Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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DIVERSIONS 38 | Overdrive | November 2015 Atlas Van Lines' annual "King of the Road" survey of its household-goods owner-operators this year produced the "most scenic" hauls infographic you can fi nd by searching "most sce- nic route" at OverdriveOnline.com. Here are some survey results: U.S. 16 and 16A: 540 miles from Wyoming to South Dakota Attractions: Mount Rushmore * Connects Yellowstone National Park to Rapid City, S.D. Minnesota 61: 149 miles through Minnesota to the Canadian border Attractions: The North Shore Scenic Drive is an All-American Road scenic byway-designated route. * Bob Dylan referred to MN 61 in his song "Highway 61 Revisited." I-70: 2,151 miles from Utah to Maryland Attractions: Utah/Colorado Rocky Moun- tains * The Eisenhower Tunnel, at 11,158 feet, is the highest point along the Interstate Highway System. U.S. 101: 1,540 miles from Washington to Southern California Attractions: San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, access to Olympic National Park * Runs along the Pacifi c coastline in California and Oregon I-77: 613 miles from Ohio to South Carolina Attractions: Beautiful Fancy Gap in North Carolina and Virginia * The East River Mountain Tunnel, connecting Virginia to West Vir- ginia, is one of only two instances where a mountain tunnel crosses a state line. Trans Canada Highway 11/17: 4,860 miles from Pacifi c Ocean to Atlantic Ocean Attractions: Northwest overlook of Lake Superior in Ontario * Passes through all 10 Canadian Provinces I-40: 2,555 miles from California to North Carolina Attractions: Main route to the south rim of the Grand Canyon * The third-longest interstate in the United States THE 'MOST SCENIC' ROUTES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA Owner-operator Jimmy "Carolina Monkey Gouger" Ardis of Sumter, S.C., was featured in the television seriocomic "Free dom the Movie," produced by Morgan Spurlock. The feature-length road trip directed by Matthew Testa and hosted by comic Billy Wayne Davis explores Ameri- cans' notions of what it means to be free. Readers with a cable subscrip- tion can access the replay by searching "Carolina Monkey Gouger" at OverdriveOnline.com and signing in. If not, be sure to catch the trailer in the post for Ardis' rapid-fi re sign-on. Owner-operator featured in CMT movie " I'll add U.S. 95 from Boise to Lewiston, Idaho (with a permit and when the weather allows!), and Worland to Rock Springs, Wyo. Love those 'secondaries'! " — Loose Cannon, via OverdriveOnline.com " I was going to say I-77, but since it's already there, I'll add I-26 from Asheville, N.C., north up into Johnson City, Tenn. It's a fairly short ride, but some fantastic hills and valleys. Or how about the Louisiana and Mississippi bayous across I-10. " — Lucky, via OverdriveOnline.com