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Title: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: texaskdog on November 23, 2017, 10:35:19 PM
Favorite: US 191 (Yellowstone, Moab, Coronado Trail)
Been on the most:  When I lived in Minnesota I was right by I-694/US 10 so probably 10, if you don't count interstate duplexes, currently would be US-183 that I take to work every day.  Growing up was US-52 in Minnesota, now decommissioned.
One I most want to go on that I've never been on: Amazing looking at it how many I've been on but I'd really like to see US-96 through the piney woods in east Texas. 
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Takumi on November 23, 2017, 10:46:41 PM
Favorite: US 301.
Most used: Either 1 or 301.
Want to drive on: 701.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: hbelkins on November 24, 2017, 12:03:14 AM
Favorite: US 48
Most-used: Either 60 or 421.
Never been on: 101
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Jadhostgamer072 on November 24, 2017, 12:08:48 AM
Favorite: 1, and 64
Most Used: 74, 1, 64, and 70
Want to go on: 19, 40, and 9
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: wanderer2575 on November 24, 2017, 12:27:02 AM
Favorite and most used:  US-24
Want to drive end-to-end:  US-83
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: US 89 on November 24, 2017, 01:19:23 AM
Favorites: 40, 64, 89, 191 (can't pick one!)
Most used: 89
Never been on: 14
Want to drive on: 83, 82, 11 (since then I will have been on all of the 30 longest routes)
Want to drive end to end: 89, 191, 64, 40
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: kurumi on November 24, 2017, 02:29:58 AM
Favorites: 395, 163
Most used: 101
Never been on: 611
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: sparker on November 24, 2017, 03:15:40 AM
Favorite: US 101, Oregon coast
Most used: Also US 101, local Gilroy-Santa Rosa
Never been on: 319, 221, 8, 283 (probably more than that, but that's what I can recollect presently).
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on November 24, 2017, 12:10:19 PM
Favorite: 61
Most used: 10
Never been on: Most of them :(
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on November 24, 2017, 12:13:54 PM
Favorite: 121, the "Alanland highway" because it exists and doesn't exist.
Most used: null.
Never been on: All of them.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: 1995hoo on November 24, 2017, 12:20:15 PM
Favorite: 163. Only been on it during a single trip in 2015, but the scenery is what pushes it to the top. Honorable mention to 48.

Most used: Feels like 29, but I guess if I were to factor in local driving, 1 or 50 would probably top the list. I prefer to think of these sorts of polls in terms of not counting local errands or commuting or the like, so I'll go with 29.

Been on other parts but want to get this portion: The Overseas Highway part of 1.

Never been on at all but would like to travel: 101, 129 (Tail of the Dragon)
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: roadman on November 24, 2017, 12:25:04 PM
Favorite:  US 13 (Eastern Shore)
Most Used:  US 1 Boston MA to Danvers MA
Would like to travel on:  US 1 Miami to Key West (Overseas Highway)
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Jmiles32 on November 24, 2017, 02:09:40 PM
Favorite: US-50
Most Used: US-29(Literally can't leave my neighborhood without at least crossing it) and US-15
Never been on but would like to travel: US-101 and US-191(Love scenic routes)
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Mapmikey on November 24, 2017, 02:26:30 PM
Favorites: 11, 163
Most Used: 1, 17
Never been on but would like to travel: 8
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: ekt8750 on November 24, 2017, 06:50:59 PM
Favorites: 13, 50, 113 They all get me to my favorite vacation spots, Ocean City, MD and VA Beach
Been on the most: 13 I live right off of it
Never been: 101 It's on my bucket list to clinch
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: SD Mapman on November 24, 2017, 07:15:13 PM
Favorite/Most Used
US 14

Never been on
US 5 (or most east of the Mississippi)
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: SectorZ on November 24, 2017, 08:04:07 PM
My favorite: US 3, as prior stated in a similar thread, the northern 150 or so miles of it

Most traveled: Also US 3 (US 1 would fall second)

Never been on: Many, but the closest I've never been on is US 206 (with exception to some US XA routes)
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: RobbieL2415 on November 24, 2017, 09:20:06 PM
Favorite: US 13
Most Used: US 6
Never used: US 2
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: plain on November 24, 2017, 09:50:43 PM
Favorite: US 113

Most used: US 1 by far

Want to drive: US 101
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: corco on November 24, 2017, 09:57:55 PM
Favorite: There's something about US 89.

Most Used: Probably US 95, though I have lived near US 30 in three different states and US 287 in two different states - so it's probably a tie between those three. The longest US route I've clinched end-to-end is US 26, with US 93 right there behind it.

Never Used: I like the idea of "closest that you've never used," which for me is 550. Incidentally, I also would very much like to drive it.

Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Max Rockatansky on November 24, 2017, 10:44:10 PM
Favorite:  Certainly it would be US 66 out all routes that existed.  Out of the current routes it probably has to be used US 191 given the glut of National Parks like Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Arches, Canyonlands, and even the Petrified Forest within vicinity.  The Coronado Trail is definitely the my favorite segment of US Route throughout the entire country IMO....shame ADOT doesn't want it anymore.

Most Used:  Probably US 27 given that I drove it frequently in both Michigan and Florida.  Some of the other really common routes I've taken over the years are; 101, 60, 70, 93, 95, 1, 180, 89, 41, and 17.

Want to Drive:  I've been on pretty much all the notable US Routes, I'd like to try out US 195.  It seems like a weird little route that survives off of barely being a interstate highway.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: DandyDan on November 25, 2017, 02:24:26 AM
Favorite: US 61. It's hard to pick just one, but that was the one that goes through my first hometown.
Most used: US 75, during all the years I lived in Omaha.
Would like to drive: US 2, with US 8 a close second.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: index on November 26, 2017, 06:03:00 AM
My favorite US highway has got to be US 1. The route is very diverse. Anything from two lane route in a small town to large freeway, and even tropical climate to a rather cool year-round climate like Maine. If you want to see what the East Coast has, US 1 would be the to-go route, just like how US 101 is for the West Coast. It's on my bucket list to clinch both of them.

The one I've been on the most would be US 74. It's the main highway through my county.

The US routes I've never been on (there are obviously quite a few of these) is kind of vague, so I'll go ahead and answer the one that's farthest from me that meets this criteria. This would be US 101.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: epzik8 on November 26, 2017, 01:49:57 PM
Favorite U.S. 50
Been on most U.S. 1
Never been on U.S. 119
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Flint1979 on November 26, 2017, 03:19:40 PM
Favorite: US 12
Most Used: US 10, US 23, US 127
Never Been: US 101
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: SectorZ on November 26, 2017, 07:13:36 PM
Notice Fritzowl hasn't chimed in...

Favorite: None
Been on the most: Who knows
Never been on: Don't care they should all be drawn and quartered anyways
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: oscar on November 26, 2017, 08:39:16 PM
Favorite: probably US 395 (abundant hot spring soaking along the way, and the friendliest border crossing at its north end)

Most traveled: US 50 (I live a block north of the highway, and it almost always was part of my commute to and from work for about a quarter-century)

Never been: I've driven at least a little of every primary (non-bannered) US highway, but my least-traveled is US 57 at less than 1%
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: texaskdog on November 26, 2017, 09:21:24 PM
Thanks for your answers but the original third that seems to be confusing many now is "one you MOST want to go on that you've never been on"
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: akotchi on November 26, 2017, 09:39:06 PM
Favorite:  U.S. 1, particularly the Overseas Highway section in the Florida Keys

Most Traveled:  U.S. 1  (on my commute for 30 years; also have been on many segments along the full length)

One Not On, but Most Want to:  probably U.S. 101
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Roadgeekteen on November 26, 2017, 09:45:03 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on November 26, 2017, 07:13:36 PM
Notice Fritzowl hasn't chimed in...

Favorite: None
Been on the most: Who knows
Never been on: Don't care they should all be drawn and quartered anyways
He never posts here
Favorite: US 1
Most been on: US 1
Never been on: Most, but the one that I want to go on is US 101
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: kkt on November 26, 2017, 11:23:15 PM
Favorite: US 101, especially the rural sections in northern California, Oregon, and Washington
Most been on: US 101, sadly though mostly on the freeway sections in the SF Bay Area
Never been on: Lot of interesting choices, but the most obvious is US 1
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: US 89 on November 27, 2017, 12:24:44 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on November 26, 2017, 09:45:03 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on November 26, 2017, 07:13:36 PM
Notice Fritzowl hasn't chimed in...

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He never posts here
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If you look at his stats, every single one of his 1116 posts is in Fictional Highways.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: TheHighwayMan3561 on November 27, 2017, 12:26:44 AM
Quote from: roadguy2 on November 27, 2017, 12:24:44 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on November 26, 2017, 09:45:03 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on November 26, 2017, 07:13:36 PM
Notice Fritzowl hasn't chimed in...

...
He never posts here
...

If you look at his stats, every single one of his 1116 posts is in Fictional Highways.

Not to hijack the thread, but makes you wonder since Fictional Highways isn't visible to anyone without an account here how he found out about this place as a dumping ground for his ideas.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Roadgeekteen on November 27, 2017, 08:47:55 AM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on November 27, 2017, 12:26:44 AM
Quote from: roadguy2 on November 27, 2017, 12:24:44 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on November 26, 2017, 09:45:03 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on November 26, 2017, 07:13:36 PM
Notice Fritzowl hasn't chimed in...

...
He never posts here
...

