Scary/dangerous roads!
 

What are some commonly known scary or dangerous roads in your area? Have you been on any scary roads, out of town?

I find the stretch of highway 61 that runs through St. Charles and Lincoln county in Missouri to be scary as hell. The high number of accidents proves that it's quite dangerous. What's scary about it? The speed limit is somewhat high for that type of road. People drive from 70mph to 90 mph. The dangerous part is that drivers do not merge from ramps that go parallel with the highway, they merge from intersections. So, you have cars moving 70-90mph, the highway is quite hilly/curvy (limited sight distance), and all of the sudden cars can merge from intersections driving at 30 mph, since they have to make a 90 degree turn.

I-81 is bad for most it....the entirety of I-64 in VA is to be avoided. Only two lanes, most of it is lacking in the shoulder department, increased traffic and with increased traffic, increases in number of people who feel they have to be where they are going that second and so more accidents. Also, the stretch of highway that 95 and 64 run together....forget it. I'm starting to look for alternate routes just so I can avoid this mess.

Short stretch, but I think the 'burgh people will agree: taking out of towners down Potomac Avenue from Dormont to Greentree. Seriously, it's as good as any roller coaster.

That pales in comparison to where 51 hooks onto 88. It would be nice if the road wasn't made for unicycles. I always think I'm going to die on that one.

True story: the boy has a friend who goes to Denver like I go to the Giant Eagle. We were in a hurry to get to a Pirates game (why, I don't know), so I said, "Think you can handle a steep hill?" The friend laughed and said, "Hey, I drive to Denver all the time!" So I directed him down Potomac. I was the only one with (totally) clean panties when we hit Banksville!

Of course, he was really zooming by the time we got about halfway down.

not necessarily a highway, but Brookville Blvd in Rosedale has a stretch of curvy, one-lane road, dubbed "Snake Road" that goes over Jamaica Bay (near JFK). It smells awful and while the speed limit is low (i'd say its 25-30), ive seen folks speed through that road like a video game. plus, the Q113 goes through that road to get to Far Rockaway and if the weather is less that stellar, anyone could be on edge.

also, at the end of Snake Road, on the airport side, you are at the beginning of a long stretch of Rockaway Blvd, i believe it was a 2 mile stretch of 3 lanes. A stoplight was recently put in because some JFK-related business was built on the side of th road, but also because people would drag race and eventually cause accidents.

Speaking of Pennsylvania...
 

Philadelphia's Schuylkill Expressway -- sometimes called the "Surekill."

We have OH 666..unfortunately someone was killed in an accident on that road just last night.

Lots of the roads out in the country here are gravel even dirt and they do up and down and around. I try to avoid those if at all possible.

Some of the hills in downtown San Francisco are terrifying to drive up, particularly if you ever have to stop or park on one! There are a couple that make you feel like your car might actually flip over, end to end.

Locally, Washington state's highway 2 is the deadliest in the state. Narrow lanes, and it cuts through the mountains.

Pacific Coast Hwy. while getting close to Big Sur has hairpin turns along a cliff that have a posted 5 mph speed limit.

Something about the topic of this rang a bell-I thought a news program had done a story about this. Found this:
Dangerous roads

'Dateline' report identifies deadliest roads in America

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7844269/

Found two other sites while looking for the above:
How many fatal accidents occurred on your local roads? Enter the state and county above to see the number of fatal accidents and fatalities reported for each road during 1996-2000.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/tvnews/...form.asp?cp1=1

And then this one. The photos alone scare me-I can not see driving on them at all!:
Top 5 most dangerous roads of the world
http://www.linkinn.com/_Top_5_most_d...s_of_the_world

I don't live near real mountains...how often do cars flip from mountain roads? Or does that only happen in the movies?

ETA: Ok, I just looked at those links...it's more common than I thought.

I tend to think I-91 going through Hartford is pretty scary; the speed limit doesn't apply, and the CT state police don't seem too concerned with preventing anything short of using the HOV lane when you're driving alone.

Route 1 coming outta Old Town Alex to about Mt. Vernon Parkway. In North Carolina veer of I-40 near Ashville, and see if you don't scream for your momma! Georgia Avenue....lol

LMAO!!!! And that's just the pedestrians!

Any/every road, street, avenue, etc. in the county of Miami-Dade, Florida.
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Though I don't live down there, every time I visit my family in that area, I fear for my life....

