Longest Time You Stayed on One Highway on a Given Trip

[JayhawkCO]

Rothman, I think you missed ethanhopkin14's longer segment on I-10.  They weren't in order.  Another one passes me on the list.

Chris

[Rothman]

Rothman, I think you missed ethanhopkin14's longer segment on I-10.  They weren't in order.  Another one passes me on the list.

Chris

Curses.  I updated the table in my last post.

[JayhawkCO]

Edit - Forgot one since it's not in the U.S.  Kinda wished that was my highest one just for variety.

I think these are all of mine that are >600 miles.  I made that my arbitrary cut off because I've driven between Denver and Kansas City probably 30 times on I-70 and that's just a shade under 600 miles.

I-80 from San Francisco, CA to Cheyenne, WY - 1,174 miles
TCH16 from Portage la Prairie, MB to Jasper, AB - 976 miles
I-90 from Sioux Falls, SD to Butte, MT - 941 miles
I-70 from New Stanton, PA to Lawrence, KS - 894 miles
I-94 from Bighorn, MT to Minneapolis, MN - 784 miles
I-35 from Eagan, MN to Oklahoma City, OK - 778 miles
I-95 from Jacksonville, FL to Washington, DC - 706 miles
I-70 from Kansas City, KS to Frisco, CO - 673 miles
I-10 from Lafayette, LA to Jacksonville, FL - 658 miles
I-25 from Lone Tree, CO to Las Cruces, NM - 653 miles
I-80 from Cheyenne, WY to Des Moines, IA - 628 miles

Chris

[ztonyg]

Mine are:

I-10: San Antonio, TX to Tucson, AZ (869 miles)
I-40: Flagstaff, AZ to Oklahoma City, OK (863 miles)
I-44: Oklahoma City, OK to St Louis, MO (499 miles)
I-5: Tracy, CA to San Diego, CA (431 miles)

[Rothman]

Egads.  I didn't see the most recent post.

sparker	2768		I-80
davewiecking	2200		I-70
cpzilliacus	2150		I-70
Rothman	2049		I-80
ctkatz	2025		I-80
Mapmikey	1900		I-40
skluth	1799		I-80
Chris19001	1750		I-70
dfilpus	1750		I-40
fillup420	1682		I-40
Konza	1637		I-10
TheHighwayMan394	1587		I-90
wanderer2525	1540		US 24
jaehak	1460		I-5
hobsini2	1360		I-80
ethanhopkin14	1276		I-10
cabiness42	1215		I-40
mrcmc888	1211		I-90
CtrlAltDel	1209		I-40
akotchi	1199		I-95
jayhawkco	1174		I-80
Scott5114	1162		I-40
catch22	1150		I-75
paulthemapguy	1150		I-90
zzcarp	1107		I-80
Daniel Fiddler	1090		I-40
DTComposer	1075		I-15
TravelingBethelite	1014		I-40
DJ Particle	1007		I-75
Occidental Tourist	984		I-5
odditude	966		I-95
sprjus4	962		I-64
Skye	960		I-75
I-55	955		I-75
US 89	940		I-80
webny99	915		I-90
Thing 342	900		I-95
Alex4897	899		I-95
ztonyg	869		I-10
SkyPesos	850		I-75
SEWIGuy	850		I-70
7/8	835		I-80
plain	816		I-90
ozarkman417	790		I-70
FrCorySticha	785		I-94
thsfpc	780		I-80
1995hoo	756		I-64
Ketchup99	751		I-95
kphoger	748		I-35
jlam	685		I-25
dlsterner	677		I-85
doorknob60	631		I-15
milbfan	620		I-20
achilles765	500		I-81
DandyDan	493		I-90
ftballfan	452		I-75
CoreySamson	445		I-10
hirothehero	432		I-90
adventurernumber1	431		I-65
epzik8	420		I-95
Tarkus	412		US 95
Bruce	178		WA 20

[michravera]

On a given trip, what was the longest distance you traveled on one highway.  If you went out and clinched a whole highway in one trip, let's hear about it. 

Mine might be I-95 from Kittery ME to Florence, SC
I-10 from Columbus, TX to Jacksonville, FL
I-10 from Junction, TX to Santa Monica, CA

All three, talk about a difference in scenery from one end to the next.

I-5 from Dunnigan to Seattle and from Sacramento to San Diego each in single-day trips. (I've been on the rest of I-5 also, but never all at once).
I-10 from LA to San Antonio (4 shifts on a bus).

[Quillz]

Drove on I-15 all the way from the Inland Empire to Salt Lake City in one day. Was a long drive and not the most scenic, but did it anyway.

Last year, drove US-395 all the way from Susanville south to CA-14. The only exception was when I was forced to reroute onto CA-89 due to a fire, so I still did not officially cross the border on US-395 yet.

More recently, took I-5 all the way from central Oregon back to I-405. When I was little, we did a family trip that was entirely I-5 from Los Angeles to the Canadian border.

