texas state highway 130 has the fastest speed limit in the united states.
where is the fastest speed limit in the united states?
texas state highway 130
the highest speed limits are generally on the west coast and the inland eastern states, in inland western states, along with arkansas and louisiana. on the eastern seaboard. alaska, connecticut, delaware, massachusetts, new jersey, new york, puerto rico, rhode island, and vermont have a maximum limit of , and hawaii has a maximum limit of . the district of columbia and the u.s. virgin islands have a maximum speed limit of . guam and the northern mariana islands have speed limits of . american samoa has a maximum speed limit of . two territories in the u.s. minor outlying islands have their own speed limits: in wake island, and in midway atoll. unusual for any state east of the mississippi river, much of i-95 in maine north of bangor allows up to , and the same is true for up to 600 miles of freeways in michigan. portions of the idaho, montana, nevada, south dakota, texas, utah, and wyoming road networks have posted limits. the highest posted speed limit in the country is and can be found only on the texas state highway 130.
speed limits in the united states
normally, the end of a lowered speed limit is marked with a sign reading "state speed limit 55", indicating that the statewide speed limit applies. in areas where a curve or other road condition makes the state speed limit inadvisable, a sign reading "end xx m.p.h. limit" may be used, with xx replaced with the speed limit value. a "state speed limit 55" sign should be installed after the curve. this sign is sometimes misused in locations where the speed limit changes to a speed other than 55 mph. this is mainly applied on both undivided and divided rural non-freeway routes. though rarely seen, some divided roadways are set as low as 45 mph but mainly stay at the state speed limit of 55 mph; in one exceptional case, that of the scajaquada expressway, the speed limit was lowered to 30 mph in 2016 after a fatality.
speed limits in the united states by jurisdiction