Lowest-numbered route you haven't been on

[deathtopumpkins]

Finally picked up ME 188 on a trip to downeast Maine yesterday!

Continuing on...*
189 - I
190 - I
191 - US
192 - CT
193 - CT
194 - ME
195 - I
196 - ME
197 - ME
198 - ME
199 - ME
200 - MN
201 - NY
202 - US
203 - MA
204 - QC
205 - I
206 - US
207 - ME
208 - ME
209 - ME
210 - NY
211 - UT
212 - US
213 - MA
214 - QC
215 - I
216 - CT
217 - England (A217)
218 - ME
219 - ME
220 - ME
221 - US
222 - MD
223 - QC
224 - ME
225 - VA
226 - England (A226)
227 - QC (if this counts as a concurrency with 133 - TM says it does!)
228 - MA
229 - CT
230 - ME
231 - ME
232 - ME
233 - ME
234 - VA
235 - VA
236 - VA
237 - ME
238 - ME
239 - intersected QC 239, cannot verify that I've actually been on VA 239 but likely have

So it looks like my new number is 239! Jumping up a little bit.

Closest options for me to pick one up would be... Quebec, Maryland or Pennsylvania, though I may find myself back in Hampton Roads sooner to visit family.

*(not listing every system I've been on that number in, just the first one I find)

[74/171FAN]

227 - QC (if this counts as a concurrency with 133 - TM says it does!)

You could also get VA 227 on your Hampton Roads Trip to squash this debate.

[Rothman]

One big jump.  (It's just a jump to the left?)

oscar	539
formulanone	479
Mapmikey	428
HTM Duke	386
hbelkins	334
corco	329
Konza	316
cl94	288
Rothman	288
Duke87	265
deathtopumpkins	239
jayhawkco	203
Hot Rod Hootenanny	192
paulthemapguy	175
plain	174
rel4	170
US 89	162
hockeyjohn	154
csw	153
dfilpus	149
A.J. Bertin	148
dlsterner	142
Jim	139
Thing 342	127
Buck87	112
SGwithADD	112
Bitmapped	111
adwerkema	108
amroad17	107
cabiness42	107
Great Lakes Roads	107
tq-07fan	107
sparker	102
TheHighwayMan394	102
DandyDan	102
sbeaver44	102
skluth	102
bassoon1986	101
Flint1979	97
hobsini	97
Scott5114	97
1995hoo	96
74/171FAN	89
7/8	88
I-55	86
chesapeake256	84
Caps81943	82
Eth	63
SkyPesos	58
BrianP	53
Bickendan	48
mgk920	48
milbfan	47
noelbotevera	47
Big John	46
texaskdog	42
TBKS1	39
ipeters61	35
Evan_Th	33
ran4sh	32
Thunderbyrd316	31
ketchup99	31
doorknob60	29
Ben114	29
Bruce	29
ftballfan	26
mapman1071	24
kphoger	22
KEK Inc.	21
jp the roadgeek	19
stevashe	19
sharkyfour	19
CNGL-Leudimin	18
kurumi	18
Takumi	18
dvferyance	17
1	14
Roadgeekteen	14
RyanB06	14
cwf1701	13
SoDakInterstateEnthusiast	13
apeman33	12
JMoses24	12
ClassicHasClass	11
KEVIN_224	11
wxfree	9
FrCorySticha	9
CoreySamson	9
jeffandnicole	8
PHLBOS	8
TheGrassGuy	8
WillWeaverRVA	8
Tarkus	7
TheStranger	7
Pink Jazz	6
DeaconG	6
Skye	5
Roadsguy	5
Super Mateo	4
SoCal Kid	3
thspfc	3
LilianaUwU	3
Occidental Tourist	3
Truvelo	2
bzaharin	2
Zeffy	2
Finrod	2
Kulerage	2
Aaron Camp	2
skquinn	2
MCRoads	2
Hurricane Rex	1
idk	1

[US 89]

For everybody who is struggling with this:

Start with 1.

Have you ever been on any highway numbered 1? Doesn't have to be US 1, doesn't have to be any specific state highway 1, just any highway numbered 1.
If no, then 1 is your answer.
If yes, move on to 2.

