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Title: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: bing101 on October 01, 2013, 11:18:41 AM
My Experience is CA-51 and I-305 Sacramento AKA Business 80 and AKA Us-50 West end.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_305

CA-244 AKA Auburn Ramp at the east Business 80 and East I-80 interchange

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_244

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CA_275
Tower Bridge CA-275


CA-93 aka Richmond Parkway in Pinole and Richmond.


http://www.scvresources.com/highways/socal_unsigned/

Heres one for LA Unsigned Highways.

Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: NE2 on October 01, 2013, 11:20:19 AM
I've been to this thread.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 01, 2013, 01:05:53 PM
US-52 across Minnesota.

US-85 across New Mexico.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: NE2 on October 01, 2013, 01:54:24 PM
I've been on part of US 2 across Canada.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: vdeane on October 01, 2013, 10:05:29 PM
Countless.  NY's reference route system will do that.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: getemngo on October 01, 2013, 10:09:29 PM
The first Interstate I ever clinched was I-296! :)

Quote from: NE2 on October 01, 2013, 11:20:19 AM
I've been to this thread.

Why is it in Pacific Southwest this time?
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Alps on October 02, 2013, 11:47:43 PM
www.alpsroads.net/roads/clinched.html pick out the unsigned ones
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Bickendan on October 13, 2013, 03:57:59 PM
Any of Oregon's highways, though the newer ones have their route numbers match when possible.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on October 13, 2013, 04:11:19 PM
I have been on unsigned I-305 and CA-51 in Sacto. Not sure about any others...
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: roadman65 on October 13, 2013, 04:30:53 PM
US 24 in CO where hidden on I-70.
US 85 & 87 where hidden on CO I-25
US 54 on I-40 from Tucumcari, NM to Santa Rosa, NM
US 84 where secret on I-40 in NM.
US 1 & 9 on I-95 in Fort Lee, NJ.
US 9 on the Garden State Parkway near New Gretna, NJ as shields on the Parkway have been removed.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Interstatefan78 on October 13, 2013, 04:35:15 PM
CA-51 and I-305 in Sacramento, and US1&9 from Fort Lee, NJ to Bronx, NY via George Washington Bridge
US-9 on the GSP from exit 80-82 Exits 29-30 or New Gretna area
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: The High Plains Traveler on October 13, 2013, 10:46:22 PM
Whatever the NY reference route is that links NY-22 to VT-17 on the south end of Lake Champlain.

Countless Minnesota 8xx and 9xx routes. Particularly 801A (connecting U.S. 169 to MN-13 at Savage) and 952A (South Robert Street in St. Paul). In fact, since Minnesota routes that terminate at interstates technically end in the midpoint of the over- or underpass, all the connectors to the far ramps are 8xx routes.

CA-51 in Sacramento. U.S. 52 from St. Paul to where it exits in North Dakota. Probably the longest, U.S. 85 from Fountain CO to the NM-TX border. U.S. 87 across Colorado.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: froggie on October 14, 2013, 03:43:10 AM
QuoteIn fact, since Minnesota routes that terminate at interstates technically end in the midpoint of the over- or underpass, all the connectors to the far ramps are 8xx routes.

There are several that continue through the interchange to the far end.  MN 4, MN 16, and MN 251 come to mind.

As for the OP, I have too many to count.  Besides what the "other Steve" mentioned for Minnesota, there are numerous ones in both Maryland and Mississippi (MS 992 in Picayune, as an example).
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Takumi on October 14, 2013, 08:15:24 AM
Several. PA 300 and VA 90003 come to mind.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: 1995hoo on October 14, 2013, 08:49:00 AM
Off the top of my head, I can think of Virginia's 302, 90003, 90004, and 90005; Florida's 91; New Jersey's 700 and 444; New York's I-478 and I-878; Maryland's I-595; and formerly DC's I-695, although that number is now partially posted (I think "partially" is a fair description because its posting is at best haphazard).

I'm not familiar with New York's reference route thing and so I don't know the numbers for the Belt Parkway and various other such routes.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: hbelkins on October 14, 2013, 09:48:43 AM
Gobs of them in Kentucky. Not every numbered state route is signed.

And more than a few in West Virginia and Virginia as well. You won't see any signs for WV 6 or WV 101, or VA 283.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Beeper1 on October 14, 2013, 02:42:46 PM
Quote from: The High Plains Traveler on October 13, 2013, 10:46:22 PM
Whatever the NY reference route is that links NY-22 to VT-17 on the south end of Lake Champlain.

This is actually a signed route now.  NY-185.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Ned Weasel on October 14, 2013, 09:30:37 PM
I drive Hidden US 169 in Kansas frequently.
I've probably driven other hidden US routes without even realizing it.
I've driven part of Hidden I-444, but I didn't know about it until later.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Big John on October 14, 2013, 09:36:46 PM
GA 401-425, hidden in interstates
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Duke87 on October 14, 2013, 11:48:21 PM
Not something I keep explicit track of, but I've certainly been on plenty of unsigned routes in PA, NY, and CT.

I accidentally clinched hidden I-124 in TN once. That is to say, I did not realize when I drove it that it was an interstate.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: roadfro on October 15, 2013, 12:49:54 AM
I've been on a good deal of unsigned routes in Nevada, since several state routes in urban areas are notorious for not being well signed. SR 171 (the McCarran Airport connector to I-215) is the only freeway-grade state highway in Nevada, and also isn't signed.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: dgolub on October 15, 2013, 08:39:57 AM
Quote from: vdeane on October 01, 2013, 10:05:29 PM
Countless.  NY's reference route system will do that.

