Either before or after its decommissioning.
US 227 (after).
I-181 (before).
Ohio 533 - after
Previous version of US 48 (before and after)
Previous version of WV 17 (after)
Do I-70N and I-70S count? Long after renumbering in both cases. Also I-170 (MD), after.
I clinched GA 160 pre-decommissioning. Think I also picked up GA 351 after it was turned back.
I-495 N.C.
All in NC:
I-495
NC-44
US-117 Alternate between Goldsboro and Wilson
About 4800 km of decommissioned highways throughout Ontario. Likely more in other places but my knowledge of those is not as extensive.
Decommissioned Routes I clinched as the driver while they were still active (sure I am forgetting some):
US 17 ALT below Hardeeville SC; US 17 Bus (Mt Pleasant SC; Windsor NC); US 21 Bus (Rock Hill SC); US 76 Bus (Newberry SC); US 76-123 Bus (Seneca SC); US 176 Bus (Union SC); SC 31 (Charleston); SC 73 Myrtle Beach; SC 170 ALT; SC 281 SPUR (Port Royal); both SC 478s
US 29 Bus #1 for Danville VA; US 29 Business #1 for Lynchburg VA; VA 44 Virginia Beach; VA 104 Chesapeake; VA 163 Williamsburg; VA 167 Hampton; VA 212 #5; VA 253 Occoquan; VA 275 Staunton; VA 408, VA 410, VA 411, VA 414 (all Virginia Beach)
I-95 Bus (Kenly-Wilson-Rocky Mt); I-495 (Raleigh); US 158 Bus (Nags Head); NC 6 Greensboro; NC 44 (both that have existed)
WV 59 :D; WV 972
MD 95, MD 901
I-181 (TN)
Former US routes I have driven the entirety of since their existence (only counting corridors that are not US routes anymore):
US 48 (now I-68), US 213, US 230, US 240
MN 66 (both incarnations) - both after
MN 110 (will be eliminated this year) - before
MN 127 - after
MN 324 - probably before
MN 361 - after
US 74A through Monroe, NC, Decommissioned in 1954 shortly after US 74 was routed on a northern bypass of the city.
I-326 in South Carolina, which I believe is now I-77 from the interchange with I-26 to I-20.
I-495 NC before it was changed to I-87.
WI 74 (before)
WI 84 (afer)
Interesting thread. The only one I can think of is old VA 253 (which is now SR 906) in Prince William County.
There are numerous Florida State Secondary Roads which were turned back to County Roads. Almost any route number with a blue pentagon was once an SR or SSR designated by the Florida Department of Transportation. I can claim:
15B, 15C, 18, 80A, 42, 74, 92, 132, 153, 172, 208, 210, 214, 218, 227, 229, 231, 232, 234, 236, 237, 239, 241, 309, 314, 315, 316, 318, 325, 329, 329A, 329B, 337, 338, 368, 419, 420, 507, 512, 516, 523, 555, 582A, 598, 606, 608, 609, 619, 621, 623, 634, 635, 702, 709, 711, 712, 712A, 712B, 718, 720, 721, 724, 731, 733, 760, 769, 770, 782, 792, 795, 798, 811A, 827, 832, 833, 835, 837, 839, 841, 846, 851, 854, 865, 876, 880, 886, 896, 901, 905, 905A, 951, 5054.
To be honest, only a handful of the above were state roads (329, 598, 707, 798, 854) when I'd clinched them, and then later decommissioned.
I can also count the entire length of US 241 (the longest US route I've clinched) and US 94.
WA 237 (after)
WA 540 (after)
WA 126 (after)
WA 908 (before and after)
WA 111 temporary (Hurricane Ridge Road) (after)
The original WA 121 (junction US 12 in Rochester via Littlerock to junction I-5 south of Tumwater) (after)
WA 603 (after)
WA 209 (after)
WA 901 (after)
All of these were decommissioned before I was born (1992), with the exception of WA 908, which was decommissioned in 2010.
Quote from: formulanone on April 13, 2018, 03:08:49 PM
There are numerous Florida State Secondary Roads which were turned back to County Roads. Almost any route number with a blue pentagon was once an SR or SSR designated by the Florida Department of Transportation.
Good point, I forgot about those. Throw in 169, 171, and 173 up in the Panhandle.
The only one I can think of off the top of my head that I clinched before it was renumbered was the most recent VA 44 (now I-264 east of I-64) and that was well before I could drive. I’ve also driven the entirety of the second VA 44 (and am an advocate for it becoming primary again, at least east of VA 288), VA 416, 417, 418, the ancient VA 154 (now Prince George County secondary route 625 between US 460 and VA 10) and numerous segments of several others, both active and inactive (the entire historic reach of VA 38, for example).
