What Are the 14 LONELIEST Highways in America | What You Can Expect Driving on Them
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A bit misleading here. I appreciate the effort, but an exit without any services is pretty much useless. I'm thinking specifically about i70 Green River Utah headed west. Its literally over 100 miles of nothing. Not even a gas pump, rest area, or building in sight.
There's a rest area at the top of the ridge going across
Not if you listen to the criteria.
I-70 between Den & UT
@stephentthomas it's listed as a rest area is why I said that
Corrected my first comment
@UHaulShorts you're completely missing GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO and other towns between Denver and Utah...
Well, when it comes to "loneliest", I think traffic counts ought to be considered, as well as the length without services. I think a good candidate for that would be I-70 in Utah, where you're 100 miles between services, though not exits.
I've driven I-70 through Utah, and I second this. There are technically exists ... to ranch roads. Oh, you wanted SERVICES? Hope you can hold out another 70 miles. On that trip about halfway between Green River and Salina one of us said something like "I'm sorry, I must have missed it when we took the exit for MARS."
Yeah, I think he’s off a bit here. But it seems he’s talking about purely controlled access 4 lane highways. 70 heading west out of Grand Junction is definitely a good one. Rt 50 in Nevada has some insane stretches. I think it’s 60 miles between Middlegate and Austin NV with nothing. 191 south out of Rock Springs WY? Eastern Oregon, Montana, Eastern Colorado, I’ve been all over the west and nothing in the east comes close to the kind of desolation you have out there.
That stretch of I-80 in Utah is dead straight and flat. I had the Garman going and we dropped 8' in 40 miles! Also they have warning signs to just pull off the road if you get tired. They mean just pull off anywhere. It's a mesmerizing stretch.
In 1990, I drove your number-one stretch of highway at night with a bad alternator. I've never been so lonely behind the wheel.
Yikes. And that's without cell phones to call for help given how long ago it was.
Great video, as always. Did want to make you aware of the access roads on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Those access roads are NOT for the general public. They are gated and you must have an electronic pass in order to travel through these areas. These access roads are generally used by the State Police and the Turnpike Maintenance vehicles.
well it's not illegal to use them
Mass Turnpike has these too. I suspect that the automatic tolling will put up a red flag on your account if you use one.
@mattschehr163 Unless you have an electronic pass, the gate will NOT open and you can't get through. Also, if not authorized you can get into trouble if you sneak by when someone else uses the gate. When I was working with the Turnpike a couple of years ago they were adamant about proper use of the gate passes. The Pennsylvania Turnpike has spent lots of money over the years to make sure you pay the tolls. I believe it's now the most expensive per mile in the country.
@@mattschehr163trespassing is pretty illegal
All those “unofficial exits” along the PA turnpike have gates across them. They’re for emergency access only.
Mass Pike has those, also.
Most highways have em, their ment for police and fire use to get to scenes quickly
Not surprised about the PA turnpike as I live near Philadelphia, my sister’s in Pittsburgh and family in WilkesBarre😳
I broke down on the yeehaw junction area. FHP came up to me and said he was the only trooper doing 4 counties pretty crazy
Blend of FHP being horrifically underfunded for a state-wide LEO agency, but also that, beyond people just driving straight through, there's quite literally fuck-all out there lol
Even though it's not a freeway, the Dalton highway in Alaska is extremely long with almost no services for large sections, and is 414-miles of mostly gravel and dirt. Though, that would raise a few cans of worms if that highway was included.
Id love to see a non-freeway version of this to get some of the real frontier roads included.
The last time I was on the Dalton Highway, there was signage: "Speed limit 45 next 416 miles."
6:31 Exits 2 and 3 are the old exit numbers for the Mass Pike, Massachussetts converted to mileage-based exit numbering in 2020-2021 and they’re now exits 10 and 41.
There is also a rest stop between them.
Mass pike: isn’t there a service plaza in the middle of that stretch?
