The highest I can think of is on the Wilbur Cross Highway (CT 15) at Exit 91.
Any higher?
I believe I-95 in Connecticut goes up to Exit 93.
NY-17, future I-86, has exit 131A
Several Autobahn in Germany get over 100, but only the A7 beats 131A, with the highest of 139.
Quote from: spmkam on July 08, 2013, 06:39:48 PM
NY-17, future I-86, has exit 131A
Just 131... there is a 130A though.
All sequentially numbered highways remaining in the US with top exit # over 50:
1) NY 17 (131)
2) I-395, CT (100)
3) I-95, CT (93)
4) CT 15 (91)
5) I-84, CT (74)
6) I-495, NY (73)
7) NY 27 (66)
8) NYS Thruway (61)
T-9) I-95, MA (60)
T-9) MA 2 (60)
11) I-495, MA (55)
12) I-278, NY (54)
13) I-81, NY (52)
Can't speak for other countries but the Germany example is probably a good candidate for worldwide highest.
Not the highest, but the only sequentially numbered exits left in Maryland are on I-695 (Baltimore Beltway).
Highest one is Exit 44, on the east side of the F.S. Key Bridge.
Had to check A/AP-7 in Spain. Its sequential series on the France origin gets up to the high 50s. It gets to the high 40s on the Gibraltar origin. The Gibraltar origin for the kilometer-based numbers get up to 1168 in Tarragona, likely reflective of N-340.
The two highways have some of the most messed up exit number series I've ever seen.
Heck, they are now replacing mileposts on most of A-7, taking the ones on Vilavella-Sagunt section as reference. The only section that remains unchanged is the one in Tarragona province with its four digit exits, the lowest being 1123 and the highest 1168. BTW, the origin of that is in Tres Caminos near Cadiz, not Gibraltar.
As for sequential exit numbering one have to look over Germany. A1 reaches exit 150, but it starts at exit 5 and it still has a gap between exits 114 and 117. A7 is the longest continuous one, reaching 140 exactly at Austrian border, with exit 1 being the Danish one.
Quote from: cpzilliacus on July 09, 2013, 01:18:55 AM
Not the highest, but the only sequentially numbered exits left in Maryland are on I-695 (Baltimore Beltway).
Highest one is Exit 44, on the east side of the F.S. Key Bridge.
How did that road avoid an interchange number conversion as of yet? One would've thought it would've been done at the same time I-95 in MD was converted or when the I-695 designation was extended to the Key Bridge (it originally opened as MD 695 IIRC).
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on July 09, 2013, 06:53:46 AM
Heck, they are now replacing mileposts on most of A-7, taking the ones on Vilavella-Sagunt section as reference. The only section that remains unchanged is the one in Tarragona province with its four digit exits, the lowest being 1123 and the highest 1168. BTW, the origin of that is in Tres Caminos near Cadiz, not Gibraltar.
As for sequential exit numbering one have to look over Germany. A1 reaches exit 150, but it starts at exit 5 and it still has a gap between exits 114 and 117. A7 is the longest continuous one, reaching 140 exactly at Austrian border, with exit 1 being the Danish one.
Does this mean that A/AP-7 is intended to have a single origin for its entire length? And will it be sequential or km-based?
Quote from: Bickendan on July 09, 2013, 03:34:54 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on July 09, 2013, 06:53:46 AM
Heck, they are now replacing mileposts on most of A-7, taking the ones on Vilavella-Sagunt section as reference. The only section that remains unchanged is the one in Tarragona province with its four digit exits, the lowest being 1123 and the highest 1168. BTW, the origin of that is in Tres Caminos near Cadiz, not Gibraltar.
As for sequential exit numbering one have to look over Germany. A1 reaches exit 150, but it starts at exit 5 and it still has a gap between exits 114 and 117. A7 is the longest continuous one, reaching 140 exactly at Austrian border, with exit 1 being the Danish one.
Does this mean that A/AP-7 is intended to have a single origin for its entire length? And will it be sequential or km-based?
And will it vary from state to state like now?
The highest in the UK is the A1(M)'s 65, but there's lots of gaps (1-10, 14-17, 34-38, 40-51, 56-65 exist) and will be some missing ones too (the gap between junction 51 and junction 56 will only have two junctions on it. The A14 ends at 64 and has a great many 'A' junctions, but those are related to the lack of access control.
