Simple. Name the first route you have driven for each type of route:
Interstate (2di or 3di)
US Route (2dus or 3dus)
State/Provincial Route
County Route
Since I live in New South Wales, Australia, where, since 2013 has started switching over to a British-style M/A/B Alphanumeric Route number scheme and I only have started my Learner's Driving, I haven't had much experience in travelling the state's highway network yet.
I'll make a start:
M Route- M4
A Route- A28
B Route- B83
I don't normally jump into these listing threads, but fuck it:
Interstate: I-5
US Route: Probably US-12 -- there aren't any US Routes in the area that I regularly drive
State Route: WA-512 Freeway (the day I got my learners permit)
Provincial Route: BC-99 (coming up the I-5)
County Route: Never driven on a county route.
Here are mine:
Freeway/expressway ('Interstate'): A-23.
National road ('US Route'): N-330.
Regional road ('State Route'): A-1212 (Second-tier, the very first time I was behind the wheel).
Provincial road ('County Route'): Not sure, probably HU-V-5231 (unsigned).
Freeway/Interstate- The first freeway I drove on was the US 20 bypass of Elgin, Illinois, when I still had my learners permit. As for interstate highways, I got to drive on I-290 once on my permit.
US Route- US 34, followed quickly by US 30 by Aurora, IL
State Route- Illinois Route 64 in St. Charles, IL (my old hometown)
County road- Not sure what constitutes a county road for sure for the Fox Valley of Illinois. Probably Dunham Road or Kirk Road in St. Charles.
Most of this is surprisingly fuzzy...
Interstate - I'm about 90% sure it was I-285. If not that, then it was I-75.
US Route - US 29
State Route - GA 8 (at the same time as US 29, natch)
County Road - This is my least certain one. I think it's Holmes CR 173 in Florida, but there are a few other potential candidates in that county (and also in Washington County and in Geneva County, AL).
Interstate: I-90
US Route: US 14, but my first standalone was US 85
State Route: WY 111
County Route: CR 543 (Lawrence County)
It's been a while, so these are probable
Interstate: I-84 (or I-691)
US Route: US 5 (or US 6 when multiplexed with I-84)
State Route: CT 364
County Route (tough, since there aren't any in CT): CR 64 in Orange County, NY
Questionable about the 'driven' part, but I'll give it a shot:
Interstate: I-84
US Route: US 6
State Route: CT 302 (runs right near my subdivision)
County Route: CR K-546, Douglas County, Missouri
Interstate: Long Island Expressway (I-495)
US Route: Boston Post Road (US 1)
State Route: Port Washington Boulevard (NY 101)
County Route: West Shore Road (Nassau CR 15)
Signed County Route: Nicolls Road (Suffolk CR 97)
All Long Island stuff, except for US 1, since there are no US routes on Long Island.
Interstate: I-8 between Yuma and Gila bend, AZ
US Route: A few short miles on US-60 the day I got my license. I haven't personally driven on any US route since then, over a year and a half ago.
State Route: AZ 85
County route: MC 85 in Maricopa county
I've never driven in the US (the last time I was there I was 15), but I can share types of roads I've driven up here.
First real road I ever driven was County Rd 47 in Ottawa-Carleton County.
First Freeway: County Rd 174 (Ottawa-Carleton County)
First Provincial Freeway: ON 417
First Provincial Highway: MB 9
The first time I went to the US was in 2008, I was 12 at the time. Obviously, I didn't drive, but here are the first roads I've ever been on there.
First state route: FL 528
First US route: US 441
First Interstate: I-4
First County road: none
Interstate: 405, most likely. Don't remember, to be honest. But it would have been the 405, the 5, or the 210.
US Highway: 101. And the first stretch of freeway I ever drove on.
State Highway: 27, most likely. Again, don't remember, but this is the closest state highway to my house and it's the most likely.
I do remember some highways we drove, but sometimes it's fuzzy.
