This is not a thread about which interstate is your favorite or most important or whatever. I'm just curious to see which interstates (2di) you've traveled on from the most times to the fewest times--not just which interstates you use now, but which interstates you've used at any time in your lives as a driver. The interstate you list first is the one you've driven on the most. The interstate you list last is the one you've traveled on the fewest times. If an interstate is not listed, you have no experience with it at all. Let's see where this goes.
For me:
I-77 (almost daily for years)
I-20 (several times a week for years)
I-26 (several times a month for years)
I-85 (many long-distance trips and shopping trips in Charlotte)
I-95 (I-40 used to be ranked above I-95, but now that I live in the DC area, I use I-95 fairly often; also add long-distance trips)
I-66 (I live near I-66 and see it daily while I ride WMATA.)
I-40 (many drives to Durham; the I-85 concurrency helps)
I-75 (it helps that there's the I-75/85 concurrency in Atlanta, plus a few trips to Tampa)
I-64 (the I-64/95 concurrency in Richmond helps, plus a few trips to the Norfolk area)
I-81 (I've used this road as part of the I-77/81/66 route from SC to DC so I could avoid I-95 traffic)
I-4 (for the rare trip to Orlando and Tampa)
I-10 (for the even rarer trip to Tampa in which I don't take the US 301 shortcut)
I-16 (for the rare trip to Savannah)
I-83 (only driven on this road maybe 5 or 6 times in my entire life)
I-78 (only four times ever)
I-59 (only twice, but for a longer duration than I-74)
I-74 (only twice, and only as far as one exit before turning around just so I could say I've driven on it)
I-70 (exactly four times as a passenger in a bus and twice as a passenger in a taxi)
I-25 (exactly four times as a passenger)
I-93 (exactly twice as a passenger)
I-73, 79, 80, 90, 97 (I've seen shields for these interstates firsthand, but have never driven on them)
I-64 - used almost daily when at home, and for most trips out west.
I-81 - used weekly when at VT.
I-95 - used about once a month for trips to DC and the Carolinas.
I-85 - used for the quarterly trip to Atlanta, as well as less frequent trips to other NC cities.
I-20 - used for the quarterly trip to Columbia, as well as as an alternate to 85 to Atlanta.
I-26 - also used frequently when in Columbia.
I-40 - as part of the route to Atlanta and for the rare trip to Wilmington or Asheville.
I-77 - used occasionally when in Columbia and as an alternate route there.
I-75 - used occasionally when in Atlanta.
I-66 - used occasionally when on the biannual trip to DC.
I-76 - used occasionally when on the annual trip to Philly.
I-16 - used occasionally when in Savannah.
I-44 - used on the rare trip to St. Louis.
I-10 - used on the rare trip to the FL Gulf Coast.
All of them are tied together in first place for me, because I've never been in that part of the world :sombrero:.
I-35: use it daily, seen everything from Dallas on north, main part of the trip to Kansas City
I-44: used it a lot when I was living in Oklahoma and going to college in Springfield, MO
I-40: use it a decent amount
I-70: use it a fair amount when I visit Kansas City, seen everything from Topeka east
I-55: used it twice, to visit Chicago and later Milwaukee (and the return trips)
I-49: used it a few times, about half of it when it was US-71 or I-540 though
I-80, I-94: used both of these about equally, both in Chicago/Milwaukee and a bigger chunk of both separately on various trips (I-80 en route to SD, I-94 en route to Ann Arbor MI)
I-43: used it to visit Milwaukee and clinched it as part of a road meet
I-27: my first big road trip as I was learning to drive was clinching I-27
I-20, 39, 57, 75, 85, 95: did big chunks of these one time on various trips
I-64, 65, 72, 76(E), 77, 90: pretty sure I've only been concurrent with these, not actually following them at the time
93
95
(large gap)
90
91
88
84
89
Future 86
85
87
81
75
Most driven (in order)
40
95
85
77
75
94
96
76
69
90
80
81
74
73
(Driven several times, in numeric order)
4,5,10,15,16,20,26,29,35,64,65,66,70,71,78,79,83,97
(Used once or twice, in numeric order)
H1,17,24,25,39,43,44,45,49,55,57,72,84,86,87,93,99
Living on the Oregon coast and having I-5 a shade over 80 miles away as the car drives means little freeway driving. That said I use I-5 the most over the course of my life.
Around four years in Utah meant I-15 was Numero Uno.
Two and a half years in Louisiana saw me split between I-55 and I-12 for the most part.
Serving at March AFB and living in SoCal for a bit after that resulted on me driving on I-10 and I-15 the most.
Short stints in Washington: I-5 with occasional I-90 when in Seattle, I-90 and I-82 when in Ellensburg.
Occasional use awards go to I-84 (western) and I-80.
One time use: I-8 (clinched), I-75. That was in the Seventies. I-86 in the Eighties. I-59 in the Nineties.