@@hkbirkeyes. Stopped there yesterday.
Around here we call it the Achussetts Turn
I-69 from US-231 near Crane Navy Base to Fullerton Pike in Bloomington, Indiana is about 27 miles without any services at all. It is one lonely drive at night.
New Hampshire's Kancamagus Highway, called "The Kanc," is 34.5 miles long with a sign near each end saying "No services next thirty miles." It does have spectacular views.
The sign says "Next 32 miles." It's not an interstate highway or even a freeway as mentioned in the 14 examples in the video.
Wowzers Thats Trememdous🤓🖕
I think that I70 across the San Rafael Swell between Salina and Green River, UT at least deserves an honorable mention as it’s the longest stretch between exits with no services. Sure there’s a few exits and rest areas, but no gas stations for over 100 miles.
I just came here to make sure you got Florida Turnpike at #1 and #2.
I have driven past FHP in the median at 92mph and waved out my window and received a wave back. Evidently he was waiting for someone to go faster than that.
He was just happy because he wasn't responding to an accident caused by freaking tourists.
Alligator Alley I-75 used to be the longest with an 86 mile gap! No services, all eastbound and Westbound.
technically Northbound and Southbound as I-75 is an odd numbered interstate that goes north to south even though it goes east/west through the Everglades.
Prior to being part of I75, Alligator Alley was SR 84 all the way across,so East West was correct. Even then, the intersections with SR 29 and US 27 existed, though I don't know if there were any services near the alley at those points back then.
I-80 in Utah is 101 miles exactly from the last Gas station in Lake Point and the next one in West Wendover. And inverse also
1:49 I've gotten stuck in a Lyft on this stretch of i-76 ... it added an entire hour to my trip and Lyft charged me $140. Thanks a lot, Google Maps.
Eh? It's not your fault that the driver added an extra hour to your trip, you could have challenge that charge.
The only real surprise that made the list was Massachusetts. The biggest surprise that didn't make the list was Nevada.
In the case of Massachusetts, there have been attempts to build an exit somewhere in this stretch. Becket, where US 20 and MA 8 go under the turnpike, and at a local road near the rest areas in Blandford or Otis have been mentioned. Local opposition for an exit in all locations is the reason for the long stretch between exits.
@@edwardrasmussen3465I’ve visited that area. It is very quiet and has next to zero amenities. No grocery, no Dunkin’ Donuts, and a long drive for gas.
I'm surprised that Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, The Dakotas, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, and a few random midwest stretches didn't make it.
I-80 between Fernley and US 95 south is about 35 miles without a useful exit. In Wyoming, I-90 between Gillette and Buffalo has over 60 miles without a useful exit.
@@edwardrasmussen3465 Once again NIMBYs veto what's best for the public as a whole.
I used to be a dispatcher for a roadside service company for RV breakdowns and we worked with Allstate's Good Sam RV roadside. Our company would get the calls that Allstate refused to dispatch because they were money losers, so basically i knew a lot of these long stretch no exit areas. I got a LOT of Yeehaw Junction, FL dispatches and i got to hear a lot of angry people when the nearest provider would take hours to get there. The worst dispatch was a couple stuck near Death Valley at 2am, they were driving at night to avoid the heat of the day and they broke down. I had one provider that would go out, but wanted a fortune and i got screamed at again. After working these calls, i vowed NEVER to own a RV.
Wow. Hard to believe people would drive through Death Valley at night.
Gotta love Yeehaw Junction...if not only for the name. 🤠
@@lisapolanski9379 My parents drove through Death Valley during the 1960's in the family station wagon. Why is it hard to believe? Death Valley Summer day time temps are absolutely blistering.
@wildbikerbill6530 did route 66 go through Death Valley? My parents also drove out to California in the early 60s on Route 66. But there were many motels and gas stations along the way. There's nothing in Death Valley.
