A standard bypass is “a segment of new highway that reroutes through-traffic around a central business district” and “is linked with the bypassed route at the opposite side of the city”

A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, to improve road safety and as replacement for obsolete roads that are no longer in use as a result of devastating natural disasters ...

By bypassing several sections of winding road, Interstate 40 reduced the mileage across Arizona from 376 miles to 359 miles. The final section of the entire national length of Route 66 to be bypassed was a six-mile stretch through the town of Williams, Arizona on October 13, 1984.

This is a list of highways, mostly U.S. Routes, bypassed by Interstate Highways. Unless otherwise specified, designations are as of ca. 1960, at the time the final Interstate plan was adopted. Interstates marked as "later addition" were added after the early 1960s. Locations and corridors are approximate. Interstate 2

In 1930s TDOT bypassed road segment with this bridge which is now used on farm road : Sequatchie 77-NonHighway-1

• The bypassed town may be from 11 to 50 miles away from the nearest major city. • Reasons for the bypass include redirecting commercial and industrial traffic, reducing congestion, enhancing hurricane evacuation, and alleviating existing or anticipated …

Jun 6, 2022 · These five road segments total only about 26 miles, but they offer the traveler along historic Oklahoma Route 66 a vivid picture of the highway’s historical development. They are valuable artifacts that tell a story of evolving pavement design, traffic engineering, and changing patterns of social interaction.

Dec 12, 2019 · I-580 replaced US 50 between the Macarthur Maze and I-205 near Altamont (including a segment which had been US 101E and a segment which was one-time US 48), and supplanted old US 40 between the Maze and Albany

Using historical research, on-site observations, interviews, surveys, and data analyses we consider the effects of bypasses on local and through traffic, travel patterns, development patterns, and the local urban economy in the immediately affected communities.

Nov 1, 2011 · The findings indicate wide variation in the effects of bypass construction on safety. Each bypass road has its own impact on the rate of crashes on the bypass road segments and within the bypassed communities.