Interstate: 95, it was close to my apartment where I lived.
US Highway: 52, for the BBQ fest in Lexington (I won't count US 301 since it multiplexes with I-95 - technically US 301 is the first US route I "drove")
State Route: Not sure, but I think NC 72.
County Road: CR 651 in NJ - really this was a failed fuel stop (no gas at the exit/the gas station was not 24 hours/the gas station was closed down).
Interstate: I-70 (from IN 46 to US 41)
US Highway: US 41
State Highway: IN 163
Provincial Highway: ON 17
Ironically the second time I had ever driven on an interstate was on I-25 between Springer, NM, and NM Rte. 58 in a rental car that I wasn't actually supposed to be driving (I was 16 at the time). Yes I drove from Clayton, NM, to Eagle Nest, NM, in a rental car at age 16. I also drove from Meridian, MS, to Corinth, MS, on US 45 which I also think is illegal since I was on a learner's permit. I think learner's permits are only good in your home state.
Interstate (2di or 3di): I-290 (IL) near Schaumburg
US Route (2dus or 3dus): US-45 (Mannheim Rd) near Rosemont
State/Provincial Route: I want to say the Schaumburg office for the DMV is on Golf Rd in the Woodfield Commons Shopping Center so IL-58
County Route: No Clue, I cannot remember.
Interstate: I-43
US Highway: US 10
State Highway: Wis 32/57
County Highway: County PP in Calumet County, WI
Interstate: I-43
US Highway: US 41
State Highway: WI 54
County Highway: County EB
Interstate - I-94
US Route - US 10
State Highway - IL 43?
County Route - Sherburne County Road 32 (MN)
Interstate - I-96
State - M-11
(both of these were in driver's ed - we got off the freeway at 28th Street, pulled into a lot, and switched drivers)
US - probably US-131. If BR's count, then BR-131 (Division Ave., again in driver's ed.)
County - who knows? MI's counties are haphazard in posting county routes; some good, others poor; others don't even have a route number system, just road names. I know for sure I was on posted St Joseph County roads back when I was dating the girl who became my wife - she lived on one. But I may have been on other county routes before that.
Interstate: I-195
US Route: US 40
State Route: MD 2
County Route: Maryland doesn't have any, so...
Interstate: I-495 (Capital Beltway)
US Route: Don't remember for certain, but most likely US-50 (Constitution Avenue in DC the same day as driving on I-495 for the first time....I seem to recall all that was with my dad within a week of getting my learner's permit). If it wasn't US-50, it'd be US-29.
State route: VA-236 (easy one–back when I had a learner's permit, you could neither exit nor enter my parents' neighborhood without using 236, and it is also the state route next to my high school where my father took me to start learning in the car park)
County route: Since we don't have those in Virginia, I don't know. Likely something in New Jersey, but maybe Alabama (if they have them) or Florida. But I have no idea what route.
Interstate: I-95 (Trenton)
US: US 206
State Highway: NJ 31
County Route: CR 514
Interstate: I-75
US: US 23
State: M-32
County: Montmorency 612
Interstate, US & SR all in MA:
I-95 from Danvers to Newburyport
US 1 from Topsfield to Danvers
MA 114 in Marblehead (my family's house is located along such)
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County Route 541 between I-295 & NJ Turnpike (almost a decade later from the above-three)
I will try to remember . . . it has been awhile.
Interstate: I-695 (Baltimore, MD)
U.S. Route: U.S. 50 (Annapolis area, prior to designation as I-595)
State Route: Md. 665 (Forest Dr., Annapolis area)
County Route: (Mercer, NJ) C.R. 619 -- Kuser Road . . . back when I-295 ended there.