@@lisapolanski9379 I don't believe so. Route 66's claim to fame was being a pre Interstate route from Chicago to L.A. Death Valley would definitely be off the beaten path.
Also, in that time frame I was ~6 years old and my parents game plan was for the kids to be sleeping while they drove through. So my memories of the drive are sketchy, to say the least. My memories of the trip are mostly from decades later reviewing images of the trip.
How spooky Alligator alley is on a moonless night
Oof. I did that my first time driving it going from Key West to Tampa.
Did that going to Tallahassee and got a flat tire while in Alligator Alley. Never again
@@stonehenge55 US Highway 41 also goes across the Everglades from Naples to Miami further south of Alligator Alley as a 2 lane road. I bet there are plenty of stories that highway could tell from over the years.
@@stevengolden9009 I never took that route before but now that you mention it, seems even creepier than I-75
I’ve made that drive many times, but only once at night.
i love these videos... FYI, the Masspike exits between westfield and Lee is exits 10 and 41 (which reflects the 30 mile distance). . . and there IS a service center on each side of the freeway with gas and food. . . it sounded like you said there was nothing in between the exits.
they used to be exits 2 and 3, and there might be 2 service plazas i don't remember if the lee one was before or after the exit
@@creepersword1677 there’s Service Plazas on both sides in Blandford IIRC, which is about the halfway point between Lee and Westfield. It’s been years since I’ve driven west of Westfield on the Pike.
I broke down one time in September 2022 on the Mass Pike between Lee and Westfield. Transfer case went in my truck. Travel trailer in tow. 2 AM. Wife and dog with me. Took over three hours to get a tow truck to us. Dog got a tick walking the 30 feet from the pickup to the tow truck cab. Not a fun night for either of us. At least Harold (the tow truck operator) was friendly. The bill was almost $1000 to get us to Westfield.
Honorable mention for CO 94 from Aroya to Colorado Springs. No services or really any towns for that matter for 70 miles. The middle section is absolutely lonely. No powerlines or fences follow the road for a bit, and theres no houses off the side either. Just you, the almost stright line road, and Pikes Peak off in the distance.
Even more fun in the winter. Don't want car trouble out there.
11:11 Classic Italian sports car out in the 110 degree heat, drove past the "no exit for 40 miles" sign and didn't even flinch. This driver fears nothing. 🙏
Also on I-76 between Blue Mountain and Carlisle is a major part of Turnpike history as the 11 mile straightaway that created the term highway hypnosis where drivers can fall asleep behind the wheel if they do the speed limit or under and it stops when they go through Blue Mountain Tunnel. The Allegheny Mountain Tunnel was the 1st Tunnel of the Turnpike to be twined in the 1960s when they invested $100 million to deal with 5 mile congestion at the 7 tunnels.
Side note, the Carlisle to Blue Mountain portion of the PA Turnpike is that way as it utilizes the right of way of the stillborn South Penn Railroad. The Eastbound tunnels were formerly dug for the railroad and widened and finished for the turnpike.
@@ConrailHistorical I knew it but didn't want to spoil it to the public because you never know what Mike may do in the future if this gets a whole video sometime soon and other side note I went to the abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike tunnels 3 times but I don't like to spoil it until a video is already up.
@@tomasmowery164Not entirely. There are more than a few spots where the old South Penn route diverges from the Turnpike. Looking on Google Maps terrain view shows a lot of sections of graded route swinging away from the highway. The reason for this is that 20th Century automobiles can handle steeper grades than 19th Century freight trains, so the railroad took some less-direct routes to try to minimize the grade.
Even then, though, it would have been a serious mountain operation-grades of less than 1% have always been generally preferred for freight trains, but the South Penn was planning sections above 2%!
Surprised the state of Montana didn't make the list in some fashion.
Probably didn’t make the cut with the metric being just exits and not services in general. Montana and the Dakotas have a ton of interstate exits that just dump you out onto an equally desolate gravel county road.
another banger video mike!
