States you've never been on a US highway in

[Eth]

VA - I-66 and I-495 for a short visit
KY - I-24 and I-65 clinched in the state on two visits
AL - I-20 clinched in only visit
GA - I-75 clinched, parts of I-20 and I-85 used in two visits

Somebody's doin' it wrong.

I did that to illustrate how I used no US routes in those states.

In that case, Georgia doesn't count. If you clinched I-75, then you used a bit of US 41 just north of Valdosta.

[kphoger]

Of the states where I've actually been in a car...  None of them.

[thspfc]

Texas. And the 38 states that I haven't been to. ("I haven't been to 38 states" sounds a lot worse than "I've been to 12 states". . . )

[kphoger]

Texas.

That's quite different from me.  When I drive through Texas, I go from the Oklahoma state line to the Mexican border, and only about 12 out of those 414 miles aren't on a US Highway.

[CtrlAltDel]

If you don't include Interstate concurrencies, which I don't because I don't like to, I have been on at least one US route in all but 10 states. (The list of the first US route I've traveled on in each state is below). If you do count concurrencies, then I've been on at least one US route in all of the contiguous 48 except for Alabama.

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IA US-30
IL US-30
MO US-60
CA US-101
UT US-191
CO US-6
KS US-81
NE US-81
WI US-61/US-151
MI US-41
IN US-41
OH US-40
PA US-220
MD US-220
VA US-23
DE US-202
NJ US-206
CT US-5
RI US-1
NH US-302
ME US-302
VT US-302
NY US-9
AR US-49
LA US-190
MS US-49
FL US-41
SC US-601
NC US-25
TN US-23
KY US-27
SD US-281
WY US-14
OR US-97
WA US-101
ID US-26
MT US-12
ND US-52/US-281


[DandyDan]

The only state I've been to I was never on a US Highway in is Maryland. Mostly I-95 with I-395 at the end as went to Camden Yards to see the Orioles. FWIW, I believe I walked on the sidewalk alongside US 1 and US 50 in DC (I was never actually in a motor vehicle in DC except for the brief section of the old I-95 bridge).

In Arizona, I was only on the sections of US 60 and US 191 that overlap I-10.

[7/8]

According to Travel Mapping, the only state I've been to without going on a US highway is Texas, and that's because I only had an airport layover.

[D-Dey65]

I've only been to 20 states, and I was originally going to say none. Now that I think about it though, I don't believe I've been on any US Highways in West Virginia.

On second thought, I must have been on some, because our family would've had to use one to get between the north end of the Skyline Drive and I-70 towards Breezewood. Frankly, I forgot how we got between the two highways.

[OracleUsr]

The only one I've been to that I never touched a US highway is Ohio.

[jp the roadgeek]

CT: 1, 1A,  5, 6, 7, 44, 202
MA: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 20, 202
RI: 1, 6, 44
VT: 4, 5, 7
NH: 1, 3, 4, 202, 302
ME: 1, 201, 302
NY: 1, 4, 6, 9, 9W, 20, 20A, 44, 62, 202, 209, 219
NJ: 1, 9, 9W, 22, 30, 40, 46, 202, 206, 322
PA: 1, 6, 13, 15, 22, 30, 202, 209, 222, 322, 422 (Eastern portion only)
DE: 13, 40, 202, OLD 301
MD: 1, 11, 13, 15, 29, 40, 50, 301
DC: 50
VA: 11 (a few hundred feet), 13, 15, 58
WV: 11
FL: 1, 27, 192
SC: 301. 501 (to go to Pedro's)
MS: 90
LA: 61

NC/GA/IN/HI/ MO (airport only): NONE

[bzakharin]

The states I've been to as a driver, but never on a US route: Maryland and New York. Possibly Connecticut (may have been on US 1 briefly while in New Haven, can't recall)

[paulthemapguy]

Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.  I've barely been on one or two tiny segments of US routes in Georgia, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Virginia (they almost count).

[KEVIN_224]

For me? I would say Illinois. I was definitely on IL Route 50 by Midway Airport (MDW) and Chicago's MTA subway though. Possibly can add NC in the area of the Raleigh/Durham Airport (RDU) in Morrisville and Cary. I almost said Virginia, but the remembered that the Key Bridge between Rosslyn (Arlington) and Georgetown (Washington DC) carries US Route 29. I walked over that bridge in May 2015.

I'm now checking on Ohio. Probably crossed US Route 23 on foot near Nationwide Arena.

[kphoger]

I was definitely on ... Chicago's MTA subway

Never heard of it.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Rhode Island, Georgia, and Colorado (just 4 miles on I-76 for that state "clinch").

[Roadgeekteen]

West Virginia (unless I-81 overlaps with a US highway) and California for sure, maybe South Carolina.

[dfilpus]

Of my 47 states and DC, I have been on a US Highway on all but AK, HI and NE.
However, I have been on US 75 Business in Nebraska City NE, so NE gets a *.