Quote from: kphoger on June 16, 2025, 09:12:37 AMI'd actually be more interested to see "longest" defined as "number of exits in a row" rather than "miles".
My longest stretch of 17 was undone by the addition of a couple of new exits. Along the same stretch, I've also used the SB Goreville weigh station and the both Rend Lake rest areas, but not the Post Oak rest area.
I-57 in Illinois#44 : I-24
#45 : IL-148
#53 : Main St, Marion
#54A : IL-13
#54B : The Hill Ave, did not exist back then#59 : (Herrin Rd), Johnston City
#65 : IL-149
#71 : IL-14
#77 : IL-154
#83 : (North Ave), Ina
#92 : EB I-64
#94 : Veterans Memorial Dr, did not exist back then#95 : IL-15
#96 : WB I-64
#103 : (South St), Dix
#109 : IL-161
#116 : US-50
#127 : (Kinoka Rd), Kinmundy
#135 : IL-185
Quote from: kphoger on July 21, 2025, 11:12:13 AMQuote from: kphoger on June 16, 2025, 09:12:37 AMI'd actually be more interested to see "longest" defined as "number of exits in a row" rather than "miles".
My longest stretch of 17 was undone by the addition of a couple of new exits. Along the same stretch, I've also used the SB Goreville weigh station and the both Rend Lake rest areas, but not the Post Oak rest area.
I-57 in Illinois
#44 : I-24
#45 : IL-148
#53 : Main St, Marion
#54A : IL-13
#54B : The Hill Ave, did not exist back then
#59 : (Herrin Rd), Johnston City
#65 : IL-149
#71 : IL-14
#77 : IL-154
#83 : (North Ave), Ina
#92 : EB I-64
#94 : Veterans Memorial Dr, did not exist back then
#95 : IL-15
#96 : WB I-64
#103 : (South St), Dix
#109 : IL-161
#116 : US-50
#127 : (Kinoka Rd), Kinmundy
#135 : IL-185
So...7.
From the stretch in my thread you're referencing, 63 consecutive exits on eastbound I-70 from Exit 171 (US6/US24) to Exit 295 (BL70 - Watkins).
Mine is probably the same stretch as in the other thread, between (but not including) I-25 CO exits 221 and 293.
Exit 223: 120th Avenue
Exit 225: 136th Ave
Exit 226: 144th Ave
Exit 228: E-470
Exit 229: CO 7
Exit 232: Erie Pkwy
Exit 235: CO 52
Exit 240: CO 119
Exit 243: CO 66
Exit 245: CR 34
Exit 250: CO 56
Exit 252: CO 60 East
Exit 254: To CO 60 West
Exit 255: CO 402
Exit 257: US 34
Exit 259: Crossroads Blvd
Exit 262: CO 392
Exit 265: Harmony Rd
Exit 268: Prospect Rd
Exit 269A: CO 14 EB
Exit 269B: CO 14 WB
Exit 271: Mountain Vista Dr
Exit 278: CO 1
Exit 281: Owl Canyon Rd
Exit 288: Buckeye Rd
So 25 exits.
Looks like 150 exits along my stretch from Logan Airport to the Ohio Turnpike on I-90. Quick and dirty. Probably off by a couple.
100 exits, from the end of I-95 in Miami, north to Palm Coast Parkway. Easy enough to do if you lived in America's Cul-de-Sac.
34 exits on I-65 between TN 129 and Daniel Payne Drive in Birmingham might be next, a few exit gaps might shoot that one up close to the previous mark.
I've been on every entrance and exit ramp along CA 99 from Wheeler Ridge to Exit 200 for Sultran Drive/Liberty Avenue north of Atwater. I've never bothered to count how many exits that is.
I count 31 exits along I-84 (East) between I-81 in Scranton and Exit 69 in NY (which I can't ever recall using).
My answer depends on if restrict it to freeway or if you allow expressways as well. I have been on 14 straight exits on TX 288 from the TX 332 interchange in north Freeport to FM 1462 in Rosharon, but part of that route is expressway. If you exclude the expressway portion, my number drops to 13 (or if you exclude this stub (https://maps.app.goo.gl/81EAVojH2qFCkXnbA), 7).
For US highways, I have been on 7 exits of US 75 between I-44 and 121st Street in Tulsa, OK (soon to be 9 once the 141st interchange opens). For interstates, my answer is also 7, as I have been on exits 12B through 18 on I-40 in Memphis, TN.
Honestly, living in Texas, with its myriad of slip ramps and redundant exits in rural areas, makes this exercise difficult.
66 exits between exit 610 on I-20 west of Marshall to exit 138 in Louisiana in Rayville at US 425
2nd Longest: 57 exits on I-49 between I-10 and I-20. If I'm allowed to bridge the gap, then 62 exits total up to exit 221.
