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Title: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Roadgeekteen on January 14, 2019, 10:18:33 AM
US 60 for me, but have only been on very short parts of US 30 and US 50.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: hotdogPi on January 14, 2019, 10:22:44 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 14, 2019, 10:18:33 AM
US 60 for me, but have only been on very short parts of US 30 and US 50.

Same here. US 30 in Philadelphia and Camden and US 50 in Virginia less than a mile from DC, possibly plus DC proper while walking. (I've been on US 20 from NY 7 to I-88 and on I-291 (MA) and US 6 only on its overlap with I-84.)
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Eth on January 14, 2019, 12:07:19 PM
I'm positive I've answered this before (I remember doing the research, at least), but I couldn't find it searching this forum.

It might be US 20, though I can't say for sure that I didn't pick up a block or two of it in Boston once. The longest one I'm positive I've never traveled is US 12. (Honorable mention to US 6, which I've only seen thanks to it hopping on I-84 in Hartford and I-95 in Providence.)
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Flint1979 on January 14, 2019, 12:20:47 PM
US-87
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: GreenLanternCorps on January 14, 2019, 01:30:43 PM
US 20, as far as I can tell I've never driven on any stretch of that Route.



Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: kphoger on January 14, 2019, 02:31:51 PM
US-1, at least for as long as I can specifically remember.  I might have been on it at some point in early childhood.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Buck87 on January 14, 2019, 02:41:49 PM
US 281
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: dfilpus on January 14, 2019, 02:51:24 PM
US 281, me too
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Max Rockatansky on January 14, 2019, 03:08:31 PM
US 83
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: webny99 on January 14, 2019, 03:13:41 PM
The top 5 are (1) US 20, (2) US 6, (3) US 30, (4) US 50, and (5) US 60.

I've definitely been on US 20 and US 6.
I don't think I've ever been on US 30, although I have crossed it at multiple points. Southeastern PA is kind of an iffy zone, but I'm about 85% sure I haven't driven any of it.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: webny99 on January 14, 2019, 03:16:48 PM
Quote from: Eth on January 14, 2019, 12:07:19 PM
I'm positive I've answered this before (I remember doing the research, at least), but I couldn't find it searching this forum.

It was probably the other thread (also active at this time) about the longest interstate you haven't traveled.
Just from scrolling through that thread, it looked like a lot of people were posting their response for US routes in addition to interstates.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: PHLBOS on January 14, 2019, 04:22:07 PM
US 70
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on January 14, 2019, 04:39:55 PM
It helps that 5 of the 6 longest go through my state.

US 70 is the longest that I have not been on independent of an interstate concurrency.
US 82 is the longest that I have not been on at all.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on January 14, 2019, 04:41:18 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 14, 2019, 03:13:41 PM
The top 5 are (1) US 20, (2) US 6, (3) US 30, (4) US 50, and (5) US 60.

I've definitely been on US 20 and US 6.
I don't think I've ever been on US 30, although I have crossed it at multiple points. Southeastern PA is kind of an iffy zone, but I'm about 85% sure I haven't driven any of it.

I-70 in Breezewood is also US 30 so if you've been though Breezewood you've been on US 30.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Flint1979 on January 14, 2019, 05:03:41 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 14, 2019, 03:13:41 PM
The top 5 are (1) US 20, (2) US 6, (3) US 30, (4) US 50, and (5) US 60.

I've definitely been on US 20 and US 6.
I don't think I've ever been on US 30, although I have crossed it at multiple points. Southeastern PA is kind of an iffy zone, but I'm about 85% sure I haven't driven any of it.
I love US-30 in Indiana and Ohio, been on that many times. US-30 is multiplexed with I-70 in Breezewood too.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Mapmikey on January 14, 2019, 05:04:51 PM
US 285 for me
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: 1995hoo on January 14, 2019, 06:34:44 PM
Anyone got a list that's sortable by distance?

Never mind, I was using mobile Wikipedia. Changing to the desktop site allows sorting. Comparing that to Travel Mapping leads me to US-12. Apparently I've been on a massive 5.18 miles of US-20, all in Boise on a football trip in December 2004.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Evan_Th on January 14, 2019, 06:37:30 PM
I picked up US 20 in northern Illinois, along the I-39 multiplex if nowhere else.  I know I crossed US 6 somewhere around there, but I don't think I ever turned onto it.

