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Title: Clinched state highways
Post by: golden eagle on June 18, 2012, 09:36:21 PM
I haven't clinched many state highways at all in MS. The ones I do are MS 302, 463, 468 and 471. I'll have to double-check, but I might've clinched GA 120. The next time I'm in Nashville, I'll try and clinch TN 255 (Donelson Pike, missing the section north of I-40), 155 (Briley Parkway) and 254 (Old Hickory Blvd.; missing the area west of I-65). I'll also try to catch TN 300, 175 and 176 in Memphis the next time I'm there. 
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: vdeane on June 18, 2012, 09:58:17 PM
http://cmap.m-plex.com/stat/travsummary.php?u=deanej
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Alps on June 18, 2012, 09:59:57 PM
Surprised this hasn't been a topic yet. www.alpsroads.net/roads/clinched.html
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Takumi on June 18, 2012, 10:28:40 PM
My list is fairly small compared to most, as most of my clinched highways as a driver have been fairly short routes, and only one outside Virginia.

VA 4
VA 13
VA 31
VA 36 (plus former extensions)
VA 38 (plus former extensions)
VA 45
VA 73
VA 106 (plus former routing)
VA 132Y
VA 136
VA 139
VA 142
VA 144
VA 145
VA 146?
VA 147
VA 150
VA 153
VA 156
VA 157
VA 161
VA 162 (plus former extensions)
VA 195
VA 197
VA 226
VA 227
VA 249
VA 273
VA 288
VA 296
VA 298
VA 300/300Y
VA 310
VA 345
VA 356
VA 366
VA 378
VA 380
VA 386
VA 397
VA 404?
VA 895
VA 90003 (Colonial Parkway)
NC 168

I also have a handful of decommissioned routes clinched, such as the most recent VA 44 and the first two incarnations of VA 154.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on June 18, 2012, 10:47:57 PM
Let's see what I've (with my dad driving, of course) clinched...

AZ 179
(CA 51)
CA 68
CA 156
CA 170
CA 183
CA 210
TX 358

That's all I've got.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Eth on June 18, 2012, 10:49:37 PM
Several dozen, I'd wager.

In Maryland:
28, 80, 85, 94, 107, 109, 112, 115, 117, 118, 119, 121, 124, 182, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191, 355, 396, 547, 586, 614, 650, 911

In Georgia (possibly incomplete list, not including bannered routes):
20, 81, 124, 141, 155, 162, 186, 236, 237, 260, 279, 314, 316, 331, 365, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 413, 515

Other states:
AL 109, CA 27, CA 154, FL 77, FL 79, NC 60

There might be more; my records are better for some states than others.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on June 18, 2012, 10:54:07 PM
I keep track of interstates and US highways. I don't keep a log of state, county (parish), township, or other political entities that name roads.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: mjb2002 on June 18, 2012, 11:39:49 PM
I thought there was already a topic about that.

I can add one more highway to my clinched list:

SC 304 -- HILDA RD

The others:

Business 3
4
37
68 -- YEMASSEE HY
70
118
421 -- AUGUSTA RD
781 -- TINKER CREEK RD

SC 126 (BELVEDERE-CLEARWATER RD) is the next highway that I am likely to clinch. I have only 0.8 miles of that small highway in Aiken County left.

Also, I need to correct myself from last year - SC 125 is clinchable, because the highway on Savannah River Plant's land is open to the public. You just cannot STOP on SC 125 on their land unless it is an emergency. That means that you must keep going on all but about 0.7 miles of SC 125 in Barnwell County, although 100% of the portion of SC 125 that is owned by the Savannah River Site is considered by the DOE as being in Aiken County.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: nwi_navigator_1181 on June 18, 2012, 11:46:48 PM
Some of the state roads in the following list go for such short distances, I can't help but clinch them. :)

IL 394

IN 2 (not all at once, but nailed it piece by piece)
IN 51
IN 53
IN 152
IN 912 (before bridge demolition)
IN 130
IN 149
IN 249
IN 520
IN 212

M-239
M-6
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on June 19, 2012, 09:58:26 AM
ON, NY, NJ and PA: http://cmap.m-plex.com/stat/travsummary.php?u=drfrankenstein

For QC and VT, I'm in the process of rebuilding my list. I can, however, confidently say that I've clinched routes 116, 134, (unsigned) 136 and 236 in Québec. For autoroutes, refer to the link above.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Darkchylde on June 19, 2012, 10:27:30 AM
In Louisiana:

LA 12
LA 21
LA 25
LA 36
LA 40
LA 41
Spur LA 41
LA 47
LA 59
LA 60
LA 433
LA 434
LA 435
Spur LA 435
Spur LA 437
LA 445
LA 611-1
LA 975
LA 1065
LA 1077
LA 1078
LA 1080
LA 1081
LA 1082
LA 1083
LA 1084
LA 1085
(Former) LA 1087
LA 1088
LA 1090
LA 1091
LA 1093-1
LA 1093-3
LA 1129
LA 3046
LA 3081
LA 3132
LA 3139
LA 3188
LA 3228

Mississippi:

MS 604
MS 607 (at least, all civilian-accessible portions, since part of it runs through Stennis)

Texas:

SH 12
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: kphoger on June 19, 2012, 10:31:36 AM
This will take some thinking, since I don't go out and clinch a highway on purpose.....  I'm probably leaving some out.

