Famous Roads

[Achowalogan]

Germany has the Autobahn and Scranton has the Autopen Expressway

 

[LMTLION]

Reading used to have the road to nowhere.

 

[Nittering Nabob]

the Autopen Expressway

 

[NittPicker]

Ancient Rome had the Via Appia, sections of which still exist today.

 

[Bison13]

What about the road to nowhere?

 

[rudedude]

 

[Colt2169]

Graffiti Highway - Centralia, PA

 

[berklion]

What about the road to nowhere?

They ruined it. It goes somewhere now. From Lancaster to PSU Berks to Allentown. I wish it were there 50 years ago when I went to school. Instead of driving 45 minutes each way, every day, it's now 20. Of course, tuition was only $500 per trimester then.

 

[JoeLion]

Does the former Bridge to Nowhere qualify?

 

[[email protected]]

The one not taken.

 

[jp3272]

 

[s1uggo72]

Road to Hell!

 

[mh-larch]

PA Route 6 Heritage corridor

US Route 66

 

[mh-larch]

Road to Hell!

Is that Route 666?

Hmmm....anyone seeing a theme here? Route 6, 66, and 666

 

[mh-larch]

In line with the road to nowhere, the "Goat Path" (scuttled Route 23 bypass) in Lancaster County.

History of the Goat Path

 

[LMTLION]

In line with the road to nowhere, the "Goat Path" (scuttled Route 23 bypass) in Lancaster County.

History of the Goat Path

I did not know about the goat path. It’s funny that a variety of Pennsylvania roads started and stopped due to funding drying up.

 

[ChandlerPearce58]

Surprised no one mentioned the "Surekill Expressway"....possibly no one headed into Philly along the Schuylkill river calls it that anymore.

 

[Connorpozlee]

 

[bdgan]

Carefree Highway

 

[bdgan]

Road to Hell!

At least it's paved (with good intentions)

 

[PSU87]

 

[LionJim]

Clopper Road in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

 

[psuro]

Clopper Road in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

i know that one. My brother lives in Germantown not too far from Clopper.

 

[Midnighter]

The PCH…

 

[ApexLion]

The musical highway outside Albuquerque. Drive 35 and your car plays a song.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/musical-highway

 

[WaffleShopper]

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

[Keyser Soze 16802]

Everyone should drive the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado if the opportunity arises

Ohmygod Road is pretty great too

 

[Pocono Lion]

 

[PSU87]

The musical highway outside Albuquerque. Drive 35 and your car plays a song.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/musical-highway

Drive 55mph and it plays it at 78

 

[Mr. Potter]

The intersection of Red Lion Road and Roosevelt Boulevard is famous for being one of the most dangerous intersections in America.

Shabbat Shalom

 

[84lion]

Clopper Road in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

But does it have it's own song?

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Tuna canyon.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

 

[Steve JG]

Surprised no one mentioned the "Surekill Expressway"....possibly no one headed into Philly along the Schuylkill river calls it that anymore.

heading down to see concerts or ball games and they were working Gulph Mills section and inbound back in 70s. Nightmare.......

 

[PSU87]

Surprised no one mentioned the "Surekill Expressway"....possibly no one headed into Philly along the Schuylkill river calls it that anymore.

Because it's famous roads, not infamous

 

[LionJim]

But does it have it's own song?

Yes. “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

 

[OUIrPSU]

Tail of the Dragon, Blue Ridge Parkway, and Road to Nowhere - all in western NC

 

[FHSPSU67]

Brooklyn. Roads - Neil Diamond

 

[nittanyfan333]

Tail of the Dragon, Blue Ridge Parkway, and Road to Nowhere - all in western NC

Blue ridge parkway is everything it’s built to be. Gorgeous. We go out to Boone every summer for vacation to take the kids to tweetsie and I always use the parkway to drive around the area when I can

 

[nittanyfan333]

When I was 19 and after I graduated basic training and tech school, my first duty station was Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage Alaska. After I did my recruiters assistance, I drove from Delta PA to Rapid City SD (was dating a girl that got stationed ant Ellsworth AFB), turned N through ND, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and hit the ALCAN highway in Dawson Creek BC, then through the Yukon Territory into Alaska, before ending in Anchorage AK. 23 years later and I can still remember it like it was yesterday.