Rick
Here in Arizona, I use both I-10 and I-17 with about equal frequency (maybe a slight nod to 17 if I really have to pick one over the other) driving around the Phoenix area. A very distant third place would be I-40 in the Flagstaff area. If we include single-digit interstates, I-8 is rarely used by me. And I've scarcely done any driving on I-19 at all.
When I lived in the San Fernando Valley portion of Los Angeles, most of my freeway driving was on routes that don't qualify for this topic, such as three-digit interstates and state highways (I-210, California 134). Didn't use I-10 much until I moved to Phoenix, and now I-10 is definitely my most-heavily used interstate in California simply because it's my route from Phoenix to L.A., or more accurately
Phoenix to Redlands (east of San Bernardino), where I catch the 210 for my final shot into the L.A. area. Would love to use the 10 at some point through the San Gabriel Valley (used to go to some mighty good authentic Chinese restaurants in Monterey Park [nicknamed "Little Taipei" and not to be confused with Monterey] when I lived in Los Angeles), but I just don't want to deal with the congestion! :banghead:
I would say that I-4, Orlando's only game in town, as all of the other freeways are toll facilities, sucks real bad do to all the population growth to overzealous developers who brought many more people to the Sunshine State.
The best interstates are:
I-24 (Scenic Beauty)
I-76 (Also Scenic)
I-57(From Effingham to just south of Kankakee)
I-71 (From Columbus to the Miami River)
I-77 (In WV)
Most boring is I-10 from Florida to Texas
For me...
93
95
90
84
91
89
81
87
If including 3DI, 495 (MA) beats any of them handily.
Brief background: I've lived in Washington (mostly) since 2002, lived in New Jersey before that.
The big three:
I-5 (probably about weekly, I use I-405 daily, but OP said 2dis, various parts of I-5 have been daily in the past)
I-90 (currently somewhat less often than it's north-south brother)
I-95 (probably slightly less than weekly when I lived in New Jersey, but I've probably still done more traveling on it than any of the further away interstates out here)
Other interstates I've been on a fair handful of times in approximate order:
I-87, I-82, I-84(W), I-80, I-84(E), I-91, I-94, I-78, I-15, I-25, I-70, I-4, I-66, I-76(E)
Interstates I've been on less than a handful of times (i.e. once or twice) in numerical order:
I-10, I-26, I-40, I-64, I-71, I-77, I-86(W), I-86(E), I-93
I've never driven in the US, but I have been a passenger.
Been on:
I-4 (first time in the US) Several times
I-75 Twice
And in 2012 going to NYC
I-81 Twice
I-380 (maybe) It was dark, and I was tired and don't really remember
I-80 (maybe) Same as above
I-95 Twice
And a few others when on a family trip from Washington back to Ottawa.
My count is based on me driving and on a solo segment of the route...
Been on I-95 thousands of times (daily commute for 19 years and counting)
Been on I-26 hundreds of times (lived in SC)
Been on I-64 hundreds of times (lived in VA)
Been on I-85 hundreds of times (college in Clemson and wife's college in Spartanburg)
Been on these at least 50 times: 40, 66, 81
Been on these more than a dozen times: 20, 68, 70
Been of these a handful of times on trips: 10, 12, 15, 16, 24, 59, 73, ew74, 75, e76, 77, 79, 80, 83, 84, e86, 90, 97, 99
Been on these exactly 3 times: 35, 78, 87, e88, 89, 93, 94
Been on these exactly twice: 5, 25, 29, 91
Been on these exactly once: 17, 27, 30, 39, 55, 82, 71, 72, w86
Yet to drive: A1-A4; H1-H3; PR1-PR3; 4, 8, 19, 22, 37, 41, 43, 44, 45, 49*, 57, 69, w76, w88, 96
* I have once driven US 90 from Lafayette to New Orleans with Future 49 signs up
Mike
I-5: I don't use this the most now, but I've probably been on this the most total. From living around Portland and Eugene, and taking trips down to California.
I-84(W): Especially now living in Nampa, I use this a lot (multiple times a week usually). Even before now, it was probably 2nd place still. Give it enough time here and this will jump I-5.
I-82: Lived in Richland, WA for a year, Yakima for a year or 2 as a small kid, and used a few times as a through route from Idaho to Seattle.
I-90: Never lived along this corridor, but used it enough getting around the region
I-80: Taken a handful of trips to the SF Bay area. Also some around Reno.
I-10: Used bits and pieces in the LA area, but not much. Used I-210 and CA-91 more. Also as a kid, multiple trips to Palm Springs area
I-15: Used a little bit in SoCal, a little bit around SLC, and a little bit around Pocatello. Never used it for long distances.
I-86(W): Clinched it exactly one time.
I-8: Only a couple days in San Diego, a few miles each day.
I think that's all the 2DI I've used.
