What's the Closest Interstate to you that you Have Never Been on Any of it?

[ethanhopkin14]

I was trying to categorize my travels into two categories:  Interstates I have driven and interstates I have not driven, but I have intersected, so that it would leave me with interstates I have never even come close to being on.  I realized the closest 2di to me that I haven't driven a single foot on, or even intersected it is I-22.  I have been through Memphis and Birmingham but am always on I-40 or I-20 respectively so I have never intersected it.

You can also list 3dis.  For me it might be the Jackson, MS I-220.  I have intersected it but have never driven it. 

[Big John]

2di:I-57
3di: I-535

[ibthebigd]

I-79 Been thru Charleston WV but went on I-64 to the West Virginia Turnpike.

SM-G996U

[hotdogPi]

2di: I-78
3di: I-190 (MA)

[hbelkins]

I-185/I-385 SC

[Takumi]

I-440

[jp the roadgeek]

2di: I-86*
3di: I-587 (NY) or a near tie between I-195 (RI/MA) and I-890 (NY)**

* I was on the old I-86 that is now I-84 when it was signed as such.  I have also been on sections of NY 17 that are signed for future I-86 and also a section that has signs that have been uncovered.  The next closest would be I-99. 

** I have passed through the traffic circle where I-587 ends but have never been on the NY 28 mainline section.  I-195 or  I-890 would otherwise be the closest. 

[Max Rockatansky]

Interstate 2

[Rothman]

Similar, more comprehensive topic:



https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18919.0

[1995hoo]

Similar, more comprehensive topic:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18919.0

That thread strikes me as a little different because it says "closest stretch of road you have not clinched," which I would interpret as meaning you can have been on some part of the road but you're missing a segment (and for that reason I noted one of the spurs to Maryland's I-895 as my answer for Interstates). This thread, in contrast, asks for an Interstate on which you have not travelled at all as to any segment.

Answering that latter question, then:

2di: Either the western portion of I-74 or I-89 (they're just about the same distance from where I live at their closest points). I-96 is slightly further away at its closest point than either of those.
3di: Maryland's I-795.

One note: For 2di purposes, I'm counting all of North Carolina's I-74 as a single Interstate (that is separate from the western I-74) even though it's in separate pieces. If you consider it three separate 2dis, then the segment Travel Mapping calls "I-74Pem" (I-74 Pembroke)–the part that interchanges with I-95–would be my answer. Similarly, if you consider the western and eastern I-74s to be one single 2di, then I-89 becomes my answer. I don't consider them a single 2di because the chances of their linking up in my lifetime seem nonexistent, whereas the chances of North Carolina connecting its portions to each other seems more plausible.

[Rothman]

Similar, more comprehensive topic:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18919.0

That thread strikes me as a little different

Well, yes.  "Similar" would be a synonym of "a little different."

[CtrlAltDel]

Going with my current suburban Chicago location, the closest interstates I've never been on are:

2di: I-77, although I have crossed it.
3di: I-196.

[Ketchup99]

This was actually a lot of fun to figure out!

As far as 2dis go:

East-West:

96: no, 94: yes, 90: yes, 88: yes, 86: yes, 84: yes (East), 82: no, 80: yes, 78: yes, 76: yes, 74: yes (barely), 70: yes, 68: yes, 66: yes, 64: yes, 44: no, 40: yes

North-South:
99: yes, 97: yes, 95: yes, 93: yes, 91: yes, 89: yes, 87: yes, 85: yes, 83: yes, 81: yes, 79: yes, 77: yes, 75: yes, 73: yes, 71: no, 69: yes, 65: yes

By my calculations, this leaves I-71 as the nearest 2di to my home in State College, at about 204 miles. And from my place in Pittsburgh, it's also I-71, but much less excusable, at 110 miles.

If we allow 3dis into the conversation - I've been on every Interstate that serves Pennsylvania aside from I-176, I-276, I-380, and I-676; of these, I-176 is the closest to State College, at 108 miles. But that doesn't take the cake. Instead, that honor goes to I-795 outside of Baltimore, which is just 105 miles away.

From Pittsburgh, the closest 3di I haven't driven is I-680, in Youngstown, Ohio, at around 52 miles.

[ZLoth]

The closest for me is I-14 in Temple, Texas. Considering that it was "constructed" in 2017, it also happens to be the newest Interstate that I haven't been on. I just haven't driven that far south yet because of Coved (2020-2021), high gas prices (2022), and adult caregiver (2022-present) putting any possible multi-day road trips on a permanent hold.

[formulanone]

3di: I-185 in the Greenville, SC area. ~325 mi

I-385 and I-381 are both similarly close, but also untraveled (add 2-3 miles to above)

2di: I-19 ~1800 mi.

Similar, more comprehensive topic:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18919.0

That thread strikes me as a little different

Well, yes.  "Similar" would be a synonym of "a little different."

Depends on who's having the argument...

[mgk920]

Me?
2DI, probably I-30.
3DI, likely I-235 (IA)

Mike

[JayhawkCO]

Closest Interstate Overall I Haven't Traveled On - I-110 (TX) - 633 miles
Closest (Kind of) 2di That I Haven't Traveled On - I-35W (TX) - 752 miles
Closest 3di (Unsigned) That I Haven't Traveled On Nor Intersected - I-315 (MT) - 786 miles
Closest 2di That I Haven't Traveled On Nor Intersected - I-14 - 878 miles
Closest 3di (Signed) That I Haven't Traveled On Nor Intersected - I-474 (IL) - 933 miles

[7/8]

1) Closest 3DI I haven't been on - I-990 (NY) = 169 km
2) Closest 3DI I haven't intersected - I-590 (NY) = 278 km
3) Closest 2DI I haven't been on - I-88 (NY) = 514 km
4) Closest 2DI I haven't intersected - Same as 3)

Lesson learned, I still have lots to see in NY

[Rothman]

Closest Interstate I Haven't Touched: I-785, 514 miles
Closest 2di I Haven't Touched: I-41, 600 miles

[zzcarp]

Closest 2d interstate I haven't traveled on or intersected: I-84 (W)
Closest 3d interstate I haven't traveled on or intersected: the decidedly non-freeway Wyoming I-180.

[WillWeaverRVA]

2di: I-26
3di: I-540

[1995hoo]

Similar, more comprehensive topic:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18919.0

That thread strikes me as a little different

Well, yes.  "Similar" would be a synonym of "a little different."

True, but more often than not on this forum, when someone links an earlier thread like that the message (whether express or implied) is "we've already done this one," and I therefore construed your post in that way.

[Molandfreak]

I-194 in North Dakota, but in a couple weeks it will change to I-180 in Illinois.
Two-digit, probably I-44.

[MATraveler128]

2di - I-68

3di - I-189

[corco]

I-391 in Springfield Mass., which is only like 40 miles away