Favorite/least favorite segments of 2dis?

[Zeffy]

NOTE: Since "2di" is an ambiguous term, here it means "2-digit Interstate", not just a "2-digit" road.

The comments in the 2di rankings thread, specifically how I-95 south of Richmond in the Carolinas suck majorly, got me thinking - which segments of the primary Interstates are the best, and which ones are the worst? Of course, that's a matter of opinion, so which are your favorite segments of 2dis - and the ones you hate the most? Some factors to help you think about it would be scenery, traffic, ruralness, etc.

I'll start. Excuse the lack of my own input, because I've barely left this state.

Interstate 95

Favorite:

• Maryland - Through the Baltimore area
• Maryland/Virginia - Capital Beltway (yeah, call me crazy, but I really like that section for some reason)

Least Favorite:

• New Jersey - North of Exit 12 on the Turnpike. Protip: Don't ride with your windows down! 
• Delaware - The entire roadway (55 MPH speed limit? Seriously?)

[The Nature Boy]

Least Favorite (in no particular order)

- The New York Thruway from Angola to Albany - just a boring stretch with nothing interesting to see. West of Albany, you get the Berkshires and those are breath-taking.

- I-95 south of Richmond, VA through North and South Carolina, just a long, boring stretch filled with pine trees and not much else.

- The New Jersey Turnpike

Favorites

- I-89 from White River Junction to Burlington, Vermont. Just beautiful landscape, nothing like it on the east coast.

- I-89 from Concord, NH to Lebanon, NH is also beautiful but I like the above stretch more so I separated them.

- I-93 north of Concord, NH is also a beautiful stretch of interstate.


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As you can see, I'm partial to mountainous, sparsely traveled roads.

[TEG24601]

Least Favorite - I-94 from Billings to Fargo


Most Favorite - I-84 from Portland to Ontario

[pianocello]

Least favorite - I-74 between the Quad Cities and Peoria

Favorite - I-40 through the Smokies

[NE2]

Another clarification for the anals: '2DI' always includes one-digit Interstates.

[KG909]

Favorite I-15 through El Cajon in California.

No current least favorite.

[kkt]

I-5 favorite: Chuckanut Mountain section, Burlington to Bellingham WA.  Least favorite: Hm. Willamette Valley, I guess.  But if I'd been south of Tracy recently, it probably would be.

[JakeFromNewEngland]

Favorite:

The whole stretch of I-87 is one of my all time favorites. You get to see NYC, the Catskills, the Adirondacks, and so much more.

I-90/Mass Pike is another one of my favorite stretches, especially in the Berkshires and Boston.

I-91 between Hartford and Springfield is one of the most modern roads in CT and I always enjoy seeing it.

Least Favorite

I-95 between Branford and the RI border. It's literally nothing. The only excitement you get is in New London, but then it turns back to rural scenery.

I-95 through Providence can be hell sometimes. As much as I love urban freeways, I-95 through Providence is one of the worst. It's always full of traffic and you can be stuck in rush hour (this always happens when we go to the Cape) for a long period of time.

[briantroutman]

Favorite:
I'd have to give some thought to it–off the cuff, I'd probably say either
I-76 between roughly Blue Mountain and Donegal, or
I-80 from US 15 westward to about Clarion

Least Favorite:
No question or hesitation here–I-5 between CA 99 and I-580.

[oscar]

My favorite and least favorite 2di segments anywhere in the U.S. happen to both be on I-70:

Favorite:  I-70 through Colorado's Glenwood Canyon (honorable mention to I-70 in Utah through the San Rafael Swell west of Green River).

Least favorite:  I-70 in Pennsylvania west of New Stanton (dishonorable mentions to I-70 in PA through and south of Breezewood, and the Cross-Bronx Expy. segment of I-95 in New York City).

[TheCatalyst31]

Favorite: Probably I-64 from Beckley to Lewisburg, an underrated part of the Appalachians.

Least favorite: I-57 from Kankakee to Champaign, with a dishonorable mention for all the other dull, flat Midwestern interstates.

[cl94]

Favorites:
I-87
I-90 between I-787 and I-91. You get everything.
I-88 (NY)
I-77 between Charleston and the NC line

If we're including future Interstates, Future I-86 east of I-81 and Future I-99 (the US 15 segment)

Least favorite:
I-90 between Utica and the PA line. Little more than swamps, suburbs, and farms.
I-80 in PA. So many elevation changes but you see nothing more than trees.
Most of I-75 in Ohio. Boring as can be.

