dave54 wrote:
2gypsies wrote:
The road is not narrow. It's a two-lane. It seems narrow because of not having wide shoulders. If you can drive a two-lane you can drive this one. There are pull-off spaces occasionally. It's a beautiful drive...
Agree. If someone is worried about that drive they must be terrified on I70 in Kansas.
Not all roads are created (constructed) equally. That being, road width standards. (As part of my job it was required I measure road widths) Interstates are 12 foot wide. Two lane highways are often between 8 to 10 foot in their lane widths. When towing a trailer, the narrow lane widths often see these outside tires drop off the pavement during these conditions. Especially in rural areas of two lane highways where the norm is "borrow ditches." This is the case in many of the highways of Utah and other states that were being discussed too. For that reason, an advisement of some of this route has narrow roads, is accurate. To say otherwise is doing a diservice for some that drive non typical RVs and trailers.
A good example of how lane width affects the driver's comfort would be driving I-25 North to south through Denver, as well as similar cities. As you drive the older section of I-25, north of 6th Ave, the lanes are "narrower," and the lanes south (due to new construction) are wider (spacious) and the feeling the driver has is less stressful. This is purposeful and results in less lane conflict. So, I-25 is one road, but the lanes change in width, as does the driver's experience. So yeah, the Hwy 12 in Utah does have narrow lanes/roads in many portions. Shoulders are pretty nonexistent too. But, as stated before, there are well positioned pull outs to allow stopping and slower moving vehicles, plus climbing lanes.
Either way it is a Hwy that should be on most "must drive" lists, as is Hwy 95 & 89/89A. There is very little traffic on this highway too, so you won't have to be too concerned being a slower moving/climbing vehicle.
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