Jim-and-Carolyn
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Travel I-40 Eastbound at your own risk. This road in Oklahoma is one of the worst I've been on in two months on the road. Use it only as a last resort (and sometimes, you don't have a choice).
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htneighbors
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I must agree! I lived in OKC for the past 13 years and it doesn't matter whether you are East or West bound...I-40 is the worst highway I've ever driven. 
The only good stretch on the entire highway is a bridge out east of OKC where a Texas company repaired it - due to a boat knocking it down!
The only good stretch on the entire highway is a bridge out east of OKC where a Texas company repaired it - due to a boat knocking it down!Yep, I was on that road about two months ago towing the trailer... I thought the same thing, this has to be the worst road I have ever driven on. I kept waiting for a good patch, but in the two hours I was on it I never found one. Bad all the way from Warner to OKC, where I turned north on the 35...
jimtoo
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I must agree! I lived in OKC for the past 13 years and it doesn't matter whether you are East or West bound...I-40 is the worst highway I've ever driven.
WOW.... that must have been some kinda of high tide for a boat to get that far inland....Must have come from Louisiana.
Leave it to TEXAS to fix things right.!!!
cjbearden
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Two Hands, we second you on the same highways! I-80 was a real bone jarring experience as we made our way from Indiana Rally to Ft. Collins, CO a few months ago. In April 2008, traveling north out of OKC on I-35 is where springs on driver's side broke on former '06 BH 3400RL. I-35 north was no picnic as we traveled into SD. I-10 across LA is right in there with all the bad highways.
Where are all the road funds going? Certainly not on the roads. Seems like art of road building is still archaic. Might as well be in a covered wagon going across the prairie! Hey, we were, we were just not pulling it with horses of the animal variety!!
Take your time out there and travel safe.
Where are all the road funds going? Certainly not on the roads. Seems like art of road building is still archaic. Might as well be in a covered wagon going across the prairie! Hey, we were, we were just not pulling it with horses of the animal variety!!
Take your time out there and travel safe.
Mariposa
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bad I 80
Was on I 80 west bound a couple of week ago, from Reno. Pulled over in truck brake check area, rest areas were closed, to to give our bodies a rest from the shaking. No wonder things brake in the trailer. South bound 99 from Sacto. wasn't much better. Banning some televisions in Calif. is more important than roads.
Bob
Was on I 80 west bound a couple of week ago, from Reno. Pulled over in truck brake check area, rest areas were closed, to to give our bodies a rest from the shaking. No wonder things brake in the trailer. South bound 99 from Sacto. wasn't much better. Banning some televisions in Calif. is more important than roads.
Bob
nscaler2
Well-known member
Even brand new concrete interstates are a mess. It seems that the contractors nowadays do not have any idea how to lay concrete smoothly. The newer the highway the worse it seems to be. Because of this, we tend to travel the little old state 2 lane highways. Usually they are better and they are less stressful because of their lower speeds. You get to actually see the countryside instead of competing for a space in your own lane.
grizzlygiant
Well-known member
Oklahoma I-40 here we come Sunday. We have little choice traveling from Santa Fe, NM to Arkansas. Wish us luck!
sharmulst
member
US 54 from Tucumcari, NM up through Texas and the panhandle of OK into Kansas at Liberal and on east is pretty good. However, it is only a 2 lane road until you get to Kingman, KS. We just came that way the first week of October.
We have also found that your 2 lane roads are much better than the Interstates in regard to rough ride, etc. Traffic is generally light on US 54.
We have also found that your 2 lane roads are much better than the Interstates in regard to rough ride, etc. Traffic is generally light on US 54.
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