I-70 in Utah is over 100 miles with no services
CO-71 South of Limon, CO has signs listing 70-ish miles of no services.
Been on that road many times traveling from NM to Scotts Bluff, NE when I was young.
LIMON!? LIIIMON!? @ControlCityFreak
I noticed you only selected interstates but the loneliest stretch of surface non-interstate highway is US-19 between Perry and Lebanon Station Florida. There's a long stretch I drove at night where there were deer on the side of the road and wishing to cross and evidence of previous deer who were not successful 😭 all over the roadway 😦😧😨😰
Massachusetts switched to mileage-based exit numbers a few years back. Lee is exit 10 now and Westfield is exit 41. There are service areas in Blandford, at MM 29 (and just west of this stretch in Lee at MM 8): before all the service areas on the Pike were renovated in the early 2000s, the WB Blandford and EB Lee service areas had restaurants while the EB Blandford and WB Lee areas were just gas stations (not even a convenience store). With the renovation, the previously gas-only locations have each had a McDonalds and a convenience store added, though the other two have a choice of restaurants.
A few years ago, MassDOT was considering building a new interchange somewhere along the Mass Pike in that 30 mile gap. There haven't been any updates or plans drafted since the study ended in 2020, but the most likely place they might put one is near an existing maintenance facility in Blandford, around the 14 mile marker.
No words, just another nice video. Go 'head Mike 💯
I remember the time I got a flat tire on the Mass Turnpike without a spare. It took quite awhile for a tow truck to come.
Another mention from the Indiana Toll Road (I-80/90): the stretch from Exit 49 (IN 39- La Porte) to Exit 72 (US 31- South Bend/Niles/Plymouth) is also 23 miles, and it also comes with a service plaza in between those exits!
Florida's maximum speed limit is 70 mph (not 75 mph), by the way.
It is 75mph on I-75 tho. For the rest of the state maybe.
I-95 has several stretches of 75 mph along it between Port St. Lucie and Titusville, I commute that every weekend for work. What the hell are you smoking, state maximum of 70? We had one of those previously, but it was repealed in the early 90s and has been off the books for aroundabouts 30 years now
@@Director_Orson_Krennic Send me a google maps link of a 75 MPH sign in FL. I'm 99.9% positive its 70 only statewide.
And a change in time zones as well
What you showed on the PA Turnpike as "exits" aren't really exits. The access roads are gated off and are meant for maintenance and first responders only. If you're caught exiting here, you'll pay a hefty fine. If you enter at one of these and exit at a real exit, your toll will be the highest possible toll from that exit. And, to add insult to injury, the Northeast Extension counts in that toll.
I had to look up the term, "control city". (Loosely, 'town worthy of an exit sign'.) Being fairly well read and somewhat well traveled, it's not every day I learn a new word or term. Thanks, Mike.
There's a CZcams channel called Control City Freak devoted to control cities on major highways.
@@davidgreenhow7811 Limon! Who's signing Limon? It's a town of only 2000 people! Limon!
i didn’t even know that was even a word for towns on road signs
In the late 80s, I drove from Albuquerque to Texas and I would think there were longer stretches without exits, but that was so long ago I might be wrong. I think some roads in Australie might be longer than in the US.
I was going to say something about the same stretch. I loved seeing that sign that said "NEXT SERVICES ON I-70 110 miles" despite the several ranch exits along the way. Someone passed me there doing about 105 mph, so I decided to settle in about a half mile behind them and keep a very close eye on the rearview mirror. I followed them all the way to Vegas. We both got gas in St. George. Rolled into Vegas 4 hours and 16 minutes after leaving Green River.
Great video!
I love American Highway systems! So much freedom 🦅 🇺🇸 🔥
Great video Mike.
Thanks 👍
@@MileageMike485 Perhaps you could do a collab with Control City Freak on control cities?
