Because we have a thread for interstates, and a thread for US routes, so why not?
What is the longest state route you have never been on?
Firstly in your own state, and then in any other states you may have lived or traveled in.
Wow! I made it further down the list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_New_York) than I thought I would.
Thanks to catching a section of NY 22 last August (and the NY 365/NY 26 (#10) multiplex), I now have traveled all of the top ten.
And I have been on NY 7 and NY 104, as well, so the longest I haven't been on, at #13, is NY 32.
MA: MA 116 (11th place)
NH: NH 25 (5th place)
IN 59, 80 miles long, 30th longest.
OH 46
76.6 miles long and 44th longest in Ohio
I was kind of thinking of the same thing yesterday but never got around to making a post about it, then I see you made this post.
For Michigan, the longest state highway I haven't been on would probably be M-26. It's only 96 miles long.
I'll do a few more states too that I've spent time in but can't be too sure on which highways I have traveled on and which one's I haven't. I know I've never been on M-26 though because I have none of those counties that it goes through clinched. It travels through Ontonagon, Houghton and Keweenaw counties.
For Ohio, I'm going to have to say it's the longest state highway in the state. I have never recalled traveling on SR-7. That highway basically follows the eastern border of the state from near Chesapeake (opposite side of the Ohio River from Huntington, WV) to Conneaut at the very northeastern corner of the state. It ends at SR-531 where SR-531 ends at SR-7 lol.
For Indiana, again the longest state highway in the state wins with SR-62. I love the way Indiana has their numbering system setup, exactly the same way the US highway system is setup. There are some exceptions though with diagonal routes and a few 3 digit highways that act like 2 digit highways.
For Illinois, SR-78. I've been on the longer ones. SR-110, 1 and 9.
North Carolina: NC 12, 14th longest.
In Virginia, VA 94 in southwestern Virginia (26.17 miles, 56th longest). This doesn't include state-maintained secondary routes.
I've covered everything in AK, HI, MD, DE, and DC. I don't feel like repeating this exercise for all the remaining 45 states, though my longest completely untraveled state route anywhere might be AR 9 (230.12 miles in two segments).
MN 92, 72.5 miles. I've crossed it though.
(For those who may fact check my TM, it shows MN 40 as being a longer unused one, but I have been on that route albeit not significantly enough to record)
I've driven every mile of state highway in my in state and several others, but I'm working to clinch CA and NV right now. In those states:
CA 49 (4th longest)
NV 278 (7th longest)
CO: SH 71 (#2 at 224.65 miles)
It's a N/S highway out on the Eastern Plains, and I'm usually going east/west (or southwest) when I'm out that way.
Where I have lived:
CA (where I grew up): SR 299 (#3 at 305.78 miles)
E/W in NoCal, I grew up in SoCal, and I've only been on I-5 that far north.
OR (where I lived for two years): SR 140 (#1 at 237.01 miles)
Yeah, I usually stayed close to Portland in those days (didn't have a car for much of that time)
For Iowa, IA 78 is it, although my experience with IA 10 consists only of driving its old overlap with IA 60 in Alton.
As for other states I lived in, I assume it's MN 1 for Minnesota, IL 9 for Illinois and NE 61 for Nebraska.
EDIT: I forgot IL 9 overlaps US 24 SW of Peoria and it also overlaps IL 47 in Gibson City, so it's IL 37.
PA 208 (27th longest in PA)
Longest in states I have been in has to be CA 1 at 659 mi. Longest on the east coast is probably NY 3 at 245 mi.
Here in New York, it looks like New York 37's my winner. It's the 18th-longest in the state, at around 125 miles. I've passed by its northern/eastern end in Malone.
Iowa 9 (2nd longest). For the other states I've spent significant time in:
Illinois 16 (9th longest)
M-25 (7th longest)
Either 10 or 116. For the nation, that multistate 200.
Depends on how you count it -- UT 30 is my answer if you count the implied concurrencies on I-84/15 and US 89. I've never used a non-independent part of 30, but I've clinched both implied connections. If the connections don't count, my answer is UT 95.
30 is the longest state route in Utah (second-longest if the implied concurrencies don't count) and 95 is fourth-longest.
As for other states, my travels there tend to be focused on Interstates and US Highways, and if I pick up a random state route concurrency, great. I do try to make an effort to use freeway exits with route designations when I have to stop, though. But for the two other states where I have over 10% of mileage clinched:
Idaho: ID 75, the longest route. (Unless I went to Sun Valley as a baby, in which case it's ID 28, the 4th-longest.)
Colorado: CO 14, the longest -- I've crossed it at I-25 and passed the west end at US 40, but never turned onto it. The longest route I have used in CO is CO 141 in Grand Junction.
For me, in NY it's NY 430, unless you count turning around at the diamond interchange off I-86 exit 10 as traveling on NY 430. If you do, it's NY 34B.
CT: CT 39 at 22.76 miles. I've seen both ends of it, but I've never driven on it.
Other states I've traveled through significant parts of:
MA: I've never driven on MA 28 (151.74 mi). However, I've been a passenger on it, and I've driven part of NH 28. So the true longest I've never been on any part of (including silent concurrencies) is MA 27 at 73.44 mi (crossed it on US 1)
RI: RI 114 at 45.7 mi. Crossed it in several spots
VT: VT 14 at 108.946 miles
NH: NH 107 at 69.108 miles
ME: Would be ME 9 at 289.09 mi, but I've been on VT and NH 9. For non MSR's, ME 6 at 207.23 mi
NY: NY 30 at 300.71 mi. Crossed it on the Thruway and on US 20, but never drove on it
NJ: NJ 35 at 58.11 mi. Crossed it on the parkway and US 1-9, but never drove on it.
PA: PA 18 at 209 mi (never been to western PA)
DE: DE 9 at 58.18 mi Crossed it on DE 1, I-295, I-495, and I-95/US 202
MD: MD 5 at 74.34 mi. Never been to southern MD
I'm pretty sure I've never been on VA 42, which I need to change. (The only longer state routes are VA 40, which I have driven about half of, and the unsigned VA 48, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive, which I have been on.) I may or may not have been on NC 24 in Charlotte once, I'm almost certain I've been on NC 87 before, and I definitely have been on NC 150, but I'm drawing a blank on other very long NC routes.
