On October 13, I was on VA-229, VA-230, and VA-231. That is the most amount of consecutive route numbers I have been on in a single day, 3.
What is your most consecutive route numbers that you have been on in one day?
I don't keep track of individual days that much. I may have been on MA 127, 128, and 129 in one day, but I don't know.
US 41, WI 42, I-43
I have absolutely no idea, but it wouldn't surprise me if the answer came from a 1984 trip to Quebec. I've noticed that the provincial route numbers tend to be clustered together more than is common on much of the US East Coast (example: I'm looking at Google Maps right now and in the area east of Montreal and north of Autoroute 10, you can see, in order from west to east, Routes 227, 229, 231, 233, and 235, although it doesn't look like any of the equivalent even numbers cross them). I cannot recall all the individual routes we took on that trip, though.
I think my largest amount is 8. In Prince Edward Island, I was on PE351-PE358 all in one day.
For the US:
Pretty sure I've been on US85, CO86, US87, and CO88 in one day. Especially easy since US85 and US87 are concurrent on I-25.
I've also been on what will be I-69, I-70, I-71, and I-72 in one day. This is once I-69 is officially on I-465 around Indy.
I've been on I-A1, I-A2, I-A3, and I-A4 within 24 hours.
On trip to New England in the '90s, I believe I was on US routes 1,2,3,4,5,6, and 7 all in one day.
Yes, I finangled things a bit to make that happen. I eventually wound up somewhere between Bangor and Houlton ME.
Ohio state highways tend to come in clusters with several consecutive numbers. At first, I looked around southwestern Ohio, where I drove on OH-136, OH-137, and OH-138 in the same day. But my trip to northeast Ohio in October 2022 probably takes the cake. I drove on OH-85, 86, 87, 88, and 89 all in one day, plus I-90 and OH-91. The jagged, chaotic routes I take in order to grab one photo for each route give way to touching a lot of different routes in one day--this might be maddening to the clincher, who wants to stay on the same route for a long time! So far I have 7 in a row. Who knows, maybe I'll find a longer chain of numbers (Illinois has a tendency to have clusters of consecutively-numbered routes, too).
OH 126, US 127, OH 128 and OH 129 (4 consecutive routes) in the Cincinnati area. Could've picked up OH 130 as well (intersected it, but didn't go on it).
Thanks to the cluster of routes in the 120s and low 130s in the Cincy area, I could theoretically get 10 consecutive routes if I went out specifically to drive on those routes.
Not consecutive... but I've used I-190, I-290, I-390, I-490, and I-590 in a single day more times than I can count.
US 60, 61, 62, 63, I-64, and US 65.
On one day:
VA 647 through VA 654 (8)
I drove on MN 55, MN 56, MN 57, and MN 58 on May 21, 2022. I drove on I-94, MN 95, MN 96, and MN 97 on August 18, 2022. I can't imagine I've been on more than four consecutively numbered highways in a single day.
Quote from: webny99 on October 20, 2023, 11:53:55 AM
Not consecutive... but I've used I-190, I-290, I-390, I-490, and I-590 in a single day more times than I can count.
I believe the ask is about consecutively numbered highways, not consecutively numbered highways traveled consecutively.
Off the top of my head, most likely US 1, VA 2, and VA 3.
EDIT: For some reason I added "in the same state" to the thread title when I was thinking about this. So you can actually put me down for US 1, VA 2, VA 3, MD 4, VA 5 (and MD 5, actually), and VA 6 in the same day during a trip to the DC area one day. Sadly I wasn't on VA 7.
Quote from: Rothman on October 20, 2023, 12:20:16 PM
On one day:
VA 647 through VA 654 (8)
If I include VA Secondary routes to my list, my number will likely be higher than 3. I'll search through my VA Camera Roll later to see if I have a higher combination.
Due to the lack of clumping in Colorado, probably 3 (US 85, CO 86, US 87)
I can confirm two runs of three: I-41, WI-42, I-43, and US-63, WI-64, WI-65. I might have a third, very backdoor one - FL-93, I-94, I-95, with a flight in between - but I'm not positive.
Just taking the time to exit I-41 twice would have bumped the former up to 5, via WI-44 and US-45. But that was four years ago and obviously it never crossed my mind.