EDIT: Moved I-10 higher
I-81 (use it for many trips)
I-70 (Washington D.C. and Baltimore)
I-76 (trips west)
I-95 (north and south)
I-40 (RDU airport, and other NC cities)
I-85 (other NC cities)
Mine are extremely heavily weighted between two of them, because of my location and normal travels:
I-76...although rarely more than about 4 miles of it, and mostly when I go from NJ to PA for sporting events and anything Philadelphia related. When I go to Ohio and points West, I'm still solely using I-76 for several hundred miles. (I'm not going to count I-70 overlapping)
I-95, mostly PA and points south. But same thing - I can get all the way to Florida via this one route.
After that, the rank/importance drops with a thud, and are far removed from my home area. My next two are probably I-80 and I-10 for trips related to both Ohio & Florida. And I-15 on my many trips to Vegas.
Anything else are just based on road trips and vacations.
(Edit for Fun, related to an above post. I've driven on H1 more than I-78 & 83, despite living within 100 miles of 78 & 83. And I've only spent one vacation on Oahu!)
I am not exactly sure which I have used more frequently because I have lived different places, but here's my guess:
I-275 (Tampa area)
I-4 (Tampa area)
I-75
I-10
I-95 (Jacksonville)
I-295 (Jacksonville)
I don't have to get on the freeway in my commute, but I do a lot of freeway driving as a function of my job when going to meet with clients.
Off the top of my head:
I-93 Woburn (MA) to Andover (MA) - use two to four times a week
I-93 Woburn to Londonderry (NH) - use once or twice a month
I-95 Burlington (MA) to Lynnfield (MA) - use some or all portions within segment three to five times a week
I-95 Lynnfield to Portsmouth (NH) - use once or twice a month
I-90 Weston (MA) to Albany (NY) - use some portions or all within segment four to five times a year
I-84 Sturbridge (MA) to Scranton (PA) - use twice a year
Of course, this is for non-work related travel only. As part of my job, I may need to drive some segments of the Massachusetts interstate system as many as five to six times a year.
I can't go top to bottom individually, but I can go top to bottom in groups/tiers.
In no particular order, my top tier includes the following: 10, 12, 20, 35, 59, 64, 91, 94, 95.
My second tier includes routes I've traveled frequently/extensively: 40, 55, 65, 66, 70, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84(E), 85, 87, 89, 90, 93.
My third tier includes routes I've been on occasionally, but not all that often: 24, 39, 57, 68, 71, 74, 75, 76(E), 77, 86(E), 97, 99.
My fourth tier is the routes I've only rarely (or just once) been on: the Hawaii routes, 4, 5, 8, 15, 16, 25, 26, 29, 30, 43, 44, 45, 49, 69 (outside Texas), 72, 73, 79, 84(W), 88(both), 96.
Everything else is in my bottom tier...those routes I have not traveled yet: 2, 17, 19, 27, 37, 69 (Texas and its minions), 76(W), 82, 86(W), the hidden Alaska and PR routes.
I'll follow Froggie on this and give tiers since I use certain ones rather regularly.
* Denotes a clinch of the entire route.
Top Tier (most common): 39*, 55*, 57*, 80, 88(W)*, 90, 94
Tier 2 (Used often, but not common): 65, 74*, 72*, 43*, 69, 96, 75, 41*
Tier 3 (Used less than often, but more than a few times): 70, 76(W)*, 35
Tier 4 (Used rarely, but at least once): H1, H3, 4*, 5, 8, 10, 12*, 15, 17, 20, 24*, 25, 26, 29, 30, 37, 40, 44, 45, 49, 59, 64, 66*, 71, 76(E), 77, 81, 83, 85, 91, 95
Everything else, I have never been on.
Note: I consider I-74 clinched with the original route, not that imposter in North Carolina.
Tier 1 (easy winner): 76(E)
Tier 2 (easy runner-up): 70
Tier 3: 68, 79
Tier 4: 80, 95
Tier 5: 10, 24, 40, 65
Tier 6: 71, 77, 90
Tier 7 (handful of times): 25, 35, 78, 83, 97, 99
Tier 8 (1-3 times): 5, 12, 16, 19, 20, 26, 30, 44, 49, 55, 57, 64, 66, 74, 75, 81, 84 (West), 86, 89, 91, 93, 94
Top honors go to my home Interstate, one which I've clinched multiple times and the one on which I've logged (by far) the most miles of any single route.
80
The next tier consists of Interstates that were, for at least a time, fixtures of everyday life.
5, 10, 76 (E), 78, 81, 83, 95
Then, Interstates on which I've logged thousands of miles of long-distance travel.
40, 44, 70, 71, 84 (E), 90
Finally, a few honorable mentions for Interstates that don't meet the criteria.
64, 66
1) 80 (part of my daily commute, route between college and home base)
2) 74 (the rest of my daily commute, also to visit family)
T3) 88, 94, 69, 65, 90, 96 (every once in a while: trips to Chicago, visiting more family, etc.)
