Lowest-quality road on a U.S. Route?

[US71]

11 does go through Laurel - not only that, but the last blue shield left is (was?) in that particular city. I don't recall how it was signed there, though.

there is a blue cutout in Greenwood.

Last one, too

[agentsteel53]

Last one, too

last set in Greenwood, but there is a 45 in Corinth as well.

[sp_redelectric]

How about U.S. 30 east of Mosier, Oregon to The Dalles - where U.S. 30 takes the original routing rather than multiplexing with I-84?  No shoulders (not even a fog line), wooden guardrails and some very narrow lane widths.

At least from Troutdale to Bonneville Dam ODOT had the decency of keeping U.S. 30 multiplexed with I-84, and designating the original route the "Historic Columbia River Highway" (internally numbered highway 100, but only signed by name and not number.)

[Sykotyk]

That's because US30 is the 'de facto' I-84 business route in Oregon. It really has no standards other than 'this was the road before the interstate'.

[mcdonaat]

U.S. 80 between Louisiana Highway 594 and Start, LA. Signs posted every mile that say "Rough Road" and a speed limit of 45 MPH, through a swamp. 1940s era concrete patched over with asphalt. Hardly a center lane either... Took photos and in the 30 minutes I was snapping photos, one car passed.

Then again, I-20 is about a mile south of this section.

Dated the road by the bridge date stamps along the stretch.

[txstateends]

U.S. 80 between Louisiana Highway 594 and Start, LA. Signs posted every mile that say "Rough Road" and a speed limit of 45 MPH, through a swamp. 1940s era concrete patched over with asphalt. Hardly a center lane either... Took photos and in the 30 minutes I was snapping photos, one car passed.

Found this in Start (http://g.co/maps/amnb7 , dated April 2009) on Google Street View.  Says US 80 to be closed (but of course, you can't make out the dates), was this a good redo or a patch of a patch of a patch?

[mcdonaat]

U.S. 80 between Louisiana Highway 594 and Start, LA. Signs posted every mile that say "Rough Road" and a speed limit of 45 MPH, through a swamp. 1940s era concrete patched over with asphalt. Hardly a center lane either... Took photos and in the 30 minutes I was snapping photos, one car passed.

Found this in Start (http://g.co/maps/amnb7 , dated April 2009) on Google Street View.  Says US 80 to be closed (but of course, you can't make out the dates), was this a good redo or a patch of a patch of a patch?

I think it was just putting up guardrails on the old US 80 bridges. Louisiana has a pretty neat thing going on where they just repair the bridge surface and add guardrails on old roads, and don't actually remove the bridge. Has the highway number on one side of the bridge approach stamped into the bridge, and the feature you're crossing on the other side. Also has the date stamped into the back. It's how I dated the bridges and stuff... But that's just adding guardrails, had to close the entire road because of low traffic and you can complete the project quicker that way.

[Bickendan]

How about U.S. 30 east of Mosier, Oregon to The Dalles - where U.S. 30 takes the original routing rather than multiplexing with I-84?  No shoulders (not even a fog line), wooden guardrails and some very narrow lane widths.

At least from Troutdale to Bonneville Dam ODOT had the decency of keeping U.S. 30 multiplexed with I-84, and designating the original route the "Historic Columbia River Highway" (internally numbered highway 100, but only signed by name and not number.)

Nope, US 30 no longer overlaps I-84 between Troutdale and Exit 35. US 30 hasn't been signed in the field for years, and I'm talking upwards of a decade at minimum. US 30 is officially on the Historic Highway now, although its shields are the Historic US 30 shields.

[vdeane]

US 7 Alt in Burlington, VT seems to be a collection of semi-random local streets that aren't even signed as US highways.  At least that's the impression I got from Google street view.

[pctech]

My votes goes to U.S. 190 between Baton Rouge and Krotz Springs La. Before I-10 opened, this was the only way to reach Lafayette or from Baton Rouge. This was a 4 lane highway with only a guard-rail barrier between opposing traffic. (no median except in a few spots) You had to stop in the left traffic lane to make a left turn.  It was posted at 70 mph I believe too....You were taking you life in your hands on this section of highway.  The pavement was rough as well, slippery in the rain and the bridges narrow.

I haven't been this way in years, I understand that parts have been rebuild to modern standards.

Mark

[Alps]

US 7 Alt in Burlington, VT seems to be a collection of semi-random local streets that aren't even signed as US highways.  At least that's the impression I got from Google street view.

They're sure not US highways, but there are a smattering of US 7 trailblazers on both the main and Alt routes. Nothing at all consistent.