.
http://www.dropshots.com/photos/131261/20061101/212447.jpg

and another one:
http://www.dropshots.com/photos/131261/20061101/212612.jpg

The 110 gap is not really a gap. It's a parkway and there's no way that it's going to be expanded. The 71 just needs to be completed already. That intersection where the traffic spills onto is a mess.

There is one in Estonia also, believe it or not :D. I haven't got pictures of it, but you can see it from Google maps:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&ll=59.453801,26.025581&spn=0.041964,0.1157&z=13
As you can see, the E20 is the yellow line going through the village of Viitna. The upper arch was the bypass which even has a viaduct with 2 on and 2 off ramps.

I think we already have such thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=450904).

Viaduct over nothing near Roosendaal.
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4061/a17parallel9ng.jpg

It is actually going over something, a pipeline from Rotterdam to Antwerp lies beneath the ground there.

In the now reconstructed IC Vaanplein near Rotterdam had some suspicious bridges too.


The encircled part will be used in the future, i believe. the other viaducts are abandoned when the junction was reconstructed

I have found an old stretch of the motorway C-17 between Vic and Granollers. Now, it's a kind of resting area.

http://www.forocoches.com/foro/attachment.php?attachmentid=281635

http://www.forocoches.com/foro/attachment.php?attachmentid=281641

In one of the lanes, they have built a parking.
http://www.forocoches.com/foro/attachment.php?attachmentid=281643

http://www.forocoches.com/foro/attachment.php?attachmentid=281646

Nice thread, I like it when you drive on a shiny motorway and of a sudden it ends very fast and turns into a very narrow road or intho a raod that goes through villages, ofcourse if that part is not too long.

I like it when you drive on a shiny motorway and of a sudden it ends very fast and turns into a very narrow road or intho a raod that goes through villages

I'd rather have it the other way round:)

The bad part about the I-710 gap in Los Angeles is that trucks must either go to I-605 about 10 miles east, or use I-5 which goes to Glendale and is frequently congested. It leaves downtown with a ton of truck traffic and creates traffic problems for I-210, I-10, I-710 directly and traffic gets worse on all other LA freeways. CA-2 never being completed really hurts the 5.

Abandoned Highway in NY.

******Credits: http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/******
Link: http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway_in_NY.htm

http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_17.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_16.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_15.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_14.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_13.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_12.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_10.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_09.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_08.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_07.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_06.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_05.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_04.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_03.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_02.jpg
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com/Abandoned_Highway/Abandoned_Highway_01.jpg

And here's another great link i found about Pennsylvania Turnpike's Abandoned Sections.

http://www.pahighways.com/toll/abandonedturnpike.html

^^ Huge investment with tunnels and everything!

And a good history link:

http://www.gribblenation.com/breezewood/1981.html

That new York piece is interesting, but where the hell is it? It doesn't look like it's in an urban area, and upstate New York is pretty big.

New York's Berlinka. :) Yeah, where is it, I first hear of.

Berlinka ?? Part of it is as National Road 22 in Poland. It was planned as motorway in 30's by Nazi Germany.

^ Umm, I know the real Berlinka. :sly: I just don't know where the New York one is. :)

Ok, let this thread be a place to post the information on abandoned highways and highway structures worldwide.

Kick off:

Abandoned highway bridges near Borovsko, Czech republic (http://www.mapy.cz/#x=134629056@y=134569664@z=14@mm=F)

http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/borovsko_most/hq/2005_prouza_04.jpg
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/borovsko_most/hq/2005_prouza_11.jpg
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/hulice_most/hq/a_ch_p1010136.jpg
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/borovsko_most/hq/a_ch_p1010117.jpg
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/borovsko_most/hq/vavr_img_2116.jpg

Background info:

The construction of highways/motorways ("dálnice", literally "farway" in czech) on the Czech soil commenced in 1939 as both direct and indirect consequence of the Munich agreement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_agreement). The indirect one was that after several years of lingering, the czech government finally gave a green light to the project of a highway between Prague and Slovakia as an instant need to feed several hundred thousand refugees from now nazi Sudetenland emerged. The direct one was that according to the agreement Czechoslovakia was obliged to allow Germany to build a highway between then German cities of Breslaw (today Wroclaw in Poland) and Vienna traversing its territory. The interchange of the two highways was planned near Brno (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brno). This way the construction of two highways began about the same time in 1939 but neither of them was finished before the ban on all civilian construction was issued by german authorities in 1941 due to war shortages (nazi Germany occupied the remainder of Czech territory as soon as march 1939).

While the post-war changes of borders rendered the (now polish) Breslau - Vienna highway somewhat useless and the construction site was abandoned altogether (however there are plans to build R43 (http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/r43.htm) expressway on some parts of it), the works on the czech highway Prague - Brno - Slovakia were resumed. Unfortunately the works had low intensity and in fact were limited to the basic maintenance of what had been built before 1941. In 1950 the works stopped altogether as the government of now communist Czechoslovakia didn't see the future in something so individualist like an automobile. The construction sites remained vacant until the late 1960s when the new boom of motorism forced government to resume the construction once again. The new highway (http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/d1.htm) used as many of the previously built structures as ingeneers were able to design despite sometimes more modern codes amounted into some really awkward solutions (like this one):
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d1f1/usek_2/slides/d1f37.jpg
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d1f1/usek_2/slides/d1f36.jpg
One of the exceptions was the section near Borovsko (http://www.dalnice.com/mapy/automapy/d01/usek_04/d1_usek_04.htm) depicted in the opening pictures of this thread, where the new highway had to be built more southwards because in the meantime a dam was build nearby (Želivka dam that delivers pottable water for Prague via over 50 km long tunnels) and the bridges were almost entirely flooded by the new lake.

Now back to the German highway Breslau - Brno - Vienna. Unlike the Czech highway, no large bridges or similar structures have been built there. But a lot of groundwork and many smaller bridges and similar structures can be found along its construction site. (Samples):
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/r43/bacov_most/06.jpg
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/r43/jevicko_most366/04.jpg
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/r43/kninicky_svratka/sq/ext_2.10.04_052.jpg

Most of the photos above are courtesy of http://www.dalnice.com (http://www.dalnice.com/), a site that sports a great history section, lots of rarity pictures and great interactive maps like this (http://www.dalnice.com/mapy/automapy/r43/usek_02/r43_usek_02.htm) as well as http://www.ceskedalnice.cz.

Nice pictures.... Nevertheless... It reminded me to a similar thread I was reading there a few months ago, this is it: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=541809

Thank you mapman,

I was unaware of the existence of that thread. Nonetheless I meant this thread more relict oriented (Berlinka and the likes) and less onto unfinished/unbuilt/dead-end highways (however there are some nice examples that fit this definition as well in that thread, so thank you again).

here is one in Cape Town, South Africa. There is so many stories and urban legends around why this was never finished, so its difficult to tell why. However, it looks like the City of Cape Town is divided over whether to dismantle these highways which actually obscure a beautiful view of the sea from the foreshore or to finish them off. Others want the city to put these highways underground.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/417602912_ab98ce492e_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1240/552103944_eb666e9588_b.jpg

I totally don't understand this:
http://www.ceskedalnice.cz/foto/d1f1/usek_2/slides/d1f37.jpg

Was the new bridge built directly over the old? If so, why? If the old bridge wasn't good enough, why not tear it down? Is the old bridge used for anything?

And where is it? I want to look at it on Google Earth. :)

I totally don't understand this:

Was the new bridge built directly over the old? If so, why? If the old bridge wasn't good enough, why not tear it down? Is the old bridge used for anything?

And where is it? I want to look at it on Google Earth. :)

http://www.dalnice.com/english/big_bridges.htm
49°35'45.524"N, 15°12'26.444"E (btw GE coverage in central europe is bad, try http://www.mapy.cz/#x=134879664@y=134198640@z=16@mm=F)

http://www.dalnice.com/english/big_bridges.htm
49°35'45.524"N, 15°12'26.444"E (btw GE coverage in central europe is bad, try http://www.mapy.cz/#x=134879664@y=134198640@z=16@mm=F)
From those aerial images, it looks like the lower (original) level of that bridge is in fact in use to carry a local road over that river.

Mike

From those aerial images, it looks like the lower (original) level of that bridge is in fact in use to carry a local road over that river.

Exactly. The local road uses one carriageway of the lower bridge (the right one on the picture in my 1st post).