Too many to count. In fact almost all Spanish roads below National highway have been renumbered at some point in the past (mostly in the 90s).
The most prominent one: the original N-123, which ran between Zaragoza and Huesca. Of course, after (it was deleted in 1982 when a section of planned N-330 was cancelled; and I was born in 1993).
The one that first comes to mind is in England: A344 to Stonehenge, after its east end was truncated to the former Stonehenge car park, but before the rest of the route was decommissioned and now serves shuttles to and from the new car park on A360.
Quote from: thefraze_1020 on April 13, 2018, 03:10:00 PM
WA 111 temporary (Hurricane Ridge Road) (after)
Heh, never knew this was state-maintained, always figured the NPS took care of it. I can count this at least four times...
Does I-80N count? If so, that one (after the rename).
Also US-28 (after decommission of course).
Business 158--Dare County NC
NC 6--Greensboro
Off the top of my head, the A344 in England comes to mind. It ran past Stonehenge and its old car park and visitors' centre, but the road has been removed in part and the remainder is solely for shuttle buses serving the new car park and visitors' centre located further away.
Quote from: formulanone on April 13, 2018, 06:07:32 PM
Quote from: thefraze_1020 on April 13, 2018, 03:10:00 PM
WA 111 temporary (Hurricane Ridge Road) (after)
Heh, never knew this was state-maintained, always figured the NPS took care of it. I can count this at least four times...
Its state maintenance was brief. It was maintained by the state from 1961 to 1971.
The only one I know I clinched before it was decommissioned was UT 184.
Highways I clinched after their decommissioning:
-US 666
-UT 181
-UT 195
-UT 131 (now reassigned to a different route)
-UT 272
-UT 214 (now part of US-6)
-UT 170 (renumbered to 260)
-and likely many more
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on April 13, 2018, 02:40:16 PM
MN 66 (both incarnations) - both after
MN 110 (will be eliminated this year) - before
MN 127 - after
MN 324 - probably before
MN 361 - after
- I clinched the Mankato - Good Thunder MN-66 maybe a year or two before it was decommissioned, but at the time I was unaware it was on the chopping block so I didn't take any pictures. I still kind of beat myself up for that.
- MN-361 I clinched just very shortly after the signs came down. There were still some empty sign posts where 361 shields used to be, even. Still kind of sad about that one. My only consolation prize was this Mile 1 marker in Rush City (https://i.imgur.com/swtH2aD.jpg) that was still posted.
- I drove MN-227 before decommissioning, but it was dark and that was way before I did much road picture stuff, anyway.
- MN-232 I clinched before decommissioning, and I have pictures of both its termini. It's somewhere among the first few routes I ever took pictures of. I thank the disagreement between Aitkin County and MnDOT for prolonging its existence long enough to allow me to do that. :)
- My avatar, MN-293, I clinched probably countless times. I only have one picture of a MN-293 shield, though. (Again, self-flagellation…)
- The Carver County sections of MN-101 I've clinched both before and after their gradual turnback, and with lots of pictures.
- I clinched MN-112 and MN-225 and thoroughly photographed both last May. Dunno if the signs for those two have come down yet or not, though.
- Once it gets warm enough I'm making a special trip just for MN-110 (and maybe a few other things, if I have extra time). That snow storm that is currently hitting Minnesota is not helping, though… :banghead:
WA-920, by virtue of clinching WA-520.
US 399 comes to mind off the top of my head for California. I've done a bunch of them but it would take awhile to get a comprehensive list going.
A couple of easy ones:
- M-107, both before and after
- M-108, certainly before, maybe after
Quote from: index on April 13, 2018, 02:45:26 PM
US 74A through Monroe, NC, Decommissioned in 1954 shortly after US 74 was routed on a northern bypass of the city.
I-326 in South Carolina, which I believe is now I-77 from the interchange with I-26 to I-20.
I-495 NC before it was changed to I-87.
I-326 was defined as I-26 to SC 48 and was never signed in the field. When the freeway opened between those points it was signed as TO SC 48 and TO I-26. When the freeway was opened further to US 76-378 the freeway was signed as TEMP SC 478.
