What Is Your Least Favorite Stretch of Highway?

[The Great Escape]

If I said I-95 from Maine to Miami that would be a pretty large stretch of highway...but I am going to narrow it down a little bit...I 95 from Savannah GA to the FLA line...this might be the longest 100 miles I will ever travel in my life. Too many vehicles not enough highway...when I finally make it into S Carolina going north I feel like I need an Ativan...then finally I get to I-26 and can finally get off of that monstrous highway.

[KurtNYC]

1. The 5 freeway from Anaheim north to the 10

narrow, lanes shift (and use the median) and busy as hell.

[XNASA]

38. I was on that stretch last Thursday.

My son & I were trying to get to the 101 to do some sightseeing but decided to veer off onto 10 East. We were headed for Vegas anyway.

But we did at least get to hear about an hour of Steve Jones' radio show while we were stuck traffic.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

71. self-delete

:shrug:

[SW FL Dem]

72. Can't be worse than the 405 between SF Valley

and West LA, which is a parking lot pretty much 24/7. The most boring stretches of highway I have ever driven are I-40 across the Texas panhandle and OK and Alligator Alley across south FL. The nicest strech of road has to be the Pacific Coast Highway, especially in northern CA.

[Patiod]

79. Do you guys not fill potholes anymore?

My memories of the 405 from the 80's was that it was crowded, but smooth, well-maintained and well-signed.

It's still well-signed, but feels like Pennsylvania after a muddy Spring - pothole heaven.

[GRLMGC]

87. The 405 is a bastard

There's hardly ever a time when it isn't crowded. It's worse than the 101 and the 5 and that's saying a lot.

[underpants]

2. 95 is a zoo

At least the Va./NC/MD/Del/Pa parts I have driven

There is what I call the "95 move" which is cutting all the way over to the right lane (in 3 or 4 lanes of traffic) passing a block of cars and then swinging ALL the way back over to the far left lane and speeding up more. I know it isn't exclusive to 95 but you see it there way more than you see it anywhere else.

I81 is fine with me-yeah lots of trucks but they know how to drive-I have no problem with them.

[MarianJack]

5. That reminds me of an old country gag song!

"The I-95 A**HOLE Song".

A DJ I knew had it about 15-17 years ago, back during my drinking days.

Up here in Maine, 95 isn't too bad!

[CO Liberal]

23. "The I-95 Asshole Song"

I used to get requests for this one all the time when I used to DJ in bars back in New Jersey:

* * * * *

The I-95 Asshole Song
(Recorded by Both Jimmy Buffett
and August Campbell and His Spur-of-the-Moment Band)

Well I was drivin’ down I-95 the other night.
Somebody nearly cut me right off the road.
I decided it wasn’t gonna do any good to get mad.
So I wrote a song about him instead.
It goes like this…

Were you born an asshole?
Or did you work at it your whole life?
Either way it worked out fine
‘cause you’re an asshole tonight.

Yes you’re an A S S H O L E…
And don’t you try to blame it on me.
You deserve all the credit.
You’re an asshole tonight.

You were an asshole yesterday.
You’re an asshole tonight.
And I’ve got a feelin’
you’ll be an asshole the rest of your life.

And I was talkin’ to your mother
just the other night.
I told her I thought you were an asshole.
She said, “Yes. I think you’re right.”

And all your friends are assholes
‘cause you’ve known them your whole life.
And somebody told me
you’ve got an asshole for a wife.

Were you born an asshole?
Or did you work at it your whole life?
Either way it worked out fine
‘cause you’re an aaaass…hole tonight.

http://blog.orbyonline.com/archives/2003/01/06/were-you-born-an-asshole/

[MarianJack]

60. HMMMMM! With Almost NO Re-Writing...

...that could be the bushies' version of "Hail to the (Th)Chief"!

[The Great Escape]

6. I Have Heard That Virginia Wants To Turn I-81 Into a Tollway...and

expand it to three lanes throughout the entire commonwealth. I would settle for larger and more modern rest area faciilities!

[underpants]

11. Actually they are talking off adding a 3rd "Trucks only" lane

and putting up tolls just for trucks-if memory serves.

As a guy I never really noticed how bad the rest areas were and when Gilmore started talking of "privatizing" them I immediately rejected the idea-Yeah they are bad and something really needs to be done.

[Squatch]

3. I-70 thru PA...I call it the bobsled track

No room for error at all on that highway. Definitely a nail-biter.

[No Mandate Here.]

20. West from New Stanton?

Take old Route 40. Except for Uniontown, it is clear sailing, and a lot of fun. Pick up 70 again in Wheeling, at the new bypass.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Interstate 94 throughout the state of Wisconsin

It is invariably in varying stages of road construction. There should be a sign on both the Minnesota and Illinois borders that says "Bumpy roadway next 350 miles"

They also do this annoying thing with their construction projects. They completely close down one side of the highway, re-routing the traffic to the other side with nothing separating you from oncoming traffic but those stupid orange sticks.

Another annoying thing they do is re-route you to US highway 12 for 30-40 miles at a time, on which you must slow down to *25* mph through all the small towns encountered along the way - even the unincorporated ones.

GRRR

[DontBlameMe]

12. Actually, 94 from Indiana to Illinois is worse.

Every morning I used to hear of a jack-kniffed semi around Hammond.

Also, around the Stevenson/Eisenhower interchange in downtown Chicago.

[KitchenWitch]

27. Never travelled that end of I-94

Although there is a stretch of it, from about Fergus Falls MN through Fargo, ND that I WILL NOT TRAVEL on during the winter. I have known too many people that rolled their cars on that stretch in the snow and ice.

[XNASA]

30. Oh yeah. I-94 at the IL/IN border is a nightmare.

I avoid it at all times. I'll even take old Rt. 30 if I can.

[DontBlameMe]

33. Old Rt. 30?

Do you mean the skyway?

[XNASA]

37. No. Old Rt 30 is also called "Lincoln Highway".

It the old east to west route from in the days before Interstates.

It's about 3 or 4 miles south of, and runs parallel to, I-80. It's not a 4 lane highway, but when I need to sneak into Indiana it's very convenient for me.

[DontBlameMe]

47. Yep, I know it.

Goes through Park Forest, right? On ramp is right before the quarry off of 294, about 3 or 4 miles north of Calumet City?

[XNASA]

52. It does go through Park Forest, but not Cal City.

There's an on ramp off of 57 in Matteson. It goes east through Park Forest and the Heights then into Schererville. If you go west it takes you to Frankfort and New Lenox and Joliet.

The ramp off of 394 is near Ford Heights.

It's the first transcontinental highway in the US. And when old Rt 1 (Dixie Hwy) was the considered the main N/S route to get the intersection of 30 & 1, located in Chicago Heights, was THE crossroads of the country. Now it's nondescript.

[DontBlameMe]

53. Sorry.

I didn't mean it went through Cal City. I meant the on ramp from 294 was a couple of miles north of Cal City. I think it shares the exit with I80.

I only lived in Chicagoland for 6 or so years as an adult, so my knowledge of all the old routes is sketchy at best. The reason I asked about Park Forest was I lived there as a kid. I remember the local big "mall" was located off Lincoln Highway.

[Midlodemocrat]

7. I-95 between Richmond and DC

....awful, just awful.

[Burma Jones]

10. This is the most crowded and annoying piece of Road in the East

I will often just bail and use Route 1..............

[underpants]

19. 301 is a great drive

I used to get on 95 to Carmel church and thankfully get off onto 207 (I think) and end up on 301 a Great relaxing drive even with the stoplights in La Platta/Maryland. At least that was my route going from Richmond to Baltimore.

[Burma Jones]

22. True, 301 is great if you're heading to the eastern side of DC

It's a relaxing drive.

[Midlodemocrat]

32. When we go north, we almost

always use 301, which is getting just as crowded. I came back from NYC a few months back and on a Sunday night no less, the traffic was backed up for hours.

[underpants]

34. The alternative is to go 95 and go WEST around the beltway

The many trips I made form Baltimore back to Richmond taught me that. They direct everyone East and most everyone follows like sheep, going West is much better IF you choose to go the beltway.

