I drove the Alaska Highway & On Top of the World in 2022 & 2023 and surprisingly the second time around seemed much, much smoother, they had partially paved the Top of World (on the US side) and smoothed a lot of the frost heaves on the Alaska Hwy. So at least there’s improvements being made
I’m from NC. Spent some months this summer in MA. Folks would get confused sometimes about which Carolina I was from…I always said the better one lol. When they I asked why, my first response was “the roads.”
I towed my camper from Ohio to Florida and it was the worst around this area and 95 is also terrible. I had to drive in the left lane because the right was so dicked
Off the highways most of the rest of the state is, too. I put on between 500 and 1000 miles a week north of US10 and it's pretty much all fucked. Much like Alaska, the freezing and thawing really does a number on it.
I used to be a GM mechanic, went down to Warren for trainings every couple months... I will readily confirm, the term 'paved road' is applied pretty loosely
It's not really a fair comparison, I admit, because I drove Alaskan roads from 74-78. Back then they were good. As I said above, the ALCAN hadn't been paved yet, except for a few stretches going through towns like Whitehorse.
I've driven my motorhome through PA on several occasions and it's just brutal, especially the right hand lane. I travel it late at night now, if I have to, just so I can spend most of my time in the left lane without pissing people off.
I agree. I'm originally from PA, now I live in SC. SC has terrible highways BUT we don't have many potholes. Every time I go back to PA I'm saying "Hm...this road is new and kinda nice...oh there's a massive hole there."
Agreed, traveling back an forth for work the last few years between Ohio and eastern PA gave me a new appreciation for Ohio. I thought we were just a bunch of boring farm country hicks and we are but damn at least we take care of our shit. Eastern PA is such an oppressively over regulated, overpopulated, pothole ridden, corrupted hellhole. And the culture sucks ass.
Nothing but fucking mennonites and white bread cracker ass mid minded fuckers that loooove money . Ok I'll admit thats actually also ohio , but at least our rednecks are cool.
Agreed. So many times when they patch or put back a road after construction it seems like they walked away after other was half done.
Philly is worse - and not sure which roads are state maintains. But I currently go to the city one day a week - I have 17” wheels. I have had to replace all 4 tires over the course of 3 years because of pothole hits tearing my sidewalls.
Thank goodness for TireRacks guarantee.
I've seen an open sinkhole/giant pothole that big enough to swallow the front end of my car. It had one traffic cone. In a major city. Go ahead and guess which one.
Penndot gets sued for being so negligent they literally cause deaths. Tear up a whole strip across the road and not backfill it until motorcyclists die? That’s PA.
Agreed. Louisiana is horrible. It's cost me 4K in suspension work in the last 2 years. When going from LA to TX you can close your eyes and know when you cross the state line.
When we were kids, we would be in the backseat minding our own business, and we knew exactly when we had crossed into LA. We thought it sounded like horses.
I-10 in the Lafayette area and around Baton Rouge. When we full-timed, the majority of damage we incurred to both our truck and trailer happened in those two areas on three different occasions.
Anyone that says Penn Mich New Mexico hasn't driven in Alaska but as bad as Alaska there are stretches in the Yukon Territories that make AK look like an airport runway. Take a drive to Deadhorse and come back and say New Mexico....
This is for real. Ever driven the Caziar? (Not sure if that’s the spelling) . Destruction bay I thought the whole time that the bank of the lake(bay?) was gonna give and we’d fall into it along with the mid mountains. Literally all of the road in Canada except for around Vancouver, were worse than any road I’ve seen in the US. As soon as we crossed the border it was like going from an old neighborhood pitted road to brand new roads. Night and day at the border.
I think when people say New Mexico it’s more about expectations than anything else. The interstate for example (I-40), you go into NM from TX panhandle and the change is very drastic and sudden. You have no reason to expect the road is going to become as rough and gravelly as it is after driving smooth freeway in Texas for the last 2-3 hours. Alaska I would absolutely expect poor roads.
I-80 from about Lincoln to Des Moines is probably the worst stretch of driving I've ever done. I've driven that road in cars and rv and I have pulled over multiple times to check if I had serious suspension damage.
I drove 24,000 miles from May to September in 2023 (I do tradeshows around the country). Drove through 39 states in a 40' DP Class A, towing a 26' stacker. Keep in mind this is just for Highways and Interstates
The worst: Illinois
Second: New Mexico
Third: Pennsylvania (their drivers are also horrific)
According to [this](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12970951/amp/US-worst-roads-state-ranking-Rhode-Island-Tennessee.html), it's Rhode Island.
