I-40 is my 4th most traveled route overall, but 1st among routes that don't enter Indiana at 1694 miles.
For US highways, it's US 85 at 458 miles.
Unless you want to count every state I have ever lived in as a "home state", my winner would be I-70, which I have clinched. Does not enter my home state or my state of birth.
Depends on what you mean by "home state." If you mean the place I was born and mostly grew up then it would be I-10 which isn't anywhere close to Michigan. If you mean where I live now then I-75 given it is nowhere near California. I would say I-95 but that has been retroactively un-clinched given the gap was resolved.
Quote from: cabiness42 on May 21, 2022, 07:01:03 PM
I-40 is my 4th most traveled route overall, but 1st among routes that don't enter Indiana at 1694 miles.
For US highways, it's US 85 at 458 miles.
I-40 is the winner here for me as well.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 21, 2022, 07:05:53 PM
Depends on what you mean by "home state." If you mean the place I was born and mostly grew up then it would be I-10 which isn't anywhere close to Michigan. If you mean where I live now then I-75 given it is nowhere near California. I would say I-95 but that has been retroactively un-clinched given the gap was resolved.
I guess by home state I mean any state you lived in for a significant amount of time since being old enough to drive. I'll leave it to each individual to determine what "significant" is.
I-65
I-80
Quote from: cabiness42 on May 21, 2022, 07:12:14 PM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 21, 2022, 07:05:53 PM
Depends on what you mean by "home state." If you mean the place I was born and mostly grew up then it would be I-10 which isn't anywhere close to Michigan. If you mean where I live now then I-75 given it is nowhere near California. I would say I-95 but that has been retroactively un-clinched given the gap was resolved.
I guess by home state I mean any state you lived in for a significant amount of time since being old enough to drive. I'll leave it to each individual to determine what "significant" is.
By that definition it would be Arizona given 13 years of my adult life were spent there. That would get pretty interesting if I couldn't factor some pre-license clinch mileage I had as a passenger for I-75 and I-95. Factoring all that my overall answer would be US 101 given it doesn't enter Arizona and I clinched it post licensing age. CA 1 would be the clear winner out of the State Routes and I-20 would be for the Interstates.
Not just "home state" but "home country" -- the main Trans-Canada Highway route, 3878 miles clinched, plus a short ~3 mile gap in Quebec created by the project in progress to complete Autoroute 85.
I clinched the entirety of TCH 2 in New Brunswick at 515 km (320 miles). This is actually my longest clinch, period. While the Trans-Canada Highway does enter Québec, NB 2 doesn't.
For me, it's I-55, with 465 miles:
- I-240 to I-57 (145 miles)
- US 67 to I-255/270 (22 miles)
- I-44 to US 41 (298 miles)
Might be cheating here a bit, as I used to live in the St Louis area, a city on I-55's route. But based on my current home state, it's the case for me.
Home state California
Clinched Highway with most mileage that does not enter the state: Alaska I-A3, 146.77 miles.
Most miles on a highway that is not in the state: 1171 miles of I-90.
For me, it's I-78 and I-87 when I visit Pennsylvania.
I-70. Clinched the whole thing.
Overall: I-90 from US 219 in the Buffalo area to I-93 in Boston (only drove from I-88 east to I-93).
Driving:
Almost a dead heat between I-90 and I-87* at around 180 miles. My I-87 includes I-278 to I-84, then NY 28 to Northway Exit 22 (passenger to the Canadian border.
I use an asterisk here because at one time, I-87 did enter my home state when it was routed on what is now I-684.
I have lived all but two years of my life in Wisconsin - those two were spent in Indiana. My guesses...
If you include Indiana as a "home state"...
I-75, US-101
If you do not include Indiana...
I-65, US-20
For me it would be I-90 at 2450/5007 km travelled (49%).
I have lived in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and I work in New Jersey, so I would exclude that state as well.
I-40 is my winner, by far, as I have clinched every mile east of the I-30/I-40 interchange outside of Little Rock.
Most traveled which misses Maryland - I-75
Honorable mention - Just a few miles behind I-75 would be TH 1 (Iceland), most traveled which not only misses my home state, but my home country.
(Only routes I have more mileage than I-75 are I-95 and I-81, but those two - as we know - go through Maryland)
I-57. I have the entire highway clinched.
Counting VA, PA, and NC (I had an internship with NCDOT in Summer 2013) as home states:
I: Definitely I-10. I have it clinched from AZ 85 west of Phoenix to I-20 in west Texas, and then from I-110 in Baton Rouge to its eastern end at I-95 in Jacksonville.
US: US 380. Clinched from its western end at I-25 to FM 926 (just east of TX 251).
State: OH 18. Clinched on the way to the Quad Cities Meet last summer. (Thankfully it beats IL 110...)
I live in the south suburbs of Chicago. I also go to college in Milwaukee, so those are my home states.
I'd say the longest is Interstate 65 from its interchange with the Indiana Toll Road to its interchange with Alabama 113 in the south end of the state is the road (about 820 miles).
The longest state highway is the entire length of M-28 (290 miles) in Michigan's upper peninsula.
Honestly, most of the US highways I've been on for any appreciable length of time end up in Illinois, so I don't remember well enough to get an accurate measurement.
Quote from: cl94 on May 21, 2022, 07:05:25 PM
Unless you want to count every state I have ever lived in as a "home state", my winner would be I-70, which I have clinched. Does not enter my home state or my state of birth.
To include non-Interstates...
US: US 40
State: Nebraska Route 2
Canada: ON 401
Europe: E5
Quote from: cabiness42 on May 21, 2022, 07:01:03 PM
I-40 is my 4th most traveled route overall, but 1st among routes that don't enter Indiana at 1694 miles.
For US highways, it's US 85 at 458 miles.
As a driver, my answer is likely I-35 at a paltry 43 miles. Although I have basically driven every main road on the island of Saint Martin (being in different countries, it has different names). I would have guessed US-95, but it does enter California in an area that I have never had much occasion to travel as a driver.
I-76 east at 364 miles (rounded up).
I-80
Home state of Michigan (left in 2006 after 40+ years). Also lived in Colorado, California, and Ohio.
I-80 from San Francisco to I-77 interchange south of Cleveland, 2463 miles.
I-90 (2423 miles)
US-30 (819 miles)
Have never lived in any of the states it crosses
I-90: 863 miles (not clinched)
I-79: 340 miles (clinched)
US 6: 840 miles (not clinched)
US 6N: 28 miles (clinched)
GA 520: 213 miles (not clinched)
TX 130: 140 miles (clinched)
Within states resided without driving ability
I-40: 1210 miles (not clinched)
I-55: 960 miles (clinched)
US 40: 910 miles (not clinched)
US 641: 166 miles (clinched)
Easily I-40 for me. I have six separate segments of it, including the whole thing from Amarillo to west Nashville, that add up to 1472 miles per Travel Mapping (about 57% of the route).
For US highways, it's US 30 (742 miles, 24%) thanks to its long concurrencies with I-84 in Oregon/Idaho and I-80 in Wyoming.
As far as I know, I-75 (1114 miles), although I haven't added up all the different segments of the Trans-Canada Highway, so if you count that as a single highway it might be more.
My top 3 longest clinches are all outside my home states of SC and VA:
I-40, I-80, I-90
Longest US route that meets this condition is #7 on my list, US 40.
I-55 for me. During my lifetime, I've been on all but the part south of I-12 in Louisiana.
And although I've clinched all of the Interstates within Iowa, all of the 2di's I've clinched to date don't go through there at all: I-4, I-22, I-24, the western I-76, and the western I-88.
Strictly a guess on my part, but I've done all of I-70 between where US 6 and US 191 join the route in Utah to just outside Baltimore.
The only possible rival would be I-40, which I have in its entirety between Wilmington, NC and the US 59 exit near Sallisaw, OK; along with pieces/parts east of OKC, Gallup to Flagstaff (excluding the Petrified Forest loop) and Williams to Kingman.
If I can count the Eastern and Western I-76 as one mileage bank, I-76 is my hands-down winner. I am just shy of clinching the Western branch/pretty sure got as far west as I-25 in Denver from I-80, and the Eastern branch I'm missing east of Breezewood but have Westfield-Breezewood clinched
Other contender: I-85 between Charlotte and the I-185 exit towards Columbus, minus some mileage in Atlanta. I've been on the Central Artery, but not the 85 on the NE side nor between the airport and artery
Another: I-69. Everything south of the Toll Road in Indiana, except I haven't traveled on the Martinsville segment since it has earned the I-69 designation. Everything in Kentucky between Henderson and Calvert City. "Future" segments in Tennessee that have already been upgraded but are still signed US 51. All the tiny bit designated in Mississippi. I don't remember if I ever got on 69 in Houston, but if so only 10-20 miles or so, and quite possibly zero. If I did, it was going for a joy ride around town
As a passenger: I-75, between I-70 and Florida's Turnpike, minus Macon, GA
A few contenders from my home state of Maine would be:
I-5 (Lathrop CA - Garden Grove CA) - 484.88 km - 21.57% Clinched
I-93 (Canton MA - Waterford VT) 305.7 km - Fully Clinched
I-89 (Concord NH - Burlington VT) 239.05 km - 78.09 % Clinched
I-78 (Union Twp PA - Manhattan (New York) NY) 236.44 km - Fully Clinched
For US routes I would have to say US 3 (154.93 km - NH/MA), 6 (164.85 km - MA/RI/CT), 22 (112.06 km - PA/NJ) and 101 (712.97 km - Los Angeles CA up to around Sausalito CA). Can't really think about longest state highways I've clinched that don't enter Maine (too many to choose from!).
I-95, US 202
Interstate: I-80 - 2,705 miles (Beats my mileage on I-90 by 3 miles)
U.S. Highway: US30 - 1,384 miles
State/Provincial Route: SK16 - 435 miles
(All mileage according to Travel Mapping)
And none of these enter any state where I have lived (Minnesota, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, or Washington).
I-40 for interstate (since it never enters Ohio, nor Louisiana)
For US route, US 60 (since it never gets north of the Ohio River). If I discount the 5 years I lived in Louisiana, then US 61 takes the lead in this category.
International - Quebec 132
Homestates: IL & WI
The contenders I believe are I-35, I-40, I-65, I-75 and I-95. I will check the mileage later.
Quote from: Hot Rod Hootenanny on May 23, 2022, 01:24:25 PM
I-40 for interstate (since it never enters Ohio, nor Louisiana)
For US route, US 60 (since it never gets north of the Ohio River). If I discount the 5 years I lived in Louisiana, then US 61 takes the lead in this category.
International - Quebec 132
US 60 (along with US 62) DOES cross both the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers at Cairo, IL. It is for less than a mile in Illinois but just saying.
My most-traveled routes mileage-wise that do not enter NY are I-94 (577.4 miles) followed by I-75 (513.0 miles). For US routes, it's US 52 (325.9 miles). Mileage figures are per TM.
I have lived in 4 states, Minnesota, Illinois, Nebraska and Iowa. I believe the interstate I have traveled on the most that is completely outside those states is I-10, but if there is a mandate that I drove it, it's I-65. For US Routes, I believe it is US 180, but if the same rule applies, it's probably US 56.
I have been on all of I-80 east of I-76 (Nebraska) except the part between I-29 and I-380 in Iowa.
Mike.
For me it is either I-65 or I-80. I would have to sit down with an abacus to figure out for sure which,,, :spin:
For a US-HWY it has to be US-169 or MAYBE US-191.
I-64, goes nowhere near colorado, but I've been on all of it except the extended part into MO.
I-65 easily. I've lived in Michigan my entire life and I've been on all of I-65 north of I-840 south of Nashville
I-65 for sure. US 84 another as well as US 71.
I-95 after a roadtrip this winter to Florida that took us down the East Coast. Before that, the answer would have been I-90.
I-H1, I-H2, I-H3 are roads I clinched in Hawaii and these routes to not touch my home state.
Quote from: bing101 on June 16, 2022, 07:34:43 AM
I-H1, I-H2, I-H3 are roads I clinched in Hawaii and these routes to not touch my home state.
But you don't have more than 27 miles (I-H1's length) on any road not touching your home state?
For 'US' highways, I would say US 20. Over the years, I have been on many discontiguous parts between Iowa and Massachusetts.
Mike
Having lived in Ohio for 28+years and Colorado for 16 years, that knocks off my normal mileage winners of I-70, I-80, I-90, I-75, I-76 (east and west) off my list as well as many of the US routes.
Therefore, for routes I've personally driven, I'm almost equal between I-40 (Williams, AZ to Albuquerque-353 miles) and I-94 (disjointed parts of North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan-approx. 343 miles).
I-44 I think is the winner. I have clinched it except for the extension in St Louis. 632 mi. I had the extension back when it was I-70.
US 83 would probably be the US Highway Route. Junction TX to Anson TX, Guthrie TX to Shamrock TX, Liberal KS to North Platte NE, Mission SD to Minot ND. 1006 miles of 1885.
Definitely I-70. I have clinched it except between the two Moab, UT exits (I think it's 26 miles).
Quote from: ftballfan on June 14, 2022, 10:18:08 PM
I-65 easily. I've lived in Michigan my entire life and I've been on all of I-65 north of I-840 south of Nashville
Oops! I forgot about I-77! But before March 2022, I-65 was the winner. After March, I've been on all of I-77 except for the northernmost (10-15 miles) section in Cleveland
I live in California now, but I clinched I-5 and I-10 while I still lived in Massachusetts, and was only frequently visiting California. Those are the only long interstates I've clinched.