Colorado 62
Colorado 133

Illinois 56
Illinois 142
Illinois 148
Illinois 149
Illinois 152
Illinois 154
Illinois 166
Illinois 242
Illinois 255 (as of 12/2007, construction has pushed north since then)
Illinois - Various FAS routes, e.g. Kinmundy Road and Herrin Road

Kansas 25
Kansas 117
Kansas 161
Kansas 171
Kansas 254

Missouri 73
Missouri 171
Missouri 360
Missouri 376
Missouri 465
Missouri H (Perry & Sainte Genevieve Counties)
Missouri M (Jasper County)
Missouri MM (Jefferson County)
Missouri PP (Christian County)
Missouri W (Jefferson & Saint Louis Counties)
Missouri Z (Sainte Genevieve County)

Texas FM-1053
Texas FM-255
Texas Toll 255

Utah 12
Utah 14
Utah 276
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 19, 2012, 10:47:31 AM
a lot of them.  I don't keep track, but I am reasonably sure I've clinched at least one in every state. 

I don't have the entire system clinched in any state.  the closest is Nevada, where I have driven every state highway longer than about 6-8 miles, but am missing a lot of the poorly signed urban ones, especially in Las Vegas.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: oscar on June 19, 2012, 11:10:29 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 19, 2012, 10:47:31 AM
a lot of them.  I don't keep track, but I am reasonably sure I've clinched at least one in every state. 

I don't have the entire system clinched in any state.  the closest is Nevada, where I have driven every state highway longer than about 6-8 miles, but am missing a lot of the poorly signed urban ones, especially in Las Vegas.

My situation is similar.  My summaries on the CHM project cover many of the states, but about half of the states don't yet have coverage of most or all state routes.  As new states are added (Arizona is the latest addition, with several others in progress), I'll probably pick up additional clinched routes as I reconstruct my travels.  These will include, among others, CA 99, CA 58, CA 62, CA 76, and CA 78 when that state route set is finalized. 

The closest I've come to completing all of a state's routes, including minor unsigned routes, is Hawaii where I'm missing only 8930, about seven miles of 200, and the northernmost mile of 5600.  (The last isn't covered in my CHM summaries, since its recently-assigned route number appears to be signed only on milemarkers, and CHM doesn't count such minimally- or un-signed routes.)  All of these gaps are from new or substantially realigned mileage built after my last visit to the relevant islands. 
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: vdeane on June 19, 2012, 11:38:22 AM
Quote from: Takumi on June 18, 2012, 10:28:40 PM
My list is fairly small compared to most, as most of my clinched highways as a driver have been fairly short routes, and only one outside Virginia.
Why only as a driver?
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: golden eagle on June 19, 2012, 12:02:54 PM
Quote from: Darkchylde on June 19, 2012, 10:27:30 AM
Mississippi:
MS 607 (at least, all civilian-accessible portions, since part of it runs through Stennis)

I was gonna do that the last time I was in the area, but once I saw it was restricted access, I quickly turned around and got back on I-59.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Takumi on June 19, 2012, 12:09:42 PM
Quote from: deanej on June 19, 2012, 11:38:22 AM
Why only as a driver?

I don't know about others, but I consider driving a criterion for clinching. I also don't remember a lot of the specific roads I traveled on when I was younger, so I don't know if that list is complete. What I do remember:
VA 10 (combined with my driven parts; I haven't driven the section from VA 31 to Suffolk but we took it home from the beach once)
Old VA 44 #2
VA 44 #3 (when it was active)
NC 6 (when it was active)
DC 295
MD 295
PA 283
One or two Florida routes whose numbers elude me
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: corco on June 19, 2012, 12:23:46 PM
I've clinched the entire Washington and Wyoming systems, and as soon as I clinch SR 286 (reasonably easy clinch for me- probably do it next week), I'll have clinched the Arizona highway system.

When I say I've clinched a state I mean I've driven/ridden ferries on the entire state highway system as it existed the year I finished it, so any changes in Washington since December 2008 I haven't driven, same with changes in Wyoming (there haven't been any to my knowledge) since December 2010.

Probably in terms of percentage of state highway driven it goes
1. Washington/Wyoming
3. Arizona
4. Idaho
5. Colorado
6. Nebraska
7. Utah
8. New Mexico
9. Oklahoma
10. Oregon
11. Kansas
12. Louisiana
13. Arkansas
14. South Dakota
15. Nevada
16. Texas (I've driven a lot of Texas, but there's so many highways when you count FMs/RMs I've still barely dropped the bucket)
17. Iowa
18. Missouri
19. Montana
20. California
21. British Columbia
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: kphoger on June 19, 2012, 12:28:33 PM
Ooh!  Forgot two important ones (for me, anyway):  Coahuila state highways 102 & 103  :sombrero:
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 19, 2012, 12:31:08 PM
I may have a Baja state route or two.  I definitely have federal highway 3.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: deathtopumpkins on June 19, 2012, 12:56:07 PM
Massachusetts:
1A (Boston to Salisbury)
3
3A
6A
22
35
97
99
107
114
127
127A
128
129A
145 (only one in someone else's car)
150
181
213
286

New Hampshire:
1A
1B
4
88
97
101E
107A
121
286

Maine:
77
103
185
207

North Carolina:
12
168
615

DC:
295

VA:
5, 10, 31, 32, 105, 125, 132, 132Y, 134, 135, 141, 143, 149, 152, 162, 164, 168, 189, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 186, 190, 195, 199, 225, 238, 247, 278, 279, 288, 296, 298, 306, 312, 315, 337, 350, 351, 359, 399, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 415, 895, 90003
A handful of these are facility routes, which I count if I've been to said facility by car, thus traversing the driveway(s) and parking lot(s).

I've clinched far more highways in Virginia than any other state (including almost every highway in Hampton Roads), but in terms of percentages I believe I've clinched more of Massachusetts (~20% of state highways, 29% including Int/US). This is probably because I've actually been making an effort to clinch as much as possible in Mass (a task CHM makes far easier).
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: kphoger on June 19, 2012, 02:38:28 PM
Quote from: Takumi on June 19, 2012, 12:09:42 PM
I don't know about others, but I consider driving a criterion for clinching.

Dude, I don't keep track of which person was behind the wheel on which sections of which highways.  If my wife and I drive long-distance, and she drives part of the route, are you saying that doesn't count?
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: corco on June 19, 2012, 02:46:13 PM
QuoteDude, I don't keep track of which person was behind the wheel on which sections of which highways.  If my wife and I drive long-distance, and she drives part of the route, are you saying that doesn't count?

I don't have a problem with other people saying that, but yeah, I don't count if I'm not driving, because generally you don't pay as much attention as a passenger- if you were physically on the road but sleeping the entire time, then your body may have been on the road, but your mind certainly wasn't. You have to be there in body and mind, in my mind, to have clinched the route. If you're just there in body, you don't remember, and if you're just there in mind, you weren't physically there (if I think about US-11 all day, I can't say I've clinched it).

I would have no problem saying that if you're riding on a route and you're awake and astute and aware of your surroundings you've clinched it, but for me that leaves gray areas open- easiest for me just to exclude if I wasn't driving.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on June 19, 2012, 03:02:48 PM
I almost forgot about CA-233 in the Central Valley...
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 19, 2012, 03:08:34 PM
Quote from: CentralCAroadgeek on June 19, 2012, 03:02:48 PM
I almost forgot about CA-233 in the Central Valley...

I barely even know where CA-233 is.  that's why I rarely pay attention to clinched state routes.  some are so minor that they aren't worth the attention.

out of the pre-1964 bear routes, I believe I have all in California, except possibly some of the various city alignments in the LA area.  (bear 26, for example, I cannot be sure if I've followed the north or south frontage road of the Santa Monica Freeway correctly.)
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on June 19, 2012, 03:15:57 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 19, 2012, 03:08:34 PM
I barely even know where CA-233 is.
CA-233 is a short state route connecting CA-152 with CA-99 in Chowchilla. We took it going home on CA-152 from Yosemite because we didn't know how get to CA-59.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: kphoger on June 19, 2012, 03:16:02 PM
Quote from: corco on June 19, 2012, 02:46:13 PM
QuoteDude, I don't keep track of which person was behind the wheel on which sections of which highways.  If my wife and I drive long-distance, and she drives part of the route, are you saying that doesn't count?

I don't have a problem with other people saying that, but yeah, I don't count if I'm not driving, because generally you don't pay as much attention as a passenger- if you were physically on the road but sleeping the entire time, then your body may have been on the road, but your mind certainly wasn't. You have to be there in body and mind, in my mind, to have clinched the route. If you're just there in body, you don't remember, and if you're just there in mind, you weren't physically there (if I think about US-11 all day, I can't say I've clinched it).

I would have no problem saying that if you're riding on a route and you're awake and astute and aware of your surroundings you've clinched it, but for me that leaves gray areas open- easiest for me just to exclude if I wasn't driving.

I find that I'm better able to examine the route as a passenger, since I'm not as obligated to keep my eyes on traffic.  It's certainly much easier to take pictures!
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: kkt on June 19, 2012, 05:14:08 PM
If you get off a highway for gas and reenter at the next entrance a few hundred yards or a mile down the road, does it still count as a clinch?
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: hobsini2 on June 19, 2012, 05:32:04 PM
Quote from: kkt on June 19, 2012, 05:14:08 PM
If you get off a highway for gas and reenter at the next entrance a few hundred yards or a mile down the road, does it still count as a clinch?

I would say it still counts because you pulled off the highway for a service on that highway and re-entered said highway immediately after you were done with the service.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: hobsini2 on June 19, 2012, 05:54:45 PM
My clinched state highways off the top of my head are:
Illinois:
7, 19, 21, 25, 31, 41, 43, 47, 53, 56, 58, 59, 62, 68, 71, 83, 102, 113, 114, 120, 126, 131, 134, 137, 171, 394

Indiana:
53, 130, 152, 212, 249, 312, 912, 930

Wisconsin:
20, 24, 26, 30, 31, 36, 44, 50, Former 62, 67, 83, 89, 91, 100, 106, 113, 114, 116, 119, 120, 140, 142, 145, 146, 175, 188, 213, 241, 341, Former 351, 441, 794
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Takumi on June 19, 2012, 06:13:08 PM
Quote from: corco on June 19, 2012, 02:46:13 PM
QuoteDude, I don't keep track of which person was behind the wheel on which sections of which highways.  If my wife and I drive long-distance, and she drives part of the route, are you saying that doesn't count?

I don't have a problem with other people saying that, but yeah, I don't count if I'm not driving, because generally you don't pay as much attention as a passenger- if you were physically on the road but sleeping the entire time, then your body may have been on the road, but your mind certainly wasn't. You have to be there in body and mind, in my mind, to have clinched the route. If you're just there in body, you don't remember, and if you're just there in mind, you weren't physically there (if I think about US-11 all day, I can't say I've clinched it).

I would have no problem saying that if you're riding on a route and you're awake and astute and aware of your surroundings you've clinched it, but for me that leaves gray areas open- easiest for me just to exclude if I wasn't driving.
That's my reasoning behind it as well. I have no problem whatsoever if anyone's definition of clinching is different.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: triplemultiplex on June 19, 2012, 06:57:31 PM
My clinching criteria:

I must be driving; being a passenger doesn't count.  If being a passenger counts now, then logically, every car trip in your life all the way back to infancy counts.  "Hey mom and dad, remember that vacation we took when I was 1?  What way did you go?"

