Longest US Highway that you have not been on

[drebbin37]

But how do you get to that page from the home page? I've never seen that system.php page before, and I've poked around everywhere, or so I thought.

Hope y'all don't mind a third-party answer...
On your user page, scroll down to Stats by System (below the Stats by Region section) and click on United States Numbered Highways.  That's how I get there.

[formulanone]

Here's one for a null user, for those not using TM:
https://travelmapping.net/user/system.php?u=&units=miles&sys=usaus

[Scott5114]

Apparently for me it's #5, US 12.

[Jim]

In TravelMapping, I don't see an easy way to get an accurate answer to this

One way you can do this is to go to the system page for the "usaus" system with you selected as the user:

https://travelmapping.net/user/system.php?units=miles&u=pderocco&sys=usaus

Scroll to the bottom table which is by route rather than by region, sort the table by Total miles, and look down for your first dark red line with 0.00 miles.  It has your winner as US 183 with US 81 close behind.

[pderocco]

In TravelMapping, I don't see an easy way to get an accurate answer to this

One way you can do this is to go to the system page for the "usaus" system with you selected as the user:

https://travelmapping.net/user/system.php?units=miles&u=pderocco&sys=usaus

Scroll to the bottom table which is by route rather than by region, sort the table by Total miles, and look down for your first dark red line with 0.00 miles.  It has your winner as US 183 with US 81 close behind.

Yes, I see that now. But my question is: how do you get to a "system" page from the home page, without bookmarking that link?

The home page really ought to have a list of links to all pages, perhaps in a sidebar. Some things aren't easy to find on the site.

[pderocco]

But how do you get to that page from the home page? I've never seen that system.php page before, and I've poked around everywhere, or so I thought.

Hope y'all don't mind a third-party answer...
On your user page, scroll down to Stats by System (below the Stats by Region section) and click on United States Numbered Highways.  That's how I get there.

Thanks. That's pretty obscure.

[Jim]

100% agree that the TM site's overall design, both for navigation around the site and presentation of information on individual pages, is in need of a lot of work.  I keep hoping someone with some great ideas and the ability to code them will take interest in the project and contribute in that way.

[Great Lakes Roads]

Top three-

#1: US 285
#2: US 165
#3: US 411

[ModernDayWarrior]

For me it appears to be US 281, which I have crossed multiple times but never driven. Originally I thought I would be yet another person answering US 12, but it turns out I've done a very small stretch of it in Chicago near O'Hare Airport.

Next ones on the list for me are US 395 and US 81, which I *may* have clipped in Wichita but can't remember for sure.

[kphoger]

US 81, which I *may* have clipped in Wichita but can't remember for sure.

The most likely portion of US-81 to have 'clipped' in Wichita is probably this one.

[dlsterner]

We've had this thread before, back in 2019.  I'll just link my answer from then; it is still the same answer today.

Longest never driven would be US 12, but I have crossed it.  Never driven and never crossed would be the western US 2.

I decided to review my previous response to see if it was still correct.  Not so:

Back in 2023 I drove a portion of US 12, so my answer would now be the western US 2.

If you consider the two US 2 segments to be a single route (I have been on the eastern US 2), my answer would then be US 281.

[hobsini2]

Ok so this may be a technical answer. US 101. I have been on the Golden Gate Bridge but on the bike/ped path. So does that count since I was not driving in the regular traffic lanes? * 3 digit only existing ones

My Top 10:
1. Former 99 never (1600)
2. 101 never if you don't count the bike path on the Golden Gate Bridge. (1519)
3. 285 never (846)
4. 127 never I'm pretty sure (758)
5. 97 never (663)
6. 460 never (655)
7. 321 never (516)
8. Former 28 never (462)
9. Former 96 never (403)
10. 42 never (349)

[kphoger]

Ok so this may be a technical answer. US 101. I have been on the Golden Gate Bridge but on the bike/ped path. So does that count since I was not driving in the regular traffic lanes?

It might not even matter, depending on where you land in this debate.

