Lowest-Numbered Exit You Haven't Taken

[Jim]

I've taken a few minutes here and there trying to see what I've got.  It's not something I've paid any attention to, so there's some guesswork.  I'm pretty confident I've been on an exit for each number up to 64.

0    I-469, IN
1    I-87 (Northway), NY
2    I-87 (Northway), NY
3    I-87 (Northway), NY
4    I-87 (Northway), NY
5    I-87 (Northway), NY
6    I-87 (Northway), NY
7    I-87 (Northway), NY
8    I-87 (Northway), NY
9    I-87 (Northway), NY
10    I-87 (Northway), NY
11    I-87 (Northway), NY
12    I-87 (Northway), NY
13    I-87 (Northway), NY
14    I-87 (Northway), NY
15    I-87 (Northway), NY
16    I-87 (Thruway), NY
17    I-87 (Thruway), NY
18    I-87 (Thruway), NY
19    I-87 (Thruway), NY
20    I-87 (Thruway), NY
21    I-87 (Thruway), NY
22    I-87 (Thruway), NY
23    I-87 (Thruway), NY
24    I-87/I-90 (Thruway), NY
25    I-90 (Thruway), NY
26    I-90 (Thruway), NY
27    I-90 (Thruway), NY
28    I-90 (Thruway), NY
29    I-90 (Thruway), NY
30    I-90 (Thruway), NY
31    I-90 (Thruway), NY
32    I-90 (Thruway), NY
33    I-90 (Thruway), NY
34    I-90 (Thruway), NY
35    I-90 (Thruway), NY
36    I-90 (Thruway), NY
37    I-90, PA
38    I-495, MD
39    I-90 (Thruway), NY
40    I-90 (Thruway), NY
41    I-90, MA
42    I-35, KS
43    I-87 (Northway), NY
44    I-90 (Thruway), NY
45    I-90 (Thruway), NY
46    I-90 (Thruway), NY
47    I-90 (Thruway), NY
48    I-90 (Thruway), NY
49    I-90 (Thruway), NY
50    I-90 (Thruway), NY
51    I-90 (Thruway), NY
52    I-95, MD
53    I-95, MD
54    I-86, NY
55    I-95, MA
56    I-95, NC
57    I-90, SD
58    I-90 (Thruway), NY
59    I-287, NJ
60    US 18, WI
61    I-80, IL
62    I-80, PA
63    I-40, NM
64    I-4, FL

[epzik8]

Disregarding 0...

1: I-195 MD
2: I-95/495 MD
3: I-695 MD
4: I-83 PA
5: I-97 MD
6: I-895 MD
7: I-97 MD
8: I-595/US 50 MD
9: I-83 MD
10: I-83 PA
11: I-95 VA
12: I-215 UT
13: I-95 NC
14: I-68 MD
15: I-95/495 MD
16: I-83 MD
17: I-95 PA
18: I-70 MD
19: I-95/495 MD
20: I-83 MD
21: I-83 PA
22: I-95/495 MD
23: I-95 FL
24: I-695 MD
25: I-695 MD
26: I-695 MD
27: I-95/495 MD
28: I-695 MD
29: I-70 MD
30: I-695 MD
31: I-695 MD
32: I-83 PA
33: I-95 MD
34: I-695 MD
35: I-695 MD
36: I-83 MD
37:

[74/171FAN]

Number	Highway	State
86	DE 1	DE
87	I-64	VA
88	DE 1	DE
89	I-81	VA
90	I-81	PA
91	DE 1	DE
92	I-95	VA
93	I-70	OH
94	I-64	VA
95	US 1	NC
96	I-70	OH
97	DE 1	DE
98	I-95	VA
99	I-70	OH
100	I-73	NC
101	I-81	VA
102	I-95	SC
103	I-73	NC
104	I-95	VA
105	I-81	VA
106	I-71	OH
107	I-64	VA
108	I-75	KY
109	I-95	MD
110	I-76	PA
111	I-75	KY

I exited off of DE 1 Exits 86 and 88 earlier today to get myself up through 90.  I will keep thinking as I move forward today.

[Rothman]

The race is on...like a herd of turtles?  This one could be more tedious than the stupid lowest route number chase.

[formulanone]

The race is on...like a herd of turtles?  This one could be more tedious than the stupid lowest route number chase.

I'm at 182 and honestly can't wait to be done, but that little know-it-all in my head isn't going to rest until there's a specific answer.

[dlsterner]

The race is on...like a herd of turtles?  This one could be more tedious than the stupid lowest route number chase.

At least the lowest route number chase can be somewhat automated by leveraging the Travel Mapping database.  This lowest exit number ... is tedious.  I've only looked at (most of) my home state so far and I'm already going batty.  My OCD compels me to research my travels anyway.

FWIW, I am pretty sure that I do not have an Exit 0.  So if we count from zero, my answer is easy.

If we instead count from 1, I have a fair amount within the first 100.  So far, my lowest number never taken would be 38.  My research continues ...

[HurrMark]

I doubt I have personally taken an Exit 0 because they are rare in the Northeast. I'm fairly sure, though, when I was a kid, we took exit 0X on the FL Turnpike at Golden Glades before they changed it to plain exit 0...does that count? (As an aside, when I saw the sign as a kid, I thought it read Exit OX as the animal).

Also, how does exit number changes work? Say, on the Mass Pike, you took exit 10 years ago...would you get credit for exit 90 when it was changed several years ago if you haven't taken it yet? I assume the reverse wouldn't count (like you took Exit 90, you wouldn't get credit for 10....then you're essentially giving credit for exit numbers from decades ago in some cases).

