[iceskater]

If Virginia has some of the best roads, then why is the General Assembly bent on raising our taxes to deal with roads??????

[RockinRight]

Ohio among best roads??? That surprised me. Although I'd agree PA is worst.

[iceskater]

Richmond ping.

Ammunition for your General Assembly reps to NOT RAISE TAXES for roads!

[philsfan24]

i live in pa and can't imagine any other state's roads being much worse.

[Cagey]

The worst automobile drivers are in California, followed by Illinois and New York.

How they left out Massachusetts is beyond me. And Upstate New York drivers are far better than those in the metro NYC area.

[jbenedic2]

Pennsylvania has a 3.07% income tax, a 6% sales tax, an 18% excise tax on booze, and a ton of toll roads yet the state still never has enough money to build quality roads.

[gate2wire]

Before I read the article I'll opine that Penn should be the worst. Now to the article.

[PzLdr]

Whatever happened to the "Dixie Die Way" running past Ft. Know from Luisville? Would have been at the top of my list, closely followed by the Schuykill ["surekill] Expressway in Philly.

[river rat]

Kalifornicate should be in 1st place for the WORST roads, not 5th place...

It criminal what they call "roads" here....
I've seen cattle paths that were smoother.

Semper Fi

[Mr. Brightside]

I cannot believe that Michigan is not in the bottom five.

Coming back from out of state, you can always tell when you hit the Michigan line... "thump, thump, BUMP, thump, thump"

[Petronski]

I-80 in the west of Pennsylvania is great. Yes, I said great.

But in the Poconos, it's a nasty-ass crumbling joke.

[Incorrigible]

How is it even remotely possible that Illinois is not on the list of worst roads?

[rzeznikj at stout]

Interesting to see where Wisconsin falls. There's always a road construction project going on in my part of the state...

We have a pay-to-play governor who's in bed with the road building and pro-ethanol mandate lobbies.

[Shalom Israel]

I live in Pittsburgh, and though I don't know anything first-hand, I'm convinced that highway construction is completely mobbed up in PA. The primary evidence, in my book, is not just the badness of the roads: it's the fact that so many of them have been continuously under construction since oh, at least 1979.

[Moose4]

I'm surprised Virginia made #5 in that survey. Our roads are pretty good, but I've seen better (Georgia, for one). And Ohio made #4? What are those truckers smoking?

Where Virginia does need work is Interstate rest facilities. There's stretches of I-81 where there's 110+ miles between rest areas. And what rest areas there are, compared to other states, are horrible; small, cramped, dirty, falling apart.

But they need to squeeze us for $4 billion to pave over yet more of the DC suburbs. Right.

}:-)4

[Red6]

Interesting how TX with lower taxes has better roads. How TX with lower taxes has an improving school system and is making big improvements.

Geeee, here I thought that more money, more taxes, equals better government and services!

[Physicist]

When I was in grad school at Virginia Tech, 15 or so years ago, Mrs. P. and I would occasionally drive up home to Pennsylvania. We'd always know when I-81 crossed the state line into PA, because the road would suddenly become a moonscape, and you'd have to turn up the music to hear it above the rumble.

During campaign season you'd see billboards along U.S. Rt. 22 in the Lehigh Valley saying "Vote for me...AND I'LL FIX THIS DAMN ROAD!"

[Xenalyte]

I-10 is the third-best highway in the nation.

Who rated these?

[nuconvert]

Texans don't know how to merge entering onto a freeway. This has been a complaint of everyone I know who has ever driven in Texas.

[stainlessbanner]

The best highway is not I-75 - especially on UF game day.

There is always an accident or two at the I-75 + turnpike ramp. Also, Florida roads have some of the highest fatality rates.

[misterrob]

I95 in Virginia from DC to past Fredericksberg is a joke

I64 near the beach is bad news

Route 7 West needs more lanes from Loudon County to Tysons

Route 29 is nothing but a revenue generator for redneck sheriff's departments. Increase to 65 MPH