Worst Stretch of Hwy in Texas??

[Matthew328]

What are some of the worst stretches of roads in the state?? Saw this on another board and its an interesting topic.

My list

Hwy 287 from Wichita Falls to Amarillo: long and boring, you have to slow down to 30mph every ten miles to prevent getting a speeding ticket from Barney Fife the local PD

I-20 from Monahans to I-10: at least you can go 80 but there's nothing to see, hardly anywhere to stop and downright depressing. At least when you get to I-10 you start to see mountains.

Hwy 21 from Alto to Nacogdoches: don't recommend driving this at night, dark and winding road...one lane...very scary

I37 from San Antonio to Corpus: straight flat and nothing...two hours of absolute utter boredom

[LH Panther Mom]

Hwy 29 from Georgetown to Burnet - there are about 487 police officers/deputies/DPS in that 36 miles. :doh:

[LE Dad]

Highway 82 from New Boston to Sherman.:mad:
Cattle Trucks and farm equipment all the way, and small towns every 15 miles.:doh:

[sinton66]

All city streets in Houston. They may be concrete, but nobody here knows how to make it smooth. Harrisburg from 225 to downtown is the worst road anywhere.

[bowleghorses]

Originally posted by LE Dad
Highway 82 from New Boston to Sherman.:mad:
Cattle Trucks and farm equipment all the way, and small towns every 15 miles.:doh:

Sounds lovely.:D

[Txbroadcaster]

Originally posted by Matthew328

Hwy 21 from Alto to Nacogdoches: don't recommend driving this at night, dark and winding road...one lane...very scary



wife and I drove that every day to work for over a year..can get rough at times

[ASUFrisbeeStud]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Hwy 29 from Georgetown to Burnet - there are about 487 police officers/deputies/DPS in that 36 miles. :doh:

agreed.

Ranch Rd 32 and 12 between Blanco and San Marcos, beautiful during the day but dangerous as hell at night.

[Johnny Utah]

RR 12....the Devils Backbone. I agree, very spectacular during the day, but would not ride a motorcycle on that stretch at night.

[Matthew328]

Speaking of the best stretch of Hwy saw pics of FM 170 the River Road and WOW breath taking

[Tx Challenge]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Hwy 29 from Georgetown to Burnet - there are about 487 police officers/deputies/DPS in that 36 miles. :doh:

HA HA, No offense, 29 can be tough, but has Georgetown PD ever pulled you over for speeding? I pull the chute once I get in LH area!

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by Tx Challenge
HA HA, No offense, 29 can be tough, but has Georgetown PD ever pulled you over for speeding? I pull the chute once I get in LH area!
No, they haven't, but then I don't speed. :p

[Tx Challenge]

Originally posted by Matthew328
What are some of the worst stretches of roads in the state?? Saw this on another board and its an interesting topic.

My list

Hwy 287 from Wichita Falls to Amarillo: long and boring, you have to slow down to 30mph every ten miles to prevent getting a speeding ticket from Barney Fife the local PD

I-20 from Monahans to I-10: at least you can go 80 but there's nothing to see, hardly anywhere to stop and downright depressing. At least when you get to I-10 you start to see mountains.

Hwy 21 from Alto to Nacogdoches: don't recommend driving this at night, dark and winding road...one lane...very scary

I37 from San Antonio to Corpus: straight flat and nothing...two hours of absolute utter boredom

Have not driven Hwy 21 but you have the rest pegged. I think the 287 route would rate #1. Lots of nothing, till you get to more of nothing!

[Tx Challenge]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
No, they haven't, but then I don't speed. :p

LOL, you dont "have" to be speeding in LH to get pulled over for it. I hate traveling thru there from games late at night. Cruise set BELOW speed limit. Love LH, but you know I am being honest!

[crabman]

Highway 59 from Freer to Laredo. 62 miles without a turn, or at least it seems that way. Very straight and very boring.

Loop 1604 around San Antonio from US 87 to Somerset. About 32 miles. Two lanes. Lots of old folks in 1972 pickups and old John Deere tractors that will not pull over in the grass. I think that 32 miles takes about 14 hours. It sure seems that way to me.