6:31 I-90 in Massachusetts (Massachusetts Turnpike) now has mile-based exits. The exits referenced here are now Exit 10 in Lee and Exit 41 in Westfield. At 7:08 you mention that there are no services on this stretch of turnpike. There are services on both sides, not connected to each other, in Blandford.
I was about to say the same thing, as I frequent this stretch with my work on the railroad.
That stretch also includes the Appalachian Trail crossing and the highest elevation on I-90 until South Dakota. Not to mention it's the stretch being driven by Will at the end of Good Will Hunting.
And as much as MassDOT has put forth proposals to build an exit or two in that stretch of highway, the local communities don't want them.
2:06 I've never heard my hometown of Chambersburg pronounced like that lol.
It's basically Chamber's burg, Chamber like the chamber of a gun or a private room.
I drove US-26 from Ontario, Oregon to Government Camp in June; empty doesn't begin to describe this road. We drove for almost 2 hours without seeing another car.
Basically anywhere in southern Nevada are the loneliest roads I’ve ever driven and some of them have extremely long stretches between services. In addition to no road service, a lot of those stretches don’t even have cell service, which makes it extra lonely. The salt flats stretch in Utah is certainly “lonely” too but in my opinion it’s beautiful.
Have you tried northern Nevada? It's a beautiful wasteland dotted with a few small towns across the interstate highway. Probably like southern Nevada, but with even more road distance!
I was expecting the drive to Death Valley to be #1 - I honestly thought I was going to drive off the side of the planet out there.
I-80 through Wyoming does have limited services between Cheyenne and Evanston, but the stretch of road itself has very long stretches that feel especially lonesome.
Yep. Seemed like that drive took me forever.
You're the man, Mike.
The Dalton Highway in Alaska is 419 miles long. Gas can only be bought at mile 55, 175 and at the end of the highway in Deadhorse at mile 419.
My addition to this list is I-80 west of Lincoln, Nebraska. There are many exits with nothing nearby. In many cases you can find a small town just north along Rt 30. If you want to make time by staying on I-80, you will want to plan your gas stops. There are some peaceful rest stops but they have only restrooms and vending machines. Being easterners, my wife and I were quite surprised by the emptiness of this major highway. (Much worse than the Indiana section mentioned in the video). If there are two adults in a compact car, no problem. Otherwise, plan.
There is a stretch of I 90 in Wisconsin from Tomah/ Sparta to Onalaska that's 30 something miles no exits as you go thru Fort McCoy, an Army base used mostly for winter training. 13:31
There may have been exits, but I can remember the drive on US-24/US-35N/Hoosier Heartland Highway to feel especially long when I used to drive from one of my former employers to Subaru of Indiana Automotive in Lafayette. In addition, although I can't remember the road way, I felt that drive on the way to Mammoth Lake, California felt especially desolate until you reached Inyo County and Mount Whitney.
It doesn't matter where you are in Florida (with the exception of I-10 from Tallahassee to I-75), it is a speed suggestion and not a limit. I-75 aka the Florida International Motor Speedway see people easily doing 100mph. I've been going 80 and got passed numerous times by people clearly at or near 100. FWIW, no stretches on I-10 with long distances between interchanges? I kinda remember 50 mile stretched between El Paso and San Antonio.
I found I-90 in South Dakota to be quite low on exits. Between Rapid City to Sioux Falls. Especially around the Bad Lands and near the Wounded Knee exit.
I have a delivery route in the Joplin area for a Tulsa-based warehouse. I drive along the Will Rogers turnpike daily. You're absolutely correct. You can bypass the Turnpike, but you'll be adding at LEAST 30 minutes, not even taking into account that there is usually a bunch of construction on the "Old Route 66."
WYO 191
Pinedale WY to Rock Springs WY
Approx 100 miles.
From September to May , you can travel this road and see , maybe , 3-4 other cars. I traveled at night and didnt see a single vehicle.