Aside from that... I've got US 30 in Oregon, US 50 in DC, US 60 in Kentucky and West Virginia, US 12 in Washington, US 70, 1, and 64 in North Carolina, and US 40 in West Virginia.  The second-longest US highway I've never been on would, then, be US 62.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on January 14, 2019, 08:00:44 PM
Quote from: Evan_Th on January 14, 2019, 06:37:30 PM
I picked up US 20 in northern Illinois, along the I-39 multiplex if nowhere else.  I know I crossed US 6 somewhere around there, but I don't think I ever turned onto it.

Aside from that... I've got US 30 in Oregon, US 50 in DC, US 60 in Kentucky and West Virginia, US 12 in Washington, US 70, 1, and 64 in North Carolina, and US 40 in West Virginia.  The second-longest US highway I've never been on would, then, be US 62.

If you crossed the IL/IN border on I-80/94, you've been on US 6.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Flint1979 on January 14, 2019, 08:05:32 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 14, 2019, 08:00:44 PM
Quote from: Evan_Th on January 14, 2019, 06:37:30 PM
I picked up US 20 in northern Illinois, along the I-39 multiplex if nowhere else.  I know I crossed US 6 somewhere around there, but I don't think I ever turned onto it.

Aside from that... I've got US 30 in Oregon, US 50 in DC, US 60 in Kentucky and West Virginia, US 12 in Washington, US 70, 1, and 64 in North Carolina, and US 40 in West Virginia.  The second-longest US highway I've never been on would, then, be US 62.

If you crossed the IL/IN border on I-80/94, you've been on US 6.
Sometimes you forget that US highways are multiplexed on Interstate highways. Like around here I-75 is multiplexed with US-23 between Standish and Flint and you almost never think that you're on US-23 but rather you're on I-75.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Evan_Th on January 14, 2019, 08:28:12 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 14, 2019, 08:00:44 PM
Quote from: Evan_Th on January 14, 2019, 06:37:30 PM
I picked up US 20 in northern Illinois, along the I-39 multiplex if nowhere else.  I know I crossed US 6 somewhere around there, but I don't think I ever turned onto it.

Aside from that... I've got US 30 in Oregon, US 50 in DC, US 60 in Kentucky and West Virginia, US 12 in Washington, US 70, 1, and 64 in North Carolina, and US 40 in West Virginia.  The second-longest US highway I've never been on would, then, be US 62.

If you crossed the IL/IN border on I-80/94, you've been on US 6.
Never did, as far as I remember.  When I've visited Indiana, it's been farther south.

On the other hand, I took another look - I've been on it in Pennsylvania, for its I-81 multiplex just north of Scranton!
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: SectorZ on January 14, 2019, 08:33:44 PM
I guess US 30 for me. I've crossed it enough times, but never been on it so far as I can recall.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: paulthemapguy on January 14, 2019, 08:41:47 PM
I drove about 100ft of US84 to get a photo of the route shield off I-75 in Georgia.  Since I don't think that counts for everything, US84 will be my answer.   Most of the routes longer than US84 I've only driven a small segment of, but they count!
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Kulerage on January 14, 2019, 09:04:26 PM
US 20. As far as I can tell I've only intersected it. In fact, I'm pretty sure the longest one I HAVE been on is either US 60 or 70.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: dlsterner on January 14, 2019, 11:40:25 PM
Longest never driven would be US 12, but I have crossed it.  Never driven and never crossed would be the western US 2.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: SD Mapman on January 15, 2019, 12:33:06 AM
US 82 for me.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: ET21 on January 15, 2019, 09:51:28 AM
US 52 for me, crossed many times but never used it
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: jp the roadgeek on January 15, 2019, 10:11:44 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 14, 2019, 10:18:33 AM
US 60 for me, but have only been on very short parts of US 30 and US 50.

