Driving your state's perimeter

[tchafe1978]

I see plenty of posts about clinching certain highways or roads, but I haven't yet seen anything about clinching a state's perimeter. To me, this would mean driving all of a state's highways that are closest to, and parallel to each of the state's borders. I would only include state, US, and Interstate highways, as I think trying to drive the closest back road would be far too complicated. I would also keep from crossing state lines. In some instances, certain stretches of highways would be missed, as there is no way to get to them without crossing a state line.

Now I wanted to trace my home state of Wisconsin's route on Google Maps to get a distance of what this drive would be, but I couldn't get it to cooperate without wanting to constantly take me over a shorter route or skipping some sections, or even doubling back on an interstate when I tried typing in intersection to intersection directions. If anyone has tips on how to do that, it would be appreciated. Anyway, here is the route that would be the perimeter drive of Wisconsin:

Starting in the southwest corner of the state at the WI 11 and US 61/151 interchange,
WI 11 East to WI 81 near Brodhead,
WI 81 East to I-43 in Beloit,
I-43 North to WI 140 near Clinton,
WI 140 South to WI 67,
WI 67 East/North to WI 50,
WI 50 East to I-41/94 in Kenosha,
I-41/94 South to WI 165 in Kenosha,
WI 165 East to WI 32 in Kenosha,
WI 32 North to WI 794/I-794 in St. Francis,
WI 794/I-794 North to WI 32 in Milwaukee,
WI 32 North to I-43/WI 32/57 in Bayside,
I-43/WI 32/57 North to WI 32 in Port Washington,
WI 32 N to I-43,
I-43 North to WI 28 in Sheboygan,
WI 28 East to WI 42,
WI 42 North to I-43,
I-43 North to US 151 in Manitowoc,
US 151 North to US 10,
US 10 West to WI 42,
WI 42 North to WI 57,
WI 42/57 North to WI 57,
WI 57 North to WI 42 North,
turning around at the end of WI 42 in Door County back south,
WI 42 South to WI 42/57,
WI 42/57 South to WI 57,
WI 57 South to I-43 in Green Bay,
I-43 North to US 41/141 in Green Bay,
US 41/141 North to US 41 at Abrams,
US 41 North to WI 64 in Marinette,
WI 64 West to WI 180,
WI 180 North to US 141 near Wausaukee,
US 141 North to US 8 near Pembine,
US 8 West to WI 101,
WI 101 North to WI 70,
WI 70 West to WI 70/139,
WI 70/139 North to WI 70,
WI 70 West to US 51,
US 51 North to US 2 in Hurley,
US 2 West to WI 13,
WI 13 North/West to US 2/53,
US 2/53 North/West to WI 35 in Superior,
WI 35 South to WI 70 in Siren,
WI 70 West to WI 48 in Grantsburg,
WI 48 South to WI 87,
WI 87 South to WI 35in St. Croix Falls,
WI 35 south to US 53, in La Crosse,
US 53 South to US 14/61 in La Crosse,
US 14/61 West/South to WI 35 in La Crosse,
WI 35 South to WI 133 in Bloomington,
WI 133 South to WI 35/US 61 in Potosi,
WI 35/US 61 South to US 151 in Dickeyville,
WI 35/US 61/151 South to WI 11.

[doorknob60]

This is the best I could come up with for Oregon. I took a few liberties ragarding the state route rules, but not many. For example, the connection between OR-86 and ID-71 is not entirely a state route, and there's a few county routes near Walla Walla, though you could just as easily stick to OR-11 and US-12 or avoid the crossing and use OR-37. The routing is not entirely perfect, as Google wouldn't let me continue changing the route anymore (I guess there's a limit to that ). But it's a good general idea of what it would look like.

And yeah, it crosses into California twice (once just at the state line though), Nevada once, Idaho twice, and Washington once. US-199, NV-140, and the Jordan Valley to Homedale part of US-95 are practically unavoidable, though the other crossings you could work around I would say. In my opinion it's better to cross a line to make a better perimeter. Otherwise you'd have to use stuff like OR-42 and route from Lakeview to Burns to Ontario, which is nowhere remotely near the border.


(Sorry for the large image, hopefully that's okay.  Mods if you need to change it to a link or something go ahead.)

Google Maps Link (can't promise you it will open correctly)


I can't even imagine how you could do Idaho, though maybe I'll give it a shot sometime.

[paulthemapguy]

If you were to stay on state highways, Illinois would look like this (running clockwise):

Eastern border:  IL-1 and US41 (joined by a short jaunt on I-57 and 94)
Southern border:  IL-146, to keep it simple.*
Western border: IL-3, IL-100, IL-96, IL-94, and IL-84.  (Or just follow The Great River Road)
Northern border:  US20, IL-75 and IL-173. (joined by a short jaunt on IL-251)

If you want to complicate it, use IL-145, US45, IL-169, and IL-37 to Cairo before hitting up IL-3

[vdeane]