Have you ever been on any highway numbered 2? Doesn't have to be I-2 or US 2, just any highway numbered 2.
If no, then 2 is your answer.
If yes, then move on to 3.

Keep repeating until you finally answer no. That number is your answer.

This is a good way to put it.

For those of us who tend to think a bit more visually: I keep track of every instance of each route number I've been on in a spreadsheet. It looks something like this. So for example, for route 12s I have been on US 12, CA 12, GA 12, and UT 12:



Your answer for this thread is the first row in your version of this spreadsheet that has zero entries in it.

[NWI_Irish96]

For everybody who is struggling with this:

Start with 1.

Have you ever been on any highway numbered 1? Doesn't have to be US 1, doesn't have to be any specific state highway 1, just any highway numbered 1.
If no, then 1 is your answer.
If yes, move on to 2.

Have you ever been on any highway numbered 2? Doesn't have to be I-2 or US 2, just any highway numbered 2.
If no, then 2 is your answer.
If yes, then move on to 3.

Keep repeating until you finally answer no. That number is your answer.

This is a good way to put it.

For those of us who tend to think a bit more visually: I keep track of every instance of each route number I've been on in a spreadsheet. It looks something like this. So for example, for route 12s I have been on US 12, CA 12, GA 12, and UT 12:



Your answer for this thread is the first row in your version of this spreadsheet that has zero entries in it.

I'm doing something similar to what you did. I built a spreadsheet where the rows are highway numbers and the columns are highway systems. If the number doesn't exist in the state it gets colored black. If it exists and I have been on it, it gets colored green. If it exists and I haven't been on it yet, it gets colored red.

So far I have the numbers 1-99 and the seven systems I've been on the most. Adding more as time allows.

[Rothman]

Another one for the rank and file:

oscar	539
formulanone	479
Mapmikey	428
HTM Duke	386
hbelkins	334
corco	329
Konza	316
cl94	288
Rothman	288
Duke87	265
deathtopumpkins	239
jayhawkco	203
Hot Rod Hootenanny	192
paulthemapguy	175
plain	174
rel4	170
US 89	162
hockeyjohn	154
csw	153
dfilpus	149
A.J. Bertin	148
dlsterner	142
Jim	139
Thing 342	127
Buck87	112
SGwithADD	112
Bitmapped	111
adwerkema	108
amroad17	107
cabiness42	107
Great Lakes Roads	107
tq-07fan	107
sparker	102
TheHighwayMan394	102
DandyDan	102
sbeaver44	102
skluth	102
bassoon1986	101
Flint1979	97
hobsini	97
Scott5114	97
1995hoo	96
74/171FAN	89
7/8	88
I-55	86
chesapeake256	84
Caps81943	82
Eth	63
SkyPesos	58
BrianP	53
Bickendan	48
mgk920	48
milbfan	47
noelbotevera	47
Big John	46
texaskdog	42
TBKS1	39
ipeters61	35
Evan_Th	33
ran4sh	32
Thunderbyrd316	31
ketchup99	31
doorknob60	29
Ben114	29
Bruce	29
ftballfan	26
mapman1071	24
kphoger	22
KEK Inc.	21
jp the roadgeek	19
stevashe	19
sharkyfour	19
CNGL-Leudimin	18
kurumi	18
Takumi	18
dvferyance	17
1	14
Roadgeekteen	14
RyanB06	14
cwf1701	13
SoDakInterstateEnthusiast	13
apeman33	12
JMoses24	12
ClassicHasClass	11
KEVIN_224	11
wxfree	9
FrCorySticha	9
CoreySamson	9
jeffandnicole	8
PHLBOS	8
TheGrassGuy	8
WillWeaverRVA	8
Tarkus	7
TheStranger	7
Pink Jazz	6
DeaconG	6
Skye	5
Roadsguy	5
Super Mateo	4
SoCal Kid	3
thspfc	3
LilianaUwU	3
Occidental Tourist	3
Truvelo	2
bzaharin	2
Zeffy	2
Finrod	2
Kulerage	2
Aaron Camp	2
skquinn	2
MCRoads	2
snowc	2
Hurricane Rex	1
idk	1

[paulthemapguy]

I'm a dingus with my 175 figure.  I was on IA-175 in September 2019.  My lowest number should actually be 207.  (If I just took ME-207 to cut south to Cape Elizabeth, Maine, instead of Pleasant Hill Road...my number would be 214...)

