Highway suitability for RV's

[newbytorv]

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

Thanks

[2gypsies1]

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/

[J-Rooster]

William, let me be the first to welcome you to RV.Net! You asked a great question about roads! I traveled Hwy.#89 before with my 36' RV towing a vehicle behind me and had no difficulties on that Hwy.! Good Luck, in your travels and don't be afraid to post your concerns.

[n7bsn]

10forty2 wrote:
I don't think you'd want to tackle "The Tail of The Dragon" in Deals Gap in western North Carolina on an RV. You'd be fine most everywhere on the Blue Ridge Parkway, but the Dragon lives up to its name.

Or Needles Parkway in