T8) 35, 75, 55 (very short distances once in a blue moon)
T11) All others. I don't really feel like listing the ones I've been on, because the one or two times that I might have been on them were insignificant.
A topic that really makes me think.
I'm a life-long Indiana resident, so the ones passing through the Hoosier state mostly get top billing. Most of the rest come from vacation travel. (I'll leave out the 3dis, because it's too hard to recall all of them.)
80 & 90 tie, since they are one-and-the-same in my area. I've been on both where they aren't concurrent to the east and west, probably in equal measure.
69
65 (This one is clinched.)
94
70
75
74
76 (east)
71
55
40
44
35
30
83
66
95
64 (It goes through Indiana, but I've not been on that part. I've travelled parts of the Virginia and Illinois sections.)
24
40
26
25
81
41
4
5 (Seattle and LA portions)
10 (Los Angeles, Mississippi and Alabama)
57 (It's close, but I've had no reason to do most of it.)
29
72
96 (barely, it doesn't go the direction I need to go in Michigan)
77 (ditto, but for Ohio)
88 (80 is a better route to the Quad Cities for me)
Here's my ranking:
565
65
24, 76
20
85, 10
59, 17
95, 459
Everything else
Tier one - many, many times:
5, 10, 15, 80
Tier two - more than a handful:
8, 40, 70, 84, 90, 95
Tier three - once or twice:
4, 17, 45, 64, 70, 86 (W), 87, 94
I need to get out more.
FREQUENT:
I-95 – daily
I-76 – the occasional trip into Philly
INFREQUENT:
I-64 – vacations / school trips to Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, or south towards the Outer Banks
I-4 – vacations to Orlando
I-83 – vacation to Niagara Falls (single round trip)
I-81 – ""
I-99? – "" (it was on the verge of being signed in NY at this point, so does this count?)
I-86 – ""
I-90 – ""
I-78 – once, only leaving NYC
I-5 way out in front. Never a daily commute, but 2-4 times a week.
At least a couple of times a month: I-90.
Less often: I-405 (Wash.), 205 (Wash./Or.). Bay Area freeways, 80, 280, 880, 980, 380, 580, 680, 505.
A handful of times: I-82, 84 (Western). Virginia/DC: I-95, 495, 64, 295, 85.
Once or twice: I-40, 15, 70, 84 (Eastern), 91, 495 (Mass.), 93.
I'm probably forgetting some.
I'll sort this into broad categories:
Interstates I've lived by and used very frequently:
5, 80, 84W, 90
Interstates I've lived by and used somewhat frequently:
10, 15, 88W
Other frequent interstates:
17, 25, 70, 71, 82
Interstates I've been on rarely but multiple times for a specific, recurring purpose (most likely more frequent but over shorter distances than the category below):
8, 76W, 86W, 94
Interstates I've been on rarely but multiple times for a roadtrip or other one-off purpose:
19, 29, 40, 44, 75, 95
Interstates I've been on once or twice in recent years:
20, 27, 30, 35, 49, 55, 64, 69, 76E, 78, 87, 91, 93
Interstates I've been on and have little memory of:
4, 24, 57, 65, 66, 68, 74, 77
I'll take a stab at this, though I'm sure I'll miss something. I'm limiting this to ones on which I've personally driven, not ones on which I've only been a passenger.
Interstates I've driven the most: I-95 and I-66. I grew up in, and now live in, Northern Virginia, so this is easy. I couldn't tell you on which one I've made a higher number of trips, though obviously I've logged more miles overall on I-95.
Interstates I've driven on a lot due primarily to their being near where I went to college and law school (UVA and Duke, respectively): I-64, I-85, and I-40 (my brother went to William & Mary, so I used I-64 a lot to visit him; I-85 was my primary route to pretty much everywhere during law school; I commuted via I-40 when I worked in Raleigh during the summer of 1996)
Others I've used frequently due to various travel: I-81, I-70, I-76 (eastern), I-68, I-83, I-97, I-78
Others I use once or twice a year over the past five years since I got married: I-4, I-75 (both due to my wife having relatives in Florida)
Used frequently during the summer of 1997 when I worked in Alabama: I-65
Used several times on ski trips to Canada: I-87
Used periodically on trips south for football or en route to Florida: I-77 (in every case other than local travel in Charlotte, I use this road due to wanting a change of scenery from I-85 and I-95)
Used twice only, en route to or from Alabama: I-59 and I-24 (both due to wanting a route other than I-85)
Minimal use–to and from New Orleans in 1997 and back and forth from the motel on a Gator Bowl trip in 1991: I-10
Used only once or twice with me as the driver (though I also travelled some of these as a kid): I-84 (eastern), I-26, I-90, I-79, I-12, I-16 (a single mile in Macon!), I-71
I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
Almost daily:
I-55, I-88, I-190 IL, I-355 IL, I-294 IL
Weekly to Monthly:
I-80, I-90, I-94, I-290 IL
Monthly to Semi-annual:
I-39, I-57, I-180 IL, I-280 IL-IA, I-794 WI, I-894 WI
Semi-annual to Bi-annual:
I-27, I-29, I-30, I-35, I-40, I-43, I-44, I-65, I-70, I-72, I-74, I-155 IL, I-180 NE, I-255 IL-MO, I-270 IL-MO, I-435 MO, I-465 IN, I-494 MN, I-635 TX, I-694 MN
My guess for least-mentioned 2di is I-97.