I keep track of state highways and above, but indicate all driving on maps regardless of classification or whether or not the road shows up on the map I'm keeping for that state.

There are no day/night or seasonal restrictions.

I must be operating a street-legal motor vehicle.  Walking, biking, etc. doesn't count.  ATV's, snowmobiles, tractors, etc. also don't count.

Interchanges are treated the same as any other intersection; a route is considered clinched even if the actual path I drive doesn't cover the distance between ramp terminals or ramp merges.

Driving one side of a one-way pair is sufficient to clinch a route.

It hasn't come up for me, but I think I would count Texas-style frontage roads as part of the highway they front provided we're only dealing with short distances.

Gaps between driveway entrances for private property are ignored.

Construction:
Detours do not count towards clinching a highway.
A highway is still considered to be clinched if it has been expanded on location since it was driven.
This includes changes to intersections and curves.
A highway previously driven that has been relocated to a new terrain alignment reverts back to unclinched until the new section is driven.
I count sections of new highway driven while under construction before they were opened towards a clinching.

A physical piece of road that has changed route numbers since it was last driven counts toward the new route number's clinched length.  So I drive through a town and later a bypass opens and the old route becomes a business route or something else, I count the part I drove previously toward the new designation.  But I make note a note of this in my official lists.
Title: Clinched state highways
Post by: formulanone on June 19, 2012, 07:10:03 PM
In Florida, I only count these as clinched if connecting county route portions are included: 5, 5A, 7 (all), 9 (all), 9A, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 24, 24A, 26, 26A, 29, 31 (both), 39, 40, 44, 54, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, "90", "91", "93", "93A", 94 (both), 100, 112, 113, 120, 152, 200, 202, 206, 207, 222, 224, 226, 230, 231, 235, 238, 312, 316, 326, 327, 329*, 331, 345, 368, 388, 391, 400, 404, 406, 407, 408, 415, 421, 430, 483, 508, 513, 514, 518, 520, 524, 528, 535, 536, 540, 542, 544, 580, 582, 589, "592", "594", 598*, 614, 618, 656, 681, 700 (all), 704, 706, 707 (all), 708 (both), 710, 713, 714 (both), 715, 716, 717, 729, 732, 736, 739, 758, 780, 786, 789, 794, 798*, 800, 802, 804, "805", 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811 (both), 812 (both), 814, 816, 817, 818, 820, "821", 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 828, 834, 836, 838, 842, 844, 845, 847, 848, 849, 850 (both), 852, 854*, 856, 858 (both), 860, "862", 869, 870, 874, 878, 882, 884 (both), 886 (both), 905, 907, 907A, 909, 913, 915, 916, 922, 924, 934, 944, 933, 934, 951, 953, 959, 968, 970, 972, 976, 986, 992, 994, 997, 5048, 9336

* = formerly SR at time of clinch, now entirely CR
"x" = secret number


Deprecated state (county) routes which fit the grid: 15A, 15B, 15C, 80A, 42, 74, 92, 172, 210, 214, 218, 227, 239, 314, 316, 318, 337, 368*, 419, 420, 516, 522, 523, 419, 606, 609, 619, 621, 623, 702, 709, 711, 712, 718, 720, 721, 724, 731, 733, 760, 769, 770, 782, 827 (all), 832, 833, 835, 837, 839, 841, 846, 851, 876, 880, 905A.

AL: 2, 24, 35, 40, 62, 65, 67, 71, 73, 89, 93, 93, 99, 119, 127, 135, 150, 151, 176, 179, 182, 187, 204, 205, 207, 208, 211, 219, 225, 227, 251, 255, 261, 271, 273, 277, 279, 287, 291, 297, 605, 759

GA: 48, 107, 159, 316, 313

LA: 21, 56, 57, 47, 78, 449, 661, 948, 3000, 3228

MS: 23, 30, 33, 172, 338, 442, 702, 714, 720, 726, 727, 728, 734, 760, 802, 804, 812, 817, 832, 889

NY: 987D, 987G

OH: 282, 768

PA: 43, 99, 981

TX: OSR, 135, 119, 202

WV: 527, 891

WA: 3
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: kphoger on June 19, 2012, 07:11:14 PM
Quote from: triplemultiplex on June 19, 2012, 06:57:31 PM
My clinching criteria:

I must be driving; being a passenger doesn't count.  If being a passenger counts now, then logically, every car trip in your life all the way back to infancy counts.  "Hey mom and dad, remember that vacation we took when I was 1?  What way did you go?"

I don't count trips where I wasn't old enough to drive.  As a teenager, I pitched in on the driving for family vacations; since I was one of the drivers, I count those routes.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Duke87 on June 19, 2012, 07:39:22 PM
I don't have a problem counting routes clinched as a young kid on family trips since I was reasonably paying attention to this sort of thing at a very young age. In every case I either completely remember or know enough to be able to logically reconstruct it. And it isn't a huge issue since the amount of mileage that I was on as a little kid but haven't been on since is very small compared to everything I've seen from high school onward. We didn't go on too many road trips when I was young and the ones we did weren't very ambitious.

At any rate, my CMap is here (http://cmap.m-plex.com/stat/travsummary.php?u=duke87). Though, as of this writing it hasn't yet been updated to reflect a trip through MA and RI from a couple weekends ago. Or the crazy cross-country trip I'm about to embark on in a few days. As for systems that aren't online yet, I still put a line in my list file and they can be viewed in my log.

Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: national highway 1 on June 19, 2012, 07:41:59 PM
NSW (as a passenger):
Italics are decommissioned routes

Metroads
2
3
4
5
7 (pre 2005)
10
State Routes
12
27
28
29
30
31
33
53
76
77
111
122

Queensland
2 (pre-2009)
10 (Gold Coast)
20 (Gold Coast)
24 (Gold Coast)
50 (Gold Coast)
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 19, 2012, 07:42:37 PM
I count detours.  My first clinch of I-10 was down US-61 in Louisiana when ice had closed the freeway.  that was the alignment at the time, fully signed and everything, so in my world it counts.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Alps on June 19, 2012, 08:51:14 PM
I don't count detours. What I do count is when a bridge is out or short section of road is closed, I drive to one end, U-turn, follow the detour to the other end and U-turn. As long as I can see the same point from both closed ends (even if a curve gets in the way of actually seeing the other closed end), I consider it clinched. CR 501 and 503 in NJ were both closed due to police activity, and I count them as clinched. There are many, many other routes I've done in that way.

I also count any road I'm on regardless of driving. I tend to pay attention, and have done so even since I was 5, so I hardly consider it cheating. Would you only count a county if you drove in it, or just happened to be in it by some other means?

I don't count ferries, but I do try to take them whenever I can just for completeness (and cause ferries are cool). If a highway changes, I don't erase my clinch, but I do note that I need to return to it. If a highway extends, I note my clinch as historic (such as "I-69 as of 2010" which would not include the new KY section [yet] or IN section).
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: oscar on June 19, 2012, 09:24:04 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 19, 2012, 07:39:22 PM
I don't have a problem counting routes clinched as a young kid on family trips since I was reasonably paying attention to this sort of thing at a very young age. In every case I either completely remember or know enough to be able to logically reconstruct it.

Neither do I, though my recollections weren't as good as yours, and my family's memories on specific routes driven had faded by the time I started caring about this stuff.  I count much of US 52 between Fergus Falls MN and the Twin Cities, even though I was only three or four years old, since I know my family often made the trek to visit one of my aunts, and before I-94 was built, US 52 was the only reasonable way to make the trip.  Also, I know we took old US 66 (west of Oklahoma City, where I remember our unpleasant stay while waiting for an engine overhaul) when we moved from North Carolina to California, and so I counted as clinched the parts of route 66 west of OKC that were later absorbed into business Interstates along I-40. 
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: hbelkins on June 19, 2012, 11:17:15 PM
Quote from: Steve on June 19, 2012, 08:51:14 PM
What I do count is when a bridge is out or short section of road is closed, I drive to one end, U-turn, follow the detour to the other end and U-turn. As long as I can see the same point from both closed ends (even if a curve gets in the way of actually seeing the other closed end), I consider it clinched.

So do I. I wouldn't consider myself to have clinched US 131 in Michigan or US 27 in Indiana otherwise. When I drove both those roads, they had closures. So I did exactly what you described. So I consider them clinched.

For me, if I was a passenger in a motor vehicle and I traveled the road, it counts. Awake, asleep, doesn't matter. I was on the road so it counts. A memory of the road is not necessary for me to count it because I can't remember some of the roads I drove last year.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: NE2 on June 20, 2012, 01:57:20 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 19, 2012, 11:17:15 PM
For me, if I was a passenger in a motor vehicle and I traveled the road, it counts. Awake, asleep, doesn't matter. I was on the road so it counts. A memory of the road is not necessary for me to count it because I can't remember some of the roads I drove last year.
Does clinching begin at conception? :)
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Darkchylde on June 20, 2012, 06:03:32 AM
My criteria is as follows:

* Must be physically present on the route - driving, passenger, doesn't matter - awake, asleep, doesn't matter
* When the clinch occurred is irrelevant
* Clinches in pieces count so long as portions overlap or meet
* Off- and on-ramps count towards clinching
* Any method of ground-based transit counts including but not limited to walking, bicycling or driving (I clinched LA 1087 (when it existed) on a skateboard, for example)
* Detours do not count unless part of the route that used to physically exist no longer exists at that time (tearing up an entire carriageway, for example) and the detour is signed as the main route or as a detour of the main route
* Route counts if all of it is walked/bicycled/driven/whatever except for portions that for whatever reason cannot be legally accessed (MS 607 through Stennis, for example)
* Route counts in the bridge scenario HBE and Steve brought up if I went through that effort.

That's pretty much the only restrictions I put on myself.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Takumi on June 20, 2012, 07:51:44 AM
When I clinched VA 156, there were 2 detours; one had been in place for nearly 2 years, and both had the road completely torn up, so I count it for now. When they open again (if they're not already) I'll go back and complete them.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: vdeane on June 20, 2012, 10:13:28 AM
I started keeping track when I was around 12.  For older stuff I handle on a case-by-case basis based on how well I remember it and how much I was able to see.  For example, portions of ON 401 I was last on before I was 10 count because I have a reasonable memory of the drive; the portions of PA 147 (coach bus at night when I was nowhere near the front) and CA 1 (from when I was nine months old) don't.

I don't require being physically present on a section of road to count it as long as I can reasonably see it from a portion I was physically on, but I generally don't use this fudging unless it fills in a gap or I don't have a choice (such as US 11 at the Canadian border); I did make an even greater exception for NY 374 though, as the road curves within 1/4 mile of customs.