Quote from: PHLBOS on July 09, 2013, 10:29:01 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on July 09, 2013, 01:18:55 AM
Not the highest, but the only sequentially numbered exits left in Maryland are on I-695 (Baltimore Beltway).
Highest one is Exit 44, on the east side of the F.S. Key Bridge.
How did that road avoid an interchange number conversion as of yet? One would've thought it would've been done at the same time I-95 in MD was converted or when the I-695 designation was extended to the Key Bridge (it originally opened as MD 695 IIRC).
I don't remember why. However, given the frequency of the interchanges, the sequential numbers are fairly close to the mile markers.
Quote from: MASTERNC on July 10, 2013, 10:40:45 PM
Quote from: PHLBOS on July 09, 2013, 10:29:01 AM
Quote from: cpzilliacus on July 09, 2013, 01:18:55 AM
Not the highest, but the only sequentially numbered exits left in Maryland are on I-695 (Baltimore Beltway).
Highest one is Exit 44, on the east side of the F.S. Key Bridge.
How did that road avoid an interchange number conversion as of yet? One would've thought it would've been done at the same time I-95 in MD was converted or when the I-695 designation was extended to the Key Bridge (it originally opened as MD 695 IIRC).
I don't remember why. However, given the frequency of the interchanges, the sequential numbers are fairly close to the mile markers.
MD I-695 is so close overall to one exit per mile on average that it would be more trouble than it's worth to renumber in my opinion...adding A-B or A-B-C suffixed exits in some places only to skip a number elsewhere? Why bother. Same idea as the southern end of ME I-295 where the mileage-based numbers would be nearly identical to the old sequential ones, so better to just leave them.
Or even I-84's sequential set in Portland between I-5 and the northern I-205 interchange. Since the portion east of I-205 reflects the mileage of I-80N had the Mt Hood been built, what would have been the US 30 portion of the Banfield is two miles too short to make up for it, so the sequential series gets the portion west of I-205 caught up without too much fuss.
Quote from: Bickendan on July 09, 2013, 03:34:54 PMDoes this mean that A/AP-7 is intended to have a single origin for its entire length? And will it be sequential or km-based?
A-7 and AP-7 are two completely different things, so they have different origins: AP-7 has km 0 on the French border while A-7 will have its origin somewhere around Barcelona from now. A-7 has, and will continue to have, km-based exit numbers, while AP-7 is quite weird, as it has sequential based exit numbering at first and then just East of Alicante switches to km-based. As for the AP-7 section Southwest of Malaga, I think they should just renumber it to AP-46.
Anyway, I'm working on a worse mess: The Knot Island Expressway. Since I have pegged the (km-based) exit numbering to road numbers it switches numbering twice in less than 10 miles! Then it uses the third numbering for another 25-30 miles (Final lenght has not been finalized).
PS: Coincidentally, last weekend I clinched some of A-7 in Tarragona province, leaving only a 5 mile gap from completion.
Quote from: Duke87 on July 08, 2013, 11:12:11 PM
All sequentially numbered highways remaining in the US with top exit # over 50:
1) NY 17 (131)
2) I-395, CT (100)
3) I-95, CT (93)
4) CT 15 (91)
5) I-84, CT (74)
6) I-495, NY (73)
7) NY 27 (66)
8) NYS Thruway (61)
T-9) I-95, MA (60)
T-9) MA 2 (60)
11) I-495, MA (55)
12) I-278, NY (54)
13) I-81, NY (52)
Can't speak for other countries but the Germany example is probably a good candidate for worldwide highest.
7) NY 27 (66) First Numbered Exit 37 at NY 109, Suffolk County
12) I-278, NY (54) First Numbered Exit 3 Western Avenue, Staten Island
I - 278 also skips exits 37, 38 & 39
Quote from: mapman1071 on July 11, 2013, 05:47:40 PM
12) I-278, NY (54) First Numbered Exit 3 Western Avenue, Staten Island
I - 278 also skips exits 37, 38 & 39
Odd, Saw Mill River Parkway also begins at Exit 3 and skips random numbers. Was there something about Exits 1 and 2? For that matter, I-495 LIE WTF?
