Which Roads in a State Have You Clinched Along with the Fewest Others?

[webny99]

Based on Travel Mapping. Routes where I'm the only user to clinch are in bold.
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I didn't bother to tabulate my foreign country ones (outside of Canada). I would imagine I'm the only one on most of them.

There are quite a few TM users in Europe so I wouldn't assume that if you have any travels there.

[JayhawkCO]

Based on Travel Mapping. Routes where I'm the only user to clinch are in bold.
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I didn't bother to tabulate my foreign country ones (outside of Canada). I would imagine I'm the only one on most of them.

There are quite a few TM users in Europe so I wouldn't assume that if you have any travels there.

Some in Europe. Far more in Asia.

[flan]

All my other provinces/states:

Manitoba - MB 75 (23 others)
Saskatchewan - SK 39A (3 others)

Illinois - I-94 (100 others)
Nevada - NV 592 Spring Valley segment (19 others)
South Dakota - SD 109 and SD 123 (3 others each)
Wisconsin - WI 243 (13 others)

[formulanone]

Alabama 17, 46, 69, 77, 86, 127, 140*, 155, 175*, 187*, 207, 219.

* also the only driver in TM on any part of the same route.

Update: 17, 69, 86, 127, 175*, 187, 219

Mississippi: 350, 556, 804 are the only ones I can find. rlee at TM has about 90% of the state completed.

I guess the two routes I've clinched in Trinidad (Audrey Jeffers Highway and Beetham Highway) are also solely clinched by me.

[JayhawkCO]

Based on Travel Mapping. Routes where I'm the only user to clinch are in bold.
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I didn't bother to tabulate my foreign country ones (outside of Canada). I would imagine I'm the only one on most of them.

There are quite a few TM users in Europe so I wouldn't assume that if you have any travels there.

Some in Europe. Far more in Asia.

Decided to look. I'm the only clincher on:

Georgia S6
Iceland 60, 61, 72
Philippines E1
Portugal VE1 (both of them)

Surprisingly low. Even my Armenian and Kyrgyz clinches have one other person.

[jlam]

I have now clinched NE 87, which only one other person on TravelMapping has done.

[JayhawkCO]

An update, as now I'm the only person along with Oscar to clinch AK7 in Ketchikan.

Bolded highlight the routes where I'm the only one (as of February when I went through them all again).

State/Province/Territory	Route(s) I Have Clinched	Clinchers Other Than Me
AL	US84BusDot	15
AB	AB93	11
AK	AK7Ket	1
AS	Have not visited	-
AR	AR363Pot	1
AZ	AZ83	5
BC	BC13	15
CA	CA1BusMar	10
CO	CO71, CO136, CO167	0
CT	I-384	64
DC	I-66	116
DE	DE16	10
FL	FL104	8
GA	GA33ConWen	4
GU	None clinched, but been to	-
HI	None clinched, but been to	-
ID	ID200BusHop	1
IL	IL110	6
IN	I-64	93
IA	I-35BLCle	18
KS	KS79	0
KY	KY212	18
LA	LA3257	2
ME	ME140, ME221	3
MB	MB16	6
MD	MD404BusDen	20
MA	MA286	17
MI	MI73	9
MN	MN74	7
MS	US45AltWPt	18
MO	MO1, MO45	11
MT	MO254	1
NE	NE4, NE41, NE S34C, NE S67A, NE S76D	1
NV	NV397, NV860	2
NB	NB7	3
NH	NH286	20
NJ	I-280	69
NM	NM29, NM196, NM515, NM527, NM569	0
NY	I-878	40
NL	Have not visited	-
NC	I-95BLFay	30
ND	ND I-94BLBis	9
NMI	Have not visited	-
NT	Have not visited	-
NS	NS395	0
NU	Have not visited	-
OH	I-680	51
OK	OK I-40BLEri	8
ON	ON420	28
OR	US30BusHun	9
PA	PA I-84BLYor	38
PE	PE213, PE249, PE267, PE268, PE270, PE272, PE306, PE319, PE331, PE341, PE358	0
PR	PR25, PR35, PR136Gua, PR379, PR381, PR388, PR439, PR442, PR443, PR955, PR4466, PR9989	0
QC	A-85	10
RI	I-95	117
SK	SK16	5
SC	US52BusDar, US52TrkChe	6
SD	SD231	6
TN	US78	22
TX	US84BusHerm	1
UT	UT46, HarCorRd	2
VT	VT10A	20
VI	Have not visited	-
VA	US13BusChe, US13BusOnl	14
WA	WA171	8
WV	I-68, I-70	138
WI	WI17	6
WY	WY232	0
YT	Have not visited	-

[Rothman]

Hm.  Not sure just clinching one segment out of four counts as a clinch.

