Honestly, I couldn’t find a good relevant picture of a road, so I figured it would be better to just post a moderately safe for work picture of Angelina Jolie. This is much better than Clark Matthews’ idea, which was to post a picture of Brent Skarky.
Anyway, read about and vote for the worst Metro area road after the jump.
Broadway (in Edmond)
In the 1960’s – when about 57 people drove on it each day – Broadway probably wasn’t that bad of road. Now that about 57-million people drive on it, it’s become one hell of a cluster f*ck. Seriously, you can probably listen to three Sports Animal commercial breaks in the time it takes to drive from 33rd to 2nd street.
NW Expressway
See Broadway Extension.
N. Penn (through Nichols Hills)
This is by far the snootiest road in Oklahoma City. I heard that in the 1980’s that the citizens of Nichols Hills considered banning all non-European cars from even traveling down this stretch of two lane slowness, but that the idea was nixed once they realized no one would be able to nanny their children, mow their lawns and clean their homes.
S. Robinson
Unless you’re a fan of blatant low level prostitution or Hinder, there is really no reason to even be on S. Robinson.
Shields Bridge
I’m not a “roads scholar” like Brent Rinehart (it’s his pun, not mine), but whoever decided to build this super road should never be allowed to make a meaningful decision ever again in their life. For those who don’t know (and I imagine most don’t, because nobody drives on the thing), the Shields Ave. Bridge is a nice six lane stretch of road that goes from downtown OKC to SE 29, or more accurately put, from nowhere to nowhere. This thing is so empty you would think that Robert Allen lives underneath it and gobbles up unassuming motorists for dinner.
Worst Metro Road
- Broadway (in Edmond) (42%, 140 Votes)
- NW Expressway (20%, 67 Votes)
- N. Penn (through Nichols Hills) (18%, 59 Votes)
- S. Robinson (10%, 33 Votes)
- Shields Bridge (10%, 33 Votes)
Total Voters: 332
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All of Them.
Having lived on the southside, Choctaw and now Edmond I have sampled quite a few crappy roads. But I think I can safely say that Anything-and-Broadway in Edmond induces a rage unlike the biggest pothole on I-44. Add in the very distinct possibility of getting stopped by a train while traveling west in Edmond and you’ve got my vote for worst road!
All are bad, but Broadway is by far the worst.
It’s just part of Edmond city officials’ plan to prevent carjackings.
trying to pick the worst okc road is like trying to pick your favorite dollar bill. i gotta nominate any rr crossing on the santa fe line, with emphasis on s.w.29th
This list is a joke because it could be as long as “War and Peace”.
If you elect Scott Pruitt to another term at anything in a state office he’ll fix these bad roads. Just look how he beats up on Rowdy the Redhawk on those cute pop-up ads!
They are all awful…but I think Edmond’s whole roadway system is the worst. Especially now that they’ve started that lovely construction on Broadway Extension. Also, it doesn’t help that there is a train running through the middle of the town and a stop light at every neighborhood entrance…
Edmond is designed for people that don’t leave edmond. If you never need to leave edmond, it’s really not that bad. Where is I-40 on this list anyways? When you can see through the bridge, shouldn’t that count for something? Also, I voted for NW Expressway because I always have to stop that stoplight UNDERNEATH I-44 that makes you sit and wait for the overpass to fall on top of you. Worst way to go I’d say.
But at least all the roads are paved, thanks to Brent Rinehart! (I know it’s true because I read it in a comic book.)
I voted for Penn because, seriously, 25 mph on a major road? They say it’s because there are houses lining the street, but I would think the security fences and drawbridges probably protect the residents from people careening along at a crazy 35 mph. The real reason is so that the police can pull over anyone going 26 mph in a car that costs less than $50K. God forbid they raise property taxes on the uberwealthy to pay for their own police force.
(Also, I didn’t know Jesse Jackson was from Oklahoma. I’ll get right on that article.)
how can I-40 crosstown not be on here?
Trebor, don’t you have a campaign to run? Maybe when Scott runs again we’ll give you a call.
Did you not read the comments on the Toby Keith post? All my campaigns are on cruise control. Best job ever. See you at Bin 73!
Ah, 15th and Broadway. Memories.
