Lowest-numbered route you haven't been on

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I was told by my parents they took me on then A-16 in Catalonia when I was 2 and thus I claim that as my 16 even if I don't remember it, that road is now part of C-32. OTOH, I didn't get onto A-18 before it was changed to C-16, and thus 18 remains my lowest number I still have to travel, and to further complicate things there are no major highways in Spain with that number, the only route with that number I've located is a local road in Teruel province which happens to be not far from A-23. If I get to that road (which won't happen anytime soon unfortunately...) then my new lowest untraveled number will be 24.

[Rothman]

Updated. Didn't update cl94 since he hasn't said if he really wants to count his county route (which may be unsigned ).

oscar	426
formulanone	369
hbelkins	298
cl94	288
Rothman	288
Mapmikey	266
HTM Duke	248
Duke87	245
Konza	193
plain	159
hockeyjohn	154
dfilpus	149
corco	144
Hot Rod Hootenanny	143
csw	132
paulthemapguy	112
adwerkema	108
amroad17	107
Buck87	107
cabiness42	107
jayhawkco	106
Thing 342	103
sparker	102
TheHighwayMan394	102
DandyDan	102
SGwithADD	102
sbeaner44	102
skluth	102
bassoon1986	101
Flint1979	97
hobsini	97
1995hoo	96
deathtopumpkins	92
7/8	88
chesapeake256	84
Eth	63
BrianP	53
dlsterner	53
Jim	48
Bickendan	48
mgk920	48
Great Lakes Roads	48
milbfan	47
74/171FAN	47
US 89	46
ipeters61	35
doorknob60	29
Ben114	29
Evan_Th	28
mapman1071	24
kphoger	22
KEK Inc.	21
jp the roadgeek	19
stevashe	19
CNGL-Leudimin	18
kurumi	18
dvferyance	17
ftballfan	16
1	14
Roadgeekteen	14
cwf1701	13
apeman33	12
ketchup99	12
ClassicHasClass	11
KEVIN_224	11
Roadgeekteen	10
wxfree	9
Takumi	9
jeffandnicole	8
PHLBOS	8
TheGrassGuy	8
Tarkus	7
TheStranger	7
Pink Jazz	6
Skye	5
Super Mateo	4
Roadsguy	4
SoCal Kid	3
Truvelo	2
bzaharin	2
Zeffy	2
Finrod	2
Kulerage	2
Aaron Camp	2
Hurricane Rex	1
thspfc	1

[paulthemapguy]

You are all a bunch of dirty cheaters.

Don't look at me!    All my routes are signed and at least at the state level.  And I have driven ON THEM.
I'm going to clinch WI-112 next month, so my new number will be 153...until I take my trip around the Michigan Thumb and Detroit area which may happen this fall.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

In the world of route numbers that DO count, I drove on a 1/2 mile of OH 143 on Saturday. I'm on to locate an 145 now.

bump...just to remind Rothman.

[Jim]

Since I reported my list 18 months ago, I have been on routes with the two lowest numbers I was previously missing by traveling NY 48 and MA 135.  My new answer is 139.

I'll also renew the offer to run a report for any TM user who's interested in seeing which numbers they have traveled and are missing based on .list files.

[Thing 342]

Added MD-103 and MD-108 recently, now my new lowest is 127.

[noelbotevera]

Still have 43 untraveled (and I'm not on the list?), since the 43's closest to me are (a) too far away (PA/WV 43, NY 43) or (b) out of the way/no point in traveling them (MD 43). Other than that I think my next lowest is 92.

