Wiki Largest gaps between Superchargers on US Interstates

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Supercharger - Lewisburg, WV

A new Supercharger is under construction at the Lewisburg, WV exit of I-64 just west of the Virginia border.

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On I-64 Lewisburg, WV will splits 123 miles, 54 miles from Mt. Hope, WV, 71.3 miles from Lexington, VA.
This is currently the joint 26th largest gap.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Superchargers needed 3/4/2023:

Interstates:

Max Separation	03/04/2023	12/31/2022
25	1327	1332
50	450	458
75	195	203
100	77	81
125	29	30
150	11	11

US Numbered Highways:

Max Separation	03/04/2023	12/31/2022
25	5347	5372
50	2344	2362
75	1367	1384
100	879	892
125	606	622
150	455	465

3 100 mile Splitter!s found on the Interstates since I last posted on 2/3/2023.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Splitter! Splitter!

Supercharger - Southaven, MS

Tesla Find Us is now showing a supercharger under construction in Southaven, Mississippi, with a target opening of Q1 2023. I don't believe it's reflected yet on supercharge.info. This comes only a month after I suggested a Southaven supercharger on TMC to solve the problem of a lack of a...

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On I-55 Southaven, MS splits 239.4 miles, 84 miles from Grenada, MS, 156.2 miles to Miner, MO.
This is #2 on the list!

On I-69-ish Southaven, MS splits 280.1 miles, 84.1 miles from Brinkley, AR, 203.7 miles to Kuttawa, KY.
(Brinkley, AR isn't on I-69, but because it's all future from Houston, TX to MIssissippi, Brinkley, AR is on the fastest route between Nacogdoches, TX (future I-69) and Kuttawa, KY.)

I also added the Tulsa, OK pathetic splitter to the #1 in the table. But the gap from Wichita Falls, TX to Tulsa, OK will still be #1 when Tulsa, OK opens.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Pathetic Splitter!

On I-44 Springfield - N Mulroy Rd, MO (at a Buc-ee's) will pathetically split 105.8 miles, 5.3 miles from Springfield, MO and 100.9 miles to Rolla, MO.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Supercharger - Humble, TX

Permit for Superchargers at the Ramada Hotel at the east side of GBIA, address 6121 Will Clayton Parkway, Humble, TX 77338. https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2023013943 6121 Will Clayton Parkway, Humble, TX 77338

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Pathetic splitter on I-69/Future I-69, splitting 148.5 miles, 22.7 miles from Houston - W Alabama St, TX and 128.9 miles to Nacogdoches, TX.

 

[Earl]

pathetically split 105.8 miles, 5.3 miles from Springfield, MO

Pathetic splitter on I-69/Future I-69, splitting 148.5 miles, 22.7 miles from Houston

clearly, these are capacity fillers for Springfield and Houston, not splitters or coverage expanders.

 

[PLUS EV]

clearly, these are capacity fillers for Springfield and Houston, not splitters or coverage expanders.

Around here we call "capacity fillers" by the name of "pathetic splitters!!"

 

[Earl]

Around here we call "capacity fillers" by the name of "pathetic splitters!!"

I know. I just see non sense in grousing that a hammer doesn't work well driving in screws.
It isn't fair to complain ('pathetic'?) when there is no intent by Tesla to split anything.
Clearly, there are are 3 reasons to install a new Supercharger:
- increase capacity - enable folks to go to new places.
- increase coverage - reduce waiting time
- fill gaps (about which this thread excellently covers)

 

[Rocky_H]

- increase capacity - enable folks to go to new places.
- increase coverage - reduce waiting time
- fill gaps (about which this thread excellently covers)

I'm confused on these. First off, it looks like the name versus description are reversed on the first two. But really, I only see two categories instead of three. You're either placing in areas where there weren't any to enable better route coverage, or you're placing in areas where there already were some, which is additional capacity. What is the difference between: fill gaps versus "enable folks to go to new places"?

 

[wws]

I'm confused on these. First off, it looks like the name versus description are reversed on the first two. But really, I only see two categories instead of three. You're either placing in areas where there weren't any to enable better route coverage, or you're placing in areas where there already were some, which is additional capacity. What is the difference between: fill gaps versus "enable folks to go to new places"?

