Yep, the road that you remember the most, it could be the one you absolutely hate or the one that has something you loved about it, but it isn't your favourite.
My most remembered road I've ever traveled on was I-75 through Voldosta, Georgia.
What is yours?
Ha, US 101 through Marin county.
Delaware 2 (https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/de-002.htm) (Kirkwood Highway). I still have to travel it when I go home for the holidays too.
Interstate 84 east of Portland along the Columbia River basin. That was the most scenic drive along an interstate I have ever taken.
I-5 in WA - From forests and rural lakes to lots of farms and large rural cities to a metro area to more forest to another metro area.
I-90 in WA - From a metro area to rural farms to sand dunes to plateus to a metro area.
The Cumberland Parkway in Kentucky. Having never been to Nevada, it felt kind of weird to not pass another car in 40 miles.
The Pacific Highway in both north and south of Sydney Australia, so many road/camping trips and good times travelling along a virtual death trap.
Er, there's no Pacific Highway south of Sydney.
Most memorable: Lawrence Hargrave Drive, with that bridge that sticks out in the ocean.
New Jersey Turnpike. I am always impressed by its size and traffic volume, and take it every time I go north.
Then there's always the first expressway I drove on, Hampton Roads Center Parkway (a short limited-access highway that connects a big shopping center with I-64, US-60, US-17, VA-134, and a few local arterials. Recently they, IMO, ruined it by adding in a signal-controlled intersection with 2 new roads, and extended it westward to US-60 by means of an at-grade road).
And lastly, CT-9, for reasons I've explained elsewhere.
I-70 in Kansas
It proved to me that Kansas was nothing like I thought it was
I-70 through Western Colorado. Quite a drive being surrounded by high mountains on the one side, and the wild Colorado river on the other, in some beautiful scenery.
376 in Pittsburgh, all my family lives there, and I love Pittsburgh for some unnatural reason lolz
I would say its a toss up between the PCH between SF and Carmel and CA 17 between Santa Cruz and San Jose.
I-39/US 51 (Portage to Tomahawk Wisconsin) Family lives up in that neck of the woods
The Everett Turnpike (US-3 & I-93) in NH. Between the age of 6 and 11 1/2, before we moved to Atlanta we would be on this road constantly between Nashua, where we lived and Concord where both sets of in-laws lived. We moved right as I-93 was being built/rebuilt around Manchester.
US 99 - all former portions, 2 days, 3 nights.
US-97 between Biggs, OR and Toppenish, WA--inspired my third string quartet.
-Alex (Tarkus)
Good: Ind. 66 between Tell City and U.S. 231. I was riding with my dad, and he went down Ind. 37 to cross the river at Tell City. However, he took a right instead of a left, so we rode along the Ohio River. Sometimes I think he would go the "wrong way" on purpose, though, like when he took I-94 through Minneapolis and Saint Paul rather than the bypass.
Bad: I-40 in either New Mexico or Arizona. A crew was blasting some rocks, so it was an hour or two before we could pass.
For me there are 3:
CA 18 from San Bernardino, CA to Crestline, CA
I-5 from I-210 (LA) to I-580 (Tracy)
I-15 from CA 60 to Vegas.
My favorite is U.S. 22/322 between Harrisburg and Port Royal, PA. My uncle had a cabin up there that my family would visit at least once a year, then I would take it every trip to and from Penn State. It is pretty neat to recall the improvements made to the road over the last 30 years.
For me, it's probably CA 4 in California's Central Valley. There's a section between Farmington and Copperopolis I traveled on as a child where the road alternates quickly up and down in elevation, like a roller coaster, over a about a one-mile distance. If I didn't continuously watch the road as we drove through that area, I'd get sick to my stomach!
A tie between I-15, CA-67, and I-8 in San Diego County, CA. When I was little, we always traveled on I-8 to get to the beach and Sea World and the like. CA-67 was a road we traveled a lot on when I was little a long time ago to get between North San Diego and El Cajon almost 3 times a week as our new house was being built up there. I-15 is the freeway I use everyday, and it was the first signed route I ever drove on. One of those three, I can't make a choice between them :)
I-64 through IN and KY, while nothing is particularly special about, there are a lot of good personal memories tied permanently.