Quote from: US 89 on May 22, 2022, 10:17:49 AM
Easily I-40 for me. I have six separate segments of it, including the whole thing from Amarillo to west Nashville, that add up to 1472 miles per Travel Mapping (about 57% of the route).
For US highways, it's US 30 (742 miles, 24%) thanks to its long concurrencies with I-84 in Oregon/Idaho and I-80 in Wyoming.
Update:
I-40 is still the winner, though now even more so as I drove from Amarillo to San Jon NM, extending my distance on that route to 1562 miles (61%).
My US highway winner, however, is now US 287 mostly due to its role as a long distance corridor in northern Texas and eastern Colorado. My nine separate segments of that add to 908 miles, or about 48% of the whole route.
Probably I-95 for me -- I've done sections in every state it touches and have driven probably 85 percent of the total route (omitting parts of FL between Vero Beach and Fort Lauderdale, NJ since the new routing on the turnpikes, and ME north of Bangor). It would have been I-40 since I've done everything except the stretch from Williams to Flagstaff in AZ and from Raleigh to Wilmington in NC, but since I grew up in Memphis it's not really fair to count that.
Since I-90, my most-traveled route, passes through both states where I've lived, New York and Massachusetts, I move down to the the three others on which I have at least 2000 miles traveled.
I-40, traveled all 2577 miles.
I-80, traveled 2531 miles.
I-10, traveled 2229 miles.
I-95 with 1300 miles which only last month surpassed I-40 with 1223 miles.
These are both ahead of I-20 with 1084 miles that does enter my home state.
My namesake for 351 miles (Jackson, MS - Sikeston, MO)
I-59 for 252 miles (Meridian, MS - Trenton, GA (using I-459))
I-20 for 207 miles (Brandon, MS - Bessemer, AL)
Living in Indiana really limits the number of options here.
Most likely westbound I-20 between US-521 and I-26 in South Carolina. It's only 34 miles.
I-89 in Vermont/NH.
Wilbur Cross/Merritt Parkways in CT.
I-87 (New York thruway).
I-80 In NJ/PA/OH.
I-81 in VA/WV/MD/PA
I-64 in VA
I-75 in OH/MI
Mine seems to be US 30, followed by I-84. Both spend a good chunk of time along the WA/OR border but never cross over.
For stuff further out, I have US 20 and US 26 within 2 miles of each other.
It's a lot closer than I thought it would be, but it is either I-40 or I-65, neither of which enter Georgia. On both highways I have clinched between 400 and 500 miles, but I-40 might barely beat it out in terms of total miles clinched.
I haven't gotten into Travel Mapping, so any mileages will be approximate, and for purposes of this exercise I count myself as having lived only in Kansas.
Longest Interstate: I have driven all of I-40 except Barstow to Exit 115 (California), Exit 192 (SH 9A) to Exit 286 (SH 351/Muskogee Turnpike) (Oklahoma), and maybe Exit 259 (east end of I-85 overlap) to Exit 279B (south end of Durham Freeway) (North Carolina), a total of 229 miles not driven out of the 2,554. No other transcontinental Interstate even comes close except I-70, for which I am missing Indianapolis-Columbus and Frederick-Baltimore.
Longest US route: I think this is probably US 20, long lengths of which I have driven in Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon, with short lengths in Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, and Massachusetts. US 60 (long lengths from Phoenix, Arizona to Pawhuska, Oklahoma, as well as Springfield to Poplar Bluff in Missouri) is another contender.
Longest state route: This is probably SR 2 in Nebraska, which I have driven all the way from Grand Island to Crawford (327 miles). A very close runner-up is TH 23 in Minnesota, which I have followed all the way from Pipestone to Duluth (I can't get an accurate mileage estimate through Google Maps at the moment, since it won't allow me to follow the route between Paynesville and Richmond or Foley and Milaca; with detours the routing works out to 324 miles). Like others, I have followed parts of M-28 in the Upper Peninsula, but have very little mileage on it because of visits to the Shipwreck Museum (didn't take the segment between the two M-123 junctions), Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (missed the Seney Straight), and the north end of US 41 (missed everything from Covington to Bergland).
Outside the US, I have driven all 880 km of Hwy. 401 in Ontario, as well as 695 km of Hwy. 17 between Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie and--in England--the entirety of the M6 motorway between the M42 junction west of Birmingham to the Scottish border just south of Gretna Green (208 miles).
