after driving from my home state of pa to myrtle beach and back over the weekend my son and i have came to the conclusion that pa has the worst roads in the country.we drove thru,pa-wva-va-sc-and nc.the drainage of water is terrible in pa,it sure seems like the roads are sloped away from the ditches....
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BAnNC
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NC roads outta be great cause they charge enough tax with the fuel. But, they aren't.
I'd have to disagree. The worst stretch of road in the entire country is the mile of road between my house and town. Not because it's in bad shape,but because idiots drive too fast for the way the road is constructed. Somebody ran off it again early this morning and took out quite a stretch of my 5 strand barbed wire fence. Scared the h3ll out of me just now fixing it. There's water running over the road right on a curve and those brain dead morons are hitting it going about 60.
A woman ran straight off last Thursday night,took out the curve sign,a dead elm tree,came back up the ditch,across the road and back in on the other side. I've seen as many as three a day in there off those curves.
A woman ran straight off last Thursday night,took out the curve sign,a dead elm tree,came back up the ditch,across the road and back in on the other side. I've seen as many as three a day in there off those curves.
When the old guy down the hill from me was still alive,he made a fortune off an old rusty single strand fance. He'd go right out there and wouldn't let them go until they paid him cash. I charge their insurance companies so I don't let'em off cheap. Some young gal hit a gate post in February three years ago. It cost her insurance $500 for me to get out there chiseling the frost out of the ground to change that one.
Larry NEIL
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That could have been 294 going around the south side of chicago and hooking to 80 around the south tip of lake michigan. They have widened it all th way to 4 lanes and 6 in Indiana, so problem ain't quite as bad as it used to be.
old
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- Camdenton Missouri
Been a good many years since I was an over the road driver but can remember I64 was not very good in many places and then one in Texas going from Amarillo to the east was rougher then a cob but that was back in the late 90s and have not been out of Missouri since then
Fullers Farmalls
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I agree!!!! I am from SW PA and we have some of the worst roads ever. Our hometown got the main street repaved after i believe it was almost 20 some years? Nothing like potholes to wake you up in the morning! PA roads are terrible.
PennDOT Strikes Again. One of the most incompetent government agencies in the world. In the middle of a raging blizzard they had crews out patching potholes without a snowplow in sight. They got in trouble only once that I know about and that was when they painted a line stripe over the carcass of a dead deer and the press ran pictures of it. Otherwise, no one can touch them as they continue to just royally screw things up. I think it might be due to 150 years of organizational inbreeding.
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James Babcock
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Just got back from Honduras. I"ll never complain about Arkansas roads again!
TomH in PA
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mark us: "Wouldn"t it be good if the "fuel taxes" were used for what they should be used for, building and fixing roads?"
Not just fuel taxes. Former Gov. Rendell changed the law so he could steal most of the PA Turnpike tolls and send the money back to his buddies in Philly. Turnpike is running about a half Billion a year in the red now because of it.
Not just fuel taxes. Former Gov. Rendell changed the law so he could steal most of the PA Turnpike tolls and send the money back to his buddies in Philly. Turnpike is running about a half Billion a year in the red now because of it.
Stephen Newell
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The worst road I was ever on was one running south from Cripple Creek Colorado to Canon City. At first it was a pleasant drive and then it turned into an unpaved road which at first was in really good condition so I kept going. Then the road became much more narrow and graded so rough it was like driving 20 miles over speed bumps. We named it the corduroy road.
Fritz Maurer
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...are generally found near a concrete plant
Traditional Farmer
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- Virginia
PA gets my vote for the worst roads in the Mid-Atlantic region,although in the mountains in any state from PA to GA you're going to find some tough roads.
Janicholson
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in about 1960 our township in Indiana decided to pave the gravel roads (massive project).
they used ripper bars and molested 100 years of limestone compaction. mixed hot tar in the loose stone. Smashed it down with rollers then put 4" of new Asphalt over it. Boy oh Boy was it smooth that fall. Then we had a typical Indiana late fall Freeze Thaw set in for a week. Every foot of the road was buckled and broken they were not drivable at all. School was called off for 2.5 weeks till it could be graded and hauled away enough to have cars and buses pass. Most chunks were 4 inches thick and 3 feet by 2 feet in size. with gnarley stones stuck to the bottom.
Civil Engineering at its finest. Jim
they used ripper bars and molested 100 years of limestone compaction. mixed hot tar in the loose stone. Smashed it down with rollers then put 4" of new Asphalt over it. Boy oh Boy was it smooth that fall. Then we had a typical Indiana late fall Freeze Thaw set in for a week. Every foot of the road was buckled and broken they were not drivable at all. School was called off for 2.5 weeks till it could be graded and hauled away enough to have cars and buses pass. Most chunks were 4 inches thick and 3 feet by 2 feet in size. with gnarley stones stuck to the bottom.
