Closest stretches of road you have NOT clinched

[Roadgeekteen]

Interstate: probably either parts of I-190 or I-295, or maybe I-93 through the Fells.

[deathtopumpkins]

I've finished NH and MA

Have you actually finished NH now?  I recall you were much closer to finishing than me last year, yet I beat you to it.

I haven't *technically* finished NH, as I haven't driven the Connecticut River bridges on 25A and 26, but I'm calling it close enough as it's less than a mile shy. You can see the state line in both cases.

This has been the case for a few years now. I got NH to this point before finishing MA in 2018.

[clong]

I-55 Mississippi
US11/43 (Tuscaloosa)
AL216

[Super Mateo]

Interstate:  90, the Skyway.  Huge toll and not useful from where I live.
US:  41 in Skokie.  Missing the segment between I-94 and US 14.
State:  IN 312, which I have never been on.  If it must be within my home state, it's IL 126 west of Plainfield, although that's further away.

[M3100]

Corrected as of May 2021

Unclinched segments:
I-8 western end, San Diego area
US 395 between Adelanto and Kramer Jct
CA SR 2 in the San Gabriel Mountains [still closed as of Spring 2021]

[Thing 342]

Updates on mine: (Have moved back to Hampton Roads from the last time I posted this)
State Route: The Jamestown Ferry portion of VA-31.
US Route: US-301 south of Petersburg.
Interstate (2di): I-70 east of I-270.
Interstate (3di): I-540

[ChiMilNet]

Keeping this to an Interstate or major highway perspective and within no more than one state over:
I-94 Wisconsin... Never taken it between Milwaukee and Madison, usually I-90 is my route to go that way
I-41 North of Milwaukee... haven't been up that way yet
I-74 West of Indianapolis except for the multiplexed portion in Bloomington/Normal, and between Champaign/Urbana and near Danville, never really had a reason to use the other portions
I-474... same basic reason as I-74
I-155... same basic reason as I-74/474
I-80 short stretch between I-80/74/280 interchange and I-88... always either used I-80 to I-88 to get from Iowa to Chicago or I-280 to I-80
I-180... Basically because this Interstate is useless
IN 912 NW of Gary Airport... Bridge closed, and never traveled it prior to the closure

[renegade]

When I was still riding my Harley, I closed a lot of gaps on state and US highways all over lower Michigan, but one glaring gap for me is I-69 between Lansing and Swartz Creek.

[JayhawkCO]

Digging up an old thread.  I clinched I-27 last week which was the closest stretch of interstate that I hadn't been on.  I figured I'd take a look what my closest opportunities are now to get new interstate mileage.

I-94 in Montana between Billings and MT47: 7 hours 52 minutes
I-40 in Oklahoma City east of I-35: 9 hours 17 minutes
I-110 in Texas: 9 hours 24 minutes
I-240 in Oklahoma City east of I-35: 9 hours 26 minutes
I-10 in Texas just east of the I-20 interchange: 10 hours 51 minutes
I-380 in Iowa north of I-80: 11 hours 1 minute (this is the closest that I haven't been on at all)
I-35W in Texas near Denton: 11 hours 17 minutes
I-820 in Texas near I-35W: 11 hours 23 minutes
I-40 in Arizona west of Williams: 11 hours 27 minutes
I-635 in Texas near DFW: 11 hours 41 minutes
I-35E in Texas south of I-345: 11 hours 51 minutes

Everything else is >12 hours.

Chris

[SkyPesos]

2di: I-64 KY between I-71 and I-75
3di: I-264 KY
US: US 50 east of I-275
State: OH 132

[DandyDan]

I posted previously when I still lived in the Omaha area. For here in Mason City:
Interstate: I-394 between I-494 and MN 100
US: It's either US 63 south of Waterloo or US 52 north of Decorah.
State: The east-west section of IA 188 except for the short section between the current and old US 218 in Plainfield.

[dkblake]

Looking at Interstates:

2di: I-87 north of NY 73 (except a small portion in Plattsburgh)

3di: I-393

[epzik8]

Interstate: All of I-370 in Maryland
US: US 40 in Delaware between DE 1 and I-295
State: MD 152 between US 40 and the Edgewood Arsenal

[JayhawkCO]

Interstate: I-94 east of Billings - 7 hours 52 minutes
US Route (Overall): US85 north of WY223 - 1 hour 45 minutes
US Route (Colorado): US84 at Pagosa Springs - 5 hours 9 minutes
State Route (Overall): WY225 west of Cheyenne - 1 hour 46 minutes
State Route (Colorado): CO114 at Saguache - 3 hours 26 minutes

Chris

[US 89]

From Salt Lake City, leaving out nonpublic institutional state routes:

Interstate - I-15 south of Mesquite, NV
US highway - US 30 at Sage, WY (restricting to Utah: US 191 north of Vernal)
State route - SR 302 past the Rockport SP fee gate

And from Atlanta:

Interstate - I-20 east of Madison
US highway - US 23 on part of Moreland Ave
State route (that isn't also a US highway) - GA 42 Spur on McDonough Blvd

[Ned Weasel]

Any significant stretch of MO 58 east of I-49, and now I want to clinch it, because I just found out its eastern end is an RCUT: https://goo.gl/maps/G7dyLSRTce4SfhJMA

Other nearby state routes:

KS 5 west of I-635
MO 9 west of I-635
MO 45
MO 152 between I-435 and I-29

Edit: Also MO 291 south of MO 150 is one I have not driven.