For NY (starting in Greenport):
-NY 25 west
-NY 25A
-Cross Island Parkway
-I-295
-I-695
-I-95
-Hutchinson River Parkway
-I-95
-US 1
-I-287
-Hutchinson River Parkway
-NY 120
-NY 22
-NY 172
-NY 137
-NY 124
-NY 35
-NY 121
-US 6/US 202
-NY 22
-US 9
-NY 9B
-US 11 north
-NY 276
-US 11 south
-NY 122
-NY 37
-NY 131
-NY 37
-NY 12
-NY 12E
-NY 180
-NY 3
-NY 104B
-NY 104
-NY 104A
-NY 104
-NY 18
-NY 390
-Lake Ontario State Parkway
-NY 18
-NY 18F
-Niagara Scenic Parkway
-NY 104 (not yet, but soon)
-NY 384
-Niagara Scenic Parkway
-I-190
-West River Parkway (for now)
-South Parkway (for now)
-I-190
-NY 266
-I-190
-NY 5
-NY 76
-NY 430
-NY 426
-NY 474
-NY 394
-NY 60
-US 62
-I-86
-NY 16
-NY 417
-NY 19
-NY 248
-NY 417
-I-99
-NY 352 (via ramp to I-86 east)
-NY 225
-NY 352
-If strict:
--I-86 west
--NY 13
--NY 223
--NY 224
--NY 34
--NY 17C
--NY 282
-If not strict (NY 17 dips into Pennsylvania near Waverly; this portion is maintained by NYSDOT and as such, still fits the spirit of the rules but not the letter):
--NY 14
--NY 427
--I-86/NY 17
-NY 17
-NY 434
-US 11
-NY 17
-NY 97
-US 6
-NY 17A
-NY 17
-NY 59
-I-87
-US 9
-NY 9A
-I-478
-I-278
-Belt Parkway
-NY 878
-I-678
-JFK Expressway
-NY 27
-Meadowbrook State Parkway
-Ocean Parkway
-Robert Moses Causeway
-NY 27A
-NY 27 (via Heckscher State Parkway if strict)
-NY 114

To get Google to route right, you'll have to drag the route to set points to modify the directions.  There are only so many allowed, so they have to be broken up.  And sometimes, there just isn't a way to get it right, since Google can be stubborn sometimes.

[oscar]

Fprget about Alaska. Almost all of the perimeter is roadless, and some of it is glaciated.  Best you can do is AK 1 from Homer to the east end of Knik Arm near Palmer.

Hawaii is kind of possible, except for two major islands not open to the public (Niihau and Kahoolawe) and one where the only state highway starts at one coast and ends at another but otherwise doesn't follow the coast (Lanai). Plus, you'd have to do some island-hopping among the five others, with only slow barges to take your car (but not you) between islands so you'd be best off with multiple car rentals.

Kauai:  for a three-quarter loop, HI 560 to HI 56, then HI 51 and HI 58 to Lihue's harbor, then HI 50 to HI 540 and back on HI 50 to its end. Also take HI 550 to come as close as possible to filling the long gap between HI 50 and HI 560, created by the steep and rugged cliffs of the Na Pali coast .

Oahu:  HI 93 (start at a permanently-closed old road around Kaena Point) to HI 95, then local roads to and from unsigned HI 8940 (Frankin D, Roosevelt Ave.) on the old Barbers Point air station, then over to HI 76, south on HI 76 to its end to hug part of the coast, then back north to HI 7101 and over to HI 99 to get around Pearl Harbor, then HI 92 to its end, then work your way through local streets in Waikiki to Interstate H-1, then east to HI 72, then HI 61 to connect to the long HI 83 loop around the north coast, then HI 930 to get as close as you can to Kaena Point.

Molokai:  HI 450 hugs the southeast coast. The other state highways are too far inland, except the north end of HI 470.

Maui:  HI 32 to HI 36 then HI 360 to Hana to cover most of the north coast (beyond there, only CR 31 more or less follows the east and southeast coasts), then back to Kahului to pick up HI 3400 and HI 340 to the latter's end at CR 340, then back to take HI 30 between Wailuku and the southwest and west coasts, to the other end of CR 340; then back on HI 30 to HI 310 and HI 31 to follow the beaches and resorts on the south Maui coast. That leaves a long gap covered more or less by CR 31, and a shorter one by CR 340.

