Most Boring Drive Between Two Major Cities?

[fillup420]

The drive between Raleigh and Wilmington NC is so boring, i wish they would raise the speed limit to 80 just so it takes less time.

[freebrickproductions]

I'm going Mobile to Jacksonville on I-10. Miserable.

A couple weeks ago on my Tampa trip I figured out that you are exactly right. The Florida panhandle is deceptively long, there are hardly any exits or towns along the route, and you don't even get a view of Tallahassee. I'm so glad that on the way back I used US 98 instead.

I wouldn't be upset if I went my whole life without visiting that part of Florida.

The Forgotten Coast part is great if you want beaches that ain't crowded, and the Florida, Gulf, and Atlantic Railroad has some great older wayside signals (including a bunch of old SAL ones from Tallahassee eastwards). But otherwise it ain't the most interesting part of Florida.

I-65 from ... Louisville to Indianapolis

I'd argue I-65 from Louisville to Gary as a whole, TBH, though the wind farm you get to go through does break-up the monotony some.

I-16 I found to be alright, the fact that it was still almost entirely all concrete made it at least a bit more interesting for me when I last drove it back in 2021.

[Scott5114]

I-44 from Tulsa to Springfield

Tulsa to Miami, maybe. East of the Spring River the geography gets a lot more interesting as you enter the Ozarks, making the Missouri portion not really that boring.

[epzik8]

The Forgotten Coast part is great if you want beaches that ain't crowded, and the Florida, Gulf, and Atlantic Railroad has some great older wayside signals (including a bunch of old SAL ones from Tallahassee eastwards). But otherwise it ain't the most interesting part of Florida.

I've still been to and enjoy essential parts of the state, like Orlando, Miami, Tampa, Cape Canaveral and Key West. Not to mention my dad and stepmom live along the Gulf.

[Takumi]

The drive between Raleigh and Wilmington NC is so boring, i wish they would raise the speed limit to 80 just so it takes less time.

Really between Raleigh and everywhere that isn't west of it. Raleigh-Wilmington, Raleigh/Durham-Richmond, Raleigh-Norfolk, Raleigh-Fayetteville. All through a whole lot of nothing.

[NE2]

Los Angeles to Honolulu

[jlam]

Unless this is U.S. cities only, Adelaide - Darwin is pretty boring. Or Adelaide - Perth. Or Perth - Darwin. Or literally any drive between two cities in Australia.

[Rothman]

Unless this is U.S. cities only, Adelaide - Darwin is pretty boring. Or Adelaide - Perth. Or Perth - Darwin. Or literally any drive between two cities in Australia.

Have you driven them?

[jlam]

Have you driven them?

No, but given that there are multiple stretches of 500+ miles of no services through the desert, I think I can safely assume that the drives are a bit bland. I don't think this thread specified that we have to have driven these.

[kphoger]

Los Angeles to Honolulu

https://maps.app.goo.gl/f4RojhihmxSUsCN57

[Rothman]

Have you driven them?

No, but given that there are multiple stretches of 500+ miles of no services through the desert, I think I can safely assume that the drives are a bit bland. I don't think this thread specified that we have to have driven these.

When it comes to determining if an actual drive is boring, personal experience is paramount.  I didn't find driving US 6 across Nevada boring at all, for example, but some people just looking at a map could come to a different and silly conclusion.

So, guessing something's boring is a lot different than actually knowing it's boring.

[vdeane]

Unless this is U.S. cities only, Adelaide - Darwin is pretty boring. Or Adelaide - Perth. Or Perth - Darwin. Or literally any drive between two cities in Australia.

Melbourne to Sydney looks like it might be interesting.

[MikeTheActuary]

My recollection of I-16 was that it was miles and miles of interstate with nothing much but pine trees along the interstate to look at...except, perhaps, for occasional bits of contraflow infrastructure.

Admittedly determining "most boring" relies on personal tastes.  My own tastes are such that I find even flat, empty landscapes beautiful (especially if there are a few clouds in the sky).

But going mile after mile with only the same-looking highway, lined by nearly identical trees... thank goodness for audiobooks!

[freebrickproductions]

My recollection of I-16 was that it was miles and miles of interstate with nothing much but pine trees along the interstate to look at...except, perhaps, for occasional bits of contraflow infrastructure.

Admittedly determining "most boring" relies on personal tastes.  My own tastes are such that I find even flat, empty landscapes beautiful (especially if there are a few clouds in the sky).

But going mile after mile with only the same-looking highway, lined by nearly identical trees... thank goodness for audiobooks!

I agree, TBH. I-16's definitely far from the most interesting drive, I suppose at least it is/was still concrete.

I-81's a similarly boring Interstate for me for the same reasons, as I've mentioned before.

[mgk920]

Unless this is U.S. cities only, Adelaide - Darwin is pretty boring. Or Adelaide - Perth. Or Perth - Darwin. Or literally any drive between two cities in Australia.

Melbourne to Sydney looks like it might be interesting.

Try being a train driver to Perth or Darwin!  They even have wacko 'deadman' controls that are intended to keep operating crews alert!

Mike

[thspfc]

At the risk of getting ridiculed for never having driven the roads in question; even with no such experience, I think it's reasonable to say that Darwin to Sydney would be a horrendous drive. 42 hours of almost all desert and extremely sparse civilization. That's a different level from anything you would find in the US.

[CtrlAltDel]

Most Boring Drive Between Two Major Cities?

I have to admit that I've never been bored on a long-distance drive. Long-distance driving is my jam, as the youth no longer say.

[GaryV]

Darwin to Sydney

Is a city of about 140k considered "major"?

[Molandfreak]

Darwin to Sydney

Is a city of about 140k considered "major"?

By Australian standards? I'd say so.

[mgk920]

At the risk of getting ridiculed for never having driven the roads in question; even with no such experience, I think it's reasonable to say that Darwin to Sydney would be a horrendous drive. 42 hours of almost all desert and extremely sparse civilization. That's a different level from anything you would find in the US.

Also the 'road train' ultra-heavy haul truck drivers, who deliver bulk commodities in places where railroads were never laid.  That is wide open, *sparse* development.

Mike

[Mav94]

I know I'm waking up an old thread but I can't believe nobody mentioned I-29 between Sioux Falls and Fargo. 200+ miles that are largely flat and treeless and devoid of places to stop.

The same can be said of US 20 between Waterloo, IA and Sioux City, IA. It feels more like being at sea than driving on a highway.