[coach]

Hwy 294 between elkhart and and alto beats all of them

[injuredinmelee]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Hwy 29 from Georgetown to Burnet - there are about 487 police officers/deputies/DPS in that 36 miles. :doh:

amen sistah.

[injuredinmelee]

195 from Georgetown to Killeen.

[D_bird]

I don't know what critera you are using for worst stretch of roads, but US 380 between Bridgeport, Decatur, and Denton used to be one of the most dangerous stretches of road anywhere before they made 380 a four lane divided highway between Bridgeport and Decatur.

Between Denton and Decatur is still a very dangerous stretch though.

By using the other critera... 114 between Seymour and Lubbock is terrible... Personal experience, hit a deer near Guthrie, not fun :doh:

[sinfan75]

From Brady to Knox City. That is the Worst lookin stretch of road I've ever drivin in my life. And I ain't talkin about the road I was talkin bout the country-side. Hell I thought South Texas was bad Ya'll are worse than we are. LOL

[I_Do_Care]

59

[Tx Challenge]

Originally posted by injuredinmelee
195 from Georgetown to Killeen.

Dangerous, yes I agree

[CenTexSports]

Lots of long barren stretches in Texas but none of them is worse than from Salt Lake City to Henderson NV across the Great Salt Lake. Not even a blade of grass and the only tree is a forty foot metal one soneone built years ago.

[mwynn05]

Originally posted by LE Dad
Highway 82 from New Boston to Sherman.:mad:
Cattle Trucks and farm equipment all the way, and small towns every 15 miles.:doh: why wouldnt you just take I 30 to greenville get on 380 to mckinney then get on 75 and go to sherman

[sinfan75]

Drivin Bad? SH 188 from sinton to I-35. No shoulders and everybody and there dog and especially the DPS, San Pat county deputies and whatever other law enforcement officers we here LOVE and I mean LOVE!!!! to haul ass on 188!! Even though the limit is 55. LMAO!!! And they're just haulin ass to make it to Pizza Hut for buffet!

[DU_stud04]

820, from 183 to I-35...ive never seen it where traffic isn't backed up. worst 6 miles ever. met a girl from saginaw and told her it wouldn't work out. hahaha

[BaseballUmp]

Originally posted by CenTexSports
Lots of long barren stretches in Texas but none of them is worse than from Salt Lake City to Henderson NV across the Great Salt Lake. Not even a blade of grass and the only tree is a forty foot metal one soneone built years ago.
I havent been that far, but I did make a drive from Cameron to Orem Utah and all the from west texas into colorado through NM was the most boring drive ever. Once we got in to CO tho there was snow on the ground and then going through the mountains in Utah was pretty cool seeing the signs that said something like helicopter patrol or something like that and watch for falling boulders with huge rocks laying only feet to the side of the road haha and next fuel station 80 miles lol something ive never seen before. Id love to go back tho

[Daddy D 11]

Originally posted by mwynn05
why wouldnt you just take I 30 to greenville get on 380 to mckinney then get on 75 and go to sherman

because

[BaseballUmp]

And also, Hwy 21 from Bastrop to San Marcos...that is the worst part of the drive back to my apt ever. Its only about 45 miles, but theres no shoulder and people drive about 45 mph and now theres road construction about every 10 miles

[Old Dog]

I agree about the Hwy 29 bit, especially thru Bertram. There are about 1200 citizens and they have THREE miles of city limits (SPEED TRAP). During the weekends they use "volunteer" officers trying to build up their OJT hours. I live a mile or so west of the city limits and on the weekends it is solid sirens up 29 and back again.......chasing victims up to 4 miles beyond their limits!

It does give the coyotes something to howl at..................

[Tx Challenge]

I am not sure what this thread is about. Boring,Hectic or Traffic. The past couple of years, I have spent most of my time in Los Angeles. I have spent many hours and driven thru most of TX. If you want to talk about traffic, nothing compares to LA. If you want to talk about borning streaches of HWY, then Tx wins. I will take the boring Tx roads any day! L.A. sux!