Yes, it is the classic argument of "capability" vs "capacity". Capability improvements in this context says they can cover new geographic areas. Whereas Capacity improvements allow for lots of folks to do the more highly travelled areas at the same time. Compare adding more DCFC in remote portions of Alaska (capability) to adding/expanding sites on I5 between the Bay Area and Los Angeles (capacity).

 

[Rocky_H]

Yes, it is the classic argument of "capability" vs "capacity". Capability improvements in this context says they can cover new geographic areas. Whereas Capacity improvements allow for lots of folks to do the more highly travelled areas at the same time. Compare adding more DCFC in remote portions of Alaska (capability) to adding/expanding sites on I5 between the Bay Area and Los Angeles (capacity).

You just described capacity in two different ways. Why is that two supposedly different things out of a list of three?

Can I take a shot at it? One thing might be more stalls at the exact same place or within 1 or 2 miles. It's fully redundant.

But then another is for where a route is technically just barely covered if people hypermile and push their range, and then an extra place is located 80 or 100 miles from an endpoint to put a little more choice and fallback and reliability in case one location goes out of order so the route can still be used.

Is that what you mean?

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Around here we call "capacity fillers" by the name of "pathetic splitters!!"

This thread is called Largest Gaps Between Superchargers on US Interstates.

Never mind the quality, feel the lack of width.

But again, for others reading, the term "pathetic" isn't complaining. I think it came with Asheville - Thetford St that shrunk the Great Chasm of I-26 from 252 to 248 miles. I logged it anyway and the Pathetic Splitter was born. (The word was due to indirectly being reminded of the Pathetic Sharks from British comic strip magazine Viz). "Splitter!" itself is also used as a reference to The Life of Brian.

 

[wws]

You just described capacity in two different ways. Why is that two supposedly different things out of a list of three?

Can I take a shot at it? One thing might be more stalls at the exact same place or within 1 or 2 miles. It's fully redundant.

But then another is for where a route is technically just barely covered if people hypermile and push their range, and then an extra place is located 80 or 100 miles from an endpoint to put a little more choice and fallback and reliability in case one location goes out of order so the route can still be used.

Is that what you mean?

Not sure how I described capacity in two different ways. But yes. Note in your latter case, the extra location not only adds capacity, it also adds capability - since one can then hypermile ever farther than the original endpoint. It also allows cars which weren't originally capable of reaching the endpoint, the possibility of doing it.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Cleveland - Euclid Ave, OH added to Open list.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Supercharger - Refugio, TX

Filing for Superchargers at the Refugio Travel Center located at 720 N Victoria Hwy, Refugio, TX 78377. https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2023014556 720 N Victoria Hwy, Refugio, TX 78377

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Splitter! on Future I-69E, Refugio, TX splits 102.9 miles, 67.8 from Kingsville - E Corral Ave, TX, 35.2 miles to End at US-59 Victoria, TX.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Tulsa, OK added to Open list. It was a Pathetic Splitter! on I-44 of the #1 Interstate gap. So pathetic that the Tulsa, OK Supercharger is now at the end of the #1 gap, 242.1 miles from the start in Wichita Falls, TX. For people traveling this route, Oklahoma City, OK is a Diversion, adding 10.5 miles and 18 minutes. (If they could get one at the Loves in Northeast Oklahoma City that would be an excellent Splitter and would be on 2 Interstates.)

 

[tevman]

On the Socorro, NM thread @PLUS EV asked if I had a list of gaps 140 miles or greater.

Of course I do!
I posted there, but I figured I'd create a separate thread for it.

MAJOR EDIT:
Reorganized to::
1) Top 25 regular gaps not yet split
2) Gaps on "Future Interstates" or current fastest route between open segments
3) Open Splitters