Broadway, between the turnpike and Danforth, is hands down the most frustrating road to drive on.
Did someone, mmm, forget that one road that’s apparently good for another 3-and-a-half years?
Also, why are the yellow street lines skew from the actual road on the Google Street View? Curvature of the Earth?
Mad props on the Jolie pic - I forgot for 30 seconds what this was about.
It is Penn through Nichols Hills. That is a like a black hole in the city. Don’t you just feel weird driving in through there? I don’t care how nice your car is - you feel underprivileged. When I drive through there I immediately put a doily under everything..One time I made a wrong turn at La Baguette and wound up in 1983..
I know that everyone doesn’t drive it daily, but for those who do, the stretch of 122nd from Broadway Ext. to Kelly is the WORST road. Pothole riddled, patched and patched multiple times, it is a joke. I feel for the folks at The Links. I remember a news segment that mentioned the reason why its never been fixed, but I forget the specifics. Stop the BS and just get it figured out.
It’s the gay agenda they’re always sticking in your face.
Don’t knock the Shields Bridge….where else in OKC can you drive 80 mph without any fear of getting a speeding ticket while enjoying a glorious view of the Oklahoma River on one side and the Heartland Flyer on the other.
Broadway throughout Edmond is awful. I avoid it at all costs, especially now since the speed limit is decreased to 35 way before the new construction, and you know Edmond police are going to be all over that.
And I agree with malotron, that stretch of 122nd is the absolute worst as far as road quality.
Lets not forget west edmond/oklahoma city. The road quality used to much worse, but now that all the development has gone out there the roads are better but the traffic is absolutely horrendous. Ever get stuck in line trying to go north on penn or western at 5:30 in the afternoon. Makes you want to BURN things. Getting backed up at the new stoplights for half a mile to only manage to go another half mile till you’re in the next line… 5 times in a row to get to Danforth / 192nd.
I just drove Broadway 33rd to 2nd not 3 minutes ago. I actually went through 2 sports animal commercials in the process. No lie.
Just a plug for Memorial road east of I-35. There is a funky split that if you go straight, you are no longer on Memorial. And they just put in a bunch of road nipples that prevent maniacally swooping through it. Plus the abundance of elderly creepers whose fear of gas pedals is second only to their fear of Jeebus. Or maybe that disaster at 2nd (edmond road) and broadway, half a block, five hundred cars and a series of sadisticly placed stoplights.
Edmond wins.
Don’t screw around with traffic laws in Edmond or you could end up in prison. Glenda especially doesn’t mess around with out of towners.
HEY! wait a minute! i just did as cartoon double take! isn’t this “the worst roads IN OKC? oh and the shields bricge surely does go nowhwere. look whats at the end, the farce center, downtown, bricktown. nowhere,man
“Edmond is designed for people that don’t leave edmond.”
Sounds like an Eagles song . . . “you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.”
Leave Shields alone. I love a road that carries me away from the econimic growth of bricktown into place that seems like time has forgotten. As you head south out of downtown you soon notice that you are in an area that ever Will Rodgers would meet a stranger, and remember he claimed he never met one.
Shoot, if I met Will Rodgers, I’d be meeting a stranger too.
Now if it were Will Rogers, that’s a totally different matter.
I picked Penn because the blurb was the funniest and because I once got a nasty, call-the-cops look from a homeowner along that street when I was driving my 1968 Impala.
Leave Shields alone. They just built that arm of the new Crosstown a couple of decades early. Beside, like Boone said, where else can you go 80 without fear of a ticket.
It’s a real tossup between Edmond and Nichols Hills. I’ll go with Nichols Hills because I’ve been pulled over there for driving a 1977 beat-up blue Chevy Van thru their city without a muffler on it. (The cop did let me go without a ticket because I was leaving their city and because I had a bumper sticker “This truck has been in 15 accidents and hasn’t lose one yet.”)
The Shields Bridge used to get me to work about 15 minutes faster than it takes me now that they have it closed.
Really!? Shields? The Oklahoman Autobahn? For real. Some say 80, I say much higher.
I vote Penn, I’m in Colorado and I get chills and feel like I feed my dog Ole Roy from WalMart just thinking about it.