[Bull Butter]

US 77 from Riviera to Raymondville. 56 miles of nada. At least on the return trip you get to stop and have a dog sniff your car and get asked if you're a U.S. citizen:cool:

[coach]

Originally posted by BaseballUmp
And also, Hwy 21 from Bastrop to San Marcos...that is the worst part of the drive back to my apt ever. Its only about 45 miles, but theres no shoulder and people drive about 45 mph and now theres road construction about every 10 miles

there isnt an inch on hwy 21 that is enjoyable

[BaseballUmp]

Haha yea anywhere from College station to caldwell is filled with cops then through dimebox saw 2 ppl pulled over this morning... about the only part that isnt too bad is coming right into bastrop...thats about it lol

[Emerson1]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Hwy 29 from Georgetown to Burnet - there are about 487 police officers/deputies/DPS in that 36 miles. :doh:
I can second this. Plus you have to go through Liberty Hill, gross!

[BaseballUmp]

Originally posted by Emerson1
I can second this. Plus you have to go through Liberty Hill, gross!
yuck lol

[coach]

Originally posted by BaseballUmp
Haha yea anywhere from College station to caldwell is filled with cops then through dimebox saw 2 ppl pulled over this morning... about the only part that isnt too bad is coming right into bastrop...thats about it lol

have you ever gone from college station to nacogdoches?

[BaseballUmp]

Nope, I don't think I've ever been in the nac actually. I've got a friend from sam that's supppsed to be coming to nac for a softball tourney tho

[Twirling Time]

Originally posted by mwynn05
why wouldnt you just take I 30 to greenville get on 380 to mckinney then get on 75 and go to sherman

One, it's about 50 miles longer to go that way and two, 380 is under construction between Greenville and McKinney and in McKinney it's a traffic nightmare.

If you go from Sherman to Greenville the best way is to take Hwy. 11 to Whitewright and pick up 69 down. But either way you're not saving any time from 82.

82's not that bad as long as you keep it close to the speed limit and watch for the smokey bears. The new bypass around Clarksville helped a lot.

[navscanmaster]

Of you want to talk deadly, sh 105 from Navasota to Montgomery claims a lot of lives every year. I can agree with 21 as being just a plain bad road from start to finish.

[GrTigers6]

Any road in Johnson county. The roads are always tore up and they are very slow to fix them.

[turbostud]

281 between Falfurrias and George West. Nothing but brushland.

[SintonPirateFan]

the S curves on 188 between Mathis and Sinton


not one of the most dangerous but one of the stretches i hate to be stuck in is 281 between 410 and bulverde. 6 lanes with stop lights every 1/2 mile and they are NEVER green.


and 35W from Ft Worth all the way to Austin.

[MUSTANG69]

Originally posted by sinfan75
Drivin Bad? SH 188 from sinton to I-35. No shoulders and everybody and there dog and especially the DPS, San Pat county deputies and whatever other law enforcement officers we here LOVE and I mean LOVE!!!! to haul ass on 188!! Even though the limit is 55. LMAO!!! And they're just haulin ass to make it to Pizza Hut for buffet!

I was thinking SH 188 from Sinton to I-37. No shoulders and several 90 degree turns that are hard to see at night.

[MUSTANG69]

Originally posted by Bull Butter
US 77 from Riviera to Raymondville. 56 miles of nada. At least on the return trip you get to stop and have a dog sniff your car and get asked if you're a U.S. citizen:cool:

Yes and sometimes you get to pull over to the side and stand there 30 minutes while th Border Patrol checks your vehicle out.:D

[Pick6]

377 between Aubrey and Tioga has to be the ugliest stretch in Texas.

[baller375]

I10 from Ft. Stockton to Oznoa. This is the longest 100 miles ever.

[pirate4state]

The road between LaMesa-Snyder and Hobbs, NM....ugh

Also agree with 188 from Sinton to I-37 --- yikes.

