What interstate have you clinched the most times?

Started by triplemultiplex, April 05, 2018, 10:04:38 AM

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triplemultiplex

I think many of us have clinched the same interstate multiple times in our driving careers.  So what interstate do you think you've clinched the most?  We can throw mainline and 3di answers up in here.   I reckon that means there are probably a few of you who clinch an interstate twice every weekday. ;)

For me, it's I-39.  I'm probably up to at least a dozen clinches of this one since I first checked it off in 2003.  I did it once again in the last month.
For a 3di clinch, it's gotta be I-894, though I-535 is up there too.
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hotdogPi

I-290, but only a few times. I have clinched I-88 (NY) and I-291 (MA) once each. Now, if MA 213 was an Interstate...
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

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ftballfan

Unsigned I-296 in Michigan. I've probably clinched that hundreds of times.

For 2di's, I-65 (KY) and I-24 (GA) have been done six times (three each way).

Max Rockatansky

I-17 dozens of times.  The good thing is that it's also one of the more scenic Interstates which keeps it from getting boring. 

1995hoo

Probably either I-295 in DC or I-695 in DC. I-395 would seem more likely, but I almost never use the portion at its northern end between New York Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue. I use I-695 in its entirety on a regular basis driving home from hockey games.
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LM117

I-795 in North Carolina. I used to live in Fremont (my hometown), as well as Goldsboro. Hell, I even drove it numerous times back when it first opened in 2006 and was initially signed as US-117 before it became I-795 in October 2007.
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catsynth

Probably the various x80s in the Bay Area, in particular, 280, 380, 580 and 880.
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Completed 2di: I-80, I-87 (NY), I-84 (E), I-86 (E), I-97, I-44

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jaehak

If 3dis count, I've clinched 375 in St. Pete dozens of times, if not hundreds.

Mapmikey

Clinched in one sitting
2di: I've clinched these 4 or 5 times all at once - I-12, I-59, and I-68
3di: by far I have driven I-585 completely more than any other

Clinched in totality (e.g. I've passed through all of the exits at least X times)
2di: probably I-26 but I-68 may run a close second
3di: I-295 in Virginia followed by I-585 and I-526

froggie

I'm not sure where to even begin.  But if I were to hazard a guess, it'd be somewhere amongst the following:

I-35W MN
I-66
I-110 MS
I-165 AL
I-189 VT
I-270 MD
I-293 NH
I-295 DE/NJ (pre-95/PTC interchange)
I-295 DC/MD
I-380 IA
I-394 MN
I-395 DC/VA
I-464 VA
I-476 PA
I-564 VA
I-695 DC
I-610 LA
I-787 NY

SSOWorld

894 and 794 dank up ther quite a bit. Closest 2di is I-41
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Brandon

I-355.  Been end-to-end many, many times.  More than I can remember at this point.
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cl94

For 2DIs, it's I-88 NY without a doubt. I have clinched that thing at least half a dozen times in the past year alone. I-84 (eastern) is up there, as is I-78. Believe it or not, I have only clinched I-87 twice because of the part north of Plattsburgh.

If we're including 3DIs, 290 NY, 787, 684, 670 OH are my guesses.
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For me, it's going to be I-890 hands down with I-787 a distant second.  Trying to think of 2dis, there aren't many I've covered all of multiple times.  Probably I-88 would lead, but I don't do the Schenectady-Schoharie part very often.  I think I have all of I-44 a few times over.  I-78 might be in there, but I haven't hit the part east of the NJTP too often.  I've gotten I-97 a few times, but that's really just a misnumbered 3di.  Others I can think of that I've likely clinched at least several times over are all 3dis: I-190 in Massachusetts, I-271, I-290 in Massachusetts, I-295 in Maryland/DC, I-475 in Georgia, I-495 in Delaware, I-595 in Florida, and I-895 in Maryland.
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silverback1065

465, there have been days I've actually drove all 53 miles in a day for different trips. 

PHLBOS

I-684, just about every time I've made the Philly-New England round-trip for over 27 years.
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TheHighwayMan3561

Probably I-535. I-694 is probably up there as well.
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doorknob60

I-184 without a doubt. Don't quite clinch it on my normal commute route (I take the last exit before it becomes just US-20/26), but overall I've still clinched it dozens of times. Moving soon to a different part of town though, after that I won't do it much.

Bickendan

Oregon I-405, followed by Oregon/Washington I-205, then Oregon I-105.
Honorable mentions to South Dakota I-190 and Montana I-115.

webny99

In order of frequency:

I-590
I-490
I-290
I-390

I could easily clinch I-590 every day - although my default commute does not involve doing it, I could easily incorporate it. I do so probably once a week or so on average. I-390 and I-490 I don't think I've ever clinched in one sitting. I drive different segments of them quite frequently though, so depending on when you start counting, I'll probably clinch I-490 within two weeks and I-390 within a month. I-290, OTOH, I always do in one sitting - some twenty-odd times a year.

Actual clinch volume for all of the above must be well into the hundreds. I don't think there are any other interstates I clinch regularly.

KEVIN_224

2DI: Eastern I-84 from Dunmore, PA to Sturbridge, MA. Never in one pass. Closest would be Dunmore to CT Exit 35 (CT 72 East) on the Plainville/New Britain line heading east AND Sturbridge to NY Exit 20 (I-684 South) in Southeast heading west.

3DI: I-295 in Maine, I-293 in New Hampshire, I-290 and I-291 in Massachusetts, I-295 in Rhode Island, I-384 and I-691 (plus, technically, the 1 mile segment of I-684 in Greenwich) in Connecticut, I-287 and I-684 in New York.

Flint1979

I-675 (Michigan), I-475 (Michigan), I-375 (Michigan), I-275 (Michigan), I-496 (Michigan), I-96 (Michigan)

I-475 (Ohio), I-280 (Ohio)

I-294 (Illinois), I-290 (Illinois)

Clinching 3-di's isn't too difficult since most of them are pretty short in distance. Clinching I-96 was actually a difficult one for me. I started in Muskegon and went to Detroit. Actually I was at I-96's eastern terminus on Tuesday of this week and clinched I-375 for what seems to be 1 millionth time. Reason I-96 was difficult is because I live in Saginaw and the way I-96 runs it doesn't serve any purpose to go from one end to the other for me unless I was going from Muskegon to Detroit or vice versa.

Eth

My best guess would be I-370 (MD). I lived in Gaithersburg for a while, and pretty much every time I wanted to go into DC would involve me using all of I-370 to reach the Shady Grove Metro station.

Can I count I-270 Spur separately from the mainline? I probably drove between Atlanta and the DC suburbs at least a dozen times, and typically used that at least once each time, depending on the route I chose (I-81 got old after a while, but I'd have still gone that way taking the US 29 route).

Other contenders might be I-675 and I-475 (GA), useful when visiting family in Florida.

SteveG1988

I57, a lot...all of it, even the bit in AR that is Future 57. All of the damn time.

Interstate 22...all of it, a lot, even before it was connected to 65. Extremely frequently

I24, All of it...frequently.

PA Turnpike Mainline, moderately frequently.

I81 between TN and I-78 in PA a lot, not often for north of there though.

90 between chicago and Cleveland, and 80 between i-55 and i-81 a lot. For partials as well.

I295 NJ,95 PA,195 NJ, 676,276,287 for my local area

there are a lot more, but due to my job it is kinda cheating.
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