First State Route Clinched In A State

[JayhawkCO]

I find it interesting that for everyone who has listed a clinched state highway in Colorado, not one has been the same.

Chris

[sparker]

CA:  first SSR clinched:  134 on its original street alignment from Sherman Oaks east to the corner of Colorado Blvd. and N. Figueroa in Eagle Rock, partially through my home town of Glendale.
AZ:  AZ 71, on the return leg of my first major trip "back east" to St. Louis in 1960.
OR:  OR 234 from Gold Hill to OR 62, heading for Crater Lake on my first foray into OR, 1963.
WA:  WA 8 from US 12 to US 101, 1979.
NV:  NV 28 at Lake Tahoe, about 1957, as far as I can remember.
CO:  CO 41 coming in from UT, 1991.
UT: UT 15 (now UT 9), outbound leg, first major trip in 1960. 
ID:  ID 22, westbound, 1989.
WY:  WY 22, westbound, 1989 (see above).
MT:  MT 72, southbound, 1989.
NM:  NM 7 (visiting Carlsbad Caverns), 1976
TX:  TX 14, NB train-chasing trip, 1984.
OK:  OK 79, return leg of 1960 multistate trip.
KS:  KS 34, en route to Dodge City, 1985.
NE:  none.  SD:  SD 240 WB, 1988 (and SD 244 one day later).
ND: none.  LA: LA 48, 1990.  AR:  AR 37 (all 1 mile of it), 1960.
MO:  MO 115/Natural Bridge Road (metro St. L, now relinquished), 1960.
IA:  IA 60, NB (1982).
MN: MN 194 (1993).
IL: none  WI: none

Will need to figure out other states east of there at another time. 

[sbeaver44]

Early history so my memory is questionable:
PA: Probably 114
MD: 65
DE: 1
NY: 14
NJ: 72
VA: 292
WV: 230

For sure:
OH: 10C (unsigned).   Somehow despite ample time in Ohio I don't think I've clinched a single signed SR
KY: 471
IN: 930
NM: 597
AZ: 64
IA: 27
MO: 27
ND: 91
OR: 35
WA: 35 (unsigned), 526 (signed)
ID: 53
MT: 28
MN: 77
WI: 30
TN: 383 (unsigned for US 58), no signed
DC: 295
CT: 11
RI: 146
MA: 295 (unsigned), no signed
UT: 275
IL: 6
WY: 110

Somewhat sure this would be the first:
CA: 163

Been to, never clinched a SR:
South Dakota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Nevada (unless a retroactive SR 172 counts), New Hampshire, Vermont, Nebraska, Colorado, Michigan, Florida,

[Skye]

Ohio: not sure, likely either 562 or 264
Kentucky: best guess either 212 (CVG Airport) or 1017 (before it was rerouted onto Aero Pkwy), or the since decommissioned 3157.
TN 158 (one of only two I've clinched in the state)
NC 179 (also one of only two I've clinched)
SC 22 (Conway to Myrtle Beach)
FL 878 (Toll Expwy near Miami) or 867 (Ft. Myers)
IN, IL, NY, NJ, AZ-driven on state routes, never clinched any

[SkyPesos]

Kentucky: best guess either 212 (CVG Airport) or 1017 (before it was rerouted onto Aero Pkwy), or the since decommissioned 3157.

KY 212 goes 0.2 miles north past the I-275 ramps and ends at KY 20, so unless you actually been all the way up to KY 20, if you came out of CVG and only have exited onto I-275, it's not a clinch. Just noting it here as I almost mentioned KY 212 onto my list upthread until I realized that.

[74/171FAN]

VA: 292

This may be the case for a lot of people along the I-81 corridor since it is a US 11 connector with a Sheetz on it.

[formulanone]

Kentucky: best guess either 212 (CVG Airport) or 1017 (before it was rerouted onto Aero Pkwy), or the since decommissioned 3157.

KY 212 goes 0.2 miles north past the I-275 ramps and ends at KY 20, so unless you actually been all the way up to KY 20, if you came out of CVG and only have exited onto I-275, it's not a clinch. Just noting it here as I almost mentioned KY 212 onto my list upthread until I realized that.

I recall needing to refill the rental car, which meant trekking out to KY 20 out of more than curiosity...

[Skye]

KY 212 goes 0.2 miles north past the I-275 ramps and ends at KY 20, so unless you actually been all the way up to KY 20, if you came out of CVG and only have exited onto I-275, it's not a clinch. Just noting it here as I almost mentioned KY 212 onto my list upthread until I realized that.

I have done the entire KY 212 between the airport and KY 20. I still think it's the first I fully clinched in KY.

VA: 292

This may be the case for a lot of people along the I-81 corridor since it is a US 11 connector with a Sheetz on it.

I for one purposely left off state routes that overlapped with interstates.

[nexus73]

Oregon 38 from Reedsport to Drain at a time when US 99 ran through Drain (early 60's).

Rick

[74/171FAN]

VA: 292

This may be the case for a lot of people along the I-81 corridor since it is a US 11 connector with a Sheetz on it.

