Your Favorite US Route

[KEK Inc.]

Personally love US-101.  I grew up in San Jose, and have practically lived within 150 miles of it all of my life. 

US-97 is a close second.  US-2 west of Waterville is amazing as well.  I thru-hiked the famous Enchantments last weekend (20 miles point to point; 6000' elev change), and it's crazy thinking this fantasy land is right next to US-97 and US-2.





(Baker can be seen in the distance from the top of Aasgard Pass)



(97 is barely seen on this screenshot below.  Blewitt pass is to the east; the Ingalls Creek trailhead seen is off of 97)

[Flint1979]

I already answered but I can say it's NOT US-23 especially the southern 90 miles in Michigan.

[stormwatch7721]

US 30 in Ohio is my favorite because of the scenery

[NWI_Irish96]

I already answered but I can say it's NOT US-23 especially the southern 90 miles in Michigan.

Any road that goes to Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

[Flint1979]

I already answered but I can say it's NOT US-23 especially the southern 90 miles in Michigan.

Any road that goes to Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

It's not Ann Arbor that's the problem it's that it's two lanes in each direction for the entire stretch and they have multiple sections where it goes down to one lane in each direction because of construction. Total headache and it should have been widened 30 years ago.

[NWI_Irish96]

I already answered but I can say it's NOT US-23 especially the southern 90 miles in Michigan.

Any road that goes to Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

It's not Ann Arbor that's the problem it's that it's two lanes in each direction for the entire stretch and they have multiple sections where it goes down to one lane in each direction because of construction. Total headache and it should have been widened 30 years ago.

That's not why Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

[Flint1979]

I already answered but I can say it's NOT US-23 especially the southern 90 miles in Michigan.

Any road that goes to Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

It's not Ann Arbor that's the problem it's that it's two lanes in each direction for the entire stretch and they have multiple sections where it goes down to one lane in each direction because of construction. Total headache and it should have been widened 30 years ago.

That's not why Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

Lol I never made it to Ann Arbor I only drove on it from Flint to Whitmore Lake.

[MinecraftNinja]

Mine is US-1.

[US20IL64]

Pure sentimental, 20, aka Lake St.

And if still commissioned, 66 

Others are:

US-41 Lake Shore Drive, and goes to Miami and Upper MI from Chicago
US-12 Rand Rd and others, goes east to DET and west to WA state,
US-60 in AZ, Grand Av and Superstition Fwy, vacations in winter

[bing101]

US-101 once you get away from San Francisco or Los Angeles then it's scenic.

[Rothman]

I already answered but I can say it's NOT US-23 especially the southern 90 miles in Michigan.

Any road that goes to Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

It's not Ann Arbor that's the problem it's that it's two lanes in each direction for the entire stretch and they have multiple sections where it goes down to one lane in each direction because of construction. Total headache and it should have been widened 30 years ago.

That's not why Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

Lol I never made it to Ann Arbor I only drove on it from Flint to Whitmore Lake.

The recent bridge hit hasn't helped US 23 in MI, either.

[Flint1979]

I already answered but I can say it's NOT US-23 especially the southern 90 miles in Michigan.

Any road that goes to Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

It's not Ann Arbor that's the problem it's that it's two lanes in each direction for the entire stretch and they have multiple sections where it goes down to one lane in each direction because of construction. Total headache and it should have been widened 30 years ago.

That's not why Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

Lol I never made it to Ann Arbor I only drove on it from Flint to Whitmore Lake.

The recent bridge hit hasn't helped US 23 in MI, either.

That's been reopened for about a week now.

[Rothman]

I already answered but I can say it's NOT US-23 especially the southern 90 miles in Michigan.

Any road that goes to Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

It's not Ann Arbor that's the problem it's that it's two lanes in each direction for the entire stretch and they have multiple sections where it goes down to one lane in each direction because of construction. Total headache and it should have been widened 30 years ago.

That's not why Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

Lol I never made it to Ann Arbor I only drove on it from Flint to Whitmore Lake.

The recent bridge hit hasn't helped US 23 in MI, either.

That's been reopened for about a week now.

Sounds like the reopening happened a little sooner than expected.

[Hobart]

I'm bored so I'm gonna chuck in my second favorite US route.

It's US-41, but only the two-lane part in Indiana between Terre Haute and Attica.

It is an extremely underrated road. My family goes to a covered bridge festival in that part of the state every year in October, and the fall colors continue to amaze us. Compared to the rest of the route, which encompasses Lake Shore Drive, the Tamiami Trail, and the road to Copper Harbor, the two-lane stretch in Indiana is quite the diamond in the rough, an overlooked section of an otherwise famous road.

Like US-52, it nails the small town American vibe, forming a main street through several towns. Sure it's rural, but it's a breath of fresh air when the rest of my driving takes place in the Chicago suburbs.

[Flint1979]

I already answered but I can say it's NOT US-23 especially the southern 90 miles in Michigan.

