What is the longest, straight-stretch of highway in the U.S.? (construction, live)

[Synopsis]

I drove on a stretch of road (I believe I-20) in Mississippi once that seemed to go on forever without hardly a bend in the road.

[NCN]

Great thread and a question I had never thought about before.

[InLondon]

Originally Posted by MrMcCoySays

America's Longest Straight Road, Hickson to Streeter, North Dakota

That would be a very boring drive I bet. An occasional curve adds some excitement to driving.

[mrspeedyt]

in new mexico east of clines corners to west of santa rosa is a 31 (or 34) mile straight stretch of I 40.

[Chicago60614]

Originally Posted by Future Trooper

Interstate 70 through Indiana.( excluding Indianapolis) is largely straight for almost 130 miles.

If you look at a map though there appear to be bends and curves almost every few miles.

[skinem]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

If you look at a map though there appear to be bends and curves almost every few miles.

+1

...it's just that driving through that country it seems as if it's at least that long...

[botique]

I think 94 in North Dakota HAS to take the prize. 54 from Tucumcari, NM to Liberal, Kansas would probably run a close second.

[rah]

I-5 in Central California isn't perfectly straight, but it sure feels like it...and it continues like that for around 200 miles.

[mhouse2001]

Originally Posted by Coolhand68

There is a stretch of Route 50 in Nevada that is supposed to be the loneliest road in the U.S., forgot how many miles it is before you see anything. I've driven cross country on I-10, I-40, I-70 and I-80, I think I-80 through Nebraska and Nevada had some fairly straight forward miles that seemed to last forever. There was a part of I-70 from eastern Colorado through Kansas that seemed to go on endlessly in a straight line.

I drove US 50 from Ely, NV to I-15 northeast of Las Vegas one fine day and passed fewer than 20 cars the whole way. It's lonely, but not straight.

Originally Posted by botique

I think 94 in North Dakota HAS to take the prize. 54 from Tucumcari, NM to Liberal, Kansas would probably run a close second.

Yes, from the unpleasantness of Liberal KS (don't let Dorothy's house fool you, the town is not pretty) to I-40 in New Mexico, this road is quite straight as it follows a railroad track. What's really scary is the feeling of drowning into the land itself as the terrain is pancake flat for most of the distance. I ran over a tarantula on this road, I'll never forget it. I didn't recognize what "that black crab thing" was until I saw it flipping over in my rear view mirror.

Interstate 8 between El Centro CA and Yuma AZ has some long stretches of road that are straight and flat. Nothing but creosote bushes on either side and nothing else. You almost wish the giant ants from the movie "Them!" would come scurrying across the road just to put a dent in the monotony.

[cthulhu2012]

Route 61 between Clarksdale,MS and Tunica,MS is the longest stretch of road in the world with no horizontal or vertical curves.