Road trips that are going to take some time

 

A few years ago, I spent some time using Google StreetView to go from the southern end of U.S. Highway 41 (in Miami) to the northern end (in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, at the end of the Keweenaw Peninsula).  All of these posts are still on the blog;  I have been meaning to organize the links to them by state for awhile, but I need a lot more time than I currently have to do that.

In any case, Highway 41 might be pretty long, but it's not as long as the roads in this article from the Daily Passport folks:

Cruise Down 10 of the World's Longest Highways

Here's one example:

Interstate 90:
"Beating Interstate 80 by just 121 miles to the top spot on the list of longest interstate highways is the 3,020-mile-long Interstate 90. It crosses 13 states in the northern part of the country, traveling between Boston and Seattle. From the shorelines of Lake Erie and Lake Michigan (two of the Great Lakes) to the Great Plains of South Dakota and the Rocky Mountains, the highway passes through many areas of breathtaking natural beauty. Due to its northerly location, temporary closures of the route are common in the winter following heavy snowfalls. A few highlights along the route include Minnesota’s 55-foot-tall Jolly Green Giant Statue, Mount Rushmore National Monument, and Garnet Ghost Town in Montana.

And Wall Drug (as the picture in the article indicates), a bit to the east of the Black Hills, where Mount Rushmore stands.