100 - formulanone
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
31 - cockroachking
25 - jlam
honorable mention
Rothman - probably off by a couple
Max Rockatansky never bothered to count how many
CoreySamson - answer depends
I have 17 in a row on I-95 between east Baltimore (I-895) and just south of Wilmington (I-495).
VA I-264:
I-664 / I-64 interchange (unnumbered)
2: Greenwood Dr
3: Victory Blvd
4: Portsmouth Blvd
5: US-17 Frederick Blvd
6: VA-164 MLK Freeway
7: Effingham Ave
8: I-464
9: St Paul's Blvd / Waterside Dr
10: Tidewater Dr
11: Campostella Rd
12: Ballentine Blvd
13: US-13 Military Hwy
14: I-64
15: Newtown Rd
16: Witchduck Rd
17: VA-225 Independence Blvd
18: Rosemont Rd
19: Lynnhaven Pkwy
19C: London Bridge Rd
20: US-58 Va Beach Blvd
21: First Colonial Rd
22: Birdneck Rd
That's off the top of my head right now, so 23 exits.
FYI, I don't plan to maintain this list regularly. Feel free to, anyone else, if you like.
100 - formulanone
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
31 - cockroachking
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
17 - epzik8
honorable mention
Rothman - probably off by a couple
Max Rockatansky never bothered to count how many
CoreySamson - answer depends
Quote from: sprjus4 on July 22, 2025, 09:41:43 AM16: Witchduck Rd
I hope there's suitable historical marker near this exit which explains this road's name...it seems to conjure up a spell gone wrong on a very rainy day.
Quote from: sprjus4 on July 22, 2025, 09:41:43 AM16: Witchduck Rd
Quote from: formulanone on July 22, 2025, 09:47:16 AMI hope there's suitable historical marker near this exit which explains this road's name...it seems to conjure up a spell gone wrong on a very rainy day.
— Turn onto Duck Road.
— Turn onto which Duck Road?
— ...
and the rest is history ...
Looks like it's 44 consecutive exits, same stretch as my longest distance, I-90 from Thruway Exit 36 to Mass Pike Exit 94.
Looks like my longest is 47 on I-65 in KY/IN from KY 44 to MLK St
Others at 30+:
35 on I-65 in IN from 38th St to I-90
30 on I-80 from I-294 to OH 49
30 on I-465 (all of them)
I'm missing three exits in Indy that would join my two longest and make mine 85.
100 - formulanone
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
31 - cockroachking
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
Quote from: kphoger on July 21, 2025, 11:12:13 AMMy longest stretch of 17 was undone by the addition of a couple of new exits.
Quote from: Rothman on July 21, 2025, 11:18:09 AMSo...7.
I'm actually not sure anymore, but it's probably I-35 here in Kansas. 14 exits.
I'm not counting the Bazaar cattle pens, because they shouldn't count as an exit.
Funny enough, this was only possible because I recently took the wrong exit from KTA to Wichita; otherwise, I'd never have used Exit #53B. I'd used the K-96 portion of the double-trumpet-like-thing-y a few times, but not the I-35 portion till then.
39 : (71st St), Haysville
42 : I-135
45 : K-15
50 : Webb Rd, Wichita
53A : US-54/US-400
53B : K-96
57 : (21st St), Andover
71 : K-254
76 : US-77
92 : K-177
127A : I-335
127B : US-50
128 : Industrial Rd, Emporia
130 : K-99
Quote from: formulanone on July 22, 2025, 09:47:16 AMI hope there's suitable historical marker near this exit which explains this road's name...it seems to conjure up a spell gone wrong on a very rainy day.
Quote from: kphoger on July 22, 2025, 09:52:13 AM— Turn onto Duck Road.
— Turn onto which Duck Road?
— ... and the rest is history ...
Here's an article regarding the history of name:
QuoteIf you've driven around Virginia Beach, you've probably seen or heard the word "Witchduck" so often, you probably don't think about its origins.
You know Witchduck as an exit, a road, or maybe even a neighborhood. But if you go back to the late 1600s, there's a much darker meaning to the name.
It was the era of the Salem witch trials, and one local woman became known as "The Witch of Pungo." Although, she certainly didn't deserve the title.
Grace Sherwood was an unconventional woman living in Pungo at the time. Because of her good looks and knack for farming, people around town blamed her for bad weather and their dying crops and animals. She was called a witch and forced into a trial with an impossible outcome.
With her thumbs tied to her toes, she was "ducked" into the Lynnhaven River. If she was able to escape, they'd call it witchcraft. If she drowned. she would be proven innocent.
Sherwood chose to save herself and spent nearly eight years in jail, before returning to her sons and living a long life. She died at the age of 80 at her farm in Pungo.
Today, a bronze statue of Sherwood stands at the corner of Independence Boulevard and North Witchduck Road.
In 2006, 300 years after her trial, she was exonerated by then-Governor Tim Kaine.
Legend has it, every year on the anniversary of Sherwood's trial, people reportedly see a moving light -- believed to be her spirit -- over the place where she was thrown into the water in Witchduck Bay.
