I'm not talking about your daily commute or some road in your vicinity that you have to travel to get to a frequent destination.
This concerns roads that you have to drive to reach a distant destination, that you've driven so often that you're tired of them and wish there was an alternate route.
For me the #1 candidate is I-79 and I-68. These are the shortest routes to just about any destination in the northeast (and until Corridor H is finished, to Washington DC). The first few times I drove these routes they were fun and interesting, now they are just long, boring hauls that I have to endure to get to a road I've never used before.
Coming in at #2 is I-64 across Indiana and Illinois, tied with I-74 and I-65 between Indianapolis and Cincinnati/Louisville respectively.
Third on my list is US 23/I-26 through Virginia and Tennessee, and Alternate US 58 from Norton to Abingdon. This is a highly scenic route but I've driven it way too often.
Next time I go to the Northeast, I'd love to put my vehicle in a Star Trek transporter and be beamed to the Delaware River.
I'm hoping to go to Doug's planned New Hampshire meet and I'm already trying to think of alternate routes besides I-79 and I-68 to get me there.
The Thruway between I-490 (exit 45) and I-81; probably all the way out to NY 365 within a couple of years. Also US 11 between Fort Drum and Canton (though I only have to drive it one more time).
US 460 between Petersburg and Suffolk when going to Hampton Roads. Last time I went I went out of my way through Richmond to I-64 to I-664. Next time I may even do VA 5-VA 199-VA 143 for kicks.
I-5. There's only two interesting parts on the whole damn road, Burlington to Bellingham, Wash., and Redding, Calif., to Medford, Or. The rest of it I wouldn't mind if I never had to drive again.
Agree on I-5, especially going between L.A. and the Bay Area...it's gotten to the point where I almost always take US-101 northbound instead. It adds about an hour to the drive but is worth it for the scenery, places to stop, etc. I also alternate where I cut over (CA-41, CA-152, I-580) to mix it up.
Still usually take I-5 south, just 'cause I'm eager to get home.
I-95, at least between D.C. and the Miami area, but really all the way into southern New England. My latest trip to Florida, I took the Interstate southbound because I was in a hurry, but followed a slower shunpike route on the way back (mainly a mix of US 17 in FL, US 1 in GA and SC, old US 220 and US 311 instead of I-73 in NC, and US 360 in VA) for a change of pace.
I-5 between the Grapevine and Sacramento would be less tiresome if all the slow trucks didn't get in the way. But while I've used the major shunpike alternatives (US 101 a lot, CA 99 a little), I haven't yet resorted to using CA 33 as an alternative.
There are many tiresome cross-country Interstates, but I-80 east of Cheyenne, I-70 between Denver and Pittsburgh, and I-40 between Albuquerque and Knoxville, come first to mind. (Some others are more boring, but I haven't driven them often enough to get "oh no, not again" feelings about the prospect of driving them again.) With those as well, if I have time I'll use shunpike alternatives. For example, I drove a lot of US 60 between AZ and MO on my latest cross-country trip, to bypass I-40 and I-44.
Pretty much any local road that i drive on a lot to get elsewhere. Primarily:
US 1 in NH - 15 miles of strip malls and stoplights that I pass through almost every time I go to Maine.
MA 128 (the I-95 portion) - lots of traffic, little to look at, never really fun.
MA 3 from Braintree to the Canal - boring, boring, boring, but still heavy traffic, always can't wait to get off it.
US 93 in Missoula County! I hate Reserve Street with a passion! Although I don't commute with my car as much, still, Reserve Street along US 93 sucks even the 93/12 duplex down to Lolo sucks! It's people who don't follow the speed limit that bother me because I'm going the speed limit and some asshole decides that it's his or her own Daytona and speeds. I typically use Old US 10, SR 263 and SR 474 to bypass US 93 and I-90, that for which I don't have a problem with. It's the stretch of US 93 from Missoula southward that I get nervous at times. My advice coming here? Avoid Reserve Street. And, also, avoid turning left off the side streets that only have stop signs connecting Russell Street. River Road and Russell Street is a major hassle.
