What do you think is the most scenic highway in your state?

Started by PNWRoadgeek, December 03, 2024, 10:50:17 PM

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achilles765

Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on December 12, 2024, 04:10:31 AM
Quote from: achilles765 on December 12, 2024, 03:16:22 AMWhile ive not been everywhere here in my state of Texas, I feel like Interstate 10, US 90, SH 16 may be some of our most scenic.
Interstate 10 is very underrated as far as a long distance route is concerned. While it's certainly no I-70 or I-80, it's incredibly diverse in Texas.
From the swampy wetlands between the Louisiana state line to Houston, the urban landscape of Houston, including the famous 26-lane stretch west of downtown, to the flat fields between Houston and San Antonio, the urban landscapes of San Antonio, with the two double decked stretches, then immediately outside San Antonio you get the gorgeous hill country which stretches for miles before slowly becoming desert. Then, the desert and mountains provide quite a stark contrast as you head toward El Paso, which is an underrated city in my opinion.
US 90 has some great scenery in the towns and rural areas too.

Loop 375 in El Paso is my answer for Texas.

Loop 375 is pretty gorgeous in spots.
US 281 is also rightfully many Texans' choice because it does have some nice views in hill country. But I love the desert and Mountain Views the most personally.
I love freeways and roads in any state but Texas will always be first in my heart


TheHighwayMan3561

MN:

TH 61
TH 16 from Lanesboro to La Crescent
TH 95 from I-94 to Taylors Falls

WI:

WIS 13 from Ashland to the 90-degree N/S turn west of Port Wing
I make Poiponen look smart

texaskdog


flan

Going by the entire length rather than picking an individual section, for Minnesota I would say former MN 249, now Houston CR 249. Although maybe 'highway' is a stretch—much of it is gravel, and even though it was at one point a state highway, it's now the only road maintained by Houston County that is specifically a County Road and not a County State-Aid Highway. For current state highways I would choose MN 61. If choosing individual sections, I'll agree with TheHighwayMan3561 and say MN 16 west of La Crescent, but extended to Preston, not just Lanesboro.

For North Dakota I'd love to pick Old ND 16 from Golva to Marmarth but alas, that section hasn't been a state highway in probably more than half a century. These days it's not even a county highway, just a minimum maintenance road. I suppose scenic highways are generally harder to maintain. I guess for full-length highway I'll say ND 73, for partial length ND 22 between Killdeer and ND 23.

boilerup25

New Jersey here, so I don't think "scenic" comes into mind when it comes to my state. That being said, I'll try pulling something here.

Entire highway length: NJ 94
Segment: NJ 23 north of I-287, NJ 36 between Long Branch and Highlands

NJ 94 takes the cake because of its route through rolling farmland and hills.
NJ 23 north of I-287 passes through multiple mountainous areas.
NJ 36 in that segment directly borders the Atlantic Ocean.



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