Lowest-numbered route you haven't been on

[SkyPesos]

Looking ahead...Routes numbered 477 and 479 are going to be tough ones to find. Kentucky seems to be the most logical place to get those.

For a while, I thought there was an I-477 out there somewhere, but was then surprised at how few 3di I-77 have for a pretty long interstate.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

For me it will be quite hard to tackle the 80s and 90s, since for some of the numbers there are no roads in Spain for that number. In fact, I cannot think of any road numbered 87 (I've just found an 85, or more precisely, 085). However I still have to check provincial roads in Caceres (Extremadura, Western Spain), as they seem to be numbered sequentially and they run into three digits.

[hotdogPi]

For me it will be quite hard to tackle the 80s and 90s, since for some of the numbers there are no roads in Spain for that number. In fact, I cannot think of any road numbered 87 (I've just found an 85, or more precisely, 085). However I still have to check provincial roads in Caceres (Extremadura, Western Spain), as they seem to be numbered sequentially and they run into three digits.

Lévignac has a D87. Google Maps says it's about 4½ hours from you.

[oscar]

Looking ahead...Routes numbered 477 and 479 are going to be tough ones to find. Kentucky seems to be the most logical place to get those.

Louisiana has 477 and 479, both near Natchitoches.

By coincidence, I had planned to pass through that area last week, on a US 84 clinch tour ending in west Texas. That got postponed, for obvious reasons.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Lévignac has a D87. Google Maps says it's about 4½ hours from you.

And currently impossible to reach for me. As I'm confined to my province.

Doing more research I may have found a way to get that elusive 18. Forest Roads, in my province prefixed HF. While so far I haven't found a HF18 (there should be one, since they appear to be sequentially numbered and there's a HF29), the system has given me a 16 that both I remember I've been on and is currently numbered as such.

[oscar]

The leapfrogging goes on.

My lowest un-driven route number is now 473. This after some travels in Louisiana and Mississippi in the last few days, where I found two routes I needed in a parish only one over from where I was heading anyway, and a bunch of signed (blue pentagons) 4xx county routes in northeastern MS.

[Duke87]

If Rothman is going to keep updating the aggregate list, I suppose I should note my lowest is now 265 instead of 245.

Has been so since September 2019, but I haven't paid this thread mind since I first posted in it.

Of some interest might also be the full matrix of what I've got (for numbers under 1000):


Caveat is that this only considers routes currently in active or preview systems on the TravelMapping site. Several holes in here would be filled if Texas FMs and/or unsigned routes in CT counted, but they don't (yet, for the former).

[Rothman]

Oscar will not be denied, even if it means driving around the rural South finding dinky 4xx county routes.

oscar	473
formulanone	456
hbelkins	334
corco	329
HTM Duke	325
cl94	288
Rothman	288
Mapmikey	266
Duke87	265
jayhawkco	203
Konza	193
deathtopumpkins	188
Hot Rod Hootenanny	184
plain	159
hockeyjohn	154
paulthemapguy	153
dfilpus	149
Jim	139
csw	132
Thing 342	127
dlsterner	125
Buck87	112
Bitmapped	111
adwerkema	108
amroad17	107
cabiness42	107
Great Lakes Roads	107
tq-07fan	107
sparker	102
TheHighwayMan394	102
DandyDan	102
SGwithADD	102
sbeaver44	102
skluth	102
bassoon1986	101
Flint1979	97
hobsini	97
1995hoo	96
74/171FAN	89
7/8	88
I-55	86
chesapeake256	84
Eth	63
BrianP	53
Bickendan	48
mgk920	48
milbfan	47
noelbotevera	47
SkyPesos	47
US 89	46
TBKS1	39
ipeters61	35
Thunderbyrd316	31
doorknob60	29
Ben114	29
Evan_Th	28
mapman1071	24
ketchup99	24
kphoger	22
KEK Inc.	21
Caps81943	21
jp the roadgeek	19
stevashe	19
sharkyfour	19
CNGL-Leudimin	18
kurumi	18
Takumi	18
dvferyance	17
ftballfan	16
1	14
Roadgeekteen	14
RyanB06	14
cwf1701	13
SoDakInterstateEnthusiast	13
apeman33	12
JMoses24	12
ClassicHasClass	11
KEVIN_224	11
wxfree	9
FrCorySticha	9
jeffandnicole	8
PHLBOS	8
TheGrassGuy	8
WillWeaverRVA	8
Tarkus	7
TheStranger	7
Pink Jazz	6
Bruce	6
DeaconG	6
Skye	5
Super Mateo	4
Roadsguy	4
SoCal Kid	3
Truvelo	2
bzaharin	2
Zeffy	2
Finrod	2
Kulerage	2
Aaron Camp	2
CoreySamson	2
skquinn	2
Hurricane Rex	1
thspfc	1
idk	1

[andrepoiy]

Ontario: Highway 2
Ontario Freeways: 418
US Routes: US Route 2
US Interstates: I-2
Quebec: Route 101
Quebec Autoroutes: A-5

[Rothman]

Ontario: Highway 2
Ontario Freeways: 418
US Routes: US Route 2
US Interstates: I-2
Quebec: Route 101
Quebec Autoroutes: A-5

The way this works is you figure out your lowest number overall -- the lowest you haven't been on no matter what system you're counting.  It's by number, rather than by system.  You can see other people's lists in the thread to get the gist.

