[RoadGumby]

Ohio, Pennsylvania Turnpikes are terrible, the gas is overpriced and still taxed. Not only do you pay to use the road, but you pay taxes that won’t go to maintain it too. Yeah, I LOVE toll roads /s

[KarlInOhio]

We were promised that once the bonds to build the turnpike were paid off the tolls would be removed. Whoops, I guess that didn't happen.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Ahh, Pennsylvania highways...

And Pennsylvania is the all-time worst offender in the Overdrive survey, topping the Worst Roads category for 12 of the survey’s 17 years.

For the second year in a row, though, the Keystone State placed second behind Louisiana, which still is suffering the damage of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=65826

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

If you have tolls, congestion, and poor maintenance; I can understand why you don't like toll roads.

Toll roads are quite rare in Canada. The one's I use are much better on all counts than the public roads -- especially regarding congestion. Highway 407 through Toronto is far faster and less terrifying than Highway 401 (the "freeway").

The Coquihalla highway through BC is much, much faster than the public routes. It does tend to get a lot of bad weather in the winter though -- because it runs at a high elevation. Here's a pic of part of it: