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Five highways you want to drive in your lifetime

Started by planxtymcgillicuddy, July 05, 2021, 04:49:39 PM

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planxtymcgillicuddy

Simple enough question: What five highways do you want to drive in your lifetime? For me:

-Blue Ridge Parkway in its entirety

-I-95 in its entirety

-US 6/50 through Nevada

-I-40 in its entirety

-I-90 in its entirety
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silverback1065


Max Rockatansky

What comes to mind off the top of my head.  I'm equally inclined to try some of these on a mountain bike, OHV vehicle or just plain old hiking:

1.  The Yungas Road
2.  Highway 1 Australia
3.  The Trans-Siberian Highway
4.  The Trans-Canada Highway
5.  Black Bear Pass Road

Max Rockatansky

Some of my wish list just for California which I haven't done yet:

-  The Bradshaw Trail
-  Titus Canyon Road
-  The entirety of White Mountain Road
-  Rock Creek Road
-  Mendocino Pass Road

Scott5114

Quote from: silverback1065 on July 05, 2021, 04:54:30 PM
What's so special about i-40?

Pixel 5



It's probably among the more interesting of the x0s. Actually makes it to coastal states on both ends, unlike 20 or 30, probably more interesting scenery than 10 or 80, doesn't send you through the congested northeast like 90. I want to clinch it sometime too (I'm a little over halfway there at this point).
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Bruce

The entire Alaska/Alcan Highway, plus the Dalton Highway to the north edge of the continent.

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: Scott5114 on July 05, 2021, 05:15:36 PM
Quote from: silverback1065 on July 05, 2021, 04:54:30 PM
What's so special about i-40?

Pixel 5



It's probably among the more interesting of the x0s. Actually makes it to coastal states on both ends, unlike 20 or 30, probably more interesting scenery than 10 or 80, doesn't send you through the congested northeast like 90. I want to clinch it sometime too (I'm a little over halfway there at this point).

I finished I-40 a couple years back.  I like the scenery in places like the Colorado Plateau and Mojave Desert quite a bit.  It's still hard to take I-40 over more scenic stuff like National Old Trails Road, Oatman Highway and AZ 66.

sprjus4


wanderer2575

Natchez Trace Parkway

US-83 (called "The Road to Nowhere" in Jamie Jensen's Road Trip USA)

New Jersey Turnpike

US-101 in Oregon and Washington

Trans-Canada Highway

thspfc

United States:

- Clinch US-20
- I-17
- I-5
- I-95 (already driven a little bit of it in Florida but I want to drive it in the Northeast/Mid Atlantic)
- I-376

Outside of the United States:

- BC-99
- Ontario 401
- German autobahns

thspfc


sprjus4

Quote from: thspfc on July 05, 2021, 05:55:02 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on July 05, 2021, 05:46:13 PM
I-70 and I-170 in Baltimore  :bigass:
No such thing.  :awesomeface:
Well, technically, I've driven on I-170. The completed part, anyways.

JayhawkCO

I'll stick with just North American countries for this exercise.

1. Dempster Highway
2. Apache Trail
3. Hana Highway
4. Cabot Trail
5. Viking Trail

Chris

TheHighwayMan3561

All of these except CA 1 I've driven varying portions of.

CA 1
US 50
US 101
US 212
US 16
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xcellntbuy

#14
CA 1 entire length
US 101 entire length
Interstate 80 from San Francisco to Omaha
Interstate 5 from border to border
Interstate 15 from San Diego to the Canadian border

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: xcellntbuy on July 05, 2021, 06:23:16 PM
CA 1 entire length
US 101 entire length
Interstate 80 from San Francisco to Denver
Interstate 5 from border to border
Interstate 15 from San Diego to the Canadian border

Skip I-5, the Central Valley segment is basically unbearable and a snooze fest. Go for something more worth it like US 395. 

CNGL-Leudimin

I-366
The Hypotenuse
Whichever highway goes (and doesn't go) to Alanland
Highway to Hell
Rainbow Road

Now seriously:
CL-101 + CM-101, as an alternate way to Madrid. I started that a few days ago.
Former N618 in France, especially between Laruns and Arreau (a day trip for me, has several mythical Tour de France passes: Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin).
B180 south of Aschersleben, Saxony Anhalt, Germany just to stop on that food truck bus along the way (Yes, a food bus).
Interstates of the USA
Expressways of China
Supporter of the construction of several running gags, including I-366 with a speed limit of 85 mph (137 km/h) and the Hypotenuse.

Please note that I may mention "invalid" FM channels, i.e. ending in an even number or down to 87.5. These are valid in Europe.

NWI_Irish96

17 mile drive
Overseas Hwy
Blue Ridge Pkwy
HI 360
AK 3
Indiana: counties 100%, highways 100%
Illinois: counties 100%, highways 61%
Michigan: counties 100%, highways 56%
Wisconsin: counties 86%, highways 23%

Ned Weasel

All of the following in their entirety (note that I've already driven parts of some of them):

US 1 in New Jersey
US 9 in New Jersey
US 24 in Michigan
US 1 south of Miami, Florida
US 101
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jeffandnicole

Quote from: thspfc on July 05, 2021, 05:54:23 PM
United States:
...
- I-95 (already driven a little bit of it in Florida but I want to drive it in the Northeast/Mid Atlantic)

To do it right, go from Boston to DC (or vice versa) during a weekday. Sit in congestion like a local.

hbelkins

In no particular order:

US 60, end-to-end (I have from near the OK/MO border to its eastern terminus in Virginia Beach).

US 50, end-to-end (I have from near the KS/MO border to its eastern terminus in Maryland, and other bits in Kansas and Colorado.)

Moki Dugway (probably getting this one next month)

US 23, end to end (I have from I-985 to Ann Arbor).

I'll have to think about the fifth one.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

US 41

In no particular order:

- Transpeninsular Highway (MEX-1 in Baja California)- will complete that this winter if all goes as planned
- Alaska Highway
- Trans-Labrador Highway to Newfoundland from Quebec
- MEX 180 from Matamoros to Cancun

- Autopista Mazatlan - Durango (MEX-40D)- Completed in NOV 2017

Overall my goal is to drive in every US state, except Hawaii; every Canadian province and territory, except Nunavut; and every Mexican estado. I hate flying, and I don't ever plan on ever getting on a plane again.
Visited States and Provinces:
USA (48)= All of Lower 48
Canada (5)= NB, NS, ON, PEI, QC
Mexico (9)= BCN, BCS, CHIH, COAH, DGO, NL, SON, SIN, TAM

CoreySamson

In no particular order:

- All of I-10
- I-635 TEXpress Lanes
- All of I-40
- I-376 approach into Pittsburgh
- I-70 in Colorado

Bonus would be Going-To-The-Sun Road in Glacier National Park.
Buc-ee's and QuikTrip fanboy. Clincher of FM roads. Proponent of the TX U-turn.

My Route Log
My Clinches

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HighwayStar

Blue Ridge Parkway
US 1
US 40
US 66
Garden State Parkway

And for extra credit
I-70 from the Baltimore Beltway into Baltimore
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Rothman

Dalton Hwy
The Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Hwy
Trying to clinch all the Interstates, so that covers the rest.
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