I-278 skips because they never finished the renumbering. I think I-95 is still partly mile-based, jumping randomly on the Cross-Bronx.
U.S. 75 is the only freeway in Texas with sequential exit numbering. It goes up to Exit 75, funny enough, at the info center at the Red River bridge.
The numbers do skip in Dallas (from 8 to 20) at the High Five, but that is because numerous exit ramps were consolidated when Central Expressway was reconstructed between downtown and LBJ. The new exits were renumbered, but the exit numbers north of LBJ were unchanged.
Quote from: Steve on July 12, 2013, 12:18:19 AM
Odd, Saw Mill River Parkway also begins at Exit 3 and skips random numbers. Was there something about Exits 1 and 2? For that matter, I-495 LIE WTF?
I'm thinking its numbering scheme originates at Broadway (US 9); I believe the Henry Hudson Parkway south of there was later construction, and the name was later applied up to the city line, overtaking the first couple exits on the Saw Mill.
A 1956 map shows exits 1-18 on the HHP and no numbers on the SMRP: http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~212265~5500324:Shell-Map-of-Metropolitan-New-York,
1965 Rand McNally has the same on the HHP and 3+ on the SMRP. Weird. Perhaps 1-2 were meant for the Mosholu.
Also note that the Interboro began at 5, probably to match the GCP at their merge. And the SSP began at 13; in 1965 1-12 was on the CIP (and the Belt went up to 36 just before the CIP/SSP, due to new interchanges east of 10).
Quote from: Steve on July 12, 2013, 12:18:19 AM
Quote from: mapman1071 on July 11, 2013, 05:47:40 PM
12) I-278, NY (54) First Numbered Exit 3 Western Avenue, Staten Island
I - 278 also skips exits 37, 38 & 39
Odd, Saw Mill River Parkway also begins at Exit 3 and skips random numbers. Was there something about Exits 1 and 2? For that matter, I-495 LIE WTF?
NY 17 starts at 4 and skips a ton too.
Quote from: mapman1071 on July 11, 2013, 05:47:40 PM
NY 27 (66) First Numbered Exit 37 at NY 109, Suffolk County
There is a significant gap in Freeway but NY 27 has exits numbered 1-6 on the Prospect Expressway in Brooklyn/
Quote from: mapman1071 on July 11, 2013, 05:47:40 PM
I-278, NY (54) First Numbered Exit 3 Western Avenue, Staten Island
I would speculate that the implication is that exits 1 and 2 are in New Jersey, for I-95/NJTP and NJ 439 (these exits do not have signed numbers).
Quote from: Steve on July 12, 2013, 12:18:19 AM
Odd, Saw Mill River Parkway also begins at Exit 3 and skips random numbers. Was there something about Exits 1 and 2?
More speculation: intended continuous numbering with the Mosholu Parkway. This one I think I'm less likely correct on, though.
Quote from: Steve on July 12, 2013, 12:18:19 AM
For that matter, I-495 LIE WTF?
And this bit of speculation I think I'm most likely correct on out of the three: I-495's exit numbers assumed the Midtown Manhattan Expressway would be built and numbered continuously with what's now NJ 495. You'd then have exits 1-7 in New Jersey and 8-12 in Manhattan.
Quote from: Duke87 on July 18, 2013, 09:03:00 PM
Quote from: mapman1071 on July 11, 2013, 05:47:40 PM
NY 27 (66) First Numbered Exit 37 at NY 109, Suffolk County
There is a significant gap in Freeway but NY 27 has exits numbered 1-6 on the Prospect Expressway in Brooklyn/
But then it resets to 1 on Linden Boulevard.
Quote from: NE2 on July 18, 2013, 10:18:56 PM
But then it resets to 1 on Linden Boulevard.
Can't confirm about that sign specifically, but almost all of the signs with exit numbers on Linden Boulevard are gone. Probably all will be soon if they aren't already.
