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You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« on: February 21, 2022, 10:27:14 AM »

I’m in the process of tallying up every highway I’ve ever been on (obviously missing a lot of them), but I believe that I’ve been on three 30s (I-30, US-30, WI-30), three 35s (I-35, WI-35, M-35), and three 95s (I-95, MN-95, and M-95).
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2022, 10:38:16 AM »

I have been on three each of 3 (US, MA, PA barely), 9 (MA, NH, GA), 10 (NH, GA, Autoroute), 20 (US, GA, Autoroute), 27 (US, MA, NH), and 73 (NJ, CA, Autoroute), but not four of anything. If bannered routes count as the main number, the winner would be 1, with US 1, US 1 Bypass in NH, MA 1A, CA 1, and FL A1A, with 3 tied if MA 3A's two segments count separately (I've been on both plus the three routes numbered 3 mentioned above).

I'm counting multistate routes with the same number as one route.
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2022, 11:00:39 AM »

I have been on three 3's (US 3, MA 3, ME 3), five 9's (US 9, MA 9, NH 9, ME 9, CT 9), three 4's (US 4, MA 4, RI 4) and four 1's (US 1, MA 1A, FL A1A, DE 1)
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2022, 11:21:12 AM »

Probably 1 by far:

US 1
Interstate H-1
CA 1
County Route A1
County Route J1
County Route G1
County Route N1
County Route S1
AL 1
AR 1
CO 1
DE 1
IL 1
IN 1
GA 1
M-1
MN 1
NM 1
OR 1
FL A1A
Several County Road A1As
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2022, 11:42:19 AM »

Not sure if it's my highest, but I've been on a few Route 3's

US 3
GA 3
IL 3
IN 3
MA 3
NJ 3
OH 3
G3 (China)

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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2022, 11:53:34 AM »

1 by far just like Max.

I-A1
US1
US1A
AK1
AR1B
CA1
CO1
DE1
DE1A
DE1B
DE1D
FLA1A
GA1
MO1
ND1
AB1
BC1
MB1
NB1
NS1
PEI1

And Highway 1's in Armenia, Belize, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Iceland, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, and Vietnam.

37 total according to Travel Mapping.

My second highest is Highway 10 with 20 instances.

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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2022, 01:18:10 PM »

A few ties, all at five apiece:

1 - BC 1, B1 (Berlin), US 1, ID 1, MI 1
3 - ON 3, A3 (Berlin), MA 3, OH 3, WA 3
7 - BC 7, BC 7B, US 7, WA 7, OR 7
8 - I-8, WA 8, OR 8, ID 8, MI 8
10 - BC 10, MI 10, OR 10, WA 10, US 10
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2022, 02:08:07 PM »

Multiple 1's:

Australia 1 (when it was NH/NR 1, then A1/M1)
NZ 1 (specifically NZ 1N, but it's signed as NZ 1)
US 1
CA 1
IA 1
I-H1

Tied, appropriately with 2:

US 2 (both W side in Washington state and E side in Maine)
M2 (Australia)
CA 2
I-H2
CO 2
OH 2

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2022, 03:54:48 PM »

Surprisingly this is a tie between 1, 35, and 288 (questionable?) at 4.

1: LA, TN, TX NASA Road, AR Business
35: IH, TX, TX Business C, TX Business E
288: TX, TX Business B, TX Toll, CR (Brazoria County)
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2022, 04:07:21 PM »

A skimming of my list of Travel Mapping gives me 15 for the number 9.

US9, US9W, DE9, DE9A, IN9, NY9A, NY9G, NY9J, NY9N, NY9R, SC9, VA9, WV9

I guess it would be 16 if you include US 9 BUS (Lewes, DE).
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2022, 05:17:53 PM »

I have three tied with 8: 2, 9, 11. I excluded suffixed routes from my totals.

2: US, IL, IA, MD, MA, MO, NE, OH
9: CO, IA, K-, ME, MN, NH, OK, VT
11: US, ME, MN, NE, NH, OH, SC, WIS

7 routes

26: I-, US, IL, ME, MI, MN, WIS
64: I-, US, IA, IL, M-, MN, WIS
77: I-, US, AR, M-, MN, MO, WI (discovered going through tables; apparently I never marked I-77 mileage on TM but I have used it)
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2022, 05:36:10 PM »

My answer seems to be tied with 5, 9, and 22; with 26 posted examples of each.

Number 22 has 23 unique routes with only 3 suffixed routes: one is a county route (CR 22A looping around FL 22 in Wewahitchka); along with Alberta's 22X and Vermont's 22A. The other two have more suffixed routes contained in their counts.

22X is slated to possibly be a different route in Calgary, and if we count hidden numbers, 9 would eventually win out (9A and 9B will hang out behind-the-scenes of other route numbers in Florida).