Big Island:  A lot simpler. HI 11 from Hilo, with an out-and-back on HI 130 (truncated by lava flows), then HI 11 all the way over to Kailua-Kona (with short jogs to the coast on HI 160 and the west stub of HI 190), then HI 19 to HI 270, then back to HI 19 via HI 250 and an out-and-back on HI 240 to return to Hilo. The major gap is along the Puna coast east and southeast of Hilo, some of it covered by the part of CR 137 that hasn't yet been destroyed by lava flows, as well as most of the southern Kau coast, and the Waipio Valley between HI 270 and HI 240.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I did this for my home region of Aragon. Starting from Fago in the Northwestern corner and going clockwise (Note not all roads are with these numbers in Google Maps):
HU-V-2021 to A-176
A-176 to A-2605
A-2605 to HU-V-2201 in Aisa
HU-V-2201 to N-330
N-330 and A-23 to N-260a near Sabiñanigo
N-260a to HU-631 in Sarvise
HU-631 to A-138 in Escalona (note that a section of it is one-way in high season)
A-138 to HU-V-6401 to Laspuña
Several unclassified paved roads to N-260 near Arro
N-260 to A-139 near Castejon de Sos (actually A-139 overlaps N-260 from near Morillo de Liena)
A-139 to SC-22221-03 near Sahun (Passing through Villanova )
SC-22221-03 (Unclassified paved road) back to N-260
N-260 to A-1605 near Castarne
A-1605 to A-2613 (Damn Catalonia getting in the way)
A-2613 to A-2615 in Castigaleu
A-2615 to N-230 in Tolva
N-230 to HU-V-9301
HU-V-9301 to HU-V-9302 in Estopiñan del Castillo
HU-V-9302 to A-2218 in Camporrells
A-2218 back to N-230 in Castillonroy
Doubling back on N-230 and then an unclassified paved road to A-140
A-140 to A-1240 in Tamarite de Litera
A-1240 to A-2217 in Altorricon
A-2217 to N-240 (right at the border with Catalonia which is disputed at that point, one may want to continue on A-1240)
N-240 to A-1241
A-1241 to A-1234 in Zaidin
A-1234 to N-II in Fraga
N-II to A-242 to A-2 to N-211 around Fraga
N-211 to A-1411
A-1411 to CV-923 (In Zaragoza province meaning local road, not Valencian community)
CV-923 to A-2411 in Nonaspe
A-2411 back to A-1411 in Fabara
A-1411 to A-221 and A-1412 in Maella
A-1412 to N-420
N-420 to A-1413 in Calaceite
A-1413 to TE-V-3411
TE-V-3411 to TE-24 in Arens de Lledo
TE-24 to TE-V-3033 in Lledo
TE-V-3033 back to A-1413 in Cretas
A-1413 to A-231
A-231 to A-1414 in Valderrobres
A-1414 to N-232 in Monroyo
N-232 to TE-V-8401
TE-V-8401 and TE-53 to A-1409 near La Cañada de Verich
A-1409 to TE-V-8301 in Aguaviva
TE-V-8301 to A-226 to TE-V-8101
TE-V-8101 to an unnumbered paved road to TE-39
TE-39 to TE-V-8215 to TE-41 in Molinos
TE-41 to A-1702 at N-211 (Damn Valencian Community forcing this detour)
A-1702 back to A-226
A-226 to A-227 to TE-38 in Cantavieja
TE-38 to A-1701 in Mosqueruela
A-1701 to A-232 in Rubielos de Mora
A-232 to TE-V-2001 in Olba (A-232 was rerouted a couple years ago)
TE-V-2001 to A-23 near Venta del Aire
A-23 to TE-V-2131 to N-234 back to TE-V-6005 in Venta del Aire (Weird, it isn't?)
TE-V-6005 to A-2521
A-2521 back to N-234
N-234 to A-2520 (another route created a couple years ago)
A-2520 and TE-V-6006 to TE-33 in Camarena de la Sierra
TE-33 to TE-V-6013 near Valacloche
TE-V-6013 to N-330 in Villel
N-330 to A-1513 near Teruel (if it exists, N-330 joins N-234 in the last few miles)
A-1513 to A-1703
A-1703 to TE-V-9113
TE-V-9113 to VF-TE-10 to VF-TE-08 (Forest roads, not marked as such in Google Maps. Some are paved, others not)
VF-TE-08 through Frias de Albarracin to TE-V-9033 in Villar del Cobo
TE-V-9033 to TE-V-9032 to A-1512 (dips into Castile-La Mancha but the only road intersecting there is unpaved)
A-1512 to A-1511 in Orihuela del Tremedal
A-1511 to TE-V-9022 in Pozondon
TE-V-9022 to TE-V-9025 in Villar del Salz (has an intersection with other road right at the border with Castile-La Mancha)
TE-V-9025 to N-211 to TE-V-4305
TE-V-4305 to TE-29 to TE-V-4307 to A-2506 in Bello
A-2506 to CV-670
CV-670 to CV-671 to CV-307 to A-202
A-202 to A-2501 in Campillo de Aragon
A-2501 to Z-453 in Jaraba
Z-453 to CV-685 in Calmarza
CV-685 back to A-2501
A-2501 to CV-202 in Cetina
CV-202 to CV-302
CV-302 to Ariza (requires crossing the town streets in order to reach A-2 on CV-682)
A-2 to exit 218 to CP-1 in Ateca
CP-1 to A-1502 to N-234 in Torrelapaja
N-234 to CV-309
CV-309 to CV-699 to A-1503
A-1503 to CV-698
CV-698 to A-2302 in Calcena
A-2302 to A-1301 in Tierga
A-1301 to A-1303 in Ainzon
A-1303 to N-122 to CP-2 in Borja (a corner is cut by the fact N-122 is the only numbered road into that corner, as CV-606 towards the Ecce Homo intersect several hundred feet West of A-1303)
CP-2 to VP-5 to A-126 to CHE-1502
CHE-1502 to A-1208
A-1208 to A-1201
A-1201 to A-127 in Sadaba
A-127 to CV-621 in Castiliscar
CV-621 to CV-868 in Sofuentes
CV-868 back to A-127
A-127 to A-1601 near Sos del Rey Catolico
A-1601 to CV-684
CV-684 to CV-684a in Undues de Lerda
CV-684a back A-1601
A-1601 to N-240
N-240 to the end of A-21
A-21 back to N-240 and HU-V-2022
HU-V-2022 and a unclassified paved road back to Fago.

[Super Mateo]

If you were to stay on state highways, Illinois would look like this (running clockwise):

Eastern border:  IL-1 and US41 (joined by a short jaunt on I-57 and 94)
Southern border:  IL-146, to keep it simple.*
Western border: IL-3, IL-100, IL-96, IL-94, and IL-84.  (Or just follow The Great River Road)
Northern border:  US20, IL-75 and IL-173. (joined by a short jaunt on IL-251)

If you want to complicate it, use IL-145, US45, IL-169, and IL-37 to Cairo before hitting up IL-3

IL 1 is only closest to the IN border south of Beecher.  You could take US 41 to US 12/20 and go west.  You could cheat a little by either using a few blocks of Halsted between 95th/US 12/US 20 and I-57 that isn't technically IL-1, use 87th Street for a U-turn at the I-94 diamond, or cut down Stony Island to I-94.  Otherwise, you'll have to jump over to I-90/94 at I-55, take I-94 east to Sibley/IL 83.  You would then take IL 83 south to its terminus at US 30, then take US 30 west to IL 394.  That will take you directly to IL 1, which would work until US 52.  Take US 52 to Sheldon, then US 24 back to IL 1.

To "simplify":
I-55 south to I-90/94
I-94 east to IL 83
IL 83 south to US 30
US 30 west to IL 394
IL 394 south to IL 1
IL 1 south to US 52
US 52 east to US 24
US 24 west to IL 1

That covers the northern half of the IL/IN border on the IL side.  And yes, that's confusing. 

