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Crappiest Condition Freeway

Started by Avalanchez71, June 08, 2021, 03:49:58 PM

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Rothman

Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.


mgk920

A few years ago Big Rig Steve drove westbound on I-20 through Shreveport, LA, resulting in most of the stuff in the cab of his truck being well shaken and stirred.

Back in the mid-1990s, I was roadtripping in the Denver, CO area and was struck by how bad the freeways were due to rutting wear from studded tires.  Worst was I-270 where the rutting was so deep that the concrete was breaking through in some stretches.

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Avalanchez71

I can recall the section of I-70 between Saint Louis and Kansas City to be like driving down a washboard road.  It was awful.

Henry

For Chicago, it was the Eisenhower Expressway. Going through some of the roughest West Side neighborhoods, it looked the part as well. Thankfully, the Circle Interchange reconstruction project is a start.
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jemacedo9

Quote from: Crown Victoria on June 08, 2021, 11:21:15 PM
Quote from: ctkatz on June 08, 2021, 07:01:47 PM
penna turnpike.  pick any segment.  this is actually worse due to the extravagant tolls you pay to drive the thing.

The high tolls notwithstanding, the PA Turnpike is actually not all that bad. The PTC does a halfway decent job maintaining the roadways and the reconstructed segments are in great condition.

Over on the PennDOT side of things...there are segments of I-78 that are absolutely awful, with the part between the Berks/Lehigh line and the US 22 split being the worst. 

Just about every freeway in SE PA excluding the PA Turnpike sections. 
The US 202 freeway in the Great Valley area, because it was recently widened, isn't too bad.  And I haven't been on PA 309 in a while. And I-95 in Delaware County is being rehabbed. Otherwise...


Roadgeekteen

I-480 in San Francisco. So crappy they tore it down.
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ethanhopkin14

SH-130 south of Austin, around Lockhart.  The road is so "hilly" (buckling of pavement) combined with the 85 mph speed limit, in the right (wrong) vehicle you could literally fly off the thing!

Occidental Tourist

I-40 between Needles and Kingman

skluth

Quote from: Avalanchez71 on June 09, 2021, 07:08:28 AM
I can recall the section of I-70 between Saint Louis and Kansas City to be like driving down a washboard road.  It was awful.
Some sections aren't bad. I swear others haven't been resurfaced since it was first built in the 70's.

ET21

I-55 IL from I-80 to Weber Road. Chunks of that were ricocheted off truck tires ahead of me and punctured my front bumper twice. Looks like I have bullet holes
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MN: I-90

1995hoo

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Quote from: sprjus4 on June 08, 2021, 06:15:44 PM
I-95 in South Carolina definitely had some rough areas when I drove through a few months ago. North Carolina and Georgia sides were notably in much better condition.

Heh, we just drove the full length of I-95 northbound through South Carolina on Monday and Tuesday and my wife noted the same thing as to several issues: (1) Very abrasive and noisy pavement; (2) Surprising number of small potholes; (3) The right lane has a lot of poorly-done concrete repair panels that themselves are cracked; (4) A fair amount of dips in the pavement, particularly in the right lane (probably due in no small part to heavy truck traffic concentrated in the right lane).

To me the biggest thing of note was the abrasive and noisy pavement. It wears on you when you've already been driving for most of the day. I did note, however, that there seemed to be less road spray in the rain than there is on the smoother pavement in the other states.


(Edited because I realized I had the days wrong–we stopped for the night near Florence–and to add the comment about the rain.)
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kphoger

Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Roadgeekteen

God-emperor of Alanland, king of all the goats and goat-like creatures

Current Interstate map I am making:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en&mid=1PEDVyNb1skhnkPkgXi8JMaaudM2zI-Y&ll=29.05778059819179%2C-82.48856825&z=5

kphoger

Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Roadgeekteen

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:13:43 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:06:58 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 11:10:57 AM
Here's the worst one I use:

https://goo.gl/maps/8BW7VQ4rrHgHarc66
https://goo.gl/maps/iKDbcTLQY1EA47x88
https://goo.gl/maps/QTKNions1cjwu2mt5

So glad my toll money is going to good use!   :rolleyes:

None of those are freeways.

