Just in one month four people were killed. The pickup truck, packed with over 10 people, rolled over.
But there have been numerous other accidents; the road is dotted with little white crosses, from the victims’ families and friends. Fortunately, many construction efforts have begun to improve the highway.
11. US 24 Fort Wayne to Toledo
US Route 24 is another highway built in 1926. It runs mostly east and west from Minturn, Colorado stretching some 1,540 miles (2,478 km) to Independence Township.
In Toledo, Ohio in transitions into a more north and south direction, though. It is a main route for commercial vehicles transporting materials between Toledo, Ohio and Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Source: www.peaktraffic.org
Grassroots organizations in Toledo spent more than 20 years trying to get state officials to make the highway wider and to make other related improvements.
Finally in 2012 a 23 mile section was widened from its original two lane design. This section was notorious for a high rate a fatal accidents. The entire stretch was known as “the killway”.
12. US 6 in Utah
US Route 6 (Grand Army of the Republic Highway in honor of the American Civil War Veterans Association) runs east-northeast from Bishop, California to Provincetown Massachusetts.