[Rothman]

I doubt I have personally taken an Exit 0 because they are rare in the Northeast. I'm fairly sure, though, when I was a kid, we took exit 0X on the FL Turnpike at Golden Glades before they changed it to plain exit 0...does that count? (As an aside, when I saw the sign as a kid, I thought it read Exit OX as the animal).

Also, how does exit number changes work? Say, on the Mass Pike, you took exit 10 years ago...would you get credit for exit 90 when it was changed several years ago if you haven't taken it yet? I assume the reverse wouldn't count (like you took Exit 90, you wouldn't get credit for 10....then you're essentially giving credit for exit numbers from decades ago in some cases).

How can you get credit for an exit number that didn't exist when you took it?  You didn't take exit X, you took exit Y...

[JayhawkCO]

My thread, my rules. Count it however you like.

[formulanone]

The race is on...like a herd of turtles?  This one could be more tedious than the stupid lowest route number chase.

I'm at 182 and honestly can't wait to be done, but that little know-it-all in my head isn't going to rest until there's a specific answer.

Looks like I'm stumped at Exit 198. If I stopped at some exit 198 and didn't take note of it, oh well.

[Rothman]

My thread, my rules. Count it however you like.

Pfft.  Sissy.

Still begrudgingly researching mine.  I'm going to throw a fun exit in there that'll test this stance...

[Rothman]

:>

hotdogPi said he was on an old exit 44, though, so...whatever.  He said 44, I put 44.  Waiting for WillWeaver's update, too.

Roadgeek	Exit
JayhawkCO	314
formulanone	198
74/171FAN	112
Jim	65
hotdogPi	44
epzik8	37
jlam	7
WillWeaverRVA	3
Hunty2022	2
Gary V	0
dlsterner	0

[Scott5114]

I'm going to put 13 for now. There are a couple of solid options for Exit 13s I might have taken, (State Avenue off I-435 in Kansas City, KS and Decatur Boulevard off CC-215), but I can't say with confidence whether I have or have not taken them.

Number	Highway	State
1	I-235	OK
2	I-235	OK
3	I-240	OK
4	I-240	OK
5	I-240	OK
6	I-435	KS
7	I-40	OK
8	I-435	KS
9	I-635	MO
10	I-215	NV
11	I-215	NV
12	I-215	NV
13	?
14	I-11	NV
15	CC-215	NV
16	CC-215	NV
17	I-11	NV

[Rothman]

Quite the spread.

Roadgeek	Exit
JayhawkCO	314
formulanone	198
74/171FAN	112
Jim	65
hotdogPi	44
epzik8	37
Scott5114	13
jlam	7
WillWeaverRVA	3
Hunty2022	2
Gary V	0
dlsterner	0

[TBKS1]

I'm pretty sure the lowest I haven't been on is 23. I can't find one anywhere close to me that I remembered taking. I'll have to keep looking later.

[Great Lakes Roads]

Exit 18 is (currently) the lowest number exit that I haven't taken...

EDIT: Forgot that I got off at Exit 18 when I was in Hawaii... So, my lowest number exit now is 32!

[dlsterner]

Some people are counting from zero.  Some people are counting from one.

This list is apples and oranges right now.

[webny99]

Some people are counting from zero.  Some people are counting from one.

This list is apples and oranges right now.

Yes, I was just going to ask, does Exit 0 count?

Being from NY with its sequential exit numbers, I was going to cruise through the low numbers. But if I have to start with Exit 0, I won't even get off the ground.

My personal opinion is that, since quite a few states (half or more?) go out of their way to not use Exit 0, and use either Exit 1 or no number instead, requiring an Exit 0 just to enter the game is likely prohibitive for quite a few users who could otherwise participate. I'll have to research whether I've actually used an Exit 0 in Ohio, but I sure don't want my participation in the thread hinging on that trivia.

[MATraveler128]

Some people are counting from zero.  Some people are counting from one.

This list is apples and oranges right now.

Yes, I was just going to ask, does Exit 0 count?

Being from NY with its sequential exit numbers, I was going to cruise through the low numbers. But if I have to start with Exit 0, I won't even get off the ground. So I'd have to get to Indiana or go to Cape May, NJ to grab Exit 0.

My personal opinion is that, since quite a few states (half or more?) go out of their way to not use Exit 0, and use either Exit 1 or no number instead, requiring an Exit 0 just to enter the game is likely prohibitive for quite a few users who could otherwise participate. I'll have to research whether I've actually used an Exit 0 in Ohio, but I sure don't want my participation in the thread hinging on that trivia.

If we're counting Exit 0 then that's my lowest. However I'm also from a state where exits have been renumbered.

[JayhawkCO]

I'm fine not counting Exit 0. We don't count 0 for the Lowest Route Number thread, although I'm one of very few that has been on a 0.

[Rothman]

I'm fine not counting Exit 0. We don't count 0 for the Lowest Route Number thread, although I'm one of very few that has been on a 0.

Heckuva lot more Exit 0s out there in the U.S. than Route 0s.

I mean, there's only one 880 out there.  Should we discount it?

[74/171FAN]

Thanks to Nikolai's Peoria Meet last Fall I was able to find a 112.

Number	Highway	State
112	I-74	IL
113	I-85	GA

[formulanone]

I think he meant "Exit 880", not routes numbered 880.

[JayhawkCO]

I'm fine not counting Exit 0. We don't count 0 for the Lowest Route Number thread, although I'm one of very few that has been on a 0.

Heckuva lot more Exit 0s out there in the U.S. than Route 0s.

I mean, there's only one 880 out there.  Should we discount it?

I mean, there's only one Highway 1484 (Kentucky). Should we discount it in your thread? 

[JayhawkCO]

I think he meant "Exit 880", not routes numbered 880.

Yeah, realized I misread so I deleted the post and came up with an equitable example.