Longest unclinched roads you've driven both ends of

Started by pderocco, November 03, 2024, 06:01:52 AM

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pderocco

There's a thread from 2017, https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=21364.0, which asks a similar question, but this excludes clinched roads because you'd obviously have driven both ends, and also specifies that you've had to drive both ends, not just "see" them as you pass by in a T intersection. Also, people's answers have probably changed in seven years. And you might as well specify how much you've driven, since that could be interesting.

My longest would be US-20. I've driven from Newport OR to I-5, and from Boston almost to Springfield MA. Also quite a bit in NY.

My second longest would be US-6, from Bishop CA almost to Denver CO, and from Provincetown MA (where I used to live) a ways into NY.

I've driven US-50 from Sacramento CA to Grand Junction CO, but also the easternmost six miles into Ocean City. I don't think I was even aware I was on such a long road at the time I was exploring the Delmarva peninsula.

For interstates, it's I-90, from Seattle to Billings, and from Boston to Chicago. That's a little different because I did a cross-country trip in which I drove most of I-90, while the others were mere coincidences, as I haven't driven much in the middle.

No N/S routes for me yet, although next summer I hope to drive the north ends of US-1 and I-95, which I've already driven the south ends of.


Big John

Not sure if this counts, but I did both ends of the Western US 2, but not the Eastern US 2.

formulanone

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I-90 for Interstates

US 40 for US Routes

Alabama 21 for state-level routes (7 miles to go)

Georgia SR 1 is actually longer, but entirely overlaps US 27.

Rothman

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I-80.  The only unclinched section I've got on it is between Tahoe and the East Bay.

Also I-90.  Various unclinched sections between Rapid City and western Washington.
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Max Rockatansky

US 30 for me.  I've actually finished the highway in Oregon and New Jersey but not a lot in the Great Plains.

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Interstates: I-20

US Routes: US 29

State Routes: I guess it is technically NY 17 for now, but I think it may eventually be NC 210 or NC 55.
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pderocco

Quote from: Big John on November 03, 2024, 07:23:36 AMNot sure if this counts, but I did both ends of the Western US 2, but not the Eastern US 2.
I'd count that. They're really separate roads that never had a ghost of a chance of being connected, short of the US conquering Canada.

Rothman

Quote from: pderocco on November 03, 2024, 06:37:53 PM
Quote from: Big John on November 03, 2024, 07:23:36 AMNot sure if this counts, but I did both ends of the Western US 2, but not the Eastern US 2.
I'd count that. They're really separate roads that never had a ghost of a chance of being connected, short of the US conquering Canada.

Should have completed what we started in 1812...
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pderocco

US-26 isn't super-long, but I had driven the western part from Seaside to Madras OR a few times. When entering my data into Travelmapping, I discovered I had driven the easternmost 0.8 miles when I got off I-80 in Ogallala for gas once. I also got a nice picture there:


Jim

Interstate: I-10, just missing about 120 miles between San Antonio and Columbus.

US Highway: US 20, if you count it as all one route.  Missing about 1100 miles scattered around.  Otherwise, US 30 is the easy winner.  I'm missing a about 1650 miles. 

For a state highway, NY 5 seems like it would be hard to top.  Just missing a couple segments totaling 30 miles or so between Buffalo and Dunkirk.
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US 20 and I-90 also. For a state highway, it would have to be CA 1 N-S and CA 20 E-W.

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I can drive 55 ONLY when it makes sense.

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formulanone

Quote from: ElishaGOtis on November 03, 2024, 08:53:43 PMFlorida SR-5 for me

Dang it, forgot about that one; missing just under 5 miles in Edgewater to finish that route.

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hbelkins

I've been on both ends of US 64.

I've also been on both ends of the much shorter (in its current iteration) US 16.
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US-64. Overall I have 241.74 of 2,325.68 miles, but I've been to both ends of it (the eastern end as a kid when we went to Nags Head on vacation a few times, the western end on a trip to New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona in 2015).
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I've been on US 41 from its northern end to US 141, and from its southern end to FL 970.

I've been on all of I-75 from its northern end to the eastern junction with I-40, and from its southern end to FL 780.
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pderocco

Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on November 04, 2024, 04:39:47 PMI-70
Did you include the Park'n'ride at the Baltimore end? I had missed that bit from the 90s until 2023.

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Mine is New Brunswick Route 11, I've been at both ends multiple times (though technically I have yet to do the new south end), but always ended up on NB 8 between Miramichi and Bathurst.
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Bruce

US 20: I have driven from Newport through Albany, OR and taken the Green Line through Kenmore Square, so I think this counts.

I-90: I have driven from Seattle to Butte and quite a bit more, but only did the Ted Williams Tunnel via the Silver Line bus.
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Right now no road qualifies for me. N-260 comes very close, but I'm missing the section between the French border and Portbou. I also have the section from somewhere between Figueres and Besalu to La Seu d'Urgell (Andorra turnoff) missing. If/when C-260 gets resigned as C-26 as planned, that will automatically win (thanks to the short section between the regional border and N-230).
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TheHighwayMan3561

Interstate: 94. I'm missing the section through metro Detroit between Ypsilanti and 26 Mile Road.

US: 1. I've made the trek to both ends, seen virtually none of the rest of it between Homestead, FL and Portland, ME.

MN state route: This was hard for me to figure out for sure but I think it's TH 220. Some disjointed sections between the termini have been done.
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pderocco

Quote from: Bruce on November 05, 2024, 01:46:35 AMUS 20: I have driven from Newport through Albany, OR and taken the Green Line through Kenmore Square, so I think this counts.

I-90: I have driven from Seattle to Butte and quite a bit more, but only did the Ted Williams Tunnel via the Silver Line bus.

I'd say the train through Kenmore Square is okay because it's on the street pretty much. As to I-90, it does go a little past the airport to route 1A.



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