[Rothman]

Caught the dingus:

oscar	539
formulanone	479
Mapmikey	428
HTM Duke	386
hbelkins	334
corco	329
Konza	316
cl94	288
Rothman	288
Duke87	265
deathtopumpkins	239
paulthemapguy	207
jayhawkco	203
Hot Rod Hootenanny	192
plain	174
rel4	170
US 89	162
hockeyjohn	154
csw	153
dfilpus	149
A.J. Bertin	148
dlsterner	142
Jim	139
Thing 342	127
Buck87	112
SGwithADD	112
Bitmapped	111
adwerkema	108
amroad17	107
cabiness42	107
Great Lakes Roads	107
tq-07fan	107
sparker	102
TheHighwayMan394	102
DandyDan	102
sbeaver44	102
skluth	102
bassoon1986	101
Flint1979	97
hobsini	97
Scott5114	97
1995hoo	96
74/171FAN	89
7/8	88
I-55	86
chesapeake256	84
Caps81943	82
Eth	63
SkyPesos	58
BrianP	53
Bickendan	48
mgk920	48
milbfan	47
noelbotevera	47
Big John	46
texaskdog	42
TBKS1	39
ipeters61	35
Evan_Th	33
ran4sh	32
Thunderbyrd316	31
ketchup99	31
doorknob60	29
Ben114	29
Bruce	29
ftballfan	26
mapman1071	24
kphoger	22
KEK Inc.	21
jp the roadgeek	19
stevashe	19
sharkyfour	19
CNGL-Leudimin	18
kurumi	18
Takumi	18
dvferyance	17
1	14
Roadgeekteen	14
RyanB06	14
cwf1701	13
SoDakInterstateEnthusiast	13
apeman33	12
JMoses24	12
ClassicHasClass	11
KEVIN_224	11
wxfree	9
FrCorySticha	9
CoreySamson	9
jeffandnicole	8
PHLBOS	8
TheGrassGuy	8
WillWeaverRVA	8
Tarkus	7
TheStranger	7
Pink Jazz	6
DeaconG	6
Skye	5
Roadsguy	5
Super Mateo	4
SoCal Kid	3
thspfc	3
LilianaUwU	3
Occidental Tourist	3
Truvelo	2
bzaharin	2
Zeffy	2
Finrod	2
Kulerage	2
Aaron Camp	2
skquinn	2
MCRoads	2
snowc	2
Hurricane Rex	1
idk	1

[US20IL64]

I-2 in TX, may never see it. 10 once a year in PHX.

[JayhawkCO]

I-2 in TX, may never see it. 10 once a year in PHX.

But you haven't been on US2 or any other state highway numbered 2?

Chris

[Scott5114]

Maybe this thread should be titled "Lowest route number you haven't been on anywhere, ever" since so many people seem to participate before they understand what the thread is about.

[JayhawkCO]

If it were just interstates, unless you've been to Alaska, Hawai'i, or Puerto Rico, everyone's number would just be 1.  As posted in the "Your Route Log" thread, I have been on thirty #1's and only got an interstate numbered 1 (I-A1) this summer.

Chris

[Rothman]

If it were just interstates, unless you've been to Alaska, Hawai'i, or Puerto Rico, everyone's number would just be 1.  As posted in the "Your Route Log" thread, I have been on thirty #1's and only got an interstate numbered 1 (I-A1) this summer.

Chris

I'll drop you back down to 1, then.

[JayhawkCO]

If it were just interstates, unless you've been to Alaska, Hawai'i, or Puerto Rico, everyone's number would just be 1.  As posted in the "Your Route Log" thread, I have been on thirty #1's and only got an interstate numbered 1 (I-A1) this summer.

Chris

I'll drop you back down to 1, then.

No!  I'm in the midst of planning my trip on PEI to get most of my numbers up to 300!

Chris

[Rothman]

If it were just interstates, unless you've been to Alaska, Hawai'i, or Puerto Rico, everyone's number would just be 1.  As posted in the "Your Route Log" thread, I have been on thirty #1's and only got an interstate numbered 1 (I-A1) this summer.

