Decommissioned routes you have clinched

[Bruce]

WA-920, by virtue of clinching WA-520.

[Max Rockatansky]

US 399 comes to mind off the top of my head for California.  I've done a bunch of them but it would take awhile to get a comprehensive list going.

[GaryV]

A couple of easy ones:

• M-107, both before and after
• M-108, certainly before, maybe after

[Mapmikey]

US 74A through Monroe, NC, Decommissioned in 1954 shortly after US 74 was routed on a northern bypass of the city.
I-326 in South Carolina, which I believe is now I-77 from the interchange with I-26 to I-20.
I-495 NC before it was changed to I-87.

I-326 was defined as I-26 to SC 48 and was never signed in the field.  When the freeway opened between those points it was signed as TO SC 48 and TO I-26.  When the freeway was opened further to US 76-378 the freeway was signed as TEMP SC 478.

The only I-326 shield to ever have existed was from a 1979 parade (I-526 also did not exist at the time of this photo):  https://www.facebook.com/SCDOT/photos/a.1527282967543114.1073741830.1520684621536282/2034568800147859/?type=3&theater

[slorydn1]

NC: Green-40 (Winston Salem) so long before decommissioning it was still main line I-40
       Green-95 (same sections as Mapmikey)
TN:  I-181

I am struggling to think of any more, I will have to sit down some time and look at maps to figure out where certain roads used to be and what they are now-I am sure there must be a bunch in Florida that I have clinched that are no longer state roads.

[DandyDan]

4 of the Iowa highways decommissioned in 2003 that I know I clinched beforehand were 41, 91, 107 and 385. 2 of them I remember doing after the fact were 145 and 242. I also have the partially decommissioned 83, 191 and 333 clinched. Post 2003 decommissionings I completed beforehand are 192 and 370. As for pre-2003 decommissionings, all afterwards, I got 106, 288, 332 and 337.

I had Nebraska Highway 38 before it was decommissioned. I also had WI 351 before WI 11 took over.

[english si]

The one that first comes to mind is in England: A344 to Stonehenge, after its east end was truncated to the former Stonehenge car park, but before the rest of the route was decommissioned and now serves shuttles to and from the new car park on A360.

I did some digging, and while the road was officially closed 24-June-2013, the little tiny stub left open to the public was still officially A344 until April 2017 (though wasn't signed as such).

Many roads in the UK have been renumbered over the last 96 years, and there's 2495 defunct roads listed on SABRE - about 2000 of which are British A, B or M roads. As such, it's going to be a pointless thing to say that I've clinched this route that was decommissioned 90 years ago. However, I know for certain that I clinched the following roads before their decommission - which I believe is notable: A102(M) (southern bit and northern bit) and M10.

[Rothman]

Sort of ticked that I never totally clinched I-86 in CT/MA.  Parts of it, but not all of it.

[1995hoo]

Sort of ticked that I never totally clinched I-86 in CT/MA.  Parts of it, but not all of it.

That's one I forgot. I got that one several times as a kid on trips to and from Maine and the Maritimes.

[ftballfan]

A few in Michigan:
Fully decommissioned
BS I-96 Muskegon (after)
BUS US-31 Holland (before)
BUS US-131 Grand Rapids (before)
M-108 (before)
M-110 (before)
M-114 (after)
M-118 (after)
M-168 (before)
M-209 (after)
Truncated
BL I-196 in Grand Rapids (before; the section in Wyoming technically still exists)
M-42 between Manton and Mesick (before; I had that section clinched long before I had the extant section of M-42 from Manton to Lake City)

[index]

US 74A through Monroe, NC, Decommissioned in 1954 shortly after US 74 was routed on a northern bypass of the city.
I-326 in South Carolina, which I believe is now I-77 from the interchange with I-26 to I-20.
I-495 NC before it was changed to I-87.

I-326 was defined as I-26 to SC 48 and was never signed in the field.  When the freeway opened between those points it was signed as TO SC 48 and TO I-26.  When the freeway was opened further to US 76-378 the freeway was signed as TEMP SC 478.

The only I-326 shield to ever have existed was from a 1979 parade (I-526 also did not exist at the time of this photo):  https://www.facebook.com/SCDOT/photos/a.1527282967543114.1073741830.1520684621536282/2034568800147859/?type=3&theater

Oh... Either way, I've clinched it, so there's that.

[US71]

AR 180 Mk I,  MK II, Mk III
AR 112 at Bentonville
US 62B NW Arkansas
US 62B Eureka Springs
AR 72S Bentonville

Maybe more, but too early to remember

[NWI_Irish96]

Indiana state highways that were decommissioned which I clinched before they went away: 112, 126, 131, 219, 311, 334, 403, 431, 435, 443, 526

Indiana state highways that were decommissioned whose route I clinched after they went away: 123, 220, 223, 313, 319, 367

[Max Rockatansky]

For Arizona I've done the following:

-  The original US 180
-  US 260
-  Every last section of US 66 that can still be used.
-  Every last section of US 80 that can still be used.
-  AZ 62
-  The original AZ 63
-  AZ 65
-  The original AZ 79
-  AZ 89L
-  AZ 160
-  The second AZ 164
-  AZ 172
-  AZ 173
-  AZ 279
-  AZ 360
-  AZ 464

Some California designations other than US 399.

