Occasionally folks ask about the road conditions while traveling. I stumbled across a couple of Vermont web sites that might prove of interest:VT MAPConditions explained

....great links! Thanks.I actually put together my own maps of Vermont, using ArcMAP/ArcGIS/map-making software, and the data from: "Vermont Center for Geographic Information", here--> .Few people outside of Vermont (and many residents) are aware of Vermont's historic Class 4 road system. This road system has spawned a Take-off of the World-famous Camel Trophy global rally, called the "VOT" (Vermont Overland Trophy) here-->. And, the grueling Vermont Overland Rally here--> . The VT Class 4 routes are immortalized as PDF navigation maps, served up through Avenza's PDF Map mobile app.The VT Class 4 route rallies was conceived as very difficult (not quite like crossing the Darien Gap jungle in Panama, but actually doable by mere mortals) if you are an extremely experienced overlander capable of fording very deep rivers, extreme rock crawling on rocks sometimes as slippery as ice (wet & moss-covered), deep mud, and swamps...it could be the most difficult rally in North America today :E....anyhow, back to the program: Vermont :BSilver-

In Calif. we don't have to worry about road conditions, they are all bad, more like a third world country

South of tennessee most roads are in bad shape... a lot are poured concrete in squares like stepping stones... no slab level with a neighbor slab... Jarring to say the least. If I described them like I want too Wayne would be very busy sorting out the profanity.We as a country can't collect enough takes to repair roads... except in extreme cases.Tennessee Intersate Highways are in reasonably good shape... same for Kentucky... The interstate highways in Alabama, Mississippi. Louisana, and Texas about shook the Truck camper apart earlier this year,Then, when you hit the secondary highways every where you get axel breaking pot holes... ripping out your campers tie downs... stressing you caulking.I try going slower to minimize damage... doesn't seem to work... cussing doesn't either.I see a lot of people speeding up... may be if they are fast enough they can fly over some of the damaged pavement... I can't tell... we see some of them over and over as we pass them by in the service stations or parked along the road.We hear rumors that we are going to see huge tax jumps as vehicles get bigger and heavier.And... I might be smiling when we are at home with our 54.6 mpg Prius... turns out that I fill it up about every 6 weeks... 8.5 to 9 gallons... this isn't fair either...I'm paying very little fuel taxes to use the roads... (I like to think that the Prius is so light that I really don't damage the roads)The only thing that is working for me is that the 1 ton, 350, 3500 series vehicles are slated to remaing in the "light weight class" for tax purposes... every thing above that is heavy duty... to be taxed like commercial vehicles... heavily taxed... and not just at the pump like the light vehicles.... even on tires, etc.Some of you might have heard more on this...Thank goodness I don't seem to have much to worry about with the vehicles that I have registered... us retirees don't like to come up with an extra thousand dollars or more every year just to own a truck... maybe a lot more.Vermont might ne that much worse than many other states... we have been there too!Sleepy

"Very tight trails"? That lets TC's off the hook. We need lots of wallerin' room.jefe

I read recently that Vermont has more unpaved road/miles than any State in the country (excluding Alaska). Can someone verify this?Gasoline taxes:....looking again at gasoline taxes at retail per gallon/litre, the US appears to continue to fall behind nearly every country on Earth (with exception of a handful of "oil producing/export countries").Currently, the US "Highway Trust Fund" is headed for bankruptcy (a metaphor).Our "Think Tank" made up of members from several countries (Sleepy, being one of the founding members) has discussed this situation at length over the years. Allocating retail fuel taxes to rebuilding road infrastructure is approached in different ways by each country; however, allocating NO money to roads and bridges infrastructure (whichever way the State chooses to acquire the tax money) will rear up and bite you in the a$$, placing the country in a position of "...no possible way to ever catch up" (ie. where only interstates and bypasses are maintained, and all other roads and bridges/tunnels decay into catastrophic condition). We are learning this lesson in Quebec currently (ie. bridges, overpasses and tunnels are collapsing virtually every year, sometimes killing people; roads in such bas shape, they are costing the average motorist $2000 each a year in unseen but cumulative damage to every vehicle on the road {there is no free lunch! Pay taxes for good roads, or pay enormously for vehicle repairs through the teeth} ).

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805gregg
Explorer
Jul 24, 2014
In Calif. we don't have to worry about road conditions, they are all bad, more like a third world country
silversand
Explorer
Jul 24, 2014
....great links! Thanks.

I actually put together my own maps of Vermont, using ArcMAP/ArcGIS/map-making software, and the data from: "Vermont Center for Geographic Information", here--> .

Few people outside of Vermont (and many residents) are aware of Vermont's historic Class 4 road system. This road system has spawned a Take-off of the World-famous Camel Trophy global rally, called the "VOT" (Vermont Overland Trophy) here-->. And, the grueling Vermont Overland Rally here--> . The VT Class 4 routes are immortalized as PDF navigation maps, served up through Avenza's PDF Map mobile app.

The VT Class 4 route rallies was conceived as very difficult (not quite like crossing the Darien Gap jungle in Panama, but actually doable by mere mortals) if you are an extremely experienced overlander capable of fording very deep rivers, extreme rock crawling on rocks sometimes as slippery as ice (wet & moss-covered), deep mud, and swamps...it could be the most difficult rally in North America today :E

....anyhow, back to the program: Vermont :B

Silver-

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