Ditto.  I've been on 30 through a good portion of PA (from I-81 to US 202 and the Ben Franklin Bridge), and I've even been to its eastern terminus in AC.  The only portions of 50 I've driven are from the B-W Parkway into DC, and from I-97 to the 301 split.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: webny99 on January 15, 2019, 10:37:32 AM
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 14, 2019, 04:41:18 PM
I-70 in Breezewood is also US 30 so if you've been though Breezewood you've been on US 30.
Quote from: Flint1979 on January 14, 2019, 05:03:41 PM
US-30 is multiplexed with I-70 in Breezewood too.

Nope... never been through Breezewood.

I actually can't even conceive a situation in which I would have to pass through there. It is pretty much due south of me, but I would already have made my way over to I-79 or I-81 if I were to head that far south, missing the area altogether.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on January 15, 2019, 12:48:14 PM
Quote from: ET21 on January 15, 2019, 09:51:28 AM
US 52 for me, crossed many times but never used it

Never been on 465 around Indy?
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Roadgeekteen on January 15, 2019, 01:40:22 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 15, 2019, 10:37:32 AM
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 14, 2019, 04:41:18 PM
I-70 in Breezewood is also US 30 so if you've been though Breezewood you've been on US 30.
Quote from: Flint1979 on January 14, 2019, 05:03:41 PM
US-30 is multiplexed with I-70 in Breezewood too.

Nope... never been through Breezewood.

I actually can't even conceive a situation in which I would have to pass through there. It is pretty much due south of me, but I would already have made my way over to I-79 or I-81 if I were to head that far south, missing the area altogether.
roadgeek fulfillment.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: ET21 on January 15, 2019, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 15, 2019, 12:48:14 PM
Quote from: ET21 on January 15, 2019, 09:51:28 AM
US 52 for me, crossed many times but never used it

Never been on 465 around Indy?

Never been to Indy  :cool:
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: csw on January 15, 2019, 09:31:38 PM
US 1. After this summer that'll change to US 87.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: DandyDan on January 15, 2019, 10:20:08 PM
The longest US Route I've missed is US 64, and that may stand for a while. I've been on US 1, 60 and 70, but wasn't driving at the time. Whether it counts that I've been on US 1 depends on whether you think walking on the sidewalk alongside the road (in Alexandria, VA and Washington DC) counts as being on it. US 60 and 70 were both the same day when my buddy and I went from El Paso to Phoenix on I-10.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Hurricane Rex on January 15, 2019, 10:29:30 PM
US 6, don't really need to explain why.

I actually live in Corvallis less than a half mile away from US 20 (.47 when running), the longest road in the US.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: RobbieL2415 on January 15, 2019, 10:35:41 PM
US 30 for me.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Mark68 on January 15, 2019, 10:54:10 PM
US 62
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on January 16, 2019, 04:32:29 PM
Quote from: ET21 on January 15, 2019, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 15, 2019, 12:48:14 PM
Quote from: ET21 on January 15, 2019, 09:51:28 AM
US 52 for me, crossed many times but never used it

Never been on 465 around Indy?

Never been to Indy  :cool:

I didn't realize that there was anyone in Chicago who hasn't at least gone through Indy on the way to Florida for Spring Break.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: kphoger on January 16, 2019, 04:37:50 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 16, 2019, 04:32:29 PM
I didn't realize that there was anyone in Chicago who hasn't at least gone through Indy on the way to Florida for Spring Break.

I lived in the Chicago area for a total of 16 years, and the closest I ever got to Indianapolis was a friend's wedding in one of the suburbs.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: sparker on January 17, 2019, 01:32:48 AM
For a 2dus: US 68 @ 560 miles.
For a 3dus (and the "title"): US 283 @ 730 miles.

Crossed these many times; never driven on them, however.

Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on January 17, 2019, 04:04:29 AM
US 20.

On a side note, I thought US 6 was the longest (it was indeed the case during the time it went to Long Beach), but that was because the list I used split US 20 at Yellowstone.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: formulanone on January 17, 2019, 07:30:58 AM
US 191.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Jim on January 17, 2019, 09:04:45 AM
Mine looks to be US 68 at around 550 miles, though in my notes I have it only listed as "probably never traveled".  I've crossed it in several places.  At the least, I've not been on it since I have kept track of such things.  Looks like second place goes to US 43, which is untraveled by me with near certainty.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: ET21 on January 17, 2019, 09:50:41 AM
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 16, 2019, 04:32:29 PM
Quote from: ET21 on January 15, 2019, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 15, 2019, 12:48:14 PM
Quote from: ET21 on January 15, 2019, 09:51:28 AM
US 52 for me, crossed many times but never used it

Never been on 465 around Indy?

Never been to Indy  :cool:

I didn't realize that there was anyone in Chicago who hasn't at least gone through Indy on the way to Florida for Spring Break.

Florida I fly. Never have been on I-65 at all either
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: capt.ron on January 17, 2019, 11:34:03 AM
US 6.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Roadgeekteen on January 17, 2019, 01:17:44 PM
Quote from: ET21 on January 17, 2019, 09:50:41 AM
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 16, 2019, 04:32:29 PM
Quote from: ET21 on January 15, 2019, 02:40:10 PM
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 15, 2019, 12:48:14 PM
Quote from: ET21 on January 15, 2019, 09:51:28 AM
US 52 for me, crossed many times but never used it

Never been on 465 around Indy?

Never been to Indy  :cool:

I didn't realize that there was anyone in Chicago who hasn't at least gone through Indy on the way to Florida for Spring Break.

Florida I fly. Never have been on I-65 at all either
Do you have a licence? You live awful close to I-65.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: pianocello on January 17, 2019, 01:22:59 PM
US 87. I need to find time to get out west.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: kphoger on January 17, 2019, 02:19:58 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 17, 2019, 01:17:44 PM
Do you have a licence? You live awful close to I-65.

I lived in Illinois for 8½ years with a valid license, yet I've only been on I-65 once (and back).  That was for a wedding, meaning I had no "regular" reason to be on it otherwise.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Takumi on January 17, 2019, 02:21:11 PM
I've never been on US 20 or US 6. I've never been west of eastern Tennessee, so whatever the longest north-south route past there would be my answer for those, excluding US 41 which I have been on in Florida.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: hotdogPi on January 17, 2019, 02:23:24 PM
Quote from: Takumi on January 17, 2019, 02:21:11 PM
I've never been on US 20 or US 6. I've never been west of eastern Tennessee, so whatever the longest north-south route past there would be my answer for those, excluding US 41 which I have been on in Florida.

That would be 87, unless you count 52 or 62 as north-south.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Takumi on January 17, 2019, 02:33:36 PM
I've been on 52 in VA and NC,  so that's moot. So either 87 or 62.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: corco on January 17, 2019, 03:53:45 PM
I'm hard pressed to think of a time I've ever been on U.S. 17 (though I have been to the Hampton Roads area so it's possible), so I'll go with that.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on January 17, 2019, 07:59:45 PM
Somehow I've yet to drive any of US 12.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: plain on January 17, 2019, 08:38:24 PM
Much harder to pinpoint than interstates but luckily it didn't take too long for me to figure out my answer. US 2 (western). Even if I included the eastern section, which I won't, it doesn't matter as I've never driven or even crossed that either.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: ftballfan on January 19, 2019, 07:49:30 PM
Probably US-60 or US-70
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Rothman on January 29, 2019, 12:29:28 PM
US 18
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: bassoon1986 on January 30, 2019, 12:05:40 AM
US 30. I didn't even get to see it properly as it doesn't get a direct exit traveling on I-75 in Ohio.


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Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: keithvh on February 02, 2019, 04:35:25 PM
US-95 for me --- which, if Wikipedia is correct, is the 25th longest US Highway in America.

If you flip the number, you have US-59, which is longer than US-95.  I've been on US-59, but just barely.  It has a half-mile concurrency with US-60 near Afton, Oklahoma (I was through traffic on US-60).
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: CtrlAltDel on February 03, 2019, 01:35:29 AM
For me, it's US-64, not counting concurrencies with Interstates, which I don't keep track of.



ETA: Having looked into the matter further, I can now say I've never been on any part of US-82.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: skluth on February 03, 2019, 02:14:19 PM
US 82. Never traveled much in the South and has few multiplexes.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: slorydn1 on February 03, 2019, 02:40:08 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 14, 2019, 03:13:41 PM
The top 5 are (1) US 20, (2) US 6, (3) US 30, (4) US 50, and (5) US 60.