Interstate: I-15
U.S. Route: US 95
State Route: Most likely SR 574
County Route: CR 215
All of these are in Las Vegas, NV
Interstate - I-184 in Boise, then I-84 in Boise for a 2di
US Route - US 20/26 in Boise, then US 195 maybe? for my first 3dus
State Route - Idaho 21 in Boise
County Route - uh, no idea
In the US
Interstate: never driven
US Route: never driven
State Route: NJ 36
County Route: no idea, probably some route in NJ
In Sweden
E-road: E4
National road: 35
County road: 215
Interstate: I-490
Freeway: Lake Ontario State Parkway
US Route: Given that it's the only US route near Rochester, US 20
NY Route: NY 33A, possibly on the overlap with NY 36
County Route: Palmer Rd (Monroe CR 184)
Local Road: Willowen Dr (in Irondequoit) (probably)
Interstate: I-94
US Route: US 2
State Route: MT 16
County Route: Williams County (ND) 6
Best guesses for the first I was driven on:
Interstate: I-65, Indiana
US Route: US 50, Indiana
State Route: IN 45/46, Bloomington
County Route: No idea.
For driving:
Interstate: I-91, Massachusetts
US Route: US 5, Massachusetts
State Route: MA 9, Massachusetts
County Route: Dunno.
Driven with myself at the wheel:
Primary Interstate: I-5, Washington
Auxiliary Interstate: I-405, Washington (full clinch)
US Route: None yet
Primary State Route: WA-9
Auxiliary State Route: WA-531
County Route: None yet
Interstate: I-220 (Shreveport)
US highway: US 71
State highway: either LA 1 or LA 173
County Rd: not sure. Possibly CR 4 because it's nearly the only one signed in Caddo Parish
I-75
US 25/421
KY 52
As for a county road, that would be a guess. Probably Randa Smyth Road, a county road near my home in Lee County, Ky.
First interstate: I-95
First US highway: US 1
First state route: CT 137
First county route: no idea, would have to have been after I got my license since the state I learned to drive in does not have any
Interstate: I-90
Limited-access: NY 400 (before I-90)
US: US 20 (Parents live on it)
State: NY 354
County: Erie CR 242
Interstate: I-70
US Route: US 40
State Route: OH 48
County Road: Not sure on this one. Some Ohio counties don't make it very obvious you're on a county road. I learned to drive in one of those counties.
Interstate: I-295
US Route: Either US 322 or US 130
State Route: NJ 47 (leaving the DMV)
County Road: CR 663
Interstate - I-95 (Danvers, MA)
US Route - US 1 (Danvers and Peabody, MA)
State Route - MA 107 (Lynn and Salem, MA)
County Route - Champaign County (IL) Route 18 between Monticello, IL and Savoy IL
Note that I drove my first Interstate, US, and State routes in 1978 when learning to drive, but I didn't drive my first signed county route until twenty years later, in 1998.
Although I've been driving for almost 50 years, I think I can do pretty well at this:
State highway: Indiana's SR-32, east of my home town of Muncie, in driver's ed.
County road: Indiana doesn't sign them, so this is tough. I'm sure it was some road off of SR-32 to the south, during the same driver's ed session. As for a signed county highway, I've got no idea. I didn't even know that some localities signed them until years later.
US route: US 35 in Muncie. It ran right through the city then, on Madison St., Wysor St., and Broadway. It came within just a few blocks of my house.
Interstate: probably I-69, on the way to Indianapolis.
Interstate: I-287 in NJ, I-80 in NJ was the first 2-di
US: 202 in NJ, US 46 for 2-dus
State: NJ 10
County: CR 617 in Morris County, NJ, Sussex Avenue
500 series: CR 510 in Morris County, NJ, Morris St / Lafayette Ave / Washington Ave / Mendham Rd
Out of state:
Interstate: I-76 in PA
US: 30 in PA
State: PA 291 (for 2 digit, probably CT 34)
County: I don't think I ever drove any non-NJ ones
First Interstate: I-565
First US Route: Either US 231/US 431, US 231, or US 98.
First State Route: Signed: AL 36; Unsigned: AL 1
First County Route: Most likely Madison County (AL) Route 8 or Madison County (AL) Route 65. Most likely the former though.
