What is the greatest number of 2dis that is clinchable in one day of driving? Let's cap a "day" of driving at 12 hours, since we don't want to overtax ourselves.
If you wake up in Amarillo, TX, you can drive the length of I-27, swing down to Copperas Cove and take the entirety of I-14 to Belton, then take I-35 down to San Antonio and ride I-37 into Corpus Christi. That gives you three interstates in a little over 11 hours according to Google (but this involves driving through Austin, which is a major time sink, so it's probably closer to 12).
I'm sure you can do better in Illinois, North Carolina, or the Northeast.
It might be possible to get 66, 68, 83, and 97 all in one day, but I'm not sure.
^ Add 78 and yes it's doable in about 9 hours without traffic. So that would be 5 in one day.
What the same challenge but with 2D US Routes?
5 is tough to beat. I can find three in several places.
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Quote from: Beltway on June 01, 2019, 04:45:21 PM
Quote from: 1 on June 01, 2019, 01:30:24 PM
It might be possible to get 66, 68, 83, and 97 all in one day, but I'm not sure.
76, 70, 68, 81, 66, 95, 97, 83
Doable in one day!
Keyword clinch.
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I originally thought "touchable".
I think 5 may be the most, unless more can be done in Illinois / Wisconsin.
This is a good topic though and there are three variants I'm considering:
Most 2dis touchable in one day
Most 3dis clinchable in one day
Most interstates touchable in one day
Quote from: webny99 on June 01, 2019, 08:47:38 PM
I think 5 may be the most, unless more can be done in Illinois / Wisconsin.
This is a good topic though and there are three variants I'm considering:
Most 2dis touchable in one day
Most 3dis clinchable in one day
Most interstates touchable in one day
I tried to come up with a route in the midwest where you could clinch lots of 2dis, particularly looking at I-96, I-88, I-72, I-39, I-41, and I-43, but the most I could get was three.
I'm pretty sure I could do six.
I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:20:32 AM
I'm pretty sure I could do six.
I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.
Maybe with a NASA rocket engine. Clinch, clinch, clinch!
Quote from: Terry Shea on June 02, 2019, 09:25:57 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:20:32 AM
I'm pretty sure I could do six.
I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.
Maybe with a NASA rocket engine. Clinch, clinch, clinch!
Well starting out I would already have I-75 clinched, then I could take I-69 back to I-475 to I-75 again to ride on I-69, then to I-94 to I-96, then down to the Ohio Turnpike to get I-80 and I-90, then east to get I-71 to I-77. I think that's reachable in one day.
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:38:07 AM
Quote from: Terry Shea on June 02, 2019, 09:25:57 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:20:32 AM
I'm pretty sure I could do six.
I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.
Maybe with a NASA rocket engine. Clinch, clinch, clinch!
Well starting out I would already have I-75 clinched, then I could take I-69 back to I-475 to I-75 again to ride on I-69, then to I-94 to I-96, then down to the Ohio Turnpike to get I-80 and I-90, then east to get I-71 to I-77. I think that's reachable in one day.
That's not clinching the routes.
Quote from: webny99 on June 01, 2019, 08:47:38 PM
I think 5 may be the most, unless more can be done in Illinois / Wisconsin.
This is a good topic though and there are three variants I'm considering:
Most 2dis touchable in one day
Most 3dis clinchable in one day
Most interstates touchable in one day
Well just think that when your in Wisconsin you can clinch three Interstate's at the same time. I-39, I-90 and I-94.
Quote from: 1 on June 02, 2019, 09:39:20 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:38:07 AM
Quote from: Terry Shea on June 02, 2019, 09:25:57 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:20:32 AM
I'm pretty sure I could do six.
I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.
Maybe with a NASA rocket engine. Clinch, clinch, clinch!
Well starting out I would already have I-75 clinched, then I could take I-69 back to I-475 to I-75 again to ride on I-69, then to I-94 to I-96, then down to the Ohio Turnpike to get I-80 and I-90, then east to get I-71 to I-77. I think that's reachable in one day.
That's not clinching the routes.
^This.
Quote from: 1 on June 02, 2019, 09:39:20 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:38:07 AM
Quote from: Terry Shea on June 02, 2019, 09:25:57 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:20:32 AM
I'm pretty sure I could do six.
I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.
Maybe with a NASA rocket engine. Clinch, clinch, clinch!
Well starting out I would already have I-75 clinched, then I could take I-69 back to I-475 to I-75 again to ride on I-69, then to I-94 to I-96, then down to the Ohio Turnpike to get I-80 and I-90, then east to get I-71 to I-77. I think that's reachable in one day.
That's not clinching the routes.
Then how in the heck is the I-35 example in the OP clinching that route? You aren't going to clinch I-35 in one day. It would take you about 22 hours of driving to clinch I-35.
That's 750 miles of driving in one day per the example of the OP. The amount of time it's going to take you to drive that is probably shorter than reality due to the fact that you'll be stopping at some point to either get gas, get food or something and traffic can be an issue as well.
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 10:07:27 AM
Quote from: 1 on June 02, 2019, 09:39:20 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:38:07 AM
Quote from: Terry Shea on June 02, 2019, 09:25:57 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:20:32 AM
I'm pretty sure I could do six.
I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.
Maybe with a NASA rocket engine. Clinch, clinch, clinch!
Well starting out I would already have I-75 clinched, then I could take I-69 back to I-475 to I-75 again to ride on I-69, then to I-94 to I-96, then down to the Ohio Turnpike to get I-80 and I-90, then east to get I-71 to I-77. I think that's reachable in one day.
That's not clinching the routes.
Then how in the heck is the I-35 example in the OP clinching that route? You aren't going to clinch I-35 in one day. It would take you about 22 hours of driving to clinch I-35.
I-35 isn't clinched in the OP's example. It says that three routes (27, 14, 37) are clinched, not four.
What's all the confusion in this thread? How many 2 digit Interstates can you clinch - meaning drive all of - in a single day. Not "touch" or "cross" or "finish" if you've clinched most of it, but drive from start to finish.
For a variation on this, I am looking at what's the best I can do starting at my house.
3: I-88 (I-81) I-84 (I-90,I-495,I-93) I-89 could be done in about 12 hours with really good traffic.
Closest I have come to finding a 4, but it's outside 12 hours even not factoring in traffic and stops: I-88 (NY 17/I-86) I-99 (all signed segments) (I-76,US119) I-68 (I-70,I-81) I-66. If I came that far in a very long day, I'd have to shoot over to Annapolis and go up I-97 to make it 5. But then I'm way beyond the 12-hour limit.
If you want to count lettered-suffixes, then I-2, I-69E, I-69C in the Rio Grande Valley, shoot over to Laredo for I-69W and collect 'em all. Easy peasy!
Edit: It looks like you only need one border crossing, at I-69W. Google Maps puts it at about 6 hours.
Unfortunately, they're effectively 3dis with a promotion, which means they're kind of ineligible for the challenge.
Quote from: formulanone on June 02, 2019, 11:35:38 AM
Edit: It looks like you only need one border crossing, at I-69W. Google Maps puts it at about 6 hours.
Nope on the border crossing. I-69W ends (per AASHTO) at an at-grade intersection just before the toll plaza for the bridge, helpfully marked with a "Back to U.S.A." sign (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=3624.msg282555#msg282555), and sometimes a barricade when the bridge is closed in off-peak hours (like the Sunday afternoon when I was last there). The bridge is restricted to commercial traffic, anyway.
I-69E also stops short of the border.
I might play with later something on the 2di Autoroutes in Quebec, which include several short routes conveniently clustered around Montreal. Such as south on A-13, north on A-19, south then back north on A-25, south on A-31, and end the day on A-10 from downtown Montreal to Sherbrooke with a side trip on A-35, for a total of six. Adding A-30 would be a reach, especially with its separate Becancour segment.
EDIT: The above itinerary, plus A-30 (both segments) to take you close to where you started at A-13's north end, can be done in about 10 hours (assuming no serious traffic delays with three crossings of the St. Lawrence River in Montreal, always an optimistic assumption). That's seven 2di Autoroutes clinched in one day. It might also be possible to add an eighth, A-50 to Gatineau, pushing up against the 12-hour limit.
Quote from: froggie on June 01, 2019, 01:37:58 PM
^ Add 78 and yes it's doable in about 9 hours without traffic. So that would be 5 in one day.
You can also use I-99 instead of I-78 in that scenario. Starting in Morgantown, you can take 68-66-97-83-99 and be back home at the end of your day.
Quote from: froggie on June 01, 2019, 01:37:58 PM
^ Add 78 and yes it's doable in about 9 hours without traffic. So that would be 5 in one day.
Looking this up on Google Maps:
68 - (70) - (81) - 66 - (surface streets to US 50) - 97 is about 5.5 hours/328 miles according to Google Maps
From 97's northern terminus, (895) - (295) - 83 - (81) - 78 is 256 miles/4.25 hours. So a total from 68 to end of 78 of 9.75 hours if uninterrupted, 584 miles.
Now it made me wonder how much longer this would be if I-87 was added. Using a route of 78's eastern terminus to West Side Highway, FDR Drive, the Triborough Bridge, 278, and all of 87...that adds 348 miles and 5 hours 26 minutes to the journey. Would then total 15 hours 11 minutes and 932 miles, which would require multiple drivers to pull off.
15 hours 11 minutes requires multiple drivers? I've driven longer than that in a 24-hour period by myself (not that it was a pleasurable experience...).
Quote from: skluth on June 02, 2019, 12:05:55 PM
Quote from: froggie on June 01, 2019, 01:37:58 PM
^ Add 78 and yes it's doable in about 9 hours without traffic. So that would be 5 in one day.
You can also use I-99 instead of I-78 in that scenario. Starting in Morgantown, you can take 68-66-97-83-99 and be back home at the end of your day.
Maybe PA's portion of I-99, but not if you go all the way to Corning.
Quote from: webny99 on June 02, 2019, 12:45:32 PM
Quote from: skluth on June 02, 2019, 12:05:55 PM
Quote from: froggie on June 01, 2019, 01:37:58 PM
^ Add 78 and yes it's doable in about 9 hours without traffic. So that would be 5 in one day.
You can also use I-99 instead of I-78 in that scenario. Starting in Morgantown, you can take 68-66-97-83-99 and be back home at the end of your day.
Maybe PA's portion of I-99, but not if you go all the way to Corning.
Oops. I had forgotten they've extended Bud Shuster's pet project beyond State College. You are correct.
Quote from: Jim on June 02, 2019, 10:59:13 AM
For a variation on this, I am looking at what's the best I can do starting at my house.
3: I-88 (I-81) I-84 (I-90,I-495,I-93) I-89 could be done in about 12 hours with really good traffic.
Closest I have come to finding a 4, but it's outside 12 hours even not factoring in traffic and stops: I-88 (NY 17/I-86) I-99 (all signed segments) (I-76,US119) I-68 (I-70,I-81) I-66. If I came that far in a very long day, I'd have to shoot over to Annapolis and go up I-97 to make it 5. But then I'm way beyond the 12-hour limit.
Not a lot of short 2dis near me in Atlanta, so I'd bet my limit is probably 2.
I-24 and I-72 would take right at 12 hours.
I-22 and I-30? Nope, that's 14 hours.
I-59 and I-12 could be done in under 10 hours.
I-16 and I-4 is a crisp 9 hours, but there's nothing else to grab.
Oh! It looks like I could get I-16 and all the various pieces of I-73 and I-74 in 11 1/2 hours (counting NC's I-74 as distinct from the one in the midwest). So that's 3.
Is I-42 signed? It might be possible to drop I-16 and do 42, 87, 73, and 74.
My first thought was some combination of 68, 66, 97 and 83. I've clinched all four of them, but not sure if I got more than one on the same day.
I-19, I-17 and I-11 can definitely be done in one day. The direction of travel wouldn't require a huge amount of north/south deviation with the present form of I-11.
You could in one day drive all of the original I-69 from Indianapolis to Port Huron, take I-94 to I-75 to I-96 in Detroit, and drive all of I-96 to Muskegon. Whether that counts as an I-69 clinch these days is a point of opinion.
I opened the Wikipedia list of interstates and sorted from shortest to longest and noticed that there were a couple in Arizona. Since I'm not familiar with that area, I thought I'd try something else, and then I realized that since I-97 is the shortest 2di, a route should involve that. I-83 and I-88 are pretty short too, so I tried to include them, and I got I-88, I-78, I-83, I-97, and I-66 (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/42.7860681,-74.0130753/''/40.7227209,-74.0081083/40.2752775,-76.8174761/Baltimore,+MD/38.9880842,-76.5782841/38.8925312,-77.0587092/39.0082336,-78.2939094/@40.776806,-78.393811,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m18!4m17!1m0!1m3!2m2!1d-75.9031677!2d42.1354042!1m0!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c803aed6f483b7:0x44896a84223e758!2m2!1d-76.6121893!2d39.2903848!1m0!1m0!1m0!3e0) in a little less than 11 hours. The route also involves the following routes:
NY: I-81/I-86
PA: I-80, I-380, I-81
MD: I-395, I-95, I-695
DC: I-695, I-395
As an added bonus, the route also clinches I-380 in PA.
