Your favorite US Highway?

[ColossalBlocks]

What is your favorite US Highway? I would make this a poll like the favorite state shield poll, but i'm too damn lazy to make a poll from US Highway 1 to US Highway 830. I'll start with US Highway 412 as my favorite.

[hotdogPi]

Why would you create a poll with 100+ options? The 51-option poll was excessive.

[busman_49]

I've always been partial to US 30, probably because I grew up not far from it.

[Quillz]

101
395

[kkt]

101

[Max Rockatansky]

If we're talking existing then probably 191, 101, 395, 550, and maybe 163 because I really enjoy routes with tons of terrain.  If we're going to include anything that doesn't exist then it would be 66 by a mile and maybe even 99.

[frankenroad]

US-2 along Lake Michigan.

[cl94]

1, 7, 9, 20 in the northeast. All have a large amount of historical importance and generally good scenery. The views on US 20 east of I-81 are nothing short of amazing and US 9 (or its predecessor roads) passes the homes of at least two presidents and the cottage of a third. US 1 and US 9 (the Boston and Albany Post Roads) were two of the first improved roads in the country.

[1995hoo]

Only been out there one time, but that doesn't matter: 163 due to scenery.

[epzik8]

U.S. Route 1 because it's the closest one I live to. Second for me is U.S. 301, and third is U.S. 113.

[slorydn1]

As a child I would have said US-1, but only because it's bright red shield was cool as hell down in FL.

As an adult I really don't have a favorite. I really don't have a non favorite. I mean, based on scenery alone I'd go with US-441 through the Smoky Mountain National Park or sections of US-64 or US-129 in western NC. For utility/importance to how I get around it would be US-17 or US-70 here in eastern NC.

US-41 was always high on my list growing up because it existed not only where I grew up in Chicagoland, but also 1500 miles away at my vacation spot in south FL. It seemed like no matter where I was, I'd look around and see a US-41 shield. We'd drive hundreds of miles on different Interstates and and get off for food or gas and funny enough, we'd either be on US-41 or close enough to it to see a US-41 sign.

[ColossalBlocks]

Why would you create a poll with 100+ options? The 51-option poll was excessive.

Good point...

[texaskdog]

191. You get Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone!

[Max Rockatansky]

191. You get Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone!

Not to forget the Coronado Trail and Canyon de Chelley.  I would probably rate that Coronado Trail section of US 191 as the baddest mountain segment on any US Route in the country.

[TravelingBethelite]

It may be because I live not too far from it, but U.S. Route 6 is pretty close to my heart.   

[Sykotyk]

There's way too many factors and different opinions on what would make a road your 'favorite'.

So, here goes:

Proximity: 19, 22, 422

Childhood trips: 6

Adult Trips: 101, 163, 2, 1

I think everyone has some connection to the closest US route to them. Growing up, I didn't know that Route 19 was any different than Route 18 until one day looking at the map, then realizing one was a state route and one kept going into Florida. Which, I thought was interesting. I was very young around that time.  And 19 was only a few miles away. When I got older, I lived near US22, and rode that freeway stretch between Ohio and Pittsburgh many times. And now, US422 runs right by my house. And I've been on it I don't know how many times between Youngstown and New Castle.

Growing up, my family took many trips along US6 from Mill Creek PA (US19 & US6N) east toward Warren and sometimes further, such as Kinzua Dam and Viaduct. So, even today I think fondly of those trips, and any time I get to go that way again.

And then, when I'm an adult, I've traveled some staggeringly beautiful scenery and US101 and US163 are at the top of the list. US101 between Arcata and Los Angeles is a great drive. US163 is without question beautiful. The two times I've driven it have been something to remember for all time. And then US 1 was a trip to Key West. The stretch from the mainland through the Keys is a great, if long, drive. And US2, both sections, has proven quite scenic and enjoyable. Though, I've captured it in pieces. From I-5 to just east of I-15 in several segments. From US87 in Havre, Montana just recently all the way east to Superior, Wisconsin. Brief sections east of Superior into Michigan (taking MI-28), some other stretches of 2 between Escanaba east to Mackinac. And then, the eastern stretch from I-87 into New Hampshire.

But then there's oddball routes. US50 through Monarch Pass is beautiful, US550 is great across the Million Dollar Highway. US12 is an underated route from Miles City to Aberdeen, South Dakota. US83 in West Texas has always been a memorable route to take. US 90 through the Big Bend area of Marfa and Alpine. Several US routes through Wyoming, such as US85 between Torrington and South Dakota.

I couldn't label a favorite, overall.

[RobbieL2415]

US 13, Delmarva region.   I just love how much of a main artery its become in that area.

[texaskdog]

191. You get Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone!

Not to forget the Coronado Trail and Canyon de Chelley.  I would probably rate that Coronado Trail section of US 191 as the baddest mountain segment on any US Route in the country.

where is that?

[Max Rockatansky]

191. You get Arches, Canyonlands, Grand Tetons, and Yellowstone!

Not to forget the Coronado Trail and Canyon de Chelley.  I would probably rate that Coronado Trail section of US 191 as the baddest mountain segment on any US Route in the country.

where is that?

Arizona; Canyon de Chelley is in the Navajo Nation and the Coronado Trail is on the high peaks of the White Mountains between US 180 to Morenci.

[epzik8]

US 13, Delmarva region.   I just love how much of a main artery its become in that area.

You took the words straight out of my mouth. From Dover, Delaware to Virginia Beach is just such an amazing drive.

[Rothman]

US 163: Monument Valley

[7/8]

I'll have to go with US 19 for nostalgic reasons, since many of my road trips as a kid involved the section of US 19 between I-79 and the WV Turnpike. West Virginia was probably my favourite portion of those drives (and unlike my brothers, I really did enjoy the driving part of our holidays).

I might have added US 219 since my family often skis at Holiday Valley in Ellicottville, NY, but I just drove it last weekend down to Salamanca and the potholes in Salamanca were terrible! It could really use a repaving.

[roadman65]

US 1.  Then US 54 from Wichita to Tucamcari is just awesome through the Plains.

[sparker]

#1: US 101 (Santa Barbara coast, N CA redwoods, Oregon coast, Olympic Peninsula)
#2: US 50 (pretty much everything in CO, across NV, Tahoe)
#3: US 395 (Bishop-Carson City, plus Spokane-Canada)
#4: US 97 (just love driving through the fir forests between Chiloquin & Chemult -- also along the upper Columbia)
#5: US 89 (a cross-section of everything the West has to offer!)

[sbeaver44]

Tough choice, but US 22.  I've been on all of it, and it has an interesting variety.  Sometimes a city street, sometimes rural freeway.