List of HOV lanes in the United States

This is a list of current and future HOV lanes in the United States. This list does not include HOT or ETL lanes, which are listed at: HOT-ETL.
Current HOV lanes
The following roads currently use HOV lanes:
Arizona
Arizona has many HOV lanes and is building more.
California
California has HOV lanes in the Sacramento, San Francisco Bay, Los Angeles and San Diego areas.
Colorado
HOV lanes can be found in Aspen.
They can also be found in Denver on I-25 and US 36.
Connecticut
Hartford has HOV lanes on I-84 and I-91.
Delaware
Delaware does not have any HOV lanes.
District of Columbia
Between Prince William County, Virginia and Washington, D.C., there is a 30-mile long, 2-lane HOV facility in the highway median.
Florida
HOV lanes are currently located on I-95 in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties.
Georgia
There are HOV lanes in Atlanta, plus the surrounding communities. Interstate 85 also has HOV lanes stretching far into Gwinnett County. Interstate 20 is under construction to keep going through Douglasville.
Guam
Guam does not have HOV lanes
Hawaii
Oahu's HOV lanes are located on H-1 between the Waiawa and Keehi interchanges, on Moanalua Freeway from Halawa to Puuloa Road, and on Kalanianaole Highway from West Halemaumau Street to H-1, and on H-2 from the Mitilani interchange to the Waiawa interchange.
Idaho
Idaho does not have HOV lanes
Illinois
Chicago has some HOV lanes on I-90 East.
Louisiana
Louisiana has HOV lanes on US 90 in New Orleans
Maryland
Maryland has HOV lanes in the greater Washington Area including parts of I-95/495, I-270 and US 50.
Massachusetts
MassHighway operates two HOV lanes in the Boston metropolitan region: a reversible, barrier-separated lane on I-93/Southeast Expressway that connects downtown Boston and Route 3 at the Braintree Split interchange, and a southbound-only, buffer-separated lane on I-93 approaching Boston from the north. Additionally, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority constructed HOV lanes that feed into I-93 and I-90 as part of the Central Artery/Tunnel project.
The five-mile-long I-93/Southeast Expressway HOV lane extends from south of Columbia Road (Exit 15) to south of Furnace Brook Parkway (Exit 8) in Quincy, which is near the Braintree Split (Exit 7) and Route 3 (Exit 20). On weekdays (except some holidays), it is open to northbound traffic between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM and to southbound traffic between 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM for carpools (cars with two or more occupants), vanpools, buses, and motorcycles. This HOV lane is part of a contraflow system that uses one of the general-purpose lanes in the off-peak direction (a southbound lane in the morning and a northbound lane in the evening) as a peak-direction HOV lane (also known as a zipper lane).
North of Boston, the approximately two-mile HOV lane on I-93 South extends from the Mystic Avenue on-ramp in Medford to and across the Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, ending just beyond the I-93/Route 1 merge. This HOV lane is restricted to vehicles having two or more occupants and motorcycles between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM, Monday through Friday. The lane is open to all traffic at other times. There is no corresponding northbound HOV lane on this section of I-93.
Michigan
Michigan Ave (US 12) in Detroit.
Minnesota
Minnesota has more HOV facilities than any other state, many of which are or will be converted to HOT lanes. They are all in the Twin Cities area.
Nevada
HOV lanes on US 95 between I-15 and Lake Mead Boulevard in Las Vegas metro area. Plans to expand HOV lanes onto all Las Vegas area freeways.
New Jersey
New Jersey has a controversial history with HOV lanes. Some existed on 90 and 495 but were removed due to a public campaign against the HOV lanes.
New York
New York has an HOV lane on I-495 and along I-95 along parts of the New Jersey Turnpike and will have more HOV lanes in New York City and Buffalo.
North Carolina
North Carolina has HOV lanes in Charlotte. A preliminary study of HOV lanes was done for I-40 on Raleigh but they were never built.
Oregon
Oregon has HOV lanes in Portland on I;5.
Pennsylvania
In Pittsburgh there are HOV lanes on a 5.3 mile section of I-279 and through the Wabash Tunnel.
South Carolina
South Carolina will have HOV Lanes in Greenville, Spartanburg, Charleston, Columbia and Rock Hill.
Tennessee
Tennessee has HOV lanes in both Memphis and Nashville.
Texas
Texas has HOV lanes in Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Houston and El Paso. Houston has one of the first HOT lanes.
Utah
Salt Lake City has HOV lanes along I-15. They are also HOT lanes.
Virginia
Virginia has HOV lanes on I-395, I-95, I-66, and VA-267 in Northern Virginia and on I-264, I-64, US-1 (Alexandria) and other roads in Hampton Roads.
Washington
Washington has HOV lanes in Seattle and Puget Sound.

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