Clinched state highways

[golden eagle]

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. 

[vdeane]

http://cmap.m-plex.com/stat/travsummary.php?u=deanej

[Alps]

Surprised this hasn't been a topic yet. www.alpsroads.net/roads/clinched.html

[Takumi]

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.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

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.

[Eth]

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.

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

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.

[mjb2002]

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.

[nwi_navigator_1181]

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

[Dr Frankenstein]

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.

[Darkchylde]

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

[kphoger]

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

[agentsteel53]

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.

[oscar]

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. 

[vdeane]

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?

[golden eagle]

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.

[Takumi]

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

[corco]

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

[kphoger]

Ooh!  Forgot two important ones (for me, anyway):  Coahuila state highways 102 & 103 

[agentsteel53]

I may have a Baja state route or two.  I definitely have federal highway 3.

[deathtopumpkins]

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).

[kphoger]

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?

[corco]

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?

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.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

I almost forgot about CA-233 in the Central Valley...

[agentsteel53]

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.)