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/history/13news-now-vault-dark-haunting-past-of-witchduck-grace-sherwood/291-0c51976a-8481-4334-923a-c07ece729eef
Quote from: sprjus4 on July 22, 2025, 12:41:56 PMHere's an article regarding the history of name:
QuoteToday, a bronze statue of Sherwood stands at the corner of Independence Boulevard and North Witchduck Road.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/mgk9iT4wdrMRiQTt7
Quote from: sprjus4 on July 22, 2025, 12:41:56 PMQuote from: formulanone on July 22, 2025, 09:47:16 AMI hope there's suitable historical marker near this exit which explains this road's name...it seems to conjure up a spell gone wrong on a very rainy day.
Quote from: kphoger on July 22, 2025, 09:52:13 AM— Turn onto Duck Road.
— Turn onto which Duck Road?
— ... and the rest is history ...
Here's an article regarding the history of name:
QuoteIf you've driven around Virginia Beach, you've probably seen or heard the word "Witchduck" so often, you probably don't think about its origins.
You know Witchduck as an exit, a road, or maybe even a neighborhood. But if you go back to the late 1600s, there's a much darker meaning to the name.
It was the era of the Salem witch trials, and one local woman became known as "The Witch of Pungo." Although, she certainly didn't deserve the title.
Grace Sherwood was an unconventional woman living in Pungo at the time. Because of her good looks and knack for farming, people around town blamed her for bad weather and their dying crops and animals. She was called a witch and forced into a trial with an impossible outcome.
With her thumbs tied to her toes, she was "ducked" into the Lynnhaven River. If she was able to escape, they'd call it witchcraft. If she drowned. she would be proven innocent.
Sherwood chose to save herself and spent nearly eight years in jail, before returning to her sons and living a long life. She died at the age of 80 at her farm in Pungo.
Today, a bronze statue of Sherwood stands at the corner of Independence Boulevard and North Witchduck Road.
In 2006, 300 years after her trial, she was exonerated by then-Governor Tim Kaine.
Legend has it, every year on the anniversary of Sherwood's trial, people reportedly see a moving light -- believed to be her spirit -- over the place where she was thrown into the water in Witchduck Bay.
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/history/13news-now-vault-dark-haunting-past-of-witchduck-grace-sherwood/291-0c51976a-8481-4334-923a-c07ece729eef
I'll get my largest scales.
For me, it's 66 on the Thruway. If people don't want to count the Thruway for whatever reason, 63 on I-90. I-87 comes very close - 62 on I-87 (63 if this lone on ramp (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0555036,-73.7646748,16.96z?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcyMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) counts).
100 - formulanone
66 - bassoon1986
65.9 - vdeane
63 - JayhawkCO
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
31 - cockroachking
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
Quote from: vdeane on July 23, 2025, 12:51:06 PMIf people don't want to count the Thruway for whatever reason
Just to be safe, I docked 0.1 off your score.
On one highway? All 29 exits on I-490, assuming neither terminus counts.
Even the ~150 mile stretch of the Thruway where I've clinched every exit only gets me to 22 exits.
Quote from: kphoger on July 23, 2025, 12:54:01 PMQuoteIf people don't want to count the Thruway for whatever reason
Just to be safe, I docked 0.1 off your score.
I'd consider that a win.
26 straight on I-39 from Janesville to Portage County
Quote from: Rothman on July 21, 2025, 12:04:54 PMLooks like 150 exits along my stretch from Logan Airport to the Ohio Turnpike on I-90. Quick and dirty. Probably off by a couple.
I counted 157 when I looked at it today, though that's subject to interpretation what counts as an "interchange" around Cleveland. It also counts I-80 and OH 2 as separate, as well as both Logan Airport and MA 1A.
Quote from: vdeane on July 23, 2025, 07:46:54 PMQuote from: Rothman on July 21, 2025, 12:04:54 PMLooks like 150 exits along my stretch from Logan Airport to the Ohio Turnpike on I-90. Quick and dirty. Probably off by a couple.
I counted 157 when I looked at it today, though that's subject to interpretation what counts as an "interchange" around Cleveland. It also counts I-80 and OH 2 as separate, as well as both Logan Airport and MA 1A.
Thank you kindly.
157 - Rothman
100 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
31 - cockroachking
30.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
Quote from: webny99 on July 23, 2025, 05:37:54 PMassuming neither terminus counts
I'd assume they count. But just to be safe, I docked 0.1 off your score.
Quote from: vdeane on July 23, 2025, 07:46:54 PMI counted
For your selfless act of kindness, I have added 0.2 to your score. Thank you for your sacrifice.
Quote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 09:56:47 AMQuoteassuming neither terminus counts
I'd assume they count. But just to be safe, I docked 0.1 off your score.
Oh, wow. They're not even numbered or anything. I actually view it as a free 1.9 added to my score, so I consider that a win, too.