The only I-326 shield to ever have existed was from a 1979 parade (I-526 also did not exist at the time of this photo): https://www.facebook.com/SCDOT/photos/a.1527282967543114.1073741830.1520684621536282/2034568800147859/?type=3&theater
NC: Green-40 (Winston Salem) so long before decommissioning it was still main line I-40
Green-95 (same sections as Mapmikey)
TN: I-181
I am struggling to think of any more, I will have to sit down some time and look at maps to figure out where certain roads used to be and what they are now-I am sure there must be a bunch in Florida that I have clinched that are no longer state roads.
4 of the Iowa highways decommissioned in 2003 that I know I clinched beforehand were 41, 91, 107 and 385. 2 of them I remember doing after the fact were 145 and 242. I also have the partially decommissioned 83, 191 and 333 clinched. Post 2003 decommissionings I completed beforehand are 192 and 370. As for pre-2003 decommissionings, all afterwards, I got 106, 288, 332 and 337.
I had Nebraska Highway 38 before it was decommissioned. I also had WI 351 before WI 11 took over.
Quote from: oscar on April 13, 2018, 05:44:38 PM
The one that first comes to mind is in England: A344 to Stonehenge, after its east end was truncated to the former Stonehenge car park, but before the rest of the route was decommissioned and now serves shuttles to and from the new car park on A360.
I did some digging, and while the road was officially closed 24-June-2013, the little tiny stub left open to the public was still officially A344 until April 2017 (though wasn't signed as such).
Many roads in the UK have been renumbered over the last 96 years, and there's 2495 defunct roads listed on SABRE - about 2000 of which are British A, B or M roads. As such, it's going to be a pointless thing to say that I've clinched this route that was decommissioned 90 years ago. However, I know for certain that I clinched the following roads before their decommission - which I believe is notable: A102(M) (southern bit (https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A102(M)_Blackwall_Tunnel_Southern_Approach) and northern bit (https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=A102(M)_East_Cross_Route)) and M10 (https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=M10).
Sort of ticked that I never totally clinched I-86 in CT/MA. Parts of it, but not all of it.
Quote from: Rothman on April 15, 2018, 11:44:26 AM
Sort of ticked that I never totally clinched I-86 in CT/MA. Parts of it, but not all of it.
That's one I forgot. I got that one several times as a kid on trips to and from Maine and the Maritimes.
A few in Michigan:
Fully decommissioned
BS I-96 Muskegon (after)
BUS US-31 Holland (before)
BUS US-131 Grand Rapids (before)
M-108 (before)
M-110 (before)
M-114 (after)
M-118 (after)
M-168 (before)
M-209 (after)
Truncated
BL I-196 in Grand Rapids (before; the section in Wyoming technically still exists)
M-42 between Manton and Mesick (before; I had that section clinched long before I had the extant section of M-42 from Manton to Lake City)
Quote from: Mapmikey on April 14, 2018, 08:31:51 AM
Quote from: index on April 13, 2018, 02:45:26 PM
US 74A through Monroe, NC, Decommissioned in 1954 shortly after US 74 was routed on a northern bypass of the city.
I-326 in South Carolina, which I believe is now I-77 from the interchange with I-26 to I-20.
I-495 NC before it was changed to I-87.
I-326 was defined as I-26 to SC 48 and was never signed in the field. When the freeway opened between those points it was signed as TO SC 48 and TO I-26. When the freeway was opened further to US 76-378 the freeway was signed as TEMP SC 478.
The only I-326 shield to ever have existed was from a 1979 parade (I-526 also did not exist at the time of this photo): https://www.facebook.com/SCDOT/photos/a.1527282967543114.1073741830.1520684621536282/2034568800147859/?type=3&theater (https://www.facebook.com/SCDOT/photos/a.1527282967543114.1073741830.1520684621536282/2034568800147859/?type=3&theater)
Oh... Either way, I've clinched it, so there's that.
AR 180 Mk I, MK II, Mk III
AR 112 at Bentonville
US 62B NW Arkansas
US 62B Eureka Springs
AR 72S Bentonville
Maybe more, but too early to remember
Indiana state highways that were decommissioned which I clinched before they went away: 112, 126, 131, 219, 311, 334, 403, 431, 435, 443, 526
Indiana state highways that were decommissioned whose route I clinched after they went away: 123, 220, 223, 313, 319, 367
For Arizona I've done the following:
- The original US 180
- US 260
- Every last section of US 66 that can still be used.
- Every last section of US 80 that can still be used.
- AZ 62
- The original AZ 63
- AZ 65
- The original AZ 79
- AZ 89L
- AZ 160
- The second AZ 164
- AZ 172
- AZ 173
- AZ 279
- AZ 360
- AZ 464
Some California designations other than US 399.