The reason why the new bridge was build over the old one was that to reach the level of the bridge the original highway required too steep gradients from both sides of the bridge (it's in a valley), which were no longer allowed by contemporary codes (the pre ww2 codes allowed gradients up to 6%, while the post ww2 codes only 4%, exceptionally 4,5%).

after a huge work i'm proud (proud? maybe sad) to show some stub ramps and uncompleted motorway/freeway from italy

1) A31-A4 interchange near vicenza: the A31 was supposed to go south of this interchange but nothing happens till the 70's
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/7449/vicinovicenzabj5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

2) near padova: this strange loop was supposed to be a 4 way interchange between 2 freeways
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6102/southwestpadovata2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

3) verona: SS 434 from rovigo ends here
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7038/veronach7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

4) firenze: two uncompleted sections of west bypass (tangenziale di firenze)
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9653/firenzetangenzialesudpatq5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6972/firenzetangenzialepart2ea0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

5) siena: nort and south end of a 2km strech of freeway (built in the middle of nowhere)
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/192/sienanorthstubrampkr8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8966/sienasouthstubrampss2lq3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

6) viterbo: SS675 ends in the middle of nowhere (plans to extend the freeway to civitavecchia are about to start tough noting happens for decades)
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9176/goingtonowherefreewayneak1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

7) salerno: this ramp stub was supposed to be an onramp from A3 to the city bypass (tangenziale di salerno)
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2761/tangenzialesalernooi0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

8) roma:
stub ramp on viale palmiro togliatti
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4582/romaghostrampsonvialepazc3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
magliana skyway's stub ramp (viadotto della magliana)
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/135/romaviadottodellamagliafi0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
A1nord-G.R.A. interchange, the old interchange lies under the new one and is abandoned because this junction was reconstructed for a southbound extencion of A1 wich was never built, resulting of a double stub because the new interchange lies unfinished.
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/3276/stubramponthea1nordintefa0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

9) napoli:
some stub ramps
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/113/anotherghostrapmnearscazl8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/5445/anotherstubrampez7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2280/stubrampkh4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
a half freeway bridge (only the southbound lanes are open)
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3173/halfbridgenearfrattamaghv8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
ghost exit
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7631/ghostexitinscampiavk2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

and the best (or worst) ones:

a going to nowhere stetch of freeway nort of pozzuoli
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7077/agoingtonowherestretchodh0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

the house that blocked the freeway (near capodichino airport)
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2443/vicinocapodichinoks4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

VOMERO GHOST TUNNEL (the higway enters but do not exit !) !!
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4232/vomeroghosttunnelhighwayl3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

:crazy:

3) verona: SS 434 from rovigo ends here
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7038/veronach7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


That's probably the strangest motorway ending seen. :uh:


and the best (or worst) ones:

a going to nowhere stetch of freeway nort of pozzuoli
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7077/agoingtonowherestretchodh0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

And that's probably the shortest motorway on the world.:lol:

We should compare it's length to the Marina Expressway or the Laurel Canyon Freeway in Los Angeles (the Laurel Canyon Freeway is unmarked so it is hard to find if you don't know the area).

you talk about this one ? :lol:

http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=it&time=&date=&ttype=&q=Los+Angeles,+Los+Angeles,+California,+Stati+Uniti+d'America&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,34.053330,-118.244990&ll=33.988563,-118.400731&spn=0.024837,0.040169&t=h&z=15&om=1

or this one ?
http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=laurel+canyon,+los+angeles&sll=33.931966,-117.938232&sspn=0.024854,0.040169&ie=UTF8&ll=33.987789,-118.369457&spn=0.006209,0.010042&t=h&z=17&om=1

We should compare it's length to the Marina Expressway or the Laurel Canyon Freeway in Los Angeles (the Laurel Canyon Freeway is unmarked so it is hard to find if you don't know the area).

Marina Expressway is the CA highway 90, that's not very short, and shown on most maps.

Where is that Laurel Canyon Fwy?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2391/2123494312_e87bac370d_o.jpg

In the 60's the Glasgow Highway Development plan was launched which detailed a new Motorway network which was to be constructed in inner-Glasgow. This was later revised to include the entire Glasgow region and became know as the Greater Glasgow Transportation Plan.

The network included a huge outer ring-road, an inner ring-road, a city centre ring-road and a network of other highways connecting key towns in the area to each other and to central Glasgow. The idea behind the whole plan was to provide so much roadspace (over 100miles) that congestion would be near impossible.

The above map shows the entire extent of the scheme. The red indicating Expressway and the Blue Motorway.

Below shows what was actually built and how the city looks today with yellow representing Expressway and orange, Motorway.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2311/2123494442_f23e92c3dd_o.jpg

More info can be found here:
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/glasgow/

The M74 should leave us with an almost ring-road around the city centre.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/Andy1l/M7401.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i154/Andy1l/M7402.jpg

The Elgin-O'Hare Expressway outside of Chicago neither begins at Elgin nor ends at O'Hare Airport. It is supposed to be expanded following the expansion of O'Hare airport.

Its western terminus currently lies at US Route 20 (Lake St.) You can see the ROW.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/ediciuseton/eoh.jpg
http://static1.bareka.com/photos/medium/3959108/elgin-ohare-expy.jpg

Its eastern terminus is near IL Route 53. It then continues as Thorndale Rd. to O'Hare (but does not directly access the airport).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/ediciuseton/eoh2.jpg

Marina Expressway is the CA highway 90, that's not very short, and shown on most maps.

Where is that Laurel Canyon Fwy?

I don't know what your definition of short is, but it seems short to me.

SCWTC4's second link is the Laurel Canyon Freeway, and it consists of one underpass.

SCWTC4's second link is the Laurel Canyon Freeway, and it consists of one underpass.

OK, i though Laurel Canyon Fwy should be close to Laurel Canyon Blvd, which is in the San Fernando Valley (just west of Burbank).

after a huge work i'm proud (proud? maybe sad) to show some stub ramps and uncompleted motorway/freeway from italy

5) siena: nort and south end of a 2km strech of freeway (built in the middle of nowhere)
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/192/sienanorthstubrampkr8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8966/sienasouthstubrampss2lq3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



This is quite amazing... are there any plans to complete this highway, which seems pretty pointless in its actual state... I even wonder what construction stopped this way, since it seems work was going on when it was interrupted.

in Vorarlberg, A14, we had such thing, but a looot of years later - a few years ago - it was connected (Wolfurt)

in Vorarlberg, A14, we had such thing, but a looot of years later - a few years ago - it was connected (Wolfurt)

edit: i passed there a few hours ago, we still have an enter to highway which is not connected

Speaking of the A14, are there any plans to built a link across the bord to meet the Swiss A13-E43 ?

^ No more, at least not for a while.

Speaking of the A14, are there any plans to built a link across the bord to meet the Swiss A13-E43 ?


coming from germany:

Wolfurt: Exit NEW,
enter: not connected (should have been S18 ?!)

direction germany:

exit: Wolfurt not exist
enter: NEW: cause it´s made for trucks coming from Güerbahnhof Wolfurt, it´s no classical enter, the three lanes are gooing till Pfändertunnel

Very curious thread.

A website about abandoned places in Spain (including roads): http://www.lugares-abandonados.com/ Very recommended!

Pretty cool bridge.

Here are a few that I know of:

In Baltimore, Interstate 70 was supposed to continue into the city limits, go to downtown, and end at I-95. This never happened; the Interstate pretty much ends at the Beltway, with a little extension heading towards the city limits. Part of the Interstate in the city was buit, though, between Greene Street and Pulaski Street. It is now part of US Route 40.

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2343/baltimorejl1.jpg

From above, you can see that the eastern terminus of I-70 where it is near the city limits was not supposed to be the terminus.

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/8499/baltimore2nf1.jpg

Buffalo originally planned on building an outer beltway. This naver happened. Mile Strip Road, near Hamburg, has a short stretch of Interstate-type expressway, which would've been part of that beltway. The interchange with US Route 219 is the section of Mile Strip Road that is expressway.

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/6829/buffalofq3.jpg

Interstate 990 north of Buffalo was supposed to go all the way to Lockport. It never did. It ends at Millersport Highway. The continuation of the Interstate is visible as it heads eastbound; the start of the overpass is visible.

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/6739/lockportug0.jpg

Couldn't they revise freeway plans to cover I-70 up in the city?

Buffalo, NY needs a southern link. Perhaps twinning US 219, extending Interstate 99 north, or building a whole new interstate.

Old Bankhead Highway and Bankhead Viaduct, built in 1912 and obviously abandoned. The bridge is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/218/508089016_47ebd8aa94.jpg?v=0http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/135023537_b0ca660df9.jpg?v=0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mre770/508089016/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/50413317@N00/135023537/

Cape Town has another one - the R300. It currently extends from Mitchell's Plain in the south to Brackenfell in the north. There are plans to extend it in both directions to make it a ring road linking the northern Atlantic suburbs to the southern False Bay suburbs, but nothing ever seems to be done about this.

This is where the R300 currently terminates in Brackenfell, where it meets the N1.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l116/ron2k-za/misc/R300-north.jpg

^^Nice bridge. When was it abandoned?

I'll have to find that bridge when I'm in Atlanta next month!

^^Yeah, I'll be there too within a month (if everything goes by plan), but I don't think that I get the oppurtunity to go there. I stay a bit south of Atlanta, and I don't think that I go to the city itself.