I have a streak of 5 with high numbers for American standards: A-1229, A-1230, A-1231, A-1232 and A-1233. It helps when they are all clusterized :sombrero:.
It is possible, in the MD suburbs north and west of DC to drive on all of MD 185 through 193. I have probably done some combinations of these, but not consciously.
Quote from: JayhawkCO on October 20, 2023, 12:52:02 PM
Quote from: webny99 on October 20, 2023, 11:53:55 AM
Not consecutive... but I've used I-190, I-290, I-390, I-490, and I-590 in a single day more times than I can count.
I believe the ask is about consecutively numbered highways, not consecutively numbered highways traveled consecutively.
Yes, and my travels on that set of I-x90's have never occurred in strictly numerical order anyways, I just decided to mention it since it seemed noteworthy and I couldn't think of any good answers to the original prompt. NY 250 through NY 253 would be my best shot at 4 in a row, and there's a non-zero chance I've done it but I'm far from certain.
I've been on Prince Edward Island's routes 1 and 2 quite often.
Washington's system makes clusters very easy to get at once. I've done SR 524 + SR 525 + SR 526 + SR 527 + SR 528 + SR 529 more than a few times in a single day while just running errands or deliveries.
I have several three's, though surprisingly I haven't found one in the US yet.
Andorra CG1, CG2, and CG3
Iceland 35, 36, and 37
Ireland R755, R756, and R757 (I also did R759 on the same day, too bad I missed R758)
Ontario 6, 7, and 8
I haven't found a definitive four yet:
Possible 4: Ontario 5, 6, 7*, and 8 (* not 100% sure if I've driven Highway 7 on the same day as the other three)
4 with caveat: Ontario 6, 7, 8, and 9* (* would count if the middle portion of Highway 9 wasn't downloaded in the late 90's, darn you Mike Harris)
Quote from: tmoore952 on October 20, 2023, 05:05:52 PM
It is possible, in the MD suburbs north and west of DC to drive on all of MD 185 through 193. I have probably done some combinations of these, but not consciously.
I know I've done MD 187 through 193 in one day, probably also including 185. Hadn't thought to add 186 to the mix. Have also done MD 117-119.
Not having tracked this, I know I've been on IN 13-14-15 on the same day. Probably did a combo of 4 at some point, but don't specifically remember it.
If I really wanted to, I could easily do US 12, IN 13-14-15-16-17-18-19 and US 20 in the same day.
I am certain I have 5 combinations of 3, but whether one of them is really 4, I don't know.
1. In 1998, I drove from Omaha to Hastings, MN via Sioux City, Worthington, and Mankato, so I had US 59, MN 60 (and IA 60) and US 61.
2. In 2018, I was in LaCrosse, WI, went north on US 53 to WI 54, crossed the river at Winona, MN, and eventually made my way to Rochester and drove on US 52.
3. On one of my trips to Treasure Island Casino, I took MN 58, MN 57 and MN 56 to eventually get back home. This one lends itself to the possibility of being on MN 55 before I was at Treasure Island Casino, but I don't remember what my travel itinerary would have been.
4. I don't exactly remember when (it would be sometime between 2017 and 2020), I know I was on MN 21, MN 19 and MN 20 (in that order) once.
5. I originally forgot about this one, but I have US 18, SD 19 and US 20. This was the day of my aunt's funeral and I drove back to Omaha via some South Dakota and Nebraska backroads. I only have US 18 because it has a short overlap with I-29. SD 19 crosses the Missouri River and becomes NE 15, which then overlaps US 20 by Laurel
Off the top of my head, I know I have driven 234-239 and 242-247 (6 in a row) in the same day, since I was on every single route in St. Mary's County, MD, that day.
A friend of mine wants to clinch the Talimena Drive soon. If she takes the shortest route, she will be on OK 1, 2, 3W, and 4 in the same day.
I think my record excluding VA secondaries is 4, VA 181-184 on my lone trip to the Eastern Shore about a decade ago. With secondaries I'm sure my number is much higher, because wandering through random 1990s Chesterfield subdivisions will get you a streak well into double digits.
Quote from: thspfc on October 20, 2023, 04:33:10 PM
I can confirm two runs of three: I-41, WI-42, I-43, and US-63, WI-64, WI-65. I might have a third, very backdoor one - FL-93, I-94, I-95, with a flight in between - but I'm not positive.