Rick
Tier one (often): 76(E), 95, 90, 86, 78, 83, 80, 81, 84, 99
Tier two (several times): 79, 70, 97, 87, 64, 66
Tier three (only once or twice, numerical order): 5, 10, 20, 26, 30, 40, 45, 55, 68, 71, 75, 88(E), 89, 91, 93
Tier I
I-20 - the only one that's ever served as part of my regular commute
Tier II
I-75, I-85 - if I'm leaving Atlanta to go anywhere, chances are I'm on one of these two
Tier III
I-40, I-64*, I-66, I-77**, I-81 - used these a lot for about 4 years when I found myself making trips between Atlanta and DC every few months
I-95 - used this a bit less often in the same time period, but was also how I got to BWI when I lived up there, plus a couple road trips to the Northeast
I-10 - mostly for visiting family
* just the portion of I-64 concurrent with I-81; otherwise this goes in Tier V
** just the portion of I-77 concurrent with I-81; otherwise this goes in Tier IV
Tier IV
I-16 - a few trips to Savannah
I-26 - a couple trips to Charleston, used once or twice on the Atlanta-DC route when I-81 and I-95 got boring
I-70 - even though I lived only about 20 miles from it for a while, it wasn't really used that much
Tier V
I-4, I-24, I-59, I-68, I-73, I-74(e), I-76(e), I-79, I-83, I-84(e), I-90, I-91, I-93, I-97 - various one-offs
Tier VI
I-5, I-65, I-89 - never driven, but have been on as a passenger
D-OH, I forgot to mention that I have driven on at least one Hawaii interstate. I know I've driven on H-1 and possibly H-201. I can't remember if H-201 services the Honolulu Airport. I don't particularly like H-1 because of the congestion and the low speed limits. But it's Hawaii, so it's not like you have anywhere "far" to go.
It's interesting to see what constitutes everyone's "bread and butter" interstate or "mainstay" interstate. Surely we've got most of the country's interstate mileage covered between us all.
And to the person who mentioned driving on I-26 on the trip from Atlanta to DC, I'm curious about your route since you said I-81 and I-95 were boring. I-26 and Atlanta is only understandable to me if you use I-26/85 to get from Columbia to Atlanta as a way of bypassing the desolation that is I-20 between Atlanta and Augusta.
This is somewhat challenging, but here goes:
1. I-80. I use it at least once a week and also use it whenever going anywhere east, or down to Lincoln.
2. I-29. I use it to go to KC and to my relatives in SD and SW MN.
3. I-90. I used it a lot when I lived in the Chicago area and it also gets used when I see my MN relatives. Also used it on my 2002 Ohio trip.
4. I-88W. I used it a few times when I went to NIU in the 90's.
5. I-70. Used several times on various KS road trips. Also used on 02 OH trip and 03 TN trip.
6. I-94. Used while in Chicago and also as part of OH trip, when I made my only visit to Michigan.
7. I-55. Used occasionally whenever I went to Chicago.
8. I-39. Used occasionally when I was going to NIU.
9. I-74. Used on 03 TN trip, as I drove through IN and IL on way back home. Also used in Quad cities.
10. I-43. Used on trip to Milwaukee for friend's wedding and also in 2012, as my friend and I used it to go see Cubs play Brewers.
11. I-65. Used on day trip to Indy from Chicago in 2005.
12-13. I-24/I-57 both used on TN road trip. I never had reason to use I-57 when in Chicago area.
14-16. I-69/I-75/I-71. All used once on Ohio trip. I may also have I-77, but don't recall it.
17-18. I-95/I-66 both used on my trip to DC in 2001.
19. I-44. Used once in St. Louis, essentially to say I was on it.
I may also have I-72, in Jacksonville, IL, but don't remember it for sure. This after avoiding it in Springfield, IL.
EDIT: Forgot I-64, which can be added to the I-24/I-57 list.
EDIT#2: I-35 Been on it several times in KC area and when going to Twin Cities. Probably fits in between I-55 and I-94. I have no idea how I missed this one (it's a bigger miss than I-64).
40 - Lived within an hour of I-40 almost my entire life.
77 - Main N/S route for a lot of road trips, visiting family in OH.
85 - Mostly the 40 concurrency, but use it more frequently now out east.
81 - Main road trip route in college (Boone).
95 - Just not very useful in NC.
74 - Ohio/NC segments
26 - Would be higher if I counted former I-181.
75 - Visiting family in OH
64 - Visiting family in OH, couple road trips. Mainly the 77 concurrency, but have clinched from Lexington KY through all of WV.