Interstate: I-271
US Highway: US 422
State Route: OH 175
County Route: I believe Green Road is unsigned Cuyahoga County route 14 (C-14)
Interstate: I-80/90 Indiana Toll Road
US Highway: US 6
State Route: IN 106
County Route: Indiana doesn't have bannered county roads. First county road I drove on was Fir Rd in Marshall County. If you're talking about bannered routes only, then Waukesha County YY in Wisconsin.
The very first time I drove a car on a public right of way I was 13 years old and for my very first driving experience, I drove on an Interstate freeway! (To be fair, this particular section of Interstate freeway was VERY much in the middle of nowhere back then, even much more so than it is today.) The year was 1983. My father pulled his '77 Pontiac Le Mans (a former City of West Linn police car) off at the East Bound Boardman Rest Area on Interstate 84 just past Mile Post 160. He told me to take over. I drove, remarkably uneventfully I might add, all the way to the Yoakum Road exit #199. (He thought it might not be a good idea to go all the way into Pendleton and the next exit, 202 Barnhart Road even back then had a couple of motels and the Woodpecker Truck dealership and thought that it would be better that we not be seen changing places in front of witnesses. The rest area had been vacant at the time we were there that day.)
Well, I came off the freeway at about 45 m.p.h. right up the ramp just as perfect as could be and proceeded to step on the brake peddle in anticipation of the stop sign at the end of the ramp. What I was NOT prepared for however was the rather touchy brakes that GM cars of that era had and I brought that Pontiac from about 40 to zero in about 10 feet! It scared the crap out of me and all the crap my dad had in the back seat all came flying forward at 40 m.p.h. and made one hell of a mess but my dad was laughing his ass off!
I really do not remember which other roads I drove on for the first time. (The second time I drove was also on I-84 farther west.) I do remember driving on Oregon 18 for the first time (I had ridden as a passenger on this route previously far too many times to count) and thinking that a lot of those circa '58 - '61 era shoulderless bridges were awfully narrow to be going 55 m.p.h. across and I would slow considerably when ever I would approach one, to the consternation of the lengthy back log of traffic to my rear. (Interestingly, as I got older and more experienced I did not notice these a bit and actually felt that the 55 m.p.h. limit on Oregon 18 was a bit too SLOW.)
The first U.S. route I drove on was probably 26, Powell Blvd. but I do not recall for certain.
The first State Highway if not Oregon 18 was possibly (Decommissioned U.S.) 99E, McLoughlin Blvd.
The first County Road MAY have been Vineyard Road in (unincorporated) Oak Grove in Clackamas County, the street I grew up on.
When I took my drivers test to get my license in 1986 I used portions of U.S. 26, Powell Blvd. and I-205, the East Portland Freeway as well as a number of City of Portland municipal streets in outer South East Portland.
(As a final note, the Woodpecker Truck dealership at exit 202 looks remarkably similar today to how it looked back in 1983 with one VERY notable exception. Sadly, they no longer have the copyright protected and trademarked image of Woodrow "Woody" Woodpecker featured on their sign. Damn sue happy lawyers just gotta wreck everything don't they?) :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
Interstate: I-55
US Highway: Probably US-6
State Route: IL-53
County Highway: Boughton Road, Bolingbrook (unsigned)
Quote from: national highway 1 on January 10, 2016, 05:09:50 AM
Simple. Name the first route you have driven for each type of route:
Interstate 280, my driving teacher had me drive it while I still had just a permit. Everything was going so fast!
U.S. 101
State route 82, El Camino Real
County route G-5, Foothill Expressway
Interstate: I-10, Biloxi MS
US Route: US 90, Biloxi MS
State route: Either MS 605 or MS 15 (cosigned with I-110 prior to 2009)
County route: Most likely either Orange CR 535 (Apopka-Vineland Rd/Winter Garden-Vineland Rd) or Orange CR 439 (Conroy-Windermere Rd) in Orlando FL
Toll road: Florida's Turnpike (FL 91)
First interstate clinch: I-12
First road ever: some random dirt roads in Phippsburg, Maine.
