Well, when it comes to "loneliest", I think traffic counts ought to be considered, as well as the length without services. I think a good candidate for that would be I-70 in Utah, where you're 100 miles between services, though not exits.

A bit misleading here. I appreciate the effort, but an exit without any services is pretty much useless. I'm thinking specifically about i70 Green River Utah headed west. Its literally over 100 miles of nothing. Not even a gas pump, rest area, or building in sight.

That stretch of I-80 in Utah is dead straight and flat. I had the Garman going and we dropped 8' in 40 miles! Also they have warning signs to just pull off the road if you get tired. They mean just pull off anywhere. It's a mesmerizing stretch.

There's a stretch of US 50 between Ely, NV and Hinkley, UT that runs for 147 miles without fuel or any kind of auto service. However, there is a bar and grill about 26 miles SE of Ely at a dusty crossroads called Majors Place. Aside from that, nada.

In 1990, I drove your number-one stretch of highway at night with a bad alternator. I've never been so lonely behind the wheel.

All those “unofficial exits” along the PA turnpike have gates across them. They’re for emergency access only.

Even though it's not a freeway, the Dalton highway in Alaska is extremely long with almost no services for large sections, and is 414-miles of mostly gravel and dirt. Though, that would raise a few cans of worms if that highway was included.

6:31 Exits 2 and 3 are the old exit numbers for the Mass Pike, Massachussetts converted to mileage-based exit numbering in 2020-2021 and they’re now exits 10 and 41.

Great video, as always. Did want to make you aware of the access roads on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Those access roads are NOT for the general public. They are gated and you must have an electronic pass in order to travel through these areas. These access roads are generally used by the State Police and the Turnpike Maintenance vehicles.

I broke down on the yeehaw junction area. FHP came up to me and said he was the only trooper doing 4 counties pretty crazy

I broke down one time in September 2022 on the Mass Pike between Lee and Westfield. Transfer case went in my truck. Travel trailer in tow. 2 AM. Wife and dog with me. Took over three hours to get a tow truck to us. Dog got a tick walking the 30 feet from the pickup to the tow truck cab. Not a fun night for either of us. At least Harold (the tow truck operator) was friendly. The bill was almost $1000 to get us to Westfield.

11:11 Classic Italian sports car out in the 110 degree heat, drove past the "no exit for 40 miles" sign and didn't even flinch. This driver fears nothing. 🙏

I just came here to make sure you got Florida Turnpike at #1 and #2. I have driven past FHP in the median at 92mph and waved out my window and received a wave back. Evidently he was waiting for someone to go faster than that.

Basically anywhere in southern Nevada are the loneliest roads I’ve ever driven and some of them have extremely long stretches between services. In addition to no road service, a lot of those stretches don’t even have cell service, which makes it extra lonely. The salt flats stretch in Utah is certainly “lonely” too but in my opinion it’s beautiful.

New Hampshire's Kancamagus Highway, called "The Kanc," is 34.5 miles long with a sign near each end saying "No services next thirty miles." It does have spectacular views.

I-80 in Utah is 101 miles exactly from the last Gas station in Lake Point and the next one in West Wendover. And inverse also

What you showed on the PA Turnpike as "exits" aren't really exits. The access roads are gated off and are meant for maintenance and first responders only. If you're caught exiting here, you'll pay a hefty fine. If you enter at one of these and exit at a real exit, your toll will be the highest possible toll from that exit. And, to add insult to injury, the Northeast Extension counts in that toll.

Surprised the state of Montana didn't make the list in some fashion.

I used to be a dispatcher for a roadside service company for RV breakdowns and we worked with Allstate's Good Sam RV roadside. Our company would get the calls that Allstate refused to dispatch because they were money losers, so basically i knew a lot of these long stretch no exit areas. I got a LOT of Yeehaw Junction, FL dispatches and i got to hear a lot of angry people when the nearest provider would take hours to get there. The worst dispatch was a couple stuck near Death Valley at 2am, they were driving at night to avoid the heat of the day and they broke down. I had one provider that would go out, but wanted a fortune and i got screamed at again. After working these calls, i vowed NEVER to own a RV.

How spooky Alligator alley is on a moonless night

1:49 I've gotten stuck in a Lyft on this stretch of i-76 ... it added an entire hour to my trip and Lyft charged me $140. Thanks a lot, Google Maps.