Civil Engineering at its finest. Jim
retired farmer
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I would like to invite you to come to Colorado to compare. These guys out here can't even pave both sides of a new road and get the center seam within three quarters of an inch in height of each other. Dirt roads around where I am you don't want to even drive on. Nothing but washboard.
At least Spendell got shut down on tolling 80 and spending it on Philly as well. One good thing about the 25% rate hike on the pike, it was nearly deserted after they did it. I'll guarantee that the total income on the pike dropped immediately.
We have some bad ones out here in Nebraska, but they are county roads that were paved over the dirt 40-50 years ago. At least in Hayes, Red Willow, and Frontier counties. And everyone runs right down the same tracks, can't run wide open on them with a tractor. Gravel roads get rough, but they are easy to fix.
We have some bad ones out here in Nebraska, but they are county roads that were paved over the dirt 40-50 years ago. At least in Hayes, Red Willow, and Frontier counties. And everyone runs right down the same tracks, can't run wide open on them with a tractor. Gravel roads get rough, but they are easy to fix.
Rollie NE PA
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Living close to I 81 in the Northeast, I have to agree. Several years ago PaDot came out with Super Pave. As far as I am concerned, the only thing Super about it is the price. I have worked with asphalt for 35 years, just not for PaDot
fixerupper
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We took that Cripple Creek road on our honeymoon in 1973 and that's the way it was then. Some roads never change. We had a brand new 73 plym Satellite and I was doing 15 mph to try to save my new car from suspension and wheel damage. A couple of other cars went around us like we were standing still. Their wheels were off the ground more than they were on. LOL.
Cliff Nelson
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I-70 in Indiana is really rough.
fixerupper
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Probably the worst roads I've traveled were in Saskatchewan. One fairly well traveled road we used every day was graveled over top of the blacktop when the blacktop went bad. The track got so deep it looked like a car would bottom out though I never drove it with a car. Jim
Mark - IN.
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Ever seen that movie, "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World"? That road the kid had Phil Silvers driving his white convertable through? By far the worst road I think I have ever seen. Made a mess of his car, and him.
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Dan T in MO
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Dan T in MO
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The pavement ain't so bad, but has anyone ever driven over Teton Pass between Wyoming and Idaho? If you got any kind of a load on, you better bring a pair of clean shorts to change into.
farmerjohn
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The one past my house. Went from teens last week to near 60 today and tomorrow, the mud is thawing and what a mess.
COME TO SE Lower Michigan..
Our Monroe County roads are HORRIBLE.
Sure, these were taken at "thaw time", but trust me, the paved roads are worse! There's been many damaged rims, tires, and suspensions on our WONDERFUL paved roads. Go to any of the surrounding counties and the roads still aren't perfect, but boy, they are sure better than what we have.
At least the dirt roads get scraped once or twice a year, so they're not too bad for a minute then.. But you can guarantee it'll rain within 12 hours of getting graded (2012 was the first exception to that rule, we just had a dust bowl instead.. seems they don't believe in dust control in this county either).. The paved roads always suck.
Every time I renew my plates I ask the ladies at DMV/SoS now that I bought plates, is the state going to give us some roads to drive on, or should I keep taking the cow paths?
Our Monroe County roads are HORRIBLE.
Sure, these were taken at "thaw time", but trust me, the paved roads are worse! There's been many damaged rims, tires, and suspensions on our WONDERFUL paved roads. Go to any of the surrounding counties and the roads still aren't perfect, but boy, they are sure better than what we have.
At least the dirt roads get scraped once or twice a year, so they're not too bad for a minute then.. But you can guarantee it'll rain within 12 hours of getting graded (2012 was the first exception to that rule, we just had a dust bowl instead.. seems they don't believe in dust control in this county either).. The paved roads always suck.
Every time I renew my plates I ask the ladies at DMV/SoS now that I bought plates, is the state going to give us some roads to drive on, or should I keep taking the cow paths?
Rick in Iowa
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michigan roads used to be bad.in,oh,pa toll roads cost more per mile for trucks than the load pays per mile,plus they get fuel tax too
Drove that in October.......actually a County road! Two lane road that is only one lane wide, impossible to grade with all the rocks sticking up. Sign said....4 wheel drive or high clearance only. We had a Dodge Caravan...very slow going, but adventuresome with oncoming traffic!
MT pockets
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Mr. Jon, I don't think you have ever driven enough in Mississippi to know about our roads. Unless maybe you were driving across a cotton patch. Have you really? Steve Norwood. Texarkana, Texas.
Chris in SK
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Haha....sounds like you were on one of our better maintained roads!
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