Also agree with whoever said HWY 59 :speech:

[Eradicator]

Dallas Loop 12 NB between 6:30 & 7:30am and SB between 4:45 & 6pm!

[ronwx5x]

Originally posted by baller375
I10 from Ft. Stockton to Oznoa. This is the longest 100 miles ever.

And so much to see and do when you get there!:D

[Green Bling]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by crabman
[B]Highway 59 from Freer to Laredo. 62 miles without a turn, or at least it seems that way. Very straight and very boring.

AND almost impossible to observe the speed limit. Haven't been that way since it got too dangerous to shop Nuevo Laredo. Did they finally raise the limit on that stretch?

[Green Bling]

Originally posted by Tx Challenge
I am not sure what this thread is about. Boring,Hectic or Traffic. The past couple of years, I have spent most of my time in Los Angeles. I have spent many hours and driven thru most of TX. If you want to talk about traffic, nothing compares to LA. If you want to talk about borning streaches of HWY, then Tx wins. I will take the boring Tx roads any day! L.A. sux!
I once ended up having to pull a very large U-Haul through LA during rush hour. Was traveling the middle lane because I didn't know which way I'd have to exit and got pulled over. The trooper said that since I was from Texas I probably didn't know that when pulling a trailer you have to stay in the outside lane. Don't know how far I had to go to find a place to pull over. Just glad I lived to tell about it later.:D :D

[Footballhudini]

Originally posted by Green Bling
[QUOTE]Originally posted by crabman
[B]Highway 59 from Freer to Laredo. 62 miles without a turn, or at least it seems that way. Very straight and very boring.

AND almost impossible to observe the speed limit. Haven't been that way since it got too dangerous to shop Nuevo Laredo. Did they finally raise the limit on that stretch?

i think its 75. i also think they added passing lanes every few miles.

i've traveled the state a few times, but the one place i seem to see the most cops is a stretch of highway 77 from around odem to the checkpoint. it's terrible.

[c-town_balla]

287 from Amarillo to Limon,co


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[IHStangFan]

Originally posted by sinton66
All city streets in Houston. They may be concrete, but nobody here knows how to make it smooth. Harrisburg from 225 to downtown is the worst road anywhere. I think ole 66 is on the right track here.

[Maroon87]

Originally posted by turbostud
281 between Falfurrias and George West. Nothing but brushland.

And Alice...;)


US 59 between Refugio and Victoria. Just you and the cattle...

[Trashman]

Most dangerous road: Hwy 16 between Kerrville and Medina, more curves than a snake could make in a life time.

Longest road that isn't: 377 from Brownwood to Brady and Mason to Junction, Seems like it takes forever to drive, but both of those segments of road are less than 50 miles each.

Most poorly maintained road: pick any road in Louisianna.



:cool:

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by Tx Challenge
LOL, you dont "have" to be speeding in LH to get pulled over for it. I hate traveling thru there from games late at night. Cruise set BELOW speed limit. Love LH, but you know I am being honest!
Oh, I know! I fought the law and I won. :D



29 from Burnet to Llano (at least) is pretty bad. 2-lanes, double striped, with 3" shoulders, the majority of the way. It never fails that I get behind some poke driving 5 mph under the speed limit. :rolleyes: Then if I ever have to go North to Brady from there, it's another 50 +/- miles of the same. :doh:

[RiverRat19]

Originally posted by ASUFrisbeeStud
agreed.

Ranch Rd 32 and 12 between Blanco and San Marcos, beautiful during the day but dangerous as hell at night.

Yeah it is... The road between Ballinger and Abilene is pretty desolate.

[Pick6]

Originally posted by Trashman
Most dangerous road: Hwy 16 between Kerrville and Medina, more curves than a snake could make in a life time.



Love that road. My wife wanted to ride motorcycles with us one weekend. I told her if she could ride Hwy 16 to Medina then she could ride the rest of the weekend. Before then she had only ridden a dirt bike a few times. She did the ride to Medina and rode the rest of the weekend with us. Love that area.