[JayhawkCO]

Hm.  Not sure just clinching one segment out of four counts as a clinch.

Well, then be happy that I clinched two segments.

[Rothman]

Hm.  Not sure just clinching one segment out of four counts as a clinch.

Well, then be happy that I clinched two segments.

No.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Numbers include my clinch with all others

AR 41* (Texas border-DeQueen): 7
AZ 66*: 38
CA 110*: 53
CO 40: 6
FL A1A* (Key West): 45
IA 27: 18
IL 178: 12
K-2*: 2
ME 73*: 8
M-94: 5
MN: several routes tied with 3
ND 11: 1
NJ/NY 495*: many
NM 170: 5
OH 579*: 20
SC 107*: 7
SD 43*: 6
WA 4*: 20
WIS 29: 5
WYO 193*: 10

*only current clinch in jurisdiction

[jlam]

Let's update my full list:

State/Province	Route(s)	Other Clinchers
AL	None	-
AR	I-55	82
AZ	AZ69	28
CA	CA55, CA126	26
CO	CO392	2
DC	I-66	118
FL	FL614	13
GA	I-520	49
IA	I-380	63
ID	None	-
KS	None	-
MB	None	-
MD	None	-
MN	MN336	18
MO	MO27	34
MS	None	-
MT	WEntRd	59
ND	ND31	4
NE	NE87	1
NM	NM518	8
NV	I-15	93
OK	US287	24
OR	OR130	8
SC	SC781	5
SD	SD65	3
TN	I-155	68
TX	TXSpr326	4
UT	I-15BLBea/UT160	15
VA	None	-
WA	None	-
WY	WY230	6

[CoreySamson]

TM doesn't show it yet (at least until tonight), but apparently I am now the first person to clinch the main section of OK 2, as well as TX LOOPs 205 and 391. I'm honestly a bit surprised that neither OKRoads or @Scott5114 have managed to clinch OK 2. It's a shame no one else on TM hasn't yet. Beautiful route.

Updated table:

State	Clinched Routes	Other Clinchers
AL	I-10	104
AR	US 64, AR 155 (Dardanelle)	5
FL	FL 536	61
LA	LA 423	3
MS	MS 713	17
MO	US 166/400	48
NM	Dunes Drive (Carlsbad Caverns NP)	20
OK	OK 2	0
TN	TN 15	9
TX	TX LOOP 205, TX LOOP 391	0

[Scott5114]

Heh, yeah, OK-2 was always just a biiiit too far east for me to get to comfortably (and not really on the way to anywhere). I'm guessing that's why Eric hasn't gotten around to it either (since he too is based in Central Oklahoma). I have at least been on the section that overlaps OK-1, which is pretty gorgeous.

[thspfc]

Related: what route in a state have the most people clinched, period? Not specifically TM users but that would provide insight.

Possible candidates:
I-80 in Pennsylvania
I-76 in Nebraska
I-15 in Arizona
I-68 in West Virginia

[TheCatalyst31]

Related: what route in a state have the most people clinched, period? Not specifically TM users but that would provide insight.

Possible candidates:
I-80 in Pennsylvania
I-76 in Nebraska
I-15 in Arizona
I-68 in West Virginia

The vast majority of people who go to or from O'Hare Airport by car will clinch I-190 in the process, so that has to be way up there.

[74/171FAN]

Related: what route in a state have the most people clinched, period? Not specifically TM users but that would provide insight.

Possible candidates:
I-80 in Pennsylvania
I-76 in Nebraska
I-15 in Arizona
I-68 in West Virginia

The vast majority of people who go to or from O'Hare Airport by car will clinch I-190 in the process, so that has to be way up there.

Jim has a program to clarify this, but last I remember it was either I-95/I-495 in DC or I-295 in DE.

[Jim]

Think east and think short and think major travel corridors.  A query on the TM database, limiting to "normal" users (for example, my travels count only once, not my extra year-specific or car-specific list files) gives this as the top 15 (though I-95 and I-495 DC are the same tiny segment):

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+---------------+----------------+
| route         | clinched_count |
+---------------+----------------+
| de.i295       |            182 |
| dc.i095       |            181 |
| dc.i495       |            181 |
| tn.i024cha    |            175 |
| ga.i095       |            161 |
| ga.i024       |            159 |
| va.i395       |            153 |
| md.i270sprash |            153 |
| de.i095       |            151 |
| il.i041       |            151 |
| ma.i084       |            149 |
| wv.i068       |            149 |
| wv.i070       |            147 |
| nh.i095       |            146 |
| md.i068       |            146 |
+---------------+----------------+
If we change to the entire route, not just the part within a state/region ("connected route" in TM terms):

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+---------------+----------------+
| route         | clinched_count |
+---------------+----------------+
| md.i270sprash |            153 |
| wv.i068       |            143 |
| md.i395       |            141 |
| dc.dc295      |            140 |
| md.i595       |            136 |
| dc.i695       |            134 |
| md.i295       |            131 |
| az.i011futkin |            126 |
| md.i270       |            125 |
| md.i097       |            125 |
| de.i495       |            125 |
| ny.i290       |            121 |
| il.i190       |            117 |
| oh.i470       |            115 |
| nv.i215       |            115 |
+---------------+----------------+
Note that the "de.i295" entry refers to the entirety of that I-295, also including its NJ and PA segments.