States I've lived in
Kansas: K-9, second longest in the state at 318 miles.
Illinois (ignoring IL-110 because that isn't a real highway and I haven't been in Illinois since it was commissioned): IL-116, seventh longest in the state at 176 miles.
CA 266 at 12 miles. CA 266 is one of the few remaining state highways I've never driven at all. I drove all of them in Arizona at least in some capacity. I'd have to sit down and really think about Florida given the hundreds of State Roads, even some of the obscure ones can be somewhat lengthy.
Alabama: 51 (25th longest)
Florida: 776 (98th longest)
I have a decent amount of mileage in the next two states, though I haven't lived there...
Mississippi: 57 (roughly 95 miles long, about 30th on the list)
Georgia: GA 540 (18th longest) - I haven't driven in Georgia since the Fall Line Freeway was dedicated in late-2018, so GA 122 is next down the list at 51st.
Texas: TX-6, second longest in the state at 476 miles. I've crossed over it or under it on another highway plenty of times but never deviated onto it.
Wisconsin 27
States I've lived in
Georgia: GA 23, the 11th longest at 240 miles. Given its north-south routing through east and southeast Georgia from Augusta to the Jacksonville, FL area, it's very unlikely that I'd have reason to use it other than for the express purpose of doing so (this also applies to US 301, which it mostly follows).
Maryland: MD 313, the 2nd longest at 75.7 miles. My travels on the Eastern Shore were almost exclusively on US 50.
Other notable states (where I've covered at least 10% of available mileage according to Travel Mapping)
Florida: FL 15, the 8th longest at 324 miles. Not only the signed portion; I haven't been on any of the unsigned parts either.
Virginia: VA 40, the longest at 225 miles. It's long, but doesn't really connect any population centers. I've crossed it on US 29, I-85, and I-95.
Hawaii: HI 11, the longest at 122 miles. Not a very interesting finding since I haven't driven on any island other than Oahu. Limiting it to that island, the answer becomes HI 750, the island's 7th longest at about 8.2 miles.
M-28 for me.
In CA, the only state highways I haven't traveled on are 186 and 188, the short border connectors; did 266 "way back when". Oh -- 207 was established long after the last time I was up at Bear Valley, so I may have driven the actual road at some point in the '60's or '70's, but not as a state route. Otherwise, I've driven on at least a portion of the remainder at some point.
I'd guess that the longest state highway anywhere that I've not driven on -- and this is sort of pushing it -- is the MSR route of IL 9, IN 26, and OH 119 -- or possibly MI 28. I'd like to say MSR 200 (really have had little opportunity there) but I have driven it coincidentally with US 89 and I-90 in MT. Almost used it between US 93 and US 95 several years ago (to check out the parallel MRL rail line), but a very serious storm came up and I just stayed on I-90 over to Spokane.
Quote from: sparker on January 17, 2019, 05:18:22 PM
In CA, the only state highways I haven't traveled on are 186 and 188, the short border connectors; did 266 "way back when". Oh -- 207 was established long after the last time I was up at Bear Valley, so I may have driven the actual road at some point in the '60's or '70's, but not as a state route. Otherwise, I've driven on at least a portion of the remainder at some point.
I've covered over 98% of the CA state route system, including everything outside of the coastal counties from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles. The longest route I haven't touched is CA 27, at about 18 miles. Others completely untraveled are CA 34, CA 107, CA 187, CA 213, CA 229, CA 232, and the CA 1 business route in Cambria.
Ohio - Oh 125, 84.6 miles (I have no idea how to find it's length rank)
Pennsylvania - Pa 191, 109.2 miles
Louisiana - US 80, 199 miles/La 2, 190 miles
Indiana - Ind 56, 189 miles
I have to go far down the list of OK routes to find one that I haven't touched, but that's because I've both traveled a lot in the state, and Oklahoma is unusually prone to concurrencies for whatever reason. Just about every route will piggyback on another to jump over a few miles at some point.
In Virginia, I think it's VA-57, which is 86.45 miles long and is a road I wouldn't really have any reason to use nor much opportunity to drive. Last time I was down that way was our Christmas 2016 trip to Primland and I opted for the US highways instead because I had some gaps there that were a higher priority, plus it was more important to get down there in ample time ahead of dinner because we had to have our luggage transferred to a 4WD vehicle to reach the tree house we'd booked.
For other states, I have no clue. Too much trouble to try to figure it out. I assume it would likely be something in Texas, but who knows because I don't know how Texas's state routes compare to Alaska's for length and I don't care enough to try to find out.
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 17, 2019, 09:34:52 PM
For other states, I have no clue. Too much trouble to try to figure it out. I assume it would likely be something in Texas, but who knows because I don't know how Texas's state routes compare to Alaska's for length and I don't care enough to try to find out.
Short answer is that both Texas and Alaska have individual state routes topping out around 550 miles. But Texas has more long routes, as well as overall state route mileage.
Other states have individual state routes that are even longer, for example CA 1 and MT 200 each over 700 miles (some Great Plains and Mountain states might have their own contenders).
California: CA 96, 146.519 miles (18th longest)
Connecticut: CT 133, 20.05 miles. I've seen this route in Brookfield but don't remember ever driving on it. Longest CT route I've never even seen in real life (even at an intersection) is also the only: CT 182A
I don't remember driving any part of VA 16, and it's 77.5 miles long, so that is my answer. I do remember at least crossing it on I-81 though.
Is it weird that I haven't missed a state route in my own state (or neighboring NH)?
Every route on this list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_state_highways_in_the_United_States). The absolute winner is MT 200.
Taking "state" as meaning "subnational division", then the longest Aragon (Spain) regional route I haven't been yet is A-226 (also the longest regional route here) at about 97 miles. It is split into two sections due to its route dipping into the Valencian Community. I've been past both termini of it, though.
Quote from: oscar on January 17, 2019, 10:09:27 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 17, 2019, 09:34:52 PM
For other states, I have no clue. Too much trouble to try to figure it out. I assume it would likely be something in Texas, but who knows because I don't know how Texas's state routes compare to Alaska's for length and I don't care enough to try to find out.
Short answer is that both Texas and Alaska have individual state routes topping out around 550 miles. But Texas has more long routes, as well as overall state route mileage.
Other states have individual state routes that are even longer, for example CA 1 and MT 200 each over 700 miles (some Great Plains and Mountain states might have their own contenders).
I haven't been to California or Montana, which is why I assumed Texas or Alaska–of the 38 states I've visited, they just seemed the most likely to have the longest state routes, recognizing of course Alaska can be odd due to the overall lack of road coverage.
Oregon - OR 19 (120.6 mi - 8th)
California - CA 49 (295.1 - 4th)
Nevada - NV 225 (100.3 - 4th)
Washington -WA 21 (191.3 - 2nd)
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 17, 2019, 09:32:08 PM
I have to go far down the list of OK routes to find one that I haven't touched
Now some of us are dying to know...
Quote from: formulanone on January 17, 2019, 03:48:11 PM
Alabama: 51 (25th longest)
Same for me at 114 miles. Next longest in AL I haven't been on is AL95 at 63 miles.
Probably IL-96. I've at least crossed every state highway in IL though. There are probably less than 15 I haven't driven on.
TX 16, the longest primary SH in TX, would have to be mine.
Quote from: clong on January 18, 2019, 02:43:25 PM
Quote from: formulanone on January 17, 2019, 03:48:11 PM
Alabama: 51 (25th longest)
Same for me at 114 miles. Next longest in AL I haven't been on is AL95 at 63 miles.
AL 51 is mine as well. If not for a reroute in Prattville it would be AL 14.
M-28 for me
Quote from: oscar on January 17, 2019, 10:09:27 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on January 17, 2019, 09:34:52 PM
For other states, I have no clue. Too much trouble to try to figure it out. I assume it would likely be something in Texas, but who knows because I don't know how Texas's state routes compare to Alaska's for length and I don't care enough to try to find out.
Short answer is that both Texas and Alaska have individual state routes topping out around 550 miles. But Texas has more long routes, as well as overall state route mileage.
Other states have individual state routes that are even longer, for example CA 1 and MT 200 each over 700 miles (some Great Plains and Mountain states might have their own contenders).
SH-16 is the longest state highway in Texas but it's the 9th longest overall highway in the state.
WI-27, though I've crossed it several times. It's the 5th longest I believe, but the next longest I've not been on is WI-55, which is 15th (crossed that one also).
Illinois 96, which ranks 17th. I'm planning to clinch it Thursday, however, if the weather cooperates.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on January 17, 2019, 11:48:32 AM
MN 92, 72.5 miles. I've crossed it though.
Wisconsin: WIS 49, 126.71
Maine: ME 16, 187 miles
Quote from: formulanone on January 17, 2019, 03:48:11 PM
Alabama: 51 (25th longest)
Drove on the overlap with US 82 last week, so now it's SR 95 (41st longest).
EDIT: Oops, it's SR 63.
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 17, 2019, 10:32:54 AM
IN 59, 80 miles long, 30th longest.
Now it's IN 257, 31.35 miles long, 71st longest.
I have Colorado clinched, so obviously that doesn't apply. My second highest percentage state is actually Idaho and I have not traveled on ID3 which is 117.68 miles.
Chris
Since my 2019 post, my answer for New York changed, and is now NY 19, at 108 miles, the 22nd longest state route.
For other states where I've lived or spent the most time:
Massachusetts: MA 27, 71 miles and 7th longest.
Florida: FL 77, 64 miles, 19th longest (counting the three longest A1A segments as separate routes).
New Mexico: I have not traveled the 4 longest routes at all, starting with NM 120 at 117 miles.
In my original post I said the longest (actual) State Route I had not been on was by default MT 200. But later on it was determined CA 1 is actually longer (including its US 101 concurrencies, formally not part of that route), so that is my true answer by default. For any regional routes in Aragon the answer remains unchanged.
Quote from: Flint1979 on January 17, 2019, 11:25:26 AM
I was kind of thinking of the same thing yesterday but never got around to making a post about it, then I see you made this post.
For Michigan, the longest state highway I haven't been on would probably be M-26. It's only 96 miles long.
I'll do a few more states too that I've spent time in but can't be too sure on which highways I have traveled on and which one's I haven't. I know I've never been on M-26 though because I have none of those counties that it goes through clinched. It travels through Ontonagon, Houghton and Keweenaw counties.
For Ohio, I'm going to have to say it's the longest state highway in the state. I have never recalled traveling on SR-7. That highway basically follows the eastern border of the state from near Chesapeake (opposite side of the Ohio River from Huntington, WV) to Conneaut at the very northeastern corner of the state. It ends at SR-531 where SR-531 ends at SR-7 lol.
For Indiana, again the longest state highway in the state wins with SR-62. I love the way Indiana has their numbering system setup, exactly the same way the US highway system is setup. There are some exceptions though with diagonal routes and a few 3 digit highways that act like 2 digit highways.
For Illinois, SR-78. I've been on the longer ones. SR-110, 1 and 9.
I've since been on M-26 in Michigan when I finished up clinching the rest of the counties in the state and also the same for OH-7 so I'm not sure about Ohio anymore but Michigan's would now be M-69 as I don't think I've ever been on that highway although I have driven past it's western terminus in Crystal Falls but never been on it.
Quote from: US 89 on January 17, 2019, 01:52:31 PM
Depends on how you count it -- UT 30 is my answer if you count the implied concurrencies on I-84/15 and US 89. I've never used a non-independent part of 30, but I've clinched both implied connections. If the connections don't count, my answer is UT 95.
30 is the longest state route in Utah (second-longest if the implied concurrencies don't count) and 95 is fourth-longest.
As for other states, my travels there tend to be focused on Interstates and US Highways, and if I pick up a random state route concurrency, great. I do try to make an effort to use freeway exits with route designations when I have to stop, though. But for the two other states where I have over 10% of mileage clinched:
Idaho: ID 75, the longest route. (Unless I went to Sun Valley as a baby, in which case it's ID 28, the 4th-longest.)