[Midlodemocrat]

41. The only problem with going west

...up 64 and out to 81 is the potential for bad weather during the winter. We got stuck in PA in February two years ago during that terrible storm. Luckily, we were at the Hershey Lodge, which is a convention site, so there was plenty of food.

I must have spent $200 in quarters entertaining those kids with video games. Moral...never go ANYWHERE without bathing suits for the kiddies.

[Catchawave]

8. I-64 , Norfolk to Richmond

[Squatch]

13. Especially on Sunday afternoon in the summer

heading to Richmond. Good luck getting out of the HR area.

[underpants]

16. Maybe through the 'Burg but after that it is wide open driving

Richmond to Williamsburg is the most relaxing stretch of road you will find anywhere. Granted nothing to look at except trees and a LONG stretch of no where should you break down but other than that :shrug:

The News to Norfolk is bad but you have to realize the Peninsula is only 24 miles wide and 64 IS mainstreet there.

[Burma Jones]

9. I-10 Between El Paso and San Antonio Texas

Hot and unending.................

[RagingInMiami]

39. I second that

I drove that stretch of highway on my cross country road trip last year and it was the worst. I would have hated breaking down in that area. No telling how long I would have stayed there.

[EstimatedProphet]

54. I second that

500 miles of scrub. Maybe 3 towns.

[CO Liberal]

14. US Route 22 in Union, NJ

When the highway was first built, businesses sprang up on both sides of the road. So when they wanted to expand the highway back in the '40s or '50s, they built new eastbound lanes behind the existing businesses. Then more businesses sprang up along the new roadway. Asa a result, there are now businesses (stores, malls, restaurants, and car dealerships) on both sides of the divided highway AND IN THE MEDIAN!!!! You take your life into your own hands driving there.

[MarianJack]

61. When I Worked In NYC in the 80's,...

...and lived in Bound Brook, NJ, I would occasionally drive 22 to Newark and take the train or the PATH. 22 through Mountainside was a NIGHTMARE because the cops would line the road during rush hour to keep people from speeding. I could never figure out why people would start to go 35 MPH UNDER the speed limit!!!

[name not needed]

95. Aint that the truth

The stretch from Route 287 in Bridgewater to Whitehouse Station is being turned into an elevated highway in a couple of years, and the existing stretch will become a service road. That's how bad it is. There's probably at least 7 office parks right off that stretch. And there's still daily accidents at the Felix 9 diner.

[CO Liberal]

112. I Haven't Been Back to NJ Since 1997

I get the feeling that if I were to go back today, I wouldn't recognize the place.

[jellybelly]

the worst is rt. 22

Some cars speed by and others drive slow in order to see what store they'll go to next...there's a walmart, but it's hidden behind 3 stores:D

[Beware the Beast Man]

15. PA Route 65

"Killer 65," as the locals call it. I used to live along that stretch. Fatalities-a-plenty. :scared:

[Bertha Venation]

17. about three miles of Pacific Coast Highway . . . (edit: OOPS)

North from the Huntington Beach Pier, up through Bolsa Chica and into Seal Beach. I could drive up and down that thing all day long.

OOPS: I missed the word "LEAST." Duh.

[The Great Escape]

21. That's OK...It Sounds Like It Would Be a Good Thread Also...

I'm just so damn negative! :)

[Joe Power]

18. 610 Loop

Or anywhere in Houston during rish hour.

[kick-ass-bob]

24. I-95 going by Lumberton, NC.

Poorest stretch of road I've ever seen.
Makes me sad.

[yardwork]

49. Lots of fatalities along there as well, not surprising

as there are pedestrians in the highway all the time. I think that I-95 through NC has the largest number of fatalities per population.

This is the part of the world John Edwards is from. You'd think people here would support him for president, but no......

[Boy Interrupted]

25. I-70 between Kansas City and Denver

A looooong stretch of nothing to see. Difficult to stay awake on while driving. I'm yawning just typing this.

[fishwax]

66. The worst is between Salina and the KS/CO border

I've made that drive many times, and that stretch of road is horribly boring, and seems to be under construction most of the time to boot. The most interesting thing is seeing the small-town cathedral spires in the distance.