Chris

I'll drop you back down to 1, then.

No!  I'm in the midst of planning my trip on PEI to get most of my numbers up to 300!

Chris

Pfft.  Who needs Canadian routes?

[JayhawkCO]

If it were just interstates, unless you've been to Alaska, Hawai'i, or Puerto Rico, everyone's number would just be 1.  As posted in the "Your Route Log" thread, I have been on thirty #1's and only got an interstate numbered 1 (I-A1) this summer.

Chris

I'll drop you back down to 1, then.

No!  I'm in the midst of planning my trip on PEI to get most of my numbers up to 300!

Chris

Pfft.  Who needd Canadian routes?

People who live west of the Great Plains.  (Was about to say the Mississippi and then realized Louisiana has most, if not all).

Chris

[Rothman]

If it were just interstates, unless you've been to Alaska, Hawai'i, or Puerto Rico, everyone's number would just be 1.  As posted in the "Your Route Log" thread, I have been on thirty #1's and only got an interstate numbered 1 (I-A1) this summer.

Chris

I'll drop you back down to 1, then.

No!  I'm in the midst of planning my trip on PEI to get most of my numbers up to 300!

Chris

Pfft.  Who needs Canadian routes?

People who live west of the Great Plains.  (Was about to say the Mississippi and then realized Louisiana has most, if not all).

Chris

Meh.  Lots of 200s west of PEI.

[bassoon1986]

If it were just interstates, unless you've been to Alaska, Hawai'i, or Puerto Rico, everyone's number would just be 1.  As posted in the "Your Route Log" thread, I have been on thirty #1's and only got an interstate numbered 1 (I-A1) this summer.

Chris

I'll drop you back down to 1, then.

No!  I'm in the midst of planning my trip on PEI to get most of my numbers up to 300!

Chris

Pfft.  Who needd Canadian routes?

People who live west of the Great Plains.  (Was about to say the Mississippi and then realized Louisiana has most, if not all).

Chris

Louisiana just doesn't have any of the 200's. It goes up to 184, adds 191, then jumps to 300.


iPhone

[oscar]

By short detours on my way to/from visiting friends at the Jersey Shore, I traveled significant parts of three 500-series signed New Jersey county routes. Those filled in gaps in my list of traveled routes, raising my lowest-numbered untraveled route to 556.

AFAIK, there are no route 556s in NJ, or anywhere else near me. After that, AFAIK I have gaps at 558-559, 563, 567, 572, and 584, before I can reach Mapmikey's turf on the multitude of 6xx signed state secondary routes in Virginia.

[Rothman]

County routes are for sissies:

oscar	556
formulanone	479
Mapmikey	428
HTM Duke	386
hbelkins	334
corco	329
Konza	316
cl94	288
Rothman	288
Duke87	265
deathtopumpkins	239
paulthemapguy	207
jayhawkco	203
Hot Rod Hootenanny	192
plain	174
rel4	170
US 89	162
hockeyjohn	154
csw	153
dfilpus	149
A.J. Bertin	148
dlsterner	142
Jim	139
Thing 342	127
Buck87	112
SGwithADD	112
Bitmapped	111
adwerkema	108
amroad17	107
cabiness42	107
Great Lakes Roads	107
tq-07fan	107
sparker	102
TheHighwayMan394	102
DandyDan	102
sbeaver44	102
skluth	102
bassoon1986	101
Flint1979	97
hobsini	97
Scott5114	97
1995hoo	96
74/171FAN	89
7/8	88
I-55	86
chesapeake256	84
Caps81943	82
Eth	63
SkyPesos	58
BrianP	53
Bickendan	48
mgk920	48
milbfan	47
noelbotevera	47
Big John	46
texaskdog	42
TBKS1	39
ipeters61	35
Evan_Th	33
ran4sh	32
Thunderbyrd316	31
ketchup99	31
doorknob60	29
Ben114	29
Bruce	29
ftballfan	26
mapman1071	24
kphoger	22
KEK Inc.	21
jp the roadgeek	19
stevashe	19
sharkyfour	19
CNGL-Leudimin	18
kurumi	18
Takumi	18
dvferyance	17
1	14
Roadgeekteen	14
RyanB06	14
cwf1701	13
SoDakInterstateEnthusiast	13
apeman33	12
JMoses24	12
ClassicHasClass	11
KEVIN_224	11
wxfree	9
FrCorySticha	9
CoreySamson	9
jeffandnicole	8
PHLBOS	8
TheGrassGuy	8
WillWeaverRVA	8
Tarkus	7
TheStranger	7
Pink Jazz	6
DeaconG	6
Skye	5
Roadsguy	5
Super Mateo	4
SoCal Kid	3
thspfc	3
LilianaUwU	3
Occidental Tourist	3
Truvelo	2
bzaharin	2
Zeffy	2
Finrod	2
Kulerage	2
Aaron Camp	2
skquinn	2
MCRoads	2
snowc	2
Hurricane Rex	1
idk	1