Colorado: CO 14, the longest -- I've crossed it at I-25 and passed the west end at US 40, but never turned onto it. The longest route I have used in CO is CO 141 in Grand Junction.
Almost every aspect of this answer has changed over the past 2.5 years. As far as Utah goes, I've now clinched SR 30 and 95, so the longest Utah state route I've never been on is now 276. I've also now driven Colorado's SH 14 west of Walden, leaving SH 71 as the longest route I have zero mileage on in that state. Idaho is still the same.
I do now have four more states where I've clinched over 10% of the state highway mileage. Those states and my longest untraveled routes in them are:
- Wyoming: WYO 59
- Georgia: SR 38
- Nevada: SR 318 (yes, the longest route - my travels here remain very heavily US and Interstate focused. longest route I
have been on would be 233)
- New Mexico: NM 120 (see Nevada above - longest I have been on here is NM 456)
For Ohio, it was OH 7 (longest in the state) until a couple weeks ago when I been on the short section concurrent with US 22 on a drive to Pittsburgh. Now it's OH 93, the third longest.
The entire chain of Route 200s (Washington/Idaho/Montana/North Dakota/Minnesota)
I have been on MD 2, the longest in my state at 79.24 miles, all the way from its south end in Solomons to MD 10 in Pasadena, as well as two blocks of it on St. Paul Street between Mount Royal Avenue (at the ramp from I-83) and Biddle Street in Baltimore. MD 355 is my longest non-traveled Maryland route at 36.94 miles.
PA: PA 414 (77.32 miles)
NY: NY 30 (291.13 miles)
NJ: NJ 70 (60.22 miles)
VA: VA 57 (86.45 miles)
MD: MD 32 (50.63 miles)
NC: NC 27 (197.17 miles)
DE: DE 16 (30.16 miles) (I am looking to get a full clinch of DE eventually.)
WV: WV 20 (253.65 miles)
OH: OH 4 (209.47 miles)
*Mileage is based on Travel Mapping
I have not driven enough mileage in other states to bother.
For the states that I have either lived in, or have significant driving mileage in:
Maryland: MD 12 (about 30 miles) - one on my planned road trips will get some (if not all) of it.
Pennsylvania: PA 18 (about 200 miles; longest in the state)
Florida: FL 50 (about 120 miles; not sure how I missed it while I was there)
Virginia: VA 40 (about 225 miles)
Delaware: DE 30 (about 45 miles)
Washington DC: None :bigass:
For all states, I'm sure it would be MT 200.
CT: CT 4 (46 mi)
MA: MA 38 (27 mi)
ME: ME 6 (207 mi)
NH: NH 111 (50 mi)
NY: NY 5 (370 mi)
RI: RI 102 (44 mi)
VT: VT 243 (1 mi)
The only state routes I haven't been on in IL are IL103, IL141, and IL166. I guess IL141 is the longest out of those :bigass:
Quote from: jayhawkco on July 27, 2021, 04:31:48 PM
I have Colorado clinched, so obviously that doesn't apply. My second highest percentage state is actually Idaho and I have not traveled on ID3 which is 117.68 miles.
Chris
And looks like my longest overall is TX16 as I have been on MT200, CA1, OK3, and AK1.
Chris
I've clinched all of NH and MA.
Looking at my other top 10 most traveled (by %) states:
RI: 101
VT: 104
ME: 161
CT: 53
VA: 57
NJ: 47*
NY: 30
UT: 21
*state's longest route
In my state (Illinois), the longest state road that I've been on is Illinois Route 16.
If we're talking all of the state roads, I haven't been on Montana Route 200, which is apparently the longest numbered state road in the country. If we're counting state roads in different states which share a number and connect to each other, I'm gonna clinch it in a couple weeks, but if not, I'm not going to Montana anytime soon to do it.
I've driven through an intersection with WI-80. I was on WI-80's pavement, I'm counting it.
So then it's WI-81, which is 124 miles long, the 24th longest state trunkline.
It's not WI-81, I've been on the Monroe bypass.
Final answer is the 81.5-mile WI-40, the 33rd longest.
VA-40 for me, the longest route in the state. It's sort of long but not ridiculously so--my state is not known for its long state routes. With no huge towns along the route and no major concurrencies, I've had no reason to travel it.
Arizona: 87
Arkansas: 14
British Columbia: 97
California: 49
Colorado: 14
Idaho: 75
Iowa: 3
Louisiana: 4
Michigan: 72
Minnesota: 1
Missouri: 5
Montana: 3
New Mexico: 120
New York: 17
North Dakota: 5
Ontario: 17
Oregon: 31
South Dakota: 20
Texas: 16
Utah: 24
Vermont: 30
Washington: 20
West Bengal: 12
Wisconsin: 32
Wyoming: 28
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 27, 2021, 09:08:03 PM
PA: PA 414 (77.32 miles)
NY: NY 30 (291.13 miles)
NJ: NJ 70 (60.22 miles)
VA: VA 57 (86.45 miles)
MD: MD 32 (50.63 miles)
NC: NC 27 (197.17 miles)
DE: DE 16 (30.16 miles) (I am looking to get a full clinch of DE eventually.)
WV: WV 20 (253.65 miles)
OH: OH 4 (209.47 miles)
*Mileage is based on Travel Mapping
I have not driven enough mileage in other states to bother.
Updating since DE is fully clinched, and I have traveled on NY 30, NJ 70 (clinched), MD 32 (clinched), WV 20, and OH 4 since my original post. I still do not think that any other states are worth doing at the moment besides AZ since I did do a full-on trip there about a year ago.
NY: NY 3 (244.64 miles)
NJ: NJ 72 (29.35 miles)
MD: MD 224 (26.71 miles)
WV: WV 10 (137.71 miles)
OH: OH 13 (165.09 miles, feels like one of the few north-south routes that I have not snuck in at least a concurrency on)
AZ: AZ 87 (286.67 miles, longest route in the state, was on my original route plan in September 2021, but got cut in the midst of redoing my route plan so that I could close the gap on US 60 between Phoenix and Globe on the Friday of that week as US 60 was closed for a bridge project on Tuesday)
MN: MN 102 - 19.3 miles
ND: ND 22 - 156 miles
Since my last post in this thread, I've finished off Indiana. My second most-traveled state is Illinois and the longest route I haven't been on is IL 4, which is 172 miles long.
