Things that taunt you...

[Takumi]

The original segment of VA 168 Business.

[1995hoo]

I was just looking at my Clinched Highway Mapping data and I was reminded of Virginia's Interstates. The only things keeping me from clinching all of Virginia's Interstates are all of I-464 (5.7 miles), all of I-564 (2.8 miles), two segments of I-195 (1.2 miles in total), all of I-381 (1.1 miles), and the part of I-77 north of I-81 (25.6 miles). The I-195 portion would be easy enough to remedy the next time I'm in Richmond. The rest of those, not so much, especially I-381 (which is in Bristol, a good 380 miles from home in a part of the state I haven't visited since May 1997, coupled with my dislike for using I-81 to get there) and I-77 (there is really no reason why I'd ever be on that particular segment of that road other than trying to find an excuse for the clinch).

Distance becomes a major nuisance sometimes, doesn't it?

[ET21]

Illinois:
I-39 between Bloomington-Normal and I-80 would clinch I-39 for me
I-80 between I-39 and the Iowa border would clinch I-80 in Illinois
Edens, Bishop Ford, Skyway, and IL-394 would clinch all Chicagoland expressways in Illinois for me

Illinois/Iowa
I-280 from the Centennial Expressway to I-80 JCT in Iowa would clinch all of I-280

[oscar]

The 50 feet between the US 53 south ramp on I-535 and its terminus. 50 freaking feet.

Since the terminus and the end sign marking it is at 5th St. in Superior, it's more like 700 freaking feet.

That gap is one I managed to miss on my first trip to Duluth, too.  I had to tweak my itinerary for last year's trip to the northeastern corner of South Dakota (continuing to northern Manitoba) to take care of it. 

[empirestate]

On a more "d'oh!" level, I have all of New York's I-690 except the short segment between I-90 and NY 690 (i.e., the ramps to the Thruway).

You can count that as clinched, in my book.

[agentsteel53]

there was once a CA-17 shield visible at the MacArthur Maze - the 580 patch had fallen down.  (so, incongruously, the route was signed as "17 west")

I managed to get a night photo of it (kind of a miracle in and of itself) but when I went back the next morning for proper photos, it had been patched!

[NE2]

there was once a CA-17 shield visible at the MacArthur Maze - the 580 patch had fallen down.  (so, incongruously, the route was signed as "17 west")

I managed to get a night photo of it (kind of a miracle in and of itself) but when I went back the next morning for proper photos, it had been patched!

Oh god. The NE2 NE4 shield in Pownal. Shawn had a tip on one still standing, but by the time we got there only a metal post was present.

I have never seen a photo of a New England route shield, contemporary or modern.

[SD Mapman]

The 50 feet between the US 53 south ramp on I-535 and its terminus. 50 freaking feet.

Since the terminus and the end sign marking it is at 5th St. in Superior, it's more like 700 freaking feet.

That gap is one I managed to miss on my first trip to Duluth, too.  I had to tweak my itinerary for last year's trip to the northeastern corner of South Dakota (continuing to northern Manitoba) to take care of it.

Still, I can see it there... s

[Alps]

Nantucket is the only county in Massachusetts that I'm missing.

I believe you were willing to bike it with me?

[Laura]

I was just looking at my Clinched Highway Mapping data and I was reminded of Virginia's Interstates. The only things keeping me from clinching all of Virginia's Interstates are all of I-464 (5.7 miles), all of I-564 (2.8 miles), two segments of I-195 (1.2 miles in total), all of I-381 (1.1 miles), and the part of I-77 north of I-81 (25.6 miles). The I-195 portion would be easy enough to remedy the next time I'm in Richmond. The rest of those, not so much, especially I-381 (which is in Bristol, a good 380 miles from home in a part of the state I haven't visited since May 1997, coupled with my dislike for using I-81 to get there) and I-77 (there is really no reason why I'd ever be on that particular segment of that road other than trying to find an excuse for the clinch).

Distance becomes a major nuisance sometimes, doesn't it?

I-77 taunts me as well. It's the only interstate I need in VA, but it's so far away...

