What do you like on your section of road you've been on the most?

[Scott5114]

The crossover that nobody asked for!

When you've been on a segment of road over and over, how do you keep from getting bored of it? Is there anything about it you like that detracts from the monotony?

[Roadgeekteen]

Needham center on route 135 is charming and nice.

[Rothman]

A woman.

[Roadgeekteen]

A woman.

Female drivers?

[skluth]

I live in Palm Springs. I use I-10 through San Gorgonio/ Banning Pass any time I go to the Inland Empire or LA (at least a couple times/ month). It's pretty scenic. The two highest mountains in So Cal, each over 10K ft, flank the pass; I check the snow levels on each peak until they melt. There are windmill farms starting in Cabazon going east. I sometimes stop at the outlet malls in Cabazon. I'll watch the trains slogging their way up or down the pass. (The highest elevation is at Beaumont. It's all downhill going east from there until Indio.) The dinosaurs from Pee Wee's Big Adventure can be seen from the highway. The mountains along CA 111 remind me of the mountain where Buckaroo Banzai entered the 8th dimension. And if you go through the pass when the winds crank up, you won't be bored as they gust against your vehicle.

I-10 is the only driving option through the pass between Banning and CA 111. There are no realistic detours that won't take you 50 miles or more out of your way on winding, two-lane roads through the mountains.

[SkyPesos]

goats

[Tom958]

These guys here never get old. 

[Roadgeekteen]

goats

Road through a farm?

[epzik8]

I-95 in Maryland between the 895 merge and MD 24 has at least four lanes in each direction, express toll lanes that will soon be extended to MD 24, Clearview signs, enhanced mile markers, and the MDTA really just takes care of it a lot.

[Roadgeekteen]

For my interstate, it's the fact that it's 8 lanes.

[jp the roadgeek]

I like that finally, after almost 20 years after allowing for it in the state, that the speed limit was raised to 65.  There are plenty of other expressways that are 4 lanes and more urbanized that are 65, while this stretch sat at 55 despite having 6 lanes for almost all of its length and a more rural feel. 

[Roadgeekteen]

I like that finally, after almost 20 years after allowing for it in the state, that the speed limit was raised to 65.  There are plenty of other expressways that are 4 lanes and more urbanized that are 65, while this stretch sat at 55 despite having 6 lanes for almost all of its length and a more rural feel.

Which road?

[andrepoiy]

In the suburban city I live in, it actually is an amalgamation of several smaller towns that used to have their own "downtowns" and whatever. It's the same in neighbouring municipalities.

Because of that, there are two sections of this arterial that are a lot older, and thus, only 4 lanes wide with no turn lanes, and no room for further expansion without buying out properties. Thus, any vehicle making a left would hold up a lot of cars, and right-turning vehicles slow down that lane too.

I just find it interesting, because nobody would have envisioned the growth of this municipality to be this quick and nobody would have thought that this road would become this busy one day. The parts of the road linked below were widened to 4 lanes (the current state) back in the 70s (or earlier, no idea) and looking at aerial imagery, there was like no traffic at all.

One section:


Other section:

[Max Rockatansky]

I find running the actual common segments helps makes things I wouldn't notice before stand out.  I like gawking at cars and weird things people have with their homes.

[jp the roadgeek]

I like that finally, after almost 20 years after allowing for it in the state, that the speed limit was raised to 65.  There are plenty of other expressways that are 4 lanes and more urbanized that are 65, while this stretch sat at 55 despite having 6 lanes for almost all of its length and a more rural feel.

Which road?

I-84 between Waterbury and West Hartford (save for the CT 72 concurrency)

[zachary_amaryllis]

for me, its co-14. yeah, i drive it pretty much daily, and can do so more or less on autopilot. i live in the mountains, but to go school/work in town. so the last 15 miles of my commute is just bliss.

[jmacswimmer]

I-70 thru Frederick: a multi-year project to replace the bridges over South Street and widen I-70 to 6 lanes between exits 54 & 56 kept things interesting during my high school years when I was heading thru there daily (sometimes twice-daily).

[Ned Weasel]

I like this building: https://goo.gl/maps/7QVV8xkjEF7yPPUs8 , viewable from this section of road:

I-35 in Kansas between US 69/Overland Parkway and US 56/69/169/Shawnee Mission Parkway.

[JayhawkCO]

Mountain views.  They always look a little different re: snow, greenery, clouds, etc.

Chris

[Scott5114]

I like this building: https://goo.gl/maps/7QVV8xkjEF7yPPUs8 , viewable from this section of road:

I-35 in Kansas between US 69/Overland Parkway and US 56/69/169/Shawnee Mission Parkway.

That's got to be the nicest self-storage building I've ever seen. Around here they're these massive campuses of long, short metal buildings that are kind of eyesores.

[Flint1979]

I'm sure someone will mention an intersection with a roundabout. Around here they are rebuilding the I-75 and M-46 interchange. They went ahead and put roundabouts in just like an interchange 2 miles north of there at M-81 and people around here are complaining about it left and right. I have never seen so many stupid people not want to learn how to do something in my life than the people around Saginaw, Michigan.

[ET21]

How you can go from urban/suburban to the middle of a forest within a 15 minute drive

[Takumi]

Seeing if there are any raids going in Pokemon Go

[bing101]

Double deck section and complex interchanges as the East LA interchange or the MacArthur Maze in Oakland.

[EpicRoadways]

Crossing the Mississippi on the University Drive bridge in Saint Cloud. It probably isn't the road I've been on the absolute most, but it's definitely in the top 5. The view you get looking south towards the hydro dam and the Beaver Islands is spectacular- especially at sunset.