# The most interesting stretch of highway is... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 2, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629 "2009-01-02T20:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/41 "2009-01-03T16:45:14Z")
Way too many to choose from, but I’ll say [Apache Trail.](http://rockymountainroads.com/az-088.html) ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/42 "2009-01-03T19:00:16Z")
The Icefields Parkway between Banff and Jasper in Alberta is very beautiful. Among American _interstates_, which are normally deliberately uninteresting, I certainly second the above nomination of I-70 in Utah. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/43 "2009-01-03T22:29:07Z")
Well it seems like a lot of people agreed with my choice of highway. Anyone interested in seeing some pictures I’ve taken while in the Sierras? ---
**Author:** ![Waffle\_Decider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/44 "2009-01-03T23:53:19Z")
US 101 along the Oregon coast. I was impressed by the [Astoria-Megler Bridge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astoria-Megler_Bridge) crossing the Columbia River. Most of the rural roads in New England are very nice during foliage season. ---
**Author:** ![Diz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Diz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diz)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/45 "2009-01-04T00:25:22Z")
US129 around the Tennessee-North Carolina border. It is called the Tail of the Dragon and it has 318 curves in 11 miles. Very popular among motorcycle and sports car people. The surrounding scenery of the Great Smoky Mountains isn’t too bad either 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/46 "2009-01-04T03:08:01Z")
[I-70 through Glenwood Canyon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_70_in_Colorado#Western_Slope), since **QB** has already posted about the Million Dollar Highway, aka Red Mountain Pass. None of the pictures I found at Wiki do it justice. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/47 "2009-01-04T03:25:18Z")
The Great Ocean Road in Victoria is pretty spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/48 "2009-01-04T03:44:16Z")
Utah 95 from Blanding to Hanksville - goes across southeastern Utah through some spectacular canyon country. > **[Utah State Route 95](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_State_Route_95)** > > State Route 95 State Route 95 or Bicentennial Highway is a state highway located in the southeast of the U.S. state of Utah. The highway is an access road for tourism in the Lake Powell and Cedar Mesa areas, notably bisecting Bears Ears National Monument and providing the only access to Natural Bridges National Monument. The highway does not serve any cities, but the small town of Hanksville is its western terminus. Although the highway has existed since the 1930s as a primitive dirt road, it r... ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/49 "2009-01-04T12:44:09Z")
US Route 50, between Winchester, VA and Grafton, WV is one of my favorite drives (east of Winchester and west of Grafton, it’s just a basic four-lane highway). Before DC-area retirees started to move there and buy nice, new houses, it was even more wonderfully rustic and colorful. The cheap old motels and ghostly defunct roadside gas stations remind you that it was the main artery for traffic between north central West Virginia and DC (Grafton was a major railroad hub). The scenery is stunning (e.g., [Saddle Mountain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddle_Mountain_(Mineral_County,_West_Virginia))). But don’t plan on making time through it – the hairpin curves will make your car’s bumpers touch. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/50 "2009-01-04T16:55:08Z")
I have driven many of the roads mentioned here and agree with most of your selections. I would like to add one more road you should put on your list. California Highway 49. Runs through the gold rush country. I have only traveled parts of the southern section, but it is unbelievably pretty. One of these days I want to take a vacation and see it all. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/51 "2009-01-04T17:21:24Z")
I’ll add rt. 132 around the Gaspé Peninsula in Québec. Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629/52 "2009-01-04T17:29:40Z")
We took a self-conducted wine country tour in Portugal when we were there. We drove up the Douro River Valley from Oporto, and it was spectacular. The grape leaves had all turned color and the vines were loaded with huge purple fruit. It’s a very picturesque and rustic area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-stretch-of-highway-is/479629.md?page=2)