I don't mind it as much once it crosses into Colorado, because (a) I know I'm approaching the first glimpses of the Rockies, and (b) I am soooo glad to be out of Kansas. :)

[X_republican]

100. I-70 From St. Louis to Kansas City Missouri

For reasons stated below.

[RUDUing2]

26. I-70 in most of Missouri...condition of this interstate is worse then most

state blacktops..pot holes, broken pavement, poor lines, no center wall to prevent crossover accidents..

[smbolisnch]

28. I-70 from Parkersburg, WV down.

Even if it is scenic, driving through my beautiful state is the most boring, unimaginably long thing one can do. IMO

[davidinalameda]

105. been there done that

I never thought it was that bad

[smbolisnch]

120. Well, I live in WV so I always get stuck on that stretch...

I guess it's just the repitition or something, but it feels like it takes days!

[RebelOne]

29. The Florida Turnpike

It's miles and miles of nothing.

[yardwork]

51. but but but the alligators!!!!

I love to see the alligators sleeping in the sun.

[Magrittes Pipe]

31. Ventura Highway, for inspiring that stupid fucking song.

:eyes:

[XNASA]

42. But Al, you're forgetting about the alligator lizards in the air.

You're gonna go. I know.....

[Magrittes Pipe]

43. I hate you, XNASA.

[XNASA]

46. The days are longer, the nights are stronger than......moonshine.

I can feel the hate growing everytime I place a delicate finger on the keyboard.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

127. You're gonna to go, I know...

Thanks a lot for putting that frickin' song in my head all day.

Don't even get me started on "A Horse With No Name" or "Sandman."

Is there a special circle in hell for America? If not, let's take up a collection and buy them one...

[arwalden]

65. Yep... You Can't Drive It Without Hearing That Stupid Song In Your Head...

even if the radio is playing, you can still 'hear' it in the background. Sans lyrics... just the "Ventura Highway" part...

VENTURA HIGHWAY
la la la la laaaaa la la
la la la la la
la la la la la and
laaaaa la la

VENTURA HIGHWAY
la la la la LAAAA la la
...

[tk2kewl]

35. BQE leading up to Kosciusko Bridge in Brooklyn

hellish

[AntiCoup2K4]

36. I-5 through downtown Seattle

What kind of IDIOT plans a 2 lane (each direction) through the downtown of a large city, with virtually no room to expand it on the sides, and then builds a goddamn convention center on top of it, so even a "viaduct" type expansion is impossible.

Dishonorable mention - I-80 in any of the western "red" states it passes through. Narrow crappy road with more holes than an Iraqi mine field.

[DontBlameMe]

63. I thought they expanded that.

I agree the area around the old Kingdome was just a fucking nightmare.

The rest of I-5 isn't too bad, at least a few years ago when I live there.

[THUNDER HANDS]

40. any highway that runs through Pennsylvania

possibly the most boring state to travel through in the history of either travel or states.

[Patiod]

82. Duplicate post (deleted)

[Patiod]

83. because it's completely flat & is all wheatfields

???? WTH?

The Western portion is actually scenic, as is the Northeast Extension through the Poconos.

I've driven way more flat, boring stretches in the Midwest....

[WilliamPitt]

44. I-93 North/South between Boston and Braintree

They could have made the Big Dig 431 lanes wide...that section of road would still be evil.

[CO Liberal]

45. I-25 Through Both Pueblo and Colorado Springs Can Be a Real Nightmare

The stretch through Pueblo was built back in the '50s and originally called the Pueblo Thruway. It was not built to Interstate standards, and they are currently redesigning it to make it safer. Right now, it features a sharp turn near Downtown Pueblo that is posted for a 55-MPH speed limit, and trucks regularly overturn on that curve.

I-25 in Colorado Springs has been under construction for the past few years. I was probably adequate when it was designed back in the '50s and Colroado Springs was a small city of 50,ooo people. It's totally inadequate now that there are 300,000 people in the area.

[fishwax]

67. Pueblo is pretty bad

I drive through fairly frequently on my way to or from Fort Collins, and I always hate the road through Pueblo. It offers some interesting views of the town, but the road condition is horrible, the turns are bad, and I'm always surprised at how narrow it feels on that stretch of road.