If you look at his stats, every single one of his 1116 posts is in Fictional Highways.

Not to hijack the thread, but makes you wonder since Fictional Highways isn't visible to anyone without an account here how he found out about this place as a dumping ground for his ideas.
It is mentioned a lot. I knew it existed well before I joined.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: US 89 on November 27, 2017, 03:27:32 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on November 27, 2017, 12:26:44 AM
Quote from: roadguy2 on November 27, 2017, 12:24:44 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on November 26, 2017, 09:45:03 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on November 26, 2017, 07:13:36 PM
Notice Fritzowl hasn't chimed in...

...
He never posts here
...

If you look at his stats, every single one of his 1116 posts is in Fictional Highways.

Not to hijack the thread, but makes you wonder since Fictional Highways isn't visible to anyone without an account here how he found out about this place as a dumping ground for his ideas.

Actually, one of the biggest reasons I joined was so I could see the fictional forums. While lurking I got frustrated from being unable to open links to fictional threads.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Roadgeekteen on November 27, 2017, 04:46:39 PM
Quote from: roadguy2 on November 27, 2017, 03:27:32 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on November 27, 2017, 12:26:44 AM
Quote from: roadguy2 on November 27, 2017, 12:24:44 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on November 26, 2017, 09:45:03 PM
Quote from: SectorZ on November 26, 2017, 07:13:36 PM
Notice Fritzowl hasn't chimed in...

...
He never posts here
...

If you look at his stats, every single one of his 1116 posts is in Fictional Highways.

Not to hijack the thread, but makes you wonder since Fictional Highways isn't visible to anyone without an account here how he found out about this place as a dumping ground for his ideas.

Actually, one of the biggest reasons I joined was so I could see the fictional forums. While lurking I got frustrated from being unable to open links to fictional threads.
I think it is to encorage users to join rather than prevent another Fritz(Because that oviously would not work). Worked for me.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: bzakharin on November 27, 2017, 05:34:15 PM
I don't have a favorite. Most frequent would be US 202 since my place of employment was on it for 4 years. Most frequent that I still drive on is a tie between US 9 and 40. I've never been on most of them, but the closest is probably US 9W, maybe 209.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: ColossalBlocks on November 27, 2017, 05:51:41 PM
Favorite: US 412.

One I've been on the most: US 61.

One I've never been: US 95 (although there are a lot more, US 95 is one of them).
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: D-Dey65 on November 28, 2017, 01:00:48 AM
This is a tough one;

Favorite; 13, because of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
One I've been on the most: I can't decide if it's 19, 41, 98, or 301.
One I've never been: Sadly most of them.


Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Rothman on November 28, 2017, 09:50:43 AM
Favorite: US 202
Most used:  Currently, US 9 or US 9W.  Also drove on US 5 quite frequently and US 20.
Want to drive on more: US 83, but haven't been on US 46 at all.  Would rather drive through nowhere than a parallel route to I-80 in NJ any day.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Super Mateo on November 28, 2017, 04:04:46 PM
Favorite: US 52.  I've never been on the MN or ND portions, but there's a great variety of road types and scenery.  IA has an island town and a narrow bridge.  IL is mostly two lane roads through the plains, but also has urban arterials in Joliet and Kankakee.  IN has a lengthy 4-lane segment and urban expressways.  OH has a downtown journey and a scenic river drive.  WV is, in most of the state, a constantly winding road going through the mountains.  VA has a scenic trip up to Big Walker Lookout and that infamous stretch south of Fancy Cap.  NC is an expressway in the north half and a two lane rural in the south.  I've done little of the SC segment and the KY portion is barely anything.

Most used:  US 45.  As a kid, Orland Square, Orland Park Place, and places nearby were places they often went to shop.  As an adult, I still use it a lot.  I went to a college not far from it.  I work less than a mile away from it.  I've used it to travel to and from Rosemont when I have time to kill or just don't want to pay tolls.  Honorable second to US 6.

Most wanted:  Not sure.  Any 2dus with a number greater than 74 works because then I know I've found a new area.  If I have to pick one, US 89 sounds really interesting.
Title: Re: US routes: your favorite, the one you've been on most, and one you've never been
Post by: Ian on November 28, 2017, 06:06:14 PM
Favorite: US 163 through Monument Valley in Utah/Arizona is probably the coolest road I've ever driven. US 34 through Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is definitely a very close second.

Most Used: I'd say it's a tie between US 1 in Pennsylvania (goes right around my hometown) or US 2 in Maine (currently live right off of it).

Never driven but would like to travel: I really want to take on the challenge that is US 550 (Million Dollar Highway) in Colorado. I've heard it's a rather sketchy road to drive on what with its steep cliffs right up against the edge without any guardrails, but it seems like it's a very pretty drive. I've done the New Mexico portion south of Bloomfield, which is incredibly beautiful all its own.