I'm still kicking myself for not taking care of all of my Virginia US route clinches when I lived in Lynchburg, especially business routes. There are places where I do not have full clinches that were only an hour away (like Farmville) that are now at least five hours away. And of course a bunch of routes (regular and business) in southwest Virginia, which are now double the distance.


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[74/171FAN]

I was just looking at my Clinched Highway Mapping data and I was reminded of Virginia's Interstates. The only things keeping me from clinching all of Virginia's Interstates are all of I-464 (5.7 miles), all of I-564 (2.8 miles), two segments of I-195 (1.2 miles in total), all of I-381 (1.1 miles), and the part of I-77 north of I-81 (25.6 miles). The I-195 portion would be easy enough to remedy the next time I'm in Richmond. The rest of those, not so much, especially I-381 (which is in Bristol, a good 380 miles from home in a part of the state I haven't visited since May 1997, coupled with my dislike for using I-81 to get there) and I-77 (there is really no reason why I'd ever be on that particular segment of that road other than trying to find an excuse for the clinch).

Distance becomes a major nuisance sometimes, doesn't it?

I-77 taunts me as well. It's the only interstate I need in VA, but it's so far away...

I'm still kicking myself for not taking care of all of my Virginia US route clinches when I lived in Lynchburg, especially business routes. There are places where I do not have full clinches that were only an hour away (like Farmville) that are now at least five hours away. And of course a bunch of routes (regular and business) in southwest Virginia, which are now double the distance.

I-66, for some strange reason I have never had a chance to drive it, and I really do not know why.  Also the part of I-95 south of I-395 in Miami (I know there was nothing I could do about it since I was on a bus, but it is still annoying).

I hope to take care of most of my short state route clinches in the area (VA 99, VA 121, VA 69) that I have not done yet on my trip home for Spring Break (right now I am hoping to clinch US 58 East of Hillsville to at least I-95 in Emporia, maybe even US 460 in Suffolk(partly clinched, but not as a driver).  I stopped taking road trips for a while (I just clinched I-77 in VA last week when I feel like that should have been one of the first things done when I had a car).  Also my goal on my last trip home from VT in May is to take care of all of the US 460 Business Routes on the trip leaving me with these three left (Richlands/Cedar Bluff, Tazewell, and Suffolk).

If I decide to sneak in a roadtrip in April, I hope to get the rest of I-81 past Wytheville and possibly US 23 from I-81 north to the Pikeville, KY area.  Otherwise these routes including I-381 may not be clinched for a very long time.  VA 147 in Chesterfield County could end up this way (I never got US 60 to about Forest Hill Ave if I'm not careful).

[akotchi]

I-95 between Old Town and Houlton, ME, is the only segment I need to clinch the entire interstate.

I-68 between Cumberland and the WV border is the only segment I need for Maryland's interstates.

[1995hoo]

I was just looking at my Clinched Highway Mapping data and I was reminded of Virginia's Interstates. The only things keeping me from clinching all of Virginia's Interstates are all of I-464 (5.7 miles), all of I-564 (2.8 miles), two segments of I-195 (1.2 miles in total), all of I-381 (1.1 miles), and the part of I-77 north of I-81 (25.6 miles). The I-195 portion would be easy enough to remedy the next time I'm in Richmond. The rest of those, not so much, especially I-381 (which is in Bristol, a good 380 miles from home in a part of the state I haven't visited since May 1997, coupled with my dislike for using I-81 to get there) and I-77 (there is really no reason why I'd ever be on that particular segment of that road other than trying to find an excuse for the clinch).

Distance becomes a major nuisance sometimes, doesn't it?

I-77 taunts me as well. It's the only interstate I need in VA, but it's so far away...

....

For me it's not just that it's far away, though it is. It's also that it doesn't provide a logical route for me to go anywhere given that I live in the DC area. Sure, if I were headed south I could detour up that road, go through the tunnel to cross the state line, and then come back, but that would add an hour to what would already be bound to be a long drive and there's no way my wife would put up with it.

In an example of a really morbid line of thought, I found myself looking at a map trying to determine whether, if an elderly relative of ours who is in poor health in Ohio were to die shortly before our next trip to Florida, it would be practical to go from Ohio to the south via I-77 to knock off that segment, but I concluded I would be more interested in seeing Breaks Interstate Park and/or Cumberland Gap than finishing off that segment of I-77. Then I was embarrassed that I had engaged in that line of thought at all.

