"Kim W5TIT" wrote:

Ha!!! Yep, and the hilarious thing is that
it is only recent that I-20 (don't know
about I-10, near Houston, right?) is getting
any attention. Point being: the roads that
need the fixin' the most haven't gotten it,
and the roads that are half-way decent
are that way because "they" won't leave
'em alone!


While the Houston area was bad, driving on I-20 around El Paso was a
nightmare. The highway has a washboard effect which feels like it's shaking
your vehicle, and you, apart. You honestly have to clench your teeth to keep
them from clattering. And, after about twenty miles of that, I had to stop
because my hands were getting numb from the shaking steering wheel.

I mentioned I-5 in Norther California before. On sections of that highway,
the road has cracked and been pushed up from the changing weather (extreme
heat in summer and snows in winter). As a result, there are six to twelve
inch humps in the road about every ten to fifty feet. And, if you drive the
speed limit, you can feel your tires leave the road and slam back down on
the opposite side of each hump. Even if you slow down, you're still tossed
around in the vehicle on the larger humps. Anyway, since I was pulling a
fairly heavy trailer through that section of highway, the experience was not
at all pleasant.

Those two sections of highways stand out in my mind from the last trip.
The other thing that stood out was the traffic congestion near each major
city. LA traffic has been a nightmare for many years and it seems to be
getting worse. Houston has major traffic and darn poor road signs. Each time
we drive across country, the traffic always feels like it is getting worse.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/