Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
 

i just saw a news story about federal funding for highways and it made me think about how terrible the roads are here in Pa. i have done some travelling and have found nice road conditions in Virginia, Texas, New Mexico. there are other states i've driven through that have decent roads, too. what are the roads like where you live? what states do you think have good roads?

They suck in LA for two reasons, endemic corruption and poor sources for base material, related to the first part. It's gotten better in the past 10 years or so with an aberration: 2.5 honest administrations in a row. They appointed an actual civil engineer to run the hwy dept. Scarey stuff.

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i drove through la. on 20 two years ago and that wasn't too memorable; i don't know if that's good or not!

20 years ago and it wasn't memorable. I'm guessing you were either traveling from MS south into LA or you were going E-W via I-10 or I-20. In any case, you were probably on interstates.

Everybody with any sense in my state wonders what happened to the oil and gas taxes since the 1930's. We visit Texas and see fine fine secondaries and come home to US Hwy 84 or LA 1! Aaaaaaahh!

I think Hydrogen Peroxide drove these roads for a while. Wonder if he has a chiropacter on retainer.

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sorry. I-20 two years ago is what i meant to mean!

Ah, the interstates are about average, which is why they aren't memorable. MS has the best interstates East of the MS, IMO.

We could ask BenzAdmiral (I think), who lives in NOLA, but I think NOLA has been importing extra potholes from other major cities.

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Howdy All,
The roads in California and Arizona are good.

i used to drive rt. 50 (i think) through magdalena, NM to Phoenix-through globe, concho, chandler; all the old copper mining towns-awesome scenery and great road!

Howdy Hogweed,
Arizona is my favorite state. There are sooooo many things to see. And as mentioned good roads to see them.

howdy frank,
i'm partial to new mexico but i'm stuck back east for awhile. actually, the condition of the roads here in Pa. aside, there are some really nice scenic rides here.

Howdy Hogweed,
New Mexico is my next choice. But like you I am stuck only it is in Cal.

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i need more cowbell!! cmon, folks i can't believe there are no more thoughts about road conditions on a car message board :computer:

Hogweed, that was (is) highway 60, not 50. I'm only 26 miles south of it here in Alpine. Yeah, most roads in AZ and NM are in pretty good shape, although the highway engineers in NM could use a refresher in slope stablity.

Wes

that is correct! it's been a while but i used to go that way from albuq to phoenix to see the eagles play the cardinals and one time to go to san diego to see the dead-that was a wild ride! giant car-sized boulders flaaing off the mountain into the road righ before the tunnel! awesome

you have to kkep in mind i'm comparing them to pa roads- i would probably enjoy driving conditions on the moon after driving on the roads here