After years of using I-84 between Scranton (PA) and Sturbridge (MA) on my (usually) annual vacation, I had gotten really tired of it about 2004. For a brief period, I switched to using I-81 north to I-88 east to I-90 Berkshire Extension/MassPike into Boston. I now alternate routes each time, using I-84 going west and I-88 coming back east one year, and visa-versa the following year.
However, I'm still not sure what I despise more - taking I-84 east of Scranton or the Clearview signs on I-81 north of Scranton.
I'll second I-95 (and the Jersey Turnpike) from New York all the way down to Fort Pierce, Florida. I haven't yet driven the part between Fort Pierce and the Golden Glades Interchange. Like Oscar, I've started finding different routes as long as I can do it without too much added distance (say, around 100 miles) or too much added time (recognizing I-95 traffic can make "added time" turn out to be less than the direct route, though). I'd consider a route further west except for the low Wife Acceptance Factor.
I-81 in Virginia is high on my list as well because it's such a frustrating drive. Too many trucks and it's too hard to pass them because of all the traffic. I try to take US-29 instead when it's feasible unless I MUST be somewhere at a specific time (example: I had a case in the state court in Harrisonburg, so on the way out I normally took I-66 to I-81 and on the way back I normally took US-211 over the mountain near Luray and Sperryville) or unless weather was an issue (I don't use 211 in dense fog or heavy snow).
I got very tired of I-85 during my law school years at Duke. It's been 15 years since I graduated, but I still find I-85 mindnumbing and so I tend to opt for US-29 all the way down through Virginia to Greensboro instead.
Finally, I-495 in Maryland (the Capital Beltway) simply because of the drivers on that road. Extremely rude and aggressive, more so than in the rest of the DC area in my opinion. It's like a lane change doesn't count unless they cut in front of someone. The PG County part is considerably worse than the Montgomery County part.
For me, it's definitely I-80/90 (the Ohio Turnpike) between Toledo and Cleveland. It seems like I have taken that particular stretch of I-80/90 a lot over the past 5 years that I'm so over it. Usually when I'm on the Ohio Turnpike, I'm headed to a road meet (Baltimore in '10, Akron/Canton in '10, Morgantown in '11, and Wheeling in '11). However, my significant other and I have friends who live outside New York City, so we've driven out there a few times since 2007 to see them.
I don't drive that stretch of I-80/90 too often, but I've definitely become sick of it because it's my primary "gateway to the East" so to speak. I wish I could be beamed from Toledo to Cleveland.
Here at home in Michigan, I get rather sick of I-96 between Grand Rapids and Lansing and I-196/U.S. 31 between Holland and Benton Harbor.
I-95 from Fort Pierce to Jacksonville, and essentially all of Florida's Turnpike from Golden Glades to its northern terminus with I-75. I'll usually make some excuse to take a pointless backroad diversion just to defer the boredom.
I could add to my list, US 220 from Cumberland to Bedford and then the PA Turnpike east to just about anywhere. Only done it a handful of times, but already have come to detest it. I don't mind I-99 north of Bedford.
Also I-70 from Hancock to Hagerstown and then I-81 north to Harrisburg. The I-70 portion is pretty, but I'm tired of it. I've only done I-70 between Hagerstown and Frederick three or four times, so that route's not agonizing (yet). Nothing really worth seeing along I-81 from Hagerstown to Harrisburg, and lots of traffic.
I could add I-71 in Ohio to the list. Most of the route from Cincy to Columbus is agonizingly flat and boring, and from Columbus to Cleveland is always heavily-traveled and full of cops.
I'm not tired of driving of this one, but instead of going almost everyday through it. I'm talking about Spanish A-23 between Zaragoza and Huesca. Due to this, last time I went driving to Zaragoza I took another route with no expressways at all.
I second I-81 in Virginia, a hatred honed by numerous trips from DC to Atlanta and back.
Silver medal goes to I-75 between Macon and Ocala, and the bronze to US 431 between Phenix City and Dothan, which really isn't that bad in and of itself; it's just the fact that I've driven it approximately 3515131 times.
