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Highest speed limit that you have seen while on the road.

Started by Roadgeekteen, January 18, 2019, 04:35:33 PM

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What speed limit?

85 mph
24 (17.3%)
80 mph
51 (36.7%)
75 mph
37 (26.6%)
70 mph
22 (15.8%)
65 mph
0 (0%)
60 mph
0 (0%)
55 mph
0 (0%)
50 or bellow mph
5 (3.6%)

Total Members Voted: 139

oscar

My breakdown:

Toll freeway: 85mph (southern part of TX 130 toll road)
Interstate or other freeway: 80mph (multiple freeways in Mountain/Great Plains states)
Divided non-freeway: 75mph (multiple US and state highways in west and south Texas)
2-lane: 75mph (at least one US highway in east Texas)

As you might guess, Texas is my favorite state for driving.
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SSOWorld

for the writer:

Freeway: 80 in Texas and Utah
at-grade multi-lane with median: 65 many locations
at-grade multi-lane with center turn lane: 60 Arkansas
2-lane: 75 in Texas, with a side of speed traps
Scott O.

Not all who wander are lost...
Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

Wisconsin - out-multiplexing your state since 1918.

sprjus4

My breakdown -

Freeway / Interstate - 85 MPH, TX-130
Four-Lane At-Grade with Intersections - 75 MPH, U.S. 77, U.S. 59, U.S. 281, TX-35, TX-290, etc.
2-Lane Roadway - 75 MPH, U.S. 59, TX-35, FM 2678, US-83, etc.

The beauty is how wide open Texas is, there's not an interstate everywhere. But you get some pretty damn high speeds (mostly 70, a lot also 75) almost anywhere in Texas to get where you're going, two lane, four-lane, freeway, etc.

US 89

Since we're breaking this down:

Interstate/freeway: 80 mph, various rural Interstates
Non-interstate freeway: 70 mph, US 20 in Idaho
Divided highway: 75 mph, US 84 in Texas
2-lane highway: 70 mph, various highways in Texas

roadman65

Quote from: sprjus4 on January 24, 2019, 09:38:07 PM
My breakdown -

Freeway / Interstate - 85 MPH, TX-130
Four-Lane At-Grade with Intersections - 75 MPH, U.S. 77, U.S. 59, U.S. 281, TX-35, TX-290, etc.
2-Lane Roadway - 75 MPH, U.S. 59, TX-35, FM 2678, US-83, etc.

The beauty is how wide open Texas is, there's not an interstate everywhere. But you get some pretty damn high speeds (mostly 70, a lot also 75) almost anywhere in Texas to get where you're going, two lane, four-lane, freeway, etc.
Texas don't discriminate. :D

75 mph is the highest I have encountered driving, but only on freeways.  70 on both non freeways 2 and 4 lane roads, and both in the Lone Star State.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

doorknob60

If we're gonna break it out:

Interstate: 80 (various in ID, UT, MT)
Non-Interstate Freeway: 70 (various, including US-95 and US-20 in ID, parts of US-395 in WA, and parts of CA-99)
Divided Expressway with at-grades: 70 (parts of US-395 in WA, probably more)
2 Lane Highway: 70 (US-95 in OR, US-20 in ID, various in NV and MT)

Bonus:
Non state maintained road: 65 (Clark County 215 in Las Vegas)
Non state maintained, non-freeway: 60 (Addison Ave East of Twin Falls, ID)

kphoger

OK, fine, I'll do it too.

Undivided highway:  75 mph
Divided surface highway:  75 mph
Freeway:  85 mph
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Buck87

Freeway: 75 (various western states)
Divided Expressway with at-grades: 70 (US 30 in Ohio)
2 Lane Highway: 65 (various western states)

Rothman

Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

webny99

I have been on I-90 across South Dakota, which has a speed limit of 80 mph.

Funny, all the mentions of TX-130 and its 85 mph limit, but I thought I-10 and I-20 also had an 85 mph limit in western Texas.

hotdogPi

Quote from: webny99 on March 08, 2019, 12:31:03 PM

Funny, all the mentions of TX-130 and its 85 mph limit, but I thought I-10 and I-20 also had an 85 mph limit in western Texas.