Looking down the list...
1078 is my highest number for which I have two routes with the same number.
915 my highest with three counts.
616 my highest with four (technically, five if FM 616 is counted).
441 my highest with six, 269 my highest with seven, 237 my highest with eight, 155 my highest with nine, and 130 for ten.
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2022, 05:49:09 PM »

1 by far just like Max.

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And Highway 1's in Armenia, Belize, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Iceland, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, and Vietnam.

37 total according to Travel Mapping.

My second highest is Highway 10 with 20 instances.

My total for routes 1 is also 37, not counting suffixed branches of unsuffixed routes like PE1A (have a PE1).

For routes 2, it's 42, with a similar exclusion.

For routes 10, it's 47.

My eyeball glance at my TM table suggests I can't top 47 instances of route 10.
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2022, 06:02:25 PM »

Looking down the list...
1078 is my highest number for which I have two routes with the same number.
915 is my highest number with three counts.
616 is my highest number with four (technically, five if FM 616 is counted).

To expound like formulanone,
878 is my highest number for which I have two routes with the same number. (Although it's NY878 and I-878 which is the same thing.  For two separate, it's 794 where I have I-794 and NV794.)
495 is my highest number for which I have three counts. (I-495 (MA), I-495 (MD/DC/VA), I-495 (DE))
371 is my highest number with four. (US371, CO371, MN371, MO371)

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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2022, 08:32:32 PM »

I'm basically going to use my Travel Mapping data as the source for this.

As far as the so-called "Multi-State Routes" at the state level, I will count each state as a separate entry.  I don't consider there to be such a concept as "Multi-State Routes".
Interstate and US highways will be counted once, regardless of the number of states entered.
Discontiguous segments of what would otherwise be the same highway listed once.

My top three:

1: (13, counting A1A as a "1")
   US 1, US1 Bus (Bel Air, MD), US1 Byp (Portsmouth, NH), US1 Alt (York, ME), US1 Alt (Washington, DC), US1 Alt (Baltimore, MD) US1 Alt (Bangor, ME)
   FL A1A, CA 1, DE 1, DE 1D, GA 1,
   TH 1 (Iceland "Ring Road")

11: (10)
   I-11, US 11, US 11E, US 11W
   MI 11, NH 11, NC 11, OH 11, KY 11, ME 11

295: (10)
   I-295 (NC), I-295 (RI/MA), I-295 (ME), I-295 (FL), I-295 (VA), I-295 (MD/DC), I-295 (DE/NJ/PA),
   DC 295, MD 295, FL 295 (Pensacola)

And since others have been doing this:

997 is my highest number for which I have two routes with the same number.  FL 997 and PA 997  (I have also been on MD 997D, 997E, and 997F, which would make five, but none of those are signed)
896 is my highest number for which I have three routes with the same number.  DE 896, MD 896, PA 896 (But I would understand if you consider this sketchy)
895 is my highest number for which I have four routes with the same number.  I-895 (Maryland) I-895 Spur (Ferndale, MD) I-895 Spur (Furnace Branch, MD) VA 895 (same note about being sketchy applies)

Unambiguously,
581 is my highest number for which I have three routes with the same number.  I-581, NC 581, PA 581
495 is my highest number for which I have four routes with the same number.  I-495 (MD/DC/VA), I-495 (DE), I-495 (MA), I-495 (ME)

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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2022, 08:35:11 PM »

Mine appears to be 14 at six: I-14, AR-14, K-14, M-14, MO-14, OK-14.
59 is also at six if you count suffixed routes as their parent: US-59, AR-59, MO-59, OK-59, OK-59A, OK-59B.
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2022, 08:59:42 PM »

Not sure if it's my highest, but I've been on a few Route 3's

US 3
GA 3
IL 3
IN 3
MA 3
NJ 3
OH 3
G3 (China)
For some 3 digit numbers (read: 3di variants), I've been on all 4 I-275 variants and 3 of the 4 I-270 variants (missing the one in CO). Also got 2 of a bunch of others.

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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2022, 09:20:41 PM »

If A1A counts as '1', then it is the highest occurring number for me (A1 (Austria), B1 (Austria), TH1 (Iceland), US-1, AR-1, GA-1, OK-1, FL-A1A). Otherwise, it is a tie with 59 (I-59, US-59, AR-59, CO-59, MO-59, UT-59, CA-59).
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2022, 09:56:54 PM »

Some of mine:

2: CT, MA, RI, US, DE, MD
3: CT, MA/US, RI, NJ, PA, MD
9: CT, MA, VT/NH/ME, US, VA/WV (also former PA as I-476, and former QC 9 as A-15)

Most common interstate: Probably a tie between 295 and 495.   I've been on the 295's in DE/MD/PA, NY, RI/MA, and ME; the 495's in the DC area, DE, the LIE, and MA (I've been on the stretch of the Maine Turnpike that was once I-495, but this was when it was unnumbered, and I've never been on the Falmouth Spur). 
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2022, 12:16:01 AM »

going through the first numbers 1 through 20, I have eleven for highways numbered 7.  That's my highest number so far, not counting county, bannered, or suffixed routes, and also not counting cheap duplexes.