Quote from: thspfc on July 29, 2021, 07:02:16 PM
I've driven through an intersection with WI-80. I was on WI-80's pavement, I'm counting it.
So then it's WI-81, which is 124 miles long, the 24th longest state trunkline.
It's not WI-81, I've been on the Monroe bypass.
Final answer is the 81.5-mile WI-40, the 33rd longest.
I was on WI-40 last month, so make it the 68-mile WI-93.
Quote from: webny99 on January 17, 2019, 09:54:03 AM
What is the longest state route you have never been on?
Firstly in your own state, and then in any other states you may have lived or traveled in.
Wow! I made it further down the list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_New_York) than I thought I would.
Thanks to catching a section of NY 22 last August (and the NY 365/NY 26 multiplex), I now have traveled all of the top ten.
And I have been on NY 7 and NY 104, as well, so the longest I haven't been on, at #13, is NY 32.
I didn't even remember starting this thread, but anyways, my answer is unchanged in the last 3+ years. I still haven't been on NY 32, although I have now crossed it at-grade on NY 23A, so I can at least say I've seen it. I also picked up quite a bit of non-concurrent mileage on NY 26 for the first time this past weekend.
I believe the longest I haven’t been on is ME 11 at a total of 401 miles. In my state, I’ve been on all the longest routes.
Quote from: oscar on January 17, 2019, 11:37:41 AM
In Virginia, VA 94 in southwestern Virginia (26.17 miles, 56th longest). This doesn't include state-maintained secondary routes.
I've covered everything in AK, HI, MD, DE, and DC. I don't feel like repeating this exercise for all the remaining 45 states, though my longest completely untraveled state route anywhere might be AR 9 (230.12 miles in two segments).
I did a quick TM check of every state west of the Mississippi, and some of the larger states in the eastern U.S. My longest completely untraveled state route is probably Washington 26 (about 134 miles long).
Arkansas 9 no longer tops my list. Since my previous post, I've traveled part of the longer AR 9 segment, and the shorter one is only about 52 miles long.
Taking this into Canadian provinces and territories, my longest completely untraveled route up there is Quebec 167, about 341 miles long. Nobody else on TM has traveled any of that remote northern Quebec route, either.
I lived in Michigan but have never been on MI-28, the longest highway in the state (goes east-west across the Upper Peninsula).
As regards other states I've lived in:
Ohio - don't know for certain.
Colorado - CO-149, 8th longest in the state, it's a lightly traveled highway deep in the Rockies.
Pennsylvania - PA-44, 3rd longest in the state, lightly traveled highway in the north-central PA forests.
California - CA-299, 3rd longest in the state, east-west highway that transverses far northern California.
So I went down this rabbit hole. Of the states where I have been on the longest state route:
Haven't been on 2nd longest state route
KS 9
KY 7
MO 13
SC 34
SD 20
UT 24
VT 30
WI 13
WY 59
Haven't been on 3rd longest state route
CA 33
MA 9
NY 30
OK 51
Haven't been on the 4th longest state route
NH 11
Haven't been on 11th longest state route
IL 4
Have been on all state/district routes
DC
IN
For me in New York, it's NY 28 (5th longest in the state).
Washington: seems to be SR 206, as I have at least been on a tiny portion of the other highways listed at 0% on TM (usually not long enough for a segment, though). SR 206 is a mere 15 miles long and is the 78th longest highway in the state.
Quote from: kphoger on January 18, 2019, 02:19:50 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 17, 2019, 09:32:08 PM
I have to go far down the list of OK routes to find one that I haven't touched
Now some of us are dying to know...
I initially didn't bother to find the answer because I figured it'd be tedious, but I forgot that Travel Mapping is quite good at distilling answers to this sort of question.
I apparently have not touched OK-30 at all, the 35th-longest route. It is both far away from me (paralleling the western OK-TX line just a few miles in) and unusually devoid of concurrencies (its only concurrencies are with Biz I-40 in Erick, a route type I usually only bother with if I'm really bored, and OK-47, a route which I have traveled so little on that it shows as zero on TM).
Maybe on my trip to Nevada next month I'll hit it up for a few miles on my way out.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on September 07, 2022, 03:11:11 PM
The longest route in Illinois I haven't traveled is Illinois 143. Illinois 143 is ranked 67th :bigass:
https://travelmapping.net/user/system.php?units=miles&u=paulthemapguy&sys=usail&rg=IL
So I was looking at your map, and there's a one block segment of IL 143 in Alton that is not marked, but it's right between segments of US 67 and IL 140 that are marked, so did you overlook that or did you somehow do some weird u-turns to avoid that segment?
Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on September 12, 2022, 08:02:05 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on September 07, 2022, 03:11:11 PM
The longest route in Illinois I haven't traveled is Illinois 143. Illinois 143 is ranked 67th :bigass:
https://travelmapping.net/user/system.php?units=miles&u=paulthemapguy&sys=usail&rg=IL
So I was looking at your map, and there's a one block segment of IL 143 in Alton that is not marked, but it's right between segments of US 67 and IL 140 that are marked, so did you overlook that or did you somehow do some weird u-turns to avoid that segment?
You're right! I HAVE been on that tiny little niblet of IL-143! That kicks me all the way down to IL-153, which is ranked like 114th. I did drive a tiny piece of it to get a picture of this southern end marker, but we'll just say that doesn't count. Overall, IL153, IL141, IL166, and IL103 are the only IL state highways for which I have no mileage.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49767509326_5899328769_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iPMuDC)
IL-153ST (https://flic.kr/p/2iPMuDC) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Quote from: webny99 on January 17, 2019, 09:54:03 AM
What is the longest state route you have never been on?
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Wow! I made it further down the list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_routes_in_New_York) than I thought I would.
Thanks to catching a section of NY 22 last August (and the NY 365/NY 26 (#10) multiplex), I now have traveled all of the top ten.
And I have been on NY 7 and NY 104, as well, so the longest I haven't been on, at #13, is NY 32.
Finally picked up a section of NY 32 near Glens Falls, so I'm down to #18 on the list:
NY 37 (127.24 miles).
Beyond that, NY 25 and NY 27 stand out as the only routes over 75 miles in length that I haven't been on.
With all of the concurrencies and disconnected segments of state routes in Arkansas, this was somewhat of a nightmare to figure out, but I finally got one I have never dropped a tire on despite living in the state all of my life and travelling much of it.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Arkansas_13.svg/24px-Arkansas_13.svg.png)
Now there's likely no easy way to figure out where it ranks in terms of longest state routes. At least not one I could be bothered with at this point. According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Highway_13), it has 3 segments of 54.58, 9.90, and 6.13 miles.
In Colorado, it appears to be CO 59 (#4), unless I have been on it off I-76 or in Yuma, then it will be 141 (#5).
Haven't been on 2nd longest state route
KS 9
KY 7
MO 13
SC 34
SD 20
UT 24
VT 30
WY 59
Haven't been on 3rd longest state route
CA 33
MA 9
NY 30
OK 51
Haven't been on the 4th longest state route
NH 11
Haven't been on 12th longest state route
IL 127
WI 16
Haven't been on the 22nd longest state route
MI 123
Have been on all state/district routes
DC
IN
Haven't Been On Longest Route
AL 3 (374 miles)
AS 1 (23)
AR 7 (296)
CT 15 (84)
DC 295 (4)
FL 60 (161)
GA 11 (376)
GU 1 (21)
HI 11 (122)
IA 3 (323)
KY 80 (476)
LA 1 (432)
MA 28 (152)
MI 28 (290)
MN 1 (346)
NE 92 (489)
NV 318 (111)
NJ 444 (172)
NC 24 (278)
ND 200 (416)
NMI 30 (12)
OR 140 (237)
PA 18 (209)
PR 2 (143)
RI 138 (48)
TN 22 (171)
TX 16 (542)
UT 24 (160)
VT 100 (217)
VA 48 (321)
VI 30 (14)
WV 20 (256)
BC97 (1293)
NL (TCH) 1 (561)
NT 1 (429)
ON 17 (1220)
QC 132 (1002)
SK 2 (496)
YT 1 (595)
Haven't Been On Second Longest Route
DE 9 (58 miles)
IL 1 (323)
MS 35 (274)
MT 3 (222)
NM 9 (109)
NY 5 (371)
OH 3 (256)
SD 20 (385)
WA 21 (191)
WI 13 (338)
AB 41 (428)
MB 6 (455)
NB 11 (201)
Haven't Been On Third Longest Route
AK 11 (414 miles)
CA 299 (306)
MD 5 (74)
MO 32 (283)
SC 121 (134)
Haven't Been On Fourth Longest Route
AZ 264 (154 miles)
IN 56 (193)
ME 16 (190)
PE 12 (70)
Haven't Been On Fifth Longest Route
NH 25 (97 miles)
OK 33 (234)
WY 28 (97)
Haven't Been On Sixth Longest Route
ID 3 (118 miles)
Haven't Been On Eleventh Longest Route
NS 6 (85 miles)
Haven't Been On Sixteenth Longest Route
KS 148 (87 miles)
Have Been On All State/Provincial/Territorial Routes
CO
Quote from: flan on September 06, 2022, 12:10:16 AM
MN: MN 102 - 19.3 miles
ND: ND 22 - 156 miles
I have since clinched MN 102, but I forgot that I hadn't (and still haven't) ever driven on MN 169, which is 48.9 miles long.
The longest highway in North Dakota that I haven't driven on is now ND 50, at 100.2 miles long.
Wisconsin: WI 33, 200.8 miles.
Haven't been on longest:
TN-1
GA-11
SC-9
DC-295
Haven't been on 2nd longest:
MD-313
DE-9
Haven't been on 3rd longest:
NC-42
Haven't been on 4th longest:
FL-10
Haven't been on 6th longest:
VA-10
Quote from: dlsterner on July 27, 2021, 10:24:49 PM
For the states that I have either lived in, or have significant driving mileage in:
Maryland: MD 12 (about 30 miles) - one on my planned road trips will get some (if not all) of it.
Pennsylvania: PA 18 (about 200 miles; longest in the state)
Florida: FL 50 (about 120 miles; not sure how I missed it while I was there)
Virginia: VA 40 (about 225 miles)
Delaware: DE 30 (about 45 miles)
Washington DC: None :bigass:
For all states, I'm sure it would be MT 200.
Updating after a few years...
Maryland:
MD 224 (about 27 miles)Delaware:
DE 24 (about 41 miles) (DE 30 was truncated in 2022)
WI: WI 40 at 80.1 miles
IL: IL 48 at 86.4 miles
For Washington, the answer is none. I have been on a section of the four remaining unclinched routes I have left.
For Oregon, it's US 95 (123 miles) or OR 74 (82 miles). For BC, it's Highway 16 (664 miles).
New Jersey I've been on a good part of Route 47, but need it where NJ 347 and NJ 55 bypass it. That is the states's longest state route designation.
In Louisiana to try La 1 would be a feat. Been on it from Baton Rouge down to La Fourche Parish at La 24 so far.
OK SH 3 would be a great feat to do as well as all of TX SH 6.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on September 05, 2022, 11:55:17 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 27, 2021, 09:08:03 PM
PA: PA 414 (77.32 miles)
NY: NY 30 (291.13 miles)
NJ: NJ 70 (60.22 miles)
VA: VA 57 (86.45 miles)
MD: MD 32 (50.63 miles)
NC: NC 27 (197.17 miles)
DE: DE 16 (30.16 miles) (I am looking to get a full clinch of DE eventually.)
WV: WV 20 (253.65 miles)
OH: OH 4 (209.47 miles)
*Mileage is based on Travel Mapping
I have not driven enough mileage in other states to bother.
Updating since DE is fully clinched, and I have traveled on NY 30, NJ 70 (clinched), MD 32 (clinched), WV 20, and OH 4 since my original post. I still do not think that any other states are worth doing at the moment besides AZ since I did do a full-on trip there about a year ago.
NY: NY 3 (244.64 miles)
NJ: NJ 72 (29.35 miles)
MD: MD 224 (26.71 miles)
WV: WV 10 (137.71 miles)
OH: OH 13 (165.09 miles, feels like one of the few north-south routes that I have not snuck in at least a concurrency on)
AZ: AZ 87 (286.67 miles, longest route in the state, was on my original route plan in September 2021, but got cut in the midst of redoing my route plan so that I could close the gap on US 60 between Phoenix and Globe on the Friday of that week as US 60 was closed for a bridge project on Tuesday)
Updating since MD is fully clinched in Travel Mapping now, and a few other states are worth adding IMO:
PA: PA 247 (49.74 miles, I gained mileage on PA 414 back in December 2022 while clinching PA 287)
NJ: NJ 36 (24.65 miles, I am looking to finish NJ soon at this point)
OH: OH 47 (105.80 miles, I was just east of the eastern terminus while clinching US 23 between Toledo and Columbus last month)
FL: FL 70 (150.29 miles)
IN: IN 56 (195.46 miles)
KY: KY 52 (159.86 miles)
GA: GA 7 (217.54 miles)
IL: IL 16 (175.42 miles)
TN: TN 100 (156.71 miles)
SC: SC 34 (185.22 miles)
AR: AR 7 (297.15 miles, longest)
I do not think I have done enough travel in other states to add them yet though LA 1, M-28, and MO 5 are the longest and my longest for those states.
I'm using TM state highway system tables to determine rankings, since combining all the disconnected segments of the same numbered route takes too much effort. Maybe I'll get around to it someday. For the 48 states I've driven in:
Haven't Been on Longest
TX 16 (567.00 miles)
ND 200 (417.59 miles)
WA 20 (416.09 miles)
OK 3 (389.94 miles)
AR 7 (297.15 miles)
NC 24 (281.03 miles)
SC 9 (259.17 miles)
OR 140 (243.70 miles)
VA 40 (225.19 miles)
ID 75 (166.18 miles)
NM 120 (116.91 miles)
NV 318 (112.24 miles)
Haven't Been on 2nd Longest
CA 99 (432.03 miles)
SD 20 Main (402.29 miles)
NE 2 (373.57 miles)
GA 1 (357.47 miles)
CO 14 (231.17 miles)
MT 3 (224.06 miles)
WY 59 (175.70 miles)
TN 100 (156.71 miles)
MD 313 (75.03 miles)
Haven't Been on 3rd Longest
MN 65 Main (273.34 miles)
MS 25 (265.77 miles)
UT 12 (123.39 miles)
Haven't Been on 4th Longest
AZ 264 (153.70 miles)
Haven't Been on 5th Longest
IA 2 (253.43 miles)
FL 50 (115.82 miles)
Haven't Been on 7th Longest
AL 25 (169.37 miles)
DE 16 (30.43 miles)
Haven't Been on 8th Longest
LA 10 Ville Platte (112.97 miles)
Haven't Been on 9th Longest
WI 54 (242.42 miles)
MI 50 (142.22 miles)
KY 70 Madisonville (137.75 miles)
WV 7 (100.48 miles)
Haven't Been on 10th Longest
PA 56 (106.51 miles)
Haven't Been on 13th Longest
IN 19 (147.28 miles)
MO 94 (132.73 miles)
Haven't Been on 15th Longest
IL 13 (150.18 miles)
Haven't Been on 16th Longest
KS 148 (87.82 miles)
Haven't Been on 34th Longest
OH 95 (89.30 miles)
Haven't Been on 43rd Longest
NJ 7 (9.57 miles)
Haven't Been on 46th Longest
NY 25A (71.96 miles)
Haven't Been on 51st Longest
ME 227 (24.32 miles)
Have Been on All
MA, NH, CT, VT, RI
Since this has been bumped, here are my tiered lists, excluding states I haven't been to and with rounded mileages.
Haven't Been on Longest
AL 3 (386)
AK 1 (543)
AR 7 (296)
CO 14 (237)
CT 15 (83)
FL 5 (533)
GA 11 (374)
ID 75 (171)
IL 1 (336)
IN 37 (229)
IA 3 (326)
KY 80 (465)
MA 28 (152)
MS 15 (344)
MO 5 (355)
MT 200 (706)
NE 92 (489)
OH 7 (336)
OK 3 (615)
PA 18 (205)
RI 138 (48)
TN 1 (539)
UT 24 (160)
VT 100 (216)
VA 40 (228)
WA 20 (436)
WV 20 (262)
WY: 789 (407)
Haven't Been on Second-Longest
DE 9 (58)
KS 9 (318)
NJ 70 (60)
NY 5 (371)
SC 34 (186)
SD 20 (385)
Haven't Been on Third-Longest
ME 6 (207)
NH 9 (110)
NC 42 (223)
Haven't Been on Tenth-Longest
MD 6 (47)
New York has NY 5 in which I've been on parts, which is the longest in that state.
NY 17 and NY 22 are two more of the longest ( don't know which is longer) but only drove parts of them.
Need all three in the Empire State.
VA: VA-40 (the longest)
OK: OK-10 (6th longest)
My Ohio entry is now OH 26, which is the 51st longest in the state at 66.91 miles.
Quote from: clong on January 18, 2019, 02:43:25 PM
Quote from: formulanone on January 17, 2019, 03:48:11 PM
Alabama: 51 (25th longest)
Same for me at 114 miles. Next longest in AL I haven't been on is AL95 at 63 miles.
Now AL95, which is 40 miles.
Quote from: clong on November 03, 2023, 05:54:29 PM
Quote from: clong on January 18, 2019, 02:43:25 PM
Quote from: formulanone on January 17, 2019, 03:48:11 PM
Alabama: 51 (25th longest)
Same for me at 114 miles. Next longest in AL I haven't been on is AL95 at 63 miles.
Now AL95, which is 40 miles.
I drove on the CR 95 section from the state line a few years back. I still haven't been in AL 63, which is longer. (Then 95, 106, 131, and 223.)
