Originally Posted by
brucewiley
Scott
It actually is very legal to bike on much of the US interstate system that is outside of cities. RAAM even uses Interstate 10 which I've also traveled on trips. Here in Idaho I 84 is much traveled by bikes outside of metropolitan areas. There may be no alternative to using the interstates, that is why it's legal.
Bruce
WB5GZT
It's illegal in my state. Your correct about some other states. Here in Alabama there are signs on the on-ramps banning walkers, non motorized vehicles and vehicles that cant maintain a minimum 45 MPH speed.
Every few years special interest groups try to get the state to build paths for non motorized and motorized devices that cant exceed 20 mph beside the interstate highways but as these vehicles or walkers don't use fuel or so very little of it they don't pay enough in road taxes to build and maintain the highway systems. Therefor it's not in the the government's interest to build them.