Day 7:
- Objectives for the day:
- Clinch I-395 in Maine.
- Clinch all counties in Maine and New Hampshire that I'm missing.
- Clinch I-93.
- Clinch I-195 in Maine.
- See nice scenery.
- Leaving Bangor heading out on I-395->US1A->ME46->ME9 to clinch Hancock and Washington Counties.
- Turn back around on ME9, getting back onto I-95 so I can clinch the stretch from Bangor to Augusta
- Take a short stretch of US-202 connecting to ME105 and ME206 so I can clinch Lincoln and Knox Counties
- Take ME17 to Jay, ME and then heading southwest on ME140->ME117->ME118->ME37->ME93->ME5 to get to Fryeburg
- Go on a US Route tour taking US302->US3->US2->US-5 getting me my remaining New Hampshire counties and getting me to St. Johnsbury
- From St. Johnsbury, take I-93 all the way to its junction with I-95, completing the clinch (also taking I-293 in Manchester).
- Double back on I-93 to head back up to Portland getting some mileage on I-495.
- Travel I-195 when passing through Saco/Biddeford, then back up I-95 to Portland for the night
- New Counties:
- Hancock, ME
- Washington, ME
- Waldo, ME
- Knox, ME
- Lincoln, ME
- Kennebec, ME
- Somerset, ME
- Franklin, ME
- Oxford, ME
- Carroll, NH
- Coos, NH
- Essex, VT
- Belknap, NH
- Hillsborough, NH
- Cumberland, ME
- Highways Clinched:
- I-395 (ME)
- I-93
- I-293
- I-93
- I-195 (ME)
- ME140
- ME206
- ME118
- Other clinches of note:
- All counties in NH
- All interstates in NH
Questions: This is the day I need the most help with guidance. Those that have been in the area, does anyone have a route that I should follow? From Beddington, I'm currently thinking it's probably best to return on ME9 to Bangor and then head down to Augusta or Gardiner to get the portion of I-95 that I need to clinch. Then head east on ME126 to get both of the counties I need, ME220 North to ME17 to take all the way up to its end near Rangeley. Then take ME16->NH16->NH26->US3->US2 to St. Johnsbury. I'll need a slight diversion to grab Carroll County, NH while I'm heading down towards Manchester/Boston this way. I'd like a reasonably efficient path (given my convoluted constraints) that is also scenic. I've not spent much time in the Whites, so would like to drive some pretty stretches there. Input on this section would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Froggie. Fixed my routing.
Day 8:
- The night before when getting dinner somewhere in downtown Portland, I'll knock off a chunk of I-295 and I'll take it all the way up to the Falmouth Spur (I-495)
- Take I-95->I-495->I-295 up to Gardiner to clinch I-295.
- Double back on I-95 to get the rest of its stretch in Maine.
- Continue on I-95 all the way down to Providence's I-295
- Complete I-295 and then head back north on I-95 to I-195
- Take I-195 east to complete Rhode Island Interstates
- Exit onto MA136 South and then taking RI136->RI114->RI138 to finish my Rhode Island counties
- Then head west on US1->RI4->RI102->RI3->RI165->CT165->CT138->I-395 to get back to I-95 (I've been on all of I-95 from Boston to New London, so I wanted a different route
- I-95 down to NYC taking I-278 through the city to see something different and also travel through Staten Island which I've never visited
- Back to I-95 but looping around Philly on I-276 and I-476 to get back to the airport
- New Counties:
- Sagadahoc, ME
- Androscoggin, ME
- Bristol, RI
- Newport, RI
- Richmond, NY
- Montgomery, PA
- Highways Clinched:
- I-495 (ME)
- I-295 (ME)
- I-295 (MA/RI)
- MA136
- RI136
- RI165
- I-95
- I-278
- Other clinches of note:
- All interstates in ME
- All interstates in RI
- All counties in ME
- All counties in RI
- Questions: Will I run into much in the way of traffic when down in coastal RI? I figured in the summer it was pretty busy down there, but in October maybe less so. Same story for I-278 in NYC. How bad on a Saturday around 1:00-2:00?
Overall Stats as Planned:Total Miles: 4,388
Total New Miles For me: ~3800?
Total New Counties: 31 in the U.S.(Up to 1,432 or 45.56%), 48 in Canada (Up to 130 or 17.8%)
New States/Provinces with All Counties Clinched: NH, ME, RI, PEI, and NS (Up to 5 States and 2 Provinces)
2dis Clinched: I-91, I-93, I-95 (3 total, up to 28)
3dis Clinched: I-495 (DE), I-384 (CT), I-291 (CT), I-391 (MA), I-395 (ME), I-293 (NH), I-195 (ME), I-495 (ME), I-295 (ME), I-295 (MA/RI), I-278 (NY/NJ) (11 total up to 103)
New States with All Interstate Mileage Clinched: DE, VT, NH, ME, RI (up to 17 total)
Minimum Number of New Routes Driven: 189
Chris