- I-15E
- CA 69
- CA 30
- CA 209
- CA 176
- The second CA 195
I thought about going into abandoned Legislative Route Numbers that never became signed state highways but that would be a long list and require a long look at my old photo albums.
In Southern California: CA 106 (later CA 30) when it was signed as such 1968-74. CA 206; decommissioned in 1994.
CA 250 (State College Blvd., never field-signed); decommissioned in 1982 after the parallel CA 57 freeway was completed north of I-5; CA 214 (Lincoln/Carson Avenues, never field-signed); decommissioned in 1972 after the parallel CA 91 (Artesia) freeway completed; CA 209 in San Diego, decommissioned, IIRC, around 2001.
Northern California: CA 82 between the former southern terminus at the Blossom Hill Rd. interchange with US 101 north to I-880, its current southern terminus (also have clinched the remaining signed portion north to S.F. several times).
MA Route 128 between Canton and Braintree - both before (128 south = 93 north = compass heading due east) and after.
CA-30, CA-31, CA-141, CA-480 off the top of my head.
Pennyrile Parkway (before during and after conversion)
Western Ky Parkway west of the former Pennyrile Parkway (before during and after conversion)
Purchase Parkway (BD&AC)
I95 in PA/NJ (BDAC into 295)
Chicago Skyway (Before when it was "to 90" on the signs and after when it just says 90)
US301 in DE (Soon to be switched to the toll road)
the old US1 bridges in trenton. Obviously post decomissioning.
Old US67 between AR226 and Hoxie AR. I was on it a week prior to the new freeway opening up to replace it.
Decommissioned routes or sections thereof clinched (including as a passenger) when existed
I-84: I-384 east of Exit 1 section and US 6 Willimantic Bypass section.
I-86 (CT/MA): Now I-84 (again)
US 6: portion now part of extended CT 66 through Willimantic
US 7: Norwalk piece bypassed by Super 7, Federal Rd portion north of I-84
US 113: Milford-Dover portion now DE 1
CT 9A: Now extended CT 154
CT/MA 15: Portion concurrent with I-86
CT 66: Portion from I-84 to I-91 now part of extended CT 322 and I-691 east of Exit 4
CT 72: This is a little complicated. When I was born, the only portion of the expressway that existed was the I-84 concurrency and the portion to CT 372 in New Britain. It then followed CT 372 to SR 571 to rejoin the expressway that is now CT 9, which ended just east of US 5/CT 15 and downgraded to what is now the portion of CT 372 through East Berlin and across I-91 in Cromwell. It then turned onto SR 524, and followed what is now a southern extension of CT 3 to end at CT 66 in Middletown. The expressway pieces of CT 72 and CT 9 in New Britain opened later, and CT 72 was moved onto the expressway and the former 72/571 portion became CT 372. CT 72 was truncated to its current end when the CT 9 expressway portion from I-91 to US 5/CT 15 opened and then assumed its current northern extension. CT 372 was re-directed off of SR 571 to pass through Kensington and take over its current eastern piece, which included the formerly unnumbered portion between SR 524 and CT 99. Before the portion west of I-84 was completed, CT 72 followed what is now part of SR 536 and CT 372 through downtown Plainville to rejoin the recently (2011) decommmissioned Forestville portion. Long story short: I clinched all mentioned decommissioned portions when they existed.
CT 291: Now part of extended CT 218 and I-291 Exits 3-4.
Routes that existed as of my DOB, but clinched after they were decommissioned
US 44: Clinched portion concurrent with I-86, but clinched extended CT 74 portion later.
US 44A: Clinched I-84 to US 6 split in Bolton Notch. Clinched rest after US 44 proper returned.
CT 8: Bypassed portions in the Shelton area and in Beacon Falls
CT 51: Portion of US 1 between Old Lyme and East Lyme (< 1 year old when decommissioned)
CT/MA 52: Now I-395.
I've clinched California's old SR17 (after the truncation). Maybe also SR21; not sure.
Old OR 212 between Tualatin and Clackamas.
Pre-Eddyville Bypass US 20.
The decommissioned US 460 section between Frankfort, KY and St. Louis.
WI-15 (the one that's now I-43)
WI-99
WI-184
WI-351
I-164
I-181
I-515 (once I-11 consumes it)
Wisconsin 159. Plus most of WI-123 north of WI-159 when both routes existed in Baraboo.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1611/25811933571_a4622920f9_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FjUUzr)
WI-159-ET (https://flic.kr/p/FjUUzr) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
WI-84 (It's frustrating I had to do it twice because the final stretch turns west and is marked on maps as county hwy X. But I was looking for it and passed it because it is not posted anywhere for whatever reason. the fmr route is mostly County hwy H with the westernmost part County Hwy XX and X unsigned as mentioned earlier.)