Thanks for posting the top 5, because I was really scratching my head trying to figure out which one be be my "longest never".


It appears that US-50 would be my answer.



Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: US71 on February 04, 2019, 10:52:42 PM
Probably 101 or US 1.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: epzik8 on February 05, 2019, 08:54:37 PM
U.S. 20.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: mrsman on February 15, 2019, 11:36:08 AM
For me, I'm guessing US 12.  It seems to take an urban bypass around Chicago on surface streets (95th, Mannheim) and while I have been to Chicago, I don't think I've been on any of those streets.

I haven't been on US 70 at all either.*

I've been to Cleveland's public square, which takes care of US 20 and 6.  (And I probably hit those at other places as well.)

US 30, I've certainly been on the parts in Pennsylvania.

I've lived pretty close to the two endpoints of US 50 and I've certainly hit those highways many times.  Never been east of Annapolis yet though.

I made a point to specifically visit US 60's eastern endpoint while in Virginia Beach for a vacation a few years ago.  I don't recall being on any other parts of current US 60.*



* I have been on the San Bernardino Fwy many times, but i was born after 1964 so it wasn't US 60-70-99 anymore.  I don't think that should give me any credit for 60 or 70 [other than Virginia Beach.]
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: ClassicHasClass on February 15, 2019, 03:56:32 PM
For me it's probably going to be one of the midwest US north-south routes because I haven't been around that part of the country much. Most of the east-west routes I've driven some portions of, and most of the western US N-S routes I've driven major segments or all of, along with US 1 and 101 on either coast.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: thspfc on March 31, 2019, 11:24:33 AM
For the US routes over 2,000 miles

1: Never
2: Parts in WI and MI
6: Parts in IA, NE, and CO
12: Parts in MT, MN, WI, and IL
20: Parts in IL
30: Parts in IA
40: Parts in CO
41: Parts in MI, WI, IL, and FL
50: Never
52: Parts in MN and IA
60: Never
62: Never
64: Never
70: Never
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Highway63 on April 11, 2019, 12:23:12 AM
Until earlier this year, US 395. Now, US 129. There's a whole mess of them in the Southeast that I either haven't touched or barely touched.

There are 35 US routes I have traveled less than 10 miles on.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: webny99 on April 11, 2019, 02:06:20 PM
Quote from: slorydn1 on February 03, 2019, 02:40:08 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 14, 2019, 03:13:41 PM
The top 5 are (1) US 20, (2) US 6, (3) US 30, (4) US 50, and (5) US 60.
Thanks for posting the top 5, because I was really scratching my head trying to figure out which one be be my "longest never".

It appears that US-50 would be my answer.

I know this is old, but I figured I might as well note that I got the list off the wikipedia page.
Title: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: SkyPesos on July 29, 2021, 02:26:29 PM
Completing the trilogy of threads here...

For me, it's US 60. Crossed it many times in Louisville, Lexington and Charleston WV, but never been on it before. Second longest is US 87.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Takumi on July 29, 2021, 02:32:28 PM
I haven’t been on 20 or 6, the two longest. 50 is the longest I’ve been on.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: kenarmy on July 29, 2021, 02:35:10 PM
I haven't been on US 20 either.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Roadgeekteen on July 29, 2021, 02:36:17 PM
US 60
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: JayhawkCO on July 29, 2021, 02:45:32 PM
My Top 5
US33 - 703 mi
US129 - 582
US68 - 560
US58 - 509
US165 - 412

US33 is the 80th longest U.S. Highway (according to Wikipedia).  Kind of surprising I've been on the longest 79 as I've never really gone out of my way for U.S. Highways.  For whatever reason, I've always been more interested in Interstates and state highways.  Obviously a decent amount I've gotten because of concurrencies.  I've also never been on a U.S. Highway in New York or Vermont, but have in every other state where they exist.

If we exclude interstate concurrencies, my answer would be US11 at 1,645 miles.

Chris
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on July 29, 2021, 02:46:24 PM
US 64 is the longest one I have not been on other than an interstate concurrency.