All three of those are examples from the same freeway.
I looked at it. That has to be the first dirt freeway I have ever seen.
God-emperor of Alanland, king of all the goats and goat-like creatures

Current Interstate map I am making:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en&mid=1PEDVyNb1skhnkPkgXi8JMaaudM2zI-Y&ll=29.05778059819179%2C-82.48856825&z=5

kphoger

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:15:33 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:13:43 PM

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:06:58 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 11:10:57 AM
Here's the worst one I use:

https://goo.gl/maps/8BW7VQ4rrHgHarc66
https://goo.gl/maps/iKDbcTLQY1EA47x88
https://goo.gl/maps/QTKNions1cjwu2mt5

So glad my toll money is going to good use!   :rolleyes:

None of those are freeways.

All three of those are examples from the same freeway.

I looked at it. That has to be the first dirt freeway I have ever seen.

What are you talking about?  Those links go to an asphalt divided toll road.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Roadgeekteen

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:17:34 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:15:33 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:13:43 PM

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:06:58 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 11:10:57 AM
Here's the worst one I use:

https://goo.gl/maps/8BW7VQ4rrHgHarc66
https://goo.gl/maps/iKDbcTLQY1EA47x88
https://goo.gl/maps/QTKNions1cjwu2mt5

So glad my toll money is going to good use!   :rolleyes:

None of those are freeways.

All three of those are examples from the same freeway.

I looked at it. That has to be the first dirt freeway I have ever seen.

What are you talking about?  Those links go to an asphalt divided toll road.
Well not dirt, but certainly not like anything I've seen in America.
God-emperor of Alanland, king of all the goats and goat-like creatures

Current Interstate map I am making:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en&mid=1PEDVyNb1skhnkPkgXi8JMaaudM2zI-Y&ll=29.05778059819179%2C-82.48856825&z=5

kphoger

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:19:01 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:17:34 PM

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:15:33 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:13:43 PM

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:06:58 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 11:10:57 AM
Here's the worst one I use:

https://goo.gl/maps/8BW7VQ4rrHgHarc66
https://goo.gl/maps/iKDbcTLQY1EA47x88
https://goo.gl/maps/QTKNions1cjwu2mt5

So glad my toll money is going to good use!   :rolleyes:

None of those are freeways.

All three of those are examples from the same freeway.

I looked at it. That has to be the first dirt freeway I have ever seen.

What are you talking about?  Those links go to an asphalt divided toll road.

Well not dirt, but certainly not like anything I've seen in America.

Yeah.  It's a freeway in crappy condition–one that I use every so often.
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

kphoger

FWIW, the highway I linked to is frequently the butt of editorials for its poor condition.  Reporters are fond of pointing out that the free road is generally in better condition than the parallel toll road.

From a December article about that highway:

Quote from: Periódico La Voz – Aumentan 4% la Tarifa de Autopista – 22-DEC-2021 (translated by Google)
With this undeserved increase, the cost for each kilometer traveled is 2 pesos 07 cents, for a "highway" that has been managed for more than 20 years by "Supercarreteras del Norte", a company that is not capable of providing a service online billing or customer service, and to top it all off the counter billing is constantly interrupted by "system crashes".

The road also has asphalt in poor condition, which has caused countless accidents this year, in addition to not having signage, lighting or emergency telephones as provided by other highways that are up to 50% cheaper.

[...]

The 4% increase was also made effective for excess axles, trucks with up to 4, 6.7 and 9 axles, which seems like a new abuse, taking into account the bad state of the road.

("Countless accidents" due to the asphalt being in poor condition?  I seriously doubt that.)
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

sprjus4

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:19:01 PM
Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:17:34 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:15:33 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:13:43 PM

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:06:58 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 11:10:57 AM
Here's the worst one I use:

https://goo.gl/maps/8BW7VQ4rrHgHarc66
https://goo.gl/maps/iKDbcTLQY1EA47x88
https://goo.gl/maps/QTKNions1cjwu2mt5

So glad my toll money is going to good use!   :rolleyes:

None of those are freeways.

All three of those are examples from the same freeway.

I looked at it. That has to be the first dirt freeway I have ever seen.

What are you talking about?  Those links go to an asphalt divided toll road.
Well not dirt, but certainly not like anything I've seen in America.
Roads in Mexico aren't the same as in the United States  :-o

jakeroot

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 11:10:57 AM
Here's the worst one I use:

https://goo.gl/maps/8BW7VQ4rrHgHarc66
https://goo.gl/maps/iKDbcTLQY1EA47x88
https://goo.gl/maps/QTKNions1cjwu2mt5

So glad my toll money is going to good use!   :rolleyes:

I don't think there's any way to beat this. Unless there's actually a dirt freeway somewhere!

Roadgeekteen

God-emperor of Alanland, king of all the goats and goat-like creatures

Current Interstate map I am making:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en&mid=1PEDVyNb1skhnkPkgXi8JMaaudM2zI-Y&ll=29.05778059819179%2C-82.48856825&z=5

kphoger

Quote from: sprjus4 on June 10, 2021, 12:36:51 PM

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:19:01 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:17:34 PM

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:15:33 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:13:43 PM

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:06:58 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 11:10:57 AM
Here's the worst one I use:

https://goo.gl/maps/8BW7VQ4rrHgHarc66
https://goo.gl/maps/iKDbcTLQY1EA47x88
https://goo.gl/maps/QTKNions1cjwu2mt5

So glad my toll money is going to good use!   :rolleyes:

None of those are freeways.

All three of those are examples from the same freeway.

I looked at it. That has to be the first dirt freeway I have ever seen.

What are you talking about?  Those links go to an asphalt divided toll road.

Well not dirt, but certainly not like anything I've seen in America.

Roads in Mexico aren't the same as in the United States  :-o

There are plenty of excellent freeways in Mexico.  Here are some I've personally had the pleasure to drive on:

https://goo.gl/maps/999243meojZJRZPt7
https://goo.gl/maps/GrgtaAznGZMhk8JC7
https://goo.gl/maps/oTJPZkVvtY8GT9Rv9
https://goo.gl/maps/9t1gfTQzJUDgyAbV7
https://goo.gl/maps/vwVTrRqVz5Ngr5zS8
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Roadgeekteen

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 01:18:01 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on June 10, 2021, 12:36:51 PM

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:19:01 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:17:34 PM

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:15:33 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 12:13:43 PM

Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 10, 2021, 12:06:58 PM

Quote from: kphoger on June 10, 2021, 11:10:57 AM
Here's the worst one I use:

https://goo.gl/maps/8BW7VQ4rrHgHarc66
https://goo.gl/maps/iKDbcTLQY1EA47x88
https://goo.gl/maps/QTKNions1cjwu2mt5

So glad my toll money is going to good use!   :rolleyes:

None of those are freeways.

All three of those are examples from the same freeway.

I looked at it. That has to be the first dirt freeway I have ever seen.

What are you talking about?  Those links go to an asphalt divided toll road.

Well not dirt, but certainly not like anything I've seen in America.

Roads in Mexico aren't the same as in the United States  :-o

There are plenty of excellent freeways in Mexico.  Here are some I've personally had the pleasure to drive on:

https://goo.gl/maps/999243meojZJRZPt7
https://goo.gl/maps/GrgtaAznGZMhk8JC7
https://goo.gl/maps/oTJPZkVvtY8GT9Rv9
https://goo.gl/maps/9t1gfTQzJUDgyAbV7
https://goo.gl/maps/vwVTrRqVz5Ngr5zS8
The 3rd and 4th one of those seem magnificent.
God-emperor of Alanland, king of all the goats and goat-like creatures

Current Interstate map I am making:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?hl=en&mid=1PEDVyNb1skhnkPkgXi8JMaaudM2zI-Y&ll=29.05778059819179%2C-82.48856825&z=5



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