Freeway exits you hate the most

[UptownRoadGeek]

Business U.S. 90 @ Manhattan Blvd -> it takes 5-10 minutes on average to clear this intersection during most of the day.

I-75 S. @ I-285 W. (Southside) -> the ramp is too d*** long.

I-45 S. Gulf Freeway @ I-610 W. South Loop -> You exit the freeway onto the feeder, turn right onto the 610 feeder and get onto the other freeway

I-10 E. @ I-110 -> the interstate narrows to one lane after the bridge.

TX-288 @ U.S. 59 South -> I just don't like this one.

[jdb1234]

I-459 @ US 280 Birmingham, AL

[Marc]

I-45 S. Gulf Freeway @ I-610 W. South Loop -> You exit the freeway onto the feeder, turn right onto the 610 feeder and get onto the other freeway.

Absolutely, I had totally overlooked this interchange fail. Most interchanges along I-610 need to be redone in their entirety. And I-45 should be redone from 610 on the southside all the way through downtown and to 610 on the northside (that's another horridly inadequate interchange).

TX-288 @ U.S. 59 South -> I just don't like this one.

This one needs improvement too. To go along with it, they should improve the elevated section of U.S. 59 to the south to the new trenched section.

[mightyace]

I DESPISE Exit 2 off of PA-60 North (or Exit 58 off of Future I-376 West). You have to slow down to 15 MPH. C'mon, PennDOT!

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Just, let them put tolls on I-80 and everything will be fixed! 
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[Terry Shea]

Another real bad one is the exit from NB US-127 to M-20 near Mount Pleasant.  You come over the crest of a hill and US-127 takes a little jog to the left and it appears that the exit is going to go straight down the embankment and more or less parallel the freeway.  Instead you're hit with a sharp right 20 MPH curve that you can't see until you're right on top of it.  I had to slam on the brakes the first 2 times I went this way, but I won't make that mistake again.  You need to start breaking well before you hit the ramp but you're blind coming over the hill and there is no warning until you're basically on the ramp and have about 20 feet (probably more than that but it seems like it's even less) or so to get your vehicle down around 20 MPH.  A lot of traffic goes this way because it's the exit to The Soaring Eagle Casino.

[Hellfighter]

How about 4/5 of all the Ford Freeway ramps. Can you say cramped?

[Terry Shea]

How about 4/5 of all the Ford Freeway ramps. Can you say cramped?

Yeah, but they're working on a lot of them now.  In fact according to MDOT the work on the I-96/I-196 corridor should be completed by about 2030 if there aren't any delays or the state runs out of money. 

[Bryant5493]

I-75 S. @ I-285 W. (Southside) -> the ramp is too d*** long.

Whenever I drive through there, I always get stuck behind a slow driver. Never fails (lol).


Be well,

Bryant

[akotchi]

The Pa. Turnpike/I-76/U.S. 202/U.S. 422 mish-mosh around Valley Forge, PA.  Much better since reconstruction, but still no fun.  76E to 202S/422W exits and splits on a curve without any clear signing.

U.S. 1/Pa. Turnpike/Street Road/Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem, PA.  Ramps are way too tight and too close for the road speeds.

U.S. 1/Route 29 in Trenton, NJ.  NB ramp backs up all the time, onto the toll bridge.

U.S. 1/I-95/I-295 in Lawrenceville, NJ, especially in the evenings going south . . .

I second (and third!) the I-95/Pa. Turnpike connections, or lack thereof.

[njroadhorse]

The I-287/I-80 junction

[golden eagle]

I-459 @ US 280 Birmingham, AL

Is that the Riverchase Galleria exit?

[jdb1234]

Quote:
Is that the Riverchase Galleria exit?

No, the Riverchase Galleria is at Exit 13A-B.  US 280 meets I-459 at Exit 19.

[UptownRoadGeek]

add I-10 east @ Mall of Louisiana.  It looks like some cheap imitation of Texas construction work.  Also, whoever decided to make feeder traffic yield to exiting traffic must have forgotten that yield means speed up in Louisiana. I'm surprised no one has been hurt up there.

[Mr_Northside]

As a matter of safety, here in Da Burgh, the interchange I think I loathe the most is the ramp from the end of PA-65 (Ohio River Blvd) to I-279 North.  It's a left-sided ramp that ends pretty quick, and the curve of I-279 from the Ft. Duquense Bridge makes it difficult to determine what traffic you may have to yield to until your almost out of ramp.
What makes it even worse is, at least 99% of the time, I'm headed to PA-28 north, a right-handed exit from I-279 right after you merge into the left lane of I-279.

It creates a situation where you want to get onto I-279 from the O.R.B. ramp at a good speed to be able to get across both lanes of 279 to get to the Rt.28 ramp.... but if there is too much traffic in the left lane of I-279 to safely merge, you have to come to a stop in a BIG hurry.

[WISFreeways]

I-70/I-170 near St. Louis. You have to switch FIVE lanes in order to get on SB 170 from WB 70.

[wytout]

Exit 30 on I-91 SB in Hartford CT, to I-84/US6 EB.

Very tight left hander that empties onto 84 already partially on the Bulkley bridge, plenty of crash barrels in the V that get replaced quite often.