US 26 is the longest one I haven't been on any part of.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: deathtopumpkins on July 29, 2021, 02:54:46 PM
US 278, but there are several longer ones that I've only been on a tiny concurrency - perhaps most egregiously US 90 on it's <1 mi I-95 concurrency.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Rothman on July 29, 2021, 03:06:25 PM
Looks like US 278 for me, too, but I need to check to see if I touched it in the Tupelo area.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on July 29, 2021, 03:30:11 PM
US 20.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Mapmikey on July 29, 2021, 03:44:11 PM
US 285 for me
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: US 89 on July 29, 2021, 04:01:32 PM
Looks like mine is US 212. To be honest I'm surprised I made it that far down the list.

Some of the longer ones barely count, though. I've only been on US 52 and 81 because I exited onto them once from an interstate to get gas. US 14 I have from its very brief concurrency with IL 43. Maybe a couple other close calls but those are the big ones that come to mind.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Rothman on July 29, 2021, 04:03:45 PM
Quote from: Rothman on July 29, 2021, 03:06:25 PM
Looks like US 278 for me, too, but I need to check to see if I touched it in the Tupelo area.

Well, I did.  So, that takes me to US 18, which I probably did not drive in the Madison area...
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: SEWIGuy on July 29, 2021, 04:10:12 PM
Quote from: Rothman on July 29, 2021, 04:03:45 PM
Quote from: Rothman on July 29, 2021, 03:06:25 PM
Looks like US 278 for me, too, but I need to check to see if I touched it in the Tupelo area.

Well, I did.  So, that takes me to US 18, which I probably did not drive in the Madison area...


Only if you were on the Beltline.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: ozarkman417 on July 29, 2021, 04:16:41 PM
Excluding concurrencies: US 20 (concurrency with I-39)

Including: US 2, followed by US 12
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: kphoger on July 29, 2021, 04:37:40 PM
I haven't been on US-70 (#7) since before I was old enough to drive, on a camping trip with my dad in junior high.  But I was old enough to remember it, so I'm not going to count that as my answer.

I may have been on US-1 (#8) at some point during a childhood vacation to New England, but it was long enough ago that I don't remember much of where we went.  So that's what I'm going with.

If I've been on US-1, then my answer would be US-11 (#23).
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: jp the roadgeek on July 29, 2021, 04:41:02 PM
Like many others, US 60.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Big John on July 29, 2021, 04:46:32 PM
US 50
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: kphoger on July 29, 2021, 04:54:54 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on July 29, 2021, 04:41:02 PM
Like many others, US 60.

...which is so strange to me, considering I've driven approximately 375 miles of it, in six different states, over the course of multiple years.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: JayhawkCO on July 29, 2021, 05:00:29 PM
Quote from: kphoger on July 29, 2021, 04:54:54 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on July 29, 2021, 04:41:02 PM
Like many others, US 60.

...which is so strange to me, considering I've driven approximately 375 miles of it, in six different states, over the course of multiple years.

I'm similar to you. 368 miles.

108 in AZ
36 in NM
107 in TX
1 in OK
95 in MO
0 in IL
3 in KY
1 in WV
6 in VA

Chris
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on July 29, 2021, 05:26:44 PM
It's a dispute between two routes. If the implied routes through Yellowstone are counted, then US 20. If not, then US 6.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: formulanone on July 29, 2021, 05:51:45 PM
US 191, but that may change next week.

Now I haven't been on any section of US 95.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: 74/171FAN on July 29, 2021, 06:48:04 PM
For me, it is the western segment of US 2 based on Wikipedia.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: adventurernumber1 on July 29, 2021, 07:04:34 PM
I was initially going to say US 20 (the longest US Highway of all), but then I got to thinking I might have actually been on the unnumbered part of the road at some point while in Yellowstone. Should this not be true (or count), there's a miniscule possibility I may have been on part of the route in either Boston or the Chicago area, but my memory is too fuzzy, and the chance is almost 0.

But if I have in fact been on US 20, then the longest US Highway I haven't been on would likely be US 60 -- unless by chance I have been on a short portion via a detour in downtown Louisville (but the memory fails me) -- if that is true, then the longest US Highway I haven't been on would be US 12 or US 2 (neither segment).

Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: thspfc on July 29, 2021, 07:35:56 PM
US-50
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Bruce on July 29, 2021, 07:46:19 PM
US 6, though I have crossed it a few times in Ohio and Connecticut.

I recently drove the westernmost segment of US 20, so that's one off the bucket list.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: dlsterner on July 29, 2021, 08:23:39 PM
We've had this thread before, back in 2019.  I'll just link my answer from then; it is still the same answer today.

Quote from: dlsterner on January 14, 2019, 11:40:25 PM
Longest never driven would be US 12, but I have crossed it.  Never driven and never crossed would be the western US 2.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Flint1979 on July 29, 2021, 08:40:24 PM
US-87
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Hobart on July 29, 2021, 08:46:02 PM
US 6 passes through my town, US 30 passes to the south, and US 20 passes to the north. Because the south suburbs of Chicago have an absurd number of US Highways on them, many of the longest routes are just part of a daily commute, or a road I have to take to buy something off of Craigslist.

A lot of the other routes I've barely been on. US-40, 64, and 70 I've only been on because they share a bridge with I-55 in a city I've been on I-55 through. The only portion of US 60 and US 62 I've been on is the weird concurrency between them where they enter Illinois on one bridge, intersect US-51, and immediately leave the state again.

Working down the list on Wikipedia, the longest route I haven't been on is US-84, because my family doesn't travel east and west as far south as US-84 runs.

Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Rothman on July 29, 2021, 08:52:56 PM
Quote from: dlsterner on July 29, 2021, 08:23:39 PM
We've had this thread before, back in 2019.  I'll just link my answer from then; it is still the same answer today.

Quote from: dlsterner on January 14, 2019, 11:40:25 PM
Longest never driven would be US 12, but I have crossed it.  Never driven and never crossed would be the western US 2.
You should link the old thread.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: ozarkman417 on July 29, 2021, 09:35:13 PM
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=24268 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=24268)
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: hbelkins on July 29, 2021, 10:40:30 PM
I'll have to take a closer look at the mileages and concurrencies of some of the western routes, but off the top of my head, my winner is probably 395. My trip across the Golden Gate Bridge when I was in San Francisco a couple of years ago took care of 101 for me.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: SkyPesos on July 29, 2021, 10:43:20 PM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on July 29, 2021, 09:35:13 PM
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=24268 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=24268)
Somehow, that thread wasn't one of the search results when I attempted to search for it using this thread's title (and similar to the other two thread's title, except for US routes of course). If a mod sees this, feel free to merge this thread into the other one.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Bickendan on July 30, 2021, 12:54:37 AM
US 1
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Evan_Th on July 30, 2021, 02:03:52 AM
I've been on:

* US 20 in Illinois (along the I-39 multiplex if nowhere else).

* US 6 in Scranton, along the I-81 multiplex.

* US 30 in Oregon

* US 50 in DC

* US 60 in Kentucky and West Virginia

* US 12 in western Washington

* US 70, 1, and 64 in North Carolina

* US 40 in Wheeling, West Virginia.

* US 62 in Oklahoma City

* US 2 in Washington

* US 52 in North Carolina

* US 41 in Illinois

So, the longest US highway I've never been on - and which I've never even crossed or come within a few hundred miles of - is US 87.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Rothman on July 30, 2021, 06:46:12 AM
Heh.  Glad I came up with the same answer I gave in that old thread.

ETA:  Huh, there was supposed to be quote in this post.  Looks like if I quote something on my phone in Tapatalk that it doesn't come through when viewing on a desktop web browser?

Answer was US 18.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: kphoger on July 30, 2021, 01:09:27 PM
Quote from: Rothman on July 29, 2021, 08:52:56 PM

Quote from: dlsterner on July 29, 2021, 08:23:39 PM
We've had this thread before, back in 2019.  I'll just link my answer from then; it is still the same answer today.

Quote from: dlsterner on January 14, 2019, 11:40:25 PM
Longest never driven would be US 12, but I have crossed it.  Never driven and never crossed would be the western US 2.


