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Online Markkos1992

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Re: New Travels and Stats Discussion
« Reply #990 on: February 16, 2024, 04:49:08 pm »
SR 785 is also a narrow and twisty road for the most part.

779-785 was removed from the primary system in the 1945 and 1950.

I remember being on SR 785 a few times during college (10-15 years ago now) as VT students at times used it as an alternate to I-81.  I do remember it having its narrow/twisty spots, but SR 779 seemed worse south of its northern SR 600 intersection for some reason.  Past there it was fine.

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Re: New Travels and Stats Discussion
« Reply #991 on: February 18, 2024, 01:01:25 pm »
Lowest overall number, lowest in EUR, lowest in NA?
Just going for the lowest overall number here; not going to attempt to break it down by continent.

Including only systems in the HB (whether devel systems are included or not), it's 1386.
Adding in systems commented out of systems.csv fills in 56 missing numbers, bringing us up to 1928.

The end of game for Europe is 1185 with routes in DEU-BW (I've traveled long ago) and ENG. Only KY and LA have a 1186 route in HB so far and I don't expect anything new for Europe.

With North Macedonia Regional Roads and Upper Austria Landesstraßen 2. Ordnung, the lowest missing overall number is 1478 now (for Europe: 1323). I have a new goals now 8)

btw, I do still just miss four 3-digit numbers:
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767 780 781 900
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Re: New Travels and Stats Discussion
« Reply #992 on: March 16, 2024, 11:50:25 pm »
Took a 17 hr, 810 mile u-turn today.

New clinches in order:
NJ 324, NJ 42, NJ 52, NJ 152, Atlantic City Expwy, NJ 187, NJ 87, Atlantic City Brigantine Connector, NJ 157, NJ 166, Garden State Pkwy, NJ 184, NJ 36, NJ 66, NJ 34, NJ 79, NJ 33, NJ 33 Bus, NJ 64, NJ 133

New mileage: NJ 35, NJ 71

The concrete on the “closed” section of 324 is in way better shape than the “open” section. NJ 66 also has a very worn concrete section.

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Re: New Travels and Stats Discussion
« Reply #993 on: March 17, 2024, 01:26:14 am »
I haven't went anywhere this month (mostly going around the same bus routes in Québec City), but I did go on an interprovincial trip from December to February. I finished my clinch of A-40 and clinched A-930 as well as ON 417, and had new mileage on tons of routes.

New clinches:

A-40, A-930, ON 417

New mileage:

A-15, A-25, QC 101, QC 109, QC 111, QC 117, QC 132, QC 138, QC 165, QC 201, QC 263, QC 386, QC 395, QC 397, ON 11, ON 17, ON 64
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Re: New Travels and Stats Discussion
« Reply #994 on: March 17, 2024, 12:49:53 pm »
For those who haven't seen my Facebook posts, I am in the midst of what is likely to be my only major roadtrip this year:  a multi-day jaunt down to Orlando to attend a wedding that my wife is a bridesmaid in (though she, being the sane one and already having to cancel 3 days of classes for the trip, flew down instead of driving).  I turned into a 2-part vacation, both visiting friends and family on the way down and also taking my time and clinching what I could coming down.

Starting in the Catskills, my intent was to fill in gaps and clinch what I could the rest of the way.  I netted mileage and route clinches in every state on the way down except for three, and 2 of those 3 were because I already have everything in them.  Major clinches include I-840 and I-885 NC, I-475 GA, and I-4 FL, as well as numerous state and bannered routes.  Also filled in 3 gaps I had along I-75 south of Macon.

The return trip will be a 2-day marathon drive as I'm basically out of PTO and thus can't dilly-dally, though I may pay the toll and clinch the newly-finished FL 429 in order to avoid morning rush hour on I-4 tomorrow morning.

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Re: New Travels and Stats Discussion
« Reply #995 on: March 18, 2024, 05:13:47 pm »
Spring Break! Last week was a perfect opportunity for an 8-day, 4400-mile drive around Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, with the goal of clinching them all. Thought I did, until I got home and discovered MD 219 had materialized while I was away. Should be able to take care of that later this week.

Other than almost constant rain the first day, and scattered flooding that day and the next, the weather was almost perfect. Record highs in the 70s in Philly on Friday. Construction season was not yet in full swing, at least along my route, so the drive was mostly easy.

Highlights were DE 100 and 92 through the Brandywine Valley, a short visit to Gateway National Recreation Area (too cold and windy for much recreation, but good for a nice view of NYC), a walk-clinch of the realignment of DE 23 & 1D, which are paved but not yet open to traffic, and plenty of pizza, cheesesteaks, hoagies, and innovative donuts. No real lowlights, although if I never have the opportunity to visit North Philadelphia again, I won't complain. My last real route clinched in PA (i.e., not a temporary truck route likely to disappear soon) was PA 282, a lovely slow twisty drive at the edge of Amish Country. It should be gorgeous in a week or so when the trees start flowering.

Total new mileage: 2181, almost evenly split among the four states, lifting me past 350,000 miles overall
New clinches: 208 (84 in MD, 43 in DE, 39 in NJ, and 42 in PA), pushing my total over 10,000
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Re: New Travels and Stats Discussion
« Reply #996 on: March 24, 2024, 02:34:21 pm »
Yesterday I drove back to college from home (Houston -> Tulsa) as the end to my spring break, and in the process I had a roadgeeking day that I don't think I will surpass for a while. I generally took US 59 and US 259 on the trip from Houston to Sallisaw, OK, and then I used I-40, OK 72, and US 64 from there to Tulsa. I passed the 10,000 mile milestone. I also clinched 15 routes, which is my most ever clinched in a single day. Here they are in order of clinching:

- TX Loop 494
- TX Loop 573
- TX Loop 424
- TX Loop 393
- US 59 Business (Livingston)
- TX Loop 116
- TX Loop 177
- TX Loop 210
- TX Loop 266 (posthumously)
- TX Loop 224
- US 259
- US 59 Bypass (Poteau)
- US 271 Bypass (Poteau)
- I-40 Business (Sallisaw)
- OK 72

As an aside, I also clinched 3 counties and set a new record for my longest clinched multi-state route (US 259).
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Re: New Travels and Stats Discussion
« Reply #997 on: March 24, 2024, 03:35:52 pm »
My travels on the just-completed conference (plus ski day) trip to Portland, Oregon, where I drove over 200 TM-mappable miles.  I had been to the area a few times before, so new overall travels were pretty limited, adding just over 50 miles.

New travels:
- finished off US 30 Bypass in Portland (was missing all east of I-205)
- closed a 9-mile US 26 gap in the eastern part of Portand and in Gresham.
- several new miles on OR 99E, OR 213
- first travels on OR 224, OR 281, OR 282 (clinched)
- added the OR 35 segment on the bridge to Washington
- some new miles on WA 14
- first travels on WA 141, WA 141 Alt (clinched)

So not too much, but this trip had some pretty hard constraints and there wasn't an opportunity for much more.

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Re: New Travels and Stats Discussion
« Reply #998 on: Yesterday at 10:22:04 pm »
I have finally completed my Atlanta Meet Trip Report. 

I also did a trip on March 16th to view the ongoing Berkeley Springs Bypass Construction for US 522 in WV and clinch the now posted MD 219. 
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