Walking across US state borders: A to Z

Journey across the contiguous 48! Find a path that touches each state only once. BUT, make your journey as alphabetically early as possible.
Each state can be visited ONLY ONCE. Border crossings must be via land or road.
There are many one-touch paths through the states. At each junction, choose the ALPHABETICALLY EARLIEST adjacent state that will still allow a one-touch path to be completed.
e.g. from Oregon, the alphabetically earliest adjoining state is California, but this might render a one-touch path impossible by making Washington a dead end.
Inspired by the "walking across borders" quizzes by scambigol
Quiz by arguhuh
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Last updated: April 17, 2016
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State
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
State
Louisiana
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
State
Idaho
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
State
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
State
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
State
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
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Level 76
Apr 17, 2016
good idea about the 'alphabetically first' - nice quiz and thanks for the mention!
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Level 73
Apr 17, 2016
Thanks! I was worried it would be way too hard, but apparently not. And no worries, you've got some great/ingenious quizzes!
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Level 65
Apr 18, 2016
Very nice first quiz!