Most 2dis clinchable in one day

[Scott5114]

What is the greatest number of 2dis that is clinchable in one day of driving? Let's cap a "day" of driving at 12 hours, since we don't want to overtax ourselves.

If you wake up in Amarillo, TX, you can drive the length of I-27, swing down to Copperas Cove and take the entirety of I-14 to Belton, then take I-35 down to San Antonio and ride I-37 into Corpus Christi. That gives you three interstates in a little over 11 hours according to Google (but this involves driving through Austin, which is a major time sink, so it's probably closer to 12).

I'm sure you can do better in Illinois, North Carolina, or the Northeast.

[hotdogPi]

It might be possible to get 66, 68, 83, and 97 all in one day, but I'm not sure.

[froggie]

^ Add 78 and yes it's doable in about 9 hours without traffic.  So that would be 5 in one day.

[Max Rockatansky]

What the same challenge but with 2D US Routes?

[thspfc]

5 is tough to beat. I can find three in several places.

[Beltway]

It might be possible to get 66, 68, 83, and 97 all in one day, but I'm not sure.

76, 70, 68, 81, 66, 95, 97, 83
Doable in one day!

Keyword clinch.

Deleted before you posted.

I originally thought "touchable".

[webny99]

I think 5 may be the most, unless more can be done in Illinois / Wisconsin.

This is a good topic though and there are three variants I'm considering:

Most 2dis touchable in one day
Most 3dis clinchable in one day
Most interstates touchable in one day

[thspfc]

I think 5 may be the most, unless more can be done in Illinois / Wisconsin.

This is a good topic though and there are three variants I'm considering:

Most 2dis touchable in one day
Most 3dis clinchable in one day
Most interstates touchable in one day

I tried to come up with a route in the midwest where you could clinch lots of 2dis, particularly looking at I-96, I-88, I-72, I-39, I-41, and I-43, but the most I could get was three.

[Flint1979]

I'm pretty sure I could do six.

I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.

[Terry Shea]

I'm pretty sure I could do six.

I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.

Maybe with a NASA rocket engine.  Clinch, clinch, clinch!

[Flint1979]

I'm pretty sure I could do six.

I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.

Maybe with a NASA rocket engine.  Clinch, clinch, clinch!

Well starting out I would already have I-75 clinched, then I could take I-69 back to I-475 to I-75 again to ride on I-69, then to I-94 to I-96, then down to the Ohio Turnpike to get I-80 and I-90, then east to get I-71 to I-77. I think that's reachable in one day.

[hotdogPi]

I'm pretty sure I could do six.

I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.

Maybe with a NASA rocket engine.  Clinch, clinch, clinch!

Well starting out I would already have I-75 clinched, then I could take I-69 back to I-475 to I-75 again to ride on I-69, then to I-94 to I-96, then down to the Ohio Turnpike to get I-80 and I-90, then east to get I-71 to I-77. I think that's reachable in one day.

That's not clinching the routes.

[Flint1979]

I think 5 may be the most, unless more can be done in Illinois / Wisconsin.

This is a good topic though and there are three variants I'm considering:

Most 2dis touchable in one day
Most 3dis clinchable in one day
Most interstates touchable in one day

Well just think that when your in Wisconsin you can clinch three Interstate's at the same time. I-39, I-90 and I-94.

[Rothman]

I'm pretty sure I could do six.

I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.

Maybe with a NASA rocket engine.  Clinch, clinch, clinch!

Well starting out I would already have I-75 clinched, then I could take I-69 back to I-475 to I-75 again to ride on I-69, then to I-94 to I-96, then down to the Ohio Turnpike to get I-80 and I-90, then east to get I-71 to I-77. I think that's reachable in one day.

That's not clinching the routes.

^This.

[Flint1979]

I'm pretty sure I could do six.

I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.

Maybe with a NASA rocket engine.  Clinch, clinch, clinch!

Well starting out I would already have I-75 clinched, then I could take I-69 back to I-475 to I-75 again to ride on I-69, then to I-94 to I-96, then down to the Ohio Turnpike to get I-80 and I-90, then east to get I-71 to I-77. I think that's reachable in one day.

That's not clinching the routes.

Then how in the heck is the I-35 example in the OP clinching that route? You aren't going to clinch I-35 in one day. It would take you about 22 hours of driving to clinch I-35.

[Flint1979]

That's 750 miles of driving in one day per the example of the OP. The amount of time it's going to take you to drive that is probably shorter than reality due to the fact that you'll be stopping at some point to either get gas, get food or something and traffic can be an issue as well.

[hotdogPi]

I'm pretty sure I could do six.

