Longest Time You Stayed on One Highway on a Given Trip

[ethanhopkin14]

Though do we have to ask everyone if they took the bypass route instead of said parent route for a city in this thread?

Yes.

You shouldn't have to ask.  Then again, the title says the longest you stayed on a route for one road trip.  I thought continuously would be implied. 

Rule: If you took a bypass, the whole length doesn't count.

[Occidental Tourist]

I-5: 984 miles from Portland, OR to Orange County, CA.

[Rothman]

Updated with those that provided mileage and route.

sparker	2768		I-80
cpzilliacus	2150		I-70
Rothman	2049		I-80
Mapmikey	1900		I-40
skluth	1799		I-80
Chris19001	1750		I-70
dfilpus	1750		I-40
fillup420	1682		I-40
Konza	1637		I-10
TheHighwayMan394	1587		I-90
jaehak	1460		I-5
hobsini2	1360		I-80
cabiness42	1215		I-40
CtrlAltDel	1209		I-40
jayhawkco	1174		I-80
Scott5114	1162		I-40
catch22	1150		I-75
paulthemapguy	1150		I-90
zzcarp	1107		I-80
DTComposer	1075		I-15
DJ Particle	1007		I-75
Occidental Tourist	984		I-5
odditude	966		I-95
sprjus4	962		I-64
Skye	960		I-75
US 89	940		I-80
webny99	915		I-90
Thing 342	900		I-95
Alex4897	899		I-95
SkyPesos	850		I-75
SEWIGuy	850		I-70
7/8	835		I-80
plain	816		I-90
ozarkman417	790		I-70
thsfpc	780		I-80
1995hoo	756		I-64
Ketchup99	751		I-95
kphoger	748		I-35
dlsterner	677		I-85
doorknob60	631		I-15
achilles765	500		I-81
DandyDan	493		I-90
ftballfan	452		I-75
CoreySamson	445		I-10
hirothehero	432		I-90
epzik8	420		I-95
Tarkus	412		US 95
Bruce	109		I-84

[US 89]

For my stretch of I-80, there aren't really any bypass-type routes to take once you're out of the Bay Area (for reference, mine is I-80 from San Francisco to Cheyenne).  I guess I could have cut off and taken US287 down to Fort Collins as a "bypass", but I clinched I-180 on that trip, so I wanted to go all the way to Cheyenne.

It isn't 100% freeway, but Utah SR 201 is a very good freeway or expressway grade alternate to I-80 west of Salt Lake City. I just checked drive times on Google Maps and it has both routes taking the exact same time.

[cpzilliacus]

Rule: If you took a bypass, the whole length doesn't count.

I took the signed route of I-70 all the way from Baltimore to I-15, with stops for restroom, food, fuel, and sleep.

I did not take any of the possible bypass routes westbound, including Wheeling, W.Va.; Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; St. Louis, Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas; Topeka, Kansas; and Denver, Colorado. 

I did take some bypass routes and alternates coming east, including in Kansas City; St. Louis; Wheeling, W.Va. and in Pa./W.Va/Md. where I took PA-43 near Washington, Pennsylvania to I-68 back to I-70 at Hancock, Maryland.

[ctkatz]

I 80 from the I 74 junction in rockford all the way to  us 101, 2025 miles according to google maps.

second is I 40 from the I 55 concurrence to I 17 in flagstaff, 1330 miles.

third is I 90 from the I 15 concurrence in butte to the end of the I 94 concurrence in madison, 1315 miles.

my theory of road trips is as few road changes as possible, though I will say that I 40 segment was when I was not of driving age that's just the route we took.   also we took 244 around oklahoma city.  we kinda had to at the time since bridges were out downtown.

[ethanhopkin14]

I 80 from the I 74 junction in rockford all the way to  us 101, 2025 miles according to google maps.

second is I 40 from the I 55 concurrence to I 17 in flagstaff, 1330 miles.

third is I 90 from the I 15 concurrence in butte to the end of the I 94 concurrence in madison, 1315 miles.

my theory of road trips is as few road changes as possible, though I will say that I 40 segment was when I was not of driving age that's just the route we took.   also we took 244 around oklahoma city.  we kinda had to at the time since bridges were out downtown.

I like to do that too even if staying on the same route adds 30 minutes. My reasoning is some points on the trip I might be very tired and trying to remember the bypass routes can be more challenging at that time than just following the through route.

