Greatest number of exits in a row you've clinched on one highway

[Dirt Roads]

Since we are getting into semantics here, one that I am chewing on in the counting is "How to count lettered exits?" 

For instance, I-64 in Charleston, West Virginia has Exit 58A, 58B and 58C.  The first one is a full exit and the second two are partial exits, but all three are individual exits and need to be counted separately.  Pretty straight forward. 

On the other hand, your typical cloverleaf is comprised of at least two partial exits in opposite directions.  (Similar with Parclos in the appropriate direction).  West Virginia has very few, but I-81 Exit 16E/W just north of Martinsburg is a good example.  In this case, I've used Exit 16E on both sides and Exit 16W on just side, but that should count. 

But let's take I-95 Exit 83A/B (Parham Road) in Richmond.  I've taken Exit 83B to VA-73 from both the northbound and southbound lanes of I-95, but have never exited in the opposite direction.  If we assume that both of these comprise one (1) interchange, you get to keep counting.  But if we assume that there are two (2) separate exits, I need to stop the counting at the exit before this one (in this case, Exit 82).  This particular exit is even more curious since I have entered I-95 northbound from Parham Road westbound (which is not VA-73) several times. 

I'm inclined to count both sides of the cloverleaf as separate "exits" because it helps someone who has got a bunch of them in a particular area.  (On the other hand, a lot of the cloverleafs that I used last have been removed or downgraded to Parclos).

[kphoger]

I think you should count one interchange as one exit.  If it's a cloverleaf, then it doesn't matter which ramp you used.  If it's a partial interchange and you were traveling the wrong direction to be able to use it, then too bad, you can't just skip over it.

[JayhawkCO]

I counted what they had included in one row on Wikipedia.

[kphoger]

I counted what they had included in one row on Wikipedia.

Whatever works for you.  I'm not a referee, just a scorekeeper.  And you can even change your score, and I won't care.

[flan]

44 for me on I-94 from Exit 351 in Fargo, ND, to Exit 201 in Albertville, MN.

[kphoger]

157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
31 - cockroachking
30.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson

[Dirt Roads]

Based on your'all's excellent advice, I've got two entries:

• I-64 from Kentucky Exit 179 (Industrial Parkway) -to- Virginia Exit 1 (Jerry's Run):  62 consecutive exits.
• I-95 in Virginia from Exit 31 (Stony Creek) -to- Exit 173 (Van Dorn Street):  60 consecutive exits.

Now if you count "exits" from I-95 to the Shirley Reversible Belt, it mixes things up a bit.  I've never taken the exit from the Capital Beltway I-95 (former multiplex with I-495) southbound over to the Reversible Belt.  Thus, I lose the Van Dorn Street exit.  But I pick up four northbound exits to the Reversible Belt; two southbound exits to the Reversible Belt; plus one more northbound exit to the Reversible from I-95 to continue north on the Shirley after its cuts out onto the Beltway.  Revised total:  66 consecutive exits.

[JayhawkCO]

Log jam at 66.

[kphoger]

157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
31 - cockroachking
30.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson

[vdeane]

It doesn't - if you're only counting exits along a single route. But counting a route's terminus as an exit implies continuity. So if I can count the Thruway as an exit from I-490, there is nothing to stop the clock: no reason or logic for why I should stop counting exits there, just because I happened to use another exit. If I-90 counts as an "exit" from I-490, then I-490 Exit 1, the I-490 "Exit" for I-90, and I-90 Exit 48 (or Exit 46, for that matter) are undeniably three "exits in a row".

I don't see why counting a terminus implies continuity.  I could see the argument for something like I-590 south to I-390 north, but definitely not for something like either end of I-490.  To use your I-490 example, there's a difference between getting off at exit 29 and not having ever gone any farther and also having gone all the way to the Thruway.  Granted, this creates a difference with the scenario where the route continues but the freeway does not (like NY 481), but roads tend to be messy like that (look at all the difficulty I had in standardizing things for writing the exit lists on my site, for example).  I don't see a functional difference between your example of claiming I-490 and then adding on a bunch of Thruway exits than claiming I-490 to exit 21 and then claiming I-590 exits (ie, they both wouldn't count).  Although this does make me wonder if I should have not counted I-90's eastern terminus when I was counting Rothman's exits, since there isn't a separate ramp when I-90 smoothly merges into MA 1A.

You might want to avoid generalizing about numbered termini being rare in the northeast, because MA does it regularly and CT and PA both do it often.

[webny99]

I don't see why counting a terminus implies continuity.

Think of it this way: how many exits does I-490 have? My answer would be 29 in a heartbeat. It never even occurred to me that it could be 31 until this thread. If the termini count as exits, then I'm also counting two I-90 exits as part of my total... and if I'm counting two I-90 exits, why couldn't I continue counting more I-90 exits in either direction?

To use your I-490 example, there's a difference between getting off at exit 29 and not having ever gone any farther and also having gone all the way to the Thruway.

For something like TM, certainly. For this exercise, I don't really see how unless you really think the terminus counts as an exit (again, an I-490 exit, not an I-90 exit)... which goes back to the same feedback loop as before.

I don't see a functional difference between your example of claiming I-490 and then adding on a bunch of Thruway exits than claiming I-490 to exit 21 and then claiming I-590 exits (ie, they both wouldn't count).

