The Most Hated Freeway in Each City

[andrepoiy]

I can nominate the Don Valley Parkway for Toronto

It has 6 lanes, but 4 when it gets downtown.

It was supposed to just carry traffic from the north, with traffic from the west going on the Spadina Expy or 400 Extension, traffic from the east going on the Scarborough Expressway...

Well, nope, all of that goes down the DVP (and some commuter trains) since the others were cancelled. It's jammed up every day in the peak direction. Also one part is always jammed up no matter if it's rush or not (just south of 401 interchange where 2 lanes from each incoming ramp (401 east, 401 west, 404) has to merge into just 3 lanes)

Although it's not really as outdated as some others, the NB acceleration lanes near the downtown entrances are really short

[US20IL64]

The old, old, old section of I-290/Ike Expressway* in near west burbs of Chicago, with skinny merges. Waiting for "funding" to add 4 toll lane. In city limits, it's 4 lanes each way, since 1956.

*Freeways are in CA jk, 

[kernals12]

The old, old, old section of I-290/Ike Expressway* in near west burbs of Chicago, with skinny merges. Waiting for "funding" to add 4 toll lane. In city limits, it's 4 lanes each way, since 1956.

*Freeways are in CA jk, 

Also, left hand exits and entrances

[kernals12]

I think the LIE gets the most complaints because of the prominence of the people using it to get to Manhattan but I-95 from the GW Bridge to Bridgeport, CT is definitely a close second. In the 90s, some seriously suggested putting a second deck on the Connecticut Turnpike.

[hotdogPi]

I think the LIE gets the most complaints because of the prominence of the people using it to get to Manhattan but I-95 from the GW Bridge to Bridgeport, CT is definitely a close second. In the 90s, some seriously suggested putting a second deck on the Connecticut Turnpike.

I-895 was hated enough that it got removed.

[kernals12]

I think the LIE gets the most complaints because of the prominence of the people using it to get to Manhattan but I-95 from the GW Bridge to Bridgeport, CT is definitely a close second. In the 90s, some seriously suggested putting a second deck on the Connecticut Turnpike.

I-895 was hated enough that it got removed.

Which 895?

[hotdogPi]

I think the LIE gets the most complaints because of the prominence of the people using it to get to Manhattan but I-95 from the GW Bridge to Bridgeport, CT is definitely a close second. In the 90s, some seriously suggested putting a second deck on the Connecticut Turnpike.

I-895 was hated enough that it got removed.

Which 895?

The one in New York. You were just talking about New York.

[US20IL64]

I think the LIE gets the most complaints because of the prominence of the people using it to get to Manhattan but I-95 from the GW Bridge to Bridgeport, CT is definitely a close second. In the 90s, some seriously suggested putting a second deck on the Connecticut Turnpike.

And NYC region calls limited access roads, ''Expressways'', too, [not LA-LA Land freeway]      jk!

[dvferyance]

The Park East Freeway oh wait it's gone that is how hated it was I guess.

[Billy F 1988]

Being from Missoula, I vouch for US 93. By way of segmenting this, the Flathead segment between Eureka and Kalispell is eh meh. It's okay at times so long as 'ya don't drive like a damn dummy like some in the Mission segment between Kalispell and Polson tend to do. The Evaro/Wye segment of 93 is where people seem to think they can bomb their way up and down that stretch. The Reserve Street/Bitterroot segment of 93 is where you may find a handful of ne'er-do-well's here and there. That ties in to this bumper sticker moniker of "Pray for Me - I'm on Highway 93" that's been its very identity for years even as the Bitterroot segment of 93 was converted to four lanes.

[HighwayStar]

Being from Missoula, I vouch for US 93. By way of segmenting this, the Flathead segment between Eureka and Kalispell is eh meh. It's okay at times so long as 'ya don't drive like a damn dummy like some in the Mission segment between Kalispell and Polson tend to do. The Evaro/Wye segment of 93 is where people seem to think they can bomb their way up and down that stretch. The Reserve Street/Bitterroot segment of 93 is where you may find a handful of ne'er-do-well's here and there. That ties in to this bumper sticker moniker of "Pray for Me - I'm on Highway 93" that's been its very identity for years even as the Bitterroot segment of 93 was converted to four lanes.

US 93 as reserve street was also poorly designed and handled, with no grid of parallel streets to shift any traffic its a perpetual hell navigating that thing, worse than the main streets in some much larger cities.

