Recently, I took US 202 through Doylestown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. In 2017, you can continue driving on US 202 southbound along the US 202 Parkway. However, the first time I visited the area in October 2004, that was not the case. Someone choosing to continue south on US 202 would need to exit and drive on PA 611 briefly. There was a stub end at end of this interchange, as US 202 was planned to continue as an expressway beyond that point.
Infamous and the subject of much controversy the Pasadena Gap in the Long Beach Freeway has long existed as a contentious topic regarding the completion of Interstate 710 and California State Route 710. While the Pasadena Gap of the Long Beach Freeway effectively has been legislatively blocked the action only came after decades of controversy. While the Pasadena Gap of the Long Beach Freeway is fairly well known what many don't know is that a small segment was actually constructed south Interstate 210 and the Foothill Freeway. This disconnected segment of the Long Beach Freeway exists as the unsigned and largely hidden California State Route 710. On June 29, 2022 the California Transportation Commission relinquished California State Route 710 to the city of Pasadena. The blog cover above depicts a southward view on the completed Pasadena stub segment of the Long Beach Freeway which ends at California Boulevard. Part 1; the history of the Pasadena Gap of the Long Beach Freewa
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