Highways covered on your most recent road trip

[ekt8750]

Just got back from my regular trek to Ocean City, MD starting from picking my gf up in South Jersey:

NJ 42
US 130
I-295 NJ
I-95
DE 1
US 113
DE 20
US 9
US 13
BUS US 13 (stopped in Salisbury for lunch)
MD 12
US 13
US 50
MD 378
MD 528

[fillup420]

That's certainly a scenic route, but it doesn't sound as if it was the most direct routing you could have taken.

I had an epiphany that US 74  must've been extended in the 1980's to give the Great Smoky Mountains Expressway one continuous number to help alleviate the confusion of all the concurrency changes (US 19/23/129/441)

It also allowed North Carolina to eliminate US 19A, but I don't understand why it's an unsigned concurrency on I-75 in Tennessee. It's not even signed on the exit from northbound I-75.

Oh it was about 2 hours longer than the fastest way (via US 321, I-26, I-81, I-40) but it allowed me to clinch both US 74 and I-24, as I have driven all of US 74 over the years, and I-24 from Nashville to I-57 in 2016.

[jon daly]

Mystic, CT to Gettysburg, PA

I-95
Milford Connector
Merritt Parkway (CT-15)
Hutchinson River Parkway
I-287 (I-87 multiplexed for a bit)
I-78
I-81
PA-34

I recommend the last portion. It's scenic and you go through Encyclopedia Brown's hometown of Idaville.

I just got one of my last souvenirs from the trip (I still have some pics to pick up at CVS.) A $5 toll bill for crossing the Tappan Zee Bridge. I thought that they forgot by now .

[csw]

Short trip for some hiking in east central Wisconsin a few weekends ago.

US 20
IL 23
US 14
WI 89
WI 59
WI 26
WI 33
WI 28
hike
WI 28
US 45
US 151
I-41/US 41
WI 23
I-39/US 51
I-39
I-39/I-90/I-94
I-90
US 20

[ftballfan]

Manistee, MI to Cedar Point and back
US-31
US-10
I-96
M-231
M-45 (briefly)
I-196
M-6
BL I-96 (Lansing)
I-496
US-127
I-94
M-52
I-275
I-75
I-280
OH 51
OH 163
OH 2
OH 101
US-6
US-250
OH 4
I-80/I-90
US-131

[allniter89]

US 90
FL 85
Okaloosa Co 190
FL 85
FL 189
FL 85
FL 123
FL 85
FL 90

[US 89]

Drive from Houston to SLC last weekend. I'm only including the interstate and US highways I traveled on.

I-14
I-15
I-20
I-25
I-27
I-35
I-40
I-70
I-80
I-215

US 6
US 50
US 60
US 64
US 67
US 70
US 77
US 79
US 82
US 83
US 84
US 85
US 87
US 89
US 160
US 180
US 183
US 190
US 191
US 277
US 281
US 283
US 285
US 290
US 377
US 385
US 550

[Skye]

Cincinnati to Myrtle Beach, SC (Jan./Feb.): OH 562, I-75, I-64, I-77, I-74 (NC), US 52, I-40 Bus (Winston-Salem), I-40, I-73/I-74/US 220, US 74, US 701 Byp (Whiteville, NC), NC 130, NC 905, SC 905, SC 9

Myrtle Beach back to Cincinnati: SC 9, SC 31, SC 22, US 501, SC 38, I-95, I-20, I-26, I-40, US 74, US 19, US 441 (then found out US 441 was closed due to ice/snow and turned around US 441 to US 74 to I-40), I-640, I-75, KY 876, KY 52, US 25, I-75

[Max Rockatansky]

This week:

CA 180
CA 152
CA 152/33
CA 152
CA 156
CA 1
CA 17
CA 85
US 101
CA 109
CA 114
US 101
CA 85
CA 17
CA 9
CA 35
CA 17
CA 9
CA 1
CA 129
Old US 101 through San Juan Bautista
CA 156
CA 152
CA 33
Old Volta alignment of CA 33
CA 152/33
CA 152
CA 99
CA 180

[HazMatt]

Headed up to Dayton, OH this past weekend for a funeral, with a stop in Lenoir, NC to pick up my sister.  Wiped out my planned Outer Banks trip later this month.  Leaving out concurrencies. 

I-40, US-321, NC-18, US-421, I-77, I-64, KY-9 (AA highway), I-275, I-471, I-71, OH-562, I-75.
I-75, US-25E (clinched), US-321, I-40, NC-18, US-321, I-840, US-220, US-29, I-785, I-40.

[fillup420]

Nashville, TN to Boone, NC

US 31A/41A
I-440
I-40
US 25/70
NC 197
US 19E
NC 194
US 221
NC 105

[corco]

I-184
I-84
US 395
Washington 17
US 97
BC 97
BC 2
Yukon 1
Yukon 2
Alaska 98
Alaska 7
Yukon 3
Alaska 2
Alaska 11
Alaska 3
Alaska 1
Alaska 9
Alaska 5
Yukon 9
Yukon 37
BC 37
BC 16
BC 5
BC 33
BC 3
BC 395
Washington 25
US 2
Washington 28
Washington 23
I-90
I-82

[Thing 342]

My last "real" road trip, from early May. Blacksburg to Clarksburg, WV, to Athens OH, and back.

US-460
I-77
US-19
I-79
US-50
OH-682
US-33
I-77
I-64
US-460

[milbfan]

Wise County, VA to DC to Baltimore and back:

US 23
US 58 Alt
US 19
US 460
I-81
US 220 Alt
US 29
US 15
I-66
I-495
VA 267
MD 5
MD 295
I-695
MD 410
US 1
VA 123
VA 7
US 11

[MNHighwayMan]

Is this supposed to be a continuous thread recording (by the willing) our latest road trips? Like, whenever we take one, we should post it here, if we want to?