Hahaha... since you have that question, I'll tell you two roads that are of stark contrast to one another.
Most remembered, favorite road of all: Pan-Philippine Highway in my home country, the Philippines. I travel around 300 miles of that two-lane, crowded (albeit orderly) highway that winds through the island of Luzon. It is the highway I frequent when I go to my province in southern Luzon (where my parents came from), and although it is long, you can drive as fast as you like there because there are no speed limits on that highway. The most exciting part: driving at night, wherein the competition for the brightest headlight takes place!
Most remembered, least favorite road of all: any freeway that runs through a densely-populated city, for the obvious reasons.
Hmm so many to choose from.
For non-interstates, I'd have to say ME-9 from Bangor to Calais, Nv/OR 140 from Winnemucca north to US-395.
Also the Natchez Trace, Merritt, and US 90 in southwest Texas.
Sykotyk
oh boy,i must be a tie between U.S. 131 just south of Cadillac, Mi. and i-75 south bound all the way to Fl.
Washington SR 20 for its entire length is just an awesome drive.
Other notables- US-16 from Buffalo, Wyo. to Worland, Wyo.
NH 112 (Kancamangus Hwy) from Lincoln to North Conway NH
I also really enjoy the entire length of Ohio SR 41 from Springfield to Bainbridge, probably because my Grandpa used to live off SR 41 so I've got lots of old memories along that road
I'm gonna have to go with 2
I-35 North from Cloquet to Duluth...i love comin up over that hill and seeing the city and lake superior suddenly sprawled out below and the abrupt end to a major interstate at a signaled intersection is just unique
and US-169 between Grand Rapids and Virginia, MN just looks like another planet with all the ore piles and whatnot...
Definitely CA-17, between San Jose and Santa Cruz. (In California, duh) Some of the most beautiful scenery and incredibly rich local history.
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I-70 in Kansas
It proved to me that Kansas was nothing like I thought it was
I've never drove through Kansas--came pretty close on I 44 going into Oklamoma. What did you think it was going to be like and what was it actually like? A friend of mine drove through there at night through a lighntening storm and talked to me on the phone at the same time. Said the storm was remarkable.
Other than I 10, CA 14 the Antelope Valley Freeway and Route 138 going from I 15 to Palmdale are a couple. It was my first road trip and I had just come from days of travelling on I 10--relatively open and free from traffic except for maybe the cities--El Paso, Tuscon and Phoenix--which weren't that horrible at the time I drove them, but it was mostly relaxing and beautiful. So I get to SoCal and get off of 10 at San Bernardino where I take rt.138. I remember it being pretty and not much traffic, lots of up and down dips in the road. Then I get to Palmdale and have been driving all day. I'm tired and just want to pull off, but it's about five in the afternoon and I want to drive to Santa Barbara. I stop at McDonalds and it's really crowded. I'm pretty frazzled and go have coffee in my car and look at my map. My map was creased a lot from being folded and the route AAA had mapped for me was outlined in yellow marker and hard to see because of the creasing--made me more frazzled. Some guy came over to my car to help me and told me that 14 was just down the road and that I would take 14 to I 5 North to Santa Clarita. I was so relieved because I was pretty burnt out. So I find the junction for 14 and think piece of cake. Small town girl that I am, I don't realize that I'm going to be driving just a little north of Los Angeles around rush hour. I got on that Route 14 and realized I was driving in the Big Leagues. Oh my frakkin God--I just told myself you can't stop your car and you can't cry. Might sound silly to well-travelled folks, and I wouldn't feel that way now, but I was a novice and across the whole country had never experienced traffic like that. It was pretty hairy because of my burnt-out state of mind too. I stayed in Fillmore that night and in Carpinteria for a couple of days. On the way back it was late morning when I drove 14 and I loved it. It was pretty and not as busy.
I just read the thread for earliest memories and it reminded me of something, but it wasn't from when I was a kid and I don't know where to post it, but it was memorable and I'm pretty sure on U.S.1 and I wish I knew what and where the place was. It was 1975 and four of us were driving back from Marathon in the Florida Keys. It had to have been between the end of the keys and Miami. It was nighttime, and we stopped at this restuarant place that was really weird. It was a big structure with big square cement columns. Everything under the structure's roof was open to the outside except for the restuarant, which was in the middle of this big structure and it was enclosed in glass or whatever. The restrooms were even outside. There had to have been hundreds of frogs hopping around and it was one of the coolest yet creepy places I can remember. Anyone know where I'm talking about?
Did the employees and customers all wear togas? Hundreds of frogs, huh. I think someone must of left a case of Budweiser off the highway. I think the highway I remember the most is US 31 from I-94 to Manistee. I was born in Ludington and lived in Grand Haven. US 31 rules, yeah!
What, nobody mentioned UT-12? :confused: The drive through Red Canyon alone is worth it.
For me, it would be:
I-15, between Mesquite and Las Vegas, NV (just a good highway scene)
US-89/91, Sardine Canyon (Brigham City-Logan, UT), especially in the spring/summer
AZ-389/UT-59
I-80/US-30, Rock Springs-Rawlins, WY (Nothing out there--at all!)
US-26/287, Dubois to Moran Jct., WY
US-26/89/191, Moran Jct. to Jackson
128/I-95 from exits 19 to 28. I almost know that road by heart.
My most remembered hwy is the Alaska Hwy b/c its the Alaska Hwy.My dad was USAF & was assigned to Elmendorf AFB outside of Anchorage, AK from Dover AFB, Dover, DE. This was 1965, at that time it was unpaved except for a few miles north of Dawson Creek, BC. I wish I would've been more into road geekery back then. This was a once in a lifetime roadtrip to document but I was too young to know it :banghead:
A close 2nd choice is US 113 between Dover DE & Georgetown, DE. We lived along US 113 in Little Heaven so virtually anywhere we went we used 113. Many many good memories of this hwy.
Honorable mention goes to DE 896. My ride was in a VW Bug The road had few level areas mainly short little hills :crazy:continues up & down, but a short time b4 going downhill, kinda felt like a roller coaster.
Connecticut's I-84 between Exits 6 and 11. Always feels like home.
Quote from: tankerdave on January 28, 2009, 06:05:47 PM
CA 18 from San Bernardino, CA to Crestline, CA
Been up that road with my family numerous times as a kid! We used to rent cabins up there for family vacations; one of the cabins was in Blue Jay and once we rented a cabin in Crestline in August of 1972 which was the best family vacation ever. (To this day, whenever I hear songs like "Saturday in the Park" or "Guitar Man" or "Alone Again (Naturally)" they take me back to that cabin.) In the summer of 1977, my mom and dad finally bought a little cabin in Cedar Glen. Little did we know that within two years we would be moving to the Hawaiian island of Kauai and we ended up renting the thing out for a few years before selling it. But yep, I've been up that road dozens of times.
Cottman Avenue/Township Line Road (PA 73) in Northeast Philly. That and the PA 309 expressway south of the Turnpike.
Death Valley Road past Crankshaft Crossing in Death Valley National Park.
I was alone in 100+ degree weather, in a rental car, with not nearly enough water if the car had issues..
It was a beautifully slow drive, but I can clearly remember thinking that if I ever wanted to see the road I'd rather not drag another person into a possible tragedy.
I-70 gets a mention above.
I will suggest that all of it from Kansas City, Kansas to I-15 in Utah is a memorable drive. Not only for the great distance, but for the very widely varied scenery, with little in the way of urban and suburban development, except around Topeka and Denver.
Another memorable drive is the combination of Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway, all the way from Front Royal, Virginia to Cherokee, North Carolina. It is a lot less (in terms of distance) than the western segment of I-70, but it takes about as long to drive because of much lower speed limits, especially on Skyline Drive.
Ophir Road in Colorado, back in 2002 or so.
And now I get to take my family on it in June. :biggrin:
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For me, my most memorable stretch of road has to be I-35/KT through the Flint Hills. I have a lot of family west of Wichita, so I go through here several times a year. Whenever we go, it's usually a day trip, so by the time we get to the turnpike, the sun is just starting to rise and shine on the hills. I always enjoy seeing the hills glow early in the morning.
If I had to pick one spot (rather than a long stretch), I would pick I-376 coming out of the Fort Pitt Tunnel into downtown Pittsburgh. It was near twilight and we had a beautiful view of the skyline that amazed both me and my dad. It's been three years since then and I still remember it perfectly. (We continued on 376 for a few more miles and passed under the old Greenfield Bridge. Safe to say that wasn't as pretty of a sight.)
I find this thread confusing because I'm not sure what "most remembered" means. It seems some people are interpreting it as "most familiar," perhaps in the sense of "most driven," while others are interpreting it as "most memorable." To me the latter makes more sense.
With that understanding, I think I'd probably put Nova Scotia's Cabot Trail at the top of my list because it's probably the most scenic road I've ever travelled. Picture from July 2008.
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Honorable mention probably goes to the Moki Dugway (picture from September 2015).
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For me it was always the Oatman Highway. It was one of the first relic US Routes I had ever driven on in my younger years...in this case US 66. Really the whole road is kind of nutty with all shorts of crazy turns, almost no shoulders, mountain grades, feral animals, and tons of mining history. I used to take a lot of the people I worked with to Oatman to watch the burros and go over Sitgreaves Pass either in my Mustang, Camaro, or even Challenger as the years passed. Really there are few highways out in the boons that I've found that were so intimidating but had so much charm to them....really a worthwhile album to check out for any US 66 buff:
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For me, it's MN-200. It's not particularly scenic, but I've driven its length a few times and I just love that it's a singular highway strung together from a number of other former highways, and it runs pretty much nowhere of importance. I mean, Ada (pop 1707) is the largest city on the route, and I guess there's Itasca State Park, but that's also right off US-71. Also of note is that you can follow state highway 200 west through three more states. That's pretty cool and something I would love to do someday.
Either my home stretch of Interstate, which is I-95 between Baltimore and Wilmington, Delaware, or I-95 through North Carolina.
Quote from: epzik8 on April 27, 2017, 06:59:26 AM
Either my home stretch of Interstate, which is I-95 between Baltimore and Wilmington, Delaware, or I-95 through North Carolina.
The North Carolina section of I-95, in particular between Lumberton and Micro (https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.669655,-79.0059754/35.5564751,-78.2007195/@35.0947001,-79.1797371,9z/data=!4m2!4m1!3e0), is memorable for being a long section of freeway with plenty of substandard interchanges, not enough lanes and several bridges that are below current standards for overhead clearances. There's a break in the misery at Fayetteville, but even there it is only two lanes each way.
The OP (though he no longer participates here) indicated this wasn't supposed to be a generic "favorite road" thread, so in that spirit I'll probably put down MN 100, especially the now-rebuilt section between Excelsior and I-394. I loved the intimate feel of the 1930s-era freeway through St. Louis Park, which while there was no choice but to modernize the section I'll miss that element of the drive.
The NJ Turnpike for so many reasons. The impressive quality and size, the highway advisory radio (announcing the grand re-opening of the new and improved Molly Pitcher Service Area!), the Sunday evening traffic jams between exits 6 and 9 (gone now thank goodness) to name a few.
I-15 in California, particularly this part
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I guess I was just really taken back by both how wide the median was and the beauty of the nearby landscape.
Most remembered road that I've traveled on??
Top 3:
1. I-90 between Chicago to Rockford, IL. Ever since it was reconstructed, it's always a blast to drive with higher speed limits and center median lighting.
2. I-68 between Hancock, MD to Morgantown, WV. An alternate route to Pittsburgh, PA because of the higher speed limits and lots of ups and downs along that route. Also, it's a toll-free route for I-70 traffic.
3. WV State Highway 43/PA Turnpike 43 between Morgantown, WV to Jefferson Hills, PA. Not a lot of traffic and higher speed limits around those sweeping turns. Also, I get to zip through the EZ-Pass lanes at highway speed.
Mid-Cape Highway (US 6) Bourne to Provincetown, MA. So many memories of family vacations using that road. Could probably tell you where every storm drain cover is.
For me it would have to be I-95 between West Palm Beach and and the Golden Glades Interchange in Florida. Even back in the 80's once we got to WPB that meant the 2 1/2 day slog to Miami from Chicago was almost over and Christmas Vacation was to really kick off soon.
Memorable was the Harbor Tunnel Thruway in Baltimore. Driving from New Jersey to Florida. Mt dad worked midnight shift as a cop so we always drove overnight
It meant we were on our way. I loved the skyline the urban area.
My brother and i would agree to not fight until after the tunnel, so we were to far to "turn the car around" LOL
LGMS428
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on April 27, 2017, 04:03:52 PM
The OP (though he no longer participates here) indicated this wasn't supposed to be a generic "favorite road" thread, so in that spirit I'll probably put down MN 100, especially the now-rebuilt section between Excelsior and I-394. I loved the intimate feel of the 1930s-era freeway through St. Louis Park, which while there was no choice but to modernize the section I'll miss that element of the drive.
Hmm, good point.
In that case, for me it'd have to be MN-65 between Cambridge and US-10. I rode that stretch many, many times as a child, and OMG... all the stoplights. Especially before the stretch around CR-14 (old MN-242) was rebuilt.
I wish I could go back in time and get pictures of the old 65/242 intersection before it was rebuilt into an interchange. I know froggie's site has a picture or two of the thing, but I'd really like to have gotten it photographed more thoroughly (and in higher quality) than that.
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on April 26, 2017, 10:39:59 PM
For me, it's MN-200. It's not particularly scenic, but I've driven its length a few times and I just love that it's a singular highway strung together from a number of other former highways, and it runs pretty much nowhere of importance. I mean, Ada (pop 1707) is the largest city on the route, and I guess there's Itasca State Park, but that's also right off US-71. Also of note is that you can follow state highway 200 west through three more states. That's pretty cool and something I would love to do someday.
Idaho and Montana 200 are very pretty, and I think the multi-state 200 thing is cool.
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Quote from: sbeaver44 on May 01, 2017, 12:53:25 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on April 26, 2017, 10:39:59 PM
For me, it's MN-200. It's not particularly scenic, but I've driven its length a few times and I just love that it's a singular highway strung together from a number of other former highways, and it runs pretty much nowhere of importance. I mean, Ada (pop 1707) is the largest city on the route, and I guess there's Itasca State Park, but that's also right off US-71. Also of note is that you can follow state highway 200 west through three more states. That's pretty cool and something I would love to do someday.
Idaho and Montana 200 are very pretty, and I think the multi-state 200 thing is cool.
It is really cool! I collect signs and I have signs from two of the four states (https://i.imgur.com/8Ac5dLZ.jpg) it passes through, and I would love to get all four (bonus would be getting a MT-200S to go with those). One of these days I fully intend to plan a vacation to follow the whole length from Minnesota's end to Idaho's end and back.
Side note: I've always thought WA-20 should be connected to it (via concurrency with US-2) and renumbered WA-200. That would make it even cooler and more amazing. :)
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Quote from: sbeaver44 on May 01, 2017, 12:53:25 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on April 26, 2017, 10:39:59 PM
For me, it's MN-200. It's not particularly scenic, but I've driven its length a few times and I just love that it's a singular highway strung together from a number of other former highways, and it runs pretty much nowhere of importance. I mean, Ada (pop 1707) is the largest city on the route, and I guess there's Itasca State Park, but that's also right off US-71. Also of note is that you can follow state highway 200 west through three more states. That's pretty cool and something I would love to do someday.
Idaho and Montana 200 are very pretty, and I think the multi-state 200 thing is cool.
It is really cool! I collect signs and I have signs from two of the four states (https://i.imgur.com/8Ac5dLZ.jpg) it passes through, and I would love to get all four (bonus would be getting a MT-200S to go with those). One of these days I fully intend to plan a vacation to follow the whole length from Minnesota's end to Idaho's end and back.
Side note: I've always thought WA-20 should be connected to and renumbered WA-200. That would make it even cooler and more amazing. :)
I've thrown that one out there several times on the Fictional Boards as U.S. 200. The path of WA 20 over the Cascades is probably the coolest road in Washington.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 01, 2017, 01:11:16 PM
I've thrown that one out there several times on the Fictional Boards as U.S. 200. The path of WA 20 over the Cascades is probably the coolest road in Washington.
Eh, I actually think I like it more as a chain of state-numbered roads. Giving it the US Route designation takes some of the obscureness out of it, which is partly (at least in my mind) what makes it so cool.
US 412 between Dyersburg and Jackson.