The south part of CO Springs is bad, but the north side, while wider and easier to navigate is almost unbearable because it has that road sign announcing the Focus on the Family Visitor Center :puke:

[CO Liberal]

69. They're Planning on Moving I-25 slightly to the East

Getting rid of that sharp turn near Exit 98 (referred to locally as "The Ilex" - though I don't know why). The new roadway will go between the Rocky Mountain Steel Mill and the existing roadway - the existing roadway will become an extension of Santa Fe Avenue improving local access from Downtown to the South Side.

[NewJeffCT]

48. Garden State Parkway in New Jersey

Tolls every 10 miles or so, tons of traffic

[CO Liberal]

55. It Can Be Such a Parking Lot In The Summer

I grew up in NJ, and my father would always go out of his way to avoid the Parkway and the Turnpike.

[Patiod]

three words

God Bless EZPass

Now the Garden State isn't nearly as painful as it used to be, when you used to have to stock up on quarters and dimes before every damned trip.

I used to drive between Phila and Saddlebrook about twice a month for work. If you drive 65, you'll be flattened like a pancake. Several times I had to call and say "I'll be missing the meeting, I'm sitting on the NJTP going nowhere." Bad, bad memories.

Now my least favorite is the stretch of NJTP right by Ft. Lee leading to the Geo Washington Bridge - you have to sit in bridge trafic even if you're trying to exit to Ft. Lee.

[madinmaryland]

50. I-95 through Connecticut,

Also I-95 around DC.

[Hans Delbrook]

119. Yes! It never seems to end.

We live in the Philadelphia area and have friends in Newport, RI and that stretch is a killer.

[Dzimbowicz]

56. Savannah to I-26 and you don't like I-95...

as I am from South Carolina, might I suggest US 321 as an alternative? I assume from your description that you are headed toward I-77.... US 321 is a scenic highway, two lanes, but not much traffic. There are several towns for which one must slow down, but it is worth it if I-95 is too stressful. The highway is actually a straight line (i.e. shorter distance) between Savannah and Columbia, and will put you right on to I-77 at the junction with I-26.

One interesting point about this highway: You must pass through Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden on this road. Yes, these are actual town names along the route. Denmark and Norway are the only ones you'll notice because if you blink, you'll miss the other two.

Counties to be careful in (from Charlotte to Savannah) because of the state troopers: (I-77) Chester, especially around Richburg, Fairfield, especially around exit 34 and then on (I-26) Orangeburg county as a whole.

[yellowdogintexas]

57. I 30 between Fort Worth and Dallas!

with I-40 between Little Rock and Nashville a close second.

I firmly believe that Interstate 40 will never be completed in Arkansas, as I have traveled that road many times since 1989 and have run into construction every time!!!! How many times can you repair a bridge, anyway.

I30 between FW/D is a big ole commuter road and always congested during the week, not so bad on the weekend, or late at night.

[Bok_Tukalo]

115. Can't touch I35E from 635 to Denton

<eom>

[yellowdogintexas]

121. never drove it that I can recall

being from the West side of the 'plex

[lpbk2713]

58. I-4 thru Tampa

The engineers admitted it was a bad design right from the start. Forty years later not a hell of a lot has changed.

[greendog]

59. I-95 between Portand, ME and Jacksonville, FL...

...every last mile of it.

[skippysmom]

62. Do I have to choose one?

My nominations:

I-84 through Hartford. So many twists and turns, and CT drivers drive fast. (I know -- I learned to drive there.)

I-90 through Massachusetts and NY (Mass Pike and the NY Thruway). Horrible traffic till you clear Sturbridge, then vast sums of nothingness all the way to Buffalo punctuated by exits every 15-20 miles.

I-94 from Madison-Milwaukee. Pothole central.

The Garden State Parkway. Who thought it was a good idea to have tolls every few miles? As I recall, there are roads around Chicago like that too.

[CO Liberal]

118. The Tolls On The GS Parkway Were Supposed to be Temporary

But for some reason, they've kept them. At least here in Colorado, they bulldozed all the toll booths once they had paid back the construction costs on the Boulder Turnpike.

[BurtWorm]

64. I-95 New Haven to Greenwich is pretty awful.

[gypsy11]

68. It's pretty bad

East of New Haven as well... Starts to back up in Branford, sometimes even Guilford.
I-95 from Connecticut to the North Carolina line is my vote for least favorite road to travel. The traffic is insane! :crazy:

[jonnyblitz]

89. the fun starts even before New Haven on I-95 in CT...trust me...

eom.

[Left Is Write]

70. I-94 through North Dakota.

[markus]

117. No Services

eom

[SKKY]

73. Not sure of its number, but the stretch of highway that connects...

...Oklahoma City to Amarillo, Texas is about the longest, most desolate piece of asphalt I've ever driven.

[fishwax]

88. That would be I-40

And it is pretty desolate, especially the Texas part of the drive, where the only thing to see is the biggest cross in the western hemisphere (in Groom).

(There are some pleasantries in mid-Oklahoma, but not many.)

[kodi]

74. Spaghetti Junction

I-85, Atlanta.

[ImpeachBush]

75. You want a real adventure (GA-20)

Try GA-20 between Buford and Cumming during rush hour. :crazy:

[ImpeachBush]

76. Another one: 316 merge with I-85

During rush hour, this is a NIGHTMARE!!!

[yvr girl]

77. So many to choose from

I-95 heading south out of DC during rush hour was not fun, but I don't face it regularily.

The Trans Canada Hwy blights my life more often. The portion that runs through Vancouver is enough to make you scratch your eyes out. Parking lot.

[flygal]

78. Anywhere in Nebraska

[ohio_liberal]

80. I-70 from St. Clairsville to Reynoldsburg OH

The badlands :scared:

[auntAgonist]

81. 401 from Windsor to London Ontario . . death alley.

[Kellanved]

84. Périphérique

On Edit: correction: My least favourite stretch is the Périphérique :scared: - totally forgot about that one..

</edit>
A9 between Jena and Berlin, there always seems to be at least one fatal crash on that route. At least it is a top-notch state of the art Autobahn.

The other is the "Ruhrgebiet, not just one Highway:
Pretty easy to get lost there:

[HEyHEY]

85. The number one between Chilliwack and the Port Mann

ANy British Columbian will tell you it's the highway that never ends!

[sakabatou]

86. I-5

Between Monterey and San Louis Obispo (sp.).

[Jack_Dawson]

93. That's not I-5

Neither of those two cities appears anywhere near I-5

[sakabatou]

97. My mistake

Anyways its the stretch that has the cattle yards.

[Jack_Dawson]

101. You mean the stretch from Grapevine to Buttonwillow...

or Buttonwillow to Los Banos? Yeah that's a tough one...

[sakabatou]

110. I've only gone down it twice

so it's hard to remember by, but I think it's Grapevine to Buttonwillow. Ugh, the stench.

[KG]

90. US19 from clearwater FL north to spring hill

the hiway from hell.

[u4ic]

91. Highway 23,

(near Granum)to Lethbridge. When those winds blow, you need the strength of a blacksmith to keep your car on the road.

[Maddy McCall]

92. I-59 from Birmingham to Chattanoogal, and then I-75 through C'nooga

I never take the loop, but after traveling through B'ham, I always wish I would have.

[Goathead]

94. I-70 From Pittsburgh to Breezewood

This past summer I was driving it at night during a horrible thunderstorm, the rain was coming down in sheets. The Interstate goes through the Penn. mountains and is all ups and downs and real curvy. Plus they were working on the road and there were no lines marking the lanes and there were a gazillion eighteen wheelers on the highway. I really thought I was going to die.

[48pan]

96. I80/90 Through Indiana and Illinois

Solid traffic jams, all the time. Thousands of trucks. Bumper to bumper.

[name not needed]

98. Route 1 in Edison, NJ

At any time of day, every day, this road is not much more than a parking lot.

[Meowser]

99. I-95 from New Jersey to Boston

traffic and trucks from hell! The stretches from Greenwich to New Haven and anywhere near Boston are particularly awful. The drivers are insanely aggressive also.

I-95 from Miami to Jacksonville: the whole highway sucks, and Floridians don't know how to drive.

