Your Worst Road ?

[tin sista]

Yep my worst road in Michigan vote is for the lodge, aka M-10 (thank goodness I don't work in D-town)!Used to be the potholes on Southfield Fwy were #1 in my worst road book!

In Louisiana 10 was pretty bad pre katrina, of course the causeway over Lake Ponchatrain with the expansion joints wasn't fun either, but New Orleans was worth visiting for sure--time to rebuild her!!

[silverback]

Between Shiprock and Gallup. I've never been so happy to see Gallup. Too bad because the scenery is great.

[Goin camping]

Originally Posted by cammur

Gonin Camping - that foul area on I-5 is just north of Harris Ranch, not Hastings Ranch. When we see/smell it 'comin we put the AC on recirc and hope for the best. My kids used to try and hold their breath.

Hastings Ranch sounds real familiar - but I can't place it, other than a subdivision in or near Sierra Madre off the 210 in SoCal.

Yep, thats the spot. I used to live next to Sierra Madre. Guess my brain is scrambled today.

[bilby05]

Originally Posted by cammur

Gonin Camping - that foul area on I-5 is just north of Harris Ranch, not Hastings Ranch. When we see/smell it 'comin we put the AC on recirc and hope for the best. My kids used to try and hold their breath.

Hastings Ranch sounds real familiar - but I can't place it, other than a subdivision in or near Sierra Madre off the 210 in SoCal.

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Any road near Amarillo. Same smell as mentioned above. Although the folks from here say it is the smell of money. Since I don't get the money it smells like bovine feces to me. :-)
cheers, bill b.

[Tincrew]

Our worst road is 405 thru LA, had to check my teeth to make sure the fillings were still in there.

Did go by a pig farm in Nebraska that made Harris Ranch smell sweet! (I think I80?)

[Alumatube]

Hwy 90 from New Orleans through Boutte, Louisiana was called the Death Highway for the longest time, not due to the condition of the road, but rather to the people driving it. Folks would drive to N.O., get drunk, and try to drive home. The highway has a mounded median with a curb, and if you weave over and hit the curb at speed, it will flip your car into oncoming traffic.

I think it is redone now, thank goodness. I had several high-school friends killed on that road.

Susan

[azflycaster]

Originally Posted by silverback

Between Shiprock and Gallup. I've never been so happy to see Gallup. Too bad because the scenery is great.

I have done the Gallup to Shitrock more times then I would like to admit. Bad road and local going 30 MPH. Yes the scenery is great.

[ROBERTSUNRUS]

Originally Posted by Tincrew

Our worst road is 405 thru LA, had to check my teeth to make sure the fillings were still in there.

Hi, I was going to say the 405 through L.A. too, but before they rebuilt the 5 through Santa Ana, it was so bad, it made the 405 seem like silk.

[klattu]

Originally Posted by overlander63

As far as the route, State Route 28 in North Carolina along with US 129 between Bryson City and Chilhowee. the condition of the road is okay, but the twisting, turning, and up-and-down (constant) make it a nightmare to drive. I don't think I ever went more than 25 mph, and usually that seemed recklessly fast. I had (very) briefly considered taking our trailer that way, as the map said it was very scenic, and recommended to travel. It would break a snake's back to try to travel this route

This road even has a name 'Tail of the Dragon' and 'Deals Gap'
World famous in the biker circles and sport cars...
Has at least two web sites...
Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap and Cherohala Skyway, Graham Co, NC

dealsgap.com, Deal's Gap, North Carolina information guide, Dragon motorcycle tour, Great Smoky Mountains

Remember Harrison Ford jumping off that dam in 'The Fugitive' ?
It was there.

Best to go around, then come back after you have set up your TT at campsite.
Would be zero fun pulling one up, or wearing out your brakes going down.

318 turns in 11 miles

[Boondocker]

Originally Posted by Silvertwinkie

Really, most roads in Illinois are pretty bad unless the have been rebuilt in the past 2-3 years.

...but even when they are repaired, it's pretty much a parking lot anyway on nearly every Interstate in the Chicagoland area.

Just a gentle reminder that the north east end is not the entire state. Much of the roadway in the southern part of the state could be rated fair to good.

[overlander63]

Originally Posted by klattu

This road even has a name 'Tail of the Dragon' and 'Deals Gap'
World famous in the biker circles and sport cars...

318 turns in 11 miles

While I can see where it would be a fascination for sports cars and motorcycles, I can attest that it is no fun trying to drive that route in an extended cab long bed pickup.

[FreshAir]

Originally Posted by codybear

California's hwy 80!!

I was just out of high school and cruised regularly old US 40 between Oakand, Sacramento and Reno in my 1951 Mercury convertible. The old 2 lane highway passed thru every town and it's traffic signals. Twisting hairpin turns over Donner Summit where if you dared to look down the side of the mountain you would see hundreds of feet down the remains of vehicles that had missed turns. As part of President Eisenhower's transcontinental highway plan US 40 gave way to the construction of I 80 and completed in time for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. I 80 was state of the art travel then. I think the engineer's thought it would last forever. It is now beyond forever. A-A-H, GOOD old days.

Neil

[KeithC]

I-40 E. of Dallas. The Texas Tech. Engineers that layed that 50 miles of concrete were mad at the other winning team, their mother-in laws, and the state senators that live in the area.

[KeithC]

I-20

[centennialman]

It has to be I-25 just north of Denver Colorado. The road is so bad, it's like riding a roller coaster. The truck and trailer buck like a wild horse. I avoid that stretch of highway whenever possible. There are lots of accidents on that stretch also.

Steve

[BDandTTs]

We can travel thousands of miles and the worst road will often be the one closest to home. The last three miles of gravel is often an adventure, but the last 300 feet from the stream to the driveway is really scary after a downpour.

Living in the boonies ... often heaven, sometimes hell.

[richinny]

Originally Posted by bobfowler

I-287 in NY, between I-684 and the Tappan Zee Bridge is tied with the Cross Bronx Expressway for worst in my book. YUCK!

you'll be happy to know it has had major rebuilding over the past few years, mostly on the bridge end. it will still crawl during peak traffic but your kidneys will still be intact. by the time it is finished the bridge will get replaced with one of the following:

a) a new bridge
b) a tunnel
c) two new bridges
d) a bridge with two decks and rail service
e) a lot of talk and no action until it falls down

and will take twice the time and cost of what was budgeted.

[wanderer1]

[quote=KeithC]I-40 E. of Dallas. The Texas Tech. Engineers that layed that 50 miles of concrete were mad at the other winning team, their mother-in laws, and the state senators that live in the area.[/quote I-20 east of Dallas,hoppy-hoppy-hopp for sure!!!

[Alumatube]

Not sure of what you mean by 40 east of Dallas - 40 goes through Arkansas into Oklahoma City, through Amarillo and into NM. 30 and 20 go through Dallas.

30 east of Dallas is not too bad, but I have not driven 20 east of Dallas in a while. It wasn't the best the last time I did, perhaps 5 years ago?

Susan

[rickandsandi]

Originally Posted by bobfowler

I-287 in NY, between I-684 and the Tappan Zee Bridge is tied with the Cross Bronx Expressway for worst in my book. YUCK!

Bob- I used to commute that section of highway everyday from my home to the office. We were on it just the other week on our way to Grey Fox and they have repaved some sections. I had even traveled it once in a Jeep, OUCH! We have also done 28 in NC. Forget it! Another real favorite was RT-14 in Wyoming up and over the Big Horn (9,666 ft.). I wasn't expecting that one!