For me, it would be VA 48, which is the longest in VA
The longest one I have been on in VA is VA 42 (3rd longest), from Bland to New Castle (yes I know, they're technically two different segments), and the longest one clinched is VA 100 (which is ~27th, and I'm surprised 311 isn't longer but I digress)
Now for each state I've visited (most of these will probably be near the if not the top of the list in their respective states):
Haven't been on (longest)
FL: FL 5
GA: GA 11
KY: KY 7
MA: MA 28
MD: MD 2
ME: ME 11
NC: NC 24
PA: PA 18
SC: SC 9
Haven't been on (2nd place)
CT: CT 8
NJ: NJ 47
NY: NY 5
OH: OH 3
TN: TN 15
VT: VT 30
Haven't been on (3rd longest)
NH: NH 9
Haven't been on (5th longest)
WV: WV 28
Haven't Been on Longest
AL 3 (374.38 mi)
AR 7 (296.01 mi)
DC 295 (4.29 mi)
GA 11 (376 mi)
ID 75 (170.67 mi)
IA 3 (323.1 mi)
KS 4 (369.08 mi)
MD 2 (79.24 mi)
MN 1 (345.95 mi)
MS 15 (322.77 mi)
MT 200 (706.62 mi)
NV 318 (110.76 mi)
NM 120 (119.03 mi)
ND 200 (415.78 mi)
OR 140 (237.01 mi)
SC 9 (259.57 mi)
SD 34 (419.01 mi)
UT 24 (160.29 mi)
VA 48 (321.2 mi)
WA 20 (436.13 mi)
Haven't Been on 2nd Longest
MO 13 (290.61 mi)
NE 2 (422.29 mi)
OK 9 (348.1 mi)
TN 15 (261.64 mi)
TX 6 (476.38 mi)
Haven't Been on 3rd Longest
CA 299 (305.78 mi)
Haven't Been on 4th Longest
AZ 264 (154.35 mi)
CO 59 (173.3 mi)
FL 10 (394.524 mi)
Haven't Been on 5th Longest
WY 28 (96.5 mi)
Huh. I didn't expect Wyoming to be the best for me.
It's been five years since I posted here, so I'll check in with some new states:
Florida: SR 30 (11th-longest). Longest standalone: SR 70 (second-longest of those that aren't hidden designations for Interstates or US Routes)
Illinois: IL 127 (12th-longest)
Indiana: SR 9 (5th-longest, for now)
Iowa: IA 9 (2nd-longest)
Michigan: M-25 (7th-longest)
Wisconsin: WIS 27 (5th-longest)
As far as I know, I haven't been on the longest route of any other states, unless there's an overlap I'm not aware of.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on October 18, 2023, 07:00:33 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on September 05, 2022, 11:55:17 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 27, 2021, 09:08:03 PM
PA: PA 414 (77.32 miles)
NY: NY 30 (291.13 miles)
NJ: NJ 70 (60.22 miles)
VA: VA 57 (86.45 miles)
MD: MD 32 (50.63 miles)
NC: NC 27 (197.17 miles)
DE: DE 16 (30.16 miles) (I am looking to get a full clinch of DE eventually.)
WV: WV 20 (253.65 miles)
OH: OH 4 (209.47 miles)
*Mileage is based on Travel Mapping
I have not driven enough mileage in other states to bother.
Updating since DE is fully clinched, and I have traveled on NY 30, NJ 70 (clinched), MD 32 (clinched), WV 20, and OH 4 since my original post. I still do not think that any other states are worth doing at the moment besides AZ since I did do a full-on trip there about a year ago.
NY: NY 3 (244.64 miles)
NJ: NJ 72 (29.35 miles)
MD: MD 224 (26.71 miles)
WV: WV 10 (137.71 miles)
OH: OH 13 (165.09 miles, feels like one of the few north-south routes that I have not snuck in at least a concurrency on)
AZ: AZ 87 (286.67 miles, longest route in the state, was on my original route plan in September 2021, but got cut in the midst of redoing my route plan so that I could close the gap on US 60 between Phoenix and Globe on the Friday of that week as US 60 was closed for a bridge project on Tuesday)
Updating since MD is fully clinched in Travel Mapping now, and a few other states are worth adding IMO:
PA: PA 247 (49.74 miles, I gained mileage on PA 414 back in December 2022 while clinching PA 287)
NJ: NJ 36 (24.65 miles, I am looking to finish NJ soon at this point)
OH: OH 47 (105.80 miles, I was just east of the eastern terminus while clinching US 23 between Toledo and Columbus last month)
FL: FL 70 (150.29 miles)
IN: IN 56 (195.46 miles)
KY: KY 52 (159.86 miles)
GA: GA 7 (217.54 miles)
IL: IL 16 (175.42 miles)
TN: TN 100 (156.71 miles)
SC: SC 34 (185.22 miles)
AR: AR 7 (297.15 miles, longest)
I do not think I have done enough travel in other states to add them yet though LA 1, M-28, and MO 5 are the longest and my longest for those states.
Today's update though my list file has not been updated yet to include PA 247.
PA: PA 187 (41.78 miles)
VA: VA 72 (43.78 miles)
NJ: NJ 68 (8 miles)
CA: CA 190 (178 miles)
Pennsylvania: PA 18 at 205 miles
New Jersey: NJ 23 at 52.63 miles
Delaware: DE 17 at 8.30 miles
Maryland: MD 4 at 64.85 miles
Quote from: Dough4872 on February 05, 2024, 10:26:08 PM
Delaware: DE 17 at 8.30 miles
I honestly would have expected DE for you to be something a bit longer than DE 17.
Quote from: dfilpus on January 17, 2019, 11:34:30 AM
North Carolina: NC 12, 14th longest.
Since the, I've driven all of NC 12 from Hatteras north. Now the answer is NC 10, 48.3 mi, #54 in state.
I did a recount in Travel Mapping; was off by a few here and there and had a few new ones to add...
AL: 63 (38th, excluding hidden SRs)
FL: 65 (17th, excluding hidden SRs)
TN: 131 (22nd, excluding hidden SRs)
MS: 341 (36th)
NC: 12 (14th)
TX: 207 (6th)
IN: 66 (12th)
LA: 4 (5th)
PA: 144 (11th)
IL: 16 (8th)
In the two states I've driven in the most:
LA: LA 308
TX: TX 16