(Actually, if termini really do count, then I'm not sure how that logic extends to limiting it to a single route. By that logic, I could take my Thruway count of 22, subtract 1 for Exit 46 (the only exit between I-490's termini), add 29 for I-490, and get up to 51.)
21 on I-35 in Iowa, exits 56 through 94.
157 - Rothman
100 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
31 - cockroachking
30.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
Quote from: webny99 on July 24, 2025, 01:13:54 PMActually, if termini really do count, then I'm not sure how that logic extends to limiting it to a single route. By that logic, I could take my Thruway count of 22, subtract 1 for Exit 46 (the only exit between I-490's termini), add 29 for I-490, and get up to 51.
Not having any knowledge about the Thruway, I'm too lazy to figure out what the heck you're talking about. Your score stands.
Quote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 02:06:54 PMQuote from: webny99 on July 24, 2025, 01:13:54 PMActually, if termini really do count, then I'm not sure how that logic extends to limiting it to a single route. By that logic, I could take my Thruway count of 22, subtract 1 for Exit 46 (the only exit between I-490's termini), add 29 for I-490, and get up to 51.
Not having any knowledge about the Thruway, I'm too lazy to figure out what the heck you're talking about. Your score stands.
No Thruway knowledge required.
My (poorly worded) point was only to challenge the "
on one highway" requirement of this thread.
Quote from: webny99 on July 24, 2025, 02:22:41 PMQuote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 02:06:54 PMQuote from: webny99 on July 24, 2025, 01:13:54 PMActually, if termini really do count, then I'm not sure how that logic extends to limiting it to a single route. By that logic, I could take my Thruway count of 22, subtract 1 for Exit 46 (the only exit between I-490's termini), add 29 for I-490, and get up to 51.
Not having any knowledge about the Thruway, I'm too lazy to figure out what the heck you're talking about. Your score stands.
No Thruway knowledge required.
My point was only to challenge the "on one highway" requirement of this thread.
I would argue one numbered highway. Or a named highway if the highway doesn't have a posted number (a la Florida's Turnpike).
Quote from: JayhawkCO on July 24, 2025, 02:23:37 PMQuote from: webny99 on July 24, 2025, 02:22:41 PMMy point was only to challenge the "on one highway" requirement of this thread.
I would argue one numbered highway. Or a named highway if the highway doesn't have a posted number (a la Florida's Turnpike).
I'm fine with that, by the way.
But, in my mind, it is not logically consistent to count route termini as exits if we're limiting the exercise to a single route.
Quote from: webny99 on July 24, 2025, 02:30:42 PMQuote from: JayhawkCO on July 24, 2025, 02:23:37 PMQuote from: webny99 on July 24, 2025, 02:22:41 PMMy point was only to challenge the "on one highway" requirement of this thread.
I would argue one numbered highway. Or a named highway if the highway doesn't have a posted number (a la Florida's Turnpike).
I'm fine with that, by the way.
But, in my mind, it is not logically consistent to count route termini as exits if we're limiting the exercise to a single route.
What if the termini have exit numbers?
I'm still lost. The northern terminus of I-135 here in Kansas is I-70. If I drive north and then exit onto I-70, it's an exit.
What's the difference with the Thruway?
(I suppose I've also continued north past I-70 on US-81, which wouldn't count as an exit. Is it something like that?)
Quote from: webny99 on July 24, 2025, 02:30:42 PMQuote from: JayhawkCO on July 24, 2025, 02:23:37 PMQuote from: webny99 on July 24, 2025, 02:22:41 PMMy point was only to challenge the "on one highway" requirement of this thread.
I would argue one numbered highway. Or a named highway if the highway doesn't have a posted number (a la Florida's Turnpike).
I'm fine with that, by the way.
But, in my mind, it is not logically consistent to count route termini as exits if we're limiting the exercise to a single route.
I'd leave it up to the individual whether they want to count the terminus/termini as exits. Some routes have a defined exit number or an unnumbered exit, and some do not (a route that just gently ends at a surface street), so it's hard to have an absolute rule for that.
In my case, I didn't include I-95 just becoming U.S. 1, since there's no exit sign. But if something ends while splitting off in multiple directions, there may be a case for calling it an exit.
Might it be as simple as asking...
1. Can you exit there?
2. Did I exit (or enter) there?
Quote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 02:55:25 PMMight it be as simple as asking...
1. Can you exit there?
2. Did I exit (or enter) there?
The cases being discussed don't change my answer, but this is how I think of it. Besides regular interchanges, what I would consider exits for this exercise could be a road that ends at another freeway, a traffic light, or a dead end at a park and ride, and I'd count that as an "exit used", as long as the whole stretch is on a single designation, be it a numbered interstate or a named road like the NY Thruway.
I'm not following how any of these definitions would make a I-490's exits count toward a stretch on either I-90 or the Thruway.