[Revive 755]

A more complicated version for Illinois mostly using signed routes (since I spent a while typing this and don't feel like modifying based on recent posts of a similar nature)

* IL 173 from IL 131 to I-39/I-90
* I-39/I-90 from IL 173 to IL 75
* IL 75 from I-39/I-90 to US 20
* US 20 from IL 75 to IL 84
* IL 84 from US 20 to IL 92
* IL 92 from IL 84 to IL 192
* IL 192 from IL 92 to IL 94
* IL 94 from IL 192 to IL 164
* IL 164 from IL 94 to US 34
* US 34 from IL 164 to IL 94
(IIRC there is a secret four digit route closer to the river that could be used instead here south of US 34)
* IL 94 to IL 96
* IL 96 to US 24
* US 24 from IL 96 to IL 57
* IL 57 from US 24 to I-172
* I-172 from IL 57 to I-72
* I-72 from I-172 west to IL 106
* IL 106 from I-72 to IL 96
* IL 96 from IL 106 to IL 100
* IL 100 from IL 96 to US 67
* US 67 from IL 100 to IL 143
* IL 143 from US 67 to IL 3
* IL 3 from IL 143 to I-57/US 51
* US 51 from IL 3 to IL 37
* IL 37 from US 51 to IL 169
* IL 169 from US 51 to US 45
* US 45 from IL 169 to IL 145
* IL 145 from US 45 to IL 146
* IL 146 from IL 145 to IL 1
* IL 1 from IL 146 to US 50
* US 50 from IL 1 to IL 33
* IL 33 from US 50 to IL 1
* IL 1 from IL 33 to US 24
* US 24 from IL 1 to US 52
* US 52 from US 24 to IL 1
* IL 1 from US 52 to IL 394
* IL 394 from IL 1 to US 30
* US 30 from IL 394 to IL 83
* IL 83 from US 30 to I-94 at Exit 71
* I-94 from IL 83 to the Stony Island Connector
* Stony Island Connector from I-94 to US 12 - US 20  - the alternatives that would stick with signed routes appear to be a U-turn via I-94 back to US 12-US 20, going all the way back on I-57 to IL 83, then north on I-294 to IL 50, then east on US 12 - US 20; or going up I-94 to I-55 and missing Lake Shore Drive)
* US 12 - US 20 from the Stony Island Connector to US 41
* US 41 from US 12 - US 20 to US 14
(Alternatively one could continue north on Lakeshore Drive and Hollywood Avenue to US 14 instead)
* US 14 from US 41 west to US 41
* US 41 from US 14 to IL 176
* IL 176 from US 41 to IL 131
* IL 131 from IL 176 to IL 137
* IL 137 from IL 176 to end at IL 173

[Beeper1]

For MA, starting in Provincetown:

MA-6A
US-6
MA-6A
Sagamore Bridge
MA-3
MA-3A
MA-3
MA-3A
MA-139
MA-3A
(Possible spur on MA-228 to Hull)
MA-3A
I-93
I-90
MA-1A
MA-145
MA-1A
MA-129
MA-114
MA-1A
MA-127
MA-127A
MA-127
MA-128
MA-133
MA-1A
US-1
MA-286
I-95
I-495
MA-150
MA-110
I-495
MA-113
MA-213
I-93
MA-113
MA-119
MA-101
MA-12
US-202
MA-68
MA-32
MA-2A
MA-2
MA-63
MA-10
MA-2
US-7
MA-9
US-20
MA-41
MA-23
MA-57
US-5
I-91
US-20
MA-131
MA-169
US-20
MA-56
MA-12
MA-193
I-395
MA-16
MA-146
MA-146A
MA-122
MA-16
MA-140
I-495
MA-1A
US-1
MA-1A
I-95
MA-123
MA-118
US-44
MA-114A
US-6
I-195
MA-81
MA-24
I-195
Exit 9 to connect to US-6
MA-88
(Possible spur to Horseneck Beach via MA-88)
MA-177
US-6
MA-28
MA-28A
MA-28
US-6

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Minnesota isn't possible to do a full perimeter drive either since there are no E-W roads in the Boundary Waters, but here's the best you can do (generally on state highways, there are county routes typically closer to borders)

Starting in the SW corner:

I-90 east from Beaver Creek to MN 56
MN 56 south to US 63
US 63 north to Fillmore CR 44 (old MN 44)
Fillmore CR 44 east to MN 139
MN 139 north to US 52
US 52 south to existing MN 44
MN 44 north (east) to MN 76
MN 76 south to Houston CR 2
Houston CR 2 east (dipping into Iowa and back into MN) to MN 26
MN 26 north to MN 16
MN 16 east to US 14/61 at La Crescent
US 61 north from La Crescent to Hastings
MN 95 north from Hastings to Chisago CR 9
Chisago CR 9 north to Chisago CR 30
Chisago CR 30 north to Rush City
Chisago CR 1 west to I-35
I-35 north to MN 23 Exit 195
MN 23 east to Duluth, rejoin I-35
I-35 north to MN 61
MN 61 north to MN 1 at Illgen City
MN 1 west to US 53 at Cook
US 53 north to MN 11 in International Falls
MN 11 west to US 59 at Karlstad
US 59 north to MN 175 at Lake Bronson
MN 175 west to US 75 at Hallock
US 75 south back to MN 11 at Donaldson
MN 11 west to MN 220
MN 220 south back to US 75 at Climax
US 75 south to MN 27 at Wheaton
MN 27 west to MN 28 at Browns Valley
MN 28 east to MN 7 at Beardsley
MN 7 east back to US 75 at Ortonville
US 75 south to MN 23 at Pipestone
MN 23 west back to I-90 at Beaver Creek

[FrCorySticha]

Montana is very difficult due to terrain and the extreme rural nature of the state. I've chosen the routes that stick the closest to the state lines, even though that includes entering into North Dakota, Wyoming, and very briefly into Idaho. I've also stretched a couple US highways by using the unofficial routes through Yellowstone National Park. Finally, there are numerous backroads that would allow for getting closer to the Canadian border, but are not included as they are not designated highways.

