Great choice until you get to the Eastern sliver of Kansas. Between Las Vegas

Jun 26, 2020
3:00:52pm

gwalker Truly Addicted User

and Kingman if you take the old highway is also unbearably boring. Not only that, it is the longest stretch of perfectly straight road I remember ever being on. A drowsy person's nightmare.

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What is the most boring stretch of road in America? My vote: the stretch between

CougarTailDevourer

6/26/20 2:34pm

I70 in Kansas - like all of Kansas

acougfan

6/26/20 2:36pm

Great choice until you get to the Eastern sliver of Kansas. Between Las Vegas

gwalker

6/26/20 3:00pm

Good call on that stretch of road as well

acougfan

6/26/20 3:40pm

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Cobra Cougar

6/26/20 4:00pm

I've driven that maybe 10 times in the past 2 years and I hadn't even thought

abyunobody

6/26/20 4:11pm

If you think that’s bad then don’t take the 80 thru Nebraska.

Ned Schneebly

6/28/20 9:20pm

Highway 191 from Rock Springs to about Pinedale. Closer to rock springs the worst.

cougfanblue

6/26/20 2:39pm

Come on man. Youre paralleling the Green and you have views of the Wind River

Backcountry

6/26/20 2:44pm

Yeah, the true loser is I-80 from Rock Springs to Rawlins. It’s pretty bad when the highlight is Wamsutter

spinner

6/26/20 2:48pm

After Farson it gradually gets better. Rock Springs to Farson though is how I picture Hell.

cougfanblue

6/26/20 3:56pm

But great ice cream in Farson

cougfanblue

6/26/20 6:48pm

Rock Springs to Rawlins is way worse

jxncoog

6/26/20 3:12pm

I agree completely. I lived in the Bay Area and in Sandy for twenty years and

mort

6/26/20 2:42pm

Well you might as well. There's literally nothing there. I'm driving it

CougarTailDevourer

6/26/20 2:43pm

That stretch isn't near as bad as Evanston to Laramie.

GatorCoug

6/26/20 2:42pm

You arent giving that country credit. There is a lot of very cool stuff out

Backcountry

6/26/20 2:43pm

Like?

CougarTailDevourer

6/26/20 2:45pm

Get off I-80. Get up in the hills.

Backcountry

6/26/20 2:50pm

Shhh

Bert609

6/26/20 3:40pm

I drove from San Antonio to Gilbert, AZ twice. West NM is physically depressing

gaspasscoug

6/26/20 2:46pm

West Texas

WorfoSAUR

6/26/20 2:47pm

This is the correct answer. Its a hellscape.

Backcountry

6/26/20 2:51pm

An't no hell road - like a West Texas hell road.

ClackamasCoug

6/26/20 3:32pm

Agreed. The San Antonio to California drive is awful.

LiveCoug

6/26/20 2:52pm

At least the speed limit out there is 80. Would be unbearable @ 65

Tare

6/26/20 3:30pm

Back in the 70’s it was 55.

Soy Celeste

6/28/20 2:20pm

Tough to get a covered wagon going much faster than that, right?

Tare

6/28/20 2:26pm

Yep. Took the highway out of Hobbs to Dallas and it was awful

Lip Gallagher

6/26/20 3:18pm

Yup, I drive between Tucson & San Antonio often

SirGus

6/26/20 3:36pm

Wyoming, Nebraska, West Texas. The 401 across Ontario.

ReyOso

6/26/20 2:48pm

Easy. 1300 East Between S. Temple and 9th

Fifth-Fret

6/26/20 2:50pm

Why do you say that stretch? Bunch of residences, some restaurants, and East High School.

Tokolosh

6/26/20 3:35pm

RE: Why do you say that stretch? Bunch of residences, some restaurants, and East

TheoHux

6/28/20 5:05pm

Assuming you are referring to the University of Utah. I don't think there is a single campus building that is on 1300E

Tokolosh

6/29/20 10:15am

I once drove from Vegas to Elko, absolutely terrible

USMCdad

6/26/20 2:52pm

I dunno - I kind of like Nevada nowhere roads. I like to drive fast.

ClackamasCoug

6/26/20 3:34pm

I dont get it. Thats cool country

Backcountry

6/26/20 4:24pm

That is crazy. The Ruby’s and multiple desert landscapes are in abundance

idacoug

6/28/20 4:51pm

I must have slept through that part

USMCdad

6/29/20 10:13am

It's pretty bad. Although I-70 through Kansas is incredibly boring too.

chilango

6/26/20 2:59pm

Most of I-80 between Sacramento and the Mississippi River

TheHop

6/26/20 3:05pm

? From Sacramento to Reno you have a big chunk of beautiful forest and mountains

LiveCoug

6/26/20 3:13pm

That is why I said, "Most"....The Sierra Nevadas are gorgeous.....

TheHop

6/26/20 5:23pm

Same can be said about pretty much every stretch of road in Nevada.

Nuke

6/26/20 3:06pm

The road from San Diego to Honolulu.

Troy McClure

6/26/20 3:16pm

My daughter and friends just took a trip out that way...they called it America's

StarMan

6/26/20 3:22pm

I have not found an exciting part of Highway 50 yet.

crazY

6/26/20 3:22pm

US 50 from Sacramento to Carson City is beautiful

MapCoug

6/26/20 3:27pm

I haven't been on that stretch.

crazY

6/26/20 3:54pm

That's like eating a hamburger bun and calling it a burger. 😃

Bert609

6/26/20 3:56pm

Highway 95 North of Winnemucca until you reach Idaho.

MenloCougar

6/26/20 3:25pm

Bend OR to Boise ID is pretty bad

MapCoug

6/26/20 3:26pm

Not sure about the rest of the US, but 9 miles west of Green River to the Colorado/Utah border is painful for me. That

Bert609

6/26/20 3:33pm

I-40 Amarillo, TX to Albuquerque, NM

Cobra Cougar

6/26/20 4:01pm

Eastern NM is horrid. I hurt for anybody living in Clovis, Portales, etc.

cougfanblue

6/26/20 6:51pm

Holbrook AZ to Bluff UT

zerigke

6/28/20 2:54pm

Most of I-15 North of Great Falls, MT to the border.

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