Quote from: Jim on July 24, 2025, 03:47:52 PMQuote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 02:55:25 PMMight it be as simple as asking...
1. Can you exit there?
2. Did I exit (or enter) there?
The cases being discussed don't change my answer, but this is how I think of it. Besides regular interchanges, what I would consider exits for this exercise could be a road that ends at another freeway, a traffic light, or a dead end at a park and ride, and I'd count that as an "exit used", as long as the whole stretch is on a single designation, be it a numbered interstate or a named road like the NY Thruway.
I'm not following how any of these definitions would make a I-490's exits count toward a stretch on either I-90 or the Thruway.
"Is there an entry for it on Travel Mapping?" Then it's an exit.
I counted them again, it looks like 105 exits from Rickenbacher Causeway to Palm Coast Parkway. I didn't count a single slip ramp to I-95 as an exit, since there's no exit number.
I think there's debate for whether the entire Golden Glades Interchange counts as one, two, or three exits. 826 has 12AB for east-west, Turnpike is part of 826's ramp, but 441 has 12C, which is entirely offset from the other two. I'd count them as two exits on I-95; AB-exit pairs treated as one exit, and C or CD [or NS/EW] exits as their own unique exits if they exist for different routes.
Feel free to edit this list yourselves, guys. I'm no gatekeeper, just keeping score.
157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
31 - cockroachking
30.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
Wow, sorry folks, I seem to have caused much more confusion than intended. Fair warning, it may get worse before it gets better.
Quote from: kphoger on July 24, 2025, 02:48:22 PMI'm still lost. The northern terminus of I-135 here in Kansas is I-70. If I drive north and then exit onto I-70, it's an exit.
What's the difference with the Thruway?
(I suppose I've also continued north past I-70 on US-81, which wouldn't count as an exit. Is it something like that?)
Normally, the terminus of the route is also the terminus of the
road. In that sense, I-135 is the exception, not the rule, because the route designation ends while the roadway continues.
But it brings up an interesting case-in-point: if you've used x amount of exits on I-135 leading up to and including I-70, plus additional exits on US 81 north of I-70 (which is the same roadway as I-135), is it fair to count those exits towards your total, or not?
Quote from: JayhawkCO on July 24, 2025, 02:47:19 PMWhat if the termini have exit numbers?
If the terminus is at a numbered "exit" where the roadway actually terminates (which is a rare/nonexistent scenario in the Northeast and probably not that common nationwide), then I don't think it should count.
If the terminus is at a numbered exit but the road continues with a different number, like I-135/US 81, then it's back to the same question of whether counting exits on a single roadway with overlapping route designations is fair game or not: If yes, then the terminus exit obviously counts. If no, then meh (I'd say no personally, but to each their own).
Quote from: Jim on July 24, 2025, 03:47:52 PMThe cases being discussed don't change my answer, but this is how I think of it. Besides regular interchanges, what I would consider exits for this exercise could be a road that ends at another freeway, a traffic light, or a dead end at a park and ride, and I'd count that as an "exit used", as long as the whole stretch is on a single designation, be it a numbered interstate or a named road like the NY Thruway.
Quote from: JayhawkCO on July 24, 2025, 04:22:05 PM"Is there an entry for it on Travel Mapping?" Then it's an exit.
Whoa. I just assumed there was consensus that "highway" = "freeway" here. I don't think you can count "exits" used on an expressway, arterial, or anything that's not fully limited access unless "exit" is interpreted as literally "every access point".
Quote from: Jim on July 24, 2025, 03:47:52 PMI'm not following how any of these definitions would make a I-490's exits count toward a stretch on either I-90 or the Thruway.
It doesn't -
if you're only counting exits along a single route. But counting a route's terminus as an exit implies continuity. So if I can count the Thruway as an exit from I-490, there is nothing to stop the clock: no reason or logic for why I should stop counting exits there, just because I happened to use another exit. If I-90 counts as an "exit" from I-490, then I-490 Exit 1, the I-490 "Exit" for I-90, and I-90 Exit 48 (or Exit 46, for that matter) are undeniably three "exits in a row".
By that logic, I have used 22 consecutive exits from West Seneca to Syracuse following the Thruway alone, but I've used 51 consecutive exits from West Seneca to Syracuse following the Thruway to I-490 to the Thruway.
Quote from: webny99 on July 24, 2025, 09:31:13 PMBut it brings up an interesting case-in-point: if you've used x amount of exits on I-135 leading up to and including I-70, plus additional exits on US 81 north of I-70 (which is the same roadway as I-135), is it fair to count those exits towards your total, or not?
Well, of course, because every exit on I-135 except for the southernmost mile is also US-81. So you could simply claim them as US-81 exits.
But, to answer the spirit of your question, I'm fine with either definition of 'highway': a numbered route, or a physical roadway. But I think it would be unfair to combine both definitions. For example, I-44 at its southern terminus could be said to continue as US-281/US-287; but, if you're going to count it like that because it's a single roadway, then you can't also claim anything past Oklahoma City in the other direction, because the I-44 designation doesn't follow a single roadway there.
I have quite a few in a row on I-75 in Michigan and every exit on I-675 and I-475. The latter two are easy one's. I'm pretty sure I have used every exit along I-696 as well.
I-75 I know I have every one north of downtown Detroit all the way to at least Grayling. South of Detroit it gets a little harder to determine if I have ever used every exit all the way to the Ohio border. North of Grayling there are some I haven't used but I have used most of those exits too.
I'm gonna say my answer is 14.
157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
31 - cockroachking
30.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
Since we are getting into semantics here, one that I am chewing on in the counting is "How to count lettered exits?"
For instance, I-64 in Charleston, West Virginia has Exit 58A, 58B and 58C. The first one is a full exit and the second two are partial exits, but all three are individual exits and need to be counted separately. Pretty straight forward.
On the other hand, your typical cloverleaf is comprised of at least two partial exits in opposite directions. (Similar with Parclos in the appropriate direction). West Virginia has very few, but I-81 Exit 16E/W just north of Martinsburg is a good example. In this case, I've used Exit 16E on both sides and Exit 16W on just side, but that should count.
But let's take I-95 Exit 83A/B (Parham Road) in Richmond. I've taken Exit 83B to VA-73 from both the northbound and southbound lanes of I-95, but have never exited in the opposite direction. If we assume that both of these comprise one (1) interchange, you get to keep counting. But if we assume that there are two (2) separate exits, I need to stop the counting at the exit before this one (in this case, Exit 82). This particular exit is even more curious since I have entered I-95 northbound from Parham Road westbound (which is not VA-73) several times.
I'm inclined to count both sides of the cloverleaf as separate "exits" because it helps someone who has got a bunch of them in a particular area. (On the other hand, a lot of the cloverleafs that I used last have been removed or downgraded to Parclos).
I think you should count one interchange as one exit. If it's a cloverleaf, then it doesn't matter which ramp you used. If it's a partial interchange and you were traveling the wrong direction to be able to use it, then too bad, you can't just skip over it.
I counted what they had included in one row on Wikipedia. :)
Quote from: JayhawkCO on July 25, 2025, 02:34:42 PMI counted what they had included in one row on Wikipedia. :)
Whatever works for you. I'm not a referee, just a scorekeeper. And you can even change your score, and I won't care.
44 for me on I-94 from Exit 351 in Fargo, ND, to Exit 201 in Albertville, MN.
157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
31 - cockroachking
30.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
Based on your'all's excellent advice, I've got two entries:
- I-64 from Kentucky Exit 179 (Industrial Parkway) -to- Virginia Exit 1 (Jerry's Run): 62 consecutive exits.
- I-95 in Virginia from Exit 31 (Stony Creek) -to- Exit 173 (Van Dorn Street): 60 consecutive exits.
Now if you count "exits" from I-95 to the Shirley Reversible Belt, it mixes things up a bit. I've never taken the exit from the Capital Beltway I-95 (former multiplex with I-495) southbound over to the Reversible Belt. Thus, I lose the Van Dorn Street exit. But I pick up four northbound exits to the Reversible Belt; two southbound exits to the Reversible Belt; plus one more northbound exit to the Reversible from I-95 to continue north on the Shirley after its cuts out onto the Beltway. Revised total: 66 consecutive exits.
Log jam at 66.
157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
31 - cockroachking
30.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
Quote from: webny99 on July 24, 2025, 10:16:11 PMIt doesn't - if you're only counting exits along a single route. But counting a route's terminus as an exit implies continuity. So if I can count the Thruway as an exit from I-490, there is nothing to stop the clock: no reason or logic for why I should stop counting exits there, just because I happened to use another exit. If I-90 counts as an "exit" from I-490, then I-490 Exit 1, the I-490 "Exit" for I-90, and I-90 Exit 48 (or Exit 46, for that matter) are undeniably three "exits in a row".
I don't see why counting a terminus implies continuity. I could see the argument for something like I-590 south to I-390 north, but definitely not for something like either end of I-490. To use your I-490 example, there's a difference between getting off at exit 29 and not having ever gone any farther and also having gone all the way to the Thruway. Granted, this creates a difference with the scenario where the route continues but the freeway does not (like NY 481), but roads tend to be messy like that (look at all the difficulty I had in standardizing things for writing the exit lists on my site, for example). I don't see a functional difference between your example of claiming I-490 and then adding on a bunch of Thruway exits than claiming I-490 to exit 21 and then claiming I-590 exits (ie, they both wouldn't count). Although this does make me wonder if I should have not counted I-90's eastern terminus when I was counting Rothman's exits, since there isn't a separate ramp when I-90 smoothly merges into MA 1A.
You might want to avoid generalizing about numbered termini being rare in the northeast, because MA does it regularly and CT and PA both do it often.