I for one purposely left off state routes that overlapped with interstates.

VA 292 does not overlap with I-81 or US 11.  It is just a short connector between the two routes.

[CoreySamson]

Gauging by my clinched highways in the "Highways You Have Clinched" thread, it looks like I've only clinched state highways in 2 states, unless I'm missing something (which I probably am)

TX: TX-332
AR: AR-151

[zzcarp]

Full clinches:

OH - OH 601 (early in life with parents driving and in 1993 when I began driving)
PA - PA 17 (no longer exists, now is I-86, 1989)
ME - ME 233 (1989)
KY - KY 2275 (2004)
CO - CO 128 (2006)
MI - M-67 (2007)
NM - NM 597 (2009)
UT - UT 128 (2010)
AZ - AZ 64 (2010)
ND - ND 21 (2012)
KS - KS 247 (2012)
NE - NE 2 (eastern section, 2017)
CA - CA 90 (western section, 2020)

Near misses:

VT - Near miss on VT 9 (missing portion from I-91 to US 5, 1989)
NH - Near miss on NH 101 (missing portion from I-95 to US 1, 1989)
WY - Near miss on WY 137 (missing last mile between WY 136 and WY 789, 2017)

No state routes clinched but have traveled on roads:
AL, DE, FL, GA, IA, IN, IL, LA, MS, MO, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV

Honorable Mention:
ON - Highway 69 (1990)

[ftballfan]

Michigan: M-110 (since decommissioned)
Ohio: OH 358 or OH 579
Illinois: IL 126

[LM117]

VA-288

[Mapmikey]

I find it interesting that for everyone who has listed a clinched state highway in Colorado, not one has been the same.

Chris

I will break this trend...

Counting only what I've driven:
AL - AL 73 (1987)
CA - CA 75 (2019)
CO - CO 41 (2013)
DE - DE 41 (1989)
DC - DC 295 (1996?)
FL - FL 85 (1989)
GA - GA 307 (1987)
ID - ID 87 (2000)
KY - KY 350 (1988)
LA - LA 426 (2003)
ME - ME 198 (1990)
MD - MD 318 (1986)
MN - MN 280 (2019)
MS - MS 605 (2005), since extended
MO - MO 370 (2000)
MT - MT 200S (1997)
NJ - NJ 68 (1990)
NM - NM 597 (2013)
NY - NY 13A (1998)
NC - either NC 149 or NC 171 (1986)
OH - OH 821 (2016?)
PA - PA 437 (1989)
SC - either SC 7, SC 171 or SC 703 (1985)
SD - SD 244 (2000)
TN - TN 40 (1987)
TX - TX 10 (2012)
UT - UT 270 (2010)
VA - VA 139 (1987)
VT - VA 9 (1990)
WA - WA 108 (2010)
WV - WV 259 (1996?)
WY - WY 413 (1997)

Never clinched a full state route: AZ, AR, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, MA, MI, NE, NH, ND, OK, OR, RI, WI
Never driven in at all: AK, HI, NV

[SkyPesos]

FL: 536
GA: 408 
MD: 295
MO: 364
NJ: 495
NY: 198
OH: 562
ON: 420
VA: 267
WA: 526

New one for me

WV: 612

[WillWeaverRVA]

The second VA 253 might be the first primary route I clinched in Virginia. It was downgraded to Prince William County SR 906 in 1998, but it was still primary while I was growing up.

The first Virginia primary route I clinched while actually driving it was probably VA 197.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Ohio: 608
Michigan: 117
Pennsylvania: 283
West Virginia: I-70
Kentucky: Western Ky Pkwy
Indiana: I-70
Illinois: 136
Iowa: I-235
Nebraska: I-76 (ok, I-80)
Tennessee: I-240
Mississippi: I-59
Alabama: I-459
Louisiana: I-59
New Jersey: I-80

[NWI_Irish96]

Indiana: IN 106
Michigan: M 103
Illinois: IL 21
Ohio: OH 814
Kentucky: KY 841
Colorado: CO 41
Wisconsin: WI 30
Arizona: AZ 68
Florida: FL 970
Texas: TX Spur 97
Utah: UT 162
Alabama: AL 167
New Mexico: NM 597
Washington: WA 104
Virginia: VA 400
Maryland: MD 218
South Carolina: SC 576
Mississippi: MS 67
Nevada: NV 172
District of Columbia: DC 295

Massachusetts MA 25
Vermont VT 279

[74/171FAN]

This past Saturday I clinched OH 609, which was the first state route in OH I have clinched, so I have been thinking what is the first state route you have clinched in each state.

VA will be tough because I was born there, and lack of memory as an infant plays a part in this.  This is as correct as I think that I can come up with.