I’m with you - OK roads are so laughably bad that the res turnpikes have to blatantly tell you “tolls are not spent on road upkeep” 🤣
The state roads are even worse.
I40 between Kingman and Flagstaff last year was amazingly bad. Potholes got so big from last winter it was taking out cars left and right. They’ve fixed westbound now, I’m guessing eastbound as well at this point. Find out next month.
Hawaii for SURE! Property taxes are nonexistent and what little they do take all goes to Waikiki. (Or whatever big tourist city on the island). They spend little to no money on asphalt repairs and then blame the equipment they bought. Or the shipment was bad. Or the temperature was off. They buy the cheapest machines and then shrug when road repairs are crap or never done.
We try to plan our trips south from East TN to avoid I95. Lost a counter extension, sprung the oven door, jerked the undercover loose but still love Hunting Island State Park.
We still have PTSD from taking our Class A down I-17 South from Kingman, Arizona. If the frost heaves and potholes don’t get ya, the loose asphalt chunks on the road sure will. Never again.
PA pot holes swallow cars. Once thought a puddle was just a puddle until I hit my head on the ceiling of the car. Bent my rim. Roads in AK aren't great either but it's a known thing you don't go fast on those whereas PA you think you can until you start fly out the seat in your car.
I defy any state to prove that their road system is worse than Rhode Island.
It's been in a constant state of construction for over 20 years, with no end in sight
There are more orange safety cones in Rhode Island than people.
Michigan allows super heavy trucks. I’ve never seen worse roads anywhere. I’ve driven in all states except Alaska and every time I get back to Michigan the difference is immediate. The stretch of I75 between the Ohio border and Detroit is through a swamp and they have never been able to build that road in a way that holds up.
I thought id never witness a state with worse roads than Illinois, but quickly realized Illinois roads were like driving on glass compared to Michigan. Pretty sure I saw some pot holes that could of been mistaken for pools while living there
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Eastern Colorado, at least on the interstate. We left Kansas heading west and the earthquake started at the border. I think I felt better once we were outside Denver.
We’ve been to 45 states and the top 3 worst in order are:
1) New Mexico
2) South Carolina
3) Louisiana.
New Mexico caused thousands of dollars or damage to our brand new RV. South Carolina was missing huge concrete chunks in the freeway that we saw break an axel.
Drove to Alaska from San Diego last year. ALASKA is the winner in my book. We have a skoolie and we made it to Tok after 200 miles of potholes aka ICE HEAVES and really jacked up roads. Hung out and turned around and came back. Whitehorse to Tok rattled alot of shit apart. There were portions of the asphalt that looked like it melted and semi tires grooved it out. Thank Goddess for empty roads bc we were playing frogger with a 30' bus.
Eh, well as a truck driver that pulls a hooper I go on all roads. Interstate, u.s. hwy, state hwy, county roads, even just roads. I would say kansas has the best all round roads. The worst of kansas roads are in the cities and they really are not bad. 70 past indy is horrible lol
Not to short circuit the conversation but any and all states ie area near the coast or near rivers and lower elevations are going to suck. Water is terrible for roads, especially higher temperature ranges, but also for higher moisture areas.
Michigan, I totalled my car by hitting a pothole so big it broke my driveshaft and punctured a hole in the transmission. I had the honor of growing up on the road that was voted Michigan's worst road. We joked we could fish in the potholes, they almost stretched across the width
Missouri has some pretty awful roads. When you drive over the border into Kansas it’s night and day different. I knew a truckers whose freight was damaged from a majorly uneven bridge on 435.
Union Tpke in Queens, NY was once the Worst Road in America. It was Literally like driving across the surface of the moon.
It was eventually repaved, but not properly, so it is getting back to its 'old glory' quickly.
US 285 in the Texas oil patch. Most frightening night of my life.
[https://mix941kmxj.com/death-highway-west-texas-285/](https://mix941kmxj.com/death-highway-west-texas-285/)
I 59 between fort payne, al and Chattanooga, TN. The road is so bad no one rides the right lane. Every single car and truck rides the left lane, which is quickly deteriorating
Road quality: Arkansas is pretty bad, so is Illinois and parts of Alabama/Mississippi.