The best part is that the exit empties onto an exit-only lane on 84 for US 44, and the next lane immediately to the left is an Exit-only to Route 2.  So once you use the exit ramp to get onto 84, if you want to stay on 84 you have to merge at least 2 times to the left by the time you get over the Bulkley Bridge to get out of Exit only lanes.

Additionally at rush hour, it's very underpowered.  It's short and backs up the left lane of the only two southbound pull through lanes on 91 through that part of hartford.

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[Bryant5493]

I dislike the whole set-up for I-85 @ Virginia Ave. Va. Ave. to I-85 South exits pretty much immediately into the Atlanta Airport. Va. Ave. to I-85 North does the same, but into N. Central Ave. Travelers wishing to go north on I-85 from the Atlanta Airport must merge left to continue north, and travelers on I-85 North wishing to exit on Va. Ave. East, must merge right to go east on Va. Ave.

Update to my previous post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu0hh7eizSo


Be well,

Bryant

[OracleUsr]

The junction of I-40 and I-77 in my town of Statesville is horrible.  It's a narrow bridge, so, for instance, if you take I-77 North to I-40 West, you have to fight the I-40 West traffic trying to exit on to I-77 South...and that's headed to Charlotte, so you have to pray someone doesn't speed up and try to cut you off then slow down.  They're planning to revamp this interchange and I hope they do.

Dishonorable mention is the twin left-exits on I-40 at I-240/26.  Who thought that one up should have their PE licenses revoked.

Then there is the soon-to-be upgraded NC 150 multiplex at I-85 in Spencer.  To stay on NC 150W, you have to exit on to I-85 south, then dart across the lanes to take a left exit...DUM DA DUM DUM DUMB!!!!

Or how about I-40 East to Business I-85???  Yeah, great, a sharp, steep curve to a short accel lane fighting traffic getting onto Rehobeth Ch. Road...Here's your sign...(shows a certain finger) and a POST TO HANG IT ON

[TheStranger]

Surprised I didn't remember this one earlier...the short merge lane from the ramp from US 101 southbound to I-80 northbound (the interchange where 101 transitions from the Bayshore/James Lick Freeway to the Central Freeway) in San Francisco is painful to look at!

[agentsteel53]

speaking of 101 in San Francisco, where northbound 101 randomly turns into a city street is pretty horrific too.

(especially because the first time I drove it, I was looking for a freeway continuation and was convinced, almost to the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge, that I had taken a wrong turn somewhere!)

[TheStranger]

agentsteel53 - I wonder if the transition from freeway to city street was much less difficult to figure out when the Central Freeway went to Turk Street (pre-1989)...I've always wanted to see photos of that long-defunct section of road and its signage and don't think I ever really have.

[yakra]

So once you use the exit ramp to get onto 84, if you want to stay on 84 you have to merge at least 2 times to the left by the time you get over the Bulkley Bridge to get out of Exit only lanes.

Sounds like northbound ME26 merging onto I-295, when you want to continue on 295 rather than 26. Hate!
I also hate I-295 exits 5 and 6, pedal to the floor (brake if exiting, accel. if entering) with about a centimeter of weave room to adjust your speed. And I hate all the schmuckolas who think it's a good idea to come to a complete stop before entering the freeway, even if they have their own (short) auxiliary lane. As if merging into thick 50 MPH minimum traffic from standstill is a good idea.
It's posted YIELD, not STOP. I've said it before and I'll say it again - 295 is not the Merritt Parkway.
Whew. I feel better now.

[Brandon]

Tight exit ramps don't bother me as much, but underpowered ones do.  They're more dangerous IMHO because they cause traffic to back up onto the freeway.  My personal candidate for worst exit ramp would have to be I-55 and Weber Road (Exit 263).  It was widened to a two lane exit ramp southbound with an exit only lane, and it still backs up onto I-55 during the evening rush.  What causes this?  Three separate traffic signals, one is a road near the interchange, and two are for this underpowered diamond.  Thus, traffic turning gets caught by the signals. 
IDOT's been told to improve the situation, and all they've done is to lengthen the left turn lanes from Weber onto I-55.  Yeah, that worked well.  Now the choke point is even closer to the ramps. 

[OracleUsr]

Portland is a gorgeous city on Casco Bay, but I have had similar experiences on I-295.  For instance, I could never figure out how to get to ME 77 to Cape Elizabeth from I-295N.  One mileage sign mentioned it, then nothing.  I got to Falmouth and had to turn back.

[wytout]

So once you use the exit ramp to get onto 84, if you want to stay on 84 you have to merge at least 2 times to the left by the time you get over the Bulkley Bridge to get out of Exit only lanes.

Sounds like northbound ME26 merging onto I-295, when you want to continue on 295 rather than 26. Hate!
I also hate I-295 exits 5 and 6, pedal to the floor (brake if exiting, accel. if entering) with about a centimeter of weave room to adjust your speed. And I hate all the schmuckolas who think it's a good idea to come to a complete stop before entering the freeway, even if they have their own (short) auxiliary lane. As if merging into thick 50 MPH minimum traffic from standstill is a good idea.
It's posted YIELD, not STOP. I've said it before and I'll say it again - 295 is not the Merritt Parkway.
Whew. I feel better now.

Very few things on earth are the Merritt   Ahh the things that road can get away with and be called charming!    Anywhere else... it's a major design flaw.