Similar vein to the other thread about clinching and the one about states you've visited least recently. Which interstate did you last drive or ride on least recently?
Despite me living in Kansas for 16 years, from 2000-2016, I never once drove on I-335. I did ride on it back in 1988 when my dad didn't take the turn off the turnpike in Emporia because he thought that the turnpike was the quickest way.
So I haven't been on I-335 in 33 years.
Yours?
I-205 in Portland. I drove on it from Portland International Airport to a friend's house in 2013, so I haven't been on that Interstate at all for eight years.
Probably I-5 or something in California that I visited before I was 2.
I-4. Was on it New Year's Day 1986 as part of a family trip that included Disney World. Haven't been back on it since.
I'm not even sure what would be second.
I-170 and I-270 in St Louis in 1997. So 24 years. I've been on other stretches of 44, 55, and 64 since then.
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For 2dis, I'm thinking my answer is western I-76. I've been to Denver enough times and on enough different routes that I have no idea when the last time I took I-76 was, other than it was probably before 2012 or so (sometime thereabouts is when my aunt and uncle moved from the west suburbs to the south suburbs, and I don't think I've used 76 since then).
If I've been on 76 more recently than 2010, then my answer becomes I-82. The same trip gave me my 3di answer, which is Washington's I-405.
For me, in order:
1) I-83
2) I-695 MD
3) I-295 DC/MD
This was on a trip from Myrtle Beach to Hershey, PA on the way home (either late 90's or early 00's).
I'm not really sure there are three possibles:
I-794 in Milwaukee
I-240 in Asheville, NC (I-81 would have been on the same trip but I was traveling south so I would have been on I-240 after I-81)
I-126 in Columbia, SC
I'm gonna say I-H1 in 1979.
For the contiguous states, probably I-66, 1983.
In my home state, I-8, 2014.
Hm. Let's go with I-238. :D
I think the answer to this is I-20. I used it when I was in elementary school (sometime between 1998 and 2000, I'm pretty sure, but I don't remember the exact year offhand) to go visit family from KS that had moved to Nacogdoches, TX. They only stayed there a couple of years, though, before moving back to KS, so I never had a reason to go back that way, and I haven't used any part of I-20 since then.
For a 2DI, pretty sure it has to be Florida's I-4
For a 3DI, probably GA's I-475, and probably on the same trip as the Florida's I-4 noted above, when I was a Freshman in HS
If Hidden I-595 counts, that actually probably takes the overall lead, as that was when I was a very young lad, on a trip out to Ocean City on a DC trip in my childhood
As far as I know, I-680 in California. My most recent visit to Northern California was a couple of decades ago, and on that particular trip I was on I-80 west of Sacramento, used I-680, then kept going onto I-280 into San Francisco, crossed the Golden Gate Bridge and returned to I-80.
For 2di it's not I-80, because I have been on it in NJ recently. I think it's I-24, I've been on it in the Chattanooga area but haven't been that way in a while.
Two possibilities for 3di's:
1) In my 1978 trip to Montana, we came back to our Minnesota home through South Dakota. We stayed in Rapid City and may have used I-190 while there. If not, then:
2) It was I-635 in Kansas City on my very first trip to KC in 1997. The surprising aspect on this is I have made plenty of trips to KC since, but never went on it again
For 2di's, this is definitely from my 2001 DC trip, but I don't remember whether we did our Shenandoah NP side trip first, which would make it I-66, or the trip to Baltimore, which makes it I-95.
I-196 in Michigan, last time I was on that was 2011
I'll limit this to Interstates I've travelled since I was old enough to drive because otherwise I'd be trying to reconstruct the drive my parents made, with 1-year-old me in the back seat, when we moved from Texas to Virginia, and I don't have a practical way to do that.
With that proviso, my answer is almost certainly I-395 in Maine, which I rode on twice as a passenger in July 1989 on a Boy Scout trip en route to and from the Canadian Jamboree on PEI. (I was not allowed to do any driving on that trip, despite having my license, because the troop's liability insurance didn't provide coverage if someone under 18 drove.) I have not been up to Bangor since that trip–been as far as Freeport the following summer, and since then the only time I've been to Maine was to take the Cat Ferry from Portland to Nova Scotia.