[agentsteel53]

Oh god. The NE2 NE4 shield in Pownal. Shawn had a tip on one still standing, but by the time we got there only a metal post was present.

I have never seen a photo of a New England route shield, contemporary or modern.

someone must have taken it.  that is good.  it will show up again.

was this an independently mounted shield?  I had thought all the NE routes were painted onto wooden telephone posts.

I missed the Vermont US-7 cutout in St. Albans.  I think it was taken down days before I passed through in October, 2003, and definitely before I intentionally went to try to find it in 2006.  as far as I know, the only surviving embossed US route cutout is a 41 in Calumet, Michigan.

[NE2]

was this an independently mounted shield?  I had thought all the NE routes were painted onto wooden telephone posts.

If the tip was correct, it was independently mounted, hanging by a wire from a hole in the post.

[KEVIN_224]

The thing which taunts me road-wise? I-89 is the only two digit interstate I've never been on in New England. I've been past it's southern terminus near Concord, NH on I-93 and at its junction with I-91 near White River Junction, VT.

All I'm missing in Massachusetts is northern Worcester County and Cape Cod.

[The High Plains Traveler]

I can't say for sure whether I drove all of I-90 back in the days when I worked for the state of Minnesota. If I can go from Albert Lea to the U.S. 52 junction near Rochester, I can claim I-90 from western Montana to Cleveland. I may try to drive that this summer since we're going to Minnesota for a family thing.

[citrus]

California Interstates: I am missing I-5 between CA-4 in Stockton and I-505, and living in the Bay Area, I think it's pretty unlikely that I'll be driving that stretch unless it's explicitly for clinching purposes. (Unless I move out of the Bay Area.) I'm also missing the small section between I-205 and I-580 near Tracy, and that's even less likely!

When I-905 is designated, I'll be missing that, and since I left San Diego 2 years ago, it's unlikely I'll be down there anytime soon, and while visiting I don't have much reason to go that far south anyways.

[agentsteel53]

I'm also missing the small section between I-205 and I-580 near Tracy, and that's even less likely!

that's almost as bad as me missing I-80 between I-15 and I-215 in Salt Lake City for several years.

[vdeane]

The entire state of Delaware.  Somehow I've never managed to go there despite having entered all the surrounding states at least twice (though I've only ever passed through Maryland).

[Duke87]

Nantucket is the only county in Massachusetts that I'm missing.

I believe you were willing to bike it with me?

Yes, although I do not own a bike and would have to rent or borrow one. That's easily done, though.

[hbelkins]

Thought of another one for me. I-80 in Indiana between the connector between I-90 and I-94 (exit 21 on the toll road) and the IN 39 exit (Exit 49) at LaPorte.

[Kacie Jane]

Most taunting one for me is WA SR 20, where I'm only missing the 6-mile section bypassing Omak and Okanogan.  It's especially taunting because we turned off the road onto the business route looking for food, thinking maybe I'd get lucky and find something right away so we could go back to the road and preserve the clinch.

Well, we did find food right off of SR 20.  Right off the northern junction with the business route, having already meandered all the way through town.

On the bright side, I do have a much less impressive clinch of SR 215 that I wouldn't otherwise have.

[DandyDan]

US-34 between Mendota and Princeton.  Again, never a good reason to use it.

My piece of US-34 in Ilinois I always seem to miss is the segment around Earlville.  It seems like whenever I am in that area, I have to get gas in Earlville.  I suppose it would be easy to do if I ever return to the Chicago area, or even the DeKalb area, but then I'd probably still end up getting gas there.  If I get that, I'll have all of US-34 east of NE 79 NW of Lincoln, NE (at least until they open the Missouri River bridge, but that will be easy).

[hotdogPi]

I-95 (MA) between exits 51 and 58
I-93 north of Franconia Notch
MA 128 north of exit 18 (Beverly to Gloucester, not part of I-95)


Roads that I have not been on but would like to be on at least some of:
MA 1A, MA 2, NY 22, MA/NY 23, US 44, I-89, NH 125