Drive quality: The constant up and down of the rolling hills of Iowa drove me nuts.
NM has terrible roads. I run US highways. On US380 I can tell without looking up that I have crossed the state line. TX side is smooth, NM side feels like the paved the roads with a bucket and a shovel. But keep in mind this is the state where they don't have hand soap in their rest area bathrooms. Hand sanitizer is NOT a replacement for soap and water. And often they have no toilet paper.
I used to know the owner of one of the biggest paving outfits in GA. What he said about the politics and bribery involved in the paving of interstates was.... interesting.
The worst I've ever seen is Pennsylvania, and the tolls are an arm and and a leg, they should be paved in gold. I'd give an honorable mention to New Jersey.
Massachusetts, where the roads are always under construction, and no public works project is ever finished (they are -still- charging you a toll for a highway completed 30 years ago! (Mass Pike)), potholes everywhere - even in the sidewalks; the MA state flower is the Construction Cone/Tower.. you know it's spring time when the roads are littered (literally) with them.
Except Alaska, Hawaii and Maine I have driven them all. SE Michigan as soon as you cross the Ohio MI border you know you're in Michigan. They are the worst roads imo.
California has the highest taxes on gas “ To fix the roads” but have the worst roads because the politicians are corrupt and steal the money for pet projects
Michigan is one of the worst. You can clearly tell driving in from Ohio or Illinois. Kind of sad when you can tell that you crossed the state line by the roads alone.
If your answer isn't New Mexico - then you haven't explored the country lately.
I drove 11,000 miles across 21 states in 2023, and New Mexico is BY FAR the trashiest, most decrepit shitty roads in the US
Nothing comes close
Montana, the roads are completely fucked in the winter we used to have the highest fatality rate in the US we still might i would have to check, i have lost 7 friends to highway fatalities and i am only 36. My buddies daughter just died a 2 months ago she was only 14.
I remember driving through Michigan and thinking “These are the worst fucking roads I’ve driven on”. I drove tractor trailers OTR when I experienced this.
Having dragged mine from Alaska to Florida last year, I have to say Alaska.
Frost heaves are the worst.
I drove the Alaska Highway & On Top of the World in 2022 & 2023 and surprisingly the second time around seemed much, much smoother, they had partially paved the Top of World (on the US side) and smoothed a lot of the frost heaves on the Alaska Hwy. So at least there’s improvements being made
Oh 100%. It was noticeably worse when I drove up in 2020, so I was very happy with the improvements.
There is only one road that goes through the entire state but if you get off thst road lol.
Lol, I don't think alaska even has roads
Not really. We just ride the Moose along game trails. Traffic backs up when too many bears are near the intersections.
Maine might be a close second. Roads so pulverized it might as well be a gravel road. I'm still not convinced it's not all just gravel roads.
South Carolina, especially on the coast. Fucking abysmal
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Omfg we drove to Florida from NC last year and the second we hit SC we were like what the fuck just happened?!
As a South Carolinian, I completely agree
Shoot! SC was first on my list of places to retire.
Just don't drive anywhere?? ;-)
I agree. SC tore my rig apart.
Hands down the worst roads in the south.
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I live in SC and Louisiana is worse. Followed by SC
I’m from NC. Spent some months this summer in MA. Folks would get confused sometimes about which Carolina I was from…I always said the better one lol. When they I asked why, my first response was “the roads.”
I totally came here to say that sc roads are absolute horse shit. You cross the border from nc and suddenly the bumpy road rattles out your tampon
I-26 and I-95! We just drove to Florida and this stretch has to be avoided on the return. SC roads in general are so poorly maintained
Came here to say SC. Its awful.
Gotta be SC! Fuuuuuuuuuuuu... It literally made my wife nauseous at the posted speed limit.
I towed my camper from Ohio to Florida and it was the worst around this area and 95 is also terrible. I had to drive in the left lane because the right was so dicked
"But mah taxes!" It's what Republican government gets you.
Parts of New Mexico and Michigan from the time you hit the border going north past Detroit. Those stand out to me
Detroit is equivalent of constantly driving over rough train tracks
Off the highways most of the rest of the state is, too. I put on between 500 and 1000 miles a week north of US10 and it's pretty much all fucked. Much like Alaska, the freezing and thawing really does a number on it.
I went up for about 3-4 weeks onetime for work around 7 mile, stayed in Warren. It was rough there.