I tried including I-87, I-84 and/or I-99, but that was too long. Since Google shows travel times based on the current time when you plan the route, starting the route at the eastern end of I-78 and including I-68 and the southern portion of I-99 (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.7227209,-74.0081083/40.2752775,-76.8174761/Baltimore,+MD/38.9880842,-76.5782841/38.8925312,-77.0587092/39.0082336,-78.2939094/''/39.5792994,-79.9700893/40.9385011,-77.7306387/@39.851448,-79.2438157,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m19!4m18!1m0!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c803aed6f483b7:0x44896a84223e758!2m2!1d-76.6121893!2d39.2903848!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m3!2m2!1d-78.247633!2d39.6981893!1m0!1m0!3e0) may be 12 hours or a bit shorter, but it's currently 12:12.
Also, since the first route starts in Schenectady, it could work for Jim.
My first thought was 97-83-78 would be a good place to start. Maybe add on 66 at the front and 87 at the end? 66-97-83-78-87 might be possible.
Looking around in the Midwest, my thought is that you could start at Zion, IL-ish and go N on I-41 then south on I-43. That takes so much time already, though. Or start in Beloit and do 43 N to 41 S to 57 S. That's still only 3 though.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on June 02, 2019, 11:06:45 PM
My first thought was 97-83-78 would be a good place to start. Maybe add on 66 at the front and 87 at the end? 66-97-83-78-87 might be possible.
Looking around in the Midwest, my thought is that you could start at Zion, IL-ish and go N on I-41 then south on I-43. That takes so much time already, though. Or start in Beloit and do 43 N to 41 S to 57 S. That's still only 3 though.
88 -> 57 -> 24 would be pushing it to hit three. Have to double back an hour or so between Sikeston and Marion, IL to do it, also
Google puts that trip at 13.5 hours - over 12 hours by the cost of the Sikeston-Marion backtrack, basically
Quote from: formulanone on June 02, 2019, 11:35:38 AM
If you want to count lettered-suffixes, then I-2, I-69E, I-69C in the Rio Grande Valley, shoot over to Laredo for I-69W and collect 'em all. Easy peasy!
Edit: It looks like you only need one border crossing, at I-69W. Google Maps puts it at about 6 hours.
Unfortunately, they're effectively 3dis with a promotion, which means they're kind of ineligible for the challenge.
Even if you try what will become the full routes, you can make it well under 12 hours. Once it's all full freeway the time would reduce significantly, especially along US 83. You might be able to throw in I-37 too, to get 5.
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Quote from: Michael on June 02, 2019, 09:01:53 PM
I opened the Wikipedia list of interstates and sorted from shortest to longest and noticed that there were a couple in Arizona. Since I'm not familiar with that area, I thought I'd try something else, and then I realized that since I-97 is the shortest 2di, a route should involve that. I-83 and I-88 are pretty short too, so I tried to include them, and I got I-88, I-78, I-83, I-97, and I-66 (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/42.7860681,-74.0130753/''/40.7227209,-74.0081083/40.2752775,-76.8174761/Baltimore,+MD/38.9880842,-76.5782841/38.8925312,-77.0587092/39.0082336,-78.2939094/@40.776806,-78.393811,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m18!4m17!1m0!1m3!2m2!1d-75.9031677!2d42.1354042!1m0!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c803aed6f483b7:0x44896a84223e758!2m2!1d-76.6121893!2d39.2903848!1m0!1m0!1m0!3e0) in a little less than 11 hours. The route also involves the following routes:
NY: I-81/I-86
PA: I-80, I-380, I-81
MD: I-395, I-95, I-695
DC: I-695, I-395
As an added bonus, the route also clinches I-380 in PA.
I tried including I-87, I-84 and/or I-99, but that was too long. Since Google shows travel times based on the current time when you plan the route, starting the route at the eastern end of I-78 and including I-68 and the southern portion of I-99 (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.7227209,-74.0081083/40.2752775,-76.8174761/Baltimore,+MD/38.9880842,-76.5782841/38.8925312,-77.0587092/39.0082336,-78.2939094/''/39.5792994,-79.9700893/40.9385011,-77.7306387/@39.851448,-79.2438157,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m19!4m18!1m0!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c803aed6f483b7:0x44896a84223e758!2m2!1d-76.6121893!2d39.2903848!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m3!2m2!1d-78.247633!2d39.6981893!1m0!1m0!3e0) may be 12 hours or a bit shorter, but it's currently 12:12.
