Any of the Eisenhower Freeways. An Eisenhower freeway is a relic of the cold war. Back then the airforce needed runways 5 miles long. This way returning planes from having dropped their nuclear ordinance could find a landing spot. Theory being that airforce runways would be targeted in the first wave.
Interstate Highway System - Wikipedia
Longest stretch of remote interstate
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While Bud Shuster was personally responsible for the I-99, which he added to the bill when the name changed, remember that I-84 was I-80N until 1980, where it had been US 30N until 30S was replaced by I 80 around 1974.
When they originally did the highways US 30 was going to be the old Lincoln highway and US 20 was going to go through Yellowstone. Idaho and Oregon weren't happy that US-20 was going to be shut down during the winter so they split at Granger Wy and named them US 30 South and North.
When the Interstate came through Utah had more clout and the split happened at Echo Junction but Idaho and Oregon felt like they were being denied a #0 interstate so they kept the I80 South and North.
I-82 had been built and interconnected I-80N and I-90 by the time they decided the directional suffix was a PITA and I-80N was renamed I-84 just as US-30N is now just US-30. -
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I can't believe nobody mentioned I-87 from Albany to Plattsburgh, Ny. While not exactly long, it sure feels remote in a snowstorm at 2AM....
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