Seq	Hwy	From	State	To	State	Gap	Splitter	State	To	From	Note
1	I-44	Start (Wichita Falls	TX)	Tulsa	OK	242.1					Diversion: Oklahoma City, OK 10.5/18
2	I-55	Grenada	MS	Miner	MO	239.4	Southaven	MS	84	156.2	findus Southaven, MS Q1 2023; Diversion: Memphis, TN 23/27
3	I-40	Oklahoma City	OK	Van Buren	AR	194.3					findus Henryetta, OK 2023
4	I-40	Ozark	AR	Brinkley	AR	181.6
5	I-35	Laredo	TX	Schertz	TX	173.1	San Antonio - E Basse Rd	TX	160.1	16.5
6	I-35	Ardmore	OK	Perry	OK	155.2					Diversion: Oklahoma City, OK 19.8/27.5
7	I-40	Kingman	AZ	Flagstaff	AZ	147
8	I-40	Gallup	NM	Albuquerque	NM	144					findus Grants, NM Q1 2023
9	I-40	Start (I-15 Barstow	CA)	Needles	CA	141
10	I-26	Asheville - Thetford St	NC	Columbia - Harbison Blvd	SC	138.3	Spartanburg	SC	56.5	84	findus Spartanburg, SC Q1 2023
11	I-94	Start (I-90 near Lockwood	MT)	Miles City	MT	137.3
12	I-90	Billings	MT	Sheridan	WY	135
13	I-10	Willcox	AZ	Deming	NM	134
14	I-65	Greenville	AL	Birmingham	AL	133					Diversion: Montgomery, AL 20.4/26
15	I-30	Texarkana	TX	Little Rock	AR	132
16	I-39	Madison - East Towne Mall	WI	End (US51/WI29 near Wausau	WI)	130.9
17	I-10	El Paso	TX	Van Horn	TX	130.5	El Paso - Eastlake Blvd	TX	28	103.3
18	I-22	Tupelo	MS	Birmingham	AL	129
19	I-90	Mitchell	SD	Worthington	MN	126.9					Diversion: Sioux Falls, SD 14.3/17.5
20	I-84W	Boise	ID	Twin Falls	ID	126.5					findus Mountain Home, ID 2023
21	I-29	St. Joseph	MO	Council Bluffs	IA	125.8
22	I-80	Winnemucca	NV	Elko	NV	125.1	Carlin	NV	104.5	20.9	+findus Carlin, NV
23	I-25	Las Vegas	NM	Trinidad	CO	124
23	I-27	Start (Lubbock	TX)	End (Amarillo	TX)	124	Plainview	TX	49.4	74.9
25	I-77	Cambridge	OH	End (I-90 at Cleveland	OH)	123.7

Future:

Seq	Hwy	From	State	To	State	Gap	Splitter	State	To	From	Note
1	I-69	Brinkley	AR	Kuttawa	KY	280.1	Southaven	MS			Future Not
2	I-49	Texarkana	TX	Lowell	AR	250.3					Future
6	I-69W	Laredo at Mexico	TX	Victoria	TX	184					Future
4	I-74	West Cincinnati	OH	Huntington	WV	158.7					Future Not
5	I-69	Houston - W Alabama St	TX	Nacogdoches	TX	148.5	Humble	TX			Future
15	I-69	Nacogdoches	TX	Texarkana	AR	145.9					Future Not
25	I-69	Texarkana	AR	Little Rock	TX	132					Future Not
8	I-11	Wickenburg	AZ	Kingman	AZ	129.9					Future; Wikieup, AZ Q3 2023
52	I-11	Las Vegas - Bridger Ave	NV	Beatty	NV	118.4	Las Vegas - W Tropical Pkwy	NV	61.9	107	Future;

Open:

