What is the busiest freeway in your city/state? (Los Angeles, people, building)

[RC01]

I think for an actual freeway by itself (not an interchange) in MPLS-STP it would be I-35W before the split downtown.

[Craziaskowboi]

Ironically, the two busiest segments of Interstate in Pennsylvania (I-76 between King of Prussia and Philadelphia, I-376 between Pittsburgh International Airport and Monroeville) are both obsolete relics that were grandfathered into the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System, and will each require multiple billions of dollars to reconstruct into the modern highways that they need to be.

[emcee squared]

Originally Posted by RC01

I think for an actual freeway by itself (not an interchange) in MPLS-STP it would be I-35W before the split downtown.

Parts of 494 on the Bloomington Strip and 35W just south of the 35/94 commons seem to carry around 200,000 cars per day.

The City of Bloomington website says the 494/35W interchange has nearly 500,000 cars pass through daily.

EDIT: Interesting link -- http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/tables/02.cfm

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

Ironically, the two busiest segments of Interstate in Pennsylvania (I-76 between King of Prussia and Philadelphia, I-376 between Pittsburgh International Airport and Monroeville) are both obsolete relics that were grandfathered into the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System, and will each require multiple billions of dollars to reconstruct into the modern highways that they need to be.

Doesnt 95 actually get more cars per day than 76, 76 has worse traffic though due to its awful design and being limited to two lanes

[unusualfire]

^ I don't know what's up with PA's department of transportation. The entire state has narrow highways. But they do have heavy rail in the two major cities. It looks like they pay more into the federal gas tax than they get back.

[dalparadise]

The 405 in LA is the busiest and most notoriously clogged in California and the United States. That's little consolation to drivers heading south on 80 in Emeryville on a Friday night, approaching the Bay Bridge, headed to San Francisco. That's usually a 2-3mph crawl for miles until they get through the toll booth on the bridge and it opens up.

101 up and down the Peninsula south of San Francisco rivals anything in California for traffic headaches, but not volume, as it is not as wide as most. 280, which runs roughly parallel to it and begins and ends near it (going through much more scenic areas, BTW) is comparatively free of backups throughout most of the day.

[munchitup]

Originally Posted by dalparadise

The 405 in LA is the busiest and most notoriously clogged in California and the United States. That's little consolation to drivers heading south on 80 in Emeryville on a Friday night, approaching the Bay Bridge, headed to San Francisco. That's usually a 2-3mph crawl for miles until they get through the toll booth on the bridge and it opens up.

101 up and down the Peninsula south of San Francisco rivals anything in California for traffic headaches, but not volume, as it is not as wide as most. 280, which runs roughly parallel to it and begins and ends near it (going through much more scenic areas, BTW) is comparatively free of backups throughout most of the day.

Taking the 580 down through Oakland and the Maze is not much better either.

[cali3448893]

For Cincinnati its hard to determine because the 1-71, 1-75 and 1-275 all have parts or the whole length through cincinnati with traffic volumes above 120,000 continuously for 80 miles all the way to dayton for the 1-75.

[Bslette]

Our states worst traffic jams during after the 35W bridge collapsed were probably on MN 280, I-35E, MN 100, US 169 and I-94 northbound. I lived somewhat near MN-100 when it happened and traffic got pretty bad.

[7express]

Connecticut:

95 between the CT/NY border in Greenwich and exit 48 in New Haven (the exit for interstate 91). Quite possibly, the worst stretch of highway anywhere in the US.