Honorable mentions: I-10 between DeFuniak Springs and I-75; the entire South Carolina portion of I-85.
I-81 from NY 481 to NY 177
I-78, west of I-287
I-80, from I-99 east to NJ 15
I-81, from I-68 north to I-78 and from I-380 north to Binghamton
I-84, east of Hartford
I-95, from I-695 north to end at US 1/I-295 and from I-91 north to MA 128
I-99
I-287 (NJ only)
I-290 (MA) east of Worcester
I-380 (PA)
US 1, from Conowingo Dam (MD) to Garden State Pkwy.
US 9W, Palisades Pkwy. to I-787
US 20, I-84 east to MA 9
US 22, from I-376 to I-99
US 206, from I-95 north to I-287
MA 9, east of US 20
Interstate 20 between Jackson and Columbia, more specifically the stretches between Jackson and Meridian, and Birmingham and Atlanta.
NC 24 between I-95 and Jacksonville. I don't have to drive this one anymore, but it was definitely starting to become a drag. I swear it would get longer every time I made that trip.
I get sick of driving US 59 between OK 9 and US 271 and between Poteau and Heavener. 2 lanes and I always end up getting stuck behind some beedledick doing 50 in a 65.
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 29, 2013, 12:31:06 PM
Finally, I-495 in Maryland (the Capital Beltway) simply because of the drivers on that road. Extremely rude and aggressive, more so than in the rest of the DC area in my opinion. It's like a lane change doesn't count unless they cut in front of someone. The PG County part is considerably worse than the Montgomery County part.
Have you been to south Florida? I think the rudeness level on urban roads (of all kinds) down there is much worse than anything in the D.C. area.
Quote from: oscar on March 29, 2013, 07:22:13 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 29, 2013, 12:31:06 PM
Finally, I-495 in Maryland (the Capital Beltway) simply because of the drivers on that road. Extremely rude and aggressive, more so than in the rest of the DC area in my opinion. It's like a lane change doesn't count unless they cut in front of someone. The PG County part is considerably worse than the Montgomery County part.
Have you been to south Florida? I think the rudeness level on urban roads (of all kinds) down there is much worse than anything in the D.C. area.
AMEN!
I-84 from Burley Idaho down to I-15...that just seems to take forever and ever. I haven't even had cause to do it in a couple years, and I still dread the thought of driving it.
I-10 west of Phoenix and east of Tucson is pretty boring, too (hell, Phoenix to Tucson isn't terribly fun either).
So is US-93 from Phoenix to the Nevada line and then again from Ely NV up to US-30. Vegas to Ely is tolerable, for some reason.
All of I 65 especially the 366 miles in Alabama and 260 miles in Indiana. Twice a week I'd load in Mobile, AL going to somewhere around Chicagoland. After I got the first 366 miles (AL) behind me the rest were easy.
I have thoroughly gotten tired of I-80 (and I-88) going east from Omaha towards Chicago. Last time I drove there, I got off in Des Moines and took US 65 to IA 330 to US 30 to US 151 to IA-IL 64. It was a nice drive other than getting caught speeding in Benton County. Police have nothing better to do in Benton County, apparently.
Quote from: oscar on March 29, 2013, 07:22:13 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on March 29, 2013, 12:31:06 PM
Finally, I-495 in Maryland (the Capital Beltway) simply because of the drivers on that road. Extremely rude and aggressive, more so than in the rest of the DC area in my opinion. It's like a lane change doesn't count unless they cut in front of someone. The PG County part is considerably worse than the Montgomery County part.
Have you been to south Florida? I think the rudeness level on urban roads (of all kinds) down there is much worse than anything in the D.C. area.
I've been there, but not enough to have a dislike for it or to be tired of driving there. My brother-in-law and his family live in Pembroke Pines (out Pines Boulevard near US-27), but as my wife and I got married in 2010 I've only visited there twice, and I'd only been to Miami once before then (a football trip to the old Orange Bowl for a UVA—Miami game in 2005 when I was already in Florida for Thanksgiving).
