New Travels and Stats Discussion

[Markkos1992]

I recently went to the Quad Cities Meet, and I got a lot of clinching done to/from there with highlights being I-74 (original), I-88 (West-IL), and I-471 (KY/OH), US 224, OH 18, and I-280 (IA/IL).  I also noted that PA 228 really should eventually be extended west along SR 3020 and SR 2004 to PA 65.

It was a great drive minus some heavy rain on Friday Morning and the severe weather Monday Afternoon in western PA that led me to spending an hour inside a Sheetz in Monroeville (which I had not planned to go to, but I changed my route plan at the last minute because PA 136 was closed at PA 51 for some reason.  I had intended to follow PA 31 to Bedford, then follow US 30, PA 56, PA 869, PA 36, and PA 866 back to US 22 instead of the northern route I took instead that led to clinches of PA 48, PA 286, PA 969, and PA 453.)

Hopefully, I included all of the routes even with all of these short concurrencies (which seem to be more prevalent in OH than in PA somehow).

Clinched:  PA 475, PA 994, PA 164, PA 553, PA 85, PA 128, PA 228, US 224 (full clinch-finished in OH/PA, previously clinched in IN), I-277 (OH), OH 18*, OH 18 BUS (North Baltimore), OH 15 TRUCK (Defiance), OH 18 TRUCK (Defiance), OH 66 TRUCK (West Defiance and East Defiance), OH 111 TRUCK (Defiance), OH 18 TRUCK (Hicksville), IN 8 (Auburn), IN 212, M-239, I-94 (IN), I-90 (IN), I-88 (West-full clinch), I-280 (IA/IL), IL 5, I-74 (full clinch in IA, IL, IN, and OH), IA 130, US 61 BUS (Davenport, IA), IL 98, I-474 (IL), KY 1120, KY 1892, I-471 (OH/KY), OH 562, OH 450, KY 842, KY 3503, KY 2847, KY 1303, KY 495, KY 3608, KY 212, KY 236, KY 3147, KY 371, KY 3159, KY 1017, KY 717, KY 3076, US 22 (WV/PA), PA 978, PA 519, PA 917, PA 48, PA 286, PA 969, PA 453

New Mileage:  PA 655, PA 26, PA 36, US 220 BUS (Altoona, PA), PA 271, PA 403, US 422 (West-PA), US 119 (PA), PA 210, PA 954, PA 28, PA 66, PA 356, PA 8, PA 65, PA 51, PA 18, PA 588, PA 108, PA 168, US 422 BUS (New Castle, PA), PA 551, OH 225, OH 183, I-77 (OH), OH 91*, OH 3, OH 57, OH 60, US 20 (IN/OH), OH 547 TRUCK (Monroeville), OH 113, OH 67, OH 101, US 23 (OH), OH 199, OH 12, OH 613, OH 235, OH 65, OH 109, OH 281, OH 15, OH 66, OH 111, US 24(IL, OH), IN 1, IN 3 (Kendallville), IN 9, US 6 (IA/IL, IN), IN 5, IN 331, US 31 (IN/MI), US 12 (IN/MI), IN 39, I-94 (IL, MI), IN 249, I-90 (IL), I-94 (IL), I-55 (IL), US 41 (IL), I-290 (IL), IL 56, IL 38, IL 92, I-80 (IA/IL), US 61 (IA), US 67 (IL/IA), IL 84, IA 22, IA 38, IL 29, I-155 (IL), IL 8, IL 116, US 150 (IL), I-465 (IN), US 36 (IN), US 40 (IN/OH/PA), IN 67, IN 37, Future I-69 (along I-465), US 421 (IN), IN 229, US 52 (IN/OH), I-275 (OH/KY), US 27 (KY/OH), I-75 (KY/OH), I-71 (KY/OH), KY 8, KY 445, US 42 (KY/OH), US 127 (KY/OH), US 22 (OH)**,  US 25 (KY), US 50 (OH), KY 536, KY 1829, KY 17, KY 20, KY 18, KY 2373, OH 561, OH 126, OH 48, OH 123, OH 41, US 62 (OH), OH 56, OH 188, OH 37, OH 668, OH 93, OH 146, OH 209, OH 800, US 250 (OH), OH 151, OH 7, WV 2, PA 50, PA 136, PA 88, PA 837, PA 981, PA 729, PA 45