I HATE driving down there!

In Tampa Bay, US 19 is one of the worst roads in the state due to the number of deaths! It is crazy to drive on!

In Jacksonville, JTB and Beach Blvd can be hell with all the construction going on for the next 100 years...:eek:

Hahaha, there's a group on Facebook that I joined that's called "I do not fear death, for I drive in Miami every day."

But yeah, it's crazy. I feel so comfortable and kind of powerful whenever I drive in places like Naples, Orlando, etc. I'm not used to people following traffic laws and driving politely. :p

ETA: But ironically, the most dangerous intersection in the US isn't actually in Miami-Dade, it's in Broward. The intersection of Flamingo Rd and Pembroke Rd in Pembroke Pines which is a huge suburb of South Florida.

Yes! I've been traveling Brookville a lot recently because two of my best friends moved to East Atlantic Beach. That stretch of road is one of the worst I've ever driven. So uneven. It's like constant whiplash. There is not one smooth surface. And my car is low, so I feel everything. I always feel like I leave pieces of my car all over the road! I swear, one day I'm going to lose a wheel.

And pretty much any area of the Belt or the Interboro/Jackie Robinson Parkways are horrendous as well. Those roads were not built for speed.

yes, the Jackie is awful. its very curvy and only two lanes. everyone goes around me cause i refuse to speed on it.

let's not forget Queens Blvd, dubbed the Boulevard of Death.

slight hijack: where exactly is East Atlantic Beach?

Slightly off topic - people always complain about driving in Boston, and mention those roads as scary/dangerous. I've found them to be the opposite; there's a sort of method to the madness, and Boston drivers are aggressive, rather than dangerous.

I mention this because I've found that CT drivers, for the most part, are aggressive AND dangerous.

The West Virginia Turn-Pike. I hate driving on that dang road.

East Atlantic Beach is a hamlet on Long Beach Island:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-beach-map.gif

I-4, running from Tampa to Orlando. There have been many claims of people seeing ghosts from all of the dead motorists.

Someone once told me that speed limits on Florida highways can get up to 85mph. Is that true? :eek:

As for roads out town, I don't find this one dangerous (unless someone is confused or drunk), but I find it kind of scary...the part of Lakeshore drive in Chicago where there's like two expressways running parallel to each other. What's up with that? When you make a left turn onto the farthest left road, it feels like you're going down the wrong way.

Dear God, who would ever go "hiking" on that Chinese "trail"?!!! Without a parachute, I mean.

In Florida (for most parts I've been) the speed limit is whatever you want it to be...Until you see the police. It usually works well for us. But usually the max is 70/75mph (on the biggest highways), I've never seen above that.

I'd have to say the WORST piece of road is the stretch of 826 (although all of 826 is bad) that runs through Hialeah-OMG! I'm sorry, I love my fellow Sfloridians, but it's obvious that most of those people did not learn to drive here. That road should be razed. I seriously, they don't know how to get on it, how to merge, how to drive, nor how to get off! WTF!

BTW- ever since I heard that Flamingo and Pines was the worst intersection I never got why because even with the hospital being right there and ambulances flying by at any given time you rarely see many accidents. When you do however, they are MAJOR. I used to work in the mall right there and drove that way every day and never had issues...

Yeah, it is pretty crazy. But all of 826, IMO, is bad.

And Flamingo and Pines was the worst because of the amount of car crashes that happened there per year. I don't know if that is still the case, but I remember seeing some nasty crashes there sometimes.

Speed limit is 70mph on I-75, I-4, and I-95 in FL. As for avoiding the cops, they tend to hang out in certain spots but can surprise you....

Sadly this is not a joke! Many people have died on that stretch of road due to bad weather conditions. They was a huge accident in March where many people died, and over 100 cars were crashed. This was due to dense fog and wildfires. They actually had to close the interstate for several days and re-pave the road!


On another note: Did anyone see the story about the plane that landed and took off on I-95 in Ormand Beach (Just North of Daytona)? Crazy stuff!

I-75 from Tampa to the Georgia line is practically the Autobahn, I've done 100 the whole way without getting pulled over numerous times (never had a speeding ticket)

I can't remember what it is right now but I-95 in Miami-Dade and Broward and Palm Beach counties is NOT 70. It's ridiculously low...ugh! 60s? 55? Anyone?