[Rothman]

Think I caught everything.

oscar	426
formulanone	369
hbelkins	298
cl94	288
Rothman	288
Mapmikey	266
HTM Duke	248
Duke87	245
Konza	193
plain	159
hockeyjohn	154
dfilpus	149
Hot Rod Hootenanny	145
corco	144
Jim	139
csw	132
Thing 342	127
paulthemapguy	112
adwerkema	108
amroad17	107
Buck87	107
cabiness42	107
jayhawkco	106
sparker	102
TheHighwayMan394	102
DandyDan	102
SGwithADD	102
sbeaner44	102
skluth	102
bassoon1986	101
Flint1979	97
hobsini	97
1995hoo	96
deathtopumpkins	92
7/8	88
chesapeake256	84
Eth	63
BrianP	53
dlsterner	53
Bickendan	48
mgk920	48
Great Lakes Roads	48
milbfan	47
74/171FAN	47
US 89	46
noelbotevera	43
ipeters61	35
doorknob60	29
Ben114	29
Evan_Th	28
mapman1071	24
kphoger	22
KEK Inc.	21
jp the roadgeek	19
stevashe	19
CNGL-Leudimin	18
kurumi	18
dvferyance	17
ftballfan	16
1	14
Roadgeekteen	14
cwf1701	13
apeman33	12
ketchup99	12
ClassicHasClass	11
KEVIN_224	11
Roadgeekteen	10
wxfree	9
Takumi	9
jeffandnicole	8
PHLBOS	8
TheGrassGuy	8
Tarkus	7
TheStranger	7
Pink Jazz	6
Skye	5
Super Mateo	4
Roadsguy	4
SoCal Kid	3
Truvelo	2
bzaharin	2
Zeffy	2
Finrod	2
Kulerage	2
Aaron Camp	2
Hurricane Rex	1
thspfc	1

[dlsterner]

Took a mini road trip, and picked up not only MD 53, but a few more that I didn't have.

My lowest-numbered route that I haven't been on is now up to 125.

There is MD 125 in my state, but it is kind of in an area I never get to, and it is an odd-ball route that actually doesn't connect to any other numbered road.  So it likely requires a special trip.

I also have yet to get 126 and 128, as well as several in the 130's.

[formulanone]

I got Georgia 369 (and an SR 325) last week, so my lowest number is now 379.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I've found a 18 relatively close to me. It is crossed by A-23 freeway, however it doesn't have a exit to it, as it is in the middle of a 11 mile gap without exits (and that is pretty long for Spanish standards). The next lowest number I haven't hit yet is 24.

Scratch that, I may haven't been on a road numbered 24 in Spain but I just found I traveled on D24 in the French department no. 64 (Pyrenees-Atlantiques) some years ago. After 18, the next lowest number I haven't hit yet is 26, and I have a relatively major highway close to me with that number. I still have to hit a 16 as far as my memory goes (and also that currently exists), I only count that as traveled as I have been told so.

[paulthemapguy]

Drove on WI-112...didn't get to clinch it due to a bridge being out.  My new number is 153, though I might be driving MI-153 this fall.

edit:  added list for posterity

img20200820_20240568 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[Rothman]

Updated.

CNGL, I can't decipher your last post.  Just say what number you want to use.

oscar	426
formulanone	379
hbelkins	298
cl94	288
Rothman	288
Mapmikey	266
HTM Duke	248
Duke87	245
Konza	193
plain	159
hockeyjohn	154
paulthemapguy	153
dfilpus	149
Hot Rod Hootenanny	145
corco	144
Jim	139
csw	132
Thing 342	127
dlsterner	125
adwerkema	108
amroad17	107
Buck87	107
cabiness42	107
jayhawkco	106
sparker	102
TheHighwayMan394	102
DandyDan	102
SGwithADD	102
sbeaner44	102
skluth	102
bassoon1986	101
Flint1979	97
hobsini	97
1995hoo	96
deathtopumpkins	92
7/8	88
chesapeake256	84
Eth	63
BrianP	53
Bickendan	48
mgk920	48
Great Lakes Roads	48
milbfan	47
74/171FAN	47
US 89	46
noelbotevera	43
ipeters61	35
doorknob60	29
Ben114	29
Evan_Th	28
mapman1071	24
kphoger	22
KEK Inc.	21
jp the roadgeek	19
stevashe	19
CNGL-Leudimin	18
kurumi	18
dvferyance	17
ftballfan	16
1	14
Roadgeekteen	14
cwf1701	13
apeman33	12
ketchup99	12
ClassicHasClass	11
KEVIN_224	11
Roadgeekteen	10
wxfree	9
Takumi	9
jeffandnicole	8
PHLBOS	8
TheGrassGuy	8
Tarkus	7
TheStranger	7
Pink Jazz	6
Skye	5
Super Mateo	4
Roadsguy	4
SoCal Kid	3
Truvelo	2
bzaharin	2
Zeffy	2
Finrod	2
Kulerage	2
Aaron Camp	2
Hurricane Rex	1
thspfc	1

[Ketchup99]

From what I can decipher I think CNGL is at 18? But I'm not sure.