70 - Visiting family in OH
73 - It's so short, so not much mileage.
79/66/71/79 - Drove once, outside the 71/75 concurrency in Cincy.
Yay for patheticness.
1. I-95 - Used for short trips mostly on a semi-weekly basis.
2. I-78 - Rarely used, but since I take US 22 a lot and it runs concurrent with it, it ends up at the number 2 spot.
3. I-76 - Used a few times in Philadelphia.
4. I-80 - Used once and only once.
5. I-66 - Used it once in D.C.
6. I-4 - Used more frequently when I lived down in Orlando.
For me 476 and 95 since they are my daily commute then 76 gets an honorable mention.
With me behind the wheel:
295 (NJ) - 3 times a week if no traffic
287 - several times weekly for a few months
95 - ditto, but a bit less total
76 (PA - NJ) - ditto, but a bit less total
276 (PA) - ditto minus a few recent trips
676 (PA - NJ) - about same as 276
280 (NJ) - in the single digits
78 - about same as 280
87 - once (each way)
Total (as best as I can recall):
76 (PA - NJ) - Weekdays for 10 years minus summers
676 (PA - NJ) - Ditto, but less of the more recent trips
295 (NJ-DE) - Weekdays for 3 months, 3 times a week last 2 years, pretty often sporadically all the time
95 - Weekly for 3 years or so, every other week for 10 years
278 - Weekly for 3 years or so
287 - Every other week for 4 years
276 (PA) - Weekly for a few years
84 - 100+ times total
476 - Upwards of 50 times total
280 - in the single digits or teens
78 - about same as 280
80 - maybe 8 times
87 - Ditto
91 - maybe 5 times
695 (Baltimore Beltway) - Ditto
90 - Ditto
83 - Once
I'll give it a shot, even though I haven't lived near a "daily use" 2di since 1990.
Tier 1 (heavy use-just not in a long time).
#1 top Mostest (lol) used 2di: I-90 (and all of the 3di's in the Chicagoland area as they were configured as of 12/18/1990)
followed by I-94,I-80,I-55. Harder for me to quantify if I had been on I-57 more or less than the 2di's that I currently use to get away from my current home on trips-probably less.
Tier 2 (I use them every chance I get to leave eastern NC)
I-95 (more often south of NC Exit 97 then north of it)
I-40
I-85 (mostly the I-40 concurrency, and singularly on a few trips to Charlotte and points southwest of there)
I-26
I-77
Tier 3 (I have used them on trips, just not very often-in no particular order of times of use or timeframe)
I-4,I-10,I-16,I-20,I-24,I-25,I-30,I-39,I-43,I-64,I-65,I-66,I-70,I-72,I-73,I-74,I-75,I-78,I-81,I-87,I-88
Of the one's listed in T3 I can say for certain the least travelled are I-25,I-30 and I-66, all once each (and I only just added I-66 to my portfolio this past Memorial Day as I used it to get to the beginning of Skyline Drive in Front Royal, VA).
AND lastly add I-96 as ridden on a ton of times as a small child, but I don't believe I have driven on it*, at least not in the Grand Rapids area where I lived until I was 9.
I do know that I have been on I-76 (east) as a passenger, but I have never driven it, and I believe I-44 in the St Louis area is in this boat as well. I do know for certain that I have never driven it, I just don't remember if my dad drove it with me as a passenger when we visited St Louis in 1983.
I-69 is on the passenger only list for sure.
note: *I "might" have driven a short segment of it in the Detroit area as a young adult when I drove my then girlfriend from Schaumburg IL to see her grandparents, I just don't remember if we actually went on it during the 2 days we were there.
I am assuming from the OP that we aren't considering 3di's because if we were, I better break out a pen and paper as I have work to do (LOL)
Revised list:
Pennsylvania (2006-present)
I-81 - my family almost always uses this
I-70 - often for DC trips or bypassing US 30 between Breezewood and McConellsburg
I-76 - Philadelphia/Pittsburgh trips - fairly often
I-83 - Harrisburg trips - fairly often
I-270 MD - used for DC trips
I-370 MD - ditto
I-495 DC MD VA - DC trips from Dulles Airport/Silver Line
I-95 - some Philly trips
North Carolina (2004-2006)
I-95 - used this for Myrtle Beach, and I-40 to get anywhere west of Lumberton
I-40 - used for frequent road trips west
I-85 - a little bit around Greensboro
One-offs
I-395 MD - one Baltimore trip
I-25 WYO - one Devils Tower trip
I-90 WYO/SD - one trip to Rapid City/Mt. Rushmore
By far the most are 80 and 35, with 29 after a moderate gap. After that I guess it would fall to 90 and 70, then 74, then the rest are too infrequent because they'd all be long-vacation-related.
For x0 and x5 interstates, I've been on 15 and 25 two separate times each; 5, 20, 45 only on one vacation each.