[CNGL-Leudimin]

We know it's at least 2, since he has implicitly said he has been on US 1.

[Rothman]

We know it's at least 2, since he has implicitly said he has been on US 1.

Let the man speak for himself.

[andrepoiy]

I have been on US 1, in multiple states as well.

I guess that means that my lowest number would 13 if you don't count systems lower than provincial/state level.

If you count everything, then it'll be 21.

[JayhawkCO]

I did a search, but didn't find anything.  (I'm sure it's probably out there.)  What's the lowest number that doesn't exist anywhere in the U.S.? (I guess we can include other regions as well.  I'm just thinking what's the lowest that you CAN'T go on.)

Chris

[Rothman]

I have been on US 1, in multiple states as well.

I guess that means that my lowest number would 13 if you don't count systems lower than provincial/state level.

If you count everything, then it'll be 21.

In here, you can consider whichever systems you want.  Other people may handle what they think a numbered road is differently, but you do whatever you want.

Just I need a single number to add you to the list.

[Rothman]

I did a search, but didn't find anything.  (I'm sure it's probably out there.)  What's the lowest number that doesn't exist anywhere in the U.S.? (I guess we can include other regions as well.  I'm just thinking what's the lowest that you CAN'T go on.)

Chris

Given Texas or Kentucky, I'd imagine it's very, very high (in the thousands).

I think I'll be content when I hit a certain level.  Things get pretty sparse/stupid around 600.

[kphoger]

I did a search, but didn't find anything.  (I'm sure it's probably out there.)  What's the lowest number that doesn't exist anywhere in the U.S.? (I guess we can include other regions as well.  I'm just thinking what's the lowest that you CAN'T go on.)

Well, the 1-2-3 road sign challenge thread is now up to 2661.  I can't recall if there was a number we HAD to go outside the USA for or not...

[kphoger]

If you don't count highways lower than state-level routes, then...

DeKalb County Road 1928, as of this morning:



The sign looks less ugly, but just as generic. Unlike Street View, it was located on the opposite side of the street.

It's been an honor to find what seems to be the only 1928-numbered sign in existence.

[JayhawkCO]

Looks like maybe 2704?  No FM roads and nothing in Kentucky.

Chris

[kphoger]

Between TX (according to Wikipedia), KY, and LA, it appears the lowest is 3542.  Any of those out there?

For what class of road?  FM-1928 hasn't existed since the sixties, and KY-1928 was decommissioned in 2018.  As far as I know, LA-1928 isn't a thing either.

[JayhawkCO]

Between TX (according to Wikipedia), KY, and LA, it appears the lowest is 3542.  Any of those out there?

For what class of road?  FM-1928 hasn't existed since the sixties, and KY-1928 was decommissioned in 2018.  As far as I know, LA-1928 isn't a thing either.

I didn't realize the links on the FM wiki page includes former routes, so yeah, 1928 looks like a winner.

Chris

[formulanone]

Between TX (according to Wikipedia), KY, and LA, it appears the lowest is 3542.  Any of those out there?

For what class of road?  FM-1928 hasn't existed since the sixties, and KY-1928 was decommissioned in 2018.  As far as I know, LA-1928 isn't a thing either.

I didn't realize the links on the FM wiki page includes former routes, so yeah, 1928 looks like a winner.

Chris

There's probably an North Carolina "SR 1928" somewhere, but those are tougher to find.

[JayhawkCO]

Between TX (according to Wikipedia), KY, and LA, it appears the lowest is 3542.  Any of those out there?

For what class of road?  FM-1928 hasn't existed since the sixties, and KY-1928 was decommissioned in 2018.  As far as I know, LA-1928 isn't a thing either.

I didn't realize the links on the FM wiki page includes former routes, so yeah, 1928 looks like a winner.

Chris

There's probably an North Carolina "SR 1928" somewhere, but those are tougher to find.

Looks like Jimmie Kerr Road in Haw River.  No shields anywhere though.

Chris

[kphoger]

No shields anywhere though.

Are you only counting routes with shields?

[JayhawkCO]

No shields anywhere though.

Are you only counting routes with shields?

I guess we can have different classifications.  Signed only.  Signed and primary only.  Primary only.  Any GD shield you can find.

Chris