worst highway/interstate

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  1. Texas2Colorado

    Texas2Colorado Bobtail Member

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    In your opinion what's the worst highway/interstate to drive on in the dead of winter?
     
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  3. fortycalglock

    fortycalglock Road Train Member

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    I80 in Iowa is my personal opinion. F Iowa and their non-plowed, 3 inches of ice rutted roads. For real fun though, I285 in Atlanta on an icy day can be way scarier than a trip down Cabbage with chains on.
     
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  4. OmcCheese

    OmcCheese Light Load Member

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    I 80 Across wyoming. Wind, snow, ice, hills, and rookie drivers....
    .:biggrin_2555:
     
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  5. Ranger70

    Ranger70 Light Load Member

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    You must have passed me out there last winter. LoL Real smart on my part to do training in the winter.
     
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  6. NewNashGuy

    NewNashGuy Road Train Member

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    I am not a driver yet but I can't imagine anything being worse than going towards North Carolina as I had to ride my breaks while swerving left and right every 30 seconds down that mountain. The road was winding left and right like a cartoon and they had semi truck emergency stop ramps.
     
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  7. striker

    striker Road Train Member

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    very simple, any road being driven by someone from a state that doesn't normally get snow/ice in the winter. Since I spend most of my life in Colorado, that would be I-70 and all those lovely skiers for the South, Southeast, and SoCal
     
  8. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    I second the I80. I once spent 2 days at the Bosslemans in Grand Island, NE with my trainer waiting for it to reopen after a blizzard.

    I40 in NM, TX and OK can be bad too. I got stuck on OKC for a day and a half on my way home for Christmas because 40 was covered in ice. NM gets bad from high winds blowing the snow over the road and icing it up.
     
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  9. Tazz

    Tazz Road Train Member

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    I-71 between Walton and Sparta, close second I-55 West Memphis to I-57.


    Snow, ice, rain, wind..................

    Part of driving. Roads that eat alignments, shocks, steers is government failure!
     
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  10. Pedigreed Bulldog

    Pedigreed Bulldog Road Train Member

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    ANY interstate sucks to drive on in ANY weather. I'll take a narrow, hilly, twisty, curvy fun little 2-lane road any day...

    ...even in the snow & ice.
     
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  11. chompi

    chompi Road Train Member

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    I guess we are talking bout major highways. I would say 80 is bad. Thing about 80 in NE and Wyo is that it can blue sky not a storm in sight and you can still have a blizzard out there. Wind just picks up the snow and you would never know its not a real blizzard! 40 in Amarillo and NM can get very bad too! Amarillo is famous for ice! Like the other poster said, even though its a southern state and the weather isn't that bad, they just aren't equipped for it. I have seen the 40 in Amarillo under 3-4 inches of ice for days! Any of you experience the frozen fog usually in OR? That's pretty wild too! Not really a winter thing but bakersfield CA can get really bad with fog. Lots of multiple car pile-ups happening out there!
     
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