Seq	Hwy	From	State	To	State	Gap	Splitter	State	To	From	Note
0	I-44	Start (Wichita Falls	TX)	Catoosa	OK	255.6	Tulsa	OK	5.7	248.5
2	I-26	Asheville	NC	North Charleston	SC	253.8	Asheville - Thetford St	NC	5.7	248.5
2	I-26	Asheville - Thetford St	NC	North Charleston	SC	248.5	Orangeburg	SC	180.4	69
2	I-29	Sioux Falls	SD	Fargo	ND	241.6	Watertown	SD	102.6	143.1
3	I-69	Kuttawa	KY	Bloomington	IN	212	Haubstadt - Ruffian Way	IN	108.9	103.5
3	I-64	Mount Vernon	IL	Louisville	KY	195.1	Haubstadt - Ruffian Way	IN	81.4	112.6
5	I-26	Asheville - Thetford St	SC	Orangeburg	SC	180.4	Columbia - Harbison Blvd	SC	138.3	42.9
7	I-25	Truth or Consequences	NM	Albuquerque	NM	150.2	Socorro	NM	138.3	42.9
8	I-69C	Start (I-2/US-83 Pharr	TX)	End (George West	TX)	149.5	Alice	TX	108.8	41.1	Future and current
9	I-49	Joplin	MO	End (I-435 near Kansas City	MO)	148.3	Nevada	MO	41.4	82.2
10	I-59	Meridian	MS	Birmingham	AL	144.8	Cottondale	AL	49.2	49.2
10	I-20	Meridian	MS	Birmingham	AL	144.8	Cottondale	AL	96.6	49.2
9	I-29	Watertown	SD	Fargo	ND	143.1	Sisseton	SD	57.9	88.8
13	I-5	Grants Pass	OR	Springfield	OR	138.4	Myrtle Creek	OR	46.9	92.4
16	I-84W	The Dalles	OR	Pendleton	OR	134	Boardman	OR	81.8	52.4
15	I-95	Augusta	ME	Medway	ME	133.1	Waterville	ME	19.1	114.4
19	I-55	Miner	MO	Mehlville	MO	132	Cape Girardeau	MO	33.1	98.8
18	I-25	Trinidad	CO	Colorado Springs	CO	131.7	Pueblo	CO	88.1	44.6
23	I-76E	Carlisle	PA	End (I-295 near Camden	NJ)	130	Denver E Only	PA	66.1	40.2
23	I-77	Charlotte - Northlake Centre Pkwy	NC	Wytheville	VA	129	Mooresville	NC	19.2	112.7
23	I-11	Start (Nogales	AZ)	Casa Grande	AZ	129	Tucson - W River Rd	AZ	73.9	56.2
24	I-74	Archdale	NC	End (NC41 at Lumberton	NC)	128.8	Rockingham	NC	75.2	49.9
20	I-65	Mobile	AL	Greenville	AL	128.3	Evergreen	AL	94.2	34.7
25	I-10	Channelview	TX	Lake Charles	LA	127.6	Baytown	TX	9	118.8
25	I-69	Indianapolis	IN	Fort Wayne	IN	127.3	Fort Wayne - Illinois Rd	IN	121.1	7.3
27	I-40	Cary	NC	Wallace	NC	126	Garner	NC	34.9	53.3
25	I-43	Start (I-39 near Beloit	WI)	Sheboygan	WI	125.8	Glendale	WI	77	49.4
33	I-20	Lithonia	GA	Augusta - Belair Frontage Rd	GA	123	Madison	GA	44.1	80
37	I-15	Las Vegas - Central Parkway	NV	St. George	UT	121.9	Mesquite	NV	80.1	42.9
37	I-49	Alexandria	LA	Shreveport	LA	121.3	Natchitoches	LA	42.9	68.5
31	I-90	Sheffield	OH	Erie	PA	120.9	Cleveland - Euclid Ave	OH	27.3	94.8
41	I-57	Miner	MO	Mount Vernon	IL	119.8	Marion	IL	78.9	41.9
40	I-10	Baytown	TX	Lake Charles	LA	118.7	Beaumont - Walden Rd	TX	57.4	61.9
43	I-20	Monroe	LA	Pearl	MS	118.4	Vicksburg	MS	71.2	48.8
41	I-40	Albuquerque	NM	Santa Rosa	NM	116.8	Albuquerque - Louisiana Blvd NE	NM	3.7	114.5
51	I-85	Buford	GA	Greenville	SC	115.9	Fair Play	SC	69.1	47
51	I-64	Start (I-70 at Wentzville	MO)	Mount Vernon	IL	115.5	Brentwood	MO	31.7	84.8
51	I-88W	Start (I-80 near Moline	IL)	North Aurora	IL	116	Rochelle	IL	77.7	40.9
54	I-74	Champaign	IL	Speedway	IN	114.4	Veedersburg	IN	56.9	59.4
57	I-80	Chicago O’Hare	IL	Mishawaka	IN	113.7	Rolling Prairie - S Knute Rockne Plaza E	IN	88.2	25.5
48	I-20	Midland	TX	Sweetwater	TX	113.5	Big Spring	TX	48.8	65.5
53	I-77	Mooresville	NC	Wytheville	VA	112.7	Mt Airy - Graceland Ln	NC	66.7	47.4
63	I-70	Independence	MO	Columbia - W Broadway	MO	111.9	Concordia	MO	44.7	67.7
63	I-10	Slidell	LA	Mobile	AL	111.2	D’Iberville	MS	57.1	55.8
57	I-91	West Lebanon	NH	End (Canada @ Derby Line	NH)	109.7	St. Johnsbury	VT	65.9	45.8
65	I-35	Olathe	KS	Bethany	MO	109.6	Liberty	MO	33.8	76.7
66	I-44	Rolla	MO	End (I-70 St Louis	MO)	109.3	St. Louis	MO	103.5	6.4
67	I-75	Tifton	GA	Macon - Tom Hill Sr Rd	GA	109	Cordele	GA	40.5	70.4
71	I-55	Normal	IL	Bolingbrook	IL	108	Dwight	IL	53.7	55
73	I-10	Mobile	AL	Crestview	FL	107.4	Robertsdale	AL	34.2	74
77	I-65	Bowling Green	KY	Louisville - Preston Hwy	KY	105.9	Elizabethtown	KY	70.1	36.5
78	I-80	Maumee	OH	Strongsville	OH	105	Genoa - Wyandot Service Plaza E	OH	18.7	86.8
67	I-70	Salina	KS	Topeka	KS	104.5	Abilene	KS	23.5	81.7
75	I-20	Shreveport	LA	Monroe	LA	104.4	Ruston	LA	70.3	34.6
67	I-69	Haubstadt - Ruffian Way	IN	Bloomington	IN	103.5	Washington	IN	47.7	57.7
74	I-16	Start (I-75 at Macon	GA)	Metter	GA	103.1	Dublin	GA	50.6	53.2
83	I-94	Eau Claire	WI	Mauston	WI	102.7	Tomah	WI	74.5	29
86	I-80	Gothenburg	NE	Grand Island	NE	102	Kearney	NE	62.4	41.9
85	I-20	Arlington	TX	Lindale	TX	101	Dallas - S Riverfront Blvd	TX	16.8	88.7
92	I-69	Victoria	TX	Richmond	TX	100.9	Wharton	TX	68.9	33.2