WI-99 (Now County hwy LO)
WI-109 (Now County hwy R)
WI-143 (Now County hwy NN mostly)
WI-15 (The one that is now I-43)
IL-190 (Now I-88)
California I-480 (as much as was ever built) and CA 480
OR 212 west of I-205
OR 213 along Airport Way
Let's see (not counting routes that were renumbered)...
Massachusetts:
Business Spur I-495 (Lowell Connector)
New York:
-All rerouted sections of US 9, US 9W, US 20, US 44, US 219
-The original surface alignment of NY 17
-The original surface alignment of NY 27
-NY 25C
-NY 31B
-NY 32B
-The former middle section of NY 42
-NY 57
-NY 82A
-Former NY 115 on Long Island (Wantagh Avenue)
-NY 146B
-NY 152
-NY 153
-NY 154
-Former NY 215 in Hamlin, Monroe County
-NY 239
-NY 255
-NY 258 (was once much longer)
-NY 267
-NY 273
-NY 288
-NY 317
-NY 323
-NY 338 (both of them)
-NY 339
-NY 356
-NY 358
-NY 361
-NY 380
-NY 405
-NY 422
There are likely more in other states. I plan to get a large amount of truncated US 21 this weekend, for example.
^ NY 153? :hmmm:
Is there another former one, or was the existing one truncated?
Quote from: webny99 on May 23, 2018, 10:04:43 PM
^ NY 153? :hmmm:
Is there another former one, or was the existing one truncated?
There are two former ones. The one in question is near the Vermont line. Becomes VT 153.
In kind of a weird way CA 276. The route only existed on legislative paperwork but I've driven all of the adopted routing from Three Rivers to Mineral King.
I can also include Georgia State Route 381; it turns out that Google Maps has many of the state's decommissioned routes still posted.
Insomnia problems...
Alabama: 135, 200, 275
Indiana: 100
Iowa: 192, 988
Kentucky: US 31E Business (Mount Washington; the infamous "US 31EX")
Louisiana: 655 Spur, 1059, 3228
North Carolina: 59
Texas: Spur 537
Wisconsin: 149
Probably a few more in Florida (besides what I posted earlier) but can't think of them right now.
WI 74, 123, 150, 177
California:
as a driver:
pre-1964 Route 5 (now the full extent of Route 35)
176 (in 2021, so about 37 years after it was decommissioned)
30 (in 2017, about 18 years after the route stopped existing; this includes what is now Route 210 and Route 330, but not the old surface street alignment)
unsigned 105/110 near the East Los Angeles Interchange (former was always part of US 101, latter is the San Bernardino Freeway spur connecting 101/110 that used to be US 60/70/99)
former Route 204 south of Route 58
former Route 16 between Woodland and eastern Sacramento
former Route 160 within Sacramento (from I-5 in Freeport to the 12th Street Bridge in Alkali Flat)
209 (this past year, so about a decade or more since the route stopped being signed)
pre-1964 15 (so the Long Beach Freeway excluding the Pasadena stub, the Valley Boulevard stub, and most of the segment south of Route 1)
256 (ca. 2008, not sure this was ever signed in the field)
old US 40
old US 99W between Stockton and Manteca (clinched in 2020)
former Route 82 between I-880 and the 85/101 junction (near Blossom Hill Road) in San Jose
former US 101W (mixture of SF city streets and current Route 82) between San Francisco and San Jose
former Bypass US 101 along the Bayshore Freeway
Bypass US 50 in south Sacramento (14th Avenue and 65th Street)
former Business US 50/99 in Sacramento (Stockton Boulevard)
former Business US 40 in North Sacramento (Del Paso Boulevard and El Camino Avenue)
decomissioned segment of Route 160 between Freeport and the Sacramento neighborhood of Alkali Flat
former portions of (unsigned) 275
former 117 between South San Francisco and Daly City (Junipero Serra Boulevard, supplanted by I-280)
former 170 south of US 101 in Hollywood (drove it while it was still signed in 2010)
the 1964-1981 extent of Route 11 (now I-110 and Route 101)
as a passenger:
15E/unsigned 194
225
86S
pre-1936 Route 3/pre-1964 Alternate US 101 (the current Pacific Coast Highway/etc. segment of Route 1), including the original alignment in Oxnard that has been bypassed by Rice Avenue
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outside of California:
as a driver:
current I-74/future NC 192 in Winston-Salem
Philippines route 54 (EDSA) through Pasay, Makati, Mandaluyong, Quezon City - number was deprecated after the 1950s and the country currently uses a different numbering system that is not often referred to by the public
as a passenger:
I-265 in Nashville (was already 65 by then, as this was in 2006)
I-515 in Las Vegas ca. 1998
At the top of my head, the ones I am truly aware of before decommissioning are VA 44 (as a young kid), NC 59, and VA 392. I was very surprised that I could even clinch VA 392 as the place seemed sort of closed off with construction crews there when I clinched it in May 2022 right before it was decommissioned.
