Rush Hour Reflections

The below table shows the rush hour routes where commuters in each state are most likely to reflect on major life choices while stuck in traffic.

RoadState
U.S. Highway 280 (Birmingham Suburbs) Alabama
Glenn Highway (Anchorage to Eagle River) Alaska
Interstate 17 (Central Phoenix from the Stack to Northern Ave.) Arizona
Interstate 30 (Downtown Little Rock – Arkansas River Bridge) Arkansas
Interstate 405 (San Diego Freeway – Sepulveda Pass, Los Angeles) California
Interstate 25 (Central Denver – Santa Fe Dr. to I-70) Colorado
I-84 at I-91 Interchange (Downtown Hartford) Connecticut
Interstate 95 (Christiana Mall to I-495 Wilmington Bypass) Delaware
I-4 (Orlando, from the Attractions to Downtown) Florida
I-85/I-75 Downtown Connector (Atlanta) Georgia
Pali Highway (Route 61, Honolulu to Windward Side) Hawaii
Eagle Road (Idaho 55 in Meridian) Idaho
I-90/I-94 Kennedy Expressway (Chicago, O’Hare to Downtown) Illinois
I-80/94 Borman Expressway (Northwest Indiana, Illinois state line to I-65) Indiana
I-235 (Des Moines, Downtown to West Mixmaster) Iowa
I-35 (Kansas, Olathe to Downtown Kansas City, MO) Kansas
I-264 Watterson Expressway (Louisville, around US-42/US-60) Kentucky
I-10/I-12 “Malfunction Junction” (Baton Rouge, east side) Louisiana
U.S. Route 1 (Wiscasset) Maine
I-495 Capital Beltway (Montgomery County, between I-270 and College Park) Maryland
I-90 Massachusetts Turnpike (Boston, from 128/Weston to Allston) Massachusetts
I-75 (Detroit, from 8 Mile Rd through Downtown) Michigan
I-94 (Minneapolis, Lowry Hill Tunnel to Downtown St. Paul) Minnesota
I-55 (Jackson, through the Stack Interchange) Mississippi
I-64/US-40 (St. Louis, “Forest Park Parkway” area) Missouri
US-93 (Missoula, Reserve Street) Montana
I-80 (Omaha, from 60th St. to I-680) Nebraska
US-95/I-515 “Spaghetti Bowl” (Las Vegas Downtown Interchange) Nevada
I-93 (Manchester, between I-293 and I-89 junction) New Hampshire
I-95/New Jersey Turnpike (Newark to George Washington Bridge) New Jersey
I-40 (Albuquerque, Rio Grande Blvd to Coors Blvd) New Mexico
I-495 Long Island Expressway (Queens & Long Island) New York
I-85 (Greensboro, “Death Valley” segment around I-40) North Carolina
Interstate 29 (Fargo Commuter Corridor) North Dakota
I-70/I-71 “Split” (Columbus) Ohio
I-35 (Oklahoma City, between I-240 and I-40) Oklahoma
I-5 (Portland, Rose Quarter to Interstate Bridge) Oregon
I-95 (Philadelphia, Betsy Ross Bridge to Broad Street) Pennsylvania
I-95 (Providence, Thurbers Avenue Curve) Rhode Island
I-26 (Columbia, “Malfunction Junction” I-20/I-26 interchange) South Carolina
Interstate 90 (Sioux Falls Urban Stretch) South Dakota
I-40/I-65 “Inner Loop” (Nashville west side) Tennessee
US-59/I-69 (Houston, Southwest Freeway between I-610 and Downtown) Texas
I-15 (Salt Lake City, between 9000 South and 600 North) Utah
Interstate 89 (Burlington Urban Connector) Vermont
I-95 (Northern Virginia, between Fredericksburg and Washington, D.C.) Virginia
SR-520 Floating Bridge (Seattle to Bellevue) Washington
I-64 (Charleston to Huntington) West Virginia
I-94 (Milwaukee to Madison) Wisconsin
South Greeley Highway (Cheyenne Suburban Connector) Wyoming