I have searched every way I can think of for information on the abandoned highway and bridge in Atlanta, and all I've been able to come up with is that this is a 370' steel cantilever bridge crossing the CSX tracks near Georgia Tech campus. In Atlanta it is affectionately called "The Bridge to Nowhere" and is the subject of many photo shoots and much love. There are also a handful of homeless folks that shelter themselves underneath the bridge.

Ok...apparently Bankhead Highway (now Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway) used to continue directly over the railroad tracks as it approached Midtown from the west side near Georgia Tech. Presently Bankhead ends and splits into Northside Drive going north and south - running parallell to the railroad tracks instead of crossing them; therefore, there was no longer a need for the bridge. Google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&ie=UTF8&ll=33.778933,-84.40165&spn=0.020154,0.031929&z=15


Another photo I found that gives a better idea of the location:
http://tk-jk.net/tksguide/BridgePics/DSCF0086BankheadBridgeElev.jpg
http://tk-jk.net/tksguide/BridgeFolder/BridgetoNowhere.html

There is a couple of them in Stockholm... (Pics from wikipedia)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Huvudstaleden_nedlagd_Solna.jpg/800px-Huvudstaleden_nedlagd_Solna.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Årstalänken_ruinmotorväg_2006.jpg/800px-Årstalänken_ruinmotorväg_2006.jpg

^^ Why so?

^^ They build a tunnel there instead.

Seeing as there a fair number of threads here about wasted highway plans through urban areas, do you think on a whole cities are better for them?

Personally, after doing some thinking on the subject, I'm thinking urban highway execution may be more of the problem than the highways themselves. For example, many blame highways for tearing up city neighbourhoods. But why not invest in tunneling them, or designing them to be as non intrusive as possible (ie: build below grade and have bridges over it). Some dislike the pollution they cause, but knowing this is an important health issue why have we not spent the last 50 years developing fuel efficient engines rather than muscle cars or SUVs? (Other issues as well that I could go into, but my gf wants the computer and I have to make dinner)

There are many arguments against urban highways, but in good conditions they can be a fantastic way to move across an urban area and keep through traffic off city streets.

I think that having an expressway running through the city will not necessarily be a bad thing. However, just like you mentioned, it should be planned as to cause as little change in city landscape as possible. For instance, I really like how they have done it in Madrid. Running expressways through the tunnels is the best option and it makes it look somewhat futuristic, but it is pricey, of course. I notice that the worst option is to elevate an expressway over the city, and the best example of what I know would be Sacramento. When a motorway is neither buried nor elevated, it is still not the worst option.

i think that its a great idea as long as its not going to cause a lot of problems. Living in Washington DC, i have to deal with the fact that I-95 does not go through the city, instead is goes around the cirty by following the Capital Beltway. There were plans to build I-95 through the city, and the road they built to do it exists now as I-395, but it ends near the Capitol (it actually almost runs underneath it). The plans would have worked as a large portion of the road would have been underground. I guess it would have been cool to have a series of freeways running through the center of the city like in LA or Houston or any other city that has it but the central business district in DC is right next to the National Mall and all the government buildings so it could never happen. Based on the amount of business DC has attracted over the years major highways would would have been a good ieda if they were feasible. I wish so much that they had just built 95 the whole way through the city, but there was too much opposition. Theres no way that they could have predicted that DC would have the third worst traffic in the country 40 years ago. If it had been built, things would be soooo much better here.

Cities have suffered from traffic congestion due to incomplete execution of their freeway plans but the problem is that when certain freeways were scrapped, the freeway plans were not modified. Instead of focusing on rail transport to accomodate traffic, cities remained autocentric and forced commuters to file into single high volume arteries.

A good example of changing transport plans in the wake of freeway revolts was in Toronto, which put a subway line in the corridor of a proposed freeway, thus allowing that corridor to still serve as a means of transporting people.

Furthermore, city planners relied too extensively on inner-city routes to transport traffic and completely ignored mass transit.

I personally think freeways don't belong in historic city centers. However, some countries, like Spain are doing a good job build aesthetic freeways through their cities without becoming massive. 10 lane freeways are usually plain ugly, especially with no green median and made of concrete, but there are almost none of them in Europe, but more of them in the United States. However, most U.S. cities don't really have an historic city center.

i think that its a great idea as long as its not going to cause a lot of problems. Living in Washington DC, i have to deal with the fact that I-95 does not go through the city, instead is goes around the cirty by following the Capital Beltway. There were plans to build I-95 through the city, and the road they built to do it exists now as I-395, but it ends near the Capitol (it actually almost runs underneath it). The plans would have worked as a large portion of the road would have been underground. I guess it would have been cool to have a series of freeways running through the center of the city like in LA or Houston or any other city that has it but the central business district in DC is right next to the National Mall and all the government buildings so it could never happen. Based on the amount of business DC has attracted over the years major highways would would have been a good ieda if they were feasible. I wish so much that they had just built 95 the whole way through the city, but there was too much opposition. Theres no way that they could have predicted that DC would have the third worst traffic in the country 40 years ago. If it had been built, things would be soooo much better here.
You think you have problems:lol::lol:!Sofia with a population approximately
2 million people doesn't have a multilane ringroad and there is a urban "highway" that goes only to the center and ends with a traffic light in the middle of the city with no plans for extension:ohno::ohno::ohno:You can think what is the traffic during the rush hour :nuts:

Wow, considering the PC views of highways through cities, I thought I would have been burned at the stake for my opinions :lol: . Even though I tried to express ideas as liberal as possible.

double post.

Cities are better off without most of their proposed urban motorways. However, grade-separated ring roads to keep through traffic out of city centres could prevent more harm than they do. There is definite answer to that question.

I actually like those tunnels underneath intersections they have in Brussels. It ensures a better flow without the need of widening roads to huge boulevards which are virtually unpassable.

nice thread love looking at roads and abandoned infrastructure

Let's take a look at East Saint Louis, Illinois. The city lost twothirds of it's population since the 1960's. There is a phenomenon known as "urban prairie", where lots and city blocks are abandoned, and eventually demolished, giving (nearly) empty lots across the city. There is also some abandoned infrastructure.

At this picture, the I-55/I-64/I-70 overlap runs through the upper section.
http://i30.tinypic.com/rwl4s9.jpg

Looks like a possible future for the american suburb

Ok, let this thread be a place to post the information on abandoned highways and highway structures worldwide.

Kick off:

Abandoned highway bridges near Borovsko, Czech republic (http://www.mapy.cz/#x=134629056@y=134569664@z=14@mm=F)

http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/borovsko_most/hq/2005_prouza_04.jpg
http://www.dalnice.com/fotogal/d01/borovsko_most/hq/2005_prouza_11.jpg


looking at the beautiful surrounding area of that forrest, i take great pleasure that these road works never got completed. if they did these beautiful forests and the ecosystem that thrives in it would have been severy punished by noise and exzauts pollution. Hope it stays that way, dont want the roads to be complted projects and become operational:nuts:

There are two stub interchanges at the E35 Expressway (Guthrie Corridor Expressway) in Malaysia - Bukit Lagong Interchange and Elmina Interchange. Right now the Elmina interchange is only used as a U-turn to go back to Shah Alam.

Hartford's proposed network in the 1960s

http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/pics/art-hfd-fwy-60s.png


Hartford's highway network as of 2007 (new highways are doubtful)

http://www.smart-traveler.info/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/road_map_of_hartford_ct_usa.gif

I'll get in more detail later when I get to a computer with Google Earth, so I can show the details of the highways that were construction and then were cancelled.

And there's a lot of them. ;)

Time to actually show some of these(and yes, there are a lot).
Traveling in a generally west-east direction:

Ct 7 is a road that is in the process of being upgraded to expressway. Currently it starts in the south at a junction with I-95, goes north past Ct 15 (Merritt Parkway) and then stops.
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/176/7southsouthhg6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Ct 7 continues north as a surface road until south of I-84, which it multiplexes with.
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/6053/7northsouthkr6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
North of I-84, Ct 7 branches off again until it stops.
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4600/7northnorthwc5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Ct 25 is also incomplete. This is the stub where it was supposed to multiplex with I-84.
http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/2829/25northlj3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
This is the current northern end of the expressway portion of Ct 25.
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/420/25southij2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Ct 8 actually is more or less complete. Its northern end is a stub that was intended to extend into Massachusetts where it would be their problem.:tongue2:
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/4880/59135486xz1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
When Ct 8 was upgraded to freeway, some of the old near freeway- grade sections got turned into stubs, like here in Beacon Falls.
http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/9994/8oldnewym8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Heading east toward Hartford on I-84, we find a stub that was intended to be a part of the Ct 10 freeway.
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3995/south10pe7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Further north is the intended sight of the Ct 10/72 interchange.
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/321/1072or1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Ct 72 itself ends a few miles west, but is being extended as marked.
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/1325/72westhf8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
This stub used to be part of Ct 72. The highway on the right is Ct 9.
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/135/72westoldgt4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Further north/east on I-84 is the stub intended for Ct 4.
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/5779/52134284wb2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Next on I-84 is a rather dashing 4 level interchange that is only half used. It was intended for I-291, the beltway for Hartford, and the southern half is currently used by Ct 9.
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9061/291ky2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Farther south on the I-291 ROW, Ct 9 leaves the ROW. Orange is the I-291 ROW and blue is the ROW for Ct 71.
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1899/29171go5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here is where the interchange with I-291 and I-91 would have been.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1444/291eastsy7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The ROW has become a bit built up so I marked it in red.