They've been almost all gone for more than 10 years. Here's one that was still standing in May 2011: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.654132,-73.914162&spn=0.006259,0.014173&gl=us&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.654132,-73.914162&panoid=5W1TVyBfUKgFsnqoYwBo5Q&cbp=12,278.9,,0,2.54
I realize that. Even still, my impression has been (from traveling Linden Blvd in random segments for work, not end to end for roadgeeking - i.e., anecdotal viewing, not thorough inspection) that most of the ones Google caught in 2011 and that I remember being there when I drove it end to end in 2011 are gone now.
Quote from: Duke87 on July 18, 2013, 09:03:00 PM
Quote from: mapman1071 on July 11, 2013, 05:47:40 PM
I-278, NY (54) First Numbered Exit 3 Western Avenue, Staten Island
I would speculate that the implication is that exits 1 and 2 are in New Jersey, for I-95/NJTP and NJ 439 (these exits do not have signed numbers).
I had always thought US 1 was Exit 1, I-95 was Exit 2 and NJ 439 was Exit 3 (or possible vice-versa on those), but I have no photos of exit numbering, so I guess not.
Quote from: Duke87 on July 18, 2013, 09:03:00 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 12, 2013, 12:18:19 AM
For that matter, I-495 LIE WTF?
And this bit of speculation I think I'm most likely correct on out of the three: I-495's exit numbers assumed the Midtown Manhattan Expressway would be built and numbered continuously with what's now NJ 495. You'd then have exits 1-7 in New Jersey and 8-12 in Manhattan.
Turnpike interchange ought to be unnumbered, but let's call it 1.
NJ 3 would be 2, US 1/9 would be 3, JFK would be 4, Weehawken would be 5 - unless you're counting each of the two WB exits at the top of the ramp as separate numbers, I can't get to 7, and those ramps are so close together I just don't see it.
Quote from: Steve on July 22, 2013, 04:41:10 AM
I had always thought US 1 was Exit 1, I-95 was Exit 2 and NJ 439 was Exit 3 (or possible vice-versa on those), but I have no photos of exit numbering, so I guess not.
Vice-versa per the SLD: http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000278__-.pdf
Quote from: Steve on July 22, 2013, 04:41:10 AM
I had always thought US 1 was Exit 1, I-95 was Exit 2 and NJ 439 was Exit 3 (or possible vice-versa on those), but I have no photos of exit numbering, so I guess not.
You have no photos because I-278 has no signed exit numbers in NJ. Interesting, though, that they do in fact exist internally.
Quote from: Steve on July 22, 2013, 04:43:16 AM
Turnpike interchange ought to be unnumbered, but let's call it 1.
NJ 3 would be 2, US 1/9 would be 3, JFK would be 4, Weehawken would be 5 - unless you're counting each of the two WB exits at the top of the ramp as separate numbers, I can't get to 7, and those ramps are so close together I just don't see it.
Yeah, I'm counting those two ramps as different numbers since they do not go to the same street.
I did miscount, though, in a way that gave me seven exits without the terminus. I think I had JFK as two exit numbers due to the eastbound ramp being set back/having an alternate destination. Which is iffy.
Regardless of the particulars, though, this is the only logical explanation I can come up with for why I-495's exit numbers start at 13, and it just seems to make sense given the history we know.
Quote from: Steve on July 22, 2013, 04:43:16 AM
Quote from: Duke87 on July 18, 2013, 09:03:00 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 12, 2013, 12:18:19 AM
For that matter, I-495 LIE WTF?
And this bit of speculation I think I'm most likely correct on out of the three: I-495's exit numbers assumed the Midtown Manhattan Expressway would be built and numbered continuously with what's now NJ 495. You'd then have exits 1-7 in New Jersey and 8-12 in Manhattan.
Turnpike interchange ought to be unnumbered, but let's call it 1.
NJ 3 would be 2, US 1/9 would be 3, JFK would be 4, Weehawken would be 5 - unless you're counting each of the two WB exits at the top of the ramp as separate numbers, I can't get to 7, and those ramps are so close together I just don't see it.
This is the best answer I can come up with, given that the exit numbering starts with 13 on the east side of the East River: maybe each crossed street and/or tunnel ramp in Manhattan (Lincoln Tunnel exit/entrance -> Dyer Ave. -> 34th St. -> Queens-Midtown Tunnel entrance/exit) counts as a numbered exit? There's easily 12 of those...
