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From: seb@mtgzz.UUCP (s.e.badian)
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Subject: Re: Best/Worst Roads
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 14:58:02 EST
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	Oh, I have lots of best roads! And I have quite a few worst
roads too.

The Best (not in any particular order):
1. Rt 108 and Rt 100 on Vermont. Rt 108 runs through Smuggler's Notch.
It is closed in the winter. Rt 100 runs through ski country - Stowe,
Sugarbush, Killington. It's the best in the fall. What leaves!

2. Kancamangus Highway in New Hampshire. Did I spell that right? One of
the most scenic highways in the US. A drive through the mountains of
NH. Also incredible in the fall.

3. Rt 1 in California. The best ocean scenery to be found. Particularly
impressive near Mendicino and Big Sur. Great fun to drive if cliffs
don't bother you.

4. Rt 93 (? someone in the Bay Area may be able to correct me). Also
called Woodside Rd down near Rt. 101. Winds through the very wealthy
town of Woodside (don't speed!) where you should stop to get your pic-
nic lunch at Richard's grocery. Starts climbing through the hills
after Woodside - twisting, turning. What fun! It was a real blast in
my husband's Rabbit GTI. Finally reaches the Pacific and Rt 1 at San
Gregorio. Not so much fun if some slowpoke is in front of you.

5. The Icefields Parkway in Alberta, Canada. Runs between Banff and
Jasper. Follows the Contintenal Divide. Mountain scenery doesn't
get much better than this. And it's a pretty nice road too. Watch
for wildlife.

6. The road through Zion Canyon, Utah. I think it has 8 hairpin
turns. Not made for speed, but what scenery!

7. Hana Highway, Maui. A tiny road that clings to the cliffs above
the Pacific and winds through the rainforest on the island of Maui.
Also see Worst Roads.

8. Going to the Sun Road, Glacier National Park, Montana. Some more
incredible mountain scenery, but the character is totally different
from the Icefields Parkway through the Canadian Rockies.

9. The Tioga Rd in Yosemite National Park. Runs through the High
Country in Yosemite. Impressive mountain scenery. Runs through
the highest sub-alpine meadow in the Sierras. Get to see Half
Dome from the other side.

10. Rt 70 from Grand Junction, Colorado to Salinas, Utah. I might
get some argument on this one. A road through a desolute, eerie
landscape of canyons, high-country deserts, buttes, and mountains.
It is beautiful in its starkness. But make sure you leave Grand
Junction with a full tank. It's 170 miles from Grand Junction to the next
gas station!

And the Worst!

1. Connecticut Turnpike. Even without the tolls it's a big pain in the
ass since they haven't taken down the toll booths yet

2. The NJ Turnpike. Too many trucks going too fast. Too many other people
going too slow. Nothing smells consistently worse than the stretch
near Elizabeth. Except maybe 3.

3. The road past the landfills in Staten Island. Unfortunately the
fastest way to get from Southern NJ to Brooklyn.

4. The Belt Parkway. Ugh! Terrifying! Little itty-bitty merge lanes
into traffic going 55 mph.

5. Rt 101 near San Francisco and the Bay Bridge. Has the amazing ability 
to get jammed with cars for no apparent reason. What a mess. Ugly too.

6. Hana Highway, Maui. About a car and a half wide with a cliff to
the ocean on one side, and a cliff up on the other. Hundreds of little 
bridges that are a car wide. Not well paved. 

7. Rt 28 in Cape Cod around Hyannis and Yarmouth. Ugly and too much
traffic. Unfortunately it's one of two main arteries on Cape Cod.

8. Rt 287 from Perth Amboy to Rt. 78, NJ. They used poor quality
concrete on all the overpasses. Now they're filled with potholes big
enough to swallow Volkswagens. Lanes disappear when they shouldn't.
Now they're repaving all the bridges. Avoid at all costs!

I don't want to stretch my credibility here, so I'll stop now. Living
near NY means you have an almost infinite choice of worst roads.

Sharon Badian
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