Same here.  I've been on almost all the parkways in the New York City area.  Then, there's the southern section of the New Jersey Turnpike (NJ 700).  In Connecticut, there's the Milford Parkway (SR 796), the Sherwood Island Connector (SSR 476), and the Hammonasset Connector (SSR 476).  There's probably a few others I'm not thinking of.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Brandon on October 15, 2013, 09:49:37 AM
Quote from: NE2 on October 01, 2013, 11:20:19 AM
I've been to this thread.

Deja vu all over again.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on October 15, 2013, 11:09:26 AM
I live in Quebec, so I'm honestly not going to start listing them ALL.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: kurumi on October 15, 2013, 11:14:01 AM
Quote from: dgolub on October 15, 2013, 08:39:57 AM
Quote from: vdeane on October 01, 2013, 10:05:29 PM
Countless.  NY's reference route system will do that.

Same here.  I've been on almost all the parkways in the New York City area.  Then, there's the southern section of the New Jersey Turnpike (NJ 700).  In Connecticut, there's the Milford Parkway (SR 796), the Sherwood Island Connector (SSR 476), and the Hammonasset Connector (SSR 476).  There's probably a few others I'm not thinking of.

(nitpick: Hammonasset is SSR 450 :-)
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 15, 2013, 01:07:39 PM
Quote from: roadfro on October 15, 2013, 12:49:54 AM
I've been on a good deal of unsigned routes in Nevada, since several state routes in urban areas are notorious for not being well signed. SR 171 (the McCarran Airport connector to I-215) is the only freeway-grade state highway in Nevada, and also isn't signed.

I don't really think 171 needs to be signed.  at airports (where lots of out-of-towners congregate), I think a system of fewer signs is the way to go.  to add 171 to the mix of 215, 515, etc is just asking to overwhelm motorists.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Doctor Whom on October 15, 2013, 07:14:42 PM
Maryland:  I-495X, I-595, and presumably lots of letter-suffixed inventory routes

California:  I-305

Florida:  SR 400

New Jersey:  444, 446, and 700

Virginia:  402, 420, and various routes in Arlington County and incorporated areas to which the state assigns inventory numbers.  It's probably cheating to mention 90004 and 90005, although I've been on both of those.

DC:  I-695 before it was signed
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Ned Weasel on October 15, 2013, 08:39:57 PM
Oh geez, somehow I spaced out and forgot all about NJ 444 and 700!  I've driven those, too (though only part of NJ 444), as have many people on here.  To be honest, the only hidden route designations I usually pay attention to are the ones that I don't think should be hidden, which are usually portions of US routes that are conveniently left unsigned.

Edit: I also forgot NJ 446--the one measly time I've driven it!  Although I do remember the date: 7/7/2007 (there was a riveting discussion on the radio at the time, about how some people thought it was lucky and other people thought it was just another day).
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Roadsguy on October 16, 2013, 12:16:01 PM
Is 700 the secret number for the NJTP south of 276 the PA Spur?

Anyway, here's some of mine, all of which are in PA:
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Ned Weasel on October 16, 2013, 07:43:13 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on October 16, 2013, 12:16:01 PM
Is 700 the secret number for the NJTP south of 276 the PA Spur?

Yes.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: Charles2 on October 16, 2013, 09:48:39 PM
All U.S. routes in Alabama have unsigned state route companions:

U.S. 11-AL 7
U.S. 29-AL 15
U.S. 31-AL 3
U.S. 43-AL 13/17/171 (each of which is a signed independent route along parts of their ways)
U.S. 45-AL 17/57
U.S. 72-AL 2
U.S. 78-AL 4 (although AL 4 has been co-signed with U.S. 78 along Corridor X [I-22])
U.S. 80-AL 8
U.S. 82-AL 6
U.S. 84-AL 12
U.S. 90-AL 16
U.S. 98-AL 42
U.S. 231-AL 1/53 (AL 53 is a signed independent route from Huntsville to Ardmore)
U.S. 278-AL 118/AL 74 (Although there a few AL 118 signs posted with 278 from the Mississippi state line to Guin, and AL 118 is routed along the former U.S.78 from Guin to Jasper; also, SR-74 is signed along the former U.S. 78 from the Mississippi state line to Hamilton)
U.S. 280-AL 38
U.S. 331-AL 9 (AL 9 is a standalone route from Wetumpka to the Georgia state line)
U.S. 411-AL 25 (AL 25 is a standalone route from Wilcox County in the SW part of the state to Leeds, but north of Leeds it is unsigned)
U.S. 431-AL 1

---And I've been on all of these routes.  :sombrero:

Also, all 2-digit interstates in Alabama are internally coded as AL-6xx (610, 620, 659, 665, and 685).  I'm not sure if there are internal codes for the 3-digit routes in the state (165, 359, 459, 565 and 759), or what the future codings are for I-22, the proposed I-422 or the eventually-designated I-685.
Title: Re: How many Hidden Route Highways or Freeways have you been on?
Post by: seanpatf on October 16, 2013, 10:08:22 PM
In Texas
Interstate 345 Downtown Dallas

In Tennessee
Interstate 124 Chattanooga

In Louisiana
Interstate 910 New Orleans (Gretna)

In Montana
Interstate 315 Great Falls

In Oklahoma
Interstate 444 Tulsa