An unused highway is a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed, but went unused or was later closed or part of a future expansion.
An unused roadway or ramp may often be referred to as an abandoned road, ghost road, highway to nowhere, stub ramp, ghost ramp, ski jump, stub street, stub-out, or simply stub.
[2] Some examples of reasons for unused highways include:
The 1956 span of the
Gandy Bridge
between
Tampa
and
St. Petersburg
was closed to traffic in 1997 and used as a recreational trail from 1999 until 2008, when it was closed for safety reasons. It remained in place as officials decided between demolition or renovation. In 2015, demolition of the unused bridge began.
A section of the 1915
Ridge Route
in Lebec, abandoned when US 99 (later upgraded to
I-5
) was constructed over the
Tejon Pass
in order to make the travel straighter and safer