Detours don't count with the exception of a carriageway being shifted onto another and similar stuff.  Never had to worry about bridges being out when I clinched a road though.

I go by CHM, so truncation and extensions change the clinging.  Re-alignments are a gray area I haven't fully addressed yet; I generally count them if I could reasonably see most of it from the old alignment and/or have watched a video of the new one (this is how I count Parksville and Iway).  The next major test of this will be US 15 south of Presho, NY.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: hbelkins on June 20, 2012, 10:27:43 AM
Quote from: Darkchylde on June 20, 2012, 06:03:32 AM
* Route counts if all of it is walked/bicycled/driven/whatever except for portions that for whatever reason cannot be legally accessed (MS 607 through Stennis, for example)

This is why I will count I-81 as being clinched in New York and in total once I get the stretch between NY 79 at Lisle and I-90 at Syracuse driven. I turned around at the northernmost US exit in the Thousand Islands region because I could not legally drive the rest of it, since I don't have a passport and thus could not enter Canada.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: NE2 on June 20, 2012, 06:12:48 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 20, 2012, 10:27:43 AM
Quote from: Darkchylde on June 20, 2012, 06:03:32 AM
* Route counts if all of it is walked/bicycled/driven/whatever except for portions that for whatever reason cannot be legally accessed (MS 607 through Stennis, for example)

This is why I will count I-81 as being clinched in New York and in total once I get the stretch between NY 79 at Lisle and I-90 at Syracuse driven. I turned around at the northernmost US exit in the Thousand Islands region because I could not legally drive the rest of it, since I don't have a passport and thus could not enter Canada.

So anyone without a driver's license has clinched most eastern Interstates :spin:
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: oscar on June 20, 2012, 07:57:53 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 20, 2012, 10:27:43 AM
Quote from: Darkchylde on June 20, 2012, 06:03:32 AM
* Route counts if all of it is walked/bicycled/driven/whatever except for portions that for whatever reason cannot be legally accessed (MS 607 through Stennis, for example)

This is why I will count I-81 as being clinched in New York and in total once I get the stretch between NY 79 at Lisle and I-90 at Syracuse driven. I turned around at the northernmost US exit in the Thousand Islands region because I could not legally drive the rest of it, since I don't have a passport and thus could not enter Canada.

Actually, you can enter Canada from the U.S. without a passport.  http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/security-securite/admiss-eng.html  Getting back into the U.S. is the hard part.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: ftballfan on June 20, 2012, 09:49:07 PM
Clinched state highways in Michigan: 6, 11, 45, 104, Former 108, Former 110, 113, 115, 116, 121, 137, 143, Former 168, 185
Been on, but not clinched: 1, 10, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 32, 37, 40, 42*, 43, 44, 46, 50, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 66, 72, 82, 89, 93, 99, 109, 120
Clinched county highways in Michigan: A-37, C-42
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: adt1982 on June 20, 2012, 09:55:03 PM
IL 1
IL 16
IL 35
IL 49
IL 108
IL 127
IL 130
IL 133
IL 138
IL 242

IN 154
IN 163
IN 340
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Duke87 on June 20, 2012, 11:03:47 PM
As far as I am concerned, legal restriction of access is no excuse for fudging a clinch. Any route which crosses the border cannot be clinched without going through customs unless there is a way to make a U-turn basically right at the physical location of the border (example: I-5 at San Ysidro). The same goes for state highways which end at military bases. Clinching the highway may require actually entering the base, and if I can't legally do that, then tough, I can't clinch the highway.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Alps on June 20, 2012, 11:31:51 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 20, 2012, 11:03:47 PM
As far as I am concerned, legal restriction of access is no excuse for fudging a clinch. Any route which crosses the border cannot be clinched without going through customs unless there is a way to make a U-turn basically right at the physical location of the border (example: I-5 at San Ysidro). The same goes for state highways which end at military bases. Clinching the highway may require actually entering the base, and if I can't legally do that, then tough, I can't clinch the highway.
Depends on the length of highway. I consider a highway clinched if I exit just before a toll at the very end, or if I turn around in sight of the border without crossing it, or if I turn around right at the military base gate. Then again, if the route is defined through the base and not just up to the gate, I wouldn't take the clinch. That's pretty rare.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: vdeane on June 21, 2012, 11:38:22 AM
Yeah, I'll fudge at borders etc. but I wouldn't count something like MS 607 unless I was somehow allowed through Stennis (why a posted state highway goes through a restricted area, I have no idea).
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: NWI_Irish96 on June 21, 2012, 12:01:04 PM
Indiana:

IN4 (western and middle sections)
IN13
IN17
IN19
IN29
IN43
IN53
IN104
IN106
IN114 (middle section)
IN119 (northern section)
IN126
IN134
IN152
IN156
IN211
IN213
IN225
IN265
IN311
IN331
IN332
IN403
IN520
IN827
IN930
IN933

Michigan:
M14
M22
M51
M78
M96
M100
M113
M239
M294

Illinois:
IL21
IL43
IL394

Wisconsin:
WI30

Maryland:
MD 218

DC:
DC 295
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: PHLBOS on June 21, 2012, 02:04:47 PM
Massachusetts:
1A (Boston-NH State Line (includes mutiplex w/US 1 between Newburyport & Salisbury)
3
22
24
25
35
49
81
99
103
107
114
127
127A
128
129A
136
145
146
228
286

Rhode Island:
24
37
136
146
238

New Hampshire:
1A
286

Maine:
9 (as a passenger)

New Jersey:
21
24
38
52
55
83
90
109
168
347

Pennsylvania:
3
252
261
291
320
352
420
452
491
926
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: roadman65 on June 22, 2012, 09:53:05 PM
In New York, I just clinched the Taconic Parkway.