The next stub on the map is marked as Ct 501.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/2776/501mt0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Next on I-84 are the northern and southern stubs planned for Ct 189
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/2131/189northcy1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
(Note the ramps that stop mid-air)

The southern ramps are marked on the map as Ct 504.
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/2947/189southbx4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This loop was supposed to be part of Ct 9 and run into Ct 189.
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5245/9oldjd7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

An isolated rural section of Ct 189 was also completed.
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/7485/189mnfy8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

In downtown Hartford, I-484, a (very small) loop was planned and partly built.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8403/484vx8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

North of Hartford, part of the I-291 beltway was completed, with stubs for extension westward and around Hartford to the 4 level stack on I-84.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9938/291westyb7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Further north, here's where Ct 20 would have continued west.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8896/20westca2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

East of Hartford Ct 5 and I-84 are thrown together in a mixmaster style interchange, but an extra set of ramps emerge from the mess. This stub was intended for US 5.
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/7561/46419626dh8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Further north there is another stub for US 5.
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/401/5northza2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Further north a section of Ct 190(east-west) was upgraded to freeway standard around I-91.
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/7921/190bj6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Ct 17 has 2 freeway stubs; one off of Ct 2...
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/5205/17northsouthcw4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
and one off of Ct 9.
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2338/17southti8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I-384 was intended to go from Hartford to Providence as I-84, but stops considerably short.
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/4578/hartprovry9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Farther east another section was completed, but doesn't connect to any other highways.
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8703/61oz0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5116/62ak3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5368/63kr6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Still farther east, another section was built as stubs from I-395.
http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/568/64nx6.jpg

Ct 11 was planned to go from Ct 2 to I-95, but stops halfway. This has a decent chance of getting completed because the locals support its completion.http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/3074/11northaa5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

New Haven area stubs will be in my next post.

Many blocks of houses were cleared for Ct 34, but only a short section was completed.
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/2127/34ea7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Stub that was intended to be part of a ringroad around New Haven.
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/7666/ringroadnr0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Stubs for the East Rock connector.
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/866/eastrockhj8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Ct 80 was supposed to be another part of the ring road.
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5949/80ge3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Ct 40 was intended to connect the planned Ct 10 highway with I-95.
http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5960/40westtp0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/7240/40easttn5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

These stubs were planned as part of Ct 42.
http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/790/42mu1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Connecticut seems like the capital of freeway stubs. Perhaps due to the Freeway Revolts in the late 60's/70's. Many projects throughout the US were cancelled by then. However, suburbanization didn't stop, so nowadays, more or less whole Connecticut exists out of low-density urbanized area, increasing pressure at the aged and low-level-of-service expressways in the region.

Another short motorway (Tangenziale di Varese): http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=varese&ie=UTF8&ll=45.795896,8.863735&spn=0.020586,0.038452&t=h&z=15

Uncompleted motorway exit: http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=lugano&ie=UTF8&ll=45.990108,8.940398&spn=0.002564,0.004807&t=k&z=18&iwloc=addr

There are very short motorways, but also short holes in existing network.

Here an example: between A27 and A28 in northern Italy there is a hole of only 4 km, entirely on flat land, that will be completed in 2010.

http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=it&q=Venezia+Venezia,+Veneto,+Italia&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FeBFtQIdYEa8AA&ll=45.878895,12.378159&spn=0.082221,0.153809&t=h&z=13

An example of an unfinished, as well as partly demolished (or rather reorganized) motorway, is the former A2 in Klagenfurt (Austria), its local part, between the main part of the A2 by junction Klagenfurt West and the city of Klagenfurt (August Jaksch Straße).

http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee119/Verso1/Celovec.jpg

At first it was planned that the main east-west motorway would run almost through the city-center, but as the local population was against it, it was later decided that the motorway would be built north of the city, thus leaving the already constructed motorway in the west of Klagenfurt to serve local traffic. As AADT was only about 10,000 in the last years when the northern bypass was already open, last year they reduced it to only 2 lanes, with the other 2 lanes serving as parking spaces. :ohno: Too bad; I wouldn't say if the AADT was just 1,000 or so, but 10,000 is enough for motorway IMO, especially when it's already built. Of course no one uses parking spaces several kilometers out of the city, so now they are thinking of another reorganization of the road, but it should stay 2-laned.

Here's another one - this is 246km outside Durban on the way to Johannesburg. Here, the N3 stops being a dual-carriageway freeway and becomes an undivided road with at-grade intersections.

You can see this from the image - the road going south is the freeway section, which goes to Durban, the road going northwest is the continuation of the N3 (no longer freeway) to Harrismith and onwards to Johannesburg, the road to the southeast is the R103 (the old N3 route before the freeway was built).

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l116/ron2k-za/maps/N3-ladysmith.jpg

There are plans to extend the freeway (http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20080910063947382C729940), and link it up to the start of the single-carriageway highway at Warden - I drew a map in Paint illustrating this:

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l116/ron2k-za/maps/N3-bypass.jpg

link (http://pathetic.org.uk/unbuilt/) to text about unbuilt motorways in the UK, with ground photos of many stubs
link (http://pathetic.org.uk/features/mighthavebeen/national/national.shtml) to map of GB's unbuilt/unfinished motorways[/url]

Abandoned viaducts (since 1970's) at Rio-Santos Highway, near São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil:

01.
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4300/estradapetrobrswg6.png

02.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/cacobianchi2/Petro3.jpg

03.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/cacobianchi2/Petrobrs.jpg

04.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/cacobianchi2/Petro2.jpg

05.
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o241/cacobianchi2/Petro1.jpg

06.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/DSC03792.jpg

07.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/DSC03793.jpg

08.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/DSC03791.jpg

09.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/DSC03794.jpg

10.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/DSC03795.jpg

11.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m158/cacobianchi/DSC03796-1.jpg

Vídeo:
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http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=S%C3%A3o+Sebasti%C3%A3o,+brazil&ie=UTF8&ll=-23.739017,-45.549113&spn=0.006865,0.009398&t=h&z=17
is this one ?

^^ yes.

^^ And why have they stopped building this road???

^^ And why have they stopped building this road???

Because the budget is over in the course of 70s Petroleum Crisis. An old and sinuous road was used in this section to finish the Rio-Santos Road.

Berlinka Poland
Wczorajszy przejazd Berlinką. To byłaby naprawdę czadowa autostrada.

Bartosza proszę o korektę ewentualnych nieścisłości w opisach.

Zaczynam na skrzyżowaniu z DW 106 koło Łęczycy.

Wiadukt nad DW106, widok na południe.
http://images33.fotosik.pl/183/2451d6fa4ba3f8ad.jpg

Zostawiłem samochód pod wiaduktem i wlazłem na górę. Widok w stronę Chociwla. Wiadukt na nieczynnej części jest wyasfaltowany.
http://images23.fotosik.pl/177/69db288e0a607587.jpg

I po drugiej stronie wiaduktu. Cała trasa jest zbudowana jakoś tak "po holendersku" - jadąc nie czuje się, że wjeżdza się na jakis podjazd na wiadukt. Po części to zasługa maksymalnego wykorzystania przez budowniczych ukształtowania terenu, który tu jest pagórkowaty.
http://images30.fotosik.pl/178/55c4abbe85e5eab8.jpg

Z tego samego miejsca widok na łącznicę. Ten węzeł jest bardzo rozległy, w odróżnieniu od starych węzłów na przykład na A4 - promienie łuków są duże.
http://images32.fotosik.pl/182/112b9467a28d49c8.jpg

No to trzeba wjechać na Berlinkę. Miejsce w którym przed chwilą stał traktor.
http://images32.fotosik.pl/182/7fdd57f3de377cfd.jpg

Łącznica w całości jest wybrukowana. W prawo widać ślad, którym miała biec łącznica w kierunku Chociwla. Obecnie trzeba pojechać dalej prosto i przedrzeć się przez niewygodny hopek.
http://images34.fotosik.pl/182/406438fe07312720.jpg

Przy wjeździe na Berlinkę znajduje się wyspisko śmieci.
http://images29.fotosik.pl/178/67df4574dae1dbc3.jpg

A to już wiadukt w ciągu drogi Warchlino-Małkocin. Jadąc w kierunku Szczecina skręciłem w lewo w stronę Małkocina.
http://images30.fotosik.pl/178/9093c6f32ed71827.jpg

Skręt w lewo w stronę Warchlina i najazd na wiadukt. Też świetnie umieszczony w terenie, jadąc od najbliższej wioski, jedzie się cały czas na jednym poziomie.
http://images34.fotosik.pl/182/890972f26e9ef801.jpg

Z tego samego miejsca widok w prawo. Czy to plantacja chmielu? Poczułem się jak w Bawarii
http://images33.fotosik.pl/183/d996cab8d9d228bc.jpg

Zbliżam sie do wiaduktu.
http://images29.fotosik.pl/178/96e4bc972ebbb023.jpg

Widok z wiaduktu w stronę Chociwla. Na jezdni północnej widać opaskę wewnętrzną i pobocze zewnętrzne. Nic tylko lać beton w środek. :|
http://images30.fotosik.pl/178/1748ccfffab359ab.jpg

W głębi Warchlino. Po lewej droga którą zaraz wjadę na Berlinkę. Sam się teraz zastanawiam, jak ja zrobiłem to zdjęcie, bo wygąda tak, jakbym wisiał w powietrzu obok wiaduktu.
http://images31.fotosik.pl/183/d664ed6527b0ff2f.jpg

Droga z Warchlina do Berlinki. podejrzewam, że jak jakiś chłopek wyjedzie traktorem tuż zza filaru na drogę, to komuś jadącemu Berlinką może nie być wesoło.
http://images28.fotosik.pl/178/74f42f9dc44cd765.jpg

Pod wiaduktem jest rezerwa na trzeci pas, ale bez pobocza. ;)
http://images31.fotosik.pl/183/fe1398ae85264102.jpg

Zmiana pejzażu, zaczyna się Puszcza Goleniowska.
http://images34.fotosik.pl/182/45fa3e55b8c1c787.jpg

Nieczynny wiadukt w lesie, nie wiem dokładnie gdzie.
http://images28.fotosik.pl/178/aeb900b1b1f870d3.jpg

http://images26.fotosik.pl/178/e6b9deee8d387cd5.jpg

No i dylemat moralny: być przyzwoitym obywatelem i nie wejść czy być przywoitym forumowiczem i wejść?
http://images33.fotosik.pl/183/2ba920ce89878e3c.jpg

Wlazłem, ale fotka wyszła nieciekawa.

Ach jakie mi dynamiczne zdjecie wyszło ;)
http://images27.fotosik.pl/177/1a0428af2523bcd3.jpg

I jeszcze jedno.
http://images34.fotosik.pl/182/400b2a3f3256eeb3.jpg

No to pora iść do samochodu i jechać dalej.
http://images33.fotosik.pl/183/977ad49061a51b50.jpg

Zakręt w lesie, żadnych ostrych łuków, gdyby jeszcze nawierzchnia była bardziej komfortowa.
http://images34.fotosik.pl/182/24444411c4897de8.jpg

I tak dojechałem do mostu na Inie. Most ma nową nawierzchnię i chyba jest wyremontowany. Ale kiedy?
http://images28.fotosik.pl/178/2db287a2a0504f35.jpg

Most trzeba poddać dokładnym oględzinom.
http://images29.fotosik.pl/178/3468aae830dc8204.jpg

Na jezdni północnej brakuje połówki mostu.
http://images24.fotosik.pl/179/1e765815a994e1b1.jpg

Ten asfalt na moście jakiś taki lepki, mimo że temperatura wynosiła +4 stopnie.
http://images27.fotosik.pl/177/1aa7699e95528208.jpg

Swoją drogą, fajnie byłoby spłynąć Iną kajakiem.
http://images34.fotosik.pl/182/2886aa4b2efeba93.jpg

Od drugiej strony jest tak.
http://images23.fotosik.pl/177/3fc915e1e89eb6da.jpg

Ostatni rzut oka na most i jazda do domu na obiad.
http://images29.fotosik.pl/178/bb76ca9ea8a34b74.jpg

I tyle. Miałem co prawda więcej zdjęć, ale były robione pod słońce i pokasowałem. Może je odzyskam i dorzucę jutro, bo instalkę programu mam na karcie pamięci, która została w pracy.

web http://www.berlinka.pcp.pl/

Opis odcinków trasy
I,II;II;IV,V,VI-click for more photos

DW 142

http://www.berlinka.pcp.pl/leczyna1.jpg
http://www.berlinka.pcp.pl/4wiadukt1.jpg
fotos by bartosz berlinka

These pics are very intersting! I think that I've seen some of them before :cheers:

Connecticut seems like the capital of freeway stubs. Perhaps due to the Freeway Revolts in the late 60's/70's. Many projects throughout the US were cancelled by then. However, suburbanization didn't stop, so nowadays, more or less whole Connecticut exists out of low-density urbanized area, increasing pressure at the aged and low-level-of-service expressways in the region.

Connecticut has one of the highest freeway densities in the United States.

It's also the 4th most densely populated state in the country. More or less 3/4th of the state is urbanized. Besides that, lane mileage is more interesting. New York has a huge parkway/expressway system, but the lane mileage per capita is probably much lower than say, any Midwestern City.

old A115 near dreilinden,berlin
Location:http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=lt&q=Dreilinden+Kleinmachnow,+Potsdam-Mittelmark,+Brandenburg,+Vokietija&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FYeVHwMd5BTJAA&ll=52.396868,13.168938&spn=0.00309,0.006866&t=h&z=17

photos:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4982937

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1145511

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4982813

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4983046

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4982747

^^Very interesting pictures. I have heard lots of stories of people having to wait for hours to cross into the DDR, but I never hear stories of getting in or out of West-Berlin. How were the waiting times over there?

this higway was closed at 1969, because it was to close west berlin :(

Ankara-Pozantı section of Trans Europe Motorway in Turkey is still unfinished.

^^^ http://maps.google.it/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.410852,34.880562&spn=0.008045,0.013733&t=h&z=16

highway in LA : http://maps.google.it/maps?f=d&saddr=W+California+Blvd&daddr=34.073706,-118.163109&hl=lt&geocode=FcbeCAIdMib1-A%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=12&sll=34.096454,-118.155899&sspn=0.131917,0.21698&ie=UTF8&ll=34.108962,-118.149719&spn=0.263795,0.43396&z=11

^^ I think those are power lines.

Most likely, yes.

another unfinished highway in USA, but now in san francisco: http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=lt&geocode=&q=san+francisco&ie=UTF8&ll=37.627794,-122.431018&spn=0.007885,0.013561&t=h&z=16

somwhere in roterdam : http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=lt&geocode=&q=roterdam&ie=UTF8&ll=51.949397,4.530444&spn=0.006137,0.013561&t=h&z=16

end of A33 in germany : http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=lt&geocode=&q=roterdam&ie=UTF8&ll=52.078154,8.244874&spn=0.00306,0.006781&t=h&z=17

old A115 near dreilinden,berlin
Location:http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=lt&q=Dreilinden+Kleinmachnow,+Potsdam-Mittelmark,+Brandenburg,+Vokietija&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FYeVHwMd5BTJAA&ll=52.396868,13.168938&spn=0.00309,0.006866&t=h&z=17

photos:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4982937

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1145511

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4982813

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4983046

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4982747
Looks like that section of the A115 was rerouted after The Wall fell (perhaps back onto its original pre-WWII routing), as that abandoned grade hugs the 'free' side of the former Iron Curtain border to the north and northeast. The former border crossing was not far to the south.

Mike

Looks like that section of the A115 was rerouted after The Wall fell (perhaps back onto its original pre-WWII routing), as that abandoned grade hugs the 'free' side of the former Iron Curtain border to the north and northeast. The former border crossing was not far to the south.

Mike

By the way road was closed until 1995, but it was destroyed at 1997

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/268/trasatoruskakw9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/trasatoruskakw9.jpg/1/w1053.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img378/trasatoruskakw9.jpg/1/)

Viaducts of Torunska Route are not finished in this place... this road was constructed in early 80s, time of economic crisis... so they tried to finish it quickly, actually the main route is missing :nuts: These tow which are main today were mean to be service lanes for local traffic...

Torunska Route is part of future Warsaw Outer Ring :)

one more unfinished highway from greece :) : http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=lt&q=Toru%C5%84ska,+Var%C5%A1uva,+Warszawa,+Mazowieckie,+Lenkija&sll=41.442726,12.392578&sspn=15.537829,28.125&ie=UTF8&cd=6&geocode=FY8NHgMdQAdBAQ&t=h&layer=x&ll=38.081085,23.681653&spn=0.007972,0.013733&z=16

Washington Hwy 7...

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4360/wa7existinghq4.jpg

Currently ends at E 38th St...