You should link the old thread.

Why?  All you have to do is click on the ...

Quote from: dlsterner on January 14, 2019, 11:40:25 PM

... part, and it takes you right there.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: Konza on July 30, 2021, 03:20:13 PM
Looks like US 97 for me. 

Crossed US 97 in Bend many years ago, but it doesn't look like there is now a concurrency with US 20- and who knows if there was back then.

Update:  Clinched I-82 on my way back from Seattle in October, 2023, so I traveled almost 42 miles of US 97 in Washington.

For me, then, the distinction is now held by US 43.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: adt1982 on July 31, 2021, 11:55:46 AM
I'm pretty sure US 64 wins this one, though I haven't been on much of 70.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: jaehak on July 31, 2021, 05:30:02 PM
Quote from: jayhawkco on July 29, 2021, 02:45:32 PM
My Top 5
US33 - 703 mi
US129 - 582
US68 - 560
US58 - 509
US165 - 412

US33 is the 80th longest U.S. Highway (according to Wikipedia).  Kind of surprising I've been on the longest 79 as I've never really gone out of my way for U.S. Highways.  For whatever reason, I've always been more interested in Interstates and state highways.  Obviously a decent amount I've gotten because of concurrencies.  I've also never been on a U.S. Highway in New York or Vermont, but have in every other state where they exist.

If we exclude interstate concurrencies, my answer would be US11 at 1,645 miles.

Chris

Similar. Mine's 221, 76th I guess. I've also never sought out US highways, just lots of concurrencies. Amazingly, I've clinched zero of them.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Scott5114 on July 31, 2021, 05:52:13 PM
Mine is US-12.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Bruce on August 03, 2021, 12:50:05 AM
Quote from: Bruce on July 29, 2021, 07:46:19 PM
US 6, though I have crossed it a few times in Ohio and Connecticut.

I recently drove the westernmost segment of US 20, so that's one off the bucket list.

Turns out I did briefly end up on US 6 in Ohio, so my actual answer is US 50.
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: SkyPesos on March 21, 2022, 12:12:58 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 29, 2021, 02:26:29 PM
Completing the trilogy of threads here...

For me, it's US 60. Crossed it many times in Louisville, Lexington and Charleston WV, but never been on it before. Second longest is US 87.
Been on both US 60 (concurrency with I-57 in MO) and US 87 (concurrency with I-10 in TX) in the past week. Also been on my third longest missing (US 84, concurrency with US 59 in TX), so now it's US 83 for me.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Flint1979 on March 21, 2022, 06:31:49 AM
US-87
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: golden eagle on March 21, 2022, 08:52:47 AM
Probably US 2.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: MATraveler128 on March 21, 2022, 09:15:03 AM
Top 3 Longest I've never been on

US 60
US 70
The western US 2
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: jlam on March 22, 2022, 12:04:57 PM
I have been on:
Title: Re: Longest US Route you haven’t been on
Post by: JayhawkCO on March 22, 2022, 02:43:49 PM
Quote from: JayhawkCO on July 29, 2021, 02:45:32 PM
My Top 5
US33 - 703 mi
US129 - 582
US68 - 560
US58 - 509
US165 - 412

US33 is the 80th longest U.S. Highway (according to Wikipedia).  Kind of surprising I've been on the longest 79 as I've never really gone out of my way for U.S. Highways.  For whatever reason, I've always been more interested in Interstates and state highways.  Obviously a decent amount I've gotten because of concurrencies.  I've also never been on a U.S. Highway in New York or Vermont, but have in every other state where they exist.

If we exclude interstate concurrencies, my answer would be US11 at 1,645 miles.

Mine remain the same, but after my trip last fall, I've now been on US highways in all 48 states that have them.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Dough4872 on February 05, 2024, 10:41:18 PM
US 12
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: Hunty2022 on February 05, 2024, 10:55:01 PM
US 20.

The longest I have been on is US 50.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 06, 2024, 09:38:12 AM
My top three are US183, US283, and US78.
Title: Re: Longest US Highway that you have not been on
Post by: cockroachking on February 06, 2024, 11:42:51 PM
US-12. Seems to be fairly popular.