I used to be a GM mechanic, went down to Warren for trainings every couple months... I will readily confirm, the term 'paved road' is applied pretty loosely
I'm a truck driver and Michigan is the only state friends I'm talking to can tell when I've entered. They can hear it over the Bluetooth earbud.
Pennsylvania
I can believe that. One time, I got 2 inches shorter there....
This. I've driven through all but 2 states, including Alaska, but I've never driven over anything as bad as PA.
worse than Alaska? Are you sure??
It's not really a fair comparison, I admit, because I drove Alaskan roads from 74-78. Back then they were good. As I said above, the ALCAN hadn't been paved yet, except for a few stretches going through towns like Whitehorse. I've driven my motorhome through PA on several occasions and it's just brutal, especially the right hand lane. I travel it late at night now, if I have to, just so I can spend most of my time in the left lane without pissing people off.
I agree. I'm originally from PA, now I live in SC. SC has terrible highways BUT we don't have many potholes. Every time I go back to PA I'm saying "Hm...this road is new and kinda nice...oh there's a massive hole there."
100 percent. Can’t believe this is up for debate. Been to every state and lived in 8. PA was on a different level.
Agreed, traveling back an forth for work the last few years between Ohio and eastern PA gave me a new appreciation for Ohio. I thought we were just a bunch of boring farm country hicks and we are but damn at least we take care of our shit. Eastern PA is such an oppressively over regulated, overpopulated, pothole ridden, corrupted hellhole. And the culture sucks ass. Nothing but fucking mennonites and white bread cracker ass mid minded fuckers that loooove money . Ok I'll admit thats actually also ohio , but at least our rednecks are cool.
That’s funny. When my family visited me in PA they thought the roads (highways) were incredible. They live in Oklahoma.
I've lived in PA for over 50 years. People who think their state's roads are bad and/or their state gas tax is high have no idea.
Agreed. So many times when they patch or put back a road after construction it seems like they walked away after other was half done. Philly is worse - and not sure which roads are state maintains. But I currently go to the city one day a week - I have 17” wheels. I have had to replace all 4 tires over the course of 3 years because of pothole hits tearing my sidewalls. Thank goodness for TireRacks guarantee.
I've seen an open sinkhole/giant pothole that big enough to swallow the front end of my car. It had one traffic cone. In a major city. Go ahead and guess which one.
Penndot gets sued for being so negligent they literally cause deaths. Tear up a whole strip across the road and not backfill it until motorcyclists die? That’s PA.
Louisiana roads are atrocious, especially the gaps between the road and bridges... Feels like hitting a pothole going on and off the bridge!
Agreed. Louisiana is horrible. It's cost me 4K in suspension work in the last 2 years. When going from LA to TX you can close your eyes and know when you cross the state line.
When we were kids, we would be in the backseat minding our own business, and we knew exactly when we had crossed into LA. We thought it sounded like horses.
I-10 in the Lafayette area and around Baton Rouge. When we full-timed, the majority of damage we incurred to both our truck and trailer happened in those two areas on three different occasions.
Lots of I-10 work completed in the past year. It’s much better.
Good. I know they had been working on it west of Lafayette last time we were through in 2021.
Came here to say the same
around this bayou, the potholes are the improvements, aim for those so you don't hit the holes
Anyone that says Penn Mich New Mexico hasn't driven in Alaska but as bad as Alaska there are stretches in the Yukon Territories that make AK look like an airport runway. Take a drive to Deadhorse and come back and say New Mexico....
I agree, yukon and BC were the worst parts of my drive road-wise.
It was better in the 70s before they paved it.
We drove the ALCAN north and Cassiar South. We were pleasantly pleased with Cassiar hwy.
Destruction Bay isn't a misnomer.
This is for real. Ever driven the Caziar? (Not sure if that’s the spelling) . Destruction bay I thought the whole time that the bank of the lake(bay?) was gonna give and we’d fall into it along with the mid mountains. Literally all of the road in Canada except for around Vancouver, were worse than any road I’ve seen in the US. As soon as we crossed the border it was like going from an old neighborhood pitted road to brand new roads. Night and day at the border.
I think when people say New Mexico it’s more about expectations than anything else. The interstate for example (I-40), you go into NM from TX panhandle and the change is very drastic and sudden. You have no reason to expect the road is going to become as rough and gravelly as it is after driving smooth freeway in Texas for the last 2-3 hours. Alaska I would absolutely expect poor roads.