*Sight clinches were counted at the OH 18/OH 91 intersection and a closure at the railroad underpass at the OH 18 in Hicksville as I was able to see everything
**Almost a full clinch but a bridge was closed that I could not slight clinch

[ntallyn]

Just got back from a business trip to Washington. Unfortunately, a fight delay on arrival, and an unplanned work day on the middle Saturday cost me some opportunity for mileage, but I got some anyway...

Roughly from south to north, I got new mileage (* = clinched) on WA99Fed, *WA518, WA515, WA167, WA900, *WA599, WA519, WA509, WA99, WA104Edm, WA522, *WA523, *WA527, *WA525, *WA525Fre, WA529, WA530, *WA531, *WA532, *WA534, *WA536, *WA538, WA9, and WA20. Oddly, the only federal routes I drove on this trip (I-5/I-405), I had no new mileage. I also found a few missing miles from my previous trip (mostly the western end of I-90 and the Airport Expressway). Just missed out on a clinch of WA529 due to a malfunctioning RR crossing in Marysville.

Next trip, I hope to finish everything west of I-405/WA9 in the Seattle to Bellingham area (but only the east side of Puget Sound).

[Markkos1992]

I did a shorter trip to Baltimore today as part of going to see the newly opened DDI at the I-83/PA 851 interchange in Shrewsbury.  I also reclinched PA 297 on the way back as it was still signed as PA 295 when I had clinched it in 2018.

Clinched: MD 25, MD 45, MD 45 BYP (Towson)
New Mileage:  MD 2, US 1, US 40 TRUCK (Baltimore)

I had to walk-clinch most of the southern part of MD 25 (between MD 2 and I-83) via the Jones Falls Trail as part of the road was closed for construction.  I walk-clinched all of MD 45 BYP (Towson) as the road was closed for Towson's 4th of July Parade this morning.

[clong]

Finished off AL202 and AL281 recently to leave only the 1/2 mile section of AL255 left to clinch in the NE portion of AL (east of I-65, north of I-20).

East Central AL (east of I-65, south of I-20, north of I-85) is probably the next region of focus since my normal travels take me in that direction more often than other directions.

[compdude787]

A week ago, when it was insanely hot in western WA, I went and camped up at Birch Bay near the Canadian border. On this trip, I clinched WA 548 and then I got a little bit more of I-5 between Exits 275 and 276 in Blaine, so I'm a bit closer to finally clinching I-5 in my home state (this is the only Interstate in WA that I haven't clinched yet!). Whenever the border re-opens, then I'll be able to clinch the rest of I-5 finally, but who knows when that will take place?

[yakra]

Last Tuesday I put a new wheel on my bike and had my first ride in almost 10 months, after a nasty crash on the Riverton Rail Trail left me with pretty limited motion in my right wrist.
I clinched ME US302 SteAve ME100_N -- not that I didn't already have it.

[formulanone]

Drove on down to see family in South Florida and took I-65 for the umpteenth time to Montgomery. Took US 331 instead of the usual US 231 routing and was pleasantly surprised that all of the traffic was headed northbound. Hooked a left into AL 189 to Elba and then down AL 87 / FL 81 to I-10. There's some conflicting signage on the US 84 bypass around Elba, but mostly former alignment signage. It was rainy and we were headed to Gainesville for the night, so exploring wasn't going to happen.

Took US 301/441 south towards Ocala (because I-75 is hectic and stupid in that corridor) and then just jumped on the Turnpike at Wildwood. There's a lot more "new" exits than the last time I'd been through there, so that kept me interested. My son had a map and questions were fun to answer. On something of a down side, the Turnpike is going all AET; many of the old barrier tolls and booths have been removed or in the process of demolition; some of them are 1950s-era structures which are rare from a roadgeek perspective, especially for the southern third of the state, where 1990s-era stuff is considered obsolete.