One "town" , Farson, with one gas station with limited hours.
Extreme winds , snow, hail , extreme sunshine...
Its a challenge.
As an alternative to driving across Alligator Alley, last year I drove across southern Florida from Ft Myers East on 80 to 27 to 98/441 to West Palm Beach. It was basically like driving on one highway straight across even though the numbers changed. Didn't pass much along the way but there were signs of life and small towns, and cane fields. Still, make sure you have a full gas tank.
SR 80 around the south side of Lake Okeechobee would be a much nicer drive if there were bypasses around Clewiston and the Pahokee / South Bay area. The speed limit through both drops down to 35 mph for several miles - maybe even a 25 mph zone for a short part?
Clewiston has fuel, but, yeah, probably don’t want to stop in Belle Glade!!😮
From the main street going through town it was ok. Heard about it being the poorest area of Florids@fldon2306
@@lisapolanski9379 Comment is a little “tongue in cheek”; it’s a poor agricultural community, sure, but really mostly safe, and some great Mexican food too!
Correction: the Massachusetts turnpike gap DOES have a service plaza in Blanford, so there is food and gas close to the middle of that 30 mile gap
If you’re not in a hurry, US 20 through that rugged area is a nice drive. The only place in Massachusetts with no Dunkin Donuts anywhere.
@@VinsonMusic That part of US 20 between Lee and Russell (I don't think it extends into Westfield) is called Jacob's Ladder. There are two towns that US 20 goes through that I-90 doesn't: Chester and Huntington. I once took a trip down the Skyline Trail from Peru to Huntington, going through Middlefield. The very steep drop with no warning of percentage grade scared the living daylights out of me! Never again.
Now there might be exits. But as for services the longest stretch of road without services is I 70 between Salina Utah and Green River Utah at 108 miles!
shoutout sturgis- every time I drive out west on 80/90 for a tour I stop at the sturgis puffco and its a blessing
Wow the very first background video is I-70 going from Zanesville to Columbus, that’s literally the exit I took in the video 2 days ago
I think of 2-lane US highway (non-interstate) stretches of New Mexico and other western states where you can drive an hour or more without seeing any services (food, gas)… and often very few other cars
As a south Floridian, that drive up to Orlando on the turnpike is for sure long as hell with only alligator alley as your exit. Wanted to make sure it was on here lol
I would like to mention US-20 in Idaho just off Mountain Home and I84 to Fairfield, ID. It's 58.4 miles of scenery without a Gas Station or rest stop. And that's 58.4 miles to Fairfield. If you went further to the US-20/US-75 intersection, that is 82.3 miles of Scenic two-way highway.
Edit: I guess it's technically called the 'Medal of Honor Hwy'
Great video Mike, You are one of my favorite channels on this site! Also I just wanted to point of that the local pronunciation for Salina is Suh-ly-nuh and Osage City is pronounced O-say-J.
Thanks for the info!
As someone who goes to Kissimmee a lot, missing that exit is my worst nightmare.
On big island hawaii, hwy 11 south of Volcanos NP, there is a lonely desert and a sign that says no services for 100mi.
My first thought on this topic is that there are long stretches in upper Michigan without a town. But then you said that you were discussing freeways. Does the UP west of I-75 hold any records for a large area without interstate highways?
I drove on that stretch of the PA Turnpike near Carlisle on my way home from a road trip just a few weeks ago. Was cruising at 85 mph as one of the only cars around for that 12-mile straightaway!
Wow
I drove through Yeehaw Junction today.
Desolation.
That's where heads roll.
Not as bad as it used to be before the pilot and racetrac
Video suggestion: Longest stretches without SERVICES on ANY type of road, not just freeways. I used to see signs all over the country warning something like "Last fuel for 128 miles." Where are THOSE stretches of road now?