Welcome back!

They're at 80 mph.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

Kulerage

70 mph is what I remember, but I have have been on a road with 75 before.

Flint1979

Quote from: webny99 on March 08, 2019, 12:31:03 PM
I have been on I-90 across South Dakota, which has a speed limit of 80 mph.

Funny, all the mentions of TX-130 and its 85 mph limit, but I thought I-10 and I-20 also had an 85 mph limit in western Texas.
I-10 and 20 are 80 mph in western Texas. Oddly enough Michigan's max speed is now 75 mph and the closest state with a speed limit that high or higher is Arkansas. South Dakota is 80 mph but North Dakota is 75 mph seems like it'd be the same to me.

sprjus4

Quote from: Flint1979 on March 09, 2019, 09:54:35 AM
Quote from: webny99 on March 08, 2019, 12:31:03 PM
I have been on I-90 across South Dakota, which has a speed limit of 80 mph.

Funny, all the mentions of TX-130 and its 85 mph limit, but I thought I-10 and I-20 also had an 85 mph limit in western Texas.
I-10 and 20 are 80 mph in western Texas. Oddly enough Michigan's max speed is now 75 mph and the closest state with a speed limit that high or higher is Arkansas. South Dakota is 80 mph but North Dakota is 75 mph seems like it'd be the same to me.
West Virginia is currently going through legislation to increase their's to 75 MPH. North Carolina tried for 75 MPH about five years ago though didn't pass fully, though could happen again the future.

bmorrill

Quote from: kphoger on January 18, 2019, 04:51:49 PM
I've been on sections of the German Autobahn that have no speed limit at all.

When I drove the Autobahn in the '60s, there was only one section (near Stuttgart) where I even SAW a speed limit. About 100 klicks as I recall due to the hilly terrain and narrow lanes.

debragga

Freeway: 85 mph
Divided highway: 75 mph
Multi-lane highway with a center turn lane: 75 mph
2-lane road: 75 mph

All in Texas

X99

80 on the Interstate almost all the way across the state, but I've been on no-limit autobahns too (not the driver, I was too young at the time). My dad said his average speed on a no-limit autobahn was 100 mph. For everyone saying 100 kph is the highest they've ever seen, it's not. 100 kph translates to about 62 mph.
why are there only like 5 people on this forum from south dakota

webny99

Quote from: X99 on March 24, 2019, 04:31:53 PM
For everyone saying 100 kph is the highest they've ever seen, it's not. 100 kph translates to about 62 mph.

100 is the highest number many people have seen on a speed limit sign.

1995hoo

I've never seen "kph" anywhere because there's no such thing.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

X99

Quote from: webny99 on March 24, 2019, 04:37:27 PM
Quote from: X99 on March 24, 2019, 04:31:53 PM
For everyone saying 100 kph is the highest they've ever seen, it's not. 100 kph translates to about 62 mph.

100 is the highest number many people have seen on a speed limit sign.
The thread title is highest speed limit, not highest number.
why are there only like 5 people on this forum from south dakota

1995hoo

Quote from: X99 on March 24, 2019, 04:55:32 PM
Quote from: webny99 on March 24, 2019, 04:37:27 PM
Quote from: X99 on March 24, 2019, 04:31:53 PM
For everyone saying 100 kph is the highest they've ever seen, it's not. 100 kph translates to about 62 mph.

100 is the highest number many people have seen on a speed limit sign.
The thread title is highest speed limit, not highest number.

Who cares? Who said you get to dictate how people are allowed to respond?
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

bing101


CNGL-Leudimin

Quote from: webny99 on March 24, 2019, 04:37:27 PM
Quote from: X99 on March 24, 2019, 04:31:53 PM
For everyone saying 100 kph is the highest they've ever seen, it's not. 100 kph translates to about 62 mph.

100 is the highest number many people have seen on a speed limit sign.

I've seen 130 by myself. 120 is the highest number I regularly see (75 mph in your units).
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Rothman

Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

kphoger

Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.



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