I-69 from US-231 near Crane Navy Base to Fullerton Pike in Bloomington, Indiana is about 27 miles without any services at all. It is one lonely drive at night.

Alligator Alley I-75 used to be the longest with an 86 mile gap! No services, all eastbound and Westbound.

Also on I-76 between Blue Mountain and Carlisle is a major part of Turnpike history as the 11 mile straightaway that created the term highway hypnosis where drivers can fall asleep behind the wheel if they do the speed limit or under and it stops when they go through Blue Mountain Tunnel. The Allegheny Mountain Tunnel was the 1st Tunnel of the Turnpike to be twined in the 1960s when they invested $100 million to deal with 5 mile congestion at the 7 tunnels.

The only real surprise that made the list was Massachusetts. The biggest surprise that didn't make the list was Nevada.

i love these videos... FYI, the Masspike exits between westfield and Lee is exits 10 and 41 (which reflects the 30 mile distance). . . and there IS a service center on each side of the freeway with gas and food. . . it sounded like you said there was nothing in between the exits.

I-90 in Wyoming between Buffalo and Gillette is about 70 miles of nothingness…. Yes there were a few exits that were dirt roads that was not going to anything. There was at least one small rest area with a bathroom and picnic area. This was a definitely a get out and stretch and get gas before hitting that road section of my trip. This was the longest desolate area I personally have ever driven.

Massachusetts switched to mileage-based exit numbers a few years back. Lee is exit 10 now and Westfield is exit 41. There are service areas in Blandford, at MM 29 (and just west of this stretch in Lee at MM 8): before all the service areas on the Pike were renovated in the early 2000s, the WB Blandford and EB Lee service areas had restaurants while the EB Blandford and WB Lee areas were just gas stations (not even a convenience store). With the renovation, the previously gas-only locations have each had a McDonalds and a convenience store added, though the other two have a choice of restaurants.

I had to look up the term, "control city". (Loosely, 'town worthy of an exit sign'.) Being fairly well read and somewhat well traveled, it's not every day I learn a new word or term. Thanks, Mike.

I was going to say something about the same stretch. I loved seeing that sign that said "NEXT SERVICES ON I-70 110 miles" despite the several ranch exits along the way. Someone passed me there doing about 105 mph, so I decided to settle in about a half mile behind them and keep a very close eye on the rearview mirror. I followed them all the way to Vegas. We both got gas in St. George. Rolled into Vegas 4 hours and 16 minutes after leaving Green River.

As a south Floridian, that drive up to Orlando on the turnpike is for sure long as hell with only alligator alley as your exit. Wanted to make sure it was on here lol

CO-71 South of Limon, CO has signs listing 70-ish miles of no services.

Honestly the Florida turnpike doesn’t surprise me none. As a Florida resident, I can confidently agree that traveling between Orlando and Miami on the turnpike just sucks.

A few years ago, MassDOT was considering building a new interchange somewhere along the Mass Pike in that 30 mile gap. There haven't been any updates or plans drafted since the study ended in 2020, but the most likely place they might put one is near an existing maintenance facility in Blandford, around the 14 mile marker.

6:31 I-90 in Massachusetts (Massachusetts Turnpike) now has mile-based exits. The exits referenced here are now Exit 10 in Lee and Exit 41 in Westfield. At 7:08 you mention that there are no services on this stretch of turnpike. There are services on both sides, not connected to each other, in Blandford.

Another mention from the Indiana Toll Road (I-80/90): the stretch from Exit 49 (IN 39- La Porte) to Exit 72 (US 31- South Bend/Niles/Plymouth) is also 23 miles, and it also comes with a service plaza in between those exits! Florida's maximum speed limit is 70 mph (not 75 mph), by the way.

As an owner operator I can definitely tell you the loneliest interstates are by far located in the mountain states.

No words, just another nice video. Go 'head Mike 💯

I love American Highway systems! So much freedom 🦅 🇺🇸 🔥

another banger video mike!

Great video Mike.

2:06 I've never heard my hometown of Chambersburg pronounced like that lol. It's basically Chamber's burg, Chamber like the chamber of a gun or a private room.

In the late 80s, I drove from Albuquerque to Texas and I would think there were longer stretches without exits, but that was so long ago I might be wrong. I think some roads in Australie might be longer than in the US.

try driving the ALCAN highway - I drove it in the winter of '86. I was driving along and in the distance I saw a gas station - when I got to it - there was a sign "Closed for the winter"!