Let's see:
Exit 1: Dyer Av. North to 40/41/42 St. (Ramp intersection)
Exit 2: West 36th St. (Surface intersection)
Exit 3: West 35th St. (surface intersection)
Route continues eastward onto West 34th St. (I'm ignoring the ability to turn westward on West 34th toward 10th Av.)
Exit 4: 9th Av. (surface intersection)
Exit 5: 8th Av. (surface intersection)
Exit 6: 7th Av. (surface intersection)
Exit 7: 6th Av./Broadway/Herald Square (surface intersection)
Exit 8: 5th Av. (surface intersection) Route contunes eastward on East 34th St.
Exit 9: Madison Av. (surface intersection)
Exit 10: Park Av. (surface intersection, grade-separated from Park Av. express tunnel)
Exit 11: Lexington Av. (surface intersection)
Exit 12: 3rd. Av. (surface intersection)
Route continues northward from East 34th St. onto Tunnel Exit St./Tunnel Entrance St. (I'm ignoring the ability to turn eastward on East 34th toward 1st Av.)
This ignores an intersection between East 495 and 2nd Av., though it could be argued that if East 495 follows 2nd Av. to a ramp into the Queens Midtown, it wouldn't be necessary to count it. It also ignores an opportunity to turn onto eastbound East 35th St. Also, regardless of whether the route follows 2nd Av. or the Tunnel Entrance, there's a final chance to turn off the route at East 36th St. and stay in Manhattan that I'm not counting. I suppose you could double-up nothrbound/southbound avenues to conserve exit numbers.
All of this assumes I'm interpreting Google Street Views correctly. Of course, if you're the DOT, you could sign whichever you'd want however you'd want to make it work.
Except it can't be the streets, because I-495 was to be routed on the mid-Manhattan expressway. The tunnels only exit to the streets because the expressway wasn't built.
You'd think that, but I can't see any other way to get 12 interchanges into about a mile of highway...
They might count New Jersey's exits in it like NYSDOT did with I-278. They included the two ramps in NJ for the NJ Turnpike and the city streets of Elizabeth to be part of their scheme.
It wouldn't be the first time exit numbers continue across state lines, as the original scheme for the Capital Beltway between MD and VA had one clockwise set of numbers from 1 to 38. Then you still have the Palisades Interstate Parkway having one scheme from its southern terminus in Fort Lee, NJ to its northern terminus at Bear Mountain going from 4 at the NJ-NY Line for US 9W in NJ and then continuing for NY's first exit for NY 303 as Exit 5.
Route 495 would have:
Exit 1 NJ 3
Exit 2- US 1 & 9
Exit 3- JFK Blvd.
Exit 4- Pleasant Avenue
Exit 5- Park Avenue/ Blvd. E.
Exit 6- Hoboken
That would leave 7 numbers for Manhattan if NYC allowed the Mid Manhattan to be built.
Quote from: NE2 on July 22, 2013, 03:17:12 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 22, 2013, 04:41:10 AM
I had always thought US 1 was Exit 1, I-95 was Exit 2 and NJ 439 was Exit 3 (or possible vice-versa on those), but I have no photos of exit numbering, so I guess not.
Vice-versa per the SLD: http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000278__-.pdf
If you want to get picky . . . Exit 1 is WB only to U.S. 1&9; Exit 2 is New Brunswick Ave., to/from the west only; Exit 3 is Turnpike (to/from both directions) and NJ 439 (to/from east only). Of further interest, is that there is also an Exit 3 in Staten Island westbound at Western Ave. The first eastbound exit in Staten Island is 4.
Quote from: akotchi on July 27, 2013, 03:14:50 PM
If you want to get picky . . . Exit 1 is WB only to U.S. 1&9; Exit 2 is New Brunswick Ave., to/from the west only; Exit 3 is Turnpike (to/from both directions) and NJ 439 (to/from east only).
We can't know for sure, since the numbers aren't signed, but presumably NJDOT would sign the westbound exit for NJ 439 as exit 2.
Actually Exit 1 would be for both NJ 439 and New Brunswick Avenue and the NJT would be Exit 2. The western terminus at US 1 & 9 does not need and exit number.