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8219/wa7e38thstrz5.jpg

It was supposed to continue south, but I'm not sure how far (I haven't seen a map that shows where it was intended to end).

shortest highway in the world :) :http://maps.google.it/?ie=UTF8&ll=42.690259,-83.247056&spn=0.014889,0.027466&t=h&z=15

in minniapolis : http://maps.google.it/?ie=UTF8&ll=45.128743,-93.390441&spn=0.014291,0.027466&t=h&z=15

shortest highway in the world :) :http://maps.google.it/?ie=UTF8&ll=42.690259,-83.247056&spn=0.014889,0.027466&t=h&z=15
no, it's just a trumpet interchange

THIS i the shortest highway in the world i guess :lol:

http://maps.google.it/maps?f=q&hl=it&geocode=&q=los+angeles&ie=UTF8&ll=33.98415,-118.40867&spn=0.05046,0.077248&t=h&z=14

^^^ another unfinished highway :cool:

Acceso Sur in Santiago, Chile.

Most of the highway is enabled for transit but some sections are on hold, and they have been abandoned for a long time, as soon as problems with neighbors are solved the construction will resume, although the construction has been on hold for more than 10 years now.

This highway was supposed to be ready in 1993, as of 2008, 45km are already built, but there's still 6km that haven't been constructed because of problems with home owners that live in, or close (few centimeters away :D) to the future highway. The partially built sections of the highway have been sitting empty for a looong time now.

map: http://www.plataformaurbana.cl/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/78473659_autopista_acceso_sur_santiago.thumbnail.jpg

Red path = finished.
Yello path = on hold.

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7462/as1ko5.jpg

yes, centimeters away from the abandoned construction site!
http://www.plataformaurbana.cl/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/657770617_laserena3.jpg
http://www.plataformaurbana.cl/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/2066531797_laserena1.jpg
credits: thebny through www.adach.cl

A map of never built freeways in the Seattle area...

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7886/1968lightrailmaprm5.jpg

in minniapolis : http://maps.google.it/?ie=UTF8&ll=45.128743,-93.390441&spn=0.014291,0.027466&t=h&z=15
MnDOT has active plans to complete MN 610 westward and northwestward to I-94, the hangup is funding.

Mike.

A map of never built freeways in the Seattle area...

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7886/1968lightrailmaprm5.jpg
Those rail systems would have done us so much good if we had built them then.

Unused portion of I-189 south of Burlington, VT.
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7641/i189wb2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Apparently there are still plans to extend it to downtown Burlington.

a44 end in germany : http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=a44&sll=50.983073,6.946793&sspn=0.190202,0.43396&ie=UTF8&ll=51.297537,6.896453&spn=0.003113,0.006781&t=h&z=17

another a44 end : http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=a44&sll=50.983073,6.946793&sspn=0.190202,0.43396&ie=UTF8&ll=51.463954,7.279515&spn=0.006203,0.013561&t=h&z=16

a44 end in germany : http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=a44&sll=50.983073,6.946793&sspn=0.190202,0.43396&ie=UTF8&ll=51.297537,6.896453&spn=0.003113,0.006781&t=h&z=17
What's the prognosis on filling in those gaps in the A44 in that area?

Also, what's the current story on the A44 between the A46 and the A61 WRT that coal mine?

Mike

The A44 has been demolished so that coal mine can grow even bigger. I believe it's also planned to demolish the A61 and rebuild the A44 to handle the traffic flow. I can hardly believe this stuff is cost-efficient.

As for the A44 gaps;

The section near Mönchengladbach isn't planned
The section between Ratingen and Velbert is planned, but in early stages I believe
The section between Velbert and Bochum is also planned, and somewhat further in the planning stage
The section in Dortmund is currently build to autobahn, but that's the B1, and not the A44.
The section between Kassel and Eisenach is progressing extremely slow.

The A44 has been demolished so that coal mine can grow even bigger. I believe it's also planned to demolish the A61 and rebuild the A44 to handle the traffic flow. I can hardly believe this stuff is cost-efficient.

As for the A44 gaps;

The section near Mönchengladbach isn't planned
The section between Ratingen and Velbert is planned, but in early stages I believe
The section between Velbert and Bochum is also planned, and somewhat further in the planning stage
The section in Dortmund is currently build to autobahn, but that's the B1, and not the A44.
The section between Kassel and Eisenach is progressing extremely slow.
ISTR that the section in Dortmund is/was to follow a routing a bit south of the B1, perhaps around the south of Hombruch and close to that industrial area in the southern part of Dortmund.

I am kind of surprised that there are no current plans for the A44 around Mönchengladbach, it looks almost like a 'natural' connection - assuming that the part by the coal mine is restored once the mining is complete.

Poking around a bit further, there is a VERY high-powered 'ghost' interchange, now used only as a local access, on the A44 just west of Jülich. What was that planned to be?

Also, what, if any, are the plans for extending the A46 westward from its current end at the B221 just north of Geilenkirchen?

Mike

Poking around a bit further, there is a VERY high-powered 'ghost' interchange, now used only as a local access, on the A44 just west of Jülich. What was that planned to be?
This one? I can only speculate about the possibility the projected road was never realised because of the proximity of the opencastmine Inden.

http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/9945/julichwe6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^:lol: half a cloverleaf without a connecting highway. Strange! I read about the A44 and the A61. A few months ago I read that they were going to rebuild the A44 and demolish the A61 in 2017. That is still quite far away.

I believe there was a motorway planned there in the A5x range. (A56?)

Exactly, the junction shown is "Jülich-West" and was originally meant to be the A 44 / A 56 crossing. The A 56 was never built and probably will never be realiszed. The A 56 should have started in the Heinsberg area near the Dutch border and run in a south-eastern direction towards Euskirchen, crossing the A 44 on its way near Jülich and the A 1 near Euskirchen -- also there, a cloverleaf already was realized. Then turning eastward, the A 56 should have crossed the A 61 near Swisttal and then going towards Bonn, connecting to the existing A 562, which is actaully a small part of the A 56 crossing river Rhine and ending at the A 59/B 42 on the eastern bank. From there, the A 56 should have been continuing to the A 3 Cologne-Frankfurt.

So beside the existing A 562, the Jülich and Euskirchen junctions on the A 44 resp. A 1 are actually remaining parts oft the never-built A 56.

Exactly, the junction shown is "Jülich-West" and was originally meant to be the A 44 / A 56 crossing. The A 56 was never built and probably will never be realiszed. The A 56 should have started in the Heinsberg area near the Dutch border and run in a south-eastern direction towards Euskirchen, crossing the A 44 on its way near Jülich and the A 1 near Euskirchen -- also there, a cloverleaf already was realized. Then turning eastward, the A 56 should have crossed the A 61 near Swisttal and then going towards Bonn, connecting to the existing A 562, which is actaully a small part of the A 56 crossing river Rhine and ending at the A 59/B 42 on the eastern bank. From there, the A 56 should have been continuing to the A 3 Cologne-Frankfurt.

So beside the existing A 562, the Jülich and Euskirchen junctions on the A 44 resp. A 1 are actually remaining parts oft the never-built A 56.
Looking at the Google Earth aerial images, I can see a preserved ROW and an unused bridge structure extending eastward from the A1/B56 interchange at Euskirchen, traceable as far as Dom-Esch, as well as a visible preserved ROW extending northwestward as far as Kelz, including a 'bridge over nothing' on a local road ('L33') immediately east of Vettweiß, off of the other end of the two lanes on four lanes ROW B56 gelbe-autobahn that extends a short distance northwestward from the A1 to the B265. There is also a 'ghost' ROW for an interchange on the A565 at Ückesdorf.

Was the B56 around Geilenkirchen planned to be a part of that autobahn?

(Man, tracing these never-builts is FUN!)

Mike

No.

why this theme is dead :goodnight

^^all highways are finished:)

And nothing is demolished :lol:

Connecticut seems like the capital of freeway stubs. Perhaps due to the Freeway Revolts in the late 60's/70's. Many projects throughout the US were cancelled by then. However, suburbanization didn't stop, so nowadays, more or less whole Connecticut exists out of low-density urbanized area, increasing pressure at the aged and low-level-of-service expressways in the region.
Ouch Chris that hurt ! unfortunately its all too true. I live northwest of Hartford and life would be a lot simpler in my area if the Route 10 expressway had been built.
Traffic at rush hours here is horrendous with far too many vehicles using a totally antiquated and inadequate road system.

Ouch Chris that hurt ! unfortunately its all too true. I live northwest of Hartford and life would be a lot simpler in my area if the Route 10 expressway had been built.
Traffic at rush hours here is horrendous with far too many vehicles using a totally antiquated and inadequate road system.

Sounds like you also could have used the the 4, 189, or the beltway.

dallas : http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=32.948254,-96.611495&spn=0.015738,0.027122&t=h&z=15

I believe they want to extend the George Bush Turnpike across that lake to I-30 or even US 80 or I-20.

Is there a George Bush Turnpike????? Horrible! Must look like this:

http://wowfoto.web-log.nl/de_camera_en_carla/images/bospad_in_mist_medium.jpg

:D

Two Bush'es where/are president of the Estados Unidos, Timon

I know, but is it necessary to call a turnpike after them? We don't have a Wim Kok motorway, or a JP Balkenende road, right? Maybe there are, but that are only small roads, not motorways.