Honorable mention for CO 94 from Aroya to Colorado Springs. No services or really any towns for that matter for 70 miles. The middle section is absolutely lonely. No powerlines or fences follow the road for a bit, and theres no houses off the side either. Just you, the almost stright line road, and Pikes Peak off in the distance.

The Dalton Highway in Alaska is 419 miles long. Gas can only be bought at mile 55, 175 and at the end of the highway in Deadhorse at mile 419.

As an alternative to driving across Alligator Alley, last year I drove across southern Florida from Ft Myers East on 80 to 27 to 98/441 to West Palm Beach. It was basically like driving on one highway straight across even though the numbers changed. Didn't pass much along the way but there were signs of life and small towns, and cane fields. Still, make sure you have a full gas tank.

Great video!!!!

Great video Mike, You are one of my favorite channels on this site! Also I just wanted to point of that the local pronunciation for Salina is Suh-ly-nuh and Osage City is pronounced O-say-J.

This was a really good and interesting video. Thank you. 😀

I have a delivery route in the Joplin area for a Tulsa-based warehouse. I drive along the Will Rogers turnpike daily. You're absolutely correct. You can bypass the Turnpike, but you'll be adding at LEAST 30 minutes, not even taking into account that there is usually a bunch of construction on the "Old Route 66."

That was a surprise. Thank you for the video!

On big island hawaii, hwy 11 south of Volcanos NP, there is a lonely desert and a sign that says no services for 100mi.

I-70 in Utah is over 100 miles with no services

It doesn't matter where you are in Florida (with the exception of I-10 from Tallahassee to I-75), it is a speed suggestion and not a limit. I-75 aka the Florida International Motor Speedway see people easily doing 100mph. I've been going 80 and got passed numerous times by people clearly at or near 100. FWIW, no stretches on I-10 with long distances between interchanges? I kinda remember 50 mile stretched between El Paso and San Antonio.

I-80 through Wyoming does have limited services between Cheyenne and Evanston, but the stretch of road itself has very long stretches that feel especially lonesome.

I think that I70 across the San Rafael Swell between Salina and Green River, UT at least deserves an honorable mention as it’s the longest stretch between exits with no services. Sure there’s a few exits and rest areas, but no gas stations for over 100 miles.

Video suggestion: Longest stretches without SERVICES on ANY type of road, not just freeways. I used to see signs all over the country warning something like "Last fuel for 128 miles." Where are THOSE stretches of road now?

You're the man, Mike.

Correction: the Massachusetts turnpike gap DOES have a service plaza in Blanford, so there is food and gas close to the middle of that 30 mile gap

There is a stretch of I 90 in Wisconsin from Tomah/ Sparta to Onalaska that's 30 something miles no exits as you go thru Fort McCoy, an Army base used mostly for winter training. 13:31

Would be interesting too do a list of longest "no gas" signs. I've personally driven on the US 6 between tonopah and ely in NV and it is quite fun.

Broward County Road 833 is Snake Road. Micosukee reservation. State Road 84 was the original Alligator Alley. I've taken H.E. Bailey before it was signed I-44. I prefer driving US 62 because there were places to stop, like Chikasha and Anadarko. I've taken I-90 mass pike from I-91 to New York state line (then took the NYS Thruway). Not much to see. Gets hilly when you approach the Berkshires. Florida State Road 29 (not 28) takes you to Immokalee (North) and to Everglades City (South) deep in the Everglades. So true about the Turnpike between Fort Pierce and Kissimmee / St. Cloud. Still a 4-lane highway. They are planning on adding additional lanes but may be years. Mike, I remember you driving through Palm Beach County on the Turnpike and they are doing roadwork, which might be resurfacing. The only improvements lately, besides resurfacing, are in the northern part between I-75 / SR 44 and Clermont SR 50

12:10 The official speed limit is 70 mph in Florida. That's the top highway speed in all of Florida. 12:26 can see the 70 mph limit sign as you pass it.

Now there might be exits. But as for services the longest stretch of road without services is I 70 between Salina Utah and Green River Utah at 108 miles!

I found I-90 in South Dakota to be quite low on exits. Between Rapid City to Sioux Falls. Especially around the Bad Lands and near the Wounded Knee exit.

