Most Consecutive Route Numbers You’ve Been on in a Day

[DandyDan]

I am certain I have 5 combinations of 3, but whether one of them is really 4, I don't know.

1. In 1998, I drove from Omaha to Hastings, MN via Sioux City, Worthington, and Mankato, so I had US 59, MN 60 (and IA 60) and US 61.
2. In 2018, I was in LaCrosse, WI, went north on US 53 to WI 54, crossed the river at Winona, MN, and eventually made my way to Rochester and drove on US 52.
3. On one of my trips to Treasure Island Casino, I took MN 58, MN 57 and MN 56 to eventually get back home. This one lends itself to the possibility of being on MN 55 before I was at Treasure Island Casino, but I don't remember what my travel itinerary would have been.
4. I don't exactly remember when (it would be sometime between 2017 and 2020), I know I was on MN 21, MN 19 and MN 20 (in that order) once.
5. I originally forgot about this one, but I have US 18, SD 19 and US 20. This was the day of my aunt's funeral and I drove back to Omaha via some South Dakota and Nebraska backroads. I only have US 18 because it has a short overlap with I-29. SD 19 crosses the Missouri River and becomes NE 15, which then overlaps US 20 by Laurel

[cockroachking]

Off the top of my head, I know I have driven 234-239 and 242-247 (6 in a row) in the same day, since I was on every single route in St. Mary's County, MD, that day.

[Scott5114]

A friend of mine wants to clinch the Talimena Drive soon. If she takes the shortest route, she will be on OK 1, 2, 3W, and 4 in the same day.

[Takumi]

I think my record excluding VA secondaries is 4, VA 181-184 on my lone trip to the Eastern Shore about a decade ago. With secondaries I'm sure my number is much higher, because wandering through random 1990s Chesterfield subdivisions will get you a streak well into double digits.

[DandyDan]

I can confirm two runs of three: I-41, WI-42, I-43, and US-63, WI-64, WI-65. I might have a third, very backdoor one - FL-93, I-94, I-95, with a flight in between - but I'm not positive.

Just taking the time to exit I-41 twice would have bumped the former up to 5, via WI-44 and US-45. But that was four years ago and obviously it never crossed my mind.

I may have the US 63-WI 64-WI 65 combo as well, but I don't remember if the day I crossed the then-new Stillwater bridge matches the day I went from Hudson to Ellsworth via River Falls. I definitely remember exiting at WI 35 and going to Hudson after crossing that bridge.

[epzik8]

Off the top of my head, US 1 and MD 2 through 5: not only five in a row, but the first five conventional route numbers (though not in order).

[Fredddie]

Iowa's highways are kind of spread out for doing this, but before 2003 (and a lot of miles), it would have been possible to hit US 59, Iowa 60, US 61, Iowa 62, US 63, Iowa 64, US 65, Iowa 66*, US 67, Iowa 68*, US 69, Iowa 70, and US 71 all in one day.  That route would look something like this: https://maps.app.goo.gl/J3o5jMzHKkQFkH8i8 (* These routes were decommissioned in 2003)

[paulthemapguy]

Ohio state highways tend to come in clusters with several consecutive numbers. At first, I looked around southwestern Ohio, where I drove on OH-136, OH-137, and OH-138 in the same day.  But my trip to northeast Ohio in October 2022 probably takes the cake.  I drove on OH-85, 86, 87, 88, and 89 all in one day, plus I-90 and OH-91.  The jagged, chaotic routes I take in order to grab one photo for each route give way to touching a lot of different routes in one day--this might be maddening to the clincher, who wants to stay on the same route for a long time!  So far I have 7 in a row.  Who knows, maybe I'll find a longer chain of numbers (Illinois has a tendency to have clusters of consecutively-numbered routes, too).

To add to this, I also drove on OH-82 and OH-83 that day, but I ONLY CROSSED OH-84! I could have had a string of ten!

All of these photos were taken on the same day:


OH-082 by Paul Across America     OH-083-057SNR by Paul Across America   OH-084 by Paul Across America


OH-085WT by Paul Across America    OH-086 by Paul Across America      OH-087-007WR by Paul Across America


OH-088 by Paul Across America      OH-089-302NR by Paul Across America


IMG_3390 by Paul Across America    OH-091SR by Paul Across America

[formulanone]

5 seems to be my personal record: I've been on Farm to Market Roads 875, 876, 877, 878, and 879 in the same day. They are all south of the DFW metroplex, but 874 and 880 are about 3-4 hours away.

[Techknow]

In the San Francisco Bay Area this can happen by exiting on I-280 to enter I-380 in order to head to US 101 and/or the SFO airport from SF, similarly for I-680 and I-780. In both cases the interstates are connected at a junction.

I have also traveled on CA 84 (via US-101 concurrency) and then CA 85, although they are not connected, instead almost 10 miles apart.

[boilerup25]

I don't know too much, but I have definitively been on I-80 and NJ 81 on the same day. There is a possibility I've been on I-80, NJ 81, then NJ 82.
I definitely know I've been on I-280 and I-380 on the same day in the San Francisco Bay Area (if that counts).
I've been on US 62 and NY 63 on the same day.
I've been on I-80 and I-81 on the same day.
I've been on US 24, IN 25, and IN 26 in the same day.

[AABattery]

I don't really keep track a whole lot but I think my record's 2. There's also a bunch that are close to consecutive but only are if you're not counting even numbers
These also weren't all in the same trip, but from different trips.

US 19 and WV 20
WV 61 and WV 62
CR 61 and CR 62 (in Washington Co. NY)
I 80 and I 81
US 220 and US 221
CR 512 and CR 513 (in NJ)
VA 615 and VA 616
VA 654 and 655 (if we had a 656 and 658 then I'd include VA 657 and VA 659 but IDK if there is a 656 or 658 in my county)

If connector routes and spurs count then
US 11 and US 11E
VA 132 and VA 132Y

Next time I go down towards far SWVA then I should try to break my record (not counting evens anyways) by going on US 19, US 21, and US 23