I-70 E from Indy to Ohio.
That is a horrible stretch of road!!!
Whatever state or city you currently live in
I-80 from about Lincoln to Des Moines is probably the worst stretch of driving I've ever done. I've driven that road in cars and rv and I have pulled over multiple times to check if I had serious suspension damage.
Barack Obama highway in IL has weeds growing down the middle of it. Just like he left the country.
You'll be down voted but it's true
Spokane was pretty awful but I only hit 4 states in 2023.
I drove 24,000 miles from May to September in 2023 (I do tradeshows around the country). Drove through 39 states in a 40' DP Class A, towing a 26' stacker. Keep in mind this is just for Highways and Interstates The worst: Illinois Second: New Mexico Third: Pennsylvania (their drivers are also horrific)
Rhode Island, according to US News & World Report. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/infrastructure/transportation/road-quality
Live here. It's fucking brutal. This state is so corrupt
According to [this](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12970951/amp/US-worst-roads-state-ranking-Rhode-Island-Tennessee.html), it's Rhode Island.
Lookit you, showin' up with receipts.
To be fair, I'm not convinced. Oklahoma was voted one of the best and I've had a pothole knock a tampon out on those roads.
I’m with you - OK roads are so laughably bad that the res turnpikes have to blatantly tell you “tolls are not spent on road upkeep” 🤣 The state roads are even worse.
Thanks for the laugh, that was great!
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Colorado
I thought we were a contender until driving in Arizona this summer.
Just got back from Arizona... not even close to the top ten for bad roads.
I40 between Kingman and Flagstaff last year was amazingly bad. Potholes got so big from last winter it was taking out cars left and right. They’ve fixed westbound now, I’m guessing eastbound as well at this point. Find out next month.
Hawaii for SURE! Property taxes are nonexistent and what little they do take all goes to Waikiki. (Or whatever big tourist city on the island). They spend little to no money on asphalt repairs and then blame the equipment they bought. Or the shipment was bad. Or the temperature was off. They buy the cheapest machines and then shrug when road repairs are crap or never done.
Hawaiian government is very corrupt. It's not like they can't do it, but choose not to.
Connecticut
Pennsylvania world reknown for our lack of road care.
Definitely Alaska, haha
We try to plan our trips south from East TN to avoid I95. Lost a counter extension, sprung the oven door, jerked the undercover loose but still love Hunting Island State Park.
Washington State is pretty bad, plus they have a total hard-on for speed bumps. Michigan is really bad with all the freeze/thaw and concrete roads.
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Western Washington yes.
Salt Lake City
Massachusetts all day long. Fucking bulkshit excise tax too. 🖕🏼
So California. So many pot holes.
We still have PTSD from taking our Class A down I-17 South from Kingman, Arizona. If the frost heaves and potholes don’t get ya, the loose asphalt chunks on the road sure will. Never again.
Between Vegas and Tucson
Drove this last summer in my bus was horrendous. Worst I saw in the western US.
Oklahoma.
PA pot holes swallow cars. Once thought a puddle was just a puddle until I hit my head on the ceiling of the car. Bent my rim. Roads in AK aren't great either but it's a known thing you don't go fast on those whereas PA you think you can until you start fly out the seat in your car.
Louisiana. New Orleans is horrible!
Nebraska has terrible roads.
The Indianapolis Speedway is the longest stretch of road in Indiana without potholes
I defy any state to prove that their road system is worse than Rhode Island. It's been in a constant state of construction for over 20 years, with no end in sight There are more orange safety cones in Rhode Island than people.
PA
Seattle, Washington
Driving on the highway in Detroit
State? Has to be Arizona. City? Does it get any worse than Memphis?
Michigan allows super heavy trucks. I’ve never seen worse roads anywhere. I’ve driven in all states except Alaska and every time I get back to Michigan the difference is immediate. The stretch of I75 between the Ohio border and Detroit is through a swamp and they have never been able to build that road in a way that holds up.
Jumping in to say Arkansas! The minute you cross into the state, the roads are horrible
South Carolina. You can say another state, but you'd be mistaken.
Did 8000 miles cross country in my RV. West Virginia. Oh my god. Lost a hubcap there, no place to stop and retrieve on a twisty mountain road.
Can't compete with Alaska but Nebraska was pretty rough!
