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San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders. If you take the most direct highway route, you exit the 5 near Bakersfield and then take CA 58 up and thru these mountains and into a desert landscape and then you catch the 15 North around Barstow, I hate that drive. I did it once, never again.
Which two major league hubs have the worst road drive between them? (Def: city with a team in MLB, NFL, NBA, except where there is geographical impediment) For example, Kansas City to Memphis
It's a fine and somewhat interesting drive, but no interstates.
KC to Memphis wouldn't be my first thought anyway since they don't have pro teams in the same sports and therefore never play each other.
St. Louis to the Twin Cities has no interstate link and they do have a couple of teams that would meet from time to time.
If you're going down to Houston from anywhere northeast of it (beyond New Orleans anyway), there's really no good link to it.
Indianapolis to Memphis has interstates, but not quite direct and not a particularly pleasant drive either.
Getting in and out of Salt Lake City can be a bit awkward and way out there for anyone not on the west coast, but the drives will have some scenery.
Cities in the east are generally linked up pretty well, but I could go the rest of my life without ever seeing some of those roads ever again. Too busy and crowded. I'd rather drive across Kansas... daily.
I didn't see NHL in the OP but im counting it. I made the trip from Raleigh to Jacksonville once. I'm sure there's worse but anyone who has traveled I-95 from about Richmond to Jacksonville knows how dull it is. I guess the billboards for South of the Border provide some amusement.
And I'm seeing people posting DC to Baltimore? Maybe I got lucky with the traffic but I did it in, 45 minutes? Probably the shortest trip (distance-wise) between two such markets.
If you're going down to Houston from anywhere northeast of it (beyond New Orleans anyway), there's really no good link to it.
I've actually done Boston-Houston and Houston-DC before (the latter as recently as last year). It's long, but really not that circuitous and there are multiple all-interstate route options. The best route, in my experience, is I-10 to 59/75/40/81/78/etc. along the Appalachian ridge. The interstate numbers change quite a bit along the way due to interstates merging and diverging, but once you get on 59 in LA, it's really a straight shot heading northeast until the 78/287 interchange in New Jersey. There are other relatively parallel, mostly interstate alternate options that will give you a similar ETA (via GA/Carolinas/VA, or interior via AR/TN/KY/OH) which is not the case with many other city/region pairs. I'd much rather fly, but not the worst long drive.
If you're going down to Houston from anywhere northeast of it (beyond New Orleans anyway), there's really no good link to it.
Indianapolis to Memphis has interstates, but not quite direct and not a particularly pleasant drive either
Funny that for these two it's exactly what I-69 is being built for...if it ever gets done before 2050, that is.
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I've actually done Boston-Houston and Houston-DC before (the latter as recently as last year). It's long, but really not that circuitous and there are multiple all-interstate route options. The best route, in my experience, is I-10 to 59/75/40/81/78/etc. along the Appalachian ridge. The interstate numbers change quite a bit along the way due to interstates merging and diverging, but once you get on 59 in LA, it's really a straight shot heading northeast until the 78/287 interchange in New Jersey. There are other relatively parallel, mostly interstate alternate options that will give you a similar ETA (via GA/Carolinas/VA, or interior via AR/TN/KY/OH) which is not the case with many other city/region pairs. I'd much rather fly, but not the worst long drive.
I-59 -> I-24 -> I-75 -> I-40 -> I-81 -> I-66 (to DC/Baltimore) or I-76 (to Philly) or I-78 (to NYC) is definitely the way to go, and quicker than I-65 -> I-85 -> I-95.
Have never actually driven across the Great Plains but I've never heard anything good about the drive.
If you like straight, flat, and empty, the drive across the Great Plains is heavenly. Denver to Kansas City couldn't be easier; just get on I-70 eastbound and keep going until you run into KC. Or you die of boredom; whichever comes first.
As for poor road connectivity with other teams, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and the Barrow Whalers would like to have a word.
I5 or 99 are not the worst stretches. These stretches are rather pleasant compared to the 5 to 6 hr drive from Bakersfield over the Tehachapi Pass down into the Mojave Desert to Bartow and then 160 miles on I15 to Vegas with all the LA traffic going to Vegas. Absolutely insane drive. Its the same craziness going back. Its also just as bad if you go East I80 to 95 in Nevada and then down to Vegas. Most of it is two lane through high desert and very remote.
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