[I-55]

I-75 (955 miles, Wapakoneta, OH - Wildwood, FL) (2 days, stopped in Perry, GA)

I-20 (641 miles, Bessemer, AL - Fort Worth, TX) (Single Day)

[FrCorySticha]

Cool!  Now -- let's see if someone can do most of I-90 in one fell swoop (or is that swell foop?)

That's a roadtrip bucket list item for me. Hope to do it in the next couple years.

For now, however, the longest trip I can recall with certainty on one highway is 785 miles on I-94 from Dickinson, ND to Madison, WI. I made this trip multiple times between ND and the Chicago area.

There was a coast-to-coast trip from Washington, DC to San Francisco that involved a significant chunk of I-80, but I can't remember exactly where we joined it. I know we went through Salt Lake City, I'm pretty sure we crossed Wyoming, and maybe Nebraska as well. Don't think we crossed Iowa, however. Until I can remember for sure, I'm not going to claim it yet.

[milbfan]

~620 miles

I-20@I-635 - Mesquite, TX to I-20@I-65 in Birmingham.

From another trip, I can also speak from experience between Ruston and Tuscaloosa.  Don't make that part of the trip when you're battling food poisoning.

[I-55]

~620 miles

I-20@I-635 - Mesquite, TX to I-20@I-65 in Birmingham.

From another trip, I can also speak from experience between Ruston and Tuscaloosa.  Don't make that part of the trip when you're battling food poisoning.

That was the part where I spilled gasoline on my shirt and smelled like fuel for five hours.

[hbelkins]

I guess I need to calculate how much of US 2 I did last week.

[sparker]

Cool!  Now -- let's see if someone can do most of I-90 in one fell swoop (or is that swell foop?)

That's a roadtrip bucket list item for me. Hope to do it in the next couple years.

My longest stint on I-90 during a single trip was 1250 miles, between the US 2 interchange west of Spokane and I-29 at Sioux Falls back in 1999.  That was a solo one, and not particularly fun; much of 90 from Livingston to Billings was down to a single lane for repaving, and that stretch was done after dark.  Having a Peterbilt whose driver was obviously trying to make up time driving up my tailpipe for 30-odd miles was particularly noxious! 

[jlam]

Mine is pathetic. The longest stint I know of is the 685 miles of I-25 from CO exit 265 in Fort Collins, Colorado to NM exit 14 in Hatch, New Mexico.

[Dirt Roads]

Mine is pathetic. The longest stint I know of is the 685 miles of I-25 from CO exit 265 in Fort Collins, Colorado to NM exit 14 in Hatch, New Mexico.

At your age, that's pretty good.  Pathetic is running over to a local apple market and unintentionally clinching VA-79 at the Linden exit of I-66 (0.23 miles).

[hotdogPi]

Mine is pathetic. The longest stint I know of is the 685 miles of I-25 from CO exit 265 in Fort Collins, Colorado to NM exit 14 in Hatch, New Mexico.

At your age, that's pretty good.  Pathetic is running over to a local apple market and unintentionally clinching VA-79 at the Linden exit of I-66 (0.23 miles).

19 is his post count, not his age.

[NWI_Irish96]

Though do we have to ask everyone if they took the bypass route instead of said parent route for a city in this thread?

Yes.

Only for I-75/I-475 at Macon though. We aren't questioning whether people took I-470 instead of I-70 at Wheeling or I-12 instead of I-10 at New Orleans or I-280 instead of I-80 at Quad Cities.

[sprjus4]

^ Or I-270 vs. I-70 through St. Louis, I-295 vs. I-95 through Richmond-Petersburg, I-664 vs. I-64 through Norfolk, I-459 vs. I-59/20 through Birmingham, I-410/I-35 or Loop 1604 vs. I-10 through San Antonio, etc.

[Rothman]

Though do we have to ask everyone if they took the bypass route instead of said parent route for a city in this thread?

Yes.

Only for I-75/I-475 at Macon though. We aren't questioning whether people took I-470 instead of I-70 at Wheeling or I-12 instead of I-10 at New Orleans or I-280 instead of I-80 at Quad Cities.

Agreed.

[wanderer2575]

Though do we have to ask everyone if they took the bypass route instead of said parent route for a city in this thread?