-  I-15E
-  CA 69
-  CA 30
-  CA 209
-  CA 176
-  The second CA 195

I thought about going into abandoned Legislative Route Numbers that never became signed state highways but that would be a long list and require a long look at my old photo albums.

[sparker]

In Southern California:  CA 106 (later CA 30) when it was signed as such 1968-74.  CA 206; decommissioned in 1994. 
CA 250 (State College Blvd., never field-signed); decommissioned in 1982 after the parallel CA 57 freeway was completed north of I-5;  CA 214 (Lincoln/Carson Avenues, never field-signed); decommissioned in 1972 after the parallel CA 91 (Artesia) freeway completed;  CA 209 in San Diego, decommissioned, IIRC, around 2001. 

Northern California:  CA 82 between the former southern terminus at the Blossom Hill Rd. interchange with US 101 north to I-880, its current southern terminus (also have clinched the remaining signed portion north to S.F. several times). 

[roadman]

MA Route 128 between Canton and Braintree - both before (128 south = 93 north = compass heading due east) and after.

[swhuck]

CA-30, CA-31, CA-141, CA-480 off the top of my head.

[SteveG1988]

Pennyrile Parkway (before during and after conversion)
Western Ky Parkway west of the former Pennyrile Parkway (before during and after conversion)
Purchase Parkway (BD&AC)
I95 in PA/NJ (BDAC into 295)
Chicago Skyway (Before when it was "to 90" on the signs and after when it just says 90)
US301 in DE (Soon to be switched to the toll road)
the old US1 bridges in trenton. Obviously post decomissioning.
Old US67 between AR226 and Hoxie AR. I was on it a week prior to the new freeway opening up to replace it.

[jp the roadgeek]

Decommissioned routes or sections thereof clinched (including as a passenger) when existed

I-84: I-384 east of Exit 1 section and US 6 Willimantic Bypass section.
I-86 (CT/MA): Now I-84 (again)
US 6: portion now part of extended CT 66 through Willimantic
US 7: Norwalk piece bypassed by Super 7, Federal Rd portion north of I-84
US 113: Milford-Dover portion now DE 1
CT 9A: Now extended CT 154
CT/MA 15: Portion concurrent with I-86
CT 66: Portion from I-84 to I-91 now part of extended CT 322 and I-691 east of Exit 4

CT 72: This is a little complicated.  When I was born, the only portion of the expressway that existed was the I-84 concurrency and the portion to CT 372 in New Britain.  It then followed CT 372 to SR 571 to rejoin the expressway that is now CT 9, which ended just east of US 5/CT 15 and downgraded to what is now the portion of CT 372 through East Berlin and across I-91 in Cromwell.  It then turned onto SR 524, and followed what is now a southern extension of CT 3 to end at CT 66 in Middletown.  The expressway pieces of CT 72 and CT 9 in New Britain opened later, and CT 72 was moved onto the expressway and the former 72/571 portion became CT 372. CT 72 was truncated to its current end when the CT 9 expressway portion from I-91 to US 5/CT 15 opened and then assumed its current northern extension.  CT 372 was re-directed off of SR 571 to pass through Kensington and take over its current eastern piece, which included the formerly unnumbered portion between SR 524 and CT 99.  Before the portion west of I-84 was completed, CT 72 followed what is now part of SR 536 and CT 372  through downtown Plainville to rejoin the recently (2011) decommmissioned Forestville portion.  Long story short: I clinched all mentioned decommissioned portions when they existed.

CT 291: Now part of extended CT 218 and I-291 Exits 3-4.

Routes that existed as of my DOB, but clinched after they were decommissioned

US 44: Clinched portion concurrent with I-86, but clinched extended CT 74 portion later.
US 44A: Clinched I-84 to US 6 split in Bolton Notch.  Clinched rest after US 44 proper returned.
CT 8: Bypassed portions in the Shelton area and in Beacon Falls
CT 51: Portion of US 1 between Old Lyme and East Lyme (< 1 year old when decommissioned)
CT/MA 52: Now I-395.

[mrpablue]

I've clinched California's old SR17 (after the truncation). Maybe also SR21; not sure.

[Bickendan]

Old OR 212 between Tualatin and Clackamas.
Pre-Eddyville Bypass US 20.

[Captain Jack]

The decommissioned US 460 section between Frankfort, KY and St. Louis.

[mrose]

WI-15 (the one that's now I-43)
WI-99
WI-184
WI-351

I-164
I-181
I-515 (once I-11 consumes it)

[paulthemapguy]

Wisconsin 159.  Plus most of WI-123 north of WI-159 when both routes existed in Baraboo.


WI-159-ET by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[dvferyance]

WI-84 (It's frustrating I had to do it twice because the final stretch turns west and is marked on maps as county hwy X. But I was looking for it and passed it because it is not posted anywhere for whatever reason. the fmr route is mostly County hwy H with the westernmost part County Hwy XX and X unsigned as mentioned earlier.)
WI-99 (Now County hwy LO)
WI-109 (Now County hwy R)
WI-143 (Now County hwy NN mostly)
WI-15 (The one that is now I-43)
IL-190 (Now I-88)