FL: FL 869 (2008)
GA:  GA 331 (2002)
SC:  SC 65 (mid 2000s sometime, this is somewhat controversial based on uncertainty with 27th St, taking that away would make it SC 700, which I clinched in 2012)
NC:  NC 168 (whenever I went to Nags Head the first time)
VA:  VA 36 or VA 156 Business (Hopewell) (If counting business routes, I believe it is the latter.  If not, I believe it is the former.  It could also be VA 144, but the portion north of VA 10 makes that unlikely IMO).
WV:  WV 112 (2014)
KY:   KY 2167 (2013) (same day as KY 3226, the other clinched KY route)
OH:  OH 609 (last Saturday)
PA:   PA 581 (2015)
DC:  DC 295    (well it still is not a state at the moment anyway, clinched in 2009)
MD:  MD 234 (2014)
DE:  DE 141 (2016)
NJ:  NJ 208 (2009, thanks to a church van randomly going this way)
NY:  NY 440 (2018)

I have not clinched any state routes in any other state as of this post.

Adding the following:
IN:  IN 8 (Eastern Segment)
MI:  M-239
IL:  IL 5
IA:  IA 130

[tigerwings]

MI - I suspect 39 or 85. Also clinched 1, 5, 8, 10, 14, 17, 103, 125, 153, Former 205, 217. May be others
OH - 420. Also clinched 191, 246, 412, 660 and 719
CO - 5. Also clinched 30, 44, 53, 74, 224, 265, 470
CA -51(unsigned). Also 65, 149

Nothing impressive. All are short routes

[formulanone]

Updated for 2023 - I didn't track most state routes until I was driving.

AL: 251 
AR: 81 
AZ: 51
CA: 56 
CO: 128 
CT: 35 
DE: 491 
FL: probably 814...so many routes
GA: 316 
HI: 570
IA: 160 
ID: 128 
IN: 930
IL: 169 
KS: 196 
KY: 212 
LA: 21
MA: 25 
MD: 200 
ME: 168 
MI: 79 
MN: 301 
MO: 269 
MT: none
NC: 772
ND: 210 
NE: 17J
NH: 43
NJ: 21 
NM: 404
NV: none   
NY: 9R 
OH: 768 
OK: 77H
OR: 127
PA: 576 33 (next)
RI: 4 
SC: 903 
SD: 71 
TN: 334
TX: Spur 347
UT: 280
VA: 148 
VT: 119 
WI: 30 
WV: 527 
WA: 16
WY: 219 

[US 89]

AL: 73
AZ: 389
AR: —
CA: 17
CO: 470
FL: 536
GA: 237?? might have hit some minor spurs/connectors first? so many routes
ID: 40
IL: —
IN: —
IA: —
KS: 191
KY: 2079
LA: 3045
ME: —
MD: —
MA: —
MI: —
MN: —
MS: 454
MO: —
MT: 141
NE: 2 (eastern)
NV: 488
NH: —
NJ: —
NM: 556
NY: —
NC: 241
OK: 25 (eastern)
OR: —
PA: —
SC:
SD: —
TN: 377
TX: —
UT: 184 (no longer exists, is now part of 186)
VA: 148
WA: 520
WV: —
WI: 158
WY: 22

[74/171FAN]

This past Saturday I clinched OH 609, which was the first state route in OH I have clinched, so I have been thinking what is the first state route you have clinched in each state.

VA will be tough because I was born there, and lack of memory as an infant plays a part in this.  This is as correct as I think that I can come up with.

FL: FL 869 (2008)
GA:  GA 331 (2002)
SC:  SC 65 (mid 2000s sometime, this is somewhat controversial based on uncertainty with 27th St, taking that away would make it SC 700, which I clinched in 2012)
NC:  NC 168 (whenever I went to Nags Head the first time)
VA:  VA 36 or VA 156 Business (Hopewell) (If counting business routes, I believe it is the latter.  If not, I believe it is the former.  It could also be VA 144, but the portion north of VA 10 makes that unlikely IMO).
WV:  WV 112 (2014)
KY:   KY 2167 (2013) (same day as KY 3226, the other clinched KY route)
OH:  OH 609 (last Saturday)
PA:   PA 581 (2015)
DC:  DC 295    (well it still is not a state at the moment anyway, clinched in 2009)
MD:  MD 234 (2014)
DE:  DE 141 (2016)
NJ:  NJ 208 (2009, thanks to a church van randomly going this way)
NY:  NY 440 (2018)

I have not clinched any state routes in any other state as of this post.

Adding the following:
IN:  IN 8 (Eastern Segment)
MI:  M-239
IL:  IL 5
IA:  IA 130

Adding all of the new states since my last post here.

MO: MO 364 (September 2021)
OK: OK 130 (September 2021)
TX:  TX 251 (September 2021, not counting all of the other types of routes here)
NM:  NM 254 (September 2021)
AZ:  AZ 210 (September 2021, not sure whether it has been extended or not, but I clinched it as it existed that day.)
AR: AR 440 (September 2021)
TN: TN 357 (September 2021)
AL:  AL 759 (March 2022)
MS: MS 184 (Laurel) (March 2022)
LA:  LA 3081, LA 3081 SPUR, LA 1090, or LA 1091 (March 2022)
CT: CT 302 (April 2022)

[CoreySamson]

Out of the states where I've clinched a state route:

AR: 155 (the Mt Nebo section)
FL: 536
LA: 423
NM: 7
OK: 166
TN: 15
TX: 332