Interstate: I-476 here in Delaware County, PA
US route: most likely US 1
State route: PA 352 (first public road ever driven on, as the drivers license center where I got my permit is located on this road)
County route: Not sure exactly what this one is since PA doesn't have any county routes, but the first PennDOT quadrant route I drove on was SR 2016 (Baltimore Pike) here in Media.
Toll road: probably the I-276 portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
too long ago
40+ users, please don't make fun of me.
Quote from: Ian on January 11, 2016, 06:46:30 PM
First road ever: some random dirt roads in Phippsburg, Maine.
Phippsburg! Not a place I hear a lot about. I was a regular camper at Hermit Island until my particular group of campers disintegrated. I miss it there.
Altho it was 46 yrs ago I'm sure these are accurate :nod:
Interstate: 75 Richmond, KY. We jumped on 75 from US 421(?) on my 1st long distance drive, Fayetteville, NC to Detroit, MI to Ft Lauderdale, FL in 1969. Dad let me plan the route, I dont remember the exact routing but we went from Fayetteville thru Winston-Salem north into VA thru Big Stone Gap, VA to Richmond, KY.
US Route: 301, Fayetteville, NC
State Route: NC 87. My bedroom window faced the intersection of NC87& Honeycutt Rd, Ft Bragg, NC. I saw alot of serious crashes there.
County Route: Kent 368, DE.
Canadian Hwy: ALB 2(?) from the MT line enroute to Alaska 1965. I didnt drive this one I was only 12 yrs old but I wish I could have.
I had my own Kodak Instamatic camera & I took alot of pictures enroute to Alaska but they were lost in the tornado, Little Heaven, DE. June 77 :-o :-(
Interstate: 29 (2di) and 480 (3di)
US 75 (since relocated out of state, btw)
Iowa 183
County would have been an unmarked at the time dirt road.
Here are my probables. I started driving in 1980.
Interstate - I-94
US Route - one of these four: US-12, US-23, US-27 or US-127. Of course, US-27 in Michigan is now US-127.
State Route - M-52
County - D-19?
Interstate: I believe it was I-95 in far eastern CT eastbound
US Highways: US 202 in PA
State Highways: I lived on PA 113
Signed County Route: this I don't remember, but if I had to guess, NJ Co Rt 541
As I grew up in a major metropolitan area, these routes don't come from my direct recollection, but from inference.
2di : I-88
3di : I-290
US : US-12/US-20/US-45
IL : IL-56
Interstate: I think I-84, may have been I-5 though.
Bonus 3DI: I-205 (Portland)
US: US-97 most likely; possibly US-20. Both within Bend city limits.
Bonus 3DUS: US-197.
State Route: Tough one. Probably OR-126 if you count its overlap with US-20 from Sisters to Santiam Pass. If not, maybe OR-22. Could also be OR-35 maybe.
County: No idea, those aren't really signed around here.
Interstate: I-64
US Highway: US-17
State Highway: VA-143
County Highway: No idea, maybe Morgan, WV CR-7.
Secondary Highway: York, VA SR-1800.
Here are my first roads that I driven
I-80
CA-37
US-50
Business 80 Sacramento.
Interstate: 80 & 90 together (Ohio Turnpike)
US route: 20
State route: It's definitely one of these four, but I have no idea which one: OH 18, OH 113, OH 269, OH 4
County Road: Bismark Rd (Huron County - which has named roads with mostly hidden numbers)
Interstate: almost certainly I-81
US Route: US 15
State Route: probably PA 641
County Route: we don't really have these in PA, so I have to think... Possibly CR 857, Morgantown, WV
All of these were within a week of getting my license:
2di Interstate: I-80
3di Interstate: I-880
US Route: US-101
State Route (freeway): CA-17 (within an hour of getting my license)
State Route (non-freeway): CA-9
County Route: G-10
Quote from: Pete from Boston on January 11, 2016, 10:40:22 PM
Quote from: Ian on January 11, 2016, 06:46:30 PM
First road ever: some random dirt roads in Phippsburg, Maine.
