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"loneliest highway in america", for the bit in nevada/utah, maybe, but it was totally coast to coast right?

so, this is where people share their experiences on the old route 50

― elber (gareth), Saturday, 24 July 2004 14:53 (twenty-one years ago)

the only time I was ever on it (I think) was that little bit in Jefferson City, Mo. You're right about it being coast-to-coast, if you count West Sacremento as being "coastal".

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 24 July 2004 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I drive on the Virginia inside-the-Beltway portion all the time when I'm working at CSC. Lonely does not apply to this piece of road.

― j.lu (j.lu), Saturday, 24 July 2004 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Made many trips across US 50 from Parkersburg, WV to Clarksburg, WV. It's pretty much a generic 4-lane with median. For a more up-close and authentic rural WV drive, WV 47 is the suggested alternate route (though 47 doesn't go directly to Clarksburg).

― Jeff Wright (JeffW1858), Saturday, 24 July 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I've never been on it, but I have been on 40 through Maryland - I might switch to that between Ohio and the Delmarva Peninsula. Otherwise, it sounds really great for much of the way.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 24 July 2004 23:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I've driven on the Virginia part as well. Then, I inevitably get lost somewhere around Court House..

Rt 40 in MD runs through where I grew up, it was a prettier drive than I-68 for sure, but I guess it used to be hella dangerous going over those mountains & it took a lot longer to go anywhere. Hey, check this out - Requiem for US Route 40.

― daria g (daria g), Sunday, 25 July 2004 02:51 (twenty-one years ago)

In 1988 I drove US-50 from Sacramento, CA all the way through to the DC Beltway. Heck of a drive, I'd love to do it again.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 26 July 2004 11:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm jealous, always wanted to drive cross-country on secondary roads.
The stretch of US 50 along the Ohio river near Cincinnati through to Indiana was the scene of aimless highschool cruising for me back in the 70s.

― lovebig starski, Monday, 26 July 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

The stretch of US 50 along the Ohio river near Cincinnati through to Indiana was the scene of aimless highschool cruising for me back in the 70s

I imagine that it hasn't changed much since then. Emporia, Kansas seemed to be the king of aimless cruising.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Monday, 26 July 2004 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

didn't it used to be coast to coast? i know it stops in sac now, but i thought it used to continue on to sf?

― charltonlido (gareth), Saturday, 7 January 2006 01:17 (twenty years ago)

but i thought it used to continue on to sf?

It used to but the routing was changed in the early 60s. Full details here: http://www.cahighways.org/049-056.html

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Saturday, 7 January 2006 02:19 (twenty years ago)

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