Quote from: roadman65 on July 27, 2013, 03:31:20 PM
Actually Exit 1 would be for both NJ 439 and New Brunswick Avenue and the NJT would be Exit 2. The western terminus at US 1 & 9 does not need and exit number.
I'm starting to wonder if NYSDOT likes to leave an extra exit number if continuing from another state. NY 17 starts at 4, which is an obvious continuation from PA, but 3 was missing until PA switched to mileage based numbers.
Okay, so, New York numbered I-278 exits before NJ killed the I-278 extension, so you are all wrong about that 1-2-3 hypothesis.
Quote from: vdeane on July 12, 2013, 10:47:24 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 12, 2013, 12:18:19 AM
Quote from: mapman1071 on July 11, 2013, 05:47:40 PM
12) I-278, NY (54) First Numbered Exit 3 Western Avenue, Staten Island
I - 278 also skips exits 37, 38 & 39
Odd, Saw Mill River Parkway also begins at Exit 3 and skips random numbers. Was there something about Exits 1 and 2? For that matter, I-495 LIE WTF?
NY 17 starts at 4 and skips a ton too.
In NY 17/I-86's case, it's likely because NYSDOT elected to continue numbering the exits from where they left off in Pennsylvania.
Quote from: Steve on July 28, 2013, 10:55:22 PM
Okay, so, New York numbered I-278 exits before NJ killed the I-278 extension, so you are all wrong about that 1-2-3 hypothesis.
I have a 1973 General Drafting with no exit numbers on I-278; nycroads says the extension died in the late 1960s. When's your source that shows them from?
Quote from: NE2 on July 28, 2013, 11:33:05 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 28, 2013, 10:55:22 PM
Okay, so, New York numbered I-278 exits before NJ killed the I-278 extension, so you are all wrong about that 1-2-3 hypothesis.
I have a 1973 General Drafting with no exit numbers on I-278; nycroads says the extension died in the late 1960s. When's your source that shows them from?
My sources don't show exit numbers on other roads, including I-80 in NJ, that I know had them...
Huh?
Quote from: roadman65 on July 27, 2013, 02:47:50 PM
Route 495 would have:
Exit 1 NJ 3
Exit 2- US 1 & 9
Exit 3- JFK Blvd.
Exit 4- Pleasant Avenue
Exit 5- Park Avenue/ Blvd. E.
Exit 6- Hoboken
That would leave 7 numbers for Manhattan if NYC allowed the Mid Manhattan to be built.
According to Wikipedia, the Mid-Manhattan was to have only two exits (West-Side Highway and FDR Drive)...so I *really* don't know where they get Exit 13 at the first exit in Queens from...
Quote from: NE2 on July 28, 2013, 11:43:54 PM
Huh?
In other words, no, I have no source that shows that exit numbers were posted in the 1960s, but I also thought that I-278 was alive into the 1980s; didn't realize it was killed off that long ago, so that would change my answer.
The Gowanus Expressway, at least, did not have exit numbers in 1965:
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Interestingly, the Gowanus is one of two parts of I-278 (the other is the GCP overlap) that did have exit numbers before the Interstates, under the Belt Parkway numbering (http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~212265~5500324:Shell-Map-of-Metropolitan-New-York,) that began with 1 at the Battery Tunnel exit.
Quote from: WNYroadgeek on July 28, 2013, 11:17:37 PM
Quote from: vdeane on July 12, 2013, 10:47:24 PM
Quote from: Steve on July 12, 2013, 12:18:19 AM
Quote from: mapman1071 on July 11, 2013, 05:47:40 PM
12) I-278, NY (54) First Numbered Exit 3 Western Avenue, Staten Island
I - 278 also skips exits 37, 38 & 39
Odd, Saw Mill River Parkway also begins at Exit 3 and skips random numbers. Was there something about Exits 1 and 2? For that matter, I-495 LIE WTF?
NY 17 starts at 4 and skips a ton too.
In NY 17/I-86's case, it's likely because NYSDOT elected to continue numbering the exits from where they left off in Pennsylvania.
True, but that isn't the full story here. PA had exits 1 and 2 before converting to mileage-based. NY starts at 4. In addition to 3, the numbers 5, 22, 55, 88, 91, 95, and 117 were also skipped.