I would have to say US 71 as in 01 I clinched it from St. Joseph, MO to Fayetteville, AR and then from Fort Smith to Shreveport, LA as I-49 was not yet completed or signed north of Shreveport where its original terminus was at I-20.
However, I have done two years ago US 63 from I-70 to Jonesboro, AR in one sitting as well/
As far as interstates go, I have done I-70 from Cove Fort, UT to Denver and from Limon to Vandalia, IL ( in different trips) and from New Stanton to Columbus.
I live in Florida, so none of these three are a Sunshine State route.
It has to be Interstate 40 for me, which kinda surprised me...
I-95's total mileage that I've driven on is 1,248 miles, which comes out in second place!
I-75's total mileage that I've driven on is 1,236 miles, which comes out in third place!
EDIT: It's actually... I-40 at a whopping 1,693 miles!
I thought the answer would be I-65, which I've clinched. But apparently, I've been on 1610 miles of I-40, which takes first place. My mileage along each of I-75 and I-10 both appear above I-65, which is 4th on the list.
Mine is I-70, which I've poured 1317 miles into. By contrast, the highest US route (even counting those in Oklahoma) is US-40, which I've done 475 miles on. Kinda shows you what my travel priorities are...
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 29, 2022, 06:53:11 PM
Mine is I-70, which I've poured 1317 miles into. By contrast, the highest US route (even counting those in Oklahoma) is US-40, which I've done 475 miles on. Kinda shows you what my travel priorities are...
I also have a nearly insurmountable gap between most traveled interstate (I-90, 1841 miles) and most traveled US route (US 52, 326 miles). Of course, I-90 does enter my home state, so my answer for this thread (I-94, 577 miles) is a lot closer, but still almost double the mileage.
Quote from: webny99 on June 29, 2022, 10:02:30 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 29, 2022, 06:53:11 PM
Mine is I-70, which I've poured 1317 miles into. By contrast, the highest US route (even counting those in Oklahoma) is US-40, which I've done 475 miles on. Kinda shows you what my travel priorities are...
I also have a nearly insurmountable gap between most traveled interstate (I-90, 1841 miles) and most traveled US route (US 52, 326 miles). Of course, I-90 does enter my home state, so my answer for this thread (I-94, 577 miles) is a lot closer, but still almost double the mileage.
That's a little more understandable in your case, though, since living in New York doesn't really lend itself well to long trips on US routes. I'm surrounded by lengthy US routes, like US-71, US-82, and US-160, I just...haven't used them much.
I live in the middle of the country and am willing to go off-Interstate, but rarely find myself following US routes across multiple states except west of the 100th meridian, simply because the routings are often less than logical. I have a bit over 1100 miles of US 54 (all the way from El Paso to I-70 just north of Fulton, Missouri), but am missing significant lengths of US 160 in Colorado and Kansas because of the way it jumps up and then back down.
Longest I've clinched is I-70, but it enters Maryland. I've traveled over 1600 miles of I-90, but that's barely over halfway to clinching it. It seems my answer is my clinch of I-66 at 76 miles, just beating out Iowa's I-380 at 73 miles.
Since I currently live in Nevada, the highway on which I have clinched the most mileage (non-current home-state category) would be I-70 (between its western terminus at I-15 and downtown St Louis--1352 miles) followed by I-5 between San Ysidro (San Diego) and I-90 in Seattle--1268 miles. Now, I actually used to live in the Denver area, hence I-70. I also lived in Portland for a couple of years and grew up in Orange County, CA (hence I-5).
In the never-home-state category, it's probably US 412 (including I-44) between the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa & US 287 outside Boise City, OK (399 miles). Next might be US 191 from Helper to Bluff, UT (231 miles).
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 29, 2022, 11:11:26 PM
Quote from: webny99 on June 29, 2022, 10:02:30 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 29, 2022, 06:53:11 PM
Mine is I-70, which I've poured 1317 miles into. By contrast, the highest US route (even counting those in Oklahoma) is US-40, which I've done 475 miles on. Kinda shows you what my travel priorities are...
I also have a nearly insurmountable gap between most traveled interstate (I-90, 1841 miles) and most traveled US route (US 52, 326 miles). Of course, I-90 does enter my home state, so my answer for this thread (I-94, 577 miles) is a lot closer, but still almost double the mileage.
That's a little more understandable in your case, though, since living in New York doesn't really lend itself well to long trips on US routes. I'm surrounded by lengthy US routes, like US-71, US-82, and US-160, I just...haven't used them much.
But how many of them are logical for long-distance trips? I imagine some are, like parts of US 69 and US 75, but others jump around enough that it seems more likely that mileage would accumulate in bits and pieces.