Closest stretches of road you have NOT clinched

[webny99]

... this is a fun one. State route is tough because the network is so much more extensive, and they're often used for local trips and not as memorable. I think I got it, but subject to confirmation later.

State Route: NY 383 south of NY 252/RIT, ~15 miles away
US Route: US 20 between I-390 and Bloomfield, ~22 miles away
Interstate: I-86 between NY 36 and I-390, 76 miles away I-481 north of I-90, ~70 miles away

Not much has changed here, other than an answer I had incorrect before.



Adding my answers to some of the other categories:

Closest exit: NY 390 Exit 25 - Vintage Ln (~10 miles)
Closest Interstate exit: I-490 Exit 1 - NY 19 (~25 miles)
Closest freeway of any type: NY 690 north of NY 370 (~55 miles)

Closet 2di segment: My (incorrect) previous overall answer: I-86 between NY 36 and I-390 (~75 miles)
Closest 3di segment: Same as above: I-481 north of I-90 (~70 miles)
Closest overall 2di: Very close race between I-68 (~240 miles) and I-91 (~250 miles)
Closest overall 3di: I-781 NY (~115 miles)

Home state 2di's, never been on: none
Home state 3di's, never been on: I-678, I-781, I-787, I-890, I-295, I-495, I-695
Home state interstates, unclinched: I-84, I-86, I-87, I-88, I-90 (only missing free I-90 in Albany), I-95, I-278, I-678, I-781, I-684, I-787, I-890, I-295, I-495, I-695

Closest overall US Route: US 4 (~190 miles)
Closest overall State Route: Tough, but having recently crossed off NY 246 and NY 262, I think it's NY 90 (~40 miles)
Closest numbered state border crossing: NY 36/PA 249

[webny99]

I didn't answer Closest stretch of Interstate in either direction because I wasn't sure exactly what was meant. But I'll answer it if someone clarifies.

[paulthemapguy]

US45 on the northern edge of Orland Park from McCarthy Road north to IL-83.

[NWI_Irish96]

I didn't answer Closest stretch of Interstate in either direction because I wasn't sure exactly what was meant. But I'll answer it if someone clarifies.

If you break down all the interstates into individual segments (generally between exits), what is the closest one to you that you have not clinched. Same for US highways and state highways.

[webny99]

I didn't answer Closest stretch of Interstate in either direction because I wasn't sure exactly what was meant. But I'll answer it if someone clarifies.

If you break down all the interstates into individual segments (generally between exits), what is the closest one to you that you have not clinched. Same for US highways and state highways.

OK, so no different than closest interstate segment you haven't been on, which I already answered.

[JayhawkCO]

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

Updating again.

Interstate: I-94 east of Billings - 7 hours 52 minutes
US Route: US85 north of WY313 near Hawk Springs, WY - 2 hours 34 minutes
State Route: WY34 @ US30 in Albany County - 2 hours 33 minutes

[formulanone]

State Road: bits of AL 75 northeast of AL 227

I clinched AL 75 last summer, so now it's the section of Tennessee SR 129 that's east of US 431.

US Route: US 11 north of Fort Payne near I-59

The section from Hammondville to Sulphur Springs has been closed for bridge repairs for several months, but it recently reopened to traffic. Finishing up US 11 within Alabama is still on the to-do list...

Interstate: I-269 in Mississippi

Scooped up this one back in March, but my closest is still I-269 in Tennessee north of SR 193.

[Bickendan]

At this very moment, CA 41, followed by CA 229, 46, and 58.

[zzcarp]

Interstate: I-80 between Laramie, WY and Big Springs, NE (at I-76).
US Highway: US 85 north of County Road O in Greeley, CO.
State Highway: CO 88 from Dartmouth Ave. to US 85

I guess clinching highways in the Denver metro hasn't been as high of a priority. Time to take some drives.

[JayhawkCO]

Interstate: I-80 between Laramie, WY and Big Springs, NE (at I-76).
US Highway: US 85 north of County Road O in Greeley, CO.
State Highway: CO 88 from Dartmouth Ave. to US 85

I guess clinching highways in the Denver metro hasn't been as high of a priority. Time to take some drives.

I knocked out every Denver (not Boulder) highway that I hadn't already been on in a 6 hour drive one day, most of them highways up in your neck of the woods.

Chris

[US 89]

Ah yes, places with a bunch of urban arterial state highway mileage. It was a similar story for me in Salt Lake - took me a few drives to clinch all the random urban surface street state highways between Ogden and Provo I hadn’t yet been on otherwise.

Imagine living in a place like Tulsa, where there is almost no nonfreeway state highway mileage. Must be nice.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Ah yes, places with a bunch of urban arterial state highway mileage. It was a similar story for me in Salt Lake - took me a few drives to clinch all the random urban surface street state highways between Ogden and Provo I hadn't yet been on otherwise.

Imagine living in a place like Tulsa, where there is almost no nonfreeway state highway mileage. Must be nice.

It's a direction MnDOT has moved in, with pretty much all non-freeway surface mileage inside of 494/694 not numbered MN 55 being on the long-term kill list. Major cities here largely want control over the streets in their cores, with almost all surface mileage being axed in Duluth in 1997 and US 63 being taken out of downtown Rochester in the early 2010s.

[keithvh]

I live in Denver but even if I lived here 50 more years, I doubt I'd ever clinch the entirety of E-470.  Unless it becomes free some day.

I've clinched every other section of numbered highway in the Denver Metro. 

The nearest state highways I don't have clinched (besides E-470) are: CO-7 (I have it all except Lyons to CO-72), CO-105 (Sedalia to Palmer Lake), and a bunch of the E-W numbered highways north of Longmont (e.g., CO-56, CO-402, CO-60).

The nearest chunks of US Highway I don't have are: US-40 between Granby and Kremmling, and US_24 between Limon and Colorado Springs.

The nearest chunk of interstate I don't have is: I-80 between Kimball, NE and Sidney.

[JayhawkCO]

I live in Denver but even if I lived here 50 more years, I doubt I'd ever clinch the E-470.

I've clinched every other numbered highway in the Denver Metro.  The closest ones (besides E-470) I haven't clinched would be CO-7 (I have it all except Lyons to CO-92), CO-105 (Sedalia to Palmer Lake), and a bunch of the E-W numbered highways north of Longmont (e.g., CO-56, CO-402, CO-60).

Northwest Parkway was my last one to clinch in the metro.  No need to use it from where I live and obviously being a toll road made me not feel compelled to do it before I actively started clinching.

Those E-W ones were annoying up north, but I just kept zigzagging back and forth when I was coming back from a camping trip up by Red Feather Lakes.

Chris

[NWI_Irish96]

My updated list:

Interstate: 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 US 24 west of IL 115, 86 miles away
State Highway (any state): IL 25 between IL 56 and downtown Aurora, 59 miles away IL 160 south of US 6, 67 miles
Indiana State Highway: IN 159 between IN 46 and IN 246, 165 miles away

[US20IL64]

I-180, may try soon, due to joining this forum and all the chat about it.

US-6 west of New Lenox IL.

IL-394, never needed to use it.

[US 89]

Updating. From Atlanta:

Interstate: I-85 north of SC 59 near Fair Play
US highway: US 23 south of GA 54 Conn near Conley
State highway: GA 42, same place as US 23 (thanks Georgia)
Independent state highway: GA 85 south of GA 139 in Riverdale

[Skye]

From my home in Cincinnati:
Interstate: I-70 between OH 4 North near Springfield and I-270 on the westside of Columbus
US Route (not sure which is closest): US 50 West of Aurora, IN or US 25 south of KY 338
State Route (any state): KY 2345

[clong]

Updated

I-55 Mississippi
US11/43 (Tuscaloosa) US11 from Eutaw, AL to Livingston, AL
AL216 AL155 from Montevallo, AL to Jemison, AL

[NWI_Irish96]

My updated list:

Interstate: I-72 west of I-55, 199 miles away
Insterstate BL: BL I-94 in Albion, MI, 168 miles away
US Highway: US 24 west of IL 115, 86 miles away
US Highway BL: BL US 20 in Rockford, MI, west of IL 2, 111 miles away
State Highway (any state): IL 160 south of US 6, 67 miles IL 115 south of US 24, 85 miles away
Indiana State Highway: IN 159 between IN 46 and IN 246, 165 miles away

[Rothman]

I'll add more categories:

Closest Interstate I have traveled none of: I-190

I like this one.  Here are mine, within 1,000 miles of my home.  I reserve the right to make mistakes...

I-781: 196 miles. Clinched
I-540 or I-495 I-87, NC: 648 miles. (tie)
I-840, NC (eastern segment): 682 miles
I-295, NC: 688 miles.
I-277: 776 miles.Clinched
I-190, IL: 818 miles. Clinched...just last week
I-88, IL: 821 miles. Clinched...just last week
I-585: 843 miles. Clinched
I-41: 856 miles.  (I've been on I-43 and I-94, but don't consider I-41 clinched since I haven't been on it since it has been signed)
I-385: 865 miles.
I-185 or I-126: 871 miles. (tie) For I-185, clinched part north of I-85
I-180 (IL): 888 miles.
I-72: 900 miles.
I-526: 904 miles.
I-520: 920 miles. Clinched
I-155: 936 miles.
I-474 or I-280 (IL/IA): 939 miles. (tie) I-280 clinched...just last week
I-516: 956 miles.
I-16: 958 miles.
I-985: 967 miles.
I-840, TN: 992 miles.
I-575, GA: 993 miles.
I-285: 999 miles.

Long overdue update.

[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)

And now, a long overdue update.

Interstate: I-84 in Troutdale, OR (220 mi)
US Highway: US 101 near Hoquiam, WA (150 mi)
State Highway: WA 304 in Bremerton (66 mi including ferry; 105 mi without)
State Highway (excluding ferries): WA 207 (95 mi)
Major State Highway: WA 6 near Chehalis (130 mi)
BC Highway: BC 1 near Langley (70 mi)

[7/8]

Ontario/Canada:
400-Series: 459 km - Highway 417 west of Highway 7
Trans-Canada: 408 km - Highway 17 east of Highway 94 to Highway 41
King's Highway: 88 km - Highway 3 east of Haldimand CR 56 to Dunnville
Secondary Highway: 270 km - Highway 612 from south to north end

US:
Interstate: 169 km - I-990 from south to north end
US Route: 145 km - US 62 south of I-190 in Niagara Falls to I-290
State Highway: 137 km - NY 104 east of US 62 (closest point is at I-190)

[ran4sh]

From north GA

Interstate: I-475 GA
US route: US 278 between Covington and Social Circle
SR: SR 332 south of Pendergrass

[kkt]

Interstate:  probably the bit of I-84 in Portland, Oregon, between I-205 and I-5.