Most Scenic Route

[Voyager]

Amazingly, I think either US 101 in Marin County or Interstate 280 in the bay area are. They really are simply beautiful through there.

[agentsteel53]

280 is an excellent drive.  Those sweeping curves demand to be done fast. 

I'm gonna go with US-191 on the whole. 



Clifton, AZ

[rawr apples]

I'll go with I-70 through western colorado and Utah



Edited for image size. -S.

[Alex]

So many to choose from, it varies on region and terrain IMO.

But the stretch that tops it for me is:



the aforementioned stretch of Interstate 70 through Utah.

[deathtopumpkins]

Ooh... I'm siding with rawr here... We don't have anything that pretty back east... Though I suppose I-68 in Western Maryland's pretty scenic.

[ComputerGuy]

Washington State Route 410 at Cayuse Pass
OR
Washington State Route 129 near Astoin

[Darkchylde]

I'd have to go with the aforementioned I-70 in Colorado. Also, US 50 in Colorado is pretty scenic in its own right, and as for non-mountainous, US 90 between Lafayette and Westwego, then from New Orleans East to the Mississippi-Alabama state line.

[Voyager]

Yeah, I think Glen Canyon would win any kind of contest. What about 80 in UT when it goes into the Wasatch mountains?

[agentsteel53]

Yeah, I think Glen Canyon would win any kind of contest. What about 80 in UT when it goes into the Wasatch mountains?

that is excellent; as is Utah 24 and 95 in the southeast corner of the state... and 44 in the northeast.  Here is 44:



and here is one of I-70 I found while looking for the 44.

[Bryant5493]

One of the most scenic places to drive, in my opinion, is South Fulton Parkway, located in southwest Fulton County, Georgia. The eastern end, where the parkway begins, is the most built-up portion. It's a freeway from I-85/285 to just past US 29/SR 14 (Roosevelt Highway). From that point on, to just west of SR 154 (Cascade-Palmetto Highway), it's a four lane divided highway. There has been some development (a Publix shopping center) at the parkway's intersection with SR 92 (Campbellton-Fairburn Road).

Lastly, the highway was just designated the US 29 Alternate/SR 14 Alternate about a year or so ago, from US 29/SR 14 (its parent) to SR 154, where it continues as SR 70. The eastern end was the SR 14 Spur to I-85/285: now it's the SR 14 Connector.

I'll try and post some photos later.

Be well,

Bryant

[Freewayjim]

I've never been west of I-35 so my favorite scenic highways are I-93 Through Franconia notch in NH and I-68 in Maryland. The West Virginia Turnpike is also very scenic.

[aswnl]

Wow, that's beautiful. 

Quite something different compared to my flat, flat home country...

[algorerhythms]

I-70 in Breezewood. *ducks and covers*

On a more serious note, since I've never been far west of I-35, I'd have to go with either I-68 in MD/WV, I-79 in WV, or the Cumberland Parkway in Kentucky.

[CityBoy1986]

My mum likes I-15 in Arizona (through the Virgin River Gorge), and I think it is high on the list.
I-90 in western Washington
Almost any route that stays near a lake, river, beach, etc.  This includes the aforementioned U.S. 90 and the section of the Natchez Trace Parkway when it is near the Ross Barnett Reservoir (much of the rest of the route looks just like any other rural Miss./Ala./Tenn. highway with a wide right-of-way and a slow speed limit of 50 m.p.h.).

[Voyager]

Surprised nobody has mentioned the highways in Alaska...

[agentsteel53]

indeed, especially the Alaska Highway.

http://agentsteel53.livejournal.com/283223.html

[deathtopumpkins]

Thanks for those pics agentsteel, they are some really excellent ones.

[Voyager]

I'd consider I-5 through the northern central valley to be pretty scenic, especially with the Mount Shasta views that it has.

[Ian]

Here are some roads that I have been on that were pretty scenic!

California rte 9
Califorina rte 236
New Hampshire rte 16
New Hampshire rte 28
US 1 in Maine
I-89
I-93
I-95 in Maine
Pennsylvania rte 183
US 322 in PA (west of the Downingtown area)
New York rte 9N
US 4 in Vermont
US 7 in Vermont
I-87 (north of Saratoga Springs, NY)
Merritt Parkway in Connecticut
Connecticut rte 15 (c'mon, there are some pretty neat scenes on that road!)
New York rte 157 (you can view most of the Hudson Valley from there on that short road in the Helderberg Mts)
US rte 9 in New York

Sorry, no photos. yet!
i.c.

[deathtopumpkins]

Yeah, CT-15's a pretty scenic route. Not much traffic either...

[SSOWorld]

I-70 in Colorado - West of Denver - Not East.

[Voyager]

US 50 in CO is pretty too.

[Freewayjim]

I-10 West of New Orleans, elevated through the swamp is scenic in a non-traditional way, it definitely caught my interest the first and only time I've driven through it in 2007 (I regret not filming it too). Same for I-10 west of Baton Rouge (Atchafalaya Basin).

[Ian]

Not much traffic either...

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllll. Not necessarily. In the summer (time I usually travel it), there is a big number of vehicles. Though the vehicles travel at a normal pase, there are times where the traffic gets jammed (usually either someone getting puller over  , or someone got in an accident which is usual on that narrow freeway with sharp curves)

i.c.

[un1]

Minnesota Highway 61/Ontario Highway 61, Ontario Highway 17 are my picks for the Most Scenic Highway.
Both of them hug the coast of Lake Superior which creates a really beautiful view!