Since the thread is "roads you are tired of driving," it implies a level of familiarity I don't have with the Miami area. I've been to Viera and Melbourne more often, which is why I commented on there. (Whereas I drive on the Maryland part of the Beltway reasonably often.)
Make sense now?
For me, it is US 95 between Las Vegas and Fallon (en route to Reno). Growing up in Vegas and attending college/now living in Reno, I made that drive about 4 times per year for several years. Most of the time, I'd be traveling with someone who has no interest in satisfying my want to drive a different path--mainly because most alternatives go out of the way enough to add 1-2 hours minimum, and that's a lot for a drive that already takes about 6-7 hours. I am now at the point where more of my trips to see family, I will fly instead.
Quote from: corco on March 29, 2013, 08:00:08 PM
Vegas to Ely is tolerable, for some reason.
That is getting into the area around Great Basin National Park. Between the SR 318/375 turnoff and US 6/50 at Ely, US 93 is a Nevada Scenic Byway.
I usually take 318 between Vegas and Ely (and even forgot that 318 wasn't 93), and even that I'm weirdly okay with, but yeah, going through Caliente is legitimately pretty though I've only done it once
Quote from: kkt on March 29, 2013, 11:44:36 AM
I-5. There's only two interesting parts on the whole damn road, Burlington to Bellingham, Wash., and Redding, Calif., to Medford, Or. The rest of it I wouldn't mind if I never had to drive again.
I'd throw in the Grapevine, too. it's about as interesting as Siskiyou Pass, for all definitions of interesting. (last time I drove Siskiyou, there was freezing fog. hooray.)
and yes, I-5. between exit 32 and whatever the 580 split is. done it so many times.
I-8 is getting up there.
US-395 does not get old as readily.
When I was at KSU getting my undergraduate degrees, there were three somewhat reasonable routes between Wichita and Manhattan. I never really got tired of the shortest and best of the three (US 50 to US 77), but since my years at KSU largely overlapped the upgrade of US 50 to Super Two cross-section with full shoulders, passing lanes, and Portland cement concrete pavement, I often drove the two alternates rather than deal with long detours or workzones on US 50.
I liked the other routes (K-15 to I-70, and Turnpike to K-177) so little that I was usually happy to go back to US 50-US 77 in spite of the construction. K-15 is arrow-straight and boring since it essentially just grazes the western side of the Flint Hills, and the US 56 dogleg is annoying. K-177, on the other hand, is full of reduced-speed curves which are spaced just widely enough that you can't get away with setting cruise control for the median speed to cut down on pedal movement. (As part of the current T-WORKS program, KDOT is developing a partial relocation of the length of K-177 between Council Grove and I-70, which has a number of blind hills and substandard horizontal curves. No improvements are planned for K-177 between the Turnpike and Strong City, which is far less suitable for high-speed travel.)
Most of the 5, with the exception of Redding to Weed.
I have a house up in Bend, OR. It's a great place, but the drive is a bit trying at times, especially with young kids and the boring stretches of the 5 from the Grapevine to Sacramento, and again from Sac to Redding. From Redding north to where I generally veer off onto 97? Beautiful!
I-25 between Fort Collins and Denver.
60 miles of little more than a endless string of remote three-car-garage subdivisions with the mandatory green bluegrass lawn, oil wells, RV dealerships, and generally poor driving behavior. At least where I-25 is only 4 lanes wide north of Longmont, everyone drives with only 1/2 to 1 second between consecutive vehicles, which greatly helps the abysmal safety record. Unless its like 3am on a Tuesday morning, the 75 MPH speed limit is but a relic of the past.
I-10 from I-75 to Pensacola.
Colonial Drive (FL 50) in Orange County, FL.
I-75 from FL Turnpike to FL 200.
I-4 from FL 44 to I-95 (it seems like the longest stretch of I-4 to travel)
QuoteI-25 between Fort Collins and Denver.