I have long-term plans to clinch the VA 4XX routes in Richmond and Virginia Beach that have been decommissioned, but of those, I have completed VA 414 (Lynnhaven Pkwy) and VA 407 (Indian River Road) in Virginia Beach. I have some of VA 417 (Forest Hill Ave), but I do not have a complete clinch yet.
I can say I have MN 110, both before and after, and, more obscurely, MN 262 before its decommissioning. I think I have the former route of MN 212, but I don't know exactly where it ended on the west end.
The two highways I can add for Iowa are IA 105 and the last IA 134.
Been on all of former CA-42. (Which is still very well signed on apps like Apple Maps).
In the San Diego area, drove the entirety of what used to be CA-209 and CA-274. The former is nice if you ever want to visit La Jolla.
I-265 in Nashville even before it became I-65. I drove it in 1990.
Probably most notable on my last trip was former Hawaii Route 21 in Hilo.
I had forgotten this thread existed. It prompts me to note a partially decommissioned route that a fair number of us have clinched: VA-244, Columbia Pike, in Fairfax County and (formerly) Arlington County. The decommissioned part is still fairly thoroughly signed with the number, at least on routes intersecting or interchanging with it.
Some I forgot were former Hawaii Route 1970 and 240. 240 was recently relinquished to Hawaii County and is still signed. You wouldn't know it was a county Route without checking the HIDOT 2022 Route log. Of course that doesn't get into the nominal signage differences between Hawaii Routes and what the counties maintain. They even use the exact same signage, including the Hawaii Route spade.
Including those with official designations that were never signed in the field. Also only doing interstates and CO state highways as that's all I'm familiar with. For the interstates, I'll bold if I traveled them when they were signed as that number.
I-15W (ID)
I-35W (KS)
I-70S (PA)
I-70N (MD)
I-75E (FL)
I-80N (UT)
I-80N (OH)
I-82S (ID/UT)
I-82N (ID)
I-90N (NY)
I-180N (ID)
I-210 (AL)
I-410 (AZ)
I-410 (LA) x 2
I-515 (NV)
I-415 (UT)
I-425 (CO)
I-326 (SC)
I-130 (AR)
I-440 (OK)
I-244 (MO)
I-255 (TN)
I-164 (IN)
I-265 (TN)
I-876 (PA)
I-479 (PA)
I-180 (CA)
I-880 (CA)
I-280 (NE/IA)
I-280 (PA)
I-480 (PA)
I-680 (PA/NJ)
I-895 (DE)
I-495 (PA)
I-197 (MD)
CO3
CO4
CO5
CO6
CO11
CO16
CO18
CO18
CO19
CO20
CO20
CO21
CO23
CO24
CO25
CO27
CO29
CO31
CO32
CO33
CO33
CO36
CO38
CO40
CO49
CO50
CO51
CO51
CO54
CO55
CO68
CO70
CO73
CO76
CO78
CO80
CO81
CO84
CO85
CO87
CO98
CO99
CO100
CO102
CO106
CO107
CO111
CO118
CO122
CO123
CO126
CO128
CO146
CO146
CO147
CO153
CO160
CO163
CO166
CO176
CO182
CO187
CO197
CO254
CO256
CO279
CO293
CO353
CO382
CO398
CO789
oh, and FL9A, since I'm certain of that one.
Quote from: Big John on November 20, 2024, 04:59:42 AMWI 74, 123, 150, 177
Wisconsin (before they were decommissioned): 62, 74, 99, 109, 115, 123, 143, 150, 159, 199, 341, 351
There is just too many after. Dozens really.
Even though this road was like two miles long, I did clinch AR 132 like two weeks before it got turned back.