For the number 7: WA US UT KS IA IL IN OH WV NS NB
Second is the number 16 with ten: WA US I- IA WI IL OH NH NB WV
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #20 on: February 22, 2022, 10:34:32 AM »

After more map scouring, I’ve found that I’ve also been on three 1s (US, FL-A1A, MN), and three 52s (US, WI, CO). So that makes a 5-way tie between 1, 30, 35, 52, and 95.
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #21 on: February 22, 2022, 11:05:34 AM »

Interestingly, my Travel Mapping list has more entries in the "Unnumbered" line than anywhere else:

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ONQEW, ONGar, ONDVP, TCH, OreMot, MR, FifeCoaTR, AtlCityExpy, BeltPkwy, CabJohnPkwy, BroRivPkwy, CroCouPkwy, CroIslPkwy, DayAirRd, FLTpk, FDRooDr, GarStaPkwy, GraCenPkwy, HartExpy, HenHudPkwy, HutRivPkwy, LakePonCswy, MTAppRd, MilPkwy, NJTpk, NorStaPkwy, PalIntPkwy, PenaBlvd, RalChaExpy, SouStaPkwy, SprBroPkwy, VetPkwy, BalWasPkwy, BlueRidPkwy, ClaBarPkwy, ColPkwy, GWMemPkwy, BeaDr, RockCrkPkwy, SkyDr, SpoRunPkwy, SuiPkwy, DonValPkwy, GarExpy, GtWestWay, CroBayPkwy, KorWarPkwy, OcePkwy, SevLakDr, ShoFroPkwy

I note that list will likely grow because it doesn't include highway systems shown by Travel Mapping as "in development," notably Nova Scotia's tourist routes like the Cabot Trail (I've been on at least nine of those routes as they're broken out for Travel Mapping purposes).
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #22 on: February 22, 2022, 12:06:19 PM »

Using my own spreadsheet that combines my TM data with my own notes on unsigned routes (because those definitely count) and ignores duplicates as well as bannered routes if I've been on their parent, it looks like I have a three-way tie at nine:

7 - AL, AR, GA, KS, MO, NC, OR, TN, UT
14 - I, US, AL, AR, CO, GA, KS, SC, UT
30 - E, I, US, CO, FL, GA, MO, MS, UT

The highest number for which I have two is 759 - although those two are I-759 and AL 759, so one might dispute that...
...in which case it'd be 540 - I, GA.

Highest with three is 520 - I, GA, WA
Highest with four is 410 - I, GA, SC, WY
Highest with five is 280 - I, US, GA, TX spur, UT
Highest with six or seven is 77 - I, US, AL, AR, FL, GA, ID, UT
Highest with eight is 64 - I, US, AZ, CO, IL, MT, TN, UT

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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #23 on: February 22, 2022, 12:54:10 PM »

I'd really like to be able to answer this question, but without Travel Mapping, I have no idea where to even start.

The obvious solution is to start a Travel Mapping account, but since I've never used it... here's a question for those of you that do: Have you kept track of your travels for as long as you can remember, or did you start by going back in time and logging whatever you could remember? And if so, how big of an undertaking was it?

I could pretty much tell you whether I've been on any given route with thousands of yes/no answers, but getting 22 years worth of data logged seems like it could be a massive time consuming project - possibly even days on end given that I just blew about an hour on the TM site and ended up with about five entries.
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Re: You have been on the most different highways numbered . . .
« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2022, 12:59:56 PM »

I'd really like to be able to answer this question, but without Travel Mapping, I have no idea where to even start.

The obvious solution is to start a Travel Mapping account, but since I've never used it... here's a question for those of you that do: Have you kept track of your travels for as long as you can remember, or did you start by going back in time and logging whatever you could remember? And if so, how big of an undertaking was it?

I could pretty much tell you whether I've been on any given route with thousands of yes/no answers, but getting 22 years worth of data logged seems like it could be a massive time consuming project - possibly even days on end given that I just blew about an hour on the TM site and ended up with about five entries.

I've tracked interstates for a long time, so those are easy.  Everything else I did the best I could.  I remember road trips to places going back to being 6 years old and which way we went (because I've always been a roadgeek before I knew there was a term).  Did I have to guess a little bit on some of the normal "daily driving" in places that I've lived?  Yeah, but nothing too egregious.  For example, without trying to clinch, I know I've been on most of the main roads on the Kansas side of the KC metro, so I looked at all of them and didn't see an area I clearly hadn't been.  This would be way harder if I grew up in Kentucky where everything is a damn state highway.

 


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