Extreme points on the US highway system
Wikipedia hosts an interesting article (or at least it's interesting to geography nerds like me) which lists the extreme points in the United States (e.g. the northernmost points in the US, the southernmost points, and so on). This blog post could be considered a subset of that article, as I am discussing the extreme points on the US highway system. (Since the US route network exists only in the 48 contiguous states, Alaska and Hawaii are outside the scope of this post, not to mention all US territories.) We will start with the most obvious, and from there it will get more complicated. Easternmost points Most map projections make it rather clear that Maine is the easternmost state (although it is even farther east than many people realize). The easternmost US route terminus is where US 2 almost reaches the Canada border, about three miles east of its junction with US 1 in Houlton ME: Historically (before I-95 was built) US 2 actually did reach the Canad...