I figured I'd try to figure out my longest 2di as well. It looks like it's I-17. I haven't been on that since 1995, so 26 years.
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Quote from: Rothman on September 02, 2021, 10:04:59 PM
Hm. Let's go with I-238. :D
After thinking more about this, I'd go with I-205 in CA (I-238 was later that night, followed by I-880).
My best guess would be I-4. I haven't been to Florida since my high school years.
I-55, as I haven't been to Illinois since 2007.
First I thought mine was I-79, on a trip to Tennessee back in 2013. But then I remembered that I used the section north of I-90 in 2019. And I know I've re-used all the other interstates from that trip (I-40, I-64, I-75, I-77, I-81, I-90).
So I guess it must be I-29, which I last used in 2016. It seems kind of lame that every interstate I've been on, I've been on in the last five years, but then again, this exercise is for any travel at all, not a full clinch, so a lot of the 2di's get refreshed fairly often. So unless there's some random 3di that I've been on before 2016, but not since (possible, but unlikely, since I've mentally crossed a lot of them off), I think I-29 is the answer.
There are 10 2dis in the lower 48 I have not driven. The one I was on least recently is I-57 in 1997.
There are 3dis in the San Francisco area I have been only as a toddler in the early 70s and I have no memory of those. The furthest back I can remember being on a 3di that I have not been on since is likely I-215 California in 1984 (passenger). As a driver the 3di with this condition is probably I-393 in 1990, followed by I-195 Maine and I-384 later in the same trip.
As far as I know, I-75 in 1998, though an earlier childhood trip to Raleigh may have had me on I-440 and I just don't remember anything about it.
Both I-20 and I-26 in 2005
Both I-84 and I-91 for me. Used both when getting between Boston and NYC sometime in 2011.
funny enough, since our only major road trip we took to the grand canyon (from louisville via birmingham) I have taken every single interstate in some part except for I 240 around okc. I pretty much forgot about that since the only reason we were ever on it was because I 40 was closed downtown because bridges were out in 1994.
just to show how often I've used parts of the same highways, the next least recent interstate I've been on is I 72, which was in 2007.
Probably I-39 near Madison. We were on choir tour in the spring of 1977. And I don't believe I've been on I-39 since.
There may have been an older instance on an Interstate in or near Florida when traveling with my family as a child or teen, but I don't remember.
Quote from: GaryV on September 04, 2021, 12:35:08 PM
Probably I-39 near Madison. We were on choir tour in the spring of 1977. And I don't believe I've been on I-39 since.
I-39 wasn't a thing until 1986.
For 2dis, I'll have to say I-4, which I haven't been on since the early or mid 90's (can't remember which year exactly).
For 3dis, it's probably either I-195 or I-395 in Miami.
I've been in Florida many, many times over the years, but I've just never managed to drive on any of those roads recently.
Maybe Eastern I-76. I took a baseball field trip in August of 2008 and took I-76 from I-81 to Philadelphia, including driving back and forth from Philadelphia to my Aunt's house in Malvern, PA. Then on the same trip I took I-70 from Baltimore, up to I-76 to Pittsburgh. I haven't been on I-76 since.
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 04, 2021, 03:07:35 PM
...Then on the same trip I took I-70 from Baltimore Beltway...
FTFY :bigass:
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 04, 2021, 01:11:46 PM
Quote from: GaryV on September 04, 2021, 12:35:08 PM
Probably I-39 near Madison. We were on choir tour in the spring of 1977. And I don't believe I've been on I-39 since.
I-39 wasn't a thing until 1986.
OK, then it would probably be somewhere in NY or NJ while on tour in 1978. Not I-95 though; I've been on that in MA, NH and ME at a later date.
Besides Hawaii, it might be I-605 in the LA area for me, last visited in 2007.
For mainland 2dis, I'd guess I-66 in Virginia (2016).
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 04, 2021, 04:17:30 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 04, 2021, 03:07:35 PM
...Then on the same trip I took I-70 from Baltimore Beltway...
FTFY :bigass:
It's close enough for me to call it Baltimore.
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 04, 2021, 09:22:37 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 04, 2021, 04:17:30 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 04, 2021, 03:07:35 PM
...Then on the same trip I took I-70 from Baltimore Beltway...
FTFY :bigass:
It's close enough for me to call it Baltimore.
Most of us call it Baltimore as it's in the metro area, except one very special forum user that wants to "punish" I-70 for not being completed to I-95 by removing signage for Baltimore.
2di: I-75 in the Tampa area for one exit in 1986. I-4 is a close 2nd (one day later).
3di: This one is interesting. At one time, it was former I-495 (now I-95) in ME in 1986 when it was unnumbered altogether. I-H201 in 1988 could also qualify, but it was not signed as such. The winner is I-395 in DC in 1998, but with an explanation. That day, I took the 3rd street tunnel section (now I-195) to 395 South to go to the Pentagon, then came back on 395 North and stayed on the current I-395 that used to be I-695, but that section was unnumbered.
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 04, 2021, 09:29:38 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 04, 2021, 09:22:37 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on September 04, 2021, 04:17:30 PM
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on September 04, 2021, 03:07:35 PM
...Then on the same trip I took I-70 from Baltimore Beltway...
FTFY :bigass:
It's close enough for me to call it Baltimore.
Most of us call it Baltimore as it's in the metro area, except one very special forum user that wants to "punish" I-70 for not being completed to I-95 by removing signage for Baltimore.
That "very special user" hasn't been active since August 13, although two other "very special users" have done their best to fill in the gap (one of them got banned, too).
Hmm... probably Interstate 24 for 2dis...
and 220 in Shreveport for 3dis
Think it's I-95, last time was 2007 though I drove the Florida's Turnpike section that runs alongside I-95 in 2019. For Interstates I haven't either driven or laid eyes on least recently, I think it's I-91 in CT.
I'm pretty sure my least recently would be in this order...
I-495 (DC)
I-395 (DC)
I-66 (DC)
I-270 (Maryland)
All four of these I was last on back in the Spring of 1989 as part my school's annual trip to Washington D.C.
Possibly I-664 from a trip to Virginia Beach in the early 70's. Maybe some existed in NYC during the 64-65 World's Fair, although we probably used the subway for most trips.
Probably I-76 (w). A family road trip took us to Rocky Mountain National Park when I was 12, so in 2002 I think. I've been to Colorado again in 2012 but we came in from the west on I-70 and left Colorado to the north on I-25 into Wyoming.
I haven't driven on I-57 in 5 years, and used to visit cousins in Champaign in the 80's. On 290 and 294 almost daily. 90 on weekends.
I've spent the last few nights going through them in my head before falling asleep. Not counting 3dis and roads I've never been on, mine is I-96, which I was last on (not driving, was a kid) in 1989. 2nd place is 76 West in 1998, followed by I-82 about 20 hours later on the same trip.
I traveled a lot of the US in the 70s, so I'm trying to recall which highways I haven't been on since then. I'm thinking probably I-84 and I-86 in Idaho in 1978. I'm not going to bother with 3DIs because honestly I don't recall which ones I may or may not have been on back then. I haven't been to Hawaii since 1981 so I haven't been on I-H201 since then. I'm sure there's a few 3DIs from the 70s but that was a long time ago.
I-82 in 1973 (48 years).
Least recently? I don't think I've been on I-4 in about 35 years.
Probably I-4. Florida is the state I've visited the least recently, as well. I haven't been since 2009.
I-15, 1986. Was on a tour out west and we went from Las Vegas to San Diego on it. I would have said I-29 but I've been on it in 2011, and I don't know if we ever used I-29 in North Dakota in the 70's.
I-76 1974. it was still I-80S then.
Least recent 2di that I know for sure is I-75. I might've been on I-65 before that point though.
Least recent 3di is probably I-240 in Memphis.