I believe this is reviving an old thread-so what. :sombrero: Anyway, when I think pine smell, I think cresting up on I-84 southeast west of Newburgh, up in the Shawangunks, according to Wikipedia.
The obvious one is the Jersey Turnpike between Carteret (Exit 12) and Newark Airport, which Car and Driver once memorably referred to as "miles and miles of universal fart."
I-295 in DC south of Exit 1 exudes a foul outhouse-like stink as well due to the sewage treatment plant. Last Wednesday I had the unfortunate experience of driving past there in the convertible with the top down when I made a wrong turn near the casino construction site just south of the Beltway near there.
The stench of I-41 by Kaukauna.
The smell of Cheerios along I-190 in Buffalo.
The smell of cattle (and all that that implies!) west of Ogallala NE on I-80. Not good...
Quote from: Big John on August 18, 2015, 08:38:58 AM
The stench of I-41 by Kaukauna.
If Kaukauna is a stench, I don't know what word to use to describe I-90 through Gary, Indiana.
I-75 around the GE Plant north of the Lockland Split smells like gasoline.
I actually liked the smell of asphalt on the really hot days in SoCal. It was what I called "local flavor". Where I was raised we had a much worse odor from the pulp mill...LOL!
Rick
The smell of wonder bread reminds me of the mile long bridge on I-294, where a factory is located.
From childhood trips to the Outer Banks, I remember a horrible stench along I-40 in the Canton, NC area west of Asheville.
Also from childhood, there was an awful rotten egg smell along KY 89 in Clark County near Trapp. That odor has been gone for several years now.
On the flip side, there's a Kellogg's Pop Tarts bakery along KY 194 in Pike County. It produces a pretty pleasant smell.
A part of west Texas, between San Angelo, Midland, and Fort Stockton, smells like poison gas. It's because of a gas, a poison gas with a strong smell, that's released as a result of mineral extraction. Further west, I really like the smell of the desert.
The bridges over the Trinity River in Dallas smell like sewage. At the Miller beer plant on I-35W in Fort Worth it sometimes smells nice, I think it's the yeast, but usually smells moderately bad (I always thought it smelled like canned green beans).
I like the smell of the rural area around Glen Rose, because of the vegetation. I think it's mesquite, or something like that. For some reason I've always found it to be stronger there than in other areas.
Quote from: wxfree on August 18, 2015, 02:51:15 PM
The bridges over the Trinity River in Dallas smell like sewage.
Probably because the main Dallas water treatment plant is along the Trinity, just west of I-45.
US 60 southwest of Amarillo has many cattle feedlots, and when the wind picks up from that direction, >ugh< The roads up that way that have rendering plants, man, I just don't know how anybody works in those places. Turns my stomach all kinds of ways just to drive by one.
US 69 in SE Texas with the pulp mills.
US 80/TX 19 east of Dallas used to have a sulfur plant, with a sick rotten-egg smell, but it was brief when you'd go by it. GSV shows it pretty much dismantled now.
In Dallas, there used to be a Mrs. Baird's Bread plant at US 75/Mockingbird. Wonderful fresh-bread smell....but alas, it is gone now, replaced by an expansion of the SMU campus facilities.
Oranges and grapefruits at harvesting time or blossom time in Indian River County, Florida. Citrus smells wonderful in season.
I-5 going into Tacoma has a rotten eggs smell, known as the Tacoma Aroma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroma_of_Tacoma).
I-5 and WA-529 between Everett and Marysville will occasionally smell like sewage because there are two municipal sewage treatment plants (with open ponds) right next to the freeway.
A sweet smell while riding up the Hershey Highway.
(That's the name for US 422, right?)
The stench of the pet food mill around US 61 near Keokuk, IA.
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on August 19, 2015, 06:58:17 PM
The stench of the pet food mill around US 61 near Keokuk, IA.
Same with the west end of NY 59 in Suffern, where Hi-Tor dog food used to be made.
I swear we've had this thread multiple times before.
Smell of tar or asphalt on Maryland's I-895 in the vicinity of the tunnel portals.
Yep, Tacoma Aroma's on my list, too.
As is the smell of oil refineries on I-64 near Ashland, KY (and intermittently to Charleston, WV).
Sometimes, I wonder if they still slaughter cattle within Omaha, in the area of the I-80/I-480 interchange.
NY 324 and I-190 get the nice smell of Noco (Newman Oil) tanks off the Niagara River in the town of Tonawanda.
Also, the smell on the NJ Turnpike usually centers around that terrible Linden Cogeneration Plant.
US 71 at Ashdown, AR smells like cheap sauerkraut.
Currently, everything in Seattle, Western WA and parts of Eastern WA smells like smoke. Might have something to do with this cloud:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FOJfklqS.jpg&hash=c4afc4e14740f7fc2012ac60b3e7aa5690141b59)
the manure/chicken death smell on US 13 in Southern Delaware, and on I-81 south of Carlisle (and parts of the PA Tpke)
the staten island garbage smell
the beach smell on the LI Parkways south of Merrick Road/27A
the Jet Fuel smell on the Belt Parkway near the Airport
that crappy city smell on the Cross Bronx Expwy by the Apartment Buildings
The smell of a paper mill emanates near Pickwick Lake off of TN 128.
Paper Mill odor emitted from the Georgia Pacific Plant in Brunswick, GA when traveling I-95 between US 82 and US 25/341.
Microwave popcorn - MN 100 between 70th St and I-494
Paper mills - I-35 in Duluth and I-535
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 12, 2021, 10:38:06 AM
Microwave popcorn - MN 100 between 70th St and I-494
Paper mills - I-35 in Duluth and I-535
Huh. Never smelled anything like the Tacoma Aroma in Superior or Duluth. I do associate a grainy smell to I-535, though.
I grew up close to the famous "stinky bridge" on I-64 between Scary and Nitro, West Virginia. The main odor was methyl mercaptan from the Fike Chemical Plant, which was abandoned in 1988. The smell stayed around for years afterwards. Mercaptan is the odorant used in natural gas pipelines, and your nose is capable of detecting less than 10 parts per billion. For the record, locals always referred to this bridge as the "Green Bridge" even during the years that it was painted blue in the 1980s and 1990s.
Worst: Back in the late 1980s, I had a handful of railroad crossings on the old B&O North Shore branch in the Troy Hill section of Pittsburgh. Two of these were adjacent to the old Heinz plant. The worst smell was when Heinz was running ketchup. The most pungent smell was when they were running apple cider vinegar, an odor that I actually liked but made some of my co-workers gag.
Best: On the north end of the Hart Bridge in downtown Jacksonville when Maxwell House was roasting coffee beans in the morning hours. Sometimes, the winds would shift from the east and reach the waterfront when I worked at the CSX Transportation headquarters (The Purple Palace).
Most Distracting: For some reason, we had a lot of signal problems at the west end of the Schenley Tunnel in the Bloomfield section of Pittsburgh. This location was right behind the old Iron City Brewery. It certainly didn't smell like beer, but the strong aroma of hot wet wheat, barley and hops was quite distracting at times.
Quote from: Rothman on June 12, 2021, 11:05:10 AM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on June 12, 2021, 10:38:06 AM
Microwave popcorn - MN 100 between 70th St and I-494
Paper mills - I-35 in Duluth and I-535
Huh. Never smelled anything like the Tacoma Aroma in Superior or Duluth. I do associate a grainy smell to I-535, though.
Paper mills all over central and Eastern Wisconsin (Wisconsin River and Fox River). Try Mosinee - that shit stinks! close second place is Rhinelander.
Chicago has a unique scent of its own. (no, it's not shit)
The smell of cow dung on I-5 halfway from Sacramento to Los Angeles that's from Harris Ranch in Fresno County, CA.
A ripe outhouse in the middle of July or August = the intersection of Interstates 64, 65, and 71. :bigass:
Paper mill/swamp smell coming into Jacksonville on I-10.
Chris
Paper mill on US-58 near Franklin, VA.
There is a distinct smell of cow on any highway in northwestern Texas. US 84 west of Lubbock comes to mind in particular.
Quote from: hbelkins on June 12, 2021, 11:14:39 PM
A ripe outhouse in the middle of July or August = the intersection of Interstates 64, 65, and 71. :bigass:
That university is not quite downtown :awesomeface:
Manure... US 421 south of Wilkesboro, NC.
Repulsive paper mill scent, I-526, specifically the Don Holt Bridge.
A sweet, piney smell, the north end of NC 128. Those fraser firs and red spruces at the tops of some of the mountains in NC make the air smell like a Christmas tree. I love it.
You know you're approaching Kings Dominion on I-95 when you smell the paper mills not far from the highway.
I-95 in South Richmond also has a persistent sewage smell due to both the Port of Richmond and the city's main sewage treatment plant being right off I-95 in that area.
Oil refineries in NJ near the northern end of the NJTP...and at US 23/I-64 near Ashland, KY.
When I was a child, traveling from Chicago to Florida to visit my grandparents, we always stopped for gas somewhere before Indianapolis. I remember that it was something of a shock getting out of the car there, since it was very rural, visually as well as olfactorily, and it was a sign we were well on our way. I couldn't tell you what that smell was though. It was maybe diesel or ethanol, but I don't think so. It didn't seem like manure or anything like that, but it definitely pervaded the air, at least around the gas stations.
Quote from: bing101 on June 12, 2021, 09:56:31 PM
The smell of cow dung on I-5 halfway from Sacramento to Los Angeles that's from Harris Ranch in Fresno County, CA.
That huge feedlot is right at the junction of CA 245 with I-5. Always a good time to hit the "recirc" button on your A/C, before you reach that junction.
Quote from: iBallasticwolf2 on August 18, 2015, 10:26:18 AM
I-75 around the GE Plant north of the Lockland Split smells like gasoline.
I've never really noticed that. But a few miles south, is a fragrance manufacturer, and there is often a very sickly sweet smell around exits 9 & 10.
I-75 on the SW side of Detroit smells like burnt oil and rubber from the Rouge Plant.
Quote from: Big John on August 18, 2015, 08:38:58 AM
The stench of I-41 by Kaukauna.
That's the kraft process mill that is operated by Thilmany Pulp and Paper in Kaukauna, WI. The make the brown paper that is used in boxes and bags.
IMHO, worse in the Appleton area is the suburban townships' sewage treatment plant that is along the east side of I-41 just north of US 10/WI 441, between Appleton and Neenah, WI. The Outagamie County landfill that is along I-41 between Appleton and Little Chute, WI can be pungent, too.
Elsewhere, the steel mills and oil refineries that are along I-90 (Indiana Toll Road) in East Chicago and Gary, IN are definitely memorable.
Mike