Starting at Wibaux (I-94 just west of ND border):

MT 7 south to MT Secondary 323 at Ekalaka
MT Secondary 323 south to US 212 at Alzada
US 212 west to I-90 at Crow Agency
I-90 west to US 212 at Laurel
US 212 west (over Beartooth Pass into Wyoming) to US 89 (unofficial) at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone NP
US 89 (unofficial) south to US 191 (unofficial) at Madison Junction in Yellowstone NP
US 191 (unofficial) west to West Yellowstone
US 191 north to US 287 near West Yellowstone
US 287 north to MT 287 at Ennis
MT 287 west to MT 41 at Twin Bridges
MT 41 south to BL 15 at Dillon
BL 15 south to I-15 at Dillon
I-15 south to MT 278 near Dillon
MT 278 west/north to MT 43 near Wisdom
MT 43 west (brief pass through Idaho) to US 93 at Lost Trail Pass
US 93 north to I-90 at Missoula
I-90 west to MT 135 at St. Regis
MT 135 north to MT 200 near Paradise
MT 200 west to MT 56 near Noxon
MT 56 north to US 2 near Kootenai Falls
US 2 east to MT 37 at Libby
MT 37 north to US 93 near Eureka
US 93 south to MT 40 near Whitefish
MT 40 east to US 2 near Columbia Falls
US 2 east to MT 49 at East Glacier
MT 49 north to US 89 at Kiowa
US 89 north to MT Secondary 464 at Babb
MT Secondary 464 east/south to US 2 at Browning
US 2 east to MT Secondary 444 at Meriweather
MT Secondary 444 north to MT Secondary 213 near Big Sky Colony
MT Secondary 213 east to MT Secondary 214 near Santa Rita
MT Secondary 214 north/east to I-15 at Sweet Grass
I-15 south to US 2 at Shelby
US 2 east to MT 24 at Glasgow
MT 24 north to MT Secondary 248 at Opheim
MT Secondary 248 east to MT 13 at Scobey
MT 13 south to MT 5 at Scobey
MT 5 east to MT 16 at Plentywood
MT 16 south to US 2 at Culbertson
US 2 east to MT Secondary 327 at Bainville
MT 327 east to ND 1804 at Fort Union
ND 1804 east to ND 58 at Buford, ND
ND 58 south to ND 200 at East Fairview, ND
ND/MT 200 south to MT 23 at Sidney
MT 23 east to MT Secondary 261 near Sidney
MT Secondary 261 south to MT 7 at Wibaux

[jp the roadgeek]

Connecticut (got a little tricky where I had to cross the state line between Sharon and Kent, areas near the southwest angle, between US 6 and CT 101, and near the Southwick Jog):

CT 41
Brief cross into NY to Dutchess CR 2 and CR 3
CT 341
US 7
CT 55
CT 39
CT 37
CT 39
Birch Rd/Aunt Hack Rd (New Fairfield/Danbury)
US 6/202
Saw Mill Rd
Ridgebury Rd
CT 116
CT 33
N Wilton Rd
Michigan Rd
CT 124
Lost District Rd
Ponus Ridge/Trinity Pass
Mayapple Rd
Rockrimmon Rd
CT 104
Riverbank Rd
Farms Rd
Taconic Rd
Banksville Ave
North St
Lower Cross Rd
Lake Ave
Burying Hill Rd.
Round Hill Rd
John St
Riversville Rd (cross into NY)
NY 433
NY 22
NY 120
NY 120A (straddles border, ends in NY)
Putnam Ave
US 1 (into CT)
N Water St
Delavan Ave
I-95 (Exits 2-9)
US 1
CT 136
I-95 (Exits 17-19)
US 1
CT 130
CT 113
CT 130
US 1
CT 162
Main St (West Haven)
1st Ave
Kimberly Ave
CT 10
I-95 (Exits 45-46)
Long Wharf Dr
US 1
CT 337
Silver Sands Rd
CT 142
US 1
CT 146
US 1
CT 154
US 1
I-95/US 1 (Exit 68-70)
CT 156
CT 213
US 1
I-95/US 1 (Exit 83-87)
CT 349
Shennecossett Rd.
Thomas Rd
Tower Ave
US 1
CT 215
US 1
US 1A
US 1
CT 2
CT 49
CT 14A
I-395
SR 695
Shippe School House Rd  (into RI)
E. Killingly Rd
RI/CT 101
CT 12
CT 21
CT 193
CT 200
CT 12
CT 131
CT 197
CT 171
CT 190
CT 75
CT/MA 168
MA/CT 10 / US 202
East St/Mountain Rd
CT 20
CT 8
US 44

[Max Rockatansky]

Arizona really can't be done by car since you have the obstruction of Lake Mead, the Colorado River, and the Grand Canyon.  California is essentially also impossible also given the lack of roadways on the Oregon State Line in the Trinity Mountains that would require crossing the state line.  In fact I can't even find a Forest Road that would connect US 199 to Greyback Road which make a full circuit perimeter much more obtainable.  There are some other examples where there is no true road building along the state perimeter but oddly there is usually a 4WD trail or at minimum something that could theory be used be a skilled enough driver. 

[Buck87]

Ohio

Going clockwise, starting in northwest corner:

US 20
OH 109
OH 120
US 23
OH 184
I-75
I-280
OH 2
OH 163
OH 269
OH 2
US 6
OH 2
OH 283
OH 535
OH 2
US 20
OH 534
OH 531
(Northeast Corner)
OH 7
OH 82
US 62
OH 7
OH 616
OH 170
OH 7
OH 618
OH 7
OH 124
OH 283
OH 7
(Southern tip)
US 52
US 50
(Southwest corner)
OH 128
OH 126
OH 129
OH 732
US 127
US 35
OH 320
OH 121
OH 49
(Northwest Corner)

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I take this as doing a circle as close to a state's limit as possible. So in Alaska it would be AK 1 from Palmer to Tok, AK 2 to Fairbanks and AK 3 back to Palmer .