[Rothman]

From what I can decipher I think CNGL is at 18? But I'm not sure.

Protip: Let him speak for himself.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

It's still 18. Once I tackle that (the closest 18 to me is D18 in the department no. 64, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, in France; although not the most readily accesible to me), it will be 26 and not 24 as I previously thought and explained in that post.

[Bickendan]

I don't keep track of county routes, but you can count them if you want. Some of this is because some county routes function as minor state routes, such as New Jersey's 500 series and Florida's in-grid county routes that have been downgraded from state routes.

I count Oregon's underlying Highway system. One of these days I need to hit up ORH 48 (US 395 between US 20 and 26).

[Thunderbyrd316]

   Just doing this off the top of my head. I am sure I am going to miss quite a few.

   BC 3, California 1, Montana 1, Manatoba 3
   California 2, US 2
   California 3, Washington 3
   California 4, Washington 4
   Interstate 5
   Washington 6, US 6
   BC 7, California 7, Washington 7
   Interstate 8
   California 9, Washington 9
   BC 10, Interstate 10, Kansas 10, Oregon 10, US 10
   BC 11, California 11, Oregon 11
   California 12, US 12
   California 13
   California 14, Washington 14
   California 15, Interstate 15
   California 16, Washington 16
   California 17, Interstate 17, Washington 17
   Oregon 18, Saskatchewan 18, Washington 18
   Oregon 19
   California 20, US 20, Washington 20
   Colorado 21 (Note that the segment of Powers Boulevard that I drove in 1999 appears not to have been signed as Colorado 21 at the time. There is a good chance that I was on California 21 when it existed but I was too young to clearly remember it. I have crossed Idaho 21 but did not get off the freeway there. I have crossed Washington 21 on three different highways but again never got on it.) Santa Clara County G21 (Capitol Expressway), Nebraska 21 (Segment concurrent with I-80)
   California 22, Oregon 22, Washington 22
   California 23
   California 24
   Interstate 25
   US 26, Washington 26
   Washington 27
   Washington 28
   Interstate 29
   US 30
   I will have to continue this later...

   Update: Well it looks like I picked the perfect place to end this the first time as I am unable to find a single example of ANY route 31 that I have been on. Therefore my answer must be 31.
   
   
   
   

[Rothman]

I don't keep track of county routes, but you can count them if you want. Some of this is because some county routes function as minor state routes, such as New Jersey's 500 series and Florida's in-grid county routes that have been downgraded from state routes.

I count Oregon's underlying Highway system. One of these days I need to hit up ORH 48 (US 395 between US 20 and 26).

Meh.

[noelbotevera]

Finally, finally traveled a 43. Funnily enough it isn't the one closest to me (MD 43 near Baltimore) but rather NY-MA 43 in the Berkshires. Picked it up on a trip to Bennington, VT, three weeks ago.

That brings my lowest to...47. I have traveled former NY 47 as I-590, but I guess we're not counting that. The closest 47 is MD 47 west of Cumberland, MD.

[SoDakInterstateEnthusiast]

SD-13.

[Rothman]

Belatedly updated.

