U.S. Route 11

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U.S. Route 11

Length:

1645 mi^[1] (2,647.4 km)

Formed:

1926^[1]

South end:

US 90 at New Orleans, LA

Major
junctions:

I-20 at Meridian, MS

I-65 at Birmingham, AL
I-24 at Chattanooga, TN
I-26 at Johnson City, TN
I-64 at Staunton, VA
US 50 at Winchester, VA
US 40 at Hagerstown, MD
I-76/PA Tpk. near Carlisle, PA
US 6 at Scranton, PA
US 20 near Syracuse, NY

North end:

QC-223 at Rouses Point, NY

United States Numbered Highways

U.S. Route 11 is a north-south United States highway. The route, created in 1926, follows largely the same route it did in the original plan. As of 2006, it is 1,645 miles (2,647 km) long.^[1]

1 Termini
2 Alternate routes
3 States traversed
4 Major cities along the route
5 Intersections with other U.S. Highways, Interstates, and other major roads
6 Related U.S. Routes
7 See also
8 References

[edit] Termini

As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Rouses Point, New York at the Canadian border. US 11 and U.S. Route 2 meet, turn north a half mile to the border, and continue as Québec Provincial Highway 223. Its southern terminus is in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge near Lake Pontchartrain, in eastern New Orleans, Louisiana at an intersection with U.S. Highway 90.

Until 1929, US 11 ended just south of Picayune, Mississippi at the Pearl River border with Louisiana.

The US 11 bridge across Lake Ponchartrain served as a little-known alternate to the severely damaged I-10's Twin Span bridge, which was completely closed for 6 weeks after Hurricane Katrina. The Twin Span fully reopened to traffic 4 months later.

[edit] Alternate routes

As of 1929, US 11E and US 11W split in Bristol, Virginia, less than a mile north of the Tennessee state line. The routes rejoin in Knoxville, Tennessee. Together, US 11, US 11E, and US 11W serve the Tennessee-Virginia tri-city area of Bristol, Kingsport, Tennessee (served by US 11W, to the north), and Johnson City, Tennessee (served by US 11E, to the south). From there, the US 11 branches and Interstate 81 travel parallel Appalachian Mountain valleys to Knoxville.

New York State Route 11B and US 11 switched places in the 1980s. New York State Route 11C and US11 switched places in the 1990s after N.Y. Route 11C was completed, purpose-built to become US 11.

[edit] States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

New York (US 11 is known as Salina Street in downtown Syracuse and passes through the Onondaga Reservation just south of the city. From the reservation south to Binghamton, US 11 largely follows the course of I-81. The two highways are visible to each other much of the way, especially in winter when the trees are bare.) It crosses the border of New York and Pennsylvania parallel to I-81.
Pennsylvania includes a spectacular drive (with US 15) along the Susquehanna River north of Harrisburg. It crosses the border into Maryland parallel to I-81.
Maryland (10 miles, 16 km, in the panhandle, through Hagerstown). It crosses the border into West Virginia parallel to 1-81.
West Virginia (15 miles, 24 km, through Martinsburg)
Virginia (US 11 is known as Valley Pike, a scenic route known as through the Shenandoah Valley, while known as "Lee Highway" throughout most other parts of the state.) US 11 pairs with US 460 for about 25 miles between Salem and Christiansburg. US 11 pairs with I-77 and US 52 and I-81 for a few miles in Wythe County. US 11 enters Tennessee paired with US 19 and US 421 at Bristol,VA It then splits into 11W and 11E.
Tennessee (US 11 is known as "Lee Highway" around Chattanooga; "Kingston Pike" in Knoxville; and "Congress Parkway" in Athens.) US 11 crosses into Georgia paired with Tenn. Highway 38 then it pairs with Georgia Highway 58.
Georgia (25 miles, 40 km across the state's northwest corner.
Alabama broadly parallels I-59 to Birmingham then the I-59 and I-20 to the Mississippi state line. Throughout Alabama, U.S. 11 is paired with unsigned State Route 7.
Mississippi broadly parallels the I-59 until Louisiana
Louisiana parallels I-59 and I-10 for a short distance until the state route ends.

