Pointless Interstates

Most Interstates are useful. They connect big cities with big wide roads that you can go fast on. They are the backbone of  American travel (in cars). And some of them are just pointless and serve no purpose whatsoever.

Most of these interstates are unfinished and that's why they look pointless. Also I've never driven on any of them so I don't really know all of they do. Take it with a grain of gunpowder.

Interstate 11 is currently the king of pointless Interstates. It is planned to go from the Mexico border in Nogales to Canada, but right now it goes from Las Vegas to the Hoover Dam. It is just like an auxiliary interstate (3 digit designation), but Las Vegas already has an auxiliary interstate like it (that is, I-515). So it's a two digit main interstate with no purpose, no grand scheme. It needs a bit of work.

Amarillo to Lubbock. Not hating on Amarillo, but I'm hating on Amarillo, because it's only famous for peddling giant steaks. Lubbock is so boring that one of my teachers would hate on it constantly in class, because she was unfortunate enough to grow up there. It, like I-11, is planned to go from Mexico to Canada, but it is currently only 128 miles long.

The only thing that Interstate 93 does is go through the northern areas of the Boston sprawl. Then it goes through Manchester, New Hampshire, and then it goes through towns I've never heard of. It ends in St. Johnsbury's, Vermont. It doesn't even go to Canada, because other interstates in this area already do that.

Interstate 39 begins near Bloomington, Illinois, and ends in Wausau, Wisconsin. I have never heard of Wausau, Wisconsin. My only guess it is a cheese producing center. During it's 306 mile route, it goes through Madison, but not any other major cities, and is just a flat interstate. No distinguishing features at all. It was finished in the 1990's. I think that it would make more sense to have it stretch to Duluth, or maybe give the UP of Michigan an interstate going through the middle of it.

Interstate 72 is 179 miles long, so it is on the longer side of these interstates. But it just doesn't go through much. I have heard of most of the cities in the image above. The largest is Springfield, Illinois, with a population of around 115,000. These just aren't major cities in dire need of an interstate. It was created for an alternate route from Chicago to Kansas City, but it obviously doesn't stretch to Kansas City, only 2 of the 179 miles of this interstate are in Missouri. Not to mention it doesn't go to Chicago. Most of the other routes are highways, which may be interstate level highways that just aren't designated, I don't know. This interstate just doesn't go anywhere (like most on this list).

that is all of the interstates I can think of right now. Let me know your thoughts down below, because if you live near these I'm probably gonna be getting reprimanded in the comments.