On I44 eastbound between claremore and big cabin the adair exit you still have to drive a few miles east into Adair for services and drive north on US69 to big cabin to get back on I 44
There used to be a sign on US77 @ Sarita, "Next gas 50 miles". There's a rest stop a few miles south, and a few unofficial exits/turnouts to access the King Ranch. The next official exit was where BusUS77 exited into Raymondville.
The two gas stations at those ends are long gone...
Gas is now a few miles more of a stretch @ the TX186 crossing in Raymondville, and coming into Rivera at the north end.
Somewhere in the Northeast, I turned right onto a tollway instead of left like I was supposed to, and I was stuck going the wrong way for 15 minutes! Very frustrating adding 30 minutes to my drive and paying 2x extra unnecessary tolls that day.
Great report just drove on 44 and 335 driving from Odessa to Omaha on Sunday. Guess I was to busy listening to the radio/podcast to pay attention do the desolation. 🤣
I-90 in Wyoming between Buffalo and Gillette is about 70 miles of nothingness…. Yes there were a few exits that were dirt roads that was not going to anything. There was at least one small rest area with a bathroom and picnic area. This was a definitely a get out and stretch and get gas before hitting that road section of my trip. This was the longest desolate area I personally have ever driven.
Very desolate, but I felt even more desolate between Sheridan and Billings.
Yea, I have to agree. Literally no traffic... I84 between Utah and Boise was also very desolate.
@@JoeyNiklas That was desolate too. I won't forget that drive. My transmission blew right after I exited the highway at Brigham City.
My dad and uncle missed their exit in Westfield Massachusetts and ended up driving an extra hour to the next exit in Lee and back.
I live in the Springfield area, and from what i heard there was plans on putting an exit/entrance between Westfield and Lee in the town of Otis but I haven't heard any new updates.
Interstate 86 in western NY goes one hundred miles through a state park an Indian resevation next for on exits!
Just missed, I-88 between Dixon and Rochelle, IL! 22 miles!
Probably should have done this with services in mind instead of exits to towns that died 30 years ago. It's scuffed that the West hasn't dominated this list.
There's a service plaza in Blandford on both east and westbound on I90 in Massachusetts
Honestly the Florida turnpike doesn’t surprise me none. As a Florida resident, I can confidently agree that traveling between Orlando and Miami on the turnpike just sucks.
Another longtime Florida resident here. I completely agree the section between Fort Pierce and Kissimmee sucks, especially if there's holiday traffic or an accident. They can't six-lane the rest of the Florida Turnpike soon enough!
For a long time I have taken I-95 and I-10 via Jacksonville if I'm going to Atlanta or Tallahassee from South Florida, but the traffic on I-95 in Brevard and Jax-Daytona is getting so bad all the time I'm more inclined to take the Turnpike now, if I can hit it at the right time of day.
I had to do a double take on when this video was posted when it came to I-90 in Massachusetts! Around 2020-21, the exits on the Mass Pike were renumbered to adhere to the new mileage post exit numbering standard. Former Exit 2 in Lee is now Exit 10 and former Exit 3 in Westfield is now Exit 41.
6:51 they changed the exit numbers back in 2020 to exit 10 for Lee and exit 41 for Westfield and yes, there are service plazas in Blandford
There is a longer stretch on the Kansas Turnpike; the northern end of this stretch is at Emporia.
exit numbering for 90 in mass is wrong as of 2021 or 22 when MA went milage.
2 is now 10 abd 3 is now 41
Was not expecting the Florida’s Turnpike between FL70 and US192 to be number 1 & 2. Thought somewhere out west would be at the top of the list.
-Lifelong Cocoa, FL resident who has never been on the Florida’s Turnpike between FL70 and US192.
I expected I-75 but not that. I-75 is like *the* lonely road.
Would it be possible to make the list without toll roads? I don't use them at all when traveling. Thanks!
12:10 The official speed limit is 70 mph in Florida. That's the top highway speed in all of Florida. 12:26 can see the 70 mph limit sign as you pass it.