The LIE out to the Hamptons. Also the BQE and the Cross Bronx.

Rte 128 in Massachusetts.

101 from San Francisco to San Jose.

The 405 in SoCal.

[Baja Margie]

102. Oh boy

Used to be the grade, Hwy. 78 going from our old house down to the Wild animal Park in Escondido. I used to drive that at night, hated it.

Now for sure it's gotta be the road from Catavina to Guerro Negro, then for sure the grade going down from San Ignacio to Santa Rosalio. Whew doggies, that will put the fear of the Lord in your hearts !

[pantouflard]

103. 880 between San Jose and Oakland.

Damn, I hate that drive!

[davidinalameda]

106. I live off of 880

in Alameda

I agree--I do not like that road and I don't even travel the whole length of it

[pantouflard]

116. Greetings fellow Bay Area Resident!

Alameda is awesome. I'm in Santa Cruz.

That bit of 880 around Hayward/Fremont is dismal. And coming in 2nd is that stretch of 101 near Foster City...

But then we have 280, which makes up for it!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

104. My least favorite is I-4 between Tampa and Orlando.

They are currently doing road construction and a good portion of that road between those two cities is just two lanes. There's always a traffic jam.

I-95 in Maine is awesome. It's a real easy drive.

[catbert836]

I-90 from Boston to Seattle

I have to go on that every day (Not the whole way).

[Longgrain]

107. Route 2 Massachusetts...

From Fitchburg through Concord.

Narrow road, nothing but hills and turns and traffic accidents galore.

The rest of Rout 2 is okay though, especially out west toward Greenfield and the Mohawk Trail.

[davidinalameda]

108. WV Route 7

where else does it take you nearly 2 hours to go nearly 50 miles

you get stuck behind log trucks on what has to be the twistiest road in the world

it's absolute hell!

[Zech Marquis]

109. I have a couple

the New Jersey Turnpike--all of it!
the DC Beltway, again, ALL of it :argh:
I-64 West from Hampton.Newport News to Richmond --the neverending road project LOL
the Midtown Tunnel from Portsmouth to Norfolk VA

[Danmel]

111. The Cross Bronx Expressway

IF there is a less pleasant stretch of road, I don't want to know about it. (well maybe the BQE comes close!) Curse you Robert Moses!

[donheld]

113. Any highway leading to Western Nebraska

[Cheswick2.0]

114. the Palmetto hwy in Dade county florida

it's wall to wall suicide........when you aren't sitting inching forward, 2 miles an hour.

[RebelOne]

125. Yes, I remember it well and not fondly.

[tavalon]

122. Definitley I-10

From San Antonio until Los Angeles. Mind numbing, tumbleweed infested hell of eternity just to get out of Texas. Come to think of it, getting out of Texas sucks no matter which way you go.

[fleabert]

123. hell ya. it's torture.

I've driven from SA to LA, SA to Sacramento, SA to Buffalo, and SA to Louisville (not to mention back from all except Sacramento). Oh yah, and Columbus OH to Orlando, by far, getting out of TX is the worst.

the only contender is a short stretch on the trip to Buffalo thru Arkansas, bumpy as shit and no signage! Don't remember the highway number.

driving north to Lubbock from SA sucks too, as it is soooooo flat and boring. You see Lubbock for hours and never seem to get any closer. then a dust storm hits.

[nytemare]

124. I-4 through Orlando, I-75 through Atlanta, and the Capital Beltway

I-4 is going through construction, they make new lanes and don't cover up the old lane markers well, so when the sun shines on it or it rains it is about impossible to tell where the hell you are supposed to be. I don't know how someone isn't killed there every day.

[njdemocrat106]

126. Got quite a few (all in New Jersey, too)

I-195 for its entire stretch (THE most boring highway in the state, and packed to the gills with state troopers), NJ Route 70 from Lakehurst to Cherry Hill (one lane in each direction, and driving through miles of Pine Barrens. You do NOT want to break down on this stretch), and the Garden State Parkway south of Exit 63 (Long Beach Island exit) only because I have hideous childhood memories of going down to Wildwood and Cape May (two towns I wouldn't mind never seeing again).