Longest unclinched roads you've driven both ends of

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

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epzik8

I-95 and US 1, just missing about 180 miles of I-95 in Florida, most in New York and a bit in Massachusetts. By contrast, there are several entire states I have not been on any of US 1 in.
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hotdogPi

For me, I-91. I have the segment south of CT 15 and the segment north of I-89, plus a few exits in Massachusetts. I almost have both ends of I-90, but I haven't been on the tiny bit west of I-5 in Seattle.
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US 13, 50
MA 22, 35, 40, 53, 107, 109, 126, 141, 159
NH 27, 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

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webny99

Thought I'd have a real banger in I-80, but nope, I'm missing the last mile in San Fran proper.

I think it's I-81 - I've clinched about 90% of the 859 mile route including both termini - just missing most of the Harrisburg-Scranton stretch as there's no real convenient way to clinch that stretch from where I'm at.

wanderer2575

US-1 (Technicality:  I've gone "north" from the southern terminus in Key West by walking and once in a golf cart, but not in a motor vehicle.)
Eastern US-2
I-75
I-94
I-95 (Technicality:  On the northern end, only to exit 305 (US-2) and not to the END I-95 assembly just beyond that at Customs.)

DandyDan

I don't have a 2di or a US Route that qualifies because I have clinched the only 2di (western I-88) and the only two US Routes (US 73 and US 159) I have driven both ends of. I have seen both ends of US 218, but did not drive the south end in Keokuk.

The longest state highway that qualifies is WI 35. MN 23 and IA 3 are the longest in their states.
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roadman65

#30
I've now driven US 30 at each end.

West end between Portland and Astoria in Oregon.
East end between the terminus in Atlantic City and CR 575 in Galloway, NJ.

I-80 I now have segments at each end.
East- I've driven every part from Teaneck,, NJ to the Ohio Turnpike merge near Niles, OH.
West- I driven from US 101 in SF to I-505.

Oh and I-64.

I have it all driven, but from I-69 in IN to US 52 at Huntington, WV and from the I-64/ I-77 split to US 60 ( where it deviates from the interstate east of Beckley to Charleston in WV).
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cockroachking

Interstate: I-76 East
Missing almost all of the route between I-80 in OH and I-95 in Philadelphia

US Highway: None to the best of my knowledge

State Route: NY-32 (unless there is something obscure that I can't remember)
Missing most of the route between I-787 in Albany and the roundabout in downtown Glens Falls

roadman65

I forgot that I've been on both ends of Eastern I-76.

Only part missing is between Harrisburg East and West on the PA Turnpike and between I-70 at New Stanton to I-80 in Ohio.
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Konza

Interstate 70 for me.  I've been at both ends but am about 50 miles short of clinching it, the longest stretch being between I-68 and I-76.

Both I-90 and I-40 are longer, and I've been at the west ends of both, but not on short stretches at their east ends.
Main Line Interstates clinched:  2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 37, 39, 43, 44, 45, 55, 57, 59, 65, 68, 71, 72, 74 (IA-IL-IN-OH), 76 (CO-NE), 76 (OH-PA-NJ), 78, 80, 82, 86 (ID), 88 (IL), 94, 96

dlsterner

For me, US 29 comes to mind.  1043 total miles long.  I've driven on it in downtown Pensacola FL as well as where it dead-ends at MD 99 near Ellicott City MD.  As well as several discontiguous segments in the middle.

doorknob60

#35
I think I-90 just misses the mark for me. I've been on all of it in Washington. I've been on I-90 in Boston from Logan airport out to I-495. But, I missed the final stretch between the airport and MA-1, so doesn't quite count.

I also didn't drive on any of US-20 in Boston (though my hotel out in Marlborough was right on US-20 so I did drive it there). Though I would have been very near by it. I've been to the Newport, OR end multiple times as a kid/teen, though it's not on my travel mapping because I haven't been there as an adult while driving myself.

That leaves I-15 as the real answer for me. On the North end, I've been from the Canadian border through all of Montana, into Idaho until ID-22. On the south end, I have from I-8 up to CA-91. But I'm missing from Corona to Las Vegas, and ID-22 to Idaho Falls. Travel mapping says 1162/1451 mi, 80%. Travel Mapping I-15 (turn off show markers if you want to actually see it)

boilerup25

From my travels,

Interstate: I-80. Been to the section in SF as well as all of I-80 in NJ, but have a lot of missing segments.

hbelkins

Quote from: boilerup25 on November 18, 2024, 11:57:24 AMFrom my travels,

Interstate: I-80. Been to the section in SF as well as all of I-80 in NJ, but have a lot of missing segments.

Same for me. I forgot about it.
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index

As I've not been to both ends of the country, I can't claim any routes for this. The closest I get is seeing I-40 in Wilmington and being on I-40 in Albuquerque. There's about a 1,000 mile gap between the two sections I've traveled, between Albuquerque and West Memphis.

paulthemapguy

I call this "bookending" a route.  For Interstates, I have bookended US14, US31, US421, and US45. The longest Interstate I've bookended without clinching is probably I-64.
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