[SkyPesos]

Drove on I-15 all the way from the Inland Empire to Salt Lake City in one day. Was a long drive and not the most scenic, but did it anyway.

How was the Virgin River Gorge? I've never been on it (or any of I-15 for this matter), but I heard it's one of the most scenic areas on an interstate.

[Quillz]

Drove on I-15 all the way from the Inland Empire to Salt Lake City in one day. Was a long drive and not the most scenic, but did it anyway.

How was the Virgin River Gorge? I've never been on it (or any of I-15 for this matter), but I heard it's one of the most scenic areas on an interstate.

It was certainly the best part of the drive, but I thought I-40 through Arizona and I-25 through New Mexico was more scenic, as you are higher up in elevation and go through pine forests, which I always forget makes up roughly half of both states. I would probably need to drive it again to really appreciate it, but when 99% of I-15 is just "desert," you don't really pay too much attention to the scenery.

[bwana39]

I-40 from Amarillo to Flagstaff 604 miles in just under 6 hours..  We went to San Diego from Commerce in just under 26 hours and we stopped to eat twice AND checked into our hotel before we went to MCRD San Diego.

or perhaps US-60 from Phoenix to Amarillo 734 (but we may have strayed. It was a leisurely 3-day jaunt.)

[Rothman]

I-40 from Amarillo to Flagstaff 604 miles in just under 6 hours..  We went from San Diego from Commerce in just under 26 hours and we stopped to eat twice AND checked into our hotel before we went to MCRD San Diego.

or perhaps US-60 from Phoenix to Amarillo 734 (but we may have strayed. It was a leisurely 3-day jaunt.)

Pick one.

[nexus73]

I-40 from Barstow to Memphis and I-10 from Baton Rouge to SoCal would be my longest stretches. 

Rick

[webny99]

I-40 from Amarillo to Flagstaff 604 miles in just under 6 hours..  We went from San Diego from Commerce in just under 26 hours and we stopped to eat twice AND checked into our hotel before we went to MCRD San Diego.

or perhaps US-60 from Phoenix to Amarillo 734 (but we may have strayed. It was a leisurely 3-day jaunt.)

Pick one.

Not to jump in, but it seems very unlikely that US 60 would qualify with no deviations over a three day period.

[hbelkins]

I did 983 miles on US 2 recently, from Grand Rapids, Minn., to Browning, Mont. It would have been longer if not for the closure of US 2 between Grand Rapids and Duluth that required a detour. Best I can tell, that's my longest foray on one road on a single trip.

I think my second-place entry is my clinch of I-59 in one trip, 445 miles.

[Rothman]

I-40 from Amarillo to Flagstaff 604 miles in just under 6 hours..  We went from San Diego from Commerce in just under 26 hours and we stopped to eat twice AND checked into our hotel before we went to MCRD San Diego.

or perhaps US-60 from Phoenix to Amarillo 734 (but we may have strayed. It was a leisurely 3-day jaunt.)

Pick one.

Not to jump in, but it seems very unlikely that US 60 would qualify with no deviations over a three day period.

Why not, if they stayed on it the whole way (i.e., no deviations)?

[Rothman]

sparker	2768		I-80
davewiecking	2200		I-70
cpzilliacus	2150		I-70
Rothman	2049		I-80
ctkatz	2025		I-80
Mapmikey	1900		I-40
skluth	1799		I-80
Chris19001	1750		I-70
dfilpus	1750		I-40
fillup420	1682		I-40
Konza	1637		I-10
TheHighwayMan394	1587		I-90
wanderer2525	1540		US 24
jaehak	1460		I-5
hobsini2	1360		I-80
ethanhopkin14	1276		I-10
cabiness42	1215		I-40
mrcmc888	1211		I-90
CtrlAltDel	1209		I-40
akotchi	1199		I-95
jayhawkco	1174		I-80
Scott5114	1162		I-40
catch22	1150		I-75
paulthemapguy	1150		I-90
zzcarp	1107		I-80
Daniel Fiddler	1090		I-40
DTComposer	1075		I-15
TravelingBethelite	1014		I-40
DJ Particle	1007		I-75
Occidental Tourist	984		I-5
hbelkins	983		US 2
odditude	966		I-95
sprjus4	962		I-64
Skye	960		I-75
I-55	955		I-75
US 89	940		I-80
webny99	915		I-90
Thing 342	900		I-95
Alex4897	899		I-95
ztonyg	869		I-10
SkyPesos	850		I-75
SEWIGuy	850		I-70
7/8	835		I-80
plain	816		I-90
ozarkman417	790		I-70
FrCorySticha	785		I-94
thsfpc	780		I-80
1995hoo	756		I-64
Ketchup99	751		I-95
kphoger	748		I-35
jlam	685		I-25
dlsterner	677		I-85
doorknob60	631		I-15
milbfan	620		I-20
achilles765	500		I-81
DandyDan	493		I-90
ftballfan	452		I-75
CoreySamson	445		I-10
hirothehero	432		I-90
adventurernumber1	431		I-65
epzik8	420		I-95
Tarkus	412		US 95
Bruce	178		WA 20

[dlsterner]

I-40 from Amarillo to Flagstaff 604 miles in just under 6 hours..  We went from San Diego from Commerce in just under 26 hours and we stopped to eat twice AND checked into our hotel before we went to MCRD San Diego.

or perhaps US-60 from Phoenix to Amarillo 734 (but we may have strayed. It was a leisurely 3-day jaunt.)