[I-55]

Interstate (from school): I-865. I haven't clinched I-465 yet, but I-865 is closer (to both home and school) than what I've missed on I-465.

Interstate (from home): I-80/90 ITR. I will probably never touch the ITR east of South Bend.

US: US-224 IN. I have not traveled between Decatur and Convoy-Heller Rd/OH-49.

IN: IN-37 Allen County Segment

MS: Had to include due to how much I was down there over the last couple years but I never got MS-475 Airport Rd south of US-80 to I-20.

[NWI_Irish96]

My updated list:

Interstate: 155 between I-74 and I-55, 153 miles away
US Highway: 45 between IL 21 and IL 83, 64 miles away
State Highway: IL 25 between IL 56 and downtown Aurora, 59 miles away
Indiana State Highway: IN 159 between IN 46 and IN 246, 165 miles away

[Bruce]

Interstate: I-205 in Vancouver, WA (200 mi)
US Highway: US 101 near Discovery Bay, WA (60 mi)
State Highway: SR 104 near Hood Canal Bridge (40 mi)

BC Highway: BC 13 near Langley (66 mi)

[NWI_Irish96]

My updated list:

Interstate: 155 between I-74 and I-55, 153 miles away I-72 west of I-55, 199 miles away
Insterstate BL: BL I-94 in Albion, MI, 168 miles away
US Highway: 45 between IL 21 and IL 83, 64 miles away
State Highway: IL 25 between IL 56 and downtown Aurora, 59 miles away
Indiana State Highway: IN 159 between IN 46 and IN 246, 165 miles away

[hobsini2]

Interstate - I-196 between Benton Harbor and Grand Rapids.
US - US 52 between I-39 by Mendota and Lanark, IL.
State - IL 23 between US 52 and US 34.

[M3100]

Updated corrections:
Unclinched segments:

West end of I-8 in San Diego area
US 395 from Adelanto to Kramer Jct (Mojave Desert)
CA-39 northern segment near Azusa

[JayhawkCO]

Interstate: I-94 east of Billings - 7 hours 52 minutes
US Route (Overall): US85 north of WY223 - 1 hour 45 minutes
US Route (Colorado): US84 at Pagosa Springs - 5 hours 9 minutes
State Route (Overall): WY225 west of Cheyenne - 1 hour 46 minutes
State Route (Colorado): CO114 at Saguache - 3 hours 26 minutes

Chris

Updated after road trip yesterday.
Interstate: I-94 east of Billings - 7 hours 52 minutes
US Route (Overall): US30 north of I-80 @ Laramie - 2 hours 13 minutes
US Route (Colorado): US84 at Pagosa Springs - 5 hours 9 minutes
State Route (Overall): WY34 @ US30 in Albany County - 2 hours 33 minutes
State Route (Colorado): CO114 at Saguache - 3 hours 26 minutes

Chris

[dlsterner]

Interesting question ... I'll bite.

Note that these were determined by "eyeballing" maps - possible that I may have missed something closer.

For reference I live in central Maryland, inside the triangle formed by Baltimore, Annapolis, and Washington.

Interstate:  I-76 through Philadelphia (airport and north).  Never had a reason to go there.
US Highway:  A piece of US 1 in Baltimore.  Not in a really good neighborhood; avoided for that reason.
State Highway:  MD 206 near Laurel MD.  A new road, it was only recently designated MD 206 in 2014.

To update:

I've since clinched the entirety of MD 206 near Laurel.  Looks like the closet state route is now MD 387 south of Annapolis (Spa Road).  It doesn't really go anywhere interesting so I would probably have make a specific trip there to clinch it.

Interstate:  I-76 through Philadelphia (airport and north).  Never had a reason to go there.
US Highway:  A piece of US 1 in Baltimore.  In a pretty bad neighborhood; avoided for that reason.  One of these days I'll get it.
State Highway:  MD 387 near Annapolis MD.  Never had a reason to go there.

[kkt]

I-5.  I've never been on the southernmost bit between San Diego and the Mexican border.  When I was on road trips to Mexico, we always crossed the border farther inland, Mexicali etc.