Started thinking about this when looking at the "Longest You've Stayed on One Highway on a Given Trip" thread. Which primary interstates (just limiting it to that for now since otherwise we'll go down the black hole into state highways and everything else) have you clinched in one shot? Stopping for the night is fine, but getting back on the highway at the same spot is a must.
Also, if you want, highlight the longest one you've done so.
My list:
I-A4
I-4
I-11
I-12
I-17
I-19
I-22
I-24 - Longest at 316.36 miles
I-27
I-37
I-45
I-49* (when it was just Shreveport-Lafayette)
I-68
I-73* (when it was just between Rockingham and Ulah)
I-76 (western)
I-82
I-86 (western)
I-88 (western)
I-88 (eastern)
I-89
I-91
I-97
I-99* (when it was only in Pennsylvania)
20 current 2dis, 23 if you include ones that I clinched the entirety of them as they existed
Chris
The most notable for me was I-65 which was often the Route of choice between the Great Lakes states and Destin, FL on family visit trips.
I-8
I-11 (as it exists now)
I-17
I-19
I-66
I-68
I-88W
I-44 I got all that existed the first time I was on it but have not been back to get the rest.
I-76W I missed the part west of I-25 the first time I was on it so close but not quite.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 26, 2021, 06:34:07 PM
The most notable for me was I-65 which was often the Route of choice between the Great Lakes states and Destin, FL on family visit trips.
And kept on it from Montgomery to Mobile? Seems like that would be out of the way.
Chris
I've clinched three different Texas 2dis in one-day trips: I-27, I-14, and I-37 (the last two on the same day).
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 26, 2021, 06:34:07 PM
The most notable for me was I-65 which was often the Route of choice between the Great Lakes states and Destin, FL on family visit trips.
Did you start all the way up at 12/20?
Quote from: jayhawkco on August 26, 2021, 06:39:25 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 26, 2021, 06:34:07 PM
The most notable for me was I-65 which was often the Route of choice between the Great Lakes states and Destin, FL on family visit trips.
And kept on it from Montgomery to Mobile? Seems like that would be out of the way.
Chris
Certainly helped that we frequented a lot of places along the coast near the state line. My Dad was what we would consider a Roadgeek too, staying on course was he would do to finish a highway.
I've only ever clinched I-97. So that.
The only 2di I've even clinched in one trip is I-12, which I did 11 years ago. Coincidentally, it is also the only 2di I've clinched.
My list is pretty sad. In fact, it doesn't even exist unless you count NY's portion of I-99. :sombrero:
Doesn't help that most of my 2di travels have been on very long routes - I-90, I-80, etc. So for a lot of the shorter 2di's, I either haven't been on them (I-68, I-97) or have been on segments, but not clinched them (I-78, I-83, I-88 NY, I-99).
Just I-78 for me. The only other 2di I've clinched is I-71, but that was done with multiple trips.
I-12, I-49 (original LA portion), and I-45. 45 being the longest.
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Eastern 88 – in one sitting without getting off, and also the only 2di I've clinched.
When we would go to Connecticut from Baton Rouge, we would clinch
I-12
I-59
I-84
I-66
one time we went up into New Hampshire and Vermont and added
I-93
I-91
That was just on one trip though... ive also clinched
I-45
I-49 (original routing)
I-37
Quote from: jayhawkco on August 26, 2021, 06:39:25 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 26, 2021, 06:34:07 PM
The most notable for me was I-65 which was often the Route of choice between the Great Lakes states and Destin, FL on family visit trips.
And kept on it from Montgomery to Mobile? Seems like that would be out of the way.
Chris
It would be reasonable to stay on I-65 until Georgiana (between Montgomery and Mobile). You can then easily take AL 55, FL 85 and FL 293 to Destin. Alternatively, AL 55, US 29, AL 137, FL 189, FL 85, FL 293.
I would go pretty much that way annually (although actually going to to Fort Walton Beach, eschewing FL 293). I preferred it to US 331 and all those small towns with 25 mph speed
traps limits. Even though longer, it was about 10 minutes faster.
Assuming (as usual) allowing for stops for gas, food, and lodging.
All my 2di's driven beginning to end in one shot (my "Travel Mapping" log used as source) :
I-85 (677 miles)
I-84 (232 miles) (Eastern version)
I-88 (118 miles) (Eastern version)
I-68 (111 miles)
I-99 (86 miles)
I-97 (17 miles)
I-87 (13 miles) (Southern version)
i think the only 2DI I've clinched in a single driving/riding session is I-24
I don't think I've ever single-tripped I-88/IL from I-290 to I-80
On my 3rd cross-country trip of 1989 (the 2700+ mile stint on I-80 was on the first of that year), I managed to clinch the following: I-66, I-97, I-83, and the eastern I-88 (the last about 3 weeks after the final connection to I-81 was opened). So far that's a personal 2di record for a single trip. I spent about 40% of that year on the road -- and consider it one of the best years I've had to date!
I-59 is the longest that comes to mind.
I-68, I-82, I-88 (NY) and I-97, also.
I'm picky when clinching, so the very closest would be I-30, except for what's probably a half-mile outside of Dallas, where I did a short detour to snag a county.
For I-66, I never started up by the Kennedy Center or wherever it ends and headed all the way out to I-81, but that's another close one.
To make sure I'm clear on the concept, this doesn't mean "the most 2dis you've clinched on one single road trip," right? In other words, if I take a two-week trip to Florida to visit relatives, I'm not adding up how many 2dis I clinched in the course of that overall trip, right? (I think the maximum number for any such trip was one, that being I-4, and for most such trips it's been zero.) You're asking overall how many times have we clinched a 2di in a straight shot without exiting other than for things like gas/food/toilet/tourism/overnight stops as long as you re-enter at the same interchange, right?
We had a thread like that about five years ago, "Longest Interstate clinched non-stop," (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=18851.msg2175696#msg2175696) but as the subject line indicates, the OP there imposed the very strict criterion that you couldn't leave the main travel lanes for any reason, not even to stop at a rest area to hit the head.
In reference to 2dis, my answer there was only I-4 because on I-68 the one time I've driven the length of the road on a single trip I stopped at the West Virginia welcome center to hit the head. (At the time I had not yet been on I-88 in New York and I hadn't completed I-97.) Assuming I'm interpreting the question for this thread correctly, I believe my current list is I-4, I-68, I-85 via its old alignment in Greensboro (the new alignment didn't exist yet), I-88 in New York, and I-97.
I don't count North Carolina's I-87, in part because I travelled that segment in the mid-1990s when there was no thought of it being an Interstate, and I've never gotten I-66 in one shot (makes sense given where I live) nor I-83 (while I've clinched it, it makes little sense to head into downtown Baltimore to pick up the southern end if I'm on a longer trip).
Living on the East Coast in the DC area makes this a bit of a challenge because the more important 2dis around here (I-95, I-81, I-70) are less susceptible to clinching in a single shot; of those three, someone living around here would probably have the best shot at doing this as to I-70 simply because you're closer to where it ends (or begins) in Baltimore :biggrin:, whereas for the other two you're midstream such that a single-shot clinch would involve a lot of travel to one end of the road just to turn around and drive the whole thing.
Your interpretation is correct. Not most interstates in one trip, merely which interstates have been driven from end to end in a single trip without draconian limitations.
Chris
I-68 (at least a couple times)
I-76 western
I-96
I've driven all of I-66 but not in one trip.
Only 1...but it's a goodie...I-76 Eastern, from NJ to OH.
2di's I have clinched: 12 24 39 41 43 55 57 65 68 72 74 76w 84e 86w 88w (15 of them)
Of those, I have clinched (12, 41, 68, 76w, 84e, 86w) each in a single trip.
side notes- I-59 was nearly clinched in a single trip but the viaducts were closed in Birmingham, rerouting me onto I-459. I-65 was almost clinched in a single trip, too, but I took a detour between exits 45 and 77 in Alabama. I clinched the remainder of I-65 later on a separate trip, but I never got back to I-59.
I decided to look at my numbers further. I've clinched a total of 25 2dis, and all but 7 were one in one shot. (I recently edited my OP since I forgot about I-A4 and I-82).
The only ones I haven't clinched all at once were:
I-16 (I-95 to Macon in 2001, and the portion east of I-95 in January)
I-25 (Albuquerque to Las Cruces in 1988, Colorado Springs to Denver in 1992, Castle Rock to Albuquerque & Denver to Cheyenne in 1994, and Cheyenne to Buffalo in 1995)
I-44 (First clinched a bit of concurrency in OKC in 1988, then Tulsa to St. Louis in 2003, and Wichita Falls to Tulsa in 2011)
I-70 (Denver to Grand Junction in 1992, Kansas City to Denver in 1995, Kansas City to St. Louis in 1999, St. Louis to Indianapolis in 2001, Indianapolis to Bedford in 2003, and BALTIMORE to Bedford in January)
I-72 (Champaign to Springfield in 2002 and Hannibal to Springfield in 2003)
I-83 (I-695 to York in 2003 and downtown Baltimore to I-695 in January)
I-84 (western) (Ogden to Hermiston in 2005, Ogden to Echo in 2010, Hermiston to Portland in 2020)
Chris
Of the six 2dis I've clinched:
I-14: straight shot, only stopping for food in Killeen
I-16: straight shot, only stopping once for gas and a quick detour to grab Wilkinson County
I-22: more or less a straight shot over two days, with a night spent in Tupelo and a little driving around there as a result
I-24: more or less a straight shot over two days, spending a night in Nashville and driving around there a bit
I-82: clinched once in each direction, straight shot each way - in fact, I don't think I ever got out of the car when we drove it eastbound
I-86 western: got this on a clinching daytrip to southeast Idaho, so I clinched the whole thing in the span of a day but did a bunch of side stuff along the way and in between different parts (does that count?)
Quote from: US 89 on August 27, 2021, 10:53:19 AM
(does that count?)
Yep. You can get off the road and do whatever you want to do for the purposes of this thread. You just have to get back on the road at the same place (I'll even allow one exit over :sombrero:).
My clinch of I-A4 is this way, since we drove up the Denali Highway a little way but turned around and re-entered the road at the same point I left it.
Chris
Quote from: wanderer2575 on August 27, 2021, 09:17:43 AM
I-68 (at least a couple times)
I-76 western
I-96
I forgot: Also I-H1, I-H2, and I-H3.
Nothing impressive: I-4, I-88 (NY), I-96, I-97, also what was Not Yet I-2 and I-14.
Missed I-99 by picking up the first mile to the first exit a few days before, then the rest in one shot.
Quote from: jayhawkco on August 27, 2021, 08:41:38 AM
Your interpretation is correct. Not most interstates in one trip, merely which interstates have been driven from end to end in a single trip without draconian limitations.
Chris
In that case, the ones cited in my previous post still stand by this criteria. But other trips yielded the following:
1. I-88/western section (1989)
2. I-86/western section (1989)
3. I-68 (1992)
4. I-76/western section (2003)
None, since it would be a waste.
I've only clinched one 2di (I-82) and it would've been a shame to not stop in Yakima or divert to the winery tour route on old US 410.
Quote from: Bruce on August 27, 2021, 01:54:48 PM
None, since it would be a waste.
Ah, it's nice to hear such a refreshing opinion about clinching! Indeed, there's so much more to travel than just the pavement under your wheels.
Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2021, 02:01:10 PM
Quote from: Bruce on August 27, 2021, 01:54:48 PM
None, since it would be a waste.
Ah, it's nice to hear such a refreshing opinion about clinching! Indeed, there's so much more to travel than just the pavement under your wheels.
Clinching is a fun bonus between visiting small towns and scenic views on the highway, for me. I won't waste too much time with trying to get 100% completion of a highway, but if the opportunity is there I'll take it.
Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2021, 02:01:10 PM
Quote from: Bruce on August 27, 2021, 01:54:48 PM
None, since it would be a waste.
Ah, it's nice to hear such a refreshing opinion about clinching! Indeed, there's so much more to travel than just the pavement under your wheels.
Sometimes you have to get somewhere quickly and wouldn't mind seeing some new country on the way. I get interstates aren't the most scenic roads by and large, but they're still important and that's why some of us track them.
Chris
My list...
I-12 (before and after a meet at Slidell years ago)
I-30 (on the way to a meet in the DFW area)
I-59 (on the way to the aforementioned meet at Slidell)
I-66 (returning home from a conference in DC, I got on 66 in DC, and made it a point to exit at the Key Bridge westbound and loop around so I could circle back for the complete clinch)
I-68 (several times)
I-72 (returning from a meet in Kansas)
I-88 NY (tried to clinch it on the way to a meet in Watertown, but couldn't because of flooding; finally got a clinch of it returning from a meet in Bennington)
I-93 (this was an intentional clinch for the sake of clinching, as I was in that area and had a county-collecting and route-clinching journey mapped out)
I-97 (can't remember the circumstances behind that)
I-99 PA (more than once, on my way to various meets)
I-27–which might be the only 2di I've clinched at all.
I-H1, I-H2, I-H3 and I-11 (current alignment) are the 2di's I clinched.
Quote from: jayhawkco on August 27, 2021, 02:23:58 PM
Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2021, 02:01:10 PM
Quote from: Bruce on August 27, 2021, 01:54:48 PM
None, since it would be a waste.
Ah, it's nice to hear such a refreshing opinion about clinching! Indeed, there's so much more to travel than just the pavement under your wheels.
Sometimes you have to get somewhere quickly and wouldn't mind seeing some new country on the way. I get interstates aren't the most scenic roads by and large, but they're still important and that's why some of us track them.
Chris
Most of my single-swipe clinches are either short or traversing territory with few points of interest (at least to me or whomever is sharing the vehicle); if there's something out there that calls for a detour, it tends to get visited. The poster child for this is I-12 -- there's no chance I'm going to miss NOLA for lunch or dinner, so that Interstate has been barely driven upon, much less clinched!
Quote from: sparker on August 27, 2021, 04:34:27 PM
Quote from: jayhawkco on August 27, 2021, 02:23:58 PM
Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2021, 02:01:10 PM
Quote from: Bruce on August 27, 2021, 01:54:48 PM
None, since it would be a waste.
Ah, it's nice to hear such a refreshing opinion about clinching! Indeed, there's so much more to travel than just the pavement under your wheels.
Sometimes you have to get somewhere quickly and wouldn't mind seeing some new country on the way. I get interstates aren't the most scenic roads by and large, but they're still important and that's why some of us track them.
Chris
Most of my single-swipe clinches are either short or traversing territory with few points of interest (at least to me or whomever is sharing the vehicle); if there's something out there that calls for a detour, it tends to get visited. The poster child for this is I-12 -- there's no chance I'm going to miss NOLA for lunch or dinner, so that Interstate has been barely driven upon, much less clinched!
I only took I-12 last time I was through there just because I have been to New Orleans five times. Might as well see something else, right?
Chris
Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2021, 03:27:09 PM
I-27–which might be the only 2di I've clinched at all.
Have you ever made it down I-37 yet?
Quote from: jayhawkco on August 27, 2021, 04:38:14 PM
Quote from: sparker on August 27, 2021, 04:34:27 PM
Quote from: jayhawkco on August 27, 2021, 02:23:58 PM
Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2021, 02:01:10 PM
Quote from: Bruce on August 27, 2021, 01:54:48 PM
None, since it would be a waste.
Ah, it's nice to hear such a refreshing opinion about clinching! Indeed, there's so much more to travel than just the pavement under your wheels.
Sometimes you have to get somewhere quickly and wouldn't mind seeing some new country on the way. I get interstates aren't the most scenic roads by and large, but they're still important and that's why some of us track them.
Chris
Most of my single-swipe clinches are either short or traversing territory with few points of interest (at least to me or whomever is sharing the vehicle); if there's something out there that calls for a detour, it tends to get visited. The poster child for this is I-12 -- there's no chance I'm going to miss NOLA for lunch or dinner, so that Interstate has been barely driven upon, much less clinched!
I only took I-12 last time I was through there just because I have been to New Orleans five times. Might as well see something else, right?
Chris
I've always tended to time my trips so I'm in NO for either lunch or dinner; within 50 miles of town the only thing I want to see is a plate of blackened redfish or snapper with a side of dirty rice!
Quote from: sprjus4 on August 27, 2021, 04:41:12 PM
Quote from: kphoger on August 27, 2021, 03:27:09 PM
I-27–which might be the only 2di I've clinched at all.
Have you ever made it down I-37 yet?
Maybe when I was in fourth grade on family vacation...?
Quote from: sparker on August 27, 2021, 04:48:42 PM
I've always tended to time my trips so I'm in NO for either lunch or dinner; within 50 miles of town the only thing I want to see is a plate of blackened redfish or snapper with a side of dirty rice!
I mean, if you don't need a big name place, all of Louisiana has great food. Doesn't have to be right on I-10 to find it. :nod:
Chris
Quote from: jayhawkco on August 27, 2021, 05:09:16 PM
Quote from: sparker on August 27, 2021, 04:48:42 PM
I've always tended to time my trips so I'm in NO for either lunch or dinner; within 50 miles of town the only thing I want to see is a plate of blackened redfish or snapper with a side of dirty rice!
I mean, if you don't need a big name place, all of Louisiana has great food. Doesn't have to be right on I-10 to find it. :nod:
Chris
Nah -- pretty much every place I've found to have what I'd consider to be decent food definitely
isn't right on I-10! But the concentration in NOLA is such that there are streets one can, for all intents and purposes, walk down blindfolded and randomly walk into an outstanding eatery. That being said, I've had memorable meals in Shreveport, Slidell, Lafayette as well as metro NO. And the only "big name" place I've frequented that's gotten publicity and reviews is
K-Paul's (the original Paul Prudhomme establishment) -- most everything else could be classified as a "hole in the wall" -- but with exceptional cuisine! Being a practicing omnivore (although I can't eat shellfish for medical reasons) helps!
I've clinched the original I-69 (Port Huron to Indianapolis) in one trip. My other two on Travel Mapping are segments separated from the rest of the interstate: I-99 in NY and the short I-74 near Mount Airy, NC.
only 7
71
76 west
4
8
30
99 ny
89
almost did 87 but i would have ended up on the streets of new york in a construction caused traffic jam on the interstate.
I 99 pa is technically called an interstate but it does not directly connect to any other interstate so I don't count it no matter what anyone else says.
Quote from: bing101 on August 27, 2021, 04:24:02 PM
I-H1, I-H2, I-H3 and I-11 (current alignment) are the 2di's I clinched.
Quote from: 7/8 on August 27, 2021, 11:27:57 PM
I've clinched the original I-69 (Port Huron to Indianapolis) in one trip. My other two on Travel Mapping are segments separated from the rest of the interstate: I-99 in NY and the short I-74 near Mount Airy, NC.
Oh, this looks like a fun game to play. (Former freeways listed to add to the craziness).
US-220 from I-40 to Ellerbe
I-73/I-74 from Pinewoods to Emery
NC-752 from I-77 to US-52
I-74 from I-77 to US-52 south of Mt. Airy
I-74 from Virginia Border to US-52 south of Mt. Airy
I-73 southwest leg of Greensboro Urban Loop**
US-311 from I-40 to I-73
I-74 from
I-73 North Asheboro to the official ending south of Winston-Salem
US-220 from Greensboro Urban Loop to Seagrove
I-73 from Greensboro Urban Loop to North Asheboro
**Might not have qualified as a clinch. Bob Malme indicates that the first leg of the northwest quadrant I-73/I-840 was completed at the same time. I don't recall that I-73 was posted north of (then) Green I-40 for a few more years.
*** I've been on the entire I-74/US-74 Maxton Bypass, but I can't for the life of me remember why I would have been down that way after 2008. I'm a stickler, so not on my clinch list. Maybe I should take the southwest leg of Greensboro Urban Loop off the list too.
All that being said, I can't claim either I-73 or I-74 on my clinch list today.
2dis clinched on one trip for me:
I-4
I-8
I-12 (same day as I-59)
I-17
I-27
I-30
I-59 (longest at 445 mi)
I-68
I-72
I-82 (same day as I-86w)
I-86(w)
I-88(e)
I-97
Quote from: Dirt Roads on August 28, 2021, 12:25:20 PM
US-220 from Greensboro Urban Loop to Seagrove
I-73 from Greensboro Urban Loop to North Asheboro
Oops. I missed the fact that I-73 on the Greensboro Urban Loop was completed before some of the segments along US-220 to North Asheboro were posted. Nix this one.
Do the split segments of I-74 in North Carolina count separately? If so, then the one from Lumberton to Laurinburg is mine, otherwise I have never completely clinched an entire 2di. I've come very close on I-4 (only missing from I-275 to I-75) and I-71 (only missing the last 2-3 miles in Cleveland).
I-24 (stopped for the night in Nashville)
I-76 (west)
I-84 (east, stopped in Hartford)
I-86 (east, as it existed in 2008)
I-88 (east, stopped in Oneonta)
I-96
I-97
I-93, Canton to St. Johnsbury
Quote from: Skye on August 28, 2021, 02:33:04 PM
Do the split segments of I-74 in North Carolina count separately? If so, then the one from Lumberton to Laurinburg is mine, otherwise I have never completely clinched an entire 2di. I've come very close on I-4 (only missing from I-275 to I-75) and I-71 (only missing the last 2-3 miles in Cleveland).
I highly suspect that the OP intended that the entire route be clinched in a single trip. My list meant to be tongue-in-cheek. But yes, I was treating each independent section as a 2di clinch. Then when the route got extended, it was unclinched. And just in case you noticed another mistake, I actually did reclinch I-74 from North Asheboro to Winston-Salem.
For the record, I haven't clinched many 2DIs on a single trip. Here's my list:
I-16 from Savannah to Macon (twice)
I-4 from Daytona to I-275 Tampa (didn't think I had clinched this, but went to drive the new Sunshine Skyway when it first opened in 1987. First real proof that I was a die-hard roadgeek).
I-68 from Morgantown to Hancock (at least 100 times)
I-83 from Harrisburg to Baltimore (once, did this on purpose to clinch the north end)
I-97 from Baltimore to Annapolis (twice)
Sorry, but: The other I-87 from Raleigh to East Knightdale (twice, wasn't trying to clinch, just needed to avoid traffic on I-40) (and twice as I-495, plus many times before that)
Almost, but not quite: I-96 from Brighton to Muskegon (twice, both ways same trip)
Almost, but not quite: I-78 from Harrisburg to Newark (numerous different exits, furthest east would have been I-95).
Which brings me back to parody land: I-78 disconnected segment through the Holland Tunnel (four or five times)
I-4
I-11
I-12
I-17
I-22 (ish, was still 78/future 22)
I-24
I-59
I-68
I-82
I-84 west
I-88 west
I-97
Close
I-5 (LA to Seattle, have clinched the rest in other trips)
I-70 - clinched Lawrence to I-15 and Lawrence to Baltimore multiple times
I-55 - Chicago to St Louis and St Louis to New Orleans on 2 trips
I-8
I-11
I-12
I-16
I-17
I-19
I-26
I-37
I-68
I-78
I-82