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 20, 2024, 10:18:12 AMI had forgotten this thread existed. It prompts me to note a partially decommissioned route that a fair number of us have clinched: VA-244, Columbia Pike, in Fairfax County and (formerly) Arlington County. The decommissioned part is still fairly thoroughly signed with the number, at least on routes intersecting or interchanging with it.
Yeah I redrove Columbia Pike east of VA 120 again recently because of the realignment by Arlington National Cemetery.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on November 20, 2024, 12:02:02 PMQuote from: 1995hoo on November 20, 2024, 10:18:12 AMI had forgotten this thread existed. It prompts me to note a partially decommissioned route that a fair number of us have clinched: VA-244, Columbia Pike, in Fairfax County and (formerly) Arlington County. The decommissioned part is still fairly thoroughly signed with the number, at least on routes intersecting or interchanging with it.
Yeah I redrove Columbia Pike east of VA 120 again recently because of the realignment by Arlington National Cemetery.
When I went that way eastbound earlier this fall, I noted an error US-27 shield at the eastern end of the realignment. Didn't manage to get a picture as I was paying more attention to where I was going, given that it was my first time on the new routing.
Quote from: 1995hoo on November 20, 2024, 12:08:00 PMQuote from: 74/171FAN on November 20, 2024, 12:02:02 PMQuote from: 1995hoo on November 20, 2024, 10:18:12 AMI had forgotten this thread existed. It prompts me to note a partially decommissioned route that a fair number of us have clinched: VA-244, Columbia Pike, in Fairfax County and (formerly) Arlington County. The decommissioned part is still fairly thoroughly signed with the number, at least on routes intersecting or interchanging with it.
Yeah I redrove Columbia Pike east of VA 120 again recently because of the realignment by Arlington National Cemetery.
When I went that way eastbound earlier this fall, I noted an error US-27 shield at the eastern end of the realignment. Didn't manage to get a picture as I was paying more attention to where I was going, given that it was my first time on the new routing.
I did. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?msg=2949538)
I want to note that I also clinched former VA 237 east of VA 120 due to it still being partly signed (at least as of June 2022).
Northern part of US 113 from Milford to the Dover AFB.
Then I have to say US 221 in Perry, FL.
Oh and VA 162 in Williamsburg, VA.
I've made a habit of trying to drive every bit of pavement that looks like it used to be part of US-101, US-99, US-395, western US-66, western US-80, and western US-6, even if it's no longer part of any numbered route, business route, or signed historic route. That's not the sort of thing that you can really know if you've "clinched" or not. But there's a lot of interesting pavement out there. In the Owens Valley, US-395 has so many old alignments that it's hard to keep track of them. Some are overgrown with weeds, and some are still lightly used. Following current and former US-6 alongside I-70 in Colorado is fun, too. And of course US-66 has lots of kitsch and memorabilia along it, and a lot of people doing the same thing as me.
I have retroactively clinched OK 124 and TX LOOP 266.
Clinched before decommissioning:
MN 222
MN 237
MN 274
MN 301
Clinched after (some are now other highways):
MN 54
MN 81
MN 103
MN 110
MN 112
MN 116
MN 118
MN 127
MN 190
MN 225
MN 227
MN 228
MN 231
MN 232
MN 235
MN 249
MN 254
MN 262
MN 263
MN 266
MN 268
MN 275
MN 290
MN 312
MN 323
MN 324
ND 33
ND 55
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on April 13, 2018, 03:06:49 PMInteresting thread. The only one I can think of is old VA 253 (which is now SR 906) in Prince William County.
I sure wasn't very thorough when I posted this. I'll add these ones, and this is absolutely not a complete list. (Also not including any placeholders for interstates, except for routes that were signed as primary then became parts of interstates. So no VA 413 for I-495.)