BTW, I forgot this specifically asks for a state. Since I don't have a state, I cannot answer, and my previous post that encircled an autonomous community isn't valid. But since I had it done in another forum...

[MNHighwayMan]

Minnesota isn't possible to do a full perimeter drive either since there are no E-W roads in the Boundary Waters, but here's the best you can do (generally on state highways, there are county routes typically closer to borders)

Starting in the SW corner:

snip

You missed using MN-316 from east of Miesville to Hastings instead of US-61.

Edit: Also, if we want to get really nitty-gritty, MN-123 from Sandstone to Askov is technically closer to the border than MN-23 is through that stretch.

[paulthemapguy]

IL 1 is only closest to the IN border south of Beecher.  You could take US 41 to US 12/20 and go west.  You could cheat a little by either using a few blocks of Halsted between 95th/US 12/US 20 and I-57 that isn't technically IL-1, use 87th Street for a U-turn at the I-94 diamond, or cut down Stony Island to I-94.  Otherwise, you'll have to jump over to I-90/94 at I-55, take I-94 east to Sibley/IL 83.  You would then take IL 83 south to its terminus at US 30, then take US 30 west to IL 394.  That will take you directly to IL 1, which would work until US 52.  Take US 52 to Sheldon, then US 24 back to IL 1.

Actually yeah, what was I thinking?  I should have included IL394. lol

[Brandon]

Since Illinois is done, here's Michigan (which will be interesting):

Starting at New Buffalo and going clockwise (using M, US, and I highways only, but including BL Is and BL USs as they are state routes):
I-94 E to M-63 N
M-63 N to I-196 N
I-196 N to BL-196 (South Haven)
BL-196 back to I-196 N
I-196 N to US-31 N
US-31 N to BL US-31 (Holland)
BL US-31 back to US-31 N
US-31 N to BL US-31 (Muskegon)
BL US-31 back to US-31 N
US-31 N to BL US-31 (Montague/Whitehall)
BL US-31 back to US-31 N
US-31 N to BL US-31 (Pentwater)
BL US-31 back to US-31 N
US-31 N to BL US-31 (Ludington)
BL US-31 to US-10 E
US-10 E to US-31 N
US-31 N to M-22 N
M-22 N to M-109 N
M-109 N to M-22 N then S
M-22 S to US-31 N
US-31 N to I-75 N
I-75 across the Mackinac Bridge
I-75 N to US-2 W
US-2 W to M-35 S
M-35 S to US-41 N
US-41 N to US-2 W
US-2 W to M-95 N
M-95 N to M-69 W
M-69 W to US-2 W
US-2 W to M-28 E
M-28 E to M-64 N
M-64 N to M-38 E
M-38 E to M-26 N
M-26 N to US-41 N
US-41 N to M-203 N
M-203 N to M-26 N
M-26 N to US-41 S
US-41 S to M-26 S
M-26 S to US-41 S
US-41 S to M-28 E
M-28 E to M-123 N then S
M-123 N then S to M-28 E
M-28 E to I-75 N
I-75 N to BS-75
BS-75 to M-129 S
M-129 S to M-48 E
M-48 E to M-134 W
M-134 W to I-75 S
I-75 S to BL-75 (St Ignace)
BL-75 back to I-75 S
I-75 across the Mackinac Bridge
I-75 S to US-23 S
US-23 S to BL US-23 (Rogers City)
BL US-23 back to US-23 S
US-23 S to M-13 S
M-13 S to M-25 E
M-25 E to BL-94 (Port Huron)
BL-94 to M-29 S
M-29 S to I-94 W
I-94 W to M-3 S
M-3 S to M-85 S (after a few jogs in downtown Detroit)
M-85 S to I-75 S (I-75 exit 45)
I-75 S to M-85 S (I-75 exit 43)
M-85 S to I-75 S (I-75 exit 28)
I-75 S to I-275 N
I-275 N to US-24 S
US-24 S to M-50 W
M-50 W to US-23 S
US-23 S to US-223 N
US-223 N to M-34 W
M-34 W to M-99 N
M-99 N to US-12 W
US-12 W to I-94 at New Buffalo

[epzik8]

Imma try to do Maryland.

• First, Maryland Route 5 from Point Lookout to Maryland Route 234 just west of Leonardtown.
• Then MD-234 to U.S. Route 301 near Newburg.
• U.S. 301 to La Plata.
• MD-6 from La Plata to MD-344.
• MD-344 to MD-224.
• MD-224 to MD-225.
• MD-225 up to MD-210 at Potomac Heights.
• MD-210 to MD-414, just before the I-495 Capital Beltway.
• MD-414 and MD-458 through Suitland and District Heights, parallel to the southeast border of the District of Columbia.
• From MD-458, MD-214 to MD-704 at Capitol Heights.
• MD-704 to MD-202.
• MD-202 to MD-450 at Bladensburg, then MD-450 to U.S. 1 Alternate to mainline U.S. 1.
• U.S. 1 to MD-410.
• MD-410 to Bethesda, then MD-187 to MD-188.
• MD-190 from MD-188 to MD-112, to MD-28 at Darnestown.
• MD-28 out to Point of Rocks, then U.S. 15 from there to MD-464.
• MD-464 to MD-17 near Brunswick to U.S. 340.
• MD-67 from U.S. 340 to U.S. 40 Alternate at Boonsboro.
• MD-68 from U.S. 40 ALT to I-70 at Clear Spring.
• I-70 to MD-144 at Hancock.
• MD-144 out to U.S. 220 west of Cumberland.
• U.S. 220 to MD-135.
• MD-135 along the Potomac and to U.S. 219 at Oakland.
• U.S. 219 to MD-42 near McHenry.
• MD-42 to I-68 at Friendsville.
• I-68 back to I-70 at Hancock.
• U.S. 40 from I-70 to MD-64 at Hagerstown.
• MD-64 to MD-77 to U.S. 15 at Thurmont.
• U.S. 15 to MD-140 at Emmitsburg.
• MD-140 to MD-27 at Westminster to MD-482.
• MD-482 to MD-30 Business to MD-88 to MD-137 through Hampstead.
• MD-137 to MD-45 to MD-138 at Hereford to MD-23.
• MD-23 to MD-136 at Norrisville.
• MD-136 to MD-440 to U.S. 1 over the Conowingo Dam.
• MD-273 from U.S. 1 near Rising Sun to MD-213.
• MD-213 to MD-313 at Galena.
• MD-313 all the way to U.S. 50 at Mardela Springs.
• U.S. 50 up the Lower Shore, across the Bay Bridge and to Annapolis, except through Easton where I would take MD-322, and MD-662 through Wye Mills.
• MD-179 from U.S. 50 to the Annapolis Naval Academy bridge.
• MD-450 to MD-2 to MD-214 at Edgewater to MD-468.
• MD-468 to MD-256 at Deale and then back to MD-2.
• MD-423, MD-261 and MD-263 along the Western Shore and once again back to MD-2/4.
• MD-4 from the Solomons MD-2 split to MD-5 at Leonardtown.

