Closest interstate non-clinches

[SteveG1988]

I55 between 90/94 and Lakeshore Dr due to being in a truck.

All of I66 inside of the beltway, same reason.

I76 between the OH Turnpike and Akron. Have not had a reason to use it in the truck, have not been out that way in my car for a while.

[Jim]

According to my stats on the old CHM site, I have three interstates missing under a half mile: .18 miles of I-535's little stub south of US 53 in Superior, .20 miles of the ramps at the north end of I-280 in San Francisco, and the easternmost .49 miles of I-66 in DC.  I have a surprisingly large number of others within a couple miles of being clinched.

[keithvh]

I had I-44 clinched at one point --- but now with the 2014 extension of I-44 to the north (along the segment that used to be I-70), I'm missing the approximately 0.5-mile segment from Broadway down to the Poplar Street Bridge Intersection.

I have all of I-72, except the approximately 0.5-mile segment that extends east of I-57 into Champaign.

[The Nature Boy]

Doesn't compare to some here, but I need I-95 north of Bangor, Maine and south of Hollywood, FL to qualify for an I-95 clinch.

[Zzonkmiles]

I have all of I-77 except for the 40-mile stretch between Akron and Cleveland.

I had I-26 clinched until it was extended into Tennessee.

I am missing the final half mile of I-66 between its eastern terminus and the Potomac River.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

I-97 for me in absolute terms. In relative terms, well, all of them.

[DandyDan]

Another one in Illinois is I-294.  The only part I'm missing is the part between the NB I-88 exit and the NB I-88 entrance.

[Brandon]

I55 between 90/94 and Lake Shore Dr due to being in a truck.

You can go on south LSD with a truck, just not north LSD.

Another one in Illinois is I-294.  The only part I'm missing is the part between the NB I-88 exit and the NB I-88 entrance.

Now that's a hell of a non-clinch!  Next time, just go to Ogden (Exit 27) and make a loop-de-loop on the cloverleaf for free. 

[hbelkins]

I had I-44 clinched at one point --- but now with the 2014 extension of I-44 to the north (along the segment that used to be I-70), I'm missing the approximately 0.5-mile segment from Broadway down to the Poplar Street Bridge Intersection.

OTOH, I was on that section when it was I-70, so I consider it clinched in the Show-Me State -- but I haven't crossed the Stan Span. I would say that this factor screws up my clinches of I-70 in both Illinois and Missouri, but I still consider them clinched because I drove the entirety of the routes as they existed at the time I drove them. That's my criteria for use when a route is relocated onto a new alignment. Every time they add on to US 48 in West Virginia, I will have to go drive that segment because it's new and an extension of the route over a previously unsigned segment, but I won't have to drive the new alignment of US 35 when they get it completed in three years because I've already driven the route as it existed.

Should US 58 ever be extended across TN 63 to end at I-75, I won't have to drive that route to re-clinch US 58 because I've already driven TN 63. But should a new road be built from I-75 over to US 27 and that road be signed US 58, I'd lose my clinch and have to go drive it to re-clinch.

Some would say I haven't clinched I-81 because I haven't driven all the way to the border, but I did get off at the last US exit and drove to where I could see the checkpoint, so I consider it clinched because it was not possible for me to cross the border (don't have a passport).

[hobsini2]

I guess it would be I-43 between  Wis 20 in East Troy and Wis 83 in Mukwonago. So about 5 miles.

[TheStranger]

I think the only portion of I-710 I have yet to traverse on...is the section from I-10 to Valley Boulevard.  (This of course excludes the stub in Pasadena)

[jp the roadgeek]

I-176 in PA from the PA turnpike to the PA 10 exit.
I-276 in PA from the Delaware Bridge to US 1
I-370 in MD from Rockville Pike to MD 200.
I-278 NY/NJ from GCP to LIE

[wphiii]

I have all of I-77 except for the 40-mile stretch between Akron and Cleveland.

Ah yeah this reminds me I'm only missing I-71 between the OH Turnpike and I-76, which is like 20-odd miles? And about 15 mi short on both I-93 (the portion south of Boston) and I-66 (though I actually will be in a good position to finish that off this coming weekend).

There are a handful of 3DIs I'm just missing a mile or two of as well, notably I-276 (have only taken it to the last exit in PA, but never across the river into NJ) and the Capital Beltway (missing between I-395 and Alexandria).

[Zeffy]

There are a handful of 3DIs I'm just missing a mile or two of as well, notably I-276 (have only taken it to the last exit in PA, but never across the river into NJ)

Actually, I thought I heard that I-276 effectively ends BEFORE you cross into New Jersey over the Delaware River. I don't think there are any reassurance signs for I-276 on the Turnpike Extension which makes me think I-276 doesn't even enter New Jersey.

[noelbotevera]

There are a handful of 3DIs I'm just missing a mile or two of as well, notably I-276 (have only taken it to the last exit in PA, but never across the river into NJ)

Actually, I thought I heard that I-276 effectively ends BEFORE you cross into New Jersey over the Delaware River. I don't think there are any reassurance signs for I-276 on the Turnpike Extension which makes me think I-276 doesn't even enter New Jersey.

I think it does, because exit 6 on the NJ Turnpike denotes that it is I-276, even though there are no reassurance shields until the Pennsylvania state line.