Add Flagstaff AZ to Farmington NM. It's 275 mi via Rte 160 through the Navajo Reservation. One of many off-the-main-interstate highways tourists use. Stay on I40 if you just want to get from A to B.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Add Flagstaff AZ to Farmington NM. It's 275 mi via Rte 160 through the Navajo Reservation. One of many off-the-main-interstate highways tourists use. Stay on I40 if you just want to get from A to B.

This thread is about the Interstates. Non-Interstate is a whole different ball game. There's over 500 locations needed just to reduce US Numbered Highway gaps to less than 100 miles, let alone every route in the country.

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

It's alive! Another Ohio opening!

West Chester Township, OH added to open list.
On I-75 (Just) pathetic Splitter! of 122.6 miles, 22 miles from Cincinnati, OH and 103.7 miles from Lima, OH.
So now adds the 103.7 miles to be split. There is an 11 mile/16 minute diversion to Superchargers in Dayton, OH (v2) and 14.4 miles/20 minutes Beavercreek, OH so not the worst gap, but Piqua, OH would split it nicely at I-75/US-36.

72 gaps remaining larger than 100 miles. 3 Construction, 12 Permit on Supercharge.info.

 

[SVMike]

On I-75 (Just) pathetic Splitter! of 122.6 miles, 22 miles from Cincinnati, OH and 103.7 miles from Lima, OH.

(Thanks for all this work)
But now that all this data exists, maybe there is another important way to slice and dice the numbers.
Let's say you are going from A to B to C and the Supercharger at B is closed for some reason. Maybe we would call this an unsplitter. It would be interesting to know the list of the most critical unsplitter Superchargers on a route. This also makes some of the so-called pathetic splitters actually very important, because one of these just 22 miles from point B makes the point B charger not so critical anymore.

Note: A closed Supercharger happened to me last summer. It was actually noted on the map as closed for maintenance something like 9am - 3pm. However I didn't see it since I was out of cell range in a Natl park when I entered the route. And when the cell connection comes back you don't get a noticeable warning. I actually arrived at the SC at about 2:45pm and a Tesla tech was sitting in his van, waiting for the power company to turn the power back on and he'd been done for over an hour just waiting. It actually didn't affect my trip, but would have if it was a critical unsplitter.