[NWI_Irish96]

By short detours on my way to/from visiting friends at the Jersey Shore, I traveled significant parts of three 500-series signed New Jersey county routes. Those filled in gaps in my list of traveled routes, raising my lowest-numbered untraveled route to 556.

AFAIK, there are no route 556s in NJ, or anywhere else near me. After that, AFAIK I have gaps at 558-559, 563, 567, 572, and 584, before I can reach Mapmikey's turf on the multitude of 6xx signed state secondary routes in Virginia.

There's a 556 in Eastern Kentucky.

[Rothman]

By short detours on my way to/from visiting friends at the Jersey Shore, I traveled significant parts of three 500-series signed New Jersey county routes. Those filled in gaps in my list of traveled routes, raising my lowest-numbered untraveled route to 556.

AFAIK, there are no route 556s in NJ, or anywhere else near me. After that, AFAIK I have gaps at 558-559, 563, 567, 572, and 584, before I can reach Mapmikey's turf on the multitude of 6xx signed state secondary routes in Virginia.

There's a 556 in Eastern Kentucky.

We're never going to Get Oscar if you keep helping him.

[formulanone]

By short detours on my way to/from visiting friends at the Jersey Shore, I traveled significant parts of three 500-series signed New Jersey county routes. Those filled in gaps in my list of traveled routes, raising my lowest-numbered untraveled route to 556.

AFAIK, there are no route 556s in NJ, or anywhere else near me. After that, AFAIK I have gaps at 558-559, 563, 567, 572, and 584, before I can reach Mapmikey's turf on the multitude of 6xx signed state secondary routes in Virginia.

There's a 556 in Eastern Kentucky.

We're never going to Get Oscar if you keep helping him.

Claiming 479, 499, and 504 would give me a plateau of 500s, until hitting 545. But I'm just not near those specific missing numbers.

I'm trying to avoid the little half-mile numbered county roads but if Oscar gets to 600, then I'll have no choice but to deploy the Cullman County Nuclear Option.

Seriously, if anyone can get to routes number up to 1000, that's quite a remarkable achievement. Even getting to 250-300 is impressive and takes a little work.

[Mapmikey]

By short detours on my way to/from visiting friends at the Jersey Shore, I traveled significant parts of three 500-series signed New Jersey county routes. Those filled in gaps in my list of traveled routes, raising my lowest-numbered untraveled route to 556.

AFAIK, there are no route 556s in NJ, or anywhere else near me. After that, AFAIK I have gaps at 558-559, 563, 567, 572, and 584, before I can reach Mapmikey's turf on the multitude of 6xx signed state secondary routes in Virginia.

If you drove MD 193 between MD 202 and MD 450 prior to 1985 you have driven MD 556.

[Rothman]

By short detours on my way to/from visiting friends at the Jersey Shore, I traveled significant parts of three 500-series signed New Jersey county routes. Those filled in gaps in my list of traveled routes, raising my lowest-numbered untraveled route to 556.

AFAIK, there are no route 556s in NJ, or anywhere else near me. After that, AFAIK I have gaps at 558-559, 563, 567, 572, and 584, before I can reach Mapmikey's turf on the multitude of 6xx signed state secondary routes in Virginia.

If you drove MD 193 between MD 202 and MD 450 prior to 1985 you have driven MD 556.

Quiet, you.