[hobsini2]

Ok so this may be a technical answer. US 101. I have been on the Golden Gate Bridge but on the bike/ped path. So does that count since I was not driving in the regular traffic lanes?

It might not even matter, depending on where you land in this debate.

Well I would say I have been on 101 (and Cal 1) if I drove over the bridge. But biking over the bridge I don't think counts.

[pderocco]

We've had this thread before, back in 2019.  I'll just link my answer from then; it is still the same answer today.

Longest never driven would be US 12, but I have crossed it.  Never driven and never crossed would be the western US 2.

I decided to review my previous response to see if it was still correct.  Not so:

Back in 2023 I drove a portion of US 12, so my answer would now be the western US 2.

If you consider the two US 2 segments to be a single route (I have been on the eastern US 2), my answer would then be US 281.

I'd consider the two US-2s separate routes. Same for I-76, 84, 86, 87, and 88. Split roads should only be treated as single roads if they are split by a National Park (which really should sign them), or if there's a ferry connecting the pieces, or if there's an actual planned connection (I-69, 99) but not if they're unrelated roads with no obvious route that would connect them.

So I'd say the western US-2 is your longest. Which is good, because if you decide to drive your longest, US-2 would be a much nicer ride.

[CoreySamson]

I have not been on any of the top 4 longest US routes (US 20, 6, 30, and 50, respectively). The longest route I have been on is US 60. I suspect that is from living in the south all my life. Here's my TM of my US routes traveled:
https://travelmapping.net/user/system.php?units=miles&u=coreysamson&sys=usaus

[Quillz]

70

[Scott5114]

Ok so this may be a technical answer. US 101. I have been on the Golden Gate Bridge but on the bike/ped path. So does that count since I was not driving in the regular traffic lanes?

It might not even matter, depending on where you land in this debate.

Well I would say I have been on 101 (and Cal 1) if I drove over the bridge. But biking over the bridge I don't think counts.

My view on clinching (which is admittedly looser than a lot of people's) is do I feel like my experience of the road would be missing anything if I never went back, or would I be satisfied enough with what I did? So I would certainly count a bike ride as part of a clinch, because if anything you got more experience with the bridge than than if you were in a car twelve feet to the left.

[ModernDayWarrior]

US 81, which I *may* have clipped in Wichita but can't remember for sure.

The most likely portion of US-81 to have 'clipped' in Wichita is probably this one.

It actually would most likely have been north of there, around the campus of Wichita State. I was there for a competition in college in 2005 (it was during the manhunt for the BTK serial killer; he was finally caught just a couple of days after I was there, IIRC) but I don't remember exactly where our hotel was or how we got to campus. So I'll say I haven't been on it; gives me an excuse to go back sometime 

My view on clinching (which is admittedly looser than a lot of people's) is do I feel like my experience of the road would be missing anything if I never went back, or would I be satisfied enough with what I did? So I would certainly count a bike ride as part of a clinch, because if anything you got more experience with the bridge than than if you were in a car.

I'm sure it's been done already, but this (what counts as a "clinch" to everyone) would be a great idea for a thread if not. Anyway, I think I would count biking across the Golden Gate Bridge as a clinch, but I'm guessing my criteria for clinching are looser than most.

[kphoger]

I'm sure it's been done already, but this (what counts as a "clinch" to everyone) would be a great idea for a thread if not.

Oh, it's definitely been done.  A quick Google search led me to these examples, with most recent post date shown:

2013 - What are your criteria for clinching a highway?

2015 - What is YOUR definition of a clinched route?

2022 - Definition of "Clinching" a Route

2024 - What do you Count/Not Count When Clinching?

And related:

2011 - Clinching Highways and Re-alignment

Feel free to revive one of those threads.  I've always enjoyed the discussion, and not just because it gives |Rothman| an opportunity to call other people a sissy.

[TheCatalyst31]

Looks like mine is US 83, which I've crossed twice but never driven on. It's closely followed by US 281, assuming I didn't get on that on a childhood trip to San Antonio when I was too young to remember the highways.