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Road poll: The good, the bad, the better
February 1, 2010
| by: Max Kvidera
Familiar freeways top the rankings of best, worst and most improved roads in Overdrive survey
One is a molar masher that has raised the ire of users for decades. The other is a ribbon of smooth sailing that has been a favorite in recent years.
In Overdrive’s annual survey of owner-operators’ opinions on the best, worst and most improved U.S. interstate highways, I-10 in Louisiana once again tops the list of worst roads. The highway barely beat out I-95 near New York City.
On the plus side, I-40 in Tennessee repeated for the fourth year in a row as best segment. Most-improved winner was longtime worst winner I-80 in Pennsylvania.
This past year turned out to be a trying time for state highway departments. Shrinking revenue in the second year of the recession forced states to cut back on budgets for major items such as highway construction and maintenance.
States have responded by postponing new construction and limiting repairs to the most crucial projects.
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[...] Surprisingly, they also think highly of our drivers: BEST AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS 1. Texas 2. Ohio 3. Tennessee Road poll: The good, the bad, the better | Overdrive [...]
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[...] Knoxville News Sentinel columnist Sam Venable took time to concur with our readers, who recently voted I-40 in Tennessee as the nation’s best highway segment in our annual Highway Report Card. [...]
[...] Now, lest those who live outside the state think I am tossing about hyperbole I have an unbiased source to back me up. Overdrive magazine, a publication for over the road truckers and the like, does an annual Highway Report Card of the roads across the country. They rate individual highways best, worst, and most improved as well as giving overall ratings to the states. Pennsylvania has regularly been first on the list of worst states. There was a bright spot in 2010 as I-80 in Pennsylvania was voted most improved, but in spite of this the state as a whole is still rated worst in the 2010 Report Card. [...]
[...] Some of my friends and I like to take road trips to and through the states that border PA. One of the jokes we always make is, "You can tell you're out of Pennsylvania when the road gets smooth." Okay, maybe that's a lame joke, but the really sad part is, it's true – Pennsylvania roads were rated worst overall by Overdrive magazine. [...]
[...] Louisiana held top ranks for the worst highways in the nation in Overdrive’s last several Highway Report Card surveys. [...]
[...] roads are consistently rated by truckers and industry experts as among the best in the nation, according to Overdrive Magazine [...]
[...] roads are consistently rated by truckers and industry experts as among the best in the nation, according to Overdrive Magazine [...]