If so, here's mine. It wasn't very long (about 70-75 miles total), but I'd been wanting to go for a while and finally found the effort to do it.

I-235
I-35/80
IA-141
IA-44
IA-17
IA-210

It was a short-ish trip to the shortest concurrency in Iowa, the one-block IA-17/210 concurrency in Madrid. I also inspected the east end of IA-44 at IA-141, which is severely lacking in Hwy 44 signage and is something I should really write the Iowa DOT about. Seriously, if you get off at the IA-44 exit from 141, there's no IA-44 signs on the ramps or 44 itself until you've gone west out of Grimes and into Dallas County. That's unacceptable, IMO.

[Max Rockatansky]

Is this supposed to be a continuous thread recording (by the willing) our latest road trips? Like, whenever we take one, we should post it here, if we want to?

If so, here's mine. It wasn't very long (about 70-75 miles total), but I'd been wanting to go for a while and finally found the effort to do it.

I-235
I-35/80
IA-141
IA-44
IA-17
IA-210

It was a short-ish trip to the shortest concurrency in Iowa, the one-block IA-17/210 concurrency in Madrid. I also inspected the east end of IA-44 at IA-141, which is severely lacking in Hwy 44 signage and is something I should really write the Iowa DOT about. Seriously, if you get off at the IA-44 exit from 141, there's no IA-44 signs on the ramps or 44 itself until you've gone west out of Grimes and into Dallas County. That's unacceptable, IMO.

Basically I'm considering anything that's overnight to "road trip"  territory.   If I posted some of day trips I'd do this would get out of control fast with seeing CA 41, 180 and 99 constantly.

[hbelkins]

Wise County, VA to DC to Baltimore and back:

US 23
US 58 Alt
US 19
US 460
I-81

Did you find this to be a better routing than going to Abingdon and hitting I-81 there? A former co-worker of mine used to make a semi-annual or annual trip to the DC area (where he had lived for years; he was a key figure in a historical moment in November 1963) and he would go to Abingdon and then journey up I-81 to I-66. At least one of his semi-annual trips involved a departure from the Hazard area, which is only about an hour from Wise County, so it made sense. When enough improvements were made to US 40 in western Maryland to make it a viable option, he started using I-79, the former US 48 (now I-68) and I-70 when leaving from home. I'm curious as to why you hung a left at Hansonville instead of a right.

Typically, I'll go to Abingdon and hit I-81 only if I'm planning to use I-77 south from the Wytheville/Fort Chiswell area. If going to Roanoke, I'll usually use US 460 from Pikeville. The segment of US 19 between Hansonville and Claypool Hill is usually only for roadgeeking purposes.

US 220 Alt
US 29
US 15
I-66
I-495

Again, any particular reason for this routing vs. staying on I-81?

[jaehak]

Trip that I am currently on (interstates unless otherwise noted)

275
75
10
110
U.S. 90
12
69
U.S. 290
U.S. 183
TX 1
TX 45
35
37
14
35W
30
235
44
135
U.S. 54
U.S. 59
K 10
435
U.S. 169
29
635
70
U.S. 40

It's been a fun week.

[MikeTheActuary]

Yesterday's drive included:

NY 3
I-87
A-15
A-30
A-730 (clinch)
QC 132
A-930 (clinch)
A-30
A-20
A-73
A-40
QC 138
QC 362

[MNHighwayMan]

Is this supposed to be a continuous thread recording (by the willing) our latest road trips? Like, whenever we take one, we should post it here, if we want to?

If so, here's mine. […]

Basically I’m considering anything that’s overnight to “road trip” territory.   If I posted some of day trips I’d do this would get out of control fast with seeing CA 41, 180 and 99 constantly.

Thing is, most of my road trips are single-day adventures; rarely do I go on trips that last more than one day. I also, on the grand scheme of things, don't go on very many trips, period, which in general is almost certainly a factor in whether or not a trip is worth posting. Before the Madrid trip, which I posted above, was my MN-110 trip, which did involve an overnight and almost certainly worth including, but not sure I can totally recount all the highways I traveled for that one anymore (it will be precisely one month ago on Friday.)

Also, it's worth noting that almost everyone is going to have the same few first highways with any trip. For me, for example, any trip going west, north, or east is going to involve I-235, and any trip south is going to involve Iowa 5. That's just a fact of the matter about where I live.

[PHLBOS]

Last Saturday's drive to Valley Forge National Park and Souderton:

I-476 (entered at Baltimore Pike) to I-76 (detoured to Exit 329/Henderson Rd. due to an accident-related lane closure at King of Prussia) to PA 23 to VFNP.  Biked along the Schuylkill & Perkiomen Creek Trails from most of the afternoon.

To Souderton:
US 422 to US 202 to I-76 to I-276 to I-476 to PA 63 To PA 463 (vereed off through Hatfield) to PA 309 to PA 113.

To home:
PA 113 to PA 309 (veered off through Hatfield) to PA 463 to PA 63 to I-476 (exited off at Baltimore Pike)

[slorydn1]

Last road trip in early May, a to the mountains and back jaunt from home:

US-17 Business (New Bern)
US-17
US-70
I-40,I-40/I-85,I-40
NC-9
US-74 ALT
US-64
US-23
US-23/US-74
I-40,I-40/I-85,I-40
US-70
SR-1402
US-17 Business (New Bern)