Looking for a website that gives highway suitability for RV travel; opinions, recomendations, concerns, etc. Specifically Utah, Wyoming highway 89.Thanks

From our travels we have NOT found a paved road in the highway system that cannot be traveled W/ an RV. Not saying there are not some but we have traveled all the states in the west (including) Alaska in a truck camper and a 34' travel trailer. No dents or scratches but you will need to heed height problems, trees and low bridges (those are marked W/ height signs), the bridges that is. JMHO

You should look for The Mountain Directory program found online. Just do a search for it. It tells you about mountain passes, etc. you will find it very useful for traveling in the west.89 in UT and WY is fine. A bit curvy in places but nothing to worry about.It goes up through Yellowstone Park and out the north gate, so there are three passes, but again, nothing to worry about. Traffic will be heavy in the Park.

Pretty much, anywhere you can drive a car you can drive an RV, except maybe, in some of the more insane cities with insane traffic, like Washington DC and New York City. If you are on some back country roads, or some secondary roads, you may encounter a low overpass. Other than that, an RV can go everywhere. We've been down dirt roads to 12 lane freeways!

Nothing beats looking at it.I accept virtually all US highways as okay for RV's. If I go off them and it looks possibly dodgy, I use the Street View of Google Maps or Google Earth to get a good look. You can see the date of the view on the screen there, also.I've run US89 in Utah many times -- it's a fine 2 lane road and I prefer it to I-15 as much as possible. I've been on most of Wyoming's US89 also, don't recall it being difficult.

newbytorv wrote:Looking for a website that gives highway suitability for RV travel; opinions, recomendations, concerns, etc. Specifically Utah, Wyoming highway 89.ThanksHighway 89 is not a state highway, it's a US hwy which, I believe, runs from the Canadian to the Mexican border and runs through a number of national parks. US highways have minimum design standards that must be met such as 12'-lane width and 14' to 16' vertical clearances. but none of that applies to the condition of the road...that's a totally different issue. more about minimum standards here

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2gypsies1
Explorer III
Jul 07, 2016
Get this resource for mountain driving. It comes in many versions including the Western states and Eastern states. It doesn't include every highway but does for the popular RVing ones or where a semi-truck might go.

http://www.mountaindirectory.com/
RedJeep
Explorer
Jul 08, 2016
I use copilot app
BigRabbitMan
Explorer
Jul 08, 2016
I haven't been on a paved road that wasn't just fine. Its the dirt roads like the ones I have traveled in the past couple of days that are the questionable ones.
time2roll
Nomad
Jul 08, 2016
Just watch the grade(up or down). Mountain Directory will tell when something is getting steep. 6% or less is easy, 7% to 10% may need to go extra slow and gear down, 12%+ maybe find another route until you have some experience. Otherwise a bit slower when conditions dictate and go have some fun.

Or is this about winding roads, no guardrails and drop offs? Face your fears and go slow.

CA has some RV/Bus maps where longer vehicles are not appropriate.
the_trippers
Explorer
Jul 08, 2016
Most writers on the subject seem to stick to the well traveled safe roads. not the Million Dollar Hwy in Colorado, or HWy 49 in CA, or South on HWY 1 in CA, or many other thrilling roads that I can't recall the names of and will forever avoid, as my wife told me so.
the_trippers
Explorer
Jul 08, 2016
by the way, HWY 89 thru Utah is windy, sometimes construction, but a nice drive in daytime, would avoid at night.
427435
Explorer
Jul 08, 2016
If it has a state or federal # on it, it can be driven in an RV. Some will require good driving skills and going slow like the one going north from Durango, Colorado.
catkins
Explorer II
Jul 08, 2016
Purchase a Rand McNally Truckers Atlas, available at most Truck Stops. If it is good for large Trucks, any RV can travel it! Gives a good idea of what roads are great to travel on. Happy travels.
2gypsies1
Explorer III
Jul 08, 2016
The thing about the Truckers Atlas is that there are many very nice roads that truckers aren't allowed so by using the atlas, RVers think they can't go there. RVers can go many places that truckers can't.
Ivylog
Explorer III
Jul 08, 2016
427435 wrote:
If it has a state or federal # on it, it can be driven in an RV. Some will require good driving skills and going slow like the one going north from Durango, Colorado.

I agree with this even going further to if it's paved BUT like every rule there are exceptions. US 129 north of Andrews NC... The Dragon. It can be done but all of the one finger salute from the motorcycles will let you know you are not welcome on it as they try and kill themselves.