60 miles of little more than a endless string of remote three-car-garage subdivisions with the mandatory green bluegrass lawn, oil wells, RV dealerships, and generally poor driving behavior. At least where I-25 is only 4 lanes wide north of Longmont, everyone drives with only 1/2 to 1 second between consecutive vehicles, which greatly helps the abysmal safety record. Unless its like 3am on a Tuesday morning, the 75 MPH speed limit is but a relic of the past.
I never came to really mind that one- though the drivers are pretty bad especially once you're inside 470. I drove 287 from Laramie to FoCo so many times and then on down to Denver- usually that Laramie to Fort Collins part felt like it took forever and then once I got on I-25 I felt like I was "in Denver" and the rest of the drive flew by. As long as there are frequent exits and I feel like I'm making progress, I never get too bored.
I almost always took 287 to the Owl Canyon cutoff if going from Laramie to Denver because I-25 from Cheyenne to Fort Collins was really boring to me.
Quote from: DandyDan on March 29, 2013, 09:27:34 PM
I have thoroughly gotten tired of I-80 (and I-88) going east from Omaha towards Chicago.
Seconded. Especially the part between Davenport and Iowa City.
Another one I've gotten tired of is I-74 between the Big X (Colona, IL) and Peoria.
Both of these are because of the number of times I've been on them and their boringness.
For me, I would say the WI 26/US 151 corridor between Oshkosh and Madison, WI and I-(41)/94 (et al) between Milwaukee and Chicago.
The only things that keep US 10 west of Appleton and US(I)-41 between Appleton and Milwaukee from the list is that they are interesting and scenic drives.
Mike
I'm bored with almost any route I've driven more than a few times, particularly freeways. Lately it's the drive between Palm Bay and Orlando that I've been sick of. I am fully excited about the future of self driving cars. The day I can tell my car to take me someplace far away, crack open a beer, and break out my iPad, I'll be happy.
I-95 between Richmond and DC, and I-64 between Richmond and Hampton Roads. I drive this way often for fun and for work, and its a pretty boring drive to begin with, and the traffic (especially on weekends) is brutal.
I-96 between Grand Rapids and Brighton
Any road connecting Northern Indiana with Indianapolis
Ohio Turnpike
Quote from: ftballfan on March 30, 2013, 03:45:46 PM
I-96 between Grand Rapids and Brighton
That nearly arrow straight portion between M-6 and Portland is brutal.
I really grew tired of I-94 between Ann Arbor and Benton Harbor.
Quote from: mtantillo on March 30, 2013, 03:44:40 PM
I-95 between Richmond and DC, and I-64 between Richmond and Hampton Roads. I drive this way often for fun and for work, and its a pretty boring drive to begin with, and the traffic (especially on weekends) is brutal.
Exit I-95 soutbound at 125, follow U.S. 1/U.S. 17 for a short distance, then left on U.S. 17 (Mills Drive; becomes Tidewater Trail). There are a few signalized intersections, but traffic is not bad, and once you are past U.S. 301 at Port Royal, it's a four-lane divided highway all the way to I-64 in Newport News. Don't go too much over the speed limit, and especially watch the speedometer through Tappahannock and passing Saluda.
Or just take Md. 5 (Branch Avenue) south from D.C., then follow 301 south from Brandywine and Waldorf, across the Gov. Nice Bridge to U.S. 17.
You may not be able to go quite as fast, but it is a much easier drive.
I've only done it 3 times in the past 8 months, but I am already sick and tired of I-70 across Missouri.
Quote from: adt1982 on March 30, 2013, 09:03:19 PMI've only done it 3 times in the past 8 months, but I am already sick and tired of I-70 across Missouri.
Once is all it takes: forty-foot medians plus 250 miles at a LOS which would be considered mediocre on an urban freeway.
I-35 between Des Moines and Ames, Iowa. It would be fine if you took all the other cars off the road.
Quote from: Billy F 1988 on March 29, 2013, 12:18:37 PM
US 93 in Missoula County!
Funny - I was going to say 93 north of Missoula up to Polson. However I haven't driven it in years and now that a significant portion of it has been widened to four lanes it's probably much better now.
50 miles of just drab nothingness, especially near Ninepipes. And very few places to pass a slowpoke (again, that's been fixed now).
Oregon 18 between McMinnville and Lincoln City is another road I'm tired of driving...few passing places, not really much to look at. Especially McMinnville to Sheridan, all you can do is sit in one 20 mile long conga line and just plod along until you hit the Polk County line and get one shot to pass the idiot doing 50 MPH the entire time.
I-5 from Portland to Salem also a road that it takes just a couple of people to turn it into a nightmare. Lately I've resorted to taking the backroads, such as Butteville Road, Oregon 219 or Oregon 221. (99E, on the other hand, is worse than I-5. The large number of, shall I say "foreign" drivers on that road, seem to think the speed limit is in kilometers per hour.)
I-70 eastbound only from Frederick to Baltimore, Md. Driving that segment west is exciting, because hypothetically I could keep driving it to the wild west, but eastbound has a clear terminus: Baltimore, home. Signaling the end of an adventure and back to everyday life. For this I dislike and have grown weary of the last segment of I-70 east.
Quote from: Laura Bianca on March 31, 2013, 12:38:13 PM
I-70 eastbound only from Frederick to Baltimore, Md. Driving that segment west is exciting, because hypothetically I could keep driving it to the wild west, but eastbound has a clear terminus: Baltimore, home. Signaling the end of an adventure and back to everyday life. For this I dislike and have grown weary of the last segment of I-70 east.
I don't drive that segment of I-70 all the way very often, but at least it is three lanes each way, unlike the long segment of I-270, which is two lanes each way from I-70 south to Clarksburg.
As an aside, did you know that the section of I-70 between Md. 144 (Exit 59 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=frederick+md&hl=en&ll=39.393332,-77.325779&spn=0.004635,0.009645&safe=off&hnear=Frederick,+Maryland&gl=us&t=h&z=17) on the westbound side only) and U.S. 40 (Exit 82 (https://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.30372,-76.914346&hl=en&ll=39.303886,-76.914682&spn=0.018563,0.038581&num=1&t=h&gl=us&z=15) on the eastbound side only) was very nearly all arterial U.S. 40 (Baltimore National Pike) prior to about 1975? SHA rebuilt the arterial U.S. 40 into I-70 "in place" (which is one of the reasons why it is posted as I-70/U.S. 40 even now).
#1 by far is US 31 through Kokomo. November can't get here soon enough!
#2 is the 2-lane stretches of I-65 in Indiana, but especially between Sellersburg and Greenwood.
Quote from: cabiness42 on April 01, 2013, 12:28:31 PM
#2 is the 2-lane stretches of I-65 in Indiana, but especially between Sellersburg and Greenwood.
I'm right there with you. Whenever I drive from Indianapolis to Florida, the absolute worst part is between Indy and Louisville. If only Indiana could (or would) fast-track I-65 six-laning.
If the duration of the widening project around Lebanon and south to Zionsville is any indication, I-65 could be six lanes throughout the state by around 2060. (I might still be alive then. It's hard to say.)
The Mass Pike from Sturbridge to Boston. There really isn't a practical alternative (95 is even worse between New Haven and Providence) and it marks the annoying first leg to get out of Mass., or the endless last hour when I'm not quite home yet. It tires me just thinking about it.
MA 24 is straight, boring, and soaked with spees traps. Plus its northern end, which seems "almost home," is in fact still 20 miles from home for me.
Fortunately 84 east of Hartford is the only road in CT I truly tire of. Pretty much the entire rest of the state is duplicate ways to NY, leaving a fresh road available at all time.
Quote from: J N Winkler on March 30, 2013, 12:47:27 AM
When I was at KSU getting my undergraduate degrees, there were three somewhat reasonable routes between Wichita and Manhattan. I never really got tired of the shortest and best of the three (US 50 to US 77), but since my years at KSU largely overlapped the upgrade of US 50 to Super Two cross-section with full shoulders, passing lanes, and Portland cement concrete pavement, I often drove the two alternates rather than deal with long detours or workzones on US 50.
I liked the other routes (K-15 to I-70, and Turnpike to K-177) so little that I was usually happy to go back to US 50-US 77 in spite of the construction. K-15 is arrow-straight and boring since it essentially just grazes the western side of the Flint Hills, and the US 56 dogleg is annoying. K-177, on the other hand, is full of reduced-speed curves which are spaced just widely enough that you can't get away with setting cruise control for the median speed to cut down on pedal movement. (As part of the current T-WORKS program, KDOT is developing a partial relocation of the length of K-177 between Council Grove and I-70, which has a number of blind hills and substandard horizontal curves. No improvements are planned for K-177 between the Turnpike and Strong City, which is far less suitable for high-speed travel.)
I was unaware of the realignment plans north of Council Grove. I tend to greatly enjoy 177, as I drive to CG every other week. I know that the curves hamper speed control, but I'm still able to hit average of 65 on the road. Death-wish prone, I suppose, but I've really yet to see any law enforcement out there. Just can't get enough of the Flints.
I've tried 50 to 77, and 56. Usually, I used that as a route home in the opposite manner, of course. I get sick of 77 south of Herington, and 50 is okay.
The road I'm sick of is I-135 to Salina. I'd gladly take Old 81 anyday to avoid that.
ICTRds
Quote from: cabiness42 on April 01, 2013, 12:28:31 PM
#1 by far is US 31 through Kokomo. November can't get here soon enough!
#2 is the 2-lane stretches of I-65 in Indiana, but especially between Sellersburg and Greenwood.
Agree with you on both of them!
Quote from: mgk920 on March 30, 2013, 12:09:19 PM
For me, I would say the WI 26/US 151 corridor between Oshkosh and Madison, WI and I-(41)/94 (et al) between Milwaukee and Chicago.
The only things that keep US 10 west of Appleton and US(I)-41 between Appleton and Milwaukee from the list is that they are interesting and scenic drives.
Mike
I'll go for every inch of I-90 and 94 in Wisconsin. Some of the northern bit of I-94 is scenic enough, but it's the only way my wife can tolerate when we go to her parents'. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. No deviation ever.
I'll also go for every bit of freeway/tollway that goes from the Chicago area around the bottom of Lake Michigan in Indiana. I-80, I-90, I-94. And the first few miles of I-65 for good measure. The whole lot of 'em.
I-74 and I-39 to get around Chicago.
I'd prefer to go through Chicago because it's shorter (though maybe not faster during the day). But the last few times I've gone to Minnesota, it was with family, and they prefer the long way.
But it's so long and flat and boring.
Much worse than I-71 in southwest Ohio – I've driven that six times in the last 36 hours and I'm not tired of it. Maybe that's partly because there's no radio station gap, thanks to Dayton...
Quote from: A.J. Bertin on March 29, 2013, 01:32:49 PM
For me, it's definitely I-80/90 (the Ohio Turnpike) between Toledo and Cleveland. It seems like I have taken that particular stretch of I-80/90 a lot over the past 5 years that I'm so over it. Usually when I'm on the Ohio Turnpike, I'm headed to a road meet (Baltimore in '10, Akron/Canton in '10, Morgantown in '11, and Wheeling in '11). However, my significant other and I have friends who live outside New York City, so we've driven out there a few times since 2007 to see them.
I don't drive that stretch of I-80/90 too often, but I've definitely become sick of it because it's my primary "gateway to the East" so to speak. I wish I could be beamed from Toledo to Cleveland.
There are a lot of good off-turnpike road combinations you can take between Toledo and Cleveland that add 30-45 minutes to the drive. Here are some of my favorites:
1) SR-2 (not bad once you get out of the Oregon City Limits).
2) US-20 between SR-420 and Elyria (most of the larger towns are bypassed -- Bellevue, Clyde and Monroeville are the only towns where there are more than a couple lights you can get hung up on.)
3) SR-163 between SR-420 and Port Clinton (less truck traffic than SR-2's non-freeway alignment, with Oak Harbor your only slow stretch).
Most of the roads in Colorado west of the Continental Divide can get tiring very quickly, if you take out the wow factor of the scenery!!!
Coming from Ohio, where there were many different nearby options for regional trips (like above), the "limited" highway system -- not including I-70 -- doesn't yield too many reasonable alternative routes nor enough little towns that make it feel like you're making progress on a multi-hour trip.
Quote from: thenetwork on April 07, 2013, 07:37:54 PM
Most of the roads in Colorado west of the Continental Divide can get tiring very quickly, if you take out the wow factor of the scenery!!!
I never get tired of those roads, even the ones I travel most frequently (like US 50 between Montrose and Salida, US 550 between Montrose and Ridgway, and CO 145 via Telluride).
East of I-25 is a whole other story, though usually I manage to bypass eastern Colorado by routing through northern New Mexico.
Quote from: oscar on April 07, 2013, 08:19:14 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on April 07, 2013, 07:37:54 PM
Most of the roads in Colorado west of the Continental Divide can get tiring very quickly, if you take out the wow factor of the scenery!!!
I never get tired of those roads, even the ones I travel most frequently (like US 50 between Montrose and Salida, US 550 between Montrose and Ridgway, and CO 145 via Telluride).
I don't either (unless it's at night when you can't see anything anyway), but when you have only one route in a 50-mile radius, and you get stuck in Road Work, or the National Senior-Citizen Rolling RV Convention, the scenery does not exist anymore.
Quote from: thenetwork on April 07, 2013, 07:37:54 PM
There are a lot of good off-turnpike road combinations you can take between Toledo and Cleveland that add 30-45 minutes to the drive. Here are some of my favorites:
1) SR-2 (not bad once you get out of the Oregon City Limits).
When I was doing a lot of frequent drives from Detroit to Cleveland, my route was 280->51->579->2. After slogging through Oregon once, this was the preferred option. Less traffic as well.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on April 02, 2013, 10:44:03 PM
The Mass Pike from Sturbridge to Boston. There really isn't a practical alternative (95 is even worse between New Haven and Providence) and it marks the annoying first leg to get out of Mass., or the endless last hour when I'm not quite home yet. It tires me just thinking about it.
MA 24 is straight, boring, and soaked with spees traps. Plus its northern end, which seems "almost home," is in fact still 20 miles from home for me.
Fortunately 84 east of Hartford is the only road in CT I truly tire of. Pretty much the entire rest of the state is duplicate ways to NY, leaving a fresh road available at all time.
Since I used to frequently go that way:
I-84 isn't so bad until Exit 67 or so, because the exits are frequent enough that you have a lot going on to pay attention to. The last 20 miles or so are pretty bad, but then you get to think again in MA.
As for Mass Pike, I'd use US 20 east a few miles to I-290 if I need to get to the MA 2 corridor, or US 20 east to MA 9 if I'm heading to Boston. Yeah, it's slower than the Pike. I hate tolls.
I-75 from Lexington, KY south. That route can be quite boring when you do it once a year. I was happy to deviate at Corbin, KY last summer en route to Port Canaveral, FL via Brunswick, GA.
Probably the road that I am most tired of driving is the QEW through Niagara Region in Ontario.
In the US, I tire quickly of a lot of interstates in Michigan, as well as Interstates in northwestern Ohio. I have only driven Chicago to Milwaukee once in my life, and that is probably sufficient. Small town Wisconsin is probably pleasant, but from my experience their interstates are rather drab.
I also quickly tire of driving the New York State Thruway. Typically when driving from Toronto to NYC, I take US-20 east from Buffalo to NY-63 and then down to I-390 to NY-17. NY-17/I-86 is a fantastic drive through southern New York.
Tired of I-295 south of Exit 28.
Although, Exit 1 to the southern terminus, I'm only tired of the southbound direction. ;)
Most of the Portland - New York corridor is rather old. 95, 495, 290, 90, 84, then whatever, usually CT15. Meh.
Like Pete from Boston said, "Pretty much the entire rest of the state (CT) is duplicate ways to NY, leaving a fresh road available at all time." I ponder fresh stuff I could clinch, but always end up leaving late enough in the day that I want some no-nonsense speed, and take the same old freeways.