Pick one.

Not to jump in, but it seems very unlikely that US 60 would qualify with no deviations over a three day period.

Why not?  Seems feasible to me.  Bwana did say that is was a "leisurely jaunt".  There are enough small towns along the way where lodging, gas, and food wouldn't be issues.  And I wouldn't worry about the low-ish per-day mileage - maybe they had friends/family to visit on the way, or places to see.  You don't know that.  Don't be so quick to jump in and dismiss it.

[hbelkins]

The guy who operated the Arizona roads site in the glory days of MTR (I think his last name was Hamilton) drove US 70 end-to-end in one trip.

[SkyPesos]

The guy who operated the Arizona roads site in the glory days of MTR (I think his last name was Hamilton) drove US 70 end-to-end in one trip.

I don't know when the glory days of MTR is, but was the US 70 western terminus at Los Angeles or Globe back then?

[webny99]

Not to jump in, but it seems very unlikely that US 60 would qualify with no deviations over a three day period.

Why not, if they stayed on it the whole way (i.e., no deviations)?

Why not?  Seems feasible to me.  Bwana did say that is was a "leisurely jaunt".  There are enough small towns along the way where lodging, gas, and food wouldn't be issues.  And I wouldn't worry about the low-ish per-day mileage - maybe they had friends/family to visit on the way, or places to see.  You don't know that.  Don't be so quick to jump in and dismiss it.

We don't know, so I'm not going to keep making assumptions. All I'm saying is I would be very surprised and impressed by a three-day trip that did not leave US 60 whatsoever (keeping in mind that if you leave the route, you have to re-enter at the same point).

[Techknow]

In May 15, 2019 I stayed on CA 1 for 3+ hours for total of 109 miles (this is memorable to me because it was raining all freaking day through the whole trip.) I wrote about the day trip in the California catch-all thread.

For this topic I started at the CA 116 junction at Jenner and went all the way to Point Arena lighthouse, spent an hour there I guess, and then went back home the same way (drove back to CA 116 junction, went east on CA 116 to get to US 101 to get back to San Francisco)

[Quillz]

In May 15, 2019 I stayed on CA 1 for 3+ hours for total of 109 miles (this is memorable to me because it was raining all freaking day through the whole trip.) I wrote about the day trip in the California catch-all thread.

For this topic I started at the CA 116 junction at Jenner and went all the way to Point Arena lighthouse, spent an hour there I guess, and then went back home the same way (drove back to CA 116 junction, went east on CA 116 to get to US 101 to get back to San Francisco)

I don't know if you've done the whole thing, but the entire northern alignment of CA-1 is beautiful. You turned around at the Point Arena Lighthouse, but if you went a little farther north, you'd have gotten to the Mendocino Bluffs and the Glass Beach area of Fort Bragg. Farther north from there, there is a dramatic inland swing once CA-1 hits the King Range and enters the Redwood Curtain. It's maybe my favorite drive in all of California, and I go out of my way to drive it anytime I can.

If you're ever in the area again, I'd suggest spending some time around Mendocino/Ft. Bragg. Lots of beautiful coastal trails and short day hikes.

[bwana39]

I-40 from Amarillo to Flagstaff 604 miles in just under 6 hours..  We went from San Diego from Commerce in just under 26 hours and we stopped to eat twice AND checked into our hotel before we went to MCRD San Diego.

or perhaps US-60 from Phoenix to Amarillo 734 (but we may have strayed. It was a leisurely 3-day jaunt.)

Pick one.

Not to jump in, but it seems very unlikely that US 60 would qualify with no deviations over a three day period.

Why not, if they stayed on it the whole way (i.e., no deviations)?

While the whole through trip was on US-60. We did take some side trips off and then back. Like I said that flying trip down I-40 was probably the long one.

[US20IL64]

I-40 from Conway AR to Flagstaff AZ, in two days, one overnight in Tucumcari NM. And speed limit was 55 [Jan '86], still fun though, everyone was doing 65-68.

[hbelkins]

The guy who operated the Arizona roads site in the glory days of MTR (I think his last name was Hamilton) drove US 70 end-to-end in one trip.

I don't know when the glory days of MTR is, but was the US 70 western terminus at Los Angeles or Globe back then?

Globe. That's the main reason he decided to do the drive, which he chronicled on his site.