worst highway/interstate

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  1. groundpounder

    groundpounder Road Train Member

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    any highway/interstate in the south if its snowing.. :confused1:
     
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  3. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    You Mean Black Mountian? on I-40? there is a REASON why the speed limit is 35mph :biggrin_2558:

    I saw a Big Truck in one of those emergency ramps on black mountian the other day....lets just say that driver should have changed his clothes BEFORE getting out of his truck:biggrin_2554:




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  4. American-Trucker

    American-Trucker Road Train Member

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    Any road COVERED in ice, i dont mean patches or slick spots. I mean a HOCKEY rink! Thats no fun:biggrin_25513:


    other then that, the worst ive seen is I-90 from Missoula, MT over to Tacoma, WA all the way across in a blizzard, with only 8,000lbs in the box, Super Singles, and NO CHAINS :biggrin_25524: No that was a FUN ride :biggrin_25523:

    Although I did learn how to do something REALLY cool with the jake going down a snow/ice covered LONG 6% grade on that trip :biggrin_25525:





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  5. SMBdriver

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    Superbowl week 2011 I-40 east of OKC. I had to wait it out in a motel for 3 days since OK had all of 3 their snow plows down on I-35 clearing the roads for the Superbowl... while eastern OK was stuck with 4" of rutted ice on all the roads and heavy snow coming down. Nobody was going anywhere! It was so bad at Henryetta where I was stuck that they were running out of food and fuel, and the snow came down so heavy it took out the canopy over one of the gas station's pumps. Before I got to the motel I saw 4 big rigs and about 10 4 wheelers that all had slid off the ice skating rink they called I-40. I'm from Colorado originally and used to driving in snow. I had never seen anything like that mess... and hope never to again.
     
  6. Pedigreed Bulldog

    Pedigreed Bulldog Road Train Member

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    Pfft...

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7OVdkbha2g[/ame]

    Snow & ice just make the day a little more interesting.
     
  7. Blue Screen

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    Any southern state not equipped to handle snow and ice. Still remember the Atlanta snow storm last winter that turned I-285 into the world largest Truck Stop. Atlanta did not even try to clean it up :biggrin_25522: Everyone was told to wait for it to melt.
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR4N7XzuvAI[/ame]
     
  8. Sportster2000

    Sportster2000 Road Train Member

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    Loveland Pass right before chains are required, not doing that one again like that.
     
    striker Thanks this.
  9. Infamous El Guapo

    Infamous El Guapo Bobtail Member

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    I bet it's even MORE fun dodging bicyclists...and LUGERS! :biggrin_25523:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0r8gfjKtQw[/ame]
     
  10. SLapHappy

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    I live along I-80 below donner pass, been driving to truckee everyday for years. You cant tell me there are worse roads to drive on during snowstorms. Sierra Cement they call it, and for good reason to.
     
  11. GasHauler

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    The Beltway around Wash DC. Of course it's bad no matter what condition. It's the only place I felt nervous.
     
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