I agree, by the way. The whole side-discussion about single vs. multi route designations was just an illustration of why, in my view, termini should not count as exits.

You might want to avoid generalizing about numbered termini being rare in the northeast, because MA does it regularly and CT and PA both do it often.

Yeah, and I remembered NY 390 after posting, though that's the exception to the rule in NY.

[Rothman]

webny will always be the king of stretching stats.  Not the first time he's made arguments like these.

[webny99]

webny will always be the king of stretching stats.  Not the first time he's made arguments like these.

Revision: king of overthinking.

Definitely not stretching stats when I am literally arguing for my "count" to be reduced by 2.

[Ted$8roadFan]

I've used every exit on I-95 in Rhode Island.

[vdeane]

Think of it this way: how many exits does I-490 have? My answer would be 29 in a heartbeat. It never even occurred to me that it could be 31 until this thread. If the termini count as exits, then I'm also counting two I-90 exits as part of my total... and if I'm counting two I-90 exits, why couldn't I continue counting more I-90 exits in either direction?

How much of that is because of the exit numbers?  When I was young (as in, before exit 15B was built), if you asked me how many exits 390 has, I would say 27, even though exit 27 is the northern terminus with the LOSP.  Which certainly makes an interesting question with the unnumbered freeway/freeway junctions (of which there are still a couple in NY).  Easier to just count interchanges.

[-- US 175 --]

I've taken all US 75 exits between #1A (Hall St./Lemmon Ave.) and #44 (TX 121 north), 43 in all.

Surprisingly, I haven't taken most, all, or a large consecutive number of US 175 exits, so far.
(Out of the 35 exits between I-45 and the TX 34 bypass in Kaufman, I have missed 6 of them.  The other 3 scattered ones further east, I've used.)

[kphoger]

I am literally arguing for my "count" to be reduced by 2.

Done.  Your standing remains the same, though.

157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
31 - cockroachking
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
-6.415 - Ted$8roadFan, for not counting

[74/171FAN]

The best I can come up with out of certainty in my memory is 15.  (I-81 Exits 49-90 in PA)  I would not be surprised if this is incorrect and my number is higher.

[kphoger]

157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
31 - cockroachking
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
15 - 74/171FAN
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
-6.415 - Ted$8roadFan, for not counting

[formulanone]

Whose Exit Is It Anyway?

157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
31 - cockroachking
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
25 - jlam
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
15 - 74/171FAN
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
-6.415 - Ted$8roadFan, for not counting

[jlam]

An update to my I-25 streak after some travels in Denver and Cheyenne. New exits in blue, exits appended to the streak in bold.

CO Exit 220: Thornton Pkwy
CO Exit 221: 104th Ave
CO Exit 223: 120th Ave
CO Exit 225: 136th Ave
CO Exit 226: 144th Ave
CO Exit 228: E-470
CO Exit 229: CO 7
CO Exit 232: Erie Pkwy
CO Exit 235: CO 52
CO Exit 240: CO 119
CO Exit 243: CO 66
CO Exit 245: CR 34
CO Exit 250: CO 56
CO Exit 252: CO 60 East
CO Exit 254: To CO 60 West
CO Exit 255: CO 402
CO Exit 257: US 34
CO Exit 259: Crossroads Blvd
CO Exit 262: CO 392
CO Exit 265: Harmony Rd
CO Exit 268: Prospect Rd
CO Exit 269A: CO 14 EB
CO Exit 269B: CO 14 WB
CO Exit 271: Mountain Vista Dr
CO Exit 278: CO 1
CO Exit 281: Owl Canyon Rd
CO Exit 288: Buckeye Rd
CO Exit 293: CR 126
WY Exit 2: WY 223
WY Exit 4: High Plains Rd
WY Exit 7: BL-25
WY Exit 8D: I-80 EB
WY Exit 8B: I-80 WB

I'm now at 33, if I'm not mistaken.

[kphoger]

157 - Rothman
105 - formulanone
66.1 - vdeane
66 - bassoon1986
63 - JayhawkCO
62 - Dirt Roads
47 - NWI_Irish96
44 - Jim
44 - flan
43 - -- US 175 --
33 - jlam, if he's not mistaken
31 - cockroachking
28.9 - webny99
26 - thspfc
23 - sprjus4
21 - bm7
17 - epzik8
15 - 74/171FAN
14 - kphoger
14 - CoreySamson
-6.415 - Ted$8roadFan, for not counting

[achilles765]

It looks like my longest is that I have used, at some point, every exit on Interstate 45 from exit 25–NASA Rd 1 to exit 81 for Loop 336–a total of 87 exits (counting expreee lane exits and exits from only one side of the highway—)

Though Interstate 10 in Louisiana is a close second at 81 exits from number 87 for church point and Rayne to exit 267 for I-12/I-59

[Rothman]

It looks like my longest is that I have used, at some point, every exit on Interstate 45 from exit 25–NASA Rd 1 to exit 81 for Loop 336–a total of 87 exits (counting expreee lane exits and exits from only one side of the highway—)

Though Interstate 10 in Louisiana is a close second at 81 exits from number 87 for church point and Rayne to exit 267 for I-12/I-59

Counting exits like this feels like double counting.

[Flint1979]

I-75 in MIchigan I count 82 in a row that I have used at one point or another.