[Jim]

FYI, the guesses given by thspfc:

I-80 PA has 96 TM clinchers, ranked #120
I-76 NE has 100 TM clinchers, ranked #102
I-15 in AZ has 121 clichers, ranked #21
I-68 in WV (which made the ranking posted) has 149 clinchers, ranked #11

[Jim]

Want only routes that aren't US Interstates?

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+----------------+----------------+------+
| route          | clinched_count | rank |
+----------------+----------------+------+
| dc.dc295       |            140 |    1 |
| az.i011futkin  |            126 |    2 |
| md.balwaspkwy  |            113 |    3 |
| az.i011futhoo  |            110 |    4 |
| nj.njtpk       |            106 |    5 |
| co.penablvd    |            106 |    5 |
| ny.garstapkwy  |            103 |    7 |
| dc.gwmempkwy   |            103 |    7 |
| ny.i086futbin  |             98 |    9 |
| pa.i086futswa  |             95 |   10 |
| nh.us302trklit |             93 |   11 |
| va.gwmempkwy   |             92 |   12 |
| nc.i026futash  |             91 |   13 |
| pa.ny017swa    |             91 |   13 |
| nj.nj495       |             90 |   15 |
+----------------+----------------+------+

[Jim]

OK, just a couple more in case people might find them interesting.  USA not allowed:

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+----------------+----------------+------+
| route          | clinched_count | rank |
+----------------+----------------+------+
| on.on402       |             70 |    1 |
| on.on405       |             67 |    2 |
| on.onqew       |             52 |    3 |
| on.garexpy     |             49 |    4 |
| on.donvalpkwy  |             44 |    5 |
| on.on137       |             38 |    6 |
| on.redhillpkwy |             33 |    7 |
| on.on416       |             31 |    8 |
| nb.nb095       |             31 |    8 |
| on.linalepkwy  |             30 |   10 |
| aut.e52        |             30 |   10 |
| qc.a440wqu     |             30 |   10 |
| on.on420       |             30 |   10 |
| on.on409       |             29 |   14 |
| mb.mb075       |             25 |   15 |
+----------------+----------------+------+
Since that just gives us a lot of Canada, let's disallow those too.  Unsurprisingly, we're now looking all at Europe leaders.

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+---------------+----------------+------+
| route         | clinched_count | rank |
+---------------+----------------+------+
| aut.e52       |             30 |    1 |
| deuby.a093obe |             25 |    2 |
| deurp.a003    |             22 |    3 |
| deurp.e35     |             22 |    3 |
| deuby.e60     |             22 |    3 |
| deubw.e52lan  |             20 |    6 |
| deubw.a008lan |             20 |    6 |
| isl.th365     |             20 |    6 |
| aut.s016      |             19 |    9 |
| deuby.e41     |             19 |    9 |
| deubw.e41wer  |             19 |    9 |
| deuby.a003asc |             19 |    9 |
| deubw.a003    |             19 |    9 |
| irl.n007      |             18 |   14 |
| deuby.a008    |             18 |   14 |
+---------------+----------------+------+

[vdeane]

Interesting that ON 420 is there.  It might be true for us, but I'm not sure that such would be true for the general public, given the 50/50 split between the remainder of the route to RR 98 and the QEW.

[Jim]

Interesting that ON 420 is there.  It might be true for us, but I'm not sure that such would be true for the general public, given the 50/50 split between the remainder of the route to RR 98 and the QEW.

Only 30 of the 92 TM travelers who claim some of ON 420 have the segment west of QEW.  So if that segment wasn't considered part of the route, it would easily move to #1 on the non-US list.

You bring up a good point that it is not wise to assume stats based on TM users' travels are representative of the general traveling public.

This seems like another good time to mention a way to explore this kind of thing in TM is to load up Mapview, and select "Color by Traveler Count" and probably "Highlight All".  You can also click on a segment to see how many travelers have claimed it, and if you click on the text "N travelers", subsequent hovers over that text will list all of the TM users who claimed that route.

Finally, I want to make a page where we anyone could find these kinds of rankings, restricted in various ways.  Not sure when I'll have a chance to try to implement it, but there's now a GitHub Issue to remember the idea.