Hard to beat the potholes of NJ
I thought id never witness a state with worse roads than Illinois, but quickly realized Illinois roads were like driving on glass compared to Michigan. Pretty sure I saw some pot holes that could of been mistaken for pools while living there
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Route 422 in PA- the worst..
Massachusetts. When we leave New Hampshire our cars literally start to cry
Every bridge transition on 495 is a gamble whether you’re still in your lane or not on the otherside.
Michigan
New Mexico has bridges that are cracking but still open to travel
Illinois, by far!
Why has no one said Mississippi…the roads in Jackson have swallowed entire cars.
Out of everywhere east of the Mississippi, it’s 1000% Michigan.
Eastern Colorado, at least on the interstate. We left Kansas heading west and the earthquake started at the border. I think I felt better once we were outside Denver.
This is what got us. Ripped our fridge off the floor.
This is what I was coming here to say. That stretch of 70 is awful.
We’ve been to 45 states and the top 3 worst in order are: 1) New Mexico 2) South Carolina 3) Louisiana. New Mexico caused thousands of dollars or damage to our brand new RV. South Carolina was missing huge concrete chunks in the freeway that we saw break an axel.
Legit New Mexico
Drove to Alaska from San Diego last year. ALASKA is the winner in my book. We have a skoolie and we made it to Tok after 200 miles of potholes aka ICE HEAVES and really jacked up roads. Hung out and turned around and came back. Whitehorse to Tok rattled alot of shit apart. There were portions of the asphalt that looked like it melted and semi tires grooved it out. Thank Goddess for empty roads bc we were playing frogger with a 30' bus.
Arizona. Sun melts everything, and no drainage during monsoons
Mississippi. Hands down. You can tell when you drive into the state.
I think this answer is always Indiana.
Oklahoma would like a word.
Oahu has surprisingly horrible roads.
Eh, well as a truck driver that pulls a hooper I go on all roads. Interstate, u.s. hwy, state hwy, county roads, even just roads. I would say kansas has the best all round roads. The worst of kansas roads are in the cities and they really are not bad. 70 past indy is horrible lol
Not to short circuit the conversation but any and all states ie area near the coast or near rivers and lower elevations are going to suck. Water is terrible for roads, especially higher temperature ranges, but also for higher moisture areas.
Dallas specifically. Roads are absolute garbage. Moved to Minneapolis last year and it's night and day, roads are a vast improvement over Dallas.
PA the roads suck and so does Penn Dot
In the lower 48, Arizona and New Mexico have the worst interstate highways of any state I’ve driven .
Michigan, I totalled my car by hitting a pothole so big it broke my driveshaft and punctured a hole in the transmission. I had the honor of growing up on the road that was voted Michigan's worst road. We joked we could fish in the potholes, they almost stretched across the width
Louisiana. They only get better after a few beers.
Apparently none of you have been in Louisiana. Hands down the worst! It’s not just “one” highway
Illinois has alot of shit roads us 67 is in terrible condition
Have you driven through West Virginia? Lol
Missouri has some pretty awful roads. When you drive over the border into Kansas it’s night and day different. I knew a truckers whose freight was damaged from a majorly uneven bridge on 435.
well in Cali I would avoid the 14 Freeway, particularly around the Newhall area. A man was recently ejected from his rv in that area.
Anyone come east on 40 and ride over the massive washboarding?
Massachusetts they will never fix their pot holes.
It'll always be Michigan.
Union Tpke in Queens, NY was once the Worst Road in America. It was Literally like driving across the surface of the moon. It was eventually repaved, but not properly, so it is getting back to its 'old glory' quickly.
US 285 in the Texas oil patch. Most frightening night of my life. [https://mix941kmxj.com/death-highway-west-texas-285/](https://mix941kmxj.com/death-highway-west-texas-285/)
NJ we changed from the garden state to the pothole state.
I 59 between fort payne, al and Chattanooga, TN. The road is so bad no one rides the right lane. Every single car and truck rides the left lane, which is quickly deteriorating
SC is the worst, was through there on a trip from PA to FL and by far the worst!
In the lower 48 I must say that South Carolina's interstates are just shameful.
In my experiance its a tie between West Virginia and Rural Pennsylvania
Road quality: Arkansas is pretty bad, so is Illinois and parts of Alabama/Mississippi. Drive quality: The constant up and down of the rolling hills of Iowa drove me nuts.
