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Flooded streets post-Katrina

Still plodding through the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina over 15 months later, Louisiana has displaced Pennsylvania as having the worst roads in the nation. Never having taken the top spot in the worst roads category, Louisiana is no rookie to the top five on the Highway Report Card, a survey conducted by Overdrive Magazine.

Truck drivers state that I-10 alone is bad enough to qualify Louisiana for the "worst roads" crown; but the rest of the roads are not much better. Hurricane Katrina left nearly everything in its wake a complete disaster in southern Louisiana, but neighboring Texas seems to have fared much better.

Texas was voted number one for not only the best roads, but the best "four-wheelers" (drivers) category as well.

See all of the categories and the results after the jump

[Sources: PRNewswire, OverdriveOnline]

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Truckers say Louisiana has nation's worst roads originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>highwaysI-10LouisianaTexasWed, 13 Dec 2006 19:34:00 EST http://www.autoblog.com/feed/716988/article-comments.xml http://www.autoblog.com/feed/2006/12/13/truckers-say-louisiana-has-the-nations-worst-roads/716988/article-detail.xml 716988 http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2006/12/katrinafloodstreets_thumbnail.jpg http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2006/12/katrinafloodstreets.jpg <![CDATA[Texas considering 80 mph speed limit]]>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/16/south-texas-considering-80-mph-speed-limit/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/16/south-texas-considering-80-mph-speed-limit/http://www.autoblog.com/2006/05/16/south-texas-considering-80-mph-speed-limit/#commentsSomewhere, Sammy Hagar is smiling. Texas' Transportation Commision will consider raising the speed limit on Interstates 10 and 20 next week. The Texas Department of Transportation's proposal would bump the speed limit to 80 mph to better reflect the rate of speed that traffic presently travels at anyway. A survey of the West Texas roads found that 85 percent of drivers regularly travel at up to 79 mph.

Of course, the proposed change has environmentalists and road safety advocates audibly concerned, but advocates maintain that raising the legal limit will make the roadways safer by encouraging a more universal pace.

What do you think? Sound off in 'Comments.'

[Sources: Associated Press via Houston Chronicle; Motomania; Lyricsbox]

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