What are the most dangerous roads / mountain passes in the lower 48

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by JR80, Aug 24, 2013.

  1. ZhenyaP1991

    ZhenyaP1991 Medium Load Member

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    Thinking doing OTR this summer, but kinda scared now. I've only been on small steep hills, one was in TN and some in Wisconsin and Minnestoa ones. That's it. Scary I don't want to be lost forever
     
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  3. coffee mug

    coffee mug Light Load Member

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    Driving from Knoxville, tn to north Carolina on interstate 40 through the Gorge
     
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  4. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    White Pass in Washington is beautiful.
     
  5. J.S.

    J.S. Medium Load Member

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    NY OUTSIDE NY CITY.
     
  6. londog71

    londog71 Bobtail Member

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    Highway 6 through Spanish fork, UT to 70 TO Denver, CO can be a nasty bugger.
     
  7. londog71

    londog71 Bobtail Member

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    Been there, Asheville, NC to Knoxville, TN is beautiful.
     
  8. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    Yes it can. And cold too! I got readings of 12 below going through there.
     
  9. ironeagle2006

    ironeagle2006 Road Train Member

    What was it that one night across ND for me -40 at Beach when I stopped for the night. I was so glad I had Straight #1 and my carrier had authorized 50 gallons of Kerosene into the tanks in MT that day. The windchill that night was -80 and even the boys running Straight #1 where having issues. I even had to stuff Cardboard into my grill to get any heat into the motor it was that cold.
     
  10. PackRatTDI

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    I was in Oregon a couple of years ago and my fan clutch on my truck went out and was stuck on. So when I was parked idling it was on. It was -8F that night but to it's credit the warm up feature on the Volvo D13 managed to keep the heat going despite the supercooling.
     
  11. londog71

    londog71 Bobtail Member

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    Yeah that winter of 2014 was a Son of a gun, Everybody up in the North ,midwest was either gelled up and stranded on the highway somewhere and waiting for days to get help. How about the Atlanta national disaster, I was held up there for 72 hours waiting to deliver at Americold cause their workers couldn't get to work lol
     
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