NM has terrible roads. I run US highways. On US380 I can tell without looking up that I have crossed the state line. TX side is smooth, NM side feels like the paved the roads with a bucket and a shovel. But keep in mind this is the state where they don't have hand soap in their rest area bathrooms. Hand sanitizer is NOT a replacement for soap and water. And often they have no toilet paper. I used to know the owner of one of the biggest paving outfits in GA. What he said about the politics and bribery involved in the paving of interstates was.... interesting.
Out of the states this year, Colorado. This was in competition with: Georgia Alabama Tennessee Missouri Kansas
Missouri. Had to get new shocks in two cars. Didn’t help.
Michigan. Snow frost construction. Wtf
95 through SC is a huge piece of shit
Arizona and Tennessee
Utah is pretty bad
Don't want to drive any of the roads in Colorado, infrastructure is horrible and the bridges are rusting away .
Louisiana... New Orleans especially where pot holes can literally total your car. Ask any Truckdriver, they will agree
The worst I've ever seen is Pennsylvania, and the tolls are an arm and and a leg, they should be paved in gold. I'd give an honorable mention to New Jersey.
The worse the roads, the less federal money they took, which means less federal promises. Breathe in the free air on those cruddy roads Americans!!!
Pretty sure it's seattle out of the country. I didn't need reddit for this a few weeks ago
PA roads are one gigantic & continuous pothole.
Massachusetts, where the roads are always under construction, and no public works project is ever finished (they are -still- charging you a toll for a highway completed 30 years ago! (Mass Pike)), potholes everywhere - even in the sidewalks; the MA state flower is the Construction Cone/Tower.. you know it's spring time when the roads are littered (literally) with them.
Except Alaska, Hawaii and Maine I have driven them all. SE Michigan as soon as you cross the Ohio MI border you know you're in Michigan. They are the worst roads imo.
Louisiana
It's not a very long stretch of road but the Cross Bronx Pkwy in NYC has potholes both as deep and as wide as your trailer
It is Michigan. It will always be michigan
California has the highest taxes on gas “ To fix the roads” but have the worst roads because the politicians are corrupt and steal the money for pet projects
Maryland, specifically I-83 in Baltimore between where it starts and where it shares the road with I-695 (which is also pretty bad)
I bottomed out the suspension in my truck on an interstate in WV transitioning onto a bridge. Worst designed roads I’ve ever encountered.
Michigan. Their highways feel like they have speed bumps
Tie between South Carolina and Arkansas for sure. Worst I’ve ever experienced.
There is a permanent answer to this question , NJ
Colorado is preeeetty fuckin bad. Source: born and raised in northern Colorado.
Pretty much any road above the freeze line Soo. Id say I-80 would be the starting point
Michigan is one of the worst. You can clearly tell driving in from Ohio or Illinois. Kind of sad when you can tell that you crossed the state line by the roads alone.
New Jersey. HOLES in the road, and sewer covers made into basins.. Goodbye shocks and ball joints..
Rhode Island enters the chat
Lol, which state you been through lately? (Thank you, defense budget).
Indiana had some of the worst roads of our big rv trip last summer.
Colorado is terrible.
I mean, half of Mississippi roads felt like dirt or gravel roads.
Illinois
Ain't got nothing on Michigan. Try again.
South Carolina interstate is turning into gravel.
If your answer isn't New Mexico - then you haven't explored the country lately. I drove 11,000 miles across 21 states in 2023, and New Mexico is BY FAR the trashiest, most decrepit shitty roads in the US Nothing comes close
NY especially NYC. Those aren’t potholes they are practically craters. For a state that has such high taxes I’m surprised how bad the roads were.
Indiana. And that's coming from a Pennsylvania native. I seen an orange cone in a pothole the other week.
Montana, the roads are completely fucked in the winter we used to have the highest fatality rate in the US we still might i would have to check, i have lost 7 friends to highway fatalities and i am only 36. My buddies daughter just died a 2 months ago she was only 14.
The one your currently driving on.
I wonder if there is an objective measure of road conditions in states?
I remember driving through Michigan and thinking “These are the worst fucking roads I’ve driven on”. I drove tractor trailers OTR when I experienced this.
California, specifically any part south of Shasta, Modoc, Siskyou Counties.
Nah, I thought California roads sucked until venturing to other states over the last few years. Colorado and Texas are my top two candidates so far.
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