86E just enough to say I've been on it and clinch it in PA. Then it's into the "never"s.
Quote from: bzakharin on June 11, 2015, 12:21:20 PM
With me behind the wheel:
295 (NJ) - 3 times a week if no traffic
287 - several times weekly for a few months
95 - ditto, but a bit less total
76 (PA - NJ) - ditto, but a bit less total
276 (PA) - ditto minus a few recent trips
676 (PA - NJ) - about same as 276
280 (NJ) - in the single digits
78 - about same as 280
87 - once (each way)
Total (as best as I can recall):
76 (PA - NJ) - Weekdays for 10 years minus summers
676 (PA - NJ) - Ditto, but less of the more recent trips
295 (NJ-DE) - Weekdays for 3 months, 3 times a week last 2 years, pretty often sporadically all the time
95 - Weekly for 3 years or so, every other week for 10 years
278 - Weekly for 3 years or so
287 - Every other week for 4 years
276 (PA) - Weekly for a few years
84 - 100+ times total
476 - Upwards of 50 times total
280 - in the single digits or teens
78 - about same as 280
80 - maybe 8 times
87 - Ditto
91 - maybe 5 times
695 (Baltimore Beltway) - Ditto
90 - Ditto
83 - Once
Oops, forgot I-195 (NJ). On my first list that can go at the bottom, since I'm pretty sure it was once and Westbound only.
On the second list between 276 and 84, every other week for 5 years when the NJ Turnpike was congested, which was almost all summer and often other times
Quote from: Zzonkmiles on June 10, 2015, 11:08:24 PM
And to the person who mentioned driving on I-26 on the trip from Atlanta to DC, I'm curious about your route since you said I-81 and I-95 were boring. I-26 and Atlanta is only understandable to me if you use I-26/85 to get from Columbia to Atlanta as a way of bypassing the desolation that is I-20 between Atlanta and Augusta.
I still used quite a bit of I-81 that time, just not all of it. If memory serves, my route was something along the lines of I-66 -> I-81 -> I/VA-381 -> US 11E -> I-26 -> I-40 -> US 74 -> US 23 -> I-985. (Yes, this took a little longer than a direct route, but I didn't mind that so much.)
from my home bases past and present (3 points in WI, 1 in CA)
Daily use - current? None - nowhere near one
Daily use - past: 39, 5, 10 and their LA children
Frequent use - current: 39, 90, 94, 80
Frequent use - past: 15, 8
Long drives on (bold is completed): 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 25, 35, 39, 40, 44, 55, 57, 70, 76 (both) 80, 88 (both) 90, 95, 99
1. I-5 (near-daily use)
2. I-405 (monthly use)
3. I-90 (annual use)
1. I-95: Almost on I-95 daily.
2. I-91: We usually take I-91 if we're heading somewhere north such as Hartford, Springfield, or Vermont.
3. I-195 RI/MA: Considering this is one of the only "higher speed" routes heading into Cape Cod, this route is heavily traveled by us.
4. I-84: We take I-84 but only if we're heading west towards NY State or Danbury.
5. I-87: We take I-87 if we're heading towards the Adirondacks.
6. I-90 (MA): We take I-90 if we're heading towards Boston.
7. I-89 (VT): I-89 has to be one of my favorite interstates due to the beautiful route through the Green Mountains. We usually take it when traveling either to or from Burlington.
I-95 (Md., Va.)
I-495 (Md., Va.)
I-595 (Md.)
I-270 (Md.)
I-370 (Md.)
I-395 (Va., D.C.)
I-695 (D.C.)
I-295 (D.C., Md.)
I-66 (Va., D.C.)
I-895 (Md.)
I-695 (Md.)
I-795 (Md.)
I-70 (Md.)
I-83 (Md., Pa.)
I-68 (Md., W.Va.)
I-81 (Va., Md., W.Va., Pa.)
94
280 (OH)
75
275 (MI)
96
77
196
80/90
275 (MI)
69
79
85
64
Quote from: jeffandnicole on June 10, 2015, 02:38:10 PM
Mine are extremely heavily weighted between two of them, because of my location and normal travels:
I-76...although rarely more than about 4 miles of it, and mostly when I go from NJ to PA for sporting events and anything Philadelphia related. When I go to Ohio and points West, I'm still solely using I-76 for several hundred miles. (I'm not going to count I-70 overlapping)
I-95, mostly PA and points south. But same thing - I can get all the way to Florida via this one route.
After that, the rank/importance drops with a thud, and are far removed from my home area. My next two are probably I-80 and I-10 for trips related to both Ohio & Florida. And I-15 on my many trips to Vegas.
Anything else are just based on road trips and vacations.
(Edit for Fun, related to an above post. I've driven on H1 more than I-78 & 83, despite living within 100 miles of 78 & 83. And I've only spent one vacation on Oahu!)
If we include 3dis, then my tier 1 route is I-295: Nearly every day for the past 19 years; nearly every week for the past 23 years.