[edit] Major cities along the route

[edit] Intersections with other U.S. Highways, Interstates, and other major roads

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U.S. Highway 90 in New Orleans, Louisiana
I-510 in New Orleans, Louisiana
I-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana
U.S. Highway 190 in Slidell, Louisiana
I-12 in Slidell, Louisiana
U.S. Highway 49 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
U.S. Highway 98 in Hattiesburg
U.S. Highway 80 in Meridian, Mississippi
Interstate 20/Interstate 59 in Meridian
U.S. Highway 45 in Meridian
U.S. Highway 43 in Eutaw, Alabama. The two routes overlap until they split in Tuscaloosa
Interstate 359 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
U.S. Highway 82 in Tuscaloosa
Interstate 459 near Bessemer, Alabama
U.S. Highway 78 in Birmingham, Alabama. The two routes overlap as they enter downtown Birmingham from the west.
Interstate 65 in Birmingham
U.S. Highway 31/U.S. Highway 280 in Birmingham
Interstate 459 in Trussville, Alabama
U.S. Highway 231 in Ashville, Alabama
U.S. Highway 278/U.S. Highway 431 in Attalla, Alabama
U.S. Highway 41/U.S. Highway 64/U.S. Highway 72 west of Chattanooga, Tennessee
Interstate 24 west of Chattanooga
U.S. Highway 127 in Chattanooga
U.S. Highway 27 in Chattanooga
Interstate 75 in Chattanooga
U.S. Highway 74 and U.S. Highway 64 in Cleveland, TN
Interstate 140 in Knoxville
Interstate 75 in Knoxville
Interstate 40 In Knoxville, both as US 11 and US 11E/11W.
U.S. Highway 70 in Knoxville. The two merge as Kingston Pike and enter the town from the west.
U.S. Highway 19 south of Abingdon, VA
U.S. Highway 58 north of Abingdon, VA
U.S. Highway 21 in Wytheville, VA
Interstate 77 in Wytheville, VA
U.S. Highway 460 in Roanoke, VA
U.S. Highway 221 in Roanoke, VA
U.S. Highway 220 north of Roanoke, VA
U.S. Highway 60 in Lexington,VA
Interstate 64 (Westbound) in Lexington,VA
Interstate 64 (Eastbound) in Staunton,VA
U.S. Highway 250 in Staunton,VA
U.S. Highway 33 in Harrisonburg, VA
U.S. Highway 211 in New Market, VA
Interstate 66 in Strasburg,VA
U.S. Highway 50 and U.S. Highway 17 in Winchester, VA
U.S. Highway 40 in Hagerstown, MD
U.S. Highway 30 in Chambersburg, PA
Interstate 76 in Carlisle, PA
Interstate 81 in Harrisburg, PA
U.S. Highway 22 north of Harrisburg, PA
U.S. Highway 322 north of Harrisburg, PA
U.S. Highway 522 in Selinsgrove,PA
Interstate 80 in Lime Ridge, PA
Interstate 476 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) in Moosic, PA
Also called the North Scranton Expressway through Scranton, PA
Departs from U.S. Highway 6 in Dickson City, PA
Interstate 476 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) in Clarks Summit, PA
Merges with U.S. Highway 6 north of Factoryville, PA
Interstate 81 north of Port Dickinson, NY
U.S. Highway 20 south of Syracuse
Interstate 81 in Syracuse, NY Also it intersects I-81 south of Syracuse.
Interstate 90 in Syracuse, NY.
Interstate 690 in Syracuse, NY.
Interstate 81 north of Sandy Creek, NY
U.S. Highway 9 in Champlain, NY
Interstate 87 in Champlain, NY
Merges with New York State Route 9B in Rouses Point, NY and continues to its end at the United States–Canada border.

[edit] Related U.S. Routes

[edit] See also

U.S. Route 11 in Virginia

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c US Highways From US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz

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