Also, since the first route starts in Schenectady, it could work for Jim.
If we can assume a bit of (unrealistic) speeding in addition to no traffic, it's possible to clinch I-88, I-78, I-83, I-97, I-66, and I-68 (https://goo.gl/maps/JT5qVJAdYAJhAEER6) in 12 hours, assuming an average speed of 71 MPH.
Quote from: ilpt4u on June 02, 2019, 11:30:13 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on June 02, 2019, 11:06:45 PM
My first thought was 97-83-78 would be a good place to start. Maybe add on 66 at the front and 87 at the end? 66-97-83-78-87 might be possible.
Looking around in the Midwest, my thought is that you could start at Zion, IL-ish and go N on I-41 then south on I-43. That takes so much time already, though. Or start in Beloit and do 43 N to 41 S to 57 S. That's still only 3 though.
88 -> 57 -> 24 would be pushing it to hit three. Have to double back an hour or so between Sikeston and Marion, IL to do it, also
Google puts that trip at 13.5 hours - over 12 hours by the cost of the Sikeston-Marion backtrack, basically
It might be faster to do 88, 57, and 72 in one day, although the most efficient way would not do 57 in a single segment. Google Maps is putting that also at 13.5 hours, which includes going the distance both ways on I-72.
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 10:07:27 AM
Quote from: 1 on June 02, 2019, 09:39:20 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:38:07 AM
Quote from: Terry Shea on June 02, 2019, 09:25:57 AM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 02, 2019, 09:20:32 AM
I'm pretty sure I could do six.
I-69, I-75, I-80, I-90, I-94, I-96 and possibly I-71 and I-77 as well making it eight.
Maybe with a NASA rocket engine. Clinch, clinch, clinch!
Well starting out I would already have I-75 clinched, then I could take I-69 back to I-475 to I-75 again to ride on I-69, then to I-94 to I-96, then down to the Ohio Turnpike to get I-80 and I-90, then east to get I-71 to I-77. I think that's reachable in one day.
That's not clinching the routes.
Then how in the heck is the I-35 example in the OP clinching that route? You aren't going to clinch I-35 in one day. It would take you about 22 hours of driving to clinch I-35.
Just in case the answer wasn't made clear enough...
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 01, 2019, 01:09:57 PM
What is the greatest number of 2dis that is clinchable in one day of driving? Let's cap a "day" of driving at 12 hours, since we don't want to overtax ourselves.
If you wake up in Amarillo, TX,
you can drive the length of I-27,
swing down to Copperas Cove
and take the entirety of I-14 to Belton,
then take I-35 down to San Antonio
and ride I-37 into Corpus Christi.
Only the phrases in bold type are clinches. Note that driving from Lubbock to Copperas Cove would also likely include driving on short stretch of I-20, and entering San Antonio would briefly overlap on I-410. Yet those Interstate numbers were never even mentioned because they wouldn't be clinches.
Quote from: Michael on June 02, 2019, 09:01:53 PM
I tried including I-87, I-84 and/or I-99, but that was too long. Since Google shows travel times based on the current time when you plan the route, starting the route at the eastern end of I-78 and including I-68 and the southern portion of I-99 (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/40.7227209,-74.0081083/40.2752775,-76.8174761/Baltimore,+MD/38.9880842,-76.5782841/38.8925312,-77.0587092/39.0082336,-78.2939094/''/39.5792994,-79.9700893/40.9385011,-77.7306387/@39.851448,-79.2438157,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m19!4m18!1m0!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c803aed6f483b7:0x44896a84223e758!2m2!1d-76.6121893!2d39.2903848!1m0!1m0!1m0!1m3!2m2!1d-78.247633!2d39.6981893!1m0!1m0!3e0) may be 12 hours or a bit shorter, but it's currently 12:12.
For me, the travel time shows up in black, which means they're using the "without traffic" time rather than calculating a live one. For me, this happens whenever there is more than one destination on the list.
Also note that I-99 is currently discontiguous and has a piece near Corning.
I figured doing 7 in about 1000 miles is possible (not in 12 hours) in a day. Start in Schenectady, NY and end in NYC. In order clinch 88, 99, 68, 66, 97, 83 and 78.