Dr. Strangedrive or: How I Learned to Stop Braking and Love Clinching I-70.

[mefailenglish]

Here's the basic route we took.  It's not exact (I don't have the patience to pinpoint every single Business Loop we backtracked on, or every side road we drove off to look at something) but you get the picture.

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I'm still going through the pictures, but I thought I'd share some of the more interesting ones here.

First off...whoever said "Make sure you have a squeegee"...that's the best advice I ever got.  I wish I had taken it--or rather, I wish I had double-checked that my squeegee WAS in fact a squeegee.    Though the ice scraper DID prove to be useful a couple of mornings near Yellowstone.  But the ol' windshield got covered in bugs pretty quickly, especially west of the Mississippi River (which surprised me for some reason).  That and driving into the sun didn't help picture taking all that much.   


Lots of signage in Columbus OH.  I thought the "FOLLOW 70" sign on the right side of the picture was rather unique.  Or at least odd.


Oops.  That should be US 40, not Ohio 40.  The older signs in this area correctly identify this exit as US 40.  Not sure why the new ones don't.


This was an accidental find while detouring into Indianapolis so the wifely person could visit the Hard Rock. 


Indianapolis tries to copy St Louis' 44-55-64-70 combo shields?  These things are all over downtown.


This looks like something I'd expect to see in Florida.  But it's in Vandalia, IL.


Downtown Vandalia.  There's a rock with a plaque here, marking the western end of the Cumberland Road.


This signage identifies the "Historic National Road".  The Old Illinois State House is at this intersection as well.

More to come later.

[njroadhorse]

Great pictures mefail, and gread thred title.

[Truvelo]

I recognise the first two pictures, see below as I took a picture of the same bank of signs in your first picture last year. I drive to Springfield every November although I like to take a different route through Columbus each time.

[mefailenglish]

Here's another batch from Missouri into Colorado.


Missouri's stake in the "First Interstate" game.


A set of Missouri I-70 shields.  Should have walked around to get a more straight-on angle.


The wifely person wanted to see Leavenworth, so we wandered off the interstate.  Here's some signage.  (Aside: I did not know there were bison on the Ft. Leavenworth property.)


Kansas' stake in the "First Interstate" game.  If it's based solely on signage...sorry Kansas. 


The I-70 Business Loop in Limon, CO.


A set of Colorado I-70 shields. 

Enjoy.

[mefailenglish]

Let's go from Denver to Moab.


A typical view as we start climbing west of Denver.


Made it to the top!



More views of the tunnel entrance.


The 50 mph sign may give away where we are...in the Glenwood Canyon.




Tunnels!




More tunnels!


I-70, from Harley Dome, UT.




Sad looking signs on I-70 in Utah.


US 191, on the road to Moab.

[agentsteel53]

who the hell is Edwin C. Johnson??

also, gotta love those Utah signs that turn black.  I've seen one with the green entirely gone.  No cracks, just solid black.

[mefailenglish]

Last batch of Utah...


A typical view along Utah Route 128.  The Colorado River is to the left behind the shrubbery.


What's left of the old Dewey Bridge.


Not a surprise that Utah 128 is designated a Scenic Byway.



The longest stretch of highway without any services


Driving westbound through the San Rafael Swell



More of that great black signage.  Even the business spur shows up black.


Finally reached the western end of I-70.  Nothing special here, except a sandstorm. 


There are two stretches of ~18 miles each where I-15 is signed at 80 mph.  One of the two just happened to coincide with a construction zone.


North end of the Fillmore business loop, featuring END UT 99 signage.


A different type of gantry.


Typical signage in Salt Lake City.  There was lots of those one-piece interstate trailblazers around.


The mysterious "Business Loop" in Layton UT.