It's more usual in Texas I guess. There's also a George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. But we do have some named after royalties; Prins Clausplein, Julianaplein, Prins Alexander etc.

That's right, but these are people we don't need to be ashamed of. By the way, in the US there are more airports named after presidents: JFK and Reagan International, for example.

Two Bush'es where/are president of the Estados Unidos

Mexicanos? :D

Yes, from Tejas

Weirdos Bushiones :D

The first Dallas beltway, I-635, is called the LBJ Freeway, after President Lyndon Baines Johnson.

san francisco : http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=38.016891,-122.272897&spn=0.007523,0.013733&t=h&z=16

This theme dead again :bash: :mad: :mad2: :deadthrea :gaah:

san francisco : http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=38.016891,-122.272897&spn=0.007523,0.013733&t=h&z=16

it's not unfinished, it just stops.

Hi everyone!
Maybe somebody posted it before....
Croatia also has it's unfinished motorway section. It is situated north of Knin in the Dalmatian hinterland.
Projects in the 70's envisaged the Zagreb-Split motorway passing through Bihac and Knin (yellow line).
Construction started somewhere at the end of the 70's on a 9 km section marked with the red line. The whole project was soon aborted , never to be restarted again.
http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w296/squirrelri/Strmica-1.jpg
The motorway Zagreb-Split (A1, E65) was eventually completed in 2005 passing through a different area.
Those pics were taken from a motorcycle fan forum

http://www.motori.hr/forum/index.php/topic,37788.msg726751.html#msg726751



http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w296/squirrelri/Savkin_autoput_2.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w296/squirrelri/index.jpg

^^ What exactly can we see on these two pics, what exactly was done?

^^ What exactly can we see on these two pics, what exactly was done?

I haven't taken the pics so I can't answer you. In the media they mentioned that construction had begun. I assume only rough earth removing works.
I'll try to find more info in old newspapers, one day. and hopefully get to that Licka kaldrma

The grade is visible in high-resolution on Google Earth. It looks like the route was partially graded, some bridge structures were begun (one looked like it was near completion) and a couple of tunnels were started (some of the portal structures are visible).

It is very interesting indeed to trace and how it and the Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina border intermingle.

Mike

The grade is visible in high-resolution on Google Earth. It looks like the route was partially graded, some bridge structures were begun (one looked like it was near completion) and a couple of tunnels were started (some of the portal structures are visible).

It is very interesting indeed to trace and how it and the Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina border intermingle.

Mike

thank you.
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.262343,16.196594&spn=0.00733,0.016522&t=h&z=17

Maribor, SLO

http://www.geopedia.si/#T105_b2_x552591.16_y153078.24_s17

Missing section is already u/c.

In my town, Jelenia Góra, there is unfinished interchange near the end of bypass, however it will finished in some years when new southern bypass will be costructed

Maribor, SLO

http://www.geopedia.si/#T105_b2_x552591.16_y153078.24_s17

Missing section is already u/c.

This was always planned to continue with construction, so it doesn't fit in this thread, otherwise we'd have thousands of such cases here.

About that Croatian-Bosnian motorway: why did works start there? It looks like an odd location to start building the motorway IMO.

A product of unrealistic planning of communists ?

This was always planned to continue with construction, so it doesn't fit in this thread, otherwise we'd have thousands of such cases here.

About that Croatian-Bosnian motorway: why did works start there? It looks like an odd location to start building the motorway IMO.

It is explained in the Croatian thread http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=29020452&postcount=3760

It was the most critical section between Zagreb Bihac and Split. IJudging form the landscape also the toughest as it follows the Una valley, parallel to the "Una railway". Take a look at the railway threads, beautiful pics
http://www.railfaneurope.net/ric/hr_pic_una.htm
http://www.zeljeznice.net/forum/viewtopic.php?start=45&t=1642


Had it been completed, pressure would have mounted to complete the remaining sections. You can easily reach Knin and Strmica from Split and on the other side from Licka Kaldrma relatively good roads lead towards other parts of Lika area , Bihac and Karlovac.
How strange is to see this isolated area.
Had the circumstances been different it would have been the main link...

^^ Thanks, I get it now, and beautiful pics, waiting for some better times though. :)

There are at least two short sections of road in Sydney which are built to freeway standard but not official freeways, because they were sections of proposed freeways that were built early on before the decision was made not to finish building them. One is a 2x2 freeway with - I think - a speed limit of 70 km/h (though it becomes 4+3 after merging with Victoria Road), and the other is a 2x3 bridge connecting two secondary roads; I don't know what the speed limit is. Neither carries a volume of traffic suitable for the standard to which they were built. Here are a couple of images (not my pictures; I wish I could take some but I don't have a car since I was in an accident a couple of months ago):

Gladesville Bridge (4+3) - originally to be part of the North Western Freeway (F3):

http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/Freeways/GladesvilleBr/mainpic.JPG

Captain Cook Bridge (2x3) - originally to be part of the Southern Freeway (F6):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/16/Captain_Cook_Bridge3.JPG

A few from England...

This is Switch Island to the north east of Liverpool.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_lk-5F1LR0ao/ST0cEzzkIGI/AAAAAAAAAGo/8q8i512UcyA/s912/Switch%20Island.jpg

Both the M58 & M57 have temporary finishes here and neither of them have any chance of being completed - Google Maps Link (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=53.495526,-2.9391&spn=0.017539,0.053687&z=15). For more information see here (http://www.pathetic.org.uk/current/m57/) and here (http://www.pathetic.org.uk/current/m58/).

Down into London you find this short section of the never to be completed M41 (http://www.pathetic.org.uk/former/m41/).

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_lk-5F1LR0ao/ST0cKihAR6I/AAAAAAAAAGs/eKoc19kMnxw/s912/Westway.jpg

Google Maps Link (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.514558,-0.219501&spn=0.009174,0.026844&z=16) and more information here (http://www.pathetic.org.uk/former/m41/).

Moving across to East London you'll find this barely completed junction complex at Hackney Wick.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_lk-5F1LR0ao/ST0cPyxTI4I/AAAAAAAAAGw/rsj4DYYcBio/s912/Hackney%20Wicky.jpg


Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.545624,-0.028253&spn=0.009168,0.026844&z=16) Link & more information (http://www.pathetic.org.uk/former/a102m_east_cross_route/).

Moving up to the North Circular in the North East of the capital you will find this huge semi finished junction.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_lk-5F1LR0ao/ST0gJQeMdtI/AAAAAAAAAHM/ktTHf1y24e0/s912/M11.jpg

Originally it was supposed to be the junction between 3 motorways. In the end the M12 was never built and the A406 was not classified as a motorway. The large gaps and bridges were designed to allow the M11 to continue south towards central London. See here (http://www.pathetic.org.uk/unbuilt/m12/) and the Google Maps (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?t=h&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.594987,0.046781&spn=0.018315,0.053687&z=15) link.


The three in London are connected with the former London Ringways plans. There are a few more bits of infrastructure on the ground for these that I will dig out and post. For a comprehensive background to all of this, see CBRD (http://www.cbrd.co.uk/histories/ringways/).

Delayed toll road in Indonesia ...

Location : Jakarta and Bekasi, West Java - Indonesia
Rute : Bekasi - Cawang - Kampung Melayu (BECAKAYU).
Operator : PT. Kresna Kusuma Dyandra Marga
Year : delayed at 1997 until now

http://beta.matanews.com/wp-content/uploads/becakayu170209-1.jpg
http://beta.matanews.com/wp-content/uploads/becakayu170209-3.jpg
http://beta.matanews.com/wp-content/uploads/becakayu170209-2.jpg
http://media.vivanews.com/images/2008/11/10/58401_proyek_jalan_tol_becakayu.jpg
http://media.vivanews.com/thumbs2/2008/11/10/58400_proyek_jalan_tol_becakayu_300_225.jpg

Thanks for thread, I like abandoned stuff.

Spanish A-22 will remain unfinished from next year to at least 2015. The motorway will end abruptly after 94 km and the final 11 kilometers to A-23 are very unlikely to start construction next year, so traffic will have to use N-240, so traffic jams are guaranteed. And it's a black spot!

^^ Is that because of budget cuts or just planning problems?

I have one from here in the Appleton, WI area - in Kaukauna, WI, just east of Appleton, the 1960 (or thereabout) Fox Cities metro freeway plan included a north-south WI 55 bypass freeway on Kaukauna's southwest side. Continuing northward, it would have then crossed the Fox River, continued roughly along where the Kaukauna-Little Chute border is now and reconnected with WI 55.

In the image:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=44.260661,-88.285961&spn=0.015828,0.027595&t=h&z=15
Fieldcrest Dr in Kaukauna was built on the ROW of the proposed but never built WI 55 freeway. The neighborhood immediately to the east was platted and built while that was still an active plan. Zoom out and pan the image to get an idea of how it would have connected to existing WI 55 at either end of the metro area.