I’m very surprised to see that I’ve driven a number of these. I’ve driven the entirety of the PA turnpike, I’ve driven the stretch of 80/90 in Indiana, and I’ve also driven the longer of the two stretches of the Florida Turnpike! Awesome video!

I remember the time I got a flat tire on the Mass Turnpike without a spare. It took quite awhile for a tow truck to come.

I drove through Yeehaw Junction today. Desolation. That's where heads roll.

I've driven that stretch of the Pike many times in the last 10 years. It always feels the loneliest and most foreboding during the winter. Driving it in December once it gave me the chance for some introspection.

I noticed you only selected interstates but the loneliest stretch of surface non-interstate highway is US-19 between Perry and Lebanon Station Florida. There's a long stretch I drove at night where there were deer on the side of the road and wishing to cross and evidence of previous deer who were not successful 😭 all over the roadway 😦😧😨😰

My addition to this list is I-80 west of Lincoln, Nebraska. There are many exits with nothing nearby. In many cases you can find a small town just north along Rt 30. If you want to make time by staying on I-80, you will want to plan your gas stops. There are some peaceful rest stops but they have only restrooms and vending machines. Being easterners, my wife and I were quite surprised by the emptiness of this major highway. (Much worse than the Indiana section mentioned in the video). If there are two adults in a compact car, no problem. Otherwise, plan.

Interstate 86 in western NY goes one hundred miles through a state park an Indian resevation next for on exits!

I drove 335 in March, years ago. It's basically that Lone Pra-rie the fella didn't want to be buried on, and I understand why. However that's at least partly deliberate: the state wanted people to see what the plains were like before anybody settled there and and what the settlers had to cross.

There may have been exits, but I can remember the drive on US-24/US-35N/Hoosier Heartland Highway to feel especially long when I used to drive from one of my former employers to Subaru of Indiana Automotive in Lafayette. In addition, although I can't remember the road way, I felt that drive on the way to Mammoth Lake, California felt especially desolate until you reached Inyo County and Mount Whitney.

Great report just drove on 44 and 335 driving from Odessa to Omaha on Sunday. Guess I was to busy listening to the radio/podcast to pay attention do the desolation. 🤣

Having to drive frequently between North NJ and Chicago, as well as between South Florida (Miami-Dade in particular) and Atlanta, I've driven some of the highways that you mentioned. The Florida Turnpike (aka Florida SR 91 if you're using Apple Maps or TomTom) stretch between Fort Pierce and Kissimmee, Yeehaw Junction inclusive, takes the cake for driving through the middle of nowhere (save for the occasional ranch or preserve). Yet, since the FLTPK is the shortest route between Miami and Orlando (and Atlanta, for that matter), this gets plenty of traffic, esp. truck traffic, for a highway through nowhere. Same deal for I-75's infamous "Gator Alley" as I like to call it. Not a stretch of road you'd want to be on late at night, as the run through the 'Glades and Big Cypress can be very dark (and, depending on the weather, lightning-filled.) Still, I-75 gets good traffic given that it is the fastest and most direct road between Miami/Fort Lauderdale (via I-595) and the Florida Gulf Coast (Naples, Fort Myers, Cape Coral). Note that the Florida 28 exit at the west end of "Gator Alley" not only takes you through a preserve, but leads to the western Fort Myers suburbs of Immokalee and Lehigh Acres (both of which are growing in population as high RE costs price people out of Miami-Dade.) Another fun fact - If you really want to get a lonely drive through the 'Glades, use nearby US 41 from its junction with FL 997 (Krome Avenue) to Naples/Marco Island. That road is even more desolate. I-80-90: Compared with the other roads mentioned, this stretch of the Indiana Toll Road (or ITR) doesn't seem nearly as bad. True, there isn't much save for farmland and trees on this stretch, but you won't feel it since the ITR run itself is short (90 minutes if you really tried end-to-end), the west end of this stretch intoduces you to the home of American RV and trailer production in the Elkhart area, and your end goal of Chicago is, at that point, well within reach.

Great video as always Mike...thought US 50 in NV might get mentioned. It's "Americas Loneliest Road". Lol.