VA 4 (now US 33)
VA 9 (now VA 123)
VA 12 (now US 340)
VA 13 (Norfolk, now US 13)
VA 17 (Stafford to Winchester, now US 17)
VA 34 (South Boston, now US 360)
VA 44 (Powhatan/Chesterfield, now SR 711)
VA 44 (Norfolk/Virginia Beach, now I-264)
VA 51 (now VA 208)
VA 88 (Richmond, now VA 195)
VA 104 (Chesapeake)
VA 132 (original, now VA 132Y)
VA 133 (now VA 45)
VA 146 (two Richmond incarnations, one of which is now VA 5)
VA 160 (now VA 271)
VA 162 (Williamsburg)
VA 167 (Hampton/Newport News)
VA 168 (Virginia peninsula, now I-64)
VA 170 (Norfolk, now I-564)
VA 193 (Chesapeake)
VA 213 (Stafford, now SR 610 but still treated as primary by the VDOT Fredericksburg District)
VA 233 (partially now VA 28)
VA 240 (Albemarle, now US 250)
VA 248 (Louisa, now US 33)
VA 253 (Prince William, now SR 906)
VA 275 (Staunton, now VA 262)
VA 304 (South Boston, now US 360 - the current VA 304 used to be VA 304Y)
VA 350 (Shirley Highway, now I-395)
VA 357 (Southside VA Training Center, now destroyed)
VA 408 (Virginia Beach, the city finally removed the signage 23 years after decommissioning)
VA 409 (Chesterfield, now VA 36 and VA 153, and some SRs)
VA 409 (Virginia Beach)
VA 410 (Chesterfield, now VA 145)
VA 410 (Virginia Beach)
VA 411 (Virginia Beach)
VA 413 (now VA 155)
VA 414 (Henrico, now VA 5 and VA 156)
VA 414 (Virginia Beach)
VA 415 (now VA 249 and VA 30/33)
VA 416 (Richmond)
VA 417 (now US 522)
VA 417 (Richmond)
VA 418 (Chesterfield/Richmond, now VA 147, VA 197, and VA 6)
VA 418 (Monument Avenue in Richmond)
VA 419 (became part of Powhatan Co VA 44 and US 522, now SR 711 and US 522)
VA 420 (Hanover/Henrico, now US 33)
VA 425 (Chesterfield, now VA 144)
VA 430 (Richmond, now VA 5)
SR 3000 (Prince William)
SR 7100 (Fairfax)
SR 7900 (Fairfax)
KY 1398. The state relinquished control of this route to Estill County a few years ago, and the signs were finally removed a few weeks ago.
Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on April 16, 2018, 10:23:46 AMIndiana state highways that were decommissioned which I clinched before they went away: 112, 126, 131, 219, 311, 334, 403, 431, 435, 443, 526
Indiana state highways that were decommissioned whose route I clinched after they went away: 123, 220, 223, 313, 319, 367
I've added 73, 141 and 330 to the list of routes I've clinched post-mortem.
Business US 1 in St. Augustine, FL.
It's been decommissioned, but signs remain. Anyway I've done it too many times.
Former Business routes of both US 92 and 98 in Lakeland I've done before they went.
I haven't clinched any, sadly. I have been on multiple former alignments while they were still current, though.
Iowa 98
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4239/34852188673_8e0dc28a64_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/V6LzsH)
IA-098ST (https://flic.kr/p/V6LzsH) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Iowa 192
(https://live.staticflickr.com/311/32376815122_1c64145567_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Rk2D9o)
IA-192-US6WE (https://flic.kr/p/Rk2D9o) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Also: Michigan 107, but I don't have a photo. All three of these routes were clinched while they still were in existence.
Before they were decommissioned:
US 61 Bus in St. Francisville, LA
US 90 Bus in Lafayette, LA
LA 336-2
LA 688
LA 689
LA 731
LA 731 Spur
LA 809
LA 812
LA 930
LA 932
LA 987-2
LA 987-3 Spur
LA 1068
LA 1209
LA 1244
LA 1248
LA 3057
LA 3076
LA 3221
LA 3245
LA 3263
LA 3282
LA 3285
I clinched I-265 in Nashville, TN before it became part of I-65. I have also clinched US 113 Alternate in Delaware before it was decommissioned in 2004 when the north end of US 113 was cut back from Dover to Milford.
I only have one which I traveled when it was signed: CO 263 east of Greeley.
Off the top of my head:
MD 46 (now designated I-195; access road to BWI airport)
MD 386 (Benfield Road in Severna Park)
Probably doesn't count, but while living in Florida in the 1970s, a decent number of state highways that were "demoted" to county routes. So, not exactly a decommissioning.
It hasn't quite happened yet, but VT 119 is being relocated to a new bridge on December 5, with current 119 becoming pedestrian-only. I've been on the current alignment by both foot and car. Being only a few hundred feet, there is no segment of VT 119 that's going to remain the same both before and after.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on November 20, 2024, 06:17:33 AMI have long-term plans to clinch the VA 4XX routes in Richmond and Virginia Beach that have been decommissioned, but of those, I have completed VA 414 (Lynnhaven Pkwy) and VA 407 (Indian River Road) in Virginia Beach. I have some of VA 417 (Forest Hill Ave), but I do not have a complete clinch yet.
I clinched the former VA 416, VA 417, and VA 418 in Richmond yesterday.