In New Jersey, I have traveled all of most roads.
I-80 (only in NJ and PA)
I-78
US 22
US 46
Garden State Parkway
NJ Turnpike
Both I-95s
US 1
US 202
NJ 18
NJ 21
NJ 27
NJ 3
NJ 23
NJ 10
NJ 495
I-280
I-287
NJ 17

In Florida,
Florida's Turnpike
FL 528
FL 50
FL 436
FL 434
FL 435
FL 482
FL 408
FL 417
FL 429
FL 438
FL 551
FL 552
FL 406
FL 520
US 192
US 92
FL 60
FL 589
FL 580
FL 597
FL 39
Fl 542
FL 540
FL 544
FL 3
FL 404
there are many others I am sure as I live here
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: pj3970 on July 04, 2012, 01:36:54 AM
Hmmm...my list is quite a long one, and in many different states...so...I will start with the state that I am living in right now:

West Virginia...101, 106, 527, 193, 598, 311(both sections)...101 and 106 are unsigned but they are in the state logs

Virginia...311, 598, 42(middle section), 419, 116, 101, 115, 117, 122, 43, 48(Blue Ridge Parkway section), 24, 87, 89, 99, 114, 412, 314, 118, 8, 112, 346

Ohio...527

New York...5A, 5B, 12B, 167, 168, 169, 5S, 29, 29A, 51, 166

California...15, 125, 52

Colorado...470

Kansas...171, 96

Oklahoma...10C
more to come
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: DandyDan on July 09, 2012, 03:51:38 AM
Illinois:
23, 25, 38, 58, 64, 71, 76, 170, and the Elgin-O'Hare expressway

Indiana:
312, 332, 912 (the old version)

Iowa:
39, 60, 64, 81, 83, 85, 86, 122 (when it was still US 18), 127, 160, 165, 183, 191, 192, 330, 333, 370, probably a number of old spur routes before 2003, plus the old versions of 83, 191, and 183)

Kansas:
10, 13, 20, 63, 136

Michigan:
60

Minnesota:
20, 62 (west), 282, 316, possibly others

Missouri
111 (including its spur)

Nebraska:
1, 16, 31, 36, 43, 50, 62 (both parts), 63, 64 (both parts), 67, 79, 99, 109, 128, 133, 370, many spur and link highways

New Mexico:
7

South Dakota:
32

Wisconsin:
140, 341 (unsigned), 794
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Rover_0 on July 11, 2012, 03:52:06 PM
Striked-through numbers represent decommissioned numbers, bolded numbers represent newest additions, and routes whose main purpose is either part (UT-34) or all of a business loop/route are green.

Utah:
7*, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 28, 34, 59, 64, 67, 78, 90, 93, 99, 120, 142, 160, 165, 200, 212, 218, 237, 239, 241, 252, 259, 288

Arizona:
89L**, 389

Colorado:
391
(Though memory is fuzzy)

*As it stands now, ending at the new St. George Airport.
**The Page, AZ business loop, along Lake Powell Blvd.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: KEVIN_224 on July 11, 2012, 05:14:53 PM
Connecticut Routes:

3- Middletown to Glastonbury
9- Old Saybrook to Farmington
15- Greenwich to East Hartford (Merritt Parkway, Wilbur Cross Parkway and Berlin Turnpike)
71A- Berlin to New Britain
72- New Britain to Harwinton
99- Cromwell to Wethersfield
173- Newington to West Hartford
174- Newington to New Britain
175- Wethersfield to New Britain
176- Newington to the Hartford city line
287- Wethersfield to Newington

Those are the signed state routes I know I've clinched here in Connecticut 100%. Another one I would list is the Willow Brook Connector in Berlin. It's unsigned CT Route 571.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: HazMatt on July 11, 2012, 05:48:28 PM
North Carolina:
6 (decommissioned), 7, 9, 10, 18, 54, 56, 63, 67, 69, 80, 81, 88, 90, 93, 104, 105, 106, 108, 110, 113, 114, 119, 120, 126, 127, 128, 147, 152, 153, 157, 159, 161, 163, 175, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 194, 197, 198, 208, 209, 212, 213, 216, 226, 251, 261, 268, 273, 274, 275, 279, 280, 540, 694, 700, 751, 772, 801, 901

Georgia:
246

South Carolina:
133, 198, 216

Tennessee:
133, 143, 159, 167, 352, 383, 418 (I think on these, TN's highways are weird)

Virginia:
16, 89, 93, 96, 97, 119

West Virginia:
83
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: gotwins76 on July 12, 2012, 06:01:20 PM
Pennsylvania: 3, 17, 23, 25, 31, 34, 39, 41, 72, 104, 114, 117, 125, 174, 177, 181, 194, 230, 238, 241, 262, 274, 283, 295, 325, 340, 343, 372, 382, 392, 441, 445, 475, 516, 533, 555, 581, 601, 607, 641, Truck 641, 743, 791, 849, 850, 872, 913, 921, 934, 944, 948, 999
California: 28, 68, 267
Nevada: 28
Arizona: 64, 179
New Mexico: 68, 76, 300, 466, 475, 501, 502, 599
New York: 281
Vermont: 101, 242
Maryland: 27, 45, 86, 145, 194
Delaware: 41
Virginia: 175
South Carolina: 24, 59
Rhode Island: 108
Louisiana: 49
---
British Columbia: 17
Ontario: 41, 69, 400, 405, 416, 417, QEW
Quebec: A10,A440, A720, 175, 368
I'm sure I'm missing a few, but I've never really paid much attention to clinching state routes (except in PA.)
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: kurumi on July 12, 2012, 11:55:53 PM
Not the whole list, but just a handful of the more fun ones to clinch:

