Have you been on all the interstates in your state?

[mightyace]

and "technically" have all interstate mileage clinched in TN.  Does anybody think I need to re-clinch I-26 because they changed the rest of I-181 over to I-26?  I think the re-signing took place last year, and I haven't been to the Tri-Cities area in probably 2 or 3 years.

I can only speak for myself, but I would count it as I had traveled that stretch of highway regardless of what it was numbered at the time.

[wriddle082]

and "technically" have all interstate mileage clinched in TN.  Does anybody think I need to re-clinch I-26 because they changed the rest of I-181 over to I-26?  I think the re-signing took place last year, and I haven't been to the Tri-Cities area in probably 2 or 3 years.

I can only speak for myself, but I would count it as I had traveled that stretch of highway regardless of what it was numbered at the time.

I tend to agree too, which is why I say technically, but I wonder if the clinched highways website would agree with me...

Either way, I *may* be able to swing up that way as soon as next week.

[Sykotyk]

I consider that if I drove on the pavement on the alignment that is currently signed, I drove on the road. Regardless what it was at the time I drove it. Now, if they reroute it entirely off that right-of-way, I don't consider it.

[Quillz]

I've never been on I-205 and I-505.

[mightyace]

I consider that if I drove on the pavement on the alignment that is currently signed, I drove on the road. Regardless what it was at the time I drove it. Now, if they reroute it entirely off that right-of-way, I don't consider it.

Exactly.

I had I-376 clinched in PA until it was extended this year.  IIRC I have never been on any part of the extension.

[Alex]

I consider that if I drove on the pavement on the alignment that is currently signed, I drove on the road. Regardless what it was at the time I drove it. Now, if they reroute it entirely off that right-of-way, I don't consider it.

Completely agreed. My take is that as long as it is in the same footprint, it counts. So if a freeway was renumbered, say you took all of US 78 in MS and it becomes I-22, you have I-22 equally clinched. With reconstructions and rebuilds, if it is within the same footprint, it still counts. I-30 was redone in Fort Worth like this, so if you had it on the old roadway, you still have it on the new one, because it is the same overall footprint. Interstate 195 in Providence does not fall within this frame of thought, because the footprint shifted southward onto a new alignment. In that instance, I lost my clinch of the route.

[hbelkins]

My view is that if you were on the road as it existed at the time you drove it, you clinched it and that cannot be revoked, unless the road is extended to new endpoints.

For instance, I had US 68 clinched in Kentucky and it was rerouted onto a new route around Bowling Green a few years ago. i don't consider that I lost that clinch because I drove it as it existed at the time. Similarly, US 35 in West Virginia. I didn't consider myself having lost that clinch when it was moved to its new alignment to terminate at I-64.

However, if Kentucky decides to extend US 119 from its current terminus at US 25E near Pineville across existing KY 92 to end at US 25W or I-75 at Williamsburg, I will lose my clinch of that route and will need to go drive that portion of 92 that I haven't already been on to re-clinch. But if it gets re-routed into Tennessee and down TN 63 to end at US 25W, I won't need to do any new driving because I've already driven that route.

[oscar]

I consider that if I drove on the pavement on the alignment that is currently signed, I drove on the road. Regardless what it was at the time I drove it. Now, if they reroute it entirely off that right-of-way, I don't consider it.

Completely agreed. My take is that as long as it is in the same footprint, it counts. So if a freeway was renumbered, say you took all of US 78 in MS and it becomes I-22, you have I-22 equally clinched. With reconstructions and rebuilds, if it is within the same footprint, it still counts. I-30 was redone in Fort Worth like this, so if you had it on the old roadway, you still have it on the new one, because it is the same overall footprint. Interstate 195 in Providence does not fall within this frame of thought, because the footprint shifted southward onto a new alignment. In that instance, I lost my clinch of the route.

For roads I drove on before they became Interstates, I also would not count as "clinched" segments that were not at least freeway-grade, such as Future I-295 around the east side of Jacksonville FL (now all freeway-grade, but about three miles weren't last I was there).

I agree on counting as "de-clinched" highway segments significantly realigned (well out of the old right-of-way) after I drove them, like I-195 in Providence until I re-clinched it in August.

[mightyace]

For roads I drove on before they became Interstates, I also would not count as "clinched" segments that were not at least freeway-grade, such as Future I-295 around the east side of Jacksonville FL (now all freeway-grade, but about three miles weren't last I was there).

Agreed, for me it's sections of US 15 north of Williamsport that have been improved since I last drove on it.

[agentsteel53]

I've definitely clinched I-22.

I also consider my clinch of I-10 to be complete as of January, 2005 when there was an ice storm in New Orleans (!) and the freeway was closed, with all traffic being routed down US-61.  That was the alignment du jour, and I took it.

I have since then done the freeway.

[oscar]

For roads I drove on before they became Interstates, I also would not count as "clinched" segments that were not at least freeway-grade, such as Future I-295 around the east side of Jacksonville FL (now all freeway-grade, but about three miles weren't last I was there).

Agreed, for me it's sections of US 15 north of Williamsport that have been improved since I last drove on it.

I'd apply different rules for Interstates, which are normally required to be freeway-grade to get their designations, than for other types of highways.  I would just apply a "significant realignment" rule for the non-Interstates.  I'm not sure how that applies to US 15 north of Williamsport, some of which was being improved last time I was up there.