Finished off AL202 and AL281 recently to leave only the 1/2 mile section of AL255 left to clinch in the NE portion of AL (east of I-65, north of I-20).

East Central AL (east of I-65, south of I-20, north of I-85) is probably the next region of focus since my normal travels take me in that direction more often than other directions.

AL 281 is all I have left, too; I have to get a bit south out of the way to try and clinch it, and winding up more out of the way after completing it. Was hoping for a few projects in Mississippi or southern Alabama to clean up some of the northwestern section of the state, but now that air travel is back to "the new-old normal", I just go where they send me.

[Bickendan]

Finally did my Crater Lake trip, but still couldn't finish OR 138 because it was closed from MP 40-47.
I did pick up the first 5 miles east of Roseburg though.
I took Douglas CH 1 east from Canyonville, which turned into OR 227 in Jackson County, 62 east to 230, and 230 up to 138 before heading into Crater Lake NP.
Grabbed Pinnacles Rd, then headed south on 62 and snagged 422 and 422S in Chiloquin.
To no one's surprise, 422 is still unsigned, but the locals are very much aware of its existence, with signs reading 'No sewer pir ponds on 422' all over between 62 and US 97.
Finished off the southern bit of 97B/OR 39 in downtown Klamath Falls, then took 39 down to Merril then cut over to Malin to finish off the unpaired section of ORH 50. Took Stateline Rd/CA 161 back west to US 97, then did a full clinch of OR 66 before heading back up I-5.

Clinches: OR 227
OR 230
OR 422
OR 422S
OR 39 (Klamath Falls leg)
US 97B (Klamath Falls)
ORH 50
CA 161
OR 66
(and attendant ORHs)
Modoc County 108 (Stateline Rd)
Douglas County 1

Partial clinches: OR 138
ORH 20

[mapmikey]

Took an overnight trip to Amish country to eat at the Shady Maple Smorgasbord...

New Clinches in order:  PA 625, PA 41, PA 10

New mileage: PA 272 (the US 222 short cut part; also US 322 to PA 568); PA 741 (Willow Street to Strasburg); the bit of PA 462 east of PA 340; PA 23 from East Earl to I-176; southern half of PA 897

[Markkos1992]

Took an overnight trip to Amish country to eat at the Shady Maple Smorgasbord...

I am guessing that I should be saying happy belated birthday to you or your wife presuming that one of you got a free meal.   

[mapmikey]

Thanks...but not the case...

[Bickendan]

Turns out 138 was closed because of a wildfire.

[vdeane]

A week ago, when it was insanely hot in western WA, I went and camped up at Birch Bay near the Canadian border. On this trip, I clinched WA 548 and then I got a little bit more of I-5 between Exits 275 and 276 in Blaine, so I'm a bit closer to finally clinching I-5 in my home state (this is the only Interstate in WA that I haven't clinched yet!). Whenever the border re-opens, then I'll be able to clinch the rest of I-5 finally, but who knows when that will take place?

If you're willing to hoof it, I've read that the park for the Peace Arch is still open.

[Jim]

On a mostly painfully familiar ride down to SW Florida and back, I was able to pick up about 150 new miles for TM.  This included a few new segments of FL routes in the Fort Myers area, a round trip mostly on previously untraveled parts of US 27 and US 98 between The Villages and Lakeland, new segments of US 84 in Georgia and US 301 in North Carolina, and my first-ever miles (somehow) on I-195 in Maryland.

In adding my travels to my 2021-only file, I noticed that my .list I was missing a segment of MD 201 that looks to be the short connector between DC 295 and the B-W Parkway.  I've traveled that many times over but never noticed it had that designation to be TM-clinchable.

[froggie]

^ Yes.  MD 201 predates the freeway-grade facility along Kenilworth Ave.  Even signed as such from US 50 and the on-ramp from Eastern Ave.