The Final Stretch

BigMattFromTexas · July 18, 2009, 09:27:02 PM

What in yall opinions feel like the longest stretches but really aren't on road-trips? I have alot of em'.
Here they are:
US 87 - Eldorado, Tx to San Angelo
West Iowa 3 - I-35 till Clarion, Ia
More to come after i get my Texas map.
BigMatt

BigMattFromTexas · July 18, 2009, 10:35:13 PM

Okay so your in the car and you know you only have say 10 miles till your destination, but in the car it feels like hours. any easier for ya?
BigMatt

dislocatedkid · July 19, 2009, 06:48:37 AM

US-71 South from Blackduck, MN to Bemidji....ugh

Chris · July 19, 2009, 07:23:19 AM

Always the last 30 miles to home... because I've driven there numerous times and it's boring, and there isn't a freeway from the east and I have to pass through clogged towns the last 30 miles if I come from Germany.

Bryant5493 · July 19, 2009, 09:18:27 AM

I-20 east of Anniston to the Alabama-Georgia state line.
I-20 between Meridian and Tuscaloosa.

Be well,

Bryant

Hellfighter · July 19, 2009, 12:16:42 PM

The Seney Stretch in the UP. M-28 between M-77 and M-94. 25 Miles long and flat at 55 makes it feel more than twice the difference.

Duke87 · July 19, 2009, 02:09:14 PM

Quote from: BigMatt on July 18, 2009, 10:35:13 PM
Okay so your in the car and you know you only have say 10 miles till your destination, but in the car it feels like hours.

Sooo... the Cross Bronx, then?

njroadhorse · July 19, 2009, 04:29:07 PM

PA 512, PA 611, and NJ 94 between Bethlehem, PA and Newton, NJ

Alps · July 19, 2009, 05:12:17 PM

I-80 coming back from PA. Especially in PA, but also western Jersey, just drags on like the dickens.

mefailenglish · July 19, 2009, 06:23:43 PM

I-10 between Lake City and Jacksonville. That forest just seems to go on forever!

luokou · July 19, 2009, 08:27:56 PM

Any freeway in the Los Angeles/Orange County area. Not just because of the 24-hour traffic jams, but driving through such a sprawling sub/urban landscape feels like you're getting nowhere fast. This is especially true for I-5.

mightyace · July 19, 2009, 10:30:29 PM

When heading to my dad's house, the stretch of I-80 between the rest area east of the PA 880 exit and US 15. Since I'm usually traversing this at night, the beautiful trees just seems like a wall. The only break is the no-services, no-nothing Mile Run exit. Plus, blink and you'll miss it!

Bryant5493 · July 19, 2009, 11:05:45 PM

I-65 between Montgomery and Mobile. By the Ancients!

Be well,

Bryant

mightyace · July 19, 2009, 11:12:45 PM

Quote from: Bryant5493 on July 19, 2009, 11:05:45 PM
I-65 between Montgomery and Mobile. By the Ancients!

Be well,

Bryant

I'll second that.

The trees come right up to the highways so there's not much you can see!

Scott5114 · July 20, 2009, 04:26:32 AM

I-35 between Wichita and Emporia KS. Yes, the Flint Hills are lovely, but if you've been through them twice then they're just pretentiously dull. Add to the fact there is very little to read in the form of exit signs and you just get worn out. I always find myself staring at the mileposts mentally subtracting them from 127 (the exit number for the interchange where I-35 exits off the Kansas Turnpike and thus out of the Flint Hills).

jdb1234 · July 20, 2009, 10:44:06 PM

For me:

I-10 from Lake City to Pensacola

Florida's Turnpike from Orlando to Port St. Lucie

US 78/I-22 from Tupelo to Memphis

agentsteel53 · July 20, 2009, 11:09:41 PM

I-5 through the central valley gets awful long sometimes!

74/171FAN · July 20, 2009, 11:17:34 PM

US 501 from Conway to Myrtle Beach

Greybear · July 21, 2009, 12:14:13 AM

For me, going to my former home in Greenville, it was the stretch of I-30 Westbound from Sulphur Springs into Greenville itself.

When I drove to Little Rock to visit my grandparents, the stretch of I-30 Eastbound from Exit 106 (Old Military Road) to Exit 126 (County Line Road/Alexander) was the longest to me.

TheStranger · July 22, 2009, 06:48:18 PM

I-80 between Davis and West Sacramento - about 6 or 7 miles but seems like an eternity.

Hellfighter · July 22, 2009, 07:01:19 PM

Quote from: Bryant5493 on July 19, 2009, 11:05:45 PM
I-65 between Montgomery and Mobile. By the Ancients!

Be well,

Bryant

You're quite right about that. I was on that stretch years ago and it felt like an eternity.

corco · July 22, 2009, 07:04:19 PM

I-76 from E-470 to I-80.

I can't imagine a more boring two hours

BigMattFromTexas · July 22, 2009, 11:07:34 PM

Quote from: mightyace on July 19, 2009, 11:12:45 PM
Quote from: Bryant5493 on July 19, 2009, 11:05:45 PM
I-65 between Montgomery and Mobile. By the Ancients!

Be well,

Bryant

I'll second that.

The trees come right up to the highways so there's not much you can see!

I love when the trees are like right next to the highway

Mr_Northside · July 23, 2009, 10:37:36 AM

In my limited personal experience (meaning stretches I've dealt with), I'm gonna say I-71 between the southern junction of I-270 @ Columbus, until you get near the development in the Cincy metro area. (And if I find that to be quite tedious, I can just imagine how bored I'd be driving thru some of the Great Plains states)

It's been over a decade since I've been on it, but I recall I-90 between Erie & Buffalo to be fairly boring, once the novelty of being close to the lake wears off.

exit322 · July 23, 2009, 02:56:03 PM

Quote from: Mr_Northside on July 23, 2009, 10:37:36 AM
In my limited personal experience (meaning stretches I've dealt with), I'm gonna say I-71 between the southern junction of I-270 @ Columbus, until you get near the development in the Cincy metro area. (And if I find that to be quite tedious, I can just imagine how bored I'd be driving thru some of the Great Plains states)

It's been over a decade since I've been on it, but I recall I-90 between Erie & Buffalo to be fairly boring, once the novelty of being close to the lake wears off.

I tell you what, I've been on some of the roads on this list, and I-71 between Grove City and Kings Island is right up there on the "snoozefest." For the most part, I-71 between Polaris and Medina is pretty boring, too.

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