And that's just about it for my venture.

[jemacedo9]

PA isn't too terrible - starting in the SE Corner

US 13 N to PA 291 E
PA 291 E to I-95 N
I-95 N to PA 132 W
PA 132 W to US 13 N
US 13 N to US 1 N
US 1 N to PA 32 N
PA 32 N to PA 611 N
PA 611 N to I 80 W
I 80 W to US 209 N

(cheat #1)
US 209 N to NY 97 N
NY 97 N to Hancock NY, bridge to PA 191 S

- OR - (non-cheat)
US 209 N to US 6 W
US 6 W to PA 434 N
PA 434 N to PA 590 W
PA 590 W to US 6 W
US 6 W to PA 191 N

PA 191 to PA 370 S
PA 370 S to PA 171 N
PA 171 N to US 11 S
US 11 S to PA 706 W
PA 706 W to PA 467 W
PA 467 W to PA 187 S
PA 187 S to US 6 W
US 6 W to US 15 N
US 15 N to PA 49 W
PA 49 W to US 6 W
US 6 W to PA 155 N
PA 155 N to PA 446 N
PA 446 N to PA 346 W
PA 346 W to US 219 S
PA 219 S to PA 770 W
PA 770 W to PA 59 W
PA 59 W to US 6 W
US 6 W to US 62 N
US 62 N to PA 957 W
PA 957 W to US 6 W
US 6 W to PA 89 N
PA 89 N to PA 5 W
PA 5 W to US 20 E
US 20 E to US 6N E
US 6N E to PA 18 S
PA 18 S to US 322 W
US 322 W to PA 58 S
PA 58 S to PA 18 S
PA 18 S to PA 551 S
PA 551 S to PA 168 S
PA 168 S to PA 18 S
PA 18 S to PA 50 W
PA 50 W to PA 231 S
PA 231 S to PA 18 S
PA 18 S to PA 21 E
PA 21 E to PA 88 S
PA 88 S to US 119 N
US 119 N to US 40 E
US 40 E to PA 523 N
PA 523 N to PA 281 N
PA 281 N to PA 653 E
PA 653 E to US 219 N
US 219 N to PA 160 N
PA 160 N to PA 31 E
PA 31 E to US 30 E
US 30 E to PA 26 N
PA 26 N to PA 484 E
PA 484 E to PA 655 N
PA 655 N to US 522 N
US 522 N to PA 16 E
PA 16 E to PA 116 E
PA 116 E to US 15 S
US 15 S to PA 97 E
PA 194 E to PA 116 E
PA 116 E to PA 216 E
PA 216 E to PA 851 E
PA 851 E to PA 74 N
PA 74 N to PA 372 W
PA 372 W to PA 272 S
PA 272 S to US 1 N
US 1 N to PA 472 S
PA 472 S to PA 841 N
PA 841 N to US 1 N
US 1 N to US 202 S
US 202 S to PA 491 E

(cheat #2)
PA 491 E to DE 491 E
DE 491 E to DE 92 E
DE 92 E to US 13 N

- OR non cheat -

PA 491 e to PA 261 N
PA 261 N to US 322 E
US 322 E to PA 452 S
PA 452 S to US 13

[vdeane]

BTW, I forgot this specifically asks for a state. Since I don't have a state, I cannot answer, and my previous post that encircled an autonomous community isn't valid. But since I had it done in another forum...

For forum purposes I generally consider a "state" to be any US state, territory, or DC; Canadian province or territory, or any other first-level national subdivision (ex: Mexican states, the oblasts of Russia and Alanland, etc.).  I guess some people like to get anal about it (such as in the "hello neighbor" state route game), but IMO it fits the spirit of what a "state" is for roadgeek purposes.