Having to drive frequently between North NJ and Chicago, as well as between South Florida (Miami-Dade in particular) and Atlanta, I've driven some of the highways that you mentioned. The Florida Turnpike (aka Florida SR 91 if you're using Apple Maps or TomTom) stretch between Fort Pierce and Kissimmee, Yeehaw Junction inclusive, takes the cake for driving through the middle of nowhere (save for the occasional ranch or preserve). Yet, since the FLTPK is the shortest route between Miami and Orlando (and Atlanta, for that matter), this gets plenty of traffic, esp. truck traffic, for a highway through nowhere.
Same deal for I-75's infamous "Gator Alley" as I like to call it. Not a stretch of road you'd want to be on late at night, as the run through the 'Glades and Big Cypress can be very dark (and, depending on the weather, lightning-filled.) Still, I-75 gets good traffic given that it is the fastest and most direct road between Miami/Fort Lauderdale (via I-595) and the Florida Gulf Coast (Naples, Fort Myers, Cape Coral). Note that the Florida 28 exit at the west end of "Gator Alley" not only takes you through a preserve, but leads to the western Fort Myers suburbs of Immokalee and Lehigh Acres (both of which are growing in population as high RE costs price people out of Miami-Dade.) Another fun fact - If you really want to get a lonely drive through the 'Glades, use nearby US 41 from its junction with FL 997 (Krome Avenue) to Naples/Marco Island. That road is even more desolate.
I-80-90: Compared with the other roads mentioned, this stretch of the Indiana Toll Road (or ITR) doesn't seem nearly as bad. True, there isn't much save for farmland and trees on this stretch, but you won't feel it since the ITR run itself is short (90 minutes if you really tried end-to-end), the west end of this stretch intoduces you to the home of American RV and trailer production in the Elkhart area, and your end goal of Chicago is, at that point, well within reach.
ive done that stretch of the indiana toll road before. i agree that it’s not exactly desolate. id say the drive from toledo to the indiana state line is honestly more desolate.
Not sure if you've ever driven on this road but you should consider making a video on I-87 in New York. Specifically the section north of Albany cuts through the Adirondack Mountains, probably the most beautiful highway driving I have ever experienced. Love the videos!
Drove it late at night in the winter coming from Montreal. Definitely wouldn't mind going back to see it during the day.
5:15 Holy crap. The Marines would come in and practice taking over our airfiled from 29 Palms. The stairs became the laddr, the latrine became the head and the floor was the deck. XD
There's definitely some areas that become that way overnight even if they don't seem to be on paper because the only gas station at a certain rural exit closes and is not 24 hour
I was expecting it to be interstates in the Rockies due to how scarcely populated it can be. But wow, who knew Florida has alot of stretches of nothing?
I missed my exit once travelling north on the Florida Turnpike at Ft. Pierce. I wanted to switch to I95 heading north and ended up having to go all the way to Yeehaw Junction and then had to head due east on 60 to get back to I95. I must have wasted at least an hour and a half fixing my mistake.
Honestly the loneliest stretch of 8nterstate in my opinion is, I-84 between Scranton PA and Port Jervis NY. It is so lonely it’s almost creepy. Same with US-209 between Stroudsburg PA and Milford PA
"Chick-a-shay" and "Miamuh" (Don't fret, I was a noob once, and people would laugh heartily at my cute mispronunciation of town names, especially Miami... ) 👍🏼👍🏼
They are so protective of how someone says the city name. The Joplin area has some good ones like Duquesne, Orongo, and Duenweg for example
I have been on the Oklahoma, Massachussetts, Pennsylvania, and Indiana stretches in your countdown.
Surprisingly interesting. Just drove from Chicago to Boston on I-90 so ran into a couple of these stretches haha. Worth noting (or maybe not), MA has changed their exit numbering - the Lee exit is now exit 10, not 3