[Duke87]

My personal policy is that renumberings do not require reclinching (I've clinched part of US 30 BUS in Exton, PA, and it was part of regular old 30 at the time), reconstructions do not require reclinching (could you imagine keeping track of that?), but outright reroutings do (I-195 Providence).

The only real potential policy abuse I have to my name currently is that I claim to have clinched I-93 between the southern MA 3 junction and Storrow Drive despite the fact that that was in 2002 and it was still the old Central Artery.

I mean, hey, the road moved vertically, but not horizontally! Same footprint, same route, it counts!

[agentsteel53]

I consider a route clinched if I've driven one alignment or another of it.  For example, I've clinched US-6, and part of it is the pre-1947 alignment through Brooklyn, Iowa.  The main road now bypasses the town a few miles to the south.

[xcellntbuy]

Being a former New Yorker, I have been on every Interstate except the new I-86.  Now a Floridian for 13 years, the only Interstates I have not been on any part of are Interstates 10 or 110.

[kharvey10]

in Illinois, I been on every interstate outside of Chicagoland with the exceptions of 172 and 180.  The only interstates I clinched in the state is 57, 64, 39, 270, 255, and 155.

In Chicagoland, I only been on parts of Tri State (from 55 to Niles) and Reagan (from Tri State to 39), and portions of Stevenson (west of Tri State), I-57, and the Dan Ryan from 57 to Congress.  I lived in Illinois my entire life and only been to Chicagoland twice.

[MDOTFanFB]

Update: In Michigan, I have also been on I-75 in both directions between exit 28 and the state line and I-94 in both directions between exits 200 and 183.

In Ohio, I have been on I-75 between the state line and exit 208 in both directions and on I-280 in both directions between I-75 and exit 2.

[tdindy88]

I've been on all interstates in Indiana except for the Indiana Toll Road from SR 9 to SR 49 and I-94 from US 20 to the Michigan line.

[corco]

Heh, I guess I haven't quite clinched the interstate mileage yet, but I have been on every interstate in Arizona

[luokou]

I've been on every interstate in the contiguous West Coast states except for I-780, (future) I-905, I-980 and I-40. I have yet to clinch I-90 from its junction at I-405 to Spokane, I-84 from the US-395 junction to Ontario, I-82 from Tri-Cities to I-90, and I-80 from Sacramento to Reno. The Foothill Fwy (I-210) I'll have to re-clinch once it's completed.

[Henry]

I've been on every Interstate in Illinois, Washington State and Southern California. Needless to say, I haven't been on any of the I-x80s in Northern California, although I did come close a few times, most notably while navigating US 101 through San Francisco. And I haven't been on I-305 either. I'll be sure to check out the new I-905 the next time I'm in Southern California.

[Quillz]

I've been on every Interstate in Illinois, Washington State and Southern California. Needless to say, I haven't been on any of the I-x80s in Northern California, although I did come close a few times, most notably while navigating US 101 through San Francisco. And I haven't been on I-305 either. I'll be sure to check out the new I-905 the next time I'm in Southern California.

Could be a while before CA-905 is actually officially recognized and signed as I-905. The same with the eastern segment of CA-210, former CA-30.

[SEWIGuy]

Not only have I been on every mile of interstate in the state of Wisconsin, I have been on every mile of each USH, and am close to clinching every Wisconsin state highway.  The only ones I am missing are two 3dwis in the NE part of the state (WI-101 and WI-139), and some highways in the NW part of the state...all of which are north of I-94 and west of US-53. 

[DeaconG]

In Florida (currently home):

Clinched: I-10, I-110, I-275 & I-295 (just after the Butler Blvd interchange completion).

Partial: I-4 (from Lake Mary to Tampa [I need to clinch this one on a spare weekend]), I-75 (from FL/GA border to Bradenton), I-95 (from FL/GA border to Fort Pierce).

Never: I-175, I-195, I-375, I-595

In Maryland: I-495

In Pennsylvania: I-295, I-276, I-476

In New Jersey: I-295

I've clinched I-95 in DE, MD, VA, NC, SC and GA.

[okroads]

I've clinched all interstate mileage in Oklahoma, Wyoming, Rhode Island, Nebraska, New Mexico, Arkansas, Kansas, New Hampshire, and Delaware. I've clinched all interstate mileage in Texas except for I-110 from the last U.S. exit to Mexico. All I lack in Missouri is I-72, and all I lack in Maine is hidden I-495. Overall, I've driven 66.10% of the interstate system.

[Bickendan]

I also consider my clinch of I-10 to be complete as of January, 2005 when there was an ice storm in New Orleans (!) and the freeway was closed, with all traffic being routed down US-61.  That was the alignment du jour, and I took it.

I have since then done the freeway.

Agreed, and in my case, I got double clinching on several routes due to detours: I-535 in Duluth/Superiour, as the bridge was closed and I was forced to use US 2 (with the intention of using I-535), I-75 in Skaginaw when it was rerouted over I-675 for construction, I-10 in Lake Charles over I-210 for the same reason, and I-10 in Houston over the frontage roads... again to construction. All in the same trip, too
I didn't consider I-475 in Flint clinched even though it was my intended route, though, as I-69 and I-75 presented a viable alternate route before the detour notices came up.

Though I haven't updated my clinched file, I have to break my 1999 clinch of US 93 over Hoover Dam because of the realignment. At least I do get to claim NV 193.