[kphoger]

KS is pretty simple, but the southern border gets kind of zig-zaggy.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Since people are cheating by going outside the state when it's supposed to go around it while just inside, here are three for Aragon:

N-260 to A-1605 near Castarne
A-1605 to A-2613 (Damn Catalonia getting in the way)
A-2613 to A-2615 in Castigaleu
A-2615 to N-230 in Tolva
N-230 to HU-V-9301

N-260 to an unclassified paved road in Noales
Unclassified paved road into Catalonia, to N-230 near Vilaller
N-230 past Tolva to HU-V-9301 (Weaves between Aragon and Catalonia)

TE-V-8301 to A-226 to TE-V-8101
TE-V-8101 to an unnumbered paved road to TE-39
TE-39 to TE-V-8215 to TE-41 in Molinos
TE-41 to A-1702 at N-211 (Damn Valencian Community forcing this detour)
A-1702 back to A-226
A-226 to A-227 to TE-38 in Cantavieja

TE-V-8301 to A-226
A-226 (dips into Valencian Community as CV-121) to A-227 to TE-38 in Cantavieja

VF-TE-08 through Frias de Albarracin to TE-V-9033 in Villar del Cobo
TE-V-9033 to TE-V-9032 to A-1512 (dips into Castile-La Mancha but the only road intersecting there is unpaved)

VF-TE-08 to A-1704 in Frias de Albarracin
A-1704 to VF-TE-07 (this junction is in Castile-La Mancha, but they didn't sign the border until well inside it)
VF-TE-07 to TE-V-9032 in Guadalaviar
TE-V-9032 to A-1512 (again dips into Castile-La Mancha as noted above)

[bzakharin]

NJ Starting at the southern tip of Cape May Point, the SE corner of the state and going clockwise:
NJ 109 N to US 9
US 9 N to NJ 47
NJ 47 N to NJ 49
NJ 49 W becomes US 130 N (this covers 1/2 of the state E-W)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SW corner of the state
US 130 N to NJ 44 (or stay on US 130 as it merges with I-295 [Exit 14] if he below is a disqualification)
NJ 44 N to I-295 (NB this requires a brief connection using CR 640. SB there is a direct interchange)
I-295/US 130 N to where 130 leaves 295 (Exit 23)
US 130 N to I-76

I-76 W to I-676 N
I-676 N to US 30 E (this connection requires 3 surface streets)
US 30 E to US 130 N

or

I-76 W to US 130

US 130 N to I-295 (Exit 57A)
I-295 N to NJ 29 N
NJ 29 N to NJ 12
NJ 12 E to NJ 31
NJ 31 N to I-78 W
I-78 W to NJ 173 W (exit 13)
NJ 173 W to I-78/US 22 W (exit 7)
I-78/US 22 W to where 22 leaves 78
US 22 W to NJ 57
NJ 57 E to NJ 182 NJ 31
NJ 31 N to US 46
US 46 W to NJ 94
NJ 94 N to US 206 N
US 206 N to NJ 15
------------------------------------ NW corner of the state
NJ 15 S to NJ 94
NJ 94 N to NJ 23
NJ 23 S to I-287
I-287 N to NJ 17
--------------------------------- NE corner of the state
NJ 17 S to NJ 4
NJ 4 E to US 1/9/46 (interchange briefly involves US 9W and I-95)
US 1/9/46 S/W to NJ 63
NJ 63 S to NJ 5
NJ 5 W to US 1/9
US 1/9 S to US 1/9 Bypass
US 1/9 Bypass to NJ 440
NJ 440 S to I-78
I-78 W to I-95 (NJ Turnpike)
I-95 S to Garden State Parkway
Garden State Parkway S to NJ 440
NJ 440 N to NJ 35
NJ 35 S to NJ 36
NJ 36 S to NJ 71
NJ 71 S to NJ 35
NJ 35 S to NJ 37
NJ 37 W to NJ 166
NJ 166 S to US 9
US 9 S to Garden State Parkway (Exit 29)
Garden State Parkway S to NJ 109

[SP Cook]

West Virginia is esentually impossible due to its irregular shape.  Best I could do is:

US 30 W to WV 2
WV 2 S to WV 31 N
WV 31 N to I-77 N
I-77 N to WV 14 S which eventually multiplexes with WV 68
WV 68 S which eventually multiplexes with US 50
US 50 W to WV 892 S
WV 892 S to WV 68 S to WV 2
WV 2 S to US 60
US 60 W to I-64
I-64 W to US 52
US 52 S to WV 49 (US 52, multiplexed with US 119, Corridor G, enters Kentucky twice for less than 100 yards each)
WV 49 to WV 65
WV 65 N to US 52
US 52 S to WV 80
WV 80 S to WV 83
WV 83 E to WV 16
WV 16  S to WV 161
WV 161 N to US 52
US 52 S to US 460

(all this is highly technical.  US 30 - WV 2 - US 60 - US 52 is probably good enough)

US 460 E to WV 112
WV 112 E to US 219  (enters Virginia for one and one half mile alternate is 50 miles out of the way)
US 219 N to WV 3
WV 3 E to WV 311 (enters Virginia for about 7 mile, alternative would be US 219 to I-64 E)
WV 311 to I-64
I-64 W to WV 92
WV 92 N eventually multiplexes with WV 28  and then with US 250  to US 33
US 33 E  to US 220
US 220 N to US 50
US 50 W to WV 29
WV 29 to WV 9
WV 9 (WV 9 is the only state numbered road that enters the eastern panhandle and no other road is dirveable without leaving the state, so WV 9 to US 340, US 340 N to a parking lot in Harpers Ferry, turn around on US 340 S to WV 230)
WV 230 N to WV 45
WV 45 W to WV 9
WV 9 W (backtracking)  to WV 29 (backtracking)
WV 29 to US 50 W
US 50 W to US 220
US 220 N to WV 46
WV 46  W enters Maryland as MD 135 and 36, alternative is US50 to WV 42 to 48)
WV 46 to WV 42
WV 42  S to US 48
US 48 W to US 219
US 219 to WV 24
WV 24 N to US 50
US 50 W to WV 72
WV 72 N to WV 26
WV 26 to I-68
I-68 W to US 119
US 119 N to US 19
US 19 N to WV 7
WV 7 W to US 250
US 250 N to WV 88
WV 88 to US 250
US 250 N to WV 88
WV 88 N to WV 27
WV 27 W to WV 2
WV 2 N (backtracking) to US 22
US22 E to WV 105
WV 105 to WV 2
WV 2 (backtracking} to WV 8
WV 8 N to US 30
US 30 W to WV 2

fin