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Which part? There are rarely traffic north of Hunt Valley...even JFX is not THAT congested for an urban freeway.
You want parking lot? Go south on I-95 from DC towards Fredericksburg VA.
When I worked in Hunt Valley traffic slowed to a crawl at Shawan Rd. I assume it is because the highway 3 lane to 2 lanes. Traffic doesn't go any further north than Sparks tho. It's not nearly as bad as 695 during rush hour.
95 in the DC is a parking lot any time of day except late at night.
When I worked in Hunt Valley traffic slowed to a crawl at Shawan Rd. I assume it is because the highway 3 lane to 2 lanes. Traffic doesn't go any further north than Sparks tho. It's not nearly as bad as 695 during rush hour.
95 in the DC is a parking lot any time of day except late at night.
Yep...but either way Shawan Road is considered the line between suburbia and rural Baltimore County along 83 anyway, and north of that is just not that congested.
Any congestion is also mild compare to the 3 lanes to 2 lanes near Clarksburg towards Frederick on I-270. That area is congested even on weekend.
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Pretty sure I-35 is at least three lanes continuously between Denton and San Antonio and that's over 300 miles. And it goes without saying why that is the case.
The only other stretch that is probably longer, continuously 6 lanes is probably I-95 from Petersburg VA (I-85/I-95 split) to New Haven CT (I-91/I-95 split). About 435 miles. Definitely not as many rural stretch as I-35 in Texas, though - the longest rural stretch is from Richmond to Fredericksburg VA.
Another busy rural stretch is Interstate 40 between Hickory and Statesville. AADT's range from 40-55,000 along that stretch, and its 4 lanes. There are plans to add an extra lane between the two cities, but its unfunded at this point.
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Yep...but either way Shawan Road is considered the line between suburbia and rural Baltimore County along 83 anyway, and north of that is just not that congested.
Any congestion is also mild compare to the 3 lanes to 2 lanes near Clarksburg towards Frederick on I-270. That area is congested even on weekend.
The only other stretch that is probably longer, continuously 6 lanes is probably I-95 from Petersburg VA (I-85/I-95 split) to New Haven CT (I-91/I-95 split). About 435 miles. Definitely not as many rural stretch as I-35 in Texas, though - the longest rural stretch is from Richmond to Fredericksburg VA.
Right now, of the roughly 400 miles of Interstate 85 from Coweta County GA to Durham, 330 miles or so is at least 6 lanes. The gaps at the moment..... From Commerce to Anderson SC, and from the SC/NC State line to Kings Mountain (Mile marker 10) I know NC is going to widen the 10 mile stretch from 4 to 6 lanes at Kings Mountain. I would presume Georgia and SC would widening its remaining gaps as well. I would guess within the next 10-12 years the gaps will be filled.
Only rural in spots, but Alabama's portion of I-65 is being pushed by lawmakers to get the 6-lane treatment from the Tennessee border to the Gulf coast.
The worst parts are Cullman County (between Hville and Bham), Chilton county (between Bham and Gump) and between south of Montgomery and Greenville. Oddly enough, at least from my most recent experience this week driving from Nashville to Mobile and back, the rural areas were worse than the cities. And I hit Bham during rush hour.
Granted, the absolute worst stop and go I've experienced in rural areas is the previously mentioned I-81 in Virginia. I'm not sure if it's better to get stuck in the stop and go or go in the middle night (mostly fine at night, but the accidents I've driven by at night on 81 have been more horrifying than ones I've seen elsewhere. Dunno why. Probably just anecdotal. Also one was in Maryland smashed up against a wall).
I-5 in Oregon between Eugene and Salem is probably the worst stretch I've driven on. Been in several traffic jams out there. I feel like part of it must be that the big college towns (Eugene for UO and Corvallis for OSU) are close enough to Portland that there's a lot of traffic between them, but Bellingham to Seattle never gets like that (at least once you're outside the end of Seattle suburbia). Oregon highway speed limits are lower --- this stretch ranges from 55-65 IIRC --- which is undoubtedly adding to the congestion.
It's probably nothing compared to many Northeastern and Southern highway stretches, though.
I-65 (and I-70) for the most part is 2 lanes each direction in Indiana. I have drove the entire route a few times back when I live in Indiana.
Indiana is currently widening both 65 and 70 in different places, with a stated goal of making the entirety of both highways 6 lanes within the state. I think 65 is much further along than 70, and who knows when/if they'll actually finish.
I just thought of another one, in fact very notorious one. I haven't driven on it in the past 8 years, but it seems as if nothing has changed. I-78, eastern Pennsylvania, east of Upper Macungie Township, to Fogelsville is 2 lanes, and is concurrent with US 22. That means you have a 40 mile stretch of road that basically takes commerce right to NYC via the Holland Tunnel. To this day it pre-dates US Interstate Highway standards when it comes to off and on ramps, and can be prone to traffic jams at any time.
I just thought of another one, in fact very notorious one. I haven't driven on it in the past 8 years, but it seems as if nothing has changed. I-78, eastern Pennsylvania, east of Upper Macungie Township, to Fogelsville is 2 lanes, and is concurrent with US 22. That means you have a 40 mile stretch of road that basically takes commerce right to NYC via the Holland Tunnel. To this day it pre-dates US Interstate Highway standards when it comes to off and on ramps, and can be prone to traffic jams at any time.
Another nasty outdated stretch of road in the far outer reaches of the NYC CSA that you just reminded me of.
I20 east of Dallas is incredibly busy for as many miles of inter urban stretches it spans. I30 is also really busy for being largely out in the sticks.
Those are really the only two which stick out to me.
I agree. My hometown (Texarkana) is even expanding I-30 to 6 lanes and it's a small town. Lots of truck traffic and truck stops. I-40 between Little Rock and Memphis in the rural areas is busy as well and is expanding lanes if I'm not mistaken.
However, the southwest Ohio portion has no plans yet. Hard to believe they don't want to connect the two actually growing regions of Ohio with better highway infrastructure.
There is a section of I-71 that is 6 lanes and it’s literally in the middle of nowhere, anytime I have been on that section of I-71 there is not much traffic. They just replaced the highest bridge in the state and I don’t know for sure if it was built to accommodate 6 lanes. I got under it from the bike trail while it was still under construction and it was quite impressive to say the least.
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