If we're talking only 2dis, here's my list...
I-80 -- couple of times a year
I-5 -- couple of times a year
I-15 -- once a year
If 3dis are included here's my list...
I-280 -- daily
I-880 -- almost daily
I-680 -- monthly
I-580 -- monthly
I-205 -- monthly
I-80 -- couple of times a year
I-5 -- couple of times a year
I-15 -- yearly
Driven on:
I-81 (daily)
I-83 (daily)
I-283 (frequently)
I-78
I-76
I-176
I-180 (PA)
I-80
Future I-99 (US 15)
Passenger on: (all about about the same level of useage)
I-95
I-77 (concurrency with I-81)
I-70
I-66
I-64 (concurrency with I-81)
I-55 (concurrency with I-40)
I-40
I-5
I-580 (CA)
I-41 daily in Green Bay area, few times a month from Green Bay to Appleton; driven entire stretch; clinched
I-43 about every 2-3 months to Milwaukee; traveled a few times between Beloit-Milwaukee, clinched
I-94 from Chicago to Milwaukee, and from Eau Claire to Minneapolis a few times a year, have driven entire route, on various trips, chinched
I-39 between Stevens Point and Wausau, used to drive it a few times a year but don't since relocating, have driven stretch between Beloit to Bloomington, and in Madison Area
I-90 in Madison area, have driven on Skyway and in Chicago area many times, been between Madison and Bozeman, MT, and from Chicago to split in Cleveland, and from Buffalo, NY to Boston, MA
I-65 from Gary, IN to Montgomery, AL on vacations
I-57, clinched, a few times in my life
I-55 between Bloomington, IN and St. Louis multiple times, have taken it down to I-10 once
I-75 from US-Canadian border to Toledo and from Chattanooga to Florida's Turnpike
I-80 in Iowa, Omaha area, and from Chicago to I-76 Jct
I-35 in Minneapolis metro and Duluth, from Des Moines to Dallas
I-76; clinched
I-10 in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and Arizona
I-17, clinched
I-70 between Indianapolis and Baltimore
I-95 between Boston and Philadelphia and in Florida
I-24 between Nashville and Chattanooga
I-12 between I-10 and I-55
I-30; clinched
I-40 in Arkansas and Arizona
I-5 from San Diego to LA, Seattle to Canadian Border
I-44 in Missouri
I-49 between Kansas City-Ft Smith (when it was I-540 and US 71 was being upgraded)
H1, H201, H2, H3, clinched entire Hawaii interstate system
daily commute:
I-95
occasionally:
I-76 (E)
a few times a year:
I-78
once a year or so:
I-66
I-81
once every couple years:
I-70
I-80
I-87
I-97
once or twice on vacation only:
I-40
I-75
I-24
I-90
I-64
I-68
I-79
I-16
I-4
I-5
I-93
2 digit routes that I find myself on pretty regularly:
78
80
84
86 (well, future 86, although several uncovered signs are already up)
87
95
2 digit routes that I've been on a good number of times, but do not regularly use:
68
70
75
76
79
81
83
88
89
90
91
93
2 digit routes that I have been on only infrequently:
4
5
8
10
16
17
19
20
24
25
26
27
30
35
39
40
41
43
44
49
55
57
49
64
65
66
77
85
94
96
99
2 digit routes I've never traveled a single inch of:
2
12
22
29
45
82
Let's see here
>5 uses
1. I have clinched I-44 about four times over...
2. I-49/71 South of I-44
3. I-49/71 North of I-44
4. I-435 (MO)
5. 540/49
6. I-470 (On the rise)
7. I-70 (Have everything from I-64 to Utah clenched)
8. I-64 (MO clenched)
Few time trip uses
4, 5, 10, 15, 40 (OK), 55, 90, 95/Beltway, 270 (MO)
One time
40 (CA, AZ, NM, TX Clinched), 75, 82, 84
I'm sure I'm missing some 3DI, but that's 99% of my interstate travel
Quote from: Zzonkmiles on June 09, 2015, 11:20:16 PM
I'm just curious to see which interstates (2di) you've traveled on from the most times to the fewest times--not just which interstates you use now, but which interstates you've used at any time in your lives as a driver. The interstate you list first is the one you've driven on the most. The interstate you list last is the one you've traveled on the fewest times.
I'm taking this literally as purely the number of different times driven on an interstate without regard to distance traveled, so if I've driven on Interstate A 50 times but only two miles each time that counts as 50 and if I drove on Interstate B only once but went 500 miles that counts as 1.
I-65
I-80
I-90
I-94
I-64
I-69
I-70
I-71
I-55
I-96
I-75
I-74
I-39
I-57
I-95
I-88(E)
I-66
I-43
I-24
I-44
I-35
I-40
I-76(E)
I-5
I-19
I-10
I-15
I-76(W)
I-4
I-20
I-25
I-30
I-45
I-78
I-81