oscar	426
formulanone	379
hbelkins	298
cl94	288
Rothman	288
Mapmikey	266
HTM Duke	248
Duke87	245
Konza	193
plain	159
hockeyjohn	154
paulthemapguy	153
dfilpus	149
Hot Rod Hootenanny	145
corco	144
Jim	139
csw	132
Thing 342	127
dlsterner	125
adwerkema	108
amroad17	107
Buck87	107
cabiness42	107
jayhawkco	106
sparker	102
TheHighwayMan394	102
DandyDan	102
SGwithADD	102
sbeaner44	102
skluth	102
bassoon1986	101
Flint1979	97
hobsini	97
1995hoo	96
deathtopumpkins	92
7/8	88
chesapeake256	84
Eth	63
BrianP	53
Bickendan	48
mgk920	48
Great Lakes Roads	48
milbfan	47
74/171FAN	47
noelbotevera	47
US 89	46
ipeters61	35
Thunderbyrd316	31
doorknob60	29
Ben114	29
Evan_Th	28
mapman1071	24
kphoger	22
KEK Inc.	21
jp the roadgeek	19
stevashe	19
CNGL-Leudimin	18
kurumi	18
dvferyance	17
ftballfan	16
1	14
Roadgeekteen	14
cwf1701	13
SoDakInterstateEnthusiast	13
apeman33	12
ketchup99	12
ClassicHasClass	11
KEVIN_224	11
Roadgeekteen	10
wxfree	9
Takumi	9
jeffandnicole	8
PHLBOS	8
TheGrassGuy	8
Tarkus	7
TheStranger	7
Pink Jazz	6
Skye	5
Super Mateo	4
Roadsguy	4
SoCal Kid	3
Truvelo	2
bzaharin	2
Zeffy	2
Finrod	2
Kulerage	2
Aaron Camp	2
Hurricane Rex	1
thspfc	1

[ftballfan]

I've been on the following (below 100):
1: US-, MI-
2: OH-
3: MI-
4: I-, OH-
5: MI-
6: US-, MI-
7: OH-, VA-
8: MI-
9: IN-, WV-
10: US-, MI-
11: US-, MI-
12: US-, OH-
13: MI-, OH-
14: MI-
15: OH-
16: NONE (have driven significant parts of former US-16 in Michigan, closest active 16 is in Indiana)
17: US-, MI-
18: MI-, OH-
19: US-, OH-
20: US-, MI-
21: MI-, OH-
22: MI-
23: US-
24: I-, US-
25: MI-, OH-
26: NONE (closest 26 is in Indiana and M-26 is in the western UP)
27: US-
28: NONE (I've crossed M-28 but have never been on it)
29: WI-
30: US-
31: US-
32: MI-
33: US-
34: MI-
35: US-
36: US-, MI-
37: IN-, MI-
38: IN-
39: MI-
40: I-, US-, MI-
41: I-, US-
42: US-, MI-
43: I-, MI-
44: MI-
45: US-, MI-
46: MI-
47: IL-, OH-
48: NONE (I've crossed M-48 but have never been on it)
49: MI-, OH-
50: US-, FL-, IL-, MI-
51: US-, OH-, TN-
52: US-, MI-, TN-
53: MI-, OH-
54: MI-
55: I-, MI-
56: IL-
57: MI-
58: NONE (I've been close to M-58 several times)
59: MI-
60: MI-, OH-
61: MI-
62: MI-
63: KY-, MI-
64: I-, US-
65: I-, OH-
66: I-, MI-
67: IN-, OH-
68: US-
69: I-
70: I-
71: I-, MI-
72: MI-
73: NONE (M-73 is in the western UP, but I've driven on multiple sections of what was planned to be I-73 in MI and OH)
74: I-
75: I-
76: I-
77: I-
78: MI-
79: MI-
80: I-
81: I-
82: MI-
83: IL-, MI-
84: NONE (I've crossed M-84 but have never been on it)
85: I-
86: MI-
87: NONE (closest might be in OH or IL; neither MI nor IN have a state route 87)
88: I-
89: MI-
90: I-, KY-
91: MI-
92: US-
93: MI-
94: I-
95: I-
96: I-, OH-
97: NONE (I've crossed M-97 but have never been on it)
98: US-
99: MI-

So the only ones I'm missing below 100 are 16, 26, 28, 48, 58, 73, 84, 87, and 97 (and I'm not particularly close to any routes with those numbers)

[Rothman]

So...16, right?

[ftballfan]

So...16, right?

Correct. I've crossed IN-16 and GA-16 a few times, but I've never been on either.

I MAY have been on a very short stretch of OH-16 in downtown Columbus (which is part of a redundant concurrency) as I had to take an eligibility test for a job opening for the City of Columbus last year.