MT 40
UT 63
HI 30
CA 262 (w00t)
PA 118 (got so sick of I-80)
CT 66 (a little of everything)
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: brownpelican on July 13, 2012, 01:25:07 AM
Louisiana
16, 21, 22, 25, 37, 39, 41, 42, 47, 48, 49, 59, 60, 62, 64, 67, 73, 408, 426, 427, 428, 430, 436, 437, 438, 439, 445, 450, 946, 1069, 1072, 1074, 1075, 3021, 3124, 3132, 3152

Mississippi
26, 27, 53, 63, 475, 603, 609, 613

South Carolina
10, 12, 20, 67, 72, 110, 121, 124, 187, 185, 191, 215, 246, 249, 252, 253, 254, 277, 291, 295, 391, 430, 555, 702,
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Takumi on July 14, 2012, 10:11:56 PM
Added VA 10, VA 149, NC 615, VA 403, VA 405, VA 191, and VA 125 to my list today. 615 and 125 were the most interesting of the bunch. VA 10 is the longest route I've clinched.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: deathtopumpkins on July 15, 2012, 08:29:31 PM
Quote from: Takumi on July 14, 2012, 10:11:56 PM
Added VA 10, VA 149, NC 615, VA 403, VA 405, VA 191, and VA 125 to my list today. 615 and 125 were the most interesting of the bunch. VA 10 is the longest route I've clinched.

Did you do the ferry at the end of 615 or turn around and head back up into Va Beach?
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Takumi on July 15, 2012, 09:02:36 PM
We took the ferry and then went back via 168, Centerville Turnpike, and VA 165.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: myosh_tino on July 16, 2012, 12:34:05 AM
Clinched State Highways...

California
9, 17, 24, 28, 35, 37, 51, 68, 73, 82, 85, 87, 92, 126, 129, 134, 152, 154, 156, 160, 183, 217, 237, 238, 242, 262, 267

Nevada
28, 163, 341, 342, 431

Washington
16, 18, 112, 113, 167

British Columbia, Canada
17
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on July 30, 2012, 04:09:26 PM
Adding some more on my list:

Oregon
6

Washington
8
16
304
310
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Takumi on July 30, 2012, 04:55:37 PM
I added VA 409 and VA 353 today.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: hbelkins on July 30, 2012, 05:48:23 PM
I clinched NC 175 on Saturday!
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 30, 2012, 05:53:47 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on July 30, 2012, 05:48:23 PM
I clinched NC 175 on Saturday!

and I, Utah 59!

I had all but one or two blocks of it, having missed just a small bit of the street grid in Hurricane... but this time I drove it from beginning to end.  also drove AZ-389, but I had already done that in its entirety.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: CentralCAroadgeek on January 02, 2013, 01:05:34 PM
California highways I've recently (in the past few months) clinched are 129 and 134.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: Takumi on January 02, 2013, 05:40:06 PM
I added VA 5, 199, 132, and 322 Monday.
Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: jp the roadgeek on January 02, 2013, 07:01:02 PM
Here's what I can think of off the top of my head

CT: 2, 2A, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 22, 25, 34, 35, 40, 42, 55, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 71A, 72, 73, 75, 77, 78, 81, 94, 99, 101, 103, 108, 109, 110, 111, 114, 118, 120, 122, 125, 128, 131, 133, 147, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 159, 166, 167, 168, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 187, 188, 191, 218, 220, 229, 244, 254, 262, 287, 302, 305, 314, 322, 364.

RI: 78, 101, 120, 402

MA: 21, 49, 66, 75, 83, 102, 120, 131, 159, 168, 186, 187, 189

DE: 896

VT: 11

NH: 11

ME: 111

MD: 22, 147, 273, 279, 896 (all 1/5 of a mi of it)

PA: 896, 897 

Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: SSOWorld on January 02, 2013, 07:27:23 PM
http://cmap.m-plex.com/stat/travsummary.php?u=master_son&du=mi&sort=ra

Detours don't count for me.  If I can sneak onto it, fine.  Look at it this way - if you end up taking a detour, you might clinch other route mileage.

Title: Re: Clinched state highways
Post by: cpzilliacus on January 02, 2013, 08:54:25 PM
District of Columbia: 295

Maryland:  2, 3 (before I-97 and now), 3 Business, 4, 5, 10, 26, 27, 28, 32, 43, 46 (now I-195), 54, 70, 75, 77, 80, 85, 90, 97, 100, 103, 104, 107, 108, 109, 112, 115, 117, 118, 119, 121, 124, 140, 174, 175, 176, 178, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 198, 200, 201, 202, 208, 210, 212, 213, 214, 216, 218, 222, 223, 234, 253, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 270, 293, 295, 313, 320, 331, 373, 381, 382, 384, 390, 391, 393, 396, 404, 410, 414, 422, 424, 450, 459, 464, 468, 500, 501, 528, 546, 547, 550, 553, 564, 586, 614, 637, 650, 665, 695, 704, 713, 760, 787, 794, 896, 911.

Virginia: 2, 5, 7, 9, 27, 28, 44 (now I-264), 48, 55, 76, 79, 110, 120, 123, 124, 195, 205, 206, 207, 215, 228, 233, 234, 234 Business, 235, 236, 237, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 259, 267, 286, 287, 289, 294, 338, 400, 401, 402, 420, 895