Any road that goes to Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

It's not Ann Arbor that's the problem it's that it's two lanes in each direction for the entire stretch and they have multiple sections where it goes down to one lane in each direction because of construction. Total headache and it should have been widened 30 years ago.

That's not why Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

Lol I never made it to Ann Arbor I only drove on it from Flint to Whitmore Lake.

The recent bridge hit hasn't helped US 23 in MI, either.

That's been reopened for about a week now.

Sounds like the reopening happened a little sooner than expected.

I had to go through there twice when it was closed and all I did was got off an exit early both times and took the back roads back up to the next exit by Milan. I think the route Google Maps suggested added on several more miles.

[Rothman]

I already answered but I can say it's NOT US-23 especially the southern 90 miles in Michigan.

Any road that goes to Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

It's not Ann Arbor that's the problem it's that it's two lanes in each direction for the entire stretch and they have multiple sections where it goes down to one lane in each direction because of construction. Total headache and it should have been widened 30 years ago.

That's not why Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

Lol I never made it to Ann Arbor I only drove on it from Flint to Whitmore Lake.

The recent bridge hit hasn't helped US 23 in MI, either.

That's been reopened for about a week now.

Sounds like the reopening happened a little sooner than expected.

I had to go through there twice when it was closed and all I did was got off an exit early both times and took the back roads back up to the next exit by Milan. I think the route Google Maps suggested added on several more miles.

Yeah, I found my own way through there as well.

[akotchi]

I would have to say U.S. 1, mainly because it is the route on which I have been on the most different sections.  I have not clinched the route, but I have been on significant sections in Maine, Mass., New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland. Virginia and Florida (where I did get to the southern terminus in Key West.

U.S. 50 has some sentimental value to me because the section in the Annapolis, MD, area is where I learned to drive.

[Flint1979]

I already answered but I can say it's NOT US-23 especially the southern 90 miles in Michigan.

Any road that goes to Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

It's not Ann Arbor that's the problem it's that it's two lanes in each direction for the entire stretch and they have multiple sections where it goes down to one lane in each direction because of construction. Total headache and it should have been widened 30 years ago.

That's not why Ann Arbor should not be your favorite.

Lol I never made it to Ann Arbor I only drove on it from Flint to Whitmore Lake.

The recent bridge hit hasn't helped US 23 in MI, either.

That's been reopened for about a week now.

Sounds like the reopening happened a little sooner than expected.

I had to go through there twice when it was closed and all I did was got off an exit early both times and took the back roads back up to the next exit by Milan. I think the route Google Maps suggested added on several more miles.

Yeah, I found my own way through there as well.

It's not as bad when you know the area and know where some of those roads go to but I don't know where every road down that way goes off the top of my head. There are times I think I have a better route than Google Maps does.

[Rothman]

Finding a better route than Google Maps is always possible.

I was returning to NY from Chicago and the Ohio Turnpike had some horrible incident that shut it down westbound and down to one lane eastbound right at its western end.  Google Maps had people get off eastbound at Route 49 and then turn right at a stop sign onto US 20.

Well...with constant westbound traffic coming along US 20 to get back on the Turnpike by turning left onto Route 49, some idiot decided they wanted to turn left from 49 to US 20 westbound.  Traffic quickly backed up.  I turned around out of the queue, headed south to OH 107 and pleasantly got around that mess.  Seemed like Google followed my lead as traffic got a little heavier as I got further eastward.

So, yeah, nothing beats an ability to read a map -- not even Google Maps.

[Nickymidss]

US206 south of Trenton. Enjoy the pine lands of south Jersey

[Ketchup99]

I'm quite partial to US 15. The stretch from Corning to Williamsport is stunning, and while it's mediocre from there to Lewisburg, the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway project should only improve it. The four-lane bit along the Susquehanna is beautiful too, it's nice through Duncannon and Camp Hill (although slow), and then the road through Gettysburg down to Frederick is fun and a nice mix. From there, there's some fandangeling through the mountains until the Leesburg, where the two-lane road to Gainesville is my preferred DC bypass when I've got time and want a calm ride. There to Culpeper is pretty four-lane road, and while I haven't driven it south of Culpeper (I've always taken 29 to Charlottesville), that two-lane road looks nice too. Can't speak to the road in the Carolinas, except for the southernmost bit, but that looks nice too. The one thing that could make 15 better is an extension through New York, all the way up NY 414 and 14 to Sodus Point.

And I'll also throw a vote to the earlier nomination of 322 northwest of Harrisburg. The interesting part ends around Phillipsburg.

[adventurernumber1]

I am biased as it goes through my hometown, but my favorite US Route might be US 76. US 41 could easily take this spot as well, and I've always had a special connection with both of these roads (which is likely in no small part due to the fact that they both go through my hometown  ). But I pick US 76 because it seems to have immersed itself even further into my psyche; so much so that my favorite two-digit number is 76. US 76 was also my avatar for most of my first few years on the forum.