Lowest numbered route that doesn't exist in your state

Started by Streetman, September 12, 2024, 05:58:28 PM

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NWI_Irish96

Quote from: TheStranger on September 16, 2024, 08:31:15 AMSince part of the topic is "lowest number that has never existed in your state"...

For California (explicitly excluding the never-used-in-the-field Legislative Route Numbers from the 1910s-1964):

Lowest number that never was built, but was indeed proposed: 64 (the Whitnall Freeway proposals of the 1960s)
Lowest number that was not ever used as a signed route number or as a proposed route: 272

I can't find any record of a route numbered 72 in Indiana. The only two lower unused numbers, 21 and 34, existed and were replaced by US 35 and 136.
Indiana: counties 100%, highways 100%
Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%


Kulerage

North Carolina currently does not have a highway 6, while the lowest number never used at all is 139.

Streetman

Here's a summary, based on current routes not including county routes. With most states reported, Alabama leads the contest for highest lowest unused number.

1 AZ UT VT WV ON
2 AR NJ PA WV
4 CO HI MI
5 NH
6 NC
7 ND
8 RI
9 MD
11 IL IA MA
12 AK OK VA
13 CT
17 MN
19 DE
21 IN
28 FL
47 NY
50 KY
58 AL

gonealookin

Nevada:

Lowest currently unused:  1

Lowest currently used:
US 6
I-11
SR 28

Lowest never used (per AARoads Wiki):  87 (SR 1 thru 86 all existed at some point before the 1976 renumbering)

The 1978 state highway map shows both the old and new numbers.  Some old numbers had already been removed (example: SR 1 became US 40).

cenlaroads


TheStranger

Quote from: Streetman on September 17, 2024, 06:11:46 PMHere's a summary, based on current routes not including county routes. With most states reported, Alabama leads the contest for highest lowest unused number.

I did post earlier California's contenders:

- Never used but was proposed: 64
- never used at all: 272
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?msg=2943007

I think Oscar posted earlier the lowest not currently used in this state, 21 (hasn't existed since 1976)
Chris Sampang

mgk920

Quote from: Streetman on September 17, 2024, 06:11:46 PMHere's a summary, based on current routes not including county routes. With most states reported, Alabama leads the contest for highest lowest unused number.

1 AZ UT VT WV ON
2 AR NJ PA WV
4 CO HI MI
5 NH
6 NC
7 ND
8 RI
9 MD
11 IL IA MA
12 AK OK VA
13 CT
17 MN
19 DE
21 IN
28 FL
47 NY
50 KY
58 AL

WI does not have a '1'.

Mike

JayhawkCO

Quote from: Streetman on September 17, 2024, 06:11:46 PMHere's a summary, based on current routes not including county routes. With most states reported, Alabama leads the contest for highest lowest unused number.

1 AZ UT VT WV ON
2 AR NJ PA WV
4 CO HI MI
5 NH
6 NC
7 ND
8 RI
9 MD
11 IL IA MA
12 AK OK VA
13 CT
17 MN
19 DE
21 IN
28 FL
47 NY
50 KY
58 AL

You have WV listed twice. Maybe the first one was supposed to be WI. Or maybe WY, which is also 1 and not on your list.  NM is 5.

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US 89

Georgia appears to have every state route number up through 68, so 69 is the lowest currently unused one.

Streetman

Updated with corrections and more states, 35 now reported, Georgia new leader:

1 AZ NV UT VT WV WI ON
2 AR NJ PA
4 CO HI MI
5 NH
6 NC
7 LA ND
8 RI
9 MD
11 IL IA MA
12 AK OK VA
13 CT
17 MN
19 DE
21 CA IN
28 FL
47 NY
50 KY
58 AL
69 GA

apeman33

Kansas doesn't currently have a K-6. Most, if not all, of that became U.S. 59.

The lowest that's never been issued appears to be 91 from what I've seen.

RG407

Quote from: Big John on September 15, 2024, 11:06:08 PM
Quote from: RG407 on September 15, 2024, 10:50:54 PMFor Florida, currently it's 27.  There was a SR 27 for many years, but it was renumbered to 997 to avoid confusion with US 27.  The lowest number to never have been used is 28.

I'm aware there is currently no SR 1, but I consider A1A as filling that role.

US 27 goes into Florida: https://wiki.aaroads.com/wiki/U.S._Route_27_in_Florida
Yes, of course.  I was just counting state roads, but that's what happens when I don't thoroughly read the OP.

Bickendan

#63
Oregon's two systems combined is 76.
Routes is 1.
Highways historically is 74, and is now 13.

Karnataka, India is 147.
West Bengal, India is 20.



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