BTW, the current WI 55 surface street through most of Kaukauna (the Lawe St part of it north of the river and Crooks Ave south of it) was rebuilt and upgraded to four clear through lanes about 3-4 years ago.

Mike

^^ Is that because of budget cuts or just planning problems?

No, it has a really heavy delay. It waited the environmental decission for many years and now with the budget cuts...

Though most of them have probably already been mentioned in this thread, I've got a Flickr set of map scans showing a variety of different UK and NI motorway schemes that went unbuilt or unfinished, some with multiple examples such as the M23, and either end of the M42 (Lydiate Ash and the extension to Nottingham)

Britain's Lost Motorway Network (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crackers250/sets/72157624867291891/)

Enjoy! :cheers:

A section of BC Hwy 97C that was to pass to the south of the City of Merritt was put to rest permanently thanks to much bawwwwwing from residents who said people would simply bypass (and rightfully so, miserable hole that it is) them and drive straight to/from Kelowna from the Vancouver, BC area. The section was never constructed. :bash:

There were also plans in the late 60s and early 70s to build an urban freeway system in downtown Vancouver, BC. Again it was never constructed, except for the Georgia and Grandview Viaducts, despite the fact it would have been all in tunnels, Like one of Montreal, QC under downtown is. Also planned, was a third crossing of Burrard Inlet, either by cable stayed bridge, or by a tunnel.

Near where I live, there are several sections of abandoned Trans Canada Hwy when it was realigned. Many sections are still driveable/walkable.

what about this thing in NY, is this also some kind of unfinished motorway?

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.756149,-73.997254&spn=0.007477,0.02105&z=16

"Olimpijka" in Poland.

-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olimpijka

700 metres of asphalt road to nowhere in Bolimów Forest. A part of highway pl:Olimpijka, that was never finished.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Olimpijka_Puszcza_cm03.jpg/796px-Olimpijka_Puszcza_cm03.jpg

Ghost bridge near Wiskitki. Bridge of highway pl:Olimpijka, that was never ended, over river Pisia.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Olimpijka_Wiskitki_cm01.jpg

Unfinished bridge near Baranów in the middle of nowhere. It should have been a part of a planned Olympic Motorway (Olimpijka) but it has never completed. Moreover that should have been built over the northern part of the Central Mainline (pl:CMK) which also has never been built.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Olimpijka_Baranow_cm01.jpg

Two ways of forest road in Bolimów Forest. The part of highway pl:Olimpijka, that was never finished.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Olimpijka_Puszcza_cm01.jpg/796px-Olimpijka_Puszcza_cm01.jpg


http://josviaque.blox.pl/resource/olimpijka1.jpg

http://josviaque.blox.pl/resource/olimpijka2.jpg

http://josviaque.blox.pl/resource/olimpijka3.jpg

http://josviaque.blox.pl/resource/olimpijka4.jpg

http://josviaque.blox.pl/resource/olimpijka5.jpg

And now:

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/6/8054/z8054796X,Wysadzanie-wiaduktu-kolo-Nowej-Wsi.jpg

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/4/8054/z8054794X,Pierwsze-rozpoczecie---z-widowiskowym-wyburzaniem.jpg

http://bi.gazeta.pl/im/5/8054/z8054795X,Wysadzanie-wiaduktu-kolo-Nowej-Wsi.jpg

-> video: http://warszawa.gazeta.pl/warszawa/10,88291,8053352,Gierkowski_wiadukt_wylecial_w_powietrze.html

:cheers:

what about this thing in NY, is this also some kind of unfinished motorway?

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.756149,-73.997254&spn=0.007477,0.02105&z=16
Those are the NYC access roadways for the Lincoln Tunnel. They are 'incomplete' in the sense that the never-built Mid-Manhattan Expressway was to connect to them, but a few blocks to the south of that image. The building that those other ramps disappear into is the Port Authority's bus terminal.

Mike

I am LOVING this thread. I love abandoned roads and rail lines. I grew up right next to an abandoned rail line in Eastern Kentucky. Once the trains stopped, the locals including myself used it to walk to other neighborhoods as I grew up in a rural mountainous area with no sidewalks. The rail line was also used by atv's to get from area to area without taking the main road. Unfortunately in recent years the owner of the ROW CSX I believe took up the rails to recycle which is good, but they also demolished all the bridges thus leaving parts of it unaccessable.

Interstate 180 in north central Illinois. From what I've read it was built to allow access to Hennepin, IL for a steel mill was located there. Also there is an interchange with Illinois 29 and I-180 that narrows to two lanes southbound. Coordinates on Google earth: lat 41.265885 lon -89.396837 This was designed to connect with ghost stubs (North of Peoria, IL).
The ghost stubs are at the end of Illinois 6 at these Google earth coordinates:
lat 40.826972 lon -89.573029.
Sorry I have no clue how to post the google maps link in here. Well I should say when I try to copy the link of the location it doesn't work properly after I paste it. Any advice would be appreciated so I can share more abandoned sites. :)

Indianapolis has ghost stubs at the I-65 I-70 interchange where I-69 was supposed to connect. I-69 stops North of the city at I-465. GE coordinates: lat 39.783500 lon -86.141974

Louisville, Ky I-265 never built east end bridge. Who knows when or if this will ever get built. It doesn't connect with I-265 on the Indiana side but both ends connect to local roads. I-265 is signed as Kentucky 841 west of I-71. GE coordinates for the Ky side lat 38.323307 lat -85.621651

Cleveland, OH I-490 stubs at lat 41.484489 lon -81.653082 Freeway construction is forever halted. NEVER will be built any further east due to neighborhood opposition. The residents had a some of the land dubbed as wildlife preserve to help halt the freeway long ago. It was to connect to I-271 in the eastern suburbs.

Omaha, NE I-480 and US 75 interchange. Ghost ramps and bridges for a west bound freeway that was never built. lat 41.262243 lon -95.953446

Tulsa, OK abandoned US 66 bridge downtown. It was fenced off for years and years. Recently has been opened up for pedestrians. lat 63.141344 lon -96.006268

I have more to list but it's bedtime for an early am flight.

Another heads up to more updates on my Flickr set, the Bilston Link and Furness Link, as well as more projected Ringways routes.

Check it out! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/crackers250/sets/72157624867291891/)

There are some sections of A-7 on the Spanish south coast that will remain unfinished for long years because of budget cuts... :(

Here's a section of abandoned highway over the Savona/Six Mile hill. Still kinda sorta in use.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoGpZGyz8LY

I know 2 unfinished roads, Interstate 526, and SC 30
Interstate 526
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SC 30
http://postandcourier.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2009/02/16/Extending_526_t180.jpg?370a03faaa4bde2115f371a02430eb3e6a451be5

Aha very interesting thread!
We have a lot of such things in Belgium, better kwown as "GTI" (Grand Travaux Inutiles)

A few examples:
Varsenare, nearby Bruges. 2 bridges of a never completed highway.
Sattelite view 2 bridges (http://maps.google.be/maps?hl=nl&ll=51.204652,3.119817&spn=0.005996,0.02105&t=k&z=16)
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_MoWbFoGhgk/TdluZC2mKaI/AAAAAAAAITk/aFriJa9U95E/s640/100_3755.JPG

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-W-9HQvYqfks/TdlubCR7AvI/AAAAAAAAITw/eILHEXjwlpg/s640/100_3758.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dt-hOQlA2-I/Tdlukunef2I/AAAAAAAAIU4/X7qi9CjzkSI/s640/100_3774.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sXtt4-YfFw0/TdlugqZf3aI/AAAAAAAAIUc/ik7AL4h-A-0/s640/100_3768.JPG

Strépy-Bracquegnies, ship-elevator and a unused bridge.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-B-5dO8DiRfQ/Tdluu3TXX0I/AAAAAAAAIWI/dsHBy5zOIU4/s640/100_3788.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/--aOdQfWn5Mw/TdluvSXJHHI/AAAAAAAAIWM/5WS0Ek0AKVY/s640/100_3789.JPG

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IW7iWD2Ft4s/TdluwaMFisI/AAAAAAAAIWU/nrynOiUfjCs/s640/100_3791.JPG

here is one in Cape Town, South Africa. There is so many stories and urban legends around why this was never finished, so its difficult to tell why. However, it looks like the City of Cape Town is divided over whether to dismantle these highways which actually obscure a beautiful view of the sea from the foreshore or to finish them off. Others want the city to put these highways underground.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/149/417602912_ab98ce492e_o.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1240/552103944_eb666e9588_b.jpg

I don't think there's any mystery about why this scheme was never finished. It was an excellent engineering design which would have minimised weaving but extravagant one for its function.

It was cancelled in the mid-1970s because of lack of money during the world economic crisis following the oil shock. Infrastructure in South Africa was particularly badly affected because the economic boom of the 1950s-60s was especially strong and then the downturn of the 1970s was particularly bad as the world financial crisis combined with political problems to do with mounting opposition to apartheid and Eastern Block intervention in Angola.