I drove US-26 from Ontario, Oregon to Government Camp in June; empty doesn't begin to describe this road. We drove for almost 2 hours without seeing another car.

shoutout sturgis- every time I drive out west on 80/90 for a tour I stop at the sturgis puffco and its a blessing

There used to be a sign on US77 @ Sarita, "Next gas 50 miles". There's a rest stop a few miles south, and a few unofficial exits/turnouts to access the King Ranch. The next official exit was where BusUS77 exited into Raymondville. The two gas stations at those ends are long gone... Gas is now a few miles more of a stretch @ the TX186 crossing in Raymondville, and coming into Rivera at the north end.

WYO 191 Pinedale WY to Rock Springs WY Approx 100 miles. From September to May , you can travel this road and see , maybe , 3-4 other cars. I traveled at night and didnt see a single vehicle. One "town" , Farson, with one gas station with limited hours. Extreme winds , snow, hail , extreme sunshine... Its a challenge.

There is a longer stretch on the Kansas Turnpike; the northern end of this stretch is at Emporia.

Was not expecting the Florida’s Turnpike between FL70 and US192 to be number 1 & 2. Thought somewhere out west would be at the top of the list. -Lifelong Cocoa, FL resident who has never been on the Florida’s Turnpike between FL70 and US192.

That ride through Amboy headed from 29 palms to Vegas is the loneliest drive I've ever made. Semper Fi

Sturgis gets its own sign on the Indiana Toll Road eastbound, and I wouldn't be surprised if it also got its own sign westbound.

We got nailed on the Mass pike by missing the exit in Lee and had to backtrack a considerable distance from the Westfield exit. You can’t bang a u-turn on a tolled highway! We’ve also driven that desolate section of Florida’s Turnpike, bought tickets for Disney at Yeehaw Junction back when that was a thing!

I remember the stretch of highway between Marengo and Rockford on I-90 without exits being fairly long they added a new exit fairly recently

Stretch of US-77 in Texas (now I-69E) between Raymondville and Sarita. Most has this stretch has now been converted to Freeway, and there are no service stations between Riviera (just north of Sarita) and Raymondville. Sarita is a small town, but with no services within it. The rest stop just south of Sarita is just a rest stop with picnic area and restrooms. This is a long stretch of about 49 miles without an official exit.

Just missed, I-88 between Dixon and Rochelle, IL! 22 miles!

If you count 2-lane roads then the absolute #1 would be the Dalton highway in Alaska. 414 miles and less than 100 people. Only really exists for the oil pipeline.

Wow the very first background video is I-70 going from Zanesville to Columbus, that’s literally the exit I took in the video 2 days ago

Surprisingly interesting. Just drove from Chicago to Boston on I-90 so ran into a couple of these stretches haha. Worth noting (or maybe not), MA has changed their exit numbering - the Lee exit is now exit 10, not 3

For a second I thought the map on the thumbnail was an election map💀💀

Those “unofficial” exits on the turnpike are special - you must smash through the gates to use them.

Route 101 on the Olympic Peninsula Washington state runs up both east and west sides and should have been #1 or 2 because the west side is the most remote section of highway in the lower 48, there are no east boud or west bound exits and only old logging and fire roads leading into the vast dense forest to the interior with the Pacific ocean to the west ,but there are remote places to pull over and go hiking and exploring the beautiful remote beaches or the deep forest

I would like to mention US-20 in Idaho just off Mountain Home and I84 to Fairfield, ID. It's 58.4 miles of scenery without a Gas Station or rest stop. And that's 58.4 miles to Fairfield. If you went further to the US-20/US-75 intersection, that is 82.3 miles of Scenic two-way highway. Edit: I guess it's technically called the 'Medal of Honor Hwy'

I think of 2-lane US highway (non-interstate) stretches of New Mexico and other western states where you can drive an hour or more without seeing any services (food, gas)… and often very few other cars

The Massachusetts Turnpike actually has another long exit-less stretch besides Lee and Westfield (Exits 10 and 41): Palmer and Sturbridge is also long (Exits 63 and 78). And the stretch between Millbury and Hopkinton (Exits 94 and 106) feels as long as these stretches. Western Massachusetts is a whole other world compared to the orbit of Boston. The Connecticut River Valley is about as developed and suburban as it gets there. As you head north on I-91, the gaps between exits also open up, starting with Holyoke and Northampton. It's not quite as dramatic as these stretches, but, for those of us who drive out there, the stretches are long.

My sister lives about 10 miles from Howe IN. When visiting on 3 separate occasions I've managed run over a nail . Had get tires repaired in Sturgis Mi at the Walmart. Angola IN is twice the distance. Sturgis.