Originally Posted by
Doug64
You are absolutely correct!
We did some checking and Highways 20, 30 and 6 all cross the country. Highway 30 starts in Astoria, OR, and terminates in Atlantic City, NJ. I was wrong in my statement. I should have said Highway 20 is the
longest contiguous road from coast to coast in the United States. However, it is not even the longest contiguous road. I just found out that Highway 20 is split by Yellowstone National Park, so technically it is not contiguous. It is just the longest. Highway 6 gets the honor of being the longest continuous road, but it starts in Bishop, California, not on the coast. It terminates in Provincetown, MA., so it does not go coast to coast.
Thanks for the information. Highway 20 was still a great ride regardless of what I thought
Actually think back to 2012, DUH!, I would have to agree with US20 in most of NY. I planned to pick it up from the state capitol building but somewhere missed it and ended up picking it up about 5 miles west of Albany and took it all the way into NE Ohio and took it on through Cleveland last year. Through NY is incredible. 4 lane highway with wide shoulders(8-10 feet wide) and very little traffic. You have I-90 and I-88 that diverts all the traffic away and the road, at least in 2012 was in spectacular shape. The one campsite I had on night two of the 2012 trip I still wish I knew who owned that property. Very strange layout and appearance of the property, not sure if the state owned it or if it was privately owned**********?? Spent a couple nights later at the indian reservation truck stop. Last year spent one of the night at a high school right beside the highway. Quite a few nice stealth campsites right beside the highway.