[thenetwork]

CLEVELAND:  As for the age factor, it would have to be I-77 between I-480 and I-490.  6-lanes and little shoulders crammed into what used to be a 4-laned US-21 Willow Freeway (built in the 40s -- 3rd laned since the 70s).

As far as overall most hated freeway ‐‐ I-480 between I-77 and I-271.  Most of the east/southeast side residents use that road that is either a Speedway or a parking lot.


And since you asked for a city's most HATED freeway:

ERIE, PA:  I-90, whose unnecessary "urban area" (!?!???) 55-MPH speed limit zone occupies over HALF of the interstate's mileage in Pennsylvania. 

And the question for decades has been...WHY???

[mrcmc888]

Residents of Wilmington don't tend to complain about freeways too much, but my vote would go to the Newport Freeway.  Substandard, narrow-shouldered, and it's always under construction in one form or the other.

[Chrysler375Freeway]

Interstate 275 in Tampa, for sure.

[Flint1979]

I hate I-94 from about the western terminus of M-14 all the way to 23 Mile Road.

[bwana39]

I don't live there, but from visits to Austin, is it a safe assumption that I-35 wins this title?

Yes. Horrendous traffic all day on a summer Saturday when I visited in 2019. Even really busy at 9 PM at night.

Houston would likely be the Pierce Elevated.

Baton Rouge would be I-10 between I-110 and I-12.

Why the Pierce Elevated? From a traffic perspective it moves pretty well. I think the hate is from the perspective of urbanists that want it gone.  610 is clearly more congested as are the Gulf, Eastex, and Southwest Freeways.

[bwana39]

I don't live there, but from visits to Austin, is it a safe assumption that I-35 wins this title?

Yes. Horrendous traffic all day on a summer Saturday when I visited in 2019. Even really busy at 9 PM at night.

Houston would likely be the Pierce Elevated.

Baton Rouge would be I-10 between I-110 and I-12.

35 is the easy winner for Austin. Houston's the West Loop, not the Pierce Elevated. Dallas historically was the Central Expressway, then LBJ north, but both are fairly good now after their respective reconstructions. I'm not sure what the winner now is.

In Dallas it is probably Stemmons especially from SH-183 on in . LBJ is still a mess east of Central Expressway.

https://abc13.com/houston-traffic-texas-most-congested-highways-roadway-in-texas-am-transportation-institute/8463669/

[hotdogPi]

I don't live there, but from visits to Austin, is it a safe assumption that I-35 wins this title?

Yes. Horrendous traffic all day on a summer Saturday when I visited in 2019. Even really busy at 9 PM at night.

Houston would likely be the Pierce Elevated.

Baton Rouge would be I-10 between I-110 and I-12.

35 is the easy winner for Austin. Houston's the West Loop, not the Pierce Elevated. Dallas historically was the Central Expressway, then LBJ north, but both are fairly good now after their respective reconstructions. I'm not sure what the winner now is.

In Dallas it is probably Stemmons especially from SH-183 on in . LBJ is still a mess east of Central Expressway.

https://abc13.com/houston-traffic-texas-most-congested-highways-roadway-in-texas-am-transportation-institute/8463669/

No, in Dallas, it's probably I-345. It's so hated that people want it gone.

[bwana39]

I don't live there, but from visits to Austin, is it a safe assumption that I-35 wins this title?

Yes. Horrendous traffic all day on a summer Saturday when I visited in 2019. Even really busy at 9 PM at night.

Houston would likely be the Pierce Elevated.

Baton Rouge would be I-10 between I-110 and I-12.

35 is the easy winner for Austin. Houston's the West Loop, not the Pierce Elevated. Dallas historically was the Central Expressway, then LBJ north, but both are fairly good now after their respective reconstructions. I'm not sure what the winner now is.

In Dallas it is probably Stemmons especially from SH-183 on in . LBJ is still a mess east of Central Expressway.

https://abc13.com/houston-traffic-texas-most-congested-highways-roadway-in-texas-am-transportation-institute/8463669/

No, in Dallas, it's probably I-345. It's so hated that people want it gone.

I agree the urbanists seem to want it gone... It just means the dislike is more vocal and focused, not necessarily more people feel that way.

[Declan127]

NYC's a traffic hell, but I believe the most hated is the Cross Bronx (I-95)

[kernals12]

NYC's a traffic hell, but I believe the most hated is the Cross Bronx (I-95)

No way, the LIE was one of the first highways to be labelled "the world's longest parking lot"