[Buck87]

Favorite: I-26 from Mars Hill, NC to Erwin, TN

Least Favorite: I-55 from Joliet to Bloomington

[SSOWorld]

Tops: I-70 in Western CO (particularly Glenwood Canyon), I-15 in AZ, I_15 in CA: after dark

Bottom: I-57 south of I-74, I-80 in NE, I-5 in in LA Metro, I-80 anywhere in CA.

[kurumi]

Favorite: H-3

Unfavorite: I-80, Pennsylvania

[jeffandnicole]

• Delaware - The entire roadway (55 MPH speed limit? Seriously?)

Hopefully by this summer that'll change!

[corco]

Favorites:
I-90 west of I-82
I-15 in AZ
I-90 from Spokane to Missoula

Least favorites:
I-84 in Idaho
I-76 in Colorado
I-70 from I-135 to Denver

[1995hoo]

Favorites:

• The Adirondack Northway portion of I-87 due primarily to scenery. I also like how you come down out of the mountains, hit Clinton County, and start seeing the bilingual signs–it tells you you're almost to Canada.
  
• I-85 between Salisbury and the I-40 split west of Durham (wide, good condition, fast road)
  
• I-68 (because it's not I-70/Pennsylvania Turnpike and because it's reasonably scenic)

Least favorites:

• I-81 between Roanoke and I-66 due mainly to the volume of truck traffic on a route with only two lanes per side–it causes a lot of very stupid driving by a lot of people.
  
• I-95 between New York City and New Haven (I hate it so much I just don't use it in favor of the Merritt/Wilbur Cross combination)
  
• I-70 from Hancock to Breezewood (speed limit too low, heavy volume, I-68 is nicer)
  
• I-95 in Prine George's County, Maryland (part of the Beltway; just a very dangerous road due to the people driving on it....I was on there earlier this afternoon and was reminded how much all the instance weaving in and out, lack of signals, tailgating, and general all-out aggressive driving makes for just a plain unpleasant experience)

[freebrickproductions]

Favorite: I-65 in Birmingham (I like the views of the metro area from I-65)
Least favorite: I-65 in Birmingham (traffic during rush-hour is a nightmare!) and I-65 in the Tennessee Valley (boring as a post)

[Kacie Jane]

I-5 favorite: Chuckanut Mountain section, Burlington to Bellingham WA.

Not going to disagree with you. But there are a couple of spots (particularly SB at around 188th and again at SR 516, NB at the east end of Fife before it curves back north) where on a clear day, the view of Mt. Rainier is literally jaw-dropping.

But since those are points and not segments, I'll go with yours. Though for the state as a whole, I'd put Snoqualmie Pass ever so slightly above it.

[Bickendan]

Favorite: I-5, Redding to Cottage Grove; I-84, Troutdale to US 730
Least favorite: I-80, Nevada, I-35/70, KCMO

[kkt]

I-5 favorite: Chuckanut Mountain section, Burlington to Bellingham WA.

Not going to disagree with you. But there are a couple of spots (particularly SB at around 188th and again at SR 516, NB at the east end of Fife before it curves back north) where on a clear day, the view of Mt. Rainier is literally jaw-dropping.

But since those are points and not segments, I'll go with yours. Though for the state as a whole, I'd put Snoqualmie Pass ever so slightly above it.

Snoqualmie Pass is very pretty, but the traffic is often quite heavy and acting squirrely -- too fast for snowy/foggy/heavy rain conditions, cutting in.  When conditions are good I agree with you though.

[mrose]

Favorite:

I-70 Silverthorne, CO - Vail, CO
I-25 Lone Tree, CO - Raton, NM
I-43 Port Washington, WI - Manitowoc, WI

Least favorite:

I-70 Limon, CO to Salina, KS
I-88 Silvis, IL - DeKalb, IL
I-76 Fort Morgan, CO - Julesburg, CO

I'll pit the eastern half of Colorado against any state in the union for "boring". Nebraska and Iowa get more grief, but I'd do both of those 1,000 times over the Limon - Goodland stretch of I-70. Western Illinois is also pretty bleak.

[dfwmapper]

Favorite: Anywhere with a lot of different views in a short distance or just general neat terrain is a favorite. I-70 from Denver west. I-15 through the Virgin River Gorge. I-8 through California and the first 25 or so miles of Arizona (ocean, mountains, sand dunes, and a wrong-way section, how does it get any better than that?). I-17 between Flagstaff and the outskirts of Phoenix. I-10 through Texas Canyon. I-10 through Hill Country west of San Antonio.

Least favorite: does "all of the midwest" count? I-40 west of Memphis too.

[vdeane]

- The New York Thruway from Angola to Albany - just a boring stretch with nothing interesting to see. West of Albany, you get the Berkshires and those are breath-taking.

You don't even like the part through the Mohawk Valley (which is west of Albany... the Berkshires are east of Albany).