Just taking the time to exit I-41 twice would have bumped the former up to 5, via WI-44 and US-45. But that was four years ago and obviously it never crossed my mind.
I may have the US 63-WI 64-WI 65 combo as well, but I don't remember if the day I crossed the then-new Stillwater bridge matches the day I went from Hudson to Ellsworth via River Falls. I definitely remember exiting at WI 35 and going to Hudson after crossing that bridge.
Off the top of my head, US 1 and MD 2 through 5: not only five in a row, but the first five conventional route numbers (though not in order).
Iowa's highways are kind of spread out for doing this, but before 2003 (and a lot of miles), it would have been possible to hit US 59, Iowa 60, US 61, Iowa 62, US 63, Iowa 64, US 65, Iowa 66*, US 67, Iowa 68*, US 69, Iowa 70, and US 71 all in one day. That route would look something like this: https://maps.app.goo.gl/J3o5jMzHKkQFkH8i8 (* These routes were decommissioned in 2003)
Quote from: paulthemapguy on October 20, 2023, 11:23:47 AM
Ohio state highways tend to come in clusters with several consecutive numbers. At first, I looked around southwestern Ohio, where I drove on OH-136, OH-137, and OH-138 in the same day. But my trip to northeast Ohio in October 2022 probably takes the cake. I drove on OH-85, 86, 87, 88, and 89 all in one day, plus I-90 and OH-91. The jagged, chaotic routes I take in order to grab one photo for each route give way to touching a lot of different routes in one day--this might be maddening to the clincher, who wants to stay on the same route for a long time! So far I have 7 in a row. Who knows, maybe I'll find a longer chain of numbers (Illinois has a tendency to have clusters of consecutively-numbered routes, too).
To add to this, I also drove on OH-82 and OH-83 that day, but I ONLY CROSSED OH-84! I could have had a string of ten!
All of these photos were taken on the same day:
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OH-082 (https://flic.kr/p/2nUkTFu) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/) OH-083-057SNR (https://flic.kr/p/2nSUA1c) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/) OH-084 (https://flic.kr/p/2nU2DgQ) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/)
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OH-085WT (https://flic.kr/p/2nSRFiq) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/) OH-086 (https://flic.kr/p/2nU2JKa) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/) OH-087-007WR (https://flic.kr/p/2nSP5Jq) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/)
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OH-088 (https://flic.kr/p/2nUn3Jf) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/) OH-089-302NR (https://flic.kr/p/2nSPngi) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/)
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IMG_3390 (https://flic.kr/p/2nSU8Cj) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/) OH-091SR (https://flic.kr/p/2nSUrM3) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/)
5 seems to be my personal record: I've been on Farm to Market Roads 875, 876, 877, 878, and 879 in the same day. They are all south of the DFW metroplex, but 874 and 880 are about 3-4 hours away.
In the San Francisco Bay Area this can happen by exiting on I-280 to enter I-380 in order to head to US 101 and/or the SFO airport from SF, similarly for I-680 and I-780. In both cases the interstates are connected at a junction.
I have also traveled on CA 84 (via US-101 concurrency) and then CA 85, although they are not connected, instead almost 10 miles apart.
I don't know too much, but I have definitively been on I-80 and NJ 81 on the same day. There is a possibility I've been on I-80, NJ 81, then NJ 82.
I definitely know I've been on I-280 and I-380 on the same day in the San Francisco Bay Area (if that counts).
I've been on US 62 and NY 63 on the same day.
I've been on I-80 and I-81 on the same day.
I've been on US 24, IN 25, and IN 26 in the same day.
I don't really keep track a whole lot but I think my record's 2. There's also a bunch that are close to consecutive but only are if you're not counting even numbers ;)
These also weren't all in the same trip, but from different trips.
US 19 and WV 20
WV 61 and WV 62
CR 61 and CR 62 (in Washington Co. NY)
I 80 and I 81
US 220 and US 221
CR 512 and CR 513 (in NJ)
VA 615 and VA 616
VA 654 and 655 (if we had a 656 and 658 then I'd include VA 657 and VA 659 but IDK if there is a 656 or 658 in my county)
If connector routes and spurs count then
US 11 and US 11E
VA 132 and VA 132Y
Next time I go down towards far SWVA then I should try to break my record (not counting evens anyways) by going on US 19, US 21, and US 23