[bzakharin]

There are a handful of 3DIs I'm just missing a mile or two of as well, notably I-276 (have only taken it to the last exit in PA, but never across the river into NJ)

Actually, I thought I heard that I-276 effectively ends BEFORE you cross into New Jersey over the Delaware River. I don't think there are any reassurance signs for I-276 on the Turnpike Extension which makes me think I-276 doesn't even enter New Jersey.

I think it does, because exit 6A on the NJ Turnpike denotes that it is I-276, even though there are no reassurance shields until the Pennsylvania state line.

I-276 never went into NJ. Signage-wise, you are right that I-276 appears at exit 6 without a "To" causing some confusion, but until the new signs went up, US-130 was on the exit sign as well, and I doubt that anyone thinks that the PA extension is US-130

[PHLBOS]

There are a handful of 3DIs I'm just missing a mile or two of as well, notably I-276 (have only taken it to the last exit in PA, but never across the river into NJ)

Actually, I thought I heard that I-276 effectively ends BEFORE you cross into New Jersey over the Delaware River. I don't think there are any reassurance signs for I-276 on the Turnpike Extension which makes me think I-276 doesn't even enter New Jersey.

I think it does, because exit 6A on the NJ Turnpike denotes that it is I-276, even though there are no reassurance shields until the Pennsylvania state line.

I-276 never went into NJ. Signage-wise, you are right that I-276 appears at exit 6 without a "To" causing some confusion, but until the new signs went up, US-130 was on the exit sign as well, and I doubt that anyone thinks that the PA extension is US-130

It should be noted that the newer BGS' do have green-outs (mainly for SOUTH 95 and Philadelphia notations) on them.  It's quite possible that a TO is located but greened-out in between the greened-out SOUTH and open WEST cardinals.

[TheStranger]

I have all of I-77 except for the 40-mile stretch between Akron and Cleveland.

Ah yeah this reminds me I'm only missing I-71 between the OH Turnpike and I-76, which is like 20-odd miles?

Due to side trips (one to a racetrack that was closed that Friday and one to Canal Fulton on the way back to Louisville), I have been on all of I-71 except for between US 30 in Mansfield and OH 83 in Burbank.

[bzakharin]

There are a handful of 3DIs I'm just missing a mile or two of as well, notably I-276 (have only taken it to the last exit in PA, but never across the river into NJ)

Actually, I thought I heard that I-276 effectively ends BEFORE you cross into New Jersey over the Delaware River. I don't think there are any reassurance signs for I-276 on the Turnpike Extension which makes me think I-276 doesn't even enter New Jersey.

I think it does, because exit 6A on the NJ Turnpike denotes that it is I-276, even though there are no reassurance shields until the Pennsylvania state line.

I-276 never went into NJ. Signage-wise, you are right that I-276 appears at exit 6 without a "To" causing some confusion, but until the new signs went up, US-130 was on the exit sign as well, and I doubt that anyone thinks that the PA extension is US-130

It should be noted that the newer BGS' do have green-outs (mainly for SOUTH 95 and Philadelphia notations) on them.  It's quite possible that a TO is located but greened-out in between the greened-out SOUTH and open WEST cardinals.

Sure, but there was no "to" on the old sign either, and even if the "to" is there, but covered up, it's not visible now, so it still gives the impression that I-276 starts at the exit. They could have uncovered the "to" without uncovering the rest of the sign if they wanted to.

[CentralPAGal]

All but the last quarter mile or so of the 10 or so mile long I-176.... I took the exit for PA 724, rather than continuing the extra 1/4 mile to US 422. I more or less considered it clinched anyway though. For the record, I clinched the last quarter mile this past week.

[pianocello]

The real I-74 inside the I-275 loop to Cincinnati.

Ditto. I'm also missing the last 1.5 miles of I-380 in Waterloo. For a while, I had all of I-235 in Des Moines except the westernmost mile. I have since been on the whole thing.

[SSOWorld]

I have all of I-287 around NYC except for the part east of the Thruway. I wanted to get it - but a line of red told me otherwise.

[rickmastfan67]

For a while, I was missing the 200 or so feet between the loop ramp at PA 5 and the traffic signal at the north end.

I don't think PennDOT considers that as part of I-79.  If I remember correctly, I-79 ends the moment the PA-5 Loop ramp leaves.


Anyways, I'm missing I-99 South of US-22 to the PA Turnpike.

[Sam]

2di: Eastern I-84. I lived equidistant from exits 2 and 3 in New York, so there was never a reason to travel the segment between them. This way to Scranton, that way to Boston.

3di: I-690 in NY. Went from I-481 to I-90 often, but never bothered to go the last few feet to the sign that says "West NY 690/END I-690".

[Ian]

I have the entirety of Maine's interstate system clinched... except for the less than a mile section of I-195 east of US 1 in Saco. Same goes for New Hampshire, where the only interstate mileage I haven't traversed is I-293 between exit 1 (NH 28) and I-93 south of Manchester.

My other almost-clinches include...

• I-97, except for the part south of exit 5 (MD 178).
• New Jersey's I-295, except between US 322 (exit 11) and US 130 (exit 13).
• I-278 in New York, except between I-87 and the Bronx River Parkway.