I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.

Maybe with a NASA rocket engine.  Clinch, clinch, clinch!

Well starting out I would already have I-75 clinched, then I could take I-69 back to I-475 to I-75 again to ride on I-69, then to I-94 to I-96, then down to the Ohio Turnpike to get I-80 and I-90, then east to get I-71 to I-77. I think that's reachable in one day.

That's not clinching the routes.

Then how in the heck is the I-35 example in the OP clinching that route? You aren't going to clinch I-35 in one day. It would take you about 22 hours of driving to clinch I-35.

I-35 isn't clinched in the OP's example. It says that three routes (27, 14, 37) are clinched, not four.

[thspfc]

What's all the confusion in this thread? How many 2 digit Interstates can you clinch - meaning drive all of - in a single day. Not "touch" or "cross" or "finish" if you've clinched most of it, but drive from start to finish.

[Jim]

For a variation on this, I am looking at what's the best I can do starting at my house.

3: I-88 (I-81) I-84 (I-90,I-495,I-93) I-89 could be done in about 12 hours with really good traffic.

Closest I have come to finding a 4, but it's outside 12 hours even not factoring in traffic and stops: I-88 (NY 17/I-86)  I-99 (all signed segments) (I-76,US119) I-68 (I-70,I-81) I-66.  If I came that far in a very long day, I'd have to shoot over to Annapolis and go up I-97 to make it 5.  But then I'm way beyond the 12-hour limit.

[formulanone]

If you want to count lettered-suffixes, then I-2, I-69E, I-69C in the Rio Grande Valley, shoot over to Laredo for I-69W and collect 'em all. Easy peasy!

Edit: It looks like you only need one border crossing, at I-69W. Google Maps puts it at about 6 hours.

Unfortunately, they're effectively 3dis with a promotion, which means they're kind of ineligible for the challenge.

[oscar]

Edit: It looks like you only need one border crossing, at I-69W. Google Maps puts it at about 6 hours.

Nope on the border crossing. I-69W ends (per AASHTO) at an at-grade intersection just before the toll plaza for the bridge, helpfully marked with a "Back to U.S.A." sign, and sometimes a barricade when the bridge is closed in off-peak hours (like the Sunday afternoon when I was last there). The bridge is restricted to commercial traffic, anyway.

I-69E also stops short of the border.

I might play with later something on the 2di Autoroutes in Quebec, which include several short routes conveniently clustered around Montreal. Such as south on A-13, north on A-19, south then back north on A-25, south on A-31, and end the day on A-10 from downtown Montreal to Sherbrooke with a side trip on A-35, for a total of six. Adding A-30 would be a reach, especially with its separate Becancour segment.

EDIT: The above itinerary, plus A-30 (both segments) to take you close to where you started at A-13's north end, can be done in about 10 hours (assuming no serious traffic delays with three crossings of the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, always an optimistic assumption). That's seven 2di Autoroutes clinched in one day. It might also be possible to add an eighth, A-50 to Gatineau, pushing up against the 12-hour limit.

[skluth]

^ Add 78 and yes it's doable in about 9 hours without traffic.  So that would be 5 in one day.

You can also use I-99 instead of I-78 in that scenario. Starting in Morgantown, you can take 68-66-97-83-99 and be back home at the end of your day.

[TheStranger]

^ Add 78 and yes it's doable in about 9 hours without traffic.  So that would be 5 in one day.

Looking this up on Google Maps:

68 - (70) - (81) - 66 - (surface streets to US 50) - 97 is about 5.5 hours/328 miles according to Google Maps

From 97's northern terminus, (895) - (295) - 83 - (81) - 78 is 256 miles/4.25 hours.  So a total from 68 to end of 78 of 9.75 hours if uninterrupted, 584 miles.

Now it made me wonder how much longer this would be if I-87 was added.  Using a route of 78's eastern terminus to West Side Highway, FDR Drive, the Triborough Bridge, 278, and all of 87...that adds 348 miles and 5 hours 26 minutes to the journey.  Would then total 15 hours 11 minutes and 932 miles, which would require multiple drivers to pull off.

[Rothman]

15 hours 11 minutes requires multiple drivers?  I've driven longer than that in a 24-hour period by myself (not that it was a pleasurable experience...).

[webny99]

^ Add 78 and yes it's doable in about 9 hours without traffic.  So that would be 5 in one day.

You can also use I-99 instead of I-78 in that scenario. Starting in Morgantown, you can take 68-66-97-83-99 and be back home at the end of your day.

Maybe PA's portion of I-99, but not if you go all the way to Corning.