Phippsburg! Not a place I hear a lot about. I was a regular camper at Hermit Island until my particular group of campers disintegrated. I miss it there.
That's funny! Me and my family always like to go to Sebasco every summer around Independence Day, so I drove on a few back roads there a few weeks before my 16th birthday. Beautiful area!
Interstate: I-105 (Eugene, OR)
US Highway: US 20 (Albany OR)
OR State Route: OR 99/126 (Eugene OR)
Even though I'm from Canada, I'll conform to the restriction and take a trip down memory lane:
First 3di - I-190 in Niagara Falls, NY
First 2di - I-94/I-69 in Port Huron, MI
First US route - US-62 in Niagara Falls, NY
First Provincial/State Route (non-freeway) - *tough one* Ontario Highway 89 in Alliston, ON
First Provincial/State Route (freeway) - Ontario Highway 410 in Brampton, ON
First County/Regional Route - Airport Road in Brampton, ON (Peel Regional Route 7)
first driving lesson I-465
Garden State Parkway as Clark, NJ had no numbered routes as first freeway in Drivers Ed.
It would have to be either US 1 or US 22 for US routes.
Definitely I-78 for interstate. I drove that one with my permit before I got my license.
Well over two decades ago:
US 202: Downtown New Milford, CT
I-84: Downtown Danbury, CT
CT 133: Downtown Bridgewater, CT
No idea on the county route, I don't recall any being signed in the area.
I-44 or I-70. Probably I-44 as it was replacing US 66 in MO. That was a long time ago and difficult to remember.
US 62
Oklahoma 7
Some unmarked county road that was probably dirt.
Interstate: I-95
US: US 1/301 concurrency
State: VA 144
Secondary (since Virginia doesn't have county routes): probably Chesterfield SR 620
Interstate: 80
US Route: 45 (or 6 if permit driving doesn't count)
State: IL 7 (IL 43 if permit driving doesn't count)
County: ??? Cook County never signed them until recently, and even now there isn't a whole lot of noticeable signage.
Interstate: 80
US Highway: 46
State Highway: Either NJ 10 or 15, don't remember which was first
County: Either Morris Co. 661 or 664, both are close to where I grew up and both are plausible. I'm not sure which I drove first.
Local/Municipal: The street that I grew up on
Interstate: CT, I-291
US Route: US 6, Mid-Cape Highway
Limited-access SR: CT-2
Surface SR: CT 30
County Route: n/a, none exist in CT and I've yet to do a road trip that necessitates me taking one.
Toll Road: Mass Tpke
US 41, I-90/I-94 and IL 50
As best I can remember...
2di: 40, unless you count business interstates, in which case Bus40/NC
3di: 175/FL, I think
2dus: Either 52 or 92
3dus: 158
SR: NC 66
CR: 4146 (Volusia County, FL)
2di: 80
3di: 680
2dus: 6
3dus: 275
SR: NE 64
Interstate: I-12
US Highway: US 190 (First 2dus: US 11)
State Highway: LA 1088
Parish Road: (Former) St. Tammany Parish Road 24
Interstate: 495 in Maryland
US: 1
State: Md. 355
Route signed with a county route number: CR 571, Mercer County, NJ
Any roadway maintained by a county: the street where I grew up
Wow, I really had to dig for at least one of these categories:
Interstate: I-95 (from Fayetteville NC to Philadelphia)
US Route: US 1 (City Avenue)
State Route: I would have said PA 23 (Belmont Avenue) but that was when the route terminated at Lancaster Avenue so i'll go with PA 3 (West Chester Pike, Chestnut and Walnut Streets)
County Route: CR 165A in Jackson County, FL