Roads That Are On Your Bucket List Because of This Forum

[webny99]

I had two: Breezewood, and I-95 from Richmond to DC

Finally checked the latter off the list yesterday, complete with traffic, construction, an accident, and a short detour on the nightmare of an alternate that some call US 1!

If you don't have any roads that are on your bucket list because of this forum, allow me to suggest the northern half of I-476 from Scranton to Allentown.

[kphoger]

It's not on my personal bucket list, but I'd never heard of the Moki Dugway before this forum.

[SeriesE]

Definitely I-238! 

[Max Rockatansky]

Finishing CA 173 and CA 39...probably on foot.

[jmacswimmer]

Corridor H/US 48, which I completed the first weekend of June. Some absolutely stunning views along the way, in particular between Moorefield & Davis!

(I plan to return if/when the entire thing is completed, but that may be a while yet.)

[Roadgeekteen]

Illinois I-180 just to see what it's like.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

CA 1

[gonealookin]

I have driven US 550 from Montrose to Ouray but didn't proceed any farther south.  Dumb.  Next time I'm in Ouray I'll continue on the Million Dollar Highway and head on to Silverton.  (I did at least hit Telluride via CO 145 and CO 62 as part of that trip.)

[Flint1979]

US-550 thanks to fritzowl

[Max Rockatansky]

One that I didn't think of now, Black Bear Pass Road east from Telluride.  That looks fun as hell in a 4x4 or on a mountain bike. 

[webny99]

I had two: Breezewood, and I-95 from Richmond to DC

I guess I could add I-70 in Kansas and I-80 in Nebraska.
Got I-90 in SD checked off, and I-94 through western ND was on the bucket list long before I joined this forum.

[Thing 342]

LA-23 and LA-1 in the Mississippi River Delta. Especially since it doesn't seem like they'll be around much longer...

[1995hoo]

It's not on my personal bucket list, but I'd never heard of the Moki Dugway before this forum.

I learned about it on this forum too and it was partly because of this forum that I made a point of visiting, and driving, the Dugway when we were in that area in 2015. It helped that I found an outstanding B&B right near the bottom of the Dugway.

Off the top of my head, I can't think of any roads I'd list as "bucket list" roads right now (the key words there being "right now"). Maybe the Overseas Highway in Florida, but I knew about that long before I discovered this forum.

[wanderer2575]

One that I didn't think of now, Black Bear Pass Road east from Telluride.  That looks fun as hell in a 4x4 or on a mountain bike.

I already knew about that one from the C.W. McCall song "Black Bear Road."

[NWI_Irish96]

Not sure how much of it is because of this forum or for other reasons, but here's the list:

US 1 from Miami to Key West
CA 1 from San Francisco to Malibu
MI 185
Blue Ridge Parkway

[kphoger]

One that I didn't think of now, Black Bear Pass Road east from Telluride.  That looks fun as hell in a 4x4 or on a mountain bike. 

I've driven over Imogene Pass, and it requires a LOT less technical skill than Black Bear Pass would.  And the scenery is awesome.

Heck, I was so green at driving 4WD that, when the Jeep rental agent instructed me to just drive in fourth gear whenever using 4WD, it didn't even occur to me that lower gears would also work.  When I got close to Imogene Pass, the road became too steep, and I was stumped.  Finally it dawned on me to try first or second gear instead, and zoom! away we went.

[ftballfan]

A lot of mountain roads in CO

[Max Rockatansky]

One that I didn't think of now, Black Bear Pass Road east from Telluride.  That looks fun as hell in a 4x4 or on a mountain bike. 

I've driven over Imogene Pass, and it requires a LOT less technical skill than Black Bear Pass would.  And the scenery is awesome.

Heck, I was so green at driving 4WD that, when the Jeep rental agent instructed me to just drive in fourth gear whenever using 4WD, it didn't even occur to me that lower gears would also work.  When I got close to Imogene Pass, the road became too steep, and I was stumped.  Finally it dawned on me to try first or second gear instead, and zoom! away we went.

Hell I would be up for both if I was spending some time out in Telluride.  If I was headed that way from California I would probably add Devil's Backbone and Schafer Canyon Road in Utah.  I did much the latter on foot one time, I think in that case 2wd high clearance might handle it. 

[kphoger]

Ophir Pass is easily doable in 2WD.

[sprjus4]

Finally checked the latter off the list yesterday, complete with traffic, construction, an accident, and a short detour on the nightmare of an alternate that some call US 1!

Seems like a good day on I-95.

[webny99]

Finally checked the latter off the list yesterday, complete with traffic, construction, an accident, and a short detour on the nightmare of an alternate that some call US 1!

Seems like a good day on I-95.

Exactly the reason it was on my bucket list in the first place - I've heard so much about how terrible it is!

[Flint1979]

Finally checked the latter off the list yesterday, complete with traffic, construction, an accident, and a short detour on the nightmare of an alternate that some call US 1!

Seems like a good day on I-95.

Exactly the reason it was on my bucket list in the first place - I've heard so much about how terrible it is!

The part between DC and Fredericksburg is especially fun.

[Roadgeekteen]

Finally checked the latter off the list yesterday, complete with traffic, construction, an accident, and a short detour on the nightmare of an alternate that some call US 1!

Seems like a good day on I-95.

Exactly the reason it was on my bucket list in the first place - I've heard so much about how terrible it is!

I've been on it once in 2015, I don't remember it being that bad but I was quite young.

[1995hoo]

Finally checked the latter off the list yesterday, complete with traffic, construction, an accident, and a short detour on the nightmare of an alternate that some call US 1!

Seems like a good day on I-95.

Exactly the reason it was on my bucket list in the first place - I've heard so much about how terrible it is!

I've been on it once in 2015, I don't remember it being that bad but I was quite young.

It's not always terrible, but then it's also fair to recognize that what someone considers "terrible" will be influenced by what that person is used to on the roads. I've made umpteen trips on I-95 between Richmond and DC and some have been just fine, even within the past ten years. Other times it's slammed to a stop almost immediately after getting north of I-295 and I've just bailed out and taken other roads for the last 80 miles home. My rule of thumb is generally that if I must be in the Richmond area by a certain time, I don't rely on taking I-95 if it's a weekday–I'm more likely to use US-301 south through Maryland. (This worked really well the last time I needed to be down there at a specific time, and US-301 worked well for that because I was going to Richmond International Raceway to drive a race car and the speedway is east of the city, as is US-301.)

Call me crazy if you want, but one possible benefit to the ever-increasing traffic on that road is that it's forced the most extreme speeders to slow down. That is, in the 1990s traffic was heavy, but you could still do 90 mph a lot of the time if you wanted. Problem was, there was just enough traffic that if you tried to go that fast, you'd wind up being one of those people everyone hates who weaves in and out of traffic constantly like a maniac (the habit many Virginia drivers have of hogging the left lane didn't help). Nowadays, there's more traffic and it's just plain hard to find enough clear space to go that fast.

[jmacswimmer]

When I was on that stretch of I-95 south last Friday morning, it had the usual jam southbound at the Occoquan, and then recurring stop-and-go to the Rappahannock. Once past Fredericksburg, what I quickly discovered was that the right lane was basically functioning as the passing lane, as most cars insisted on camping in the middle and left lanes

It never ceases to amaze me how insanely busy that whole stretch from Richmond to Springfield is (especially north of Fredericksburg).