Yes.

Only for I-75/I-475 at Macon though. We aren't questioning whether people took I-470 instead of I-70 at Wheeling or I-12 instead of I-10 at New Orleans or I-280 instead of I-80 at Quad Cities.

Mmmm...  I say I-12 instead of I-10 at New Orleans counts the same as Macon.  It's a 20-mile difference while I-75/I-475 is only a 3-mile difference.  I concede the others are equivalent alternates.

And not that I'm bitter, but I've been left off the compilation.  I responded on page 1.  US-24 end-to-end in one trip, 1,540 miles.

[1995hoo]

Though do we have to ask everyone if they took the bypass route instead of said parent route for a city in this thread?

Yes.

You shouldn't have to ask.  Then again, the title says the longest you stayed on a route for one road trip.  I thought continuously would be implied. 

Rule: If you took a bypass, the whole length doesn't count.

I, for one, specifically mentioned the use of the Florida and Virginia I-295s in explaining why my run up I-95 from the Miami area this past June wouldn't count.

[Rothman]

Embitterment sweetened and patheticness documented.

sparker	2768		I-80
cpzilliacus	2150		I-70
Rothman	2049		I-80
ctkatz	2025		I-80
Mapmikey	1900		I-40
skluth	1799		I-80
Chris19001	1750		I-70
dfilpus	1750		I-40
fillup420	1682		I-40
Konza	1637		I-10
TheHighwayMan394	1587		I-90
wanderer2525	1540		US 24
jaehak	1460		I-5
hobsini2	1360		I-80
cabiness42	1215		I-40
CtrlAltDel	1209		I-40
jayhawkco	1174		I-80
Scott5114	1162		I-40
catch22	1150		I-75
paulthemapguy	1150		I-90
zzcarp	1107		I-80
DTComposer	1075		I-15
DJ Particle	1007		I-75
Occidental Tourist	984		I-5
odditude	966		I-95
sprjus4	962		I-64
Skye	960		I-75
I-55	955		I-75
US 89	940		I-80
webny99	915		I-90
Thing 342	900		I-95
Alex4897	899		I-95
SkyPesos	850		I-75
SEWIGuy	850		I-70
7/8	835		I-80
plain	816		I-90
ozarkman417	790		I-70
thsfpc	780		I-80
1995hoo	756		I-64
Ketchup99	751		I-95
kphoger	748		I-35
jlam	685		I-25
dlsterner	677		I-85
doorknob60	631		I-15
milbfan	620		I-20
achilles765	500		I-81
DandyDan	493		I-90
ftballfan	452		I-75
CoreySamson	445		I-10
hirothehero	432		I-90
epzik8	420		I-95
Tarkus	412		US 95
Bruce	109		I-84

[NWI_Irish96]

Though do we have to ask everyone if they took the bypass route instead of said parent route for a city in this thread?

Yes.

Only for I-75/I-475 at Macon though. We aren't questioning whether people took I-470 instead of I-70 at Wheeling or I-12 instead of I-10 at New Orleans or I-280 instead of I-80 at Quad Cities.

Mmmm...  I say I-12 instead of I-10 at New Orleans counts the same as Macon.  It's a 20-mile difference while I-75/I-475 is only a 3-mile difference.  I concede the others are equivalent alternates.

And not that I'm bitter, but I've been left off the compilation.  I responded on page 1.  US-24 end-to-end in one trip, 1,540 miles.

My point is that every time someone posted I-75 as their longest, someone questioned whether or not they used I-475, but nobody ever questioned anybody on other interstates. It was as if that was the only spot where someone might shortcut a route.

[adt1982]

For me it's I-70 from Marshall, IL, to somewhere west of Denver.  I'd have to ask my dad exactly where, but it may have even been into Utah.  However, that was as a passenger.

As a driver, it's also I-70, but from US 51 at Vandalia, IL, to US 30 at Breezewood PA. 

[webny99]

My point is that every time someone posted I-75 as their longest, someone questioned whether or not they used I-475, but nobody ever questioned anybody on other interstates. It was as if that was the only spot where someone might shortcut a route.

Most 3di alternates are longer than their parent. I-475 is a notable exception in terms of being an actual "shortcut".

There's also I-275 in Detroit and I-295 in Maine; those haven't come up much yet but I'm sure they'll be questioned if/when they do.