Quote from: vdeane on July 25, 2025, 09:09:54 PMI don't see why counting a terminus implies continuity.
Think of it this way: how many exits does I-490 have? My answer would be 29 in a heartbeat. It never even occurred to me that it could be 31 until this thread. If the termini count as exits, then I'm also counting two I-90 exits as part of my total... and if I'm counting two I-90 exits, why couldn't I continue counting more I-90 exits in either direction?
Quote from: vdeane on July 25, 2025, 09:09:54 PMTo use your I-490 example, there's a difference between getting off at exit 29 and not having ever gone any farther and also having gone all the way to the Thruway.
For something like TM, certainly. For this exercise, I don't really see how unless you really think the terminus counts as an exit (again, an
I-490 exit, not an I-90 exit)... which goes back to the same feedback loop as before.
Quote from: vdeane on July 25, 2025, 09:09:54 PMI don't see a functional difference between your example of claiming I-490 and then adding on a bunch of Thruway exits than claiming I-490 to exit 21 and then claiming I-590 exits (ie, they both wouldn't count).
I agree, by the way. The whole side-discussion about single vs. multi route designations was just an illustration of why, in my view, termini should not count as exits.
Quote from: vdeane on July 25, 2025, 09:09:54 PMYou might want to avoid generalizing about numbered termini being rare in the northeast, because MA does it regularly and CT and PA both do it often.
Yeah, and I remembered NY 390 after posting, though that's the exception to the rule in NY.
webny will always be the king of stretching stats. Not the first time he's made arguments like these. :D
Quote from: Rothman on July 25, 2025, 10:20:05 PMwebny will always be the king of stretching stats. Not the first time he's made arguments like these. :D
Revision: king of overthinking.
Definitely not stretching stats when I am literally arguing for my "count" to be reduced by 2.
I've used every exit on I-95 in Rhode Island.
Quote from: webny99 on July 25, 2025, 10:10:18 PMThink of it this way: how many exits does I-490 have? My answer would be 29 in a heartbeat. It never even occurred to me that it could be 31 until this thread. If the termini count as exits, then I'm also counting two I-90 exits as part of my total... and if I'm counting two I-90 exits, why couldn't I continue counting more I-90 exits in either direction?
How much of that is because of the exit numbers? When I was young (as in, before exit 15B was built), if you asked me how many exits 390 has, I would say 27, even though exit 27 is the northern terminus with the LOSP. Which certainly makes an interesting question with the unnumbered freeway/freeway junctions (of which there are still a couple in NY). Easier to just count interchanges.
I've taken all US 75 exits between #1A (Hall St./Lemmon Ave.) and #44 (TX 121 north), 43 in all.
Surprisingly, I haven't taken most, all, or a large consecutive number of US 175 exits, so far.
(Out of the 35 exits between I-45 and the TX 34 bypass in Kaufman, I have missed 6 of them. The other 3 scattered ones further east, I've used.)
Quote from: webny99 on July 26, 2025, 07:30:40 AMI am literally arguing for my "count" to be reduced by 2.
Done. Your standing remains the same, though.
157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
31 - cockroachking
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
-6.415 - Ted$8roadFan, for not counting
The best I can come up with out of certainty in my memory is 15. (I-81 Exits 49-90 in PA) I would not be surprised if this is incorrect and my number is higher.
157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
31 - cockroachking
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
15 - 74/171FAN
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
-6.415 - Ted$8roadFan, for not counting
Whose Exit Is It Anyway?Quote from: kphoger on July 28, 2025, 10:34:42 AM157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
31 - cockroachking
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
15 - 74/171FAN
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
-6.415 - Ted$8roadFan, for not counting
An update to my I-25 streak after some travels in Denver and Cheyenne. New exits in blue, exits appended to the streak in bold.
CO Exit 220: Thornton Pkwy
CO Exit 221: 104th Ave
CO Exit 223: 120th Ave
CO Exit 225: 136th Ave
CO Exit 226: 144th Ave
CO Exit 228: E-470
CO Exit 229: CO 7
CO Exit 232: Erie Pkwy
CO Exit 235: CO 52
CO Exit 240: CO 119
CO Exit 243: CO 66
CO Exit 245: CR 34
CO Exit 250: CO 56
CO Exit 252: CO 60 East
CO Exit 254: To CO 60 West
CO Exit 255: CO 402
CO Exit 257: US 34
CO Exit 259: Crossroads Blvd
CO Exit 262: CO 392
CO Exit 265: Harmony Rd
CO Exit 268: Prospect Rd
CO Exit 269A: CO 14 EB
CO Exit 269B: CO 14 WB
CO Exit 271: Mountain Vista Dr
CO Exit 278: CO 1
CO Exit 281: Owl Canyon Rd
CO Exit 288: Buckeye Rd
CO Exit 293: CR 126
WY Exit 2: WY 223
WY Exit 4: High Plains Rd
WY Exit 7: BL-25
WY Exit 8D: I-80 EB
WY Exit 8B: I-80 WB
I'm now at 33, if I'm not mistaken.
157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
33 - jlam, if he's not mistaken
31 - cockroachking
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
15 - 74/171FAN
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
-6.415 - Ted$8roadFan, for not counting
It looks like my longest is that I have used, at some point, every exit on Interstate 45 from exit 25–NASA Rd 1 to exit 81 for Loop 336–a total of 87 exits (counting expreee lane exits and exits from only one side of the highway—)
Though Interstate 10 in Louisiana is a close second at 81 exits from number 87 for church point and Rayne to exit 267 for I-12/I-59
Quote from: achilles765 on July 29, 2025, 01:26:19 AMIt looks like my longest is that I have used, at some point, every exit on Interstate 45 from exit 25–NASA Rd 1 to exit 81 for Loop 336–a total of 87 exits (counting expreee lane exits and exits from only one side of the highway—)
Though Interstate 10 in Louisiana is a close second at 81 exits from number 87 for church point and Rayne to exit 267 for I-12/I-59
Counting exits like this feels like double counting.
I-75 in MIchigan I count 82 in a row that I have used at one point or another.
Quote from: Rothman on July 29, 2025, 07:03:02 AMCounting exits like this feels like double counting.
In the interest of fairness, then, I docked his score.
157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
86.9 - achilles765
82 - Flint1979
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
33 - jlam, if he's not mistaken
31 - cockroachking
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
15 - 74/171FAN
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
-6.415 - Ted$8roadFan, for not counting
Quote from: kphoger on July 29, 2025, 09:40:46 AM-6.415 - Ted$8roadFan, for not counting
Looks like...
34 exits for I-95 in Rhode Island.
I counted Exit 33 as one exit, since there's a 33A and a 33B which has two different routes depending one's direction of travel on the Interstate, but US 1 gets its own exit (34) as a one-segment ramp (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7849805,-71.4215667,1420m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) from southbound I-95.
The problem is that the exit renumbering from a few years ago may create a slightly different count; Exit 36B was once Exits 19 and 20, depending on direction. But then again, 36A was once the same two exit numbers, so it sort of washes out...No wonder Ted didn't want to give an exact number!
Quote from: formulanone on July 29, 2025, 09:51:56 AMI counted 35 exits for I-95 in Rhode Island; I counted Exit 33 (Old Exit 16) twice, since there's a 33A and a 33B which has two different routes depending one's direction of travel on the Interstate.
I've now updated his score. And, for your selfless act of kindness, you now have an additional 0.1 added onto yours.
157 - Rothman
105.1 - formulanone
86.9 - achilles765
82 - Flint1979
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
35 - Ted$8roadFan
33 - jlam, if he's not mistaken
31 - cockroachking
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
15 - 74/171FAN
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
30 exits on I-93, from Exit 17B in MA to the southern junction of I-293 (unnumbered) in NH. Clarifications:
- I have Exit 17B but not Exit 17A. As these aren't part of a directional pair and they go completely different ways, 17A breaks the streak.
- I don't have Exit 19 in my file, but I do have US 1 between I-93 and US 60, and I don't think this is possible without getting on or off at Exit 19.
- Under sequential numbering, 29 and 30 were separate exits; they got changed to 21. I'm counting it once.
- The rest area/visitor's center between the state line and Exit 1 in NH does not count. It would break my streak if it did.
- Exit 4A in NH is not open yet and therefore does not count. My streak will decrease from 30 to 28 once it does.
157 - Rothman
105.1 - formulanone
86.9 - achilles765
82 - Flint1979
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
35 - Ted$8roadFan
33 - jlam, if he's not mistaken
31 - cockroachking
30 - hotdogPi
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
15 - 74/171FAN
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
For me, this appears to be 22 exits on I-294, from 127th and Cicero in Alsip up to Lake-Cook Road at the north end.
I-10 between El Paso and Phoenix appears to be awfully low hanging fruit, though...
157 - Rothman
105.1 - formulanone
86.9 - achilles765
82 - Flint1979
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
35 - Ted$8roadFan
33 - jlam, if he's not mistaken
31 - cockroachking
30 - hotdogPi
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
23 - sprjus4
22 - Konza
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
15 - 74/171FAN
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
I've counted all exits in the longest section I've used all of them (A-23 North of Monreal del Campo, exit 166) and I've come up to 47 Ausfahrte. For now I can only extend it South, for anything further North it would have to wait until 2030 or so...
157 - Rothman
105.1 - formulanone
86.9 - achilles765
82 - Flint1979
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
47 - CNGL-Leudimin
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
35 - Ted$8roadFan
33 - jlam, if he's not mistaken
31 - cockroachking
30 - hotdogPi
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
23 - sprjus4
22 - Konza
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
15 - 74/171FAN
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson