Places with the best-maintained highway system

[mrose]

It used to be Illinois.... I say used to, because I haven't been there in a long time.

The E-W tollway was always notoriously bad for years... we used to laugh because you paid a buck, then got to the free section west of Dixon, and it always improved.

[J N Winkler]

Dancing arrows are a non-issue for me, and I can forgive the occasional oddity like the Mentor/Smolan one. The K-96/US-54/400 one is still better than most of ODOT's work. It looks like it was originally composed with a different legend, possibly with a second line above Augusta, that was removed when 400 was commissioned. Nobody is perfect, and if that represents the worst of KDOT's work, they're not that bad off.

I think the original sign may have been put up by Sedgwick County.  When the Northeast Freeway was built in the late 1980's, the northern flank was done by the City of Wichita while the eastern one was done by the county.  I have no memory of the sign message being revised, but that is certainly a plausible explanation since US 400 was not designated until 1994 and the Northeast Freeway was complete in its entirety by 1992.

[froggie]

I would give Nevada a thumbs-up if it weren't for the perpetual clusterfuck that is Las Vegas.  I have never, not a single time in my life, experienced a level of service as intended on I-15, outside of the hours of 2am to 4.30am.

I thought we were discussing maintenance here and not capacity (or lack thereof)...?

Minnesota has very good signage...arguably better than Kansas, and they do an okay job of snowplowing.  MnDOT's main weakness is pavement condition, especially outside the Twin Cities metro...in part because of the climate and in part because of other focus.

Agree that Tennessee has very smooth roads.  But their signage is lacking, IMO.

[agentsteel53]

I thought we were discussing maintenance here and not capacity (or lack thereof)...?

it's a very orange clusterfuck.  thus, I blame maintenance, for always being out there, yet somehow not being able to actually get the job done.

[kphoger]

I would give Nevada a thumbs-up if it weren't for the perpetual clusterfuck that is Las Vegas.  I have never, not a single time in my life, experienced a level of service as intended on I-15, outside of the hours of 2am to 4.30am.

I thought we were discussing maintenance here and not capacity (or lack thereof)...?

Minnesota has very good signage...arguably better than Kansas, and they do an okay job of snowplowing.  MnDOT's main weakness is pavement condition, especially outside the Twin Cities metro...in part because of the climate and in part because of other focus.

Agree that Tennessee has very smooth roads.  But their signage is lacking, IMO.

I've been impressed by Minnesota's highway system.  Wide shoulders, excellent signage (except for the whole JCT → thing), extensive network.  But pavement condition is an issue, you're right.

[roadfro]

Although I've only seen I-80, US 50 and a few other short stretches of highway in Nevada, I would nominate the state for best maintained.

I would give Nevada a thumbs-up if it weren't for the perpetual clusterfuck that is Las Vegas.  I have never, not a single time in my life, experienced a level of service as intended on I-15, outside of the hours of 2am to 4.30am. 

I thought we were discussing maintenance here and not capacity (or lack thereof)...?

it's a very orange clusterfuck.  thus, I blame maintenance, for always being out there, yet somehow not being able to actually get the job done.

I'm willing to bet that most of the orange clusters you've been innundated with in Vegas have been capacity projects. The road itself isn't usually that bad.

They just finished a couple major projects on I-15 through the resort corridor of Las Vegas. They should be leaving it alone for a while.

[jasonsk287]

North Carolina's highways have always looked good to me. Of course, Virginia's highways are absolutely awful, so pretty much anything halfway decent will impress me.

I would have to agree with NC- every time I go there, I'm impressed with the condition of both roadways and signage. I remember I-85 in Warren, Vance and Granville counties as being old and in pretty bad shape a few years back, but it has since been resurfaced. I've also noticed that the state is replacing a lot of signage.

Here in NY, our roads are actually pretty good with the notable exception of certain highways within the NYC limits. I'm out on Long Island and our highways and state roads are in pretty good shape. We have a lot of new signage too; it was done to adhere to new FHWA guidelines.