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Started by roadman65, November 09, 2022, 06:43:46 AM

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NWI_Irish96

Quote from: kphoger on December 06, 2022, 04:34:27 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 06, 2022, 04:24:47 PM

Quote from: kphoger on December 06, 2022, 10:41:05 AM

Quote from: Scott5114 on December 05, 2022, 11:11:11 PM
I would probably find a display of the lowest route number a person hasn't been on to be a more useful proxy for experience than post count, to be honest.

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 05, 2022, 11:14:20 PM
This would actually speak to experience with a huge degree of accuracy.

Crap.  Mine is only 26.

Next time you go to Branson, see if you can figure out a way to work K-26 into your route!

Would that make you respect my experience more?

It's an extra 19 miles compared to our usual route, with Google estimating an additional 15 minutes of drive time.

*sigh*   OK . . . I suppose I'll probably have to, now that you pointed it out to me . . .

I'll let my wife know you told me to.

On family trips, the variance I'm allowed off the fastest route for the purpose of clinching routes or counties is 15% of the travel time or 45 minutes, whichever is less.
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JoePCool14

Quote from: kphoger on December 06, 2022, 11:30:16 AM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on December 06, 2022, 10:43:42 AM
Mine is only 1, so make of that what you will.

Never been on Halsted south of I-57, huh?  (although, come to think of it, I don't think I've been on IL-1 north of Lawrenceville)

Nope, I'm rarely on the south side of Chicagoland, so it's very out of way to get any sort of mileage on it. And I'm rather wary of driving it north of 94.

I also need 2, which unfortunately I didn't take care of when I was out at school.




Related to the earlier discussion, I would love to see TM go to an account-based system. As much as I love emailing Jim or trying to submit on Github, it would be nice to log routes and see the map immediately update.

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jeffandnicole

Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on December 06, 2022, 04:49:55 PM
On family trips, the variance I'm allowed off the fastest route for the purpose of clinching routes or counties is 15% of the travel time or 45 minutes, whichever is less.

My personal record for this was achieved earlier this year. The fastest way from FL to NJ is via I-95 and its 3di loops, about 16 hours or so and done numerous times without a hotel stay. Last time, we took US 301 instead and added at least 8 hours and 2 nights of hotel stays.

GaryV

Quote from: kphoger on December 06, 2022, 04:44:01 PM
I don't think I've looked ahead, but I've clinched I-27.

Hmmmmm...  It might actually be 28, although I'd have to dig through Minnesota county highways to be sure.

Take a trip to the UP and you can get 26 and 28.

skluth

Quote from: webny99 on December 06, 2022, 02:34:45 PM
Quote from: skluth on December 06, 2022, 02:20:10 PM
I'm also surprised with this topic that nobody has mentioned that "to" is misspelled. I thought we were way too serious.

Oh, it was mentioned all right. I had fun with it early in the thread:

Thanks for that. I just didn't feel like going further back in this thread after reading through four pages of crap.

Max Rockatansky

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Quote from: GaryV on December 06, 2022, 06:02:43 PM
Quote from: kphoger on December 06, 2022, 04:44:01 PM
I don't think I've looked ahead, but I've clinched I-27.

Hmmmmm...  It might actually be 28, although I'd have to dig through Minnesota county highways to be sure.

Take a trip to the UP and you can get 26 and 28.

M-26 is most scenic Highway 26 I've been on.  CA 26 and US 26 in Oregon aren't too shabby either.  I-26 has some nice scenery in North Carolina.  FL 26 and IN 26 were passably generic. 

M-28 okay, and basically a twin to US 2 in the UP.  NV 28/CA 28 are probably the most boring roads around Lake Tahoe.  I didn't think AL 28 was exciting, nothing too noteworthy on IN 28 or NM 28.  NC 28 around Fontana Lake is a fantastic drive.

webny99

OK, I'll play.

NY 28 is, I would say, one of NY's most famed state routes. Over the course of 281 miles, it takes a C-shaped routing and runs through both the Adirondacks and the Catskills, with some great (and not so great) scenery along the way.

Scott5114

I just suggested K-26 because I knew he'd be nearby it at some point . . .
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Max Rockatansky

Quote from: Scott5114 on December 06, 2022, 06:28:23 PM
I just suggested K-26 because I knew he'd be nearby it at some point . . .

We don't take a lot of things seriously on this forum, we certainly do with highways numbered 26 and 28. 

kphoger

#209
Quote from: GaryV on December 06, 2022, 06:02:43 PM

Quote from: kphoger on December 06, 2022, 04:44:01 PM
I don't think I've looked ahead, but I've clinched I-27.

Hmmmmm...  It might actually be 28, although I'd have to dig through Minnesota county highways to be sure.

Take a trip to the UP and you can get 26 and 28.

I've been to the UP.  I had a long week-end (holiday maybe?) coming up, so I bought a Greyhound ticket from Chicago (Cumberland station) to Menominee, MI.  Arrived at around midnight, slept in a picnic shelter at John Henes Park.  Shivered all night, got maybe a half-hour of sleep.  Headed out in the morning to the shoulder of M-35 with a sign that said "St Ignace" and stuck my thumb out.  Got a ride up M-35 and a bit of US-41 to Gladstone.  Got another ride for a few miles to the US-2 junction.  Then got a ride from there along US-2 all the way across to I-75, across the Mackinac Bridge, and down to the M-55 exit at Houghton Lake–with a stop in Manistique while the driver did some business (and I skinny-dipped in Lake Superior near the boardwalk) and a to-go lunch stop in St Ignace.  Thus ended my time in the UP.

So nope, no 26 or 28 on that trip.




Ah!  I've been on Adair County Highway P28 in Iowa.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
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Male pronouns, please.

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webny99

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 06, 2022, 06:30:59 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 06, 2022, 06:28:23 PM
I just suggested K-26 because I knew he'd be nearby it at some point . . .

We don't take a lot of things seriously on this forum, we certainly do with highways numbered 26 and 28.

We're way to serious when it comes two routes that start with too.  :cool:

kphoger

Quote from: webny99 on December 06, 2022, 04:37:06 PM
I think that depends on what your next-lowest untraveled number is.

Still looking to see if I've been on a 48...
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

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Roadgeekteen

I don't track what roads I've been on (I'd like too but too much backlog) but my family takes mostly road trips rather than plane trips so I've been on more roads than most my age I think. 
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webny99

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on December 06, 2022, 09:54:31 PM
I don't track what roads I've been on (I'd like too but too much backlog)

I was 22 when I started mine. I also thought it was too much backlog, but I just went one state at a time, then one route at a time within each state, used Street View and Google Maps for help here and there, and got most of it complete after a few evenings working on it. And I didn't even use the .list tool for my initial data entry, which would have saved tons of time.

As with my county clinches, I mostly consider my Travel Mapping to be accurate from 2010 to present. There are some early trips to NJ, PA, OH, MI, and possibly other states where I know I didn't get everything exactly, but I decided not to care, since I can't remember much of those trips anyways. That will just be an incentive to revisit and keep better track of what routes I use next time I visit those areas.

Scott5114

You could also just arbitrarily state "I don't count anything done before Jan. 1, 2023 but I am tracking everything I do after that."
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Roadgeekteen

I know what interstates I've been on for the most part. The minor roads get a bit more tricky.
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Current Interstate map I am making:

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formulanone

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 06, 2022, 06:30:59 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 06, 2022, 06:28:23 PM
I just suggested K-26 because I knew he'd be nearby it at some point . . .

We don't take a lot of things seriously on this forum, we certainly do with highways numbered 26 and 28. 

AASHTO really doesn't like the number 28, does it?

Flint1979

Quote from: kphoger on December 06, 2022, 06:54:44 PM
Quote from: GaryV on December 06, 2022, 06:02:43 PM

Quote from: kphoger on December 06, 2022, 04:44:01 PM
I don't think I've looked ahead, but I've clinched I-27.

Hmmmmm...  It might actually be 28, although I'd have to dig through Minnesota county highways to be sure.

Take a trip to the UP and you can get 26 and 28.

I've been to the UP.  I had a long week-end (holiday maybe?) coming up, so I bought a Greyhound ticket from Chicago (Cumberland station) to Menominee, MI.  Arrived at around midnight, slept in a picnic shelter at John Henes Park.  Shivered all night, got maybe a half-hour of sleep.  Headed out in the morning to the shoulder of M-35 with a sign that said "St Ignace" and stuck my thumb out.  Got a ride up M-35 and a bit of US-41 to Gladstone.  Got another ride for a few miles to the US-2 junction.  Then got a ride from there along US-2 all the way across to I-75, across the Mackinac Bridge, and down to the M-55 exit at Houghton Lake–with a stop in Manistique while the driver did some business (and I skinny-dipped in Lake Superior near the boardwalk) and a to-go lunch stop in St Ignace.  Thus ended my time in the UP.

So nope, no 26 or 28 on that trip.




Ah!  I've been on Adair County Highway P28 in Iowa.
26 would be a little harder than getting 28 I think.

NWI_Irish96

Quote from: JoePCool14 on December 06, 2022, 05:02:26 PM
Quote from: kphoger on December 06, 2022, 11:30:16 AM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on December 06, 2022, 10:43:42 AM
Mine is only 1, so make of that what you will.

Never been on Halsted south of I-57, huh?  (although, come to think of it, I don't think I've been on IL-1 north of Lawrenceville)

Nope, I'm rarely on the south side of Chicagoland, so it's very out of way to get any sort of mileage on it. And I'm rather wary of driving it north of 94.


IL 1 doesn't go north of 94. It ends at 95th just west of where 94 merges with 57 to form the Dan Ryan. You may have meant north of 294. If you're ever taking the tri-state to Indiana, going south on IL 1 puts you in an area with a lot of shopping and dining.
Indiana: counties 100%, highways 100%
Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: formulanone on December 07, 2022, 05:59:40 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on December 06, 2022, 06:30:59 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 06, 2022, 06:28:23 PM
I just suggested K-26 because I knew he'd be nearby it at some point . . .

We don't take a lot of things seriously on this forum, we certainly do with highways numbered 26 and 28. 

AASHTO really doesn't like the number 28, does it?

The way I see it extending US 28 east to West Yellowstone would have been more optimal looking back versus created a gapped US 20. 

Flint1979

Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on December 07, 2022, 07:07:55 AM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on December 06, 2022, 05:02:26 PM
Quote from: kphoger on December 06, 2022, 11:30:16 AM
Quote from: JoePCool14 on December 06, 2022, 10:43:42 AM
Mine is only 1, so make of that what you will.

Never been on Halsted south of I-57, huh?  (although, come to think of it, I don't think I've been on IL-1 north of Lawrenceville)

Nope, I'm rarely on the south side of Chicagoland, so it's very out of way to get any sort of mileage on it. And I'm rather wary of driving it north of 94.


IL 1 doesn't go north of 94. It ends at 95th just west of where 94 merges with 57 to form the Dan Ryan. You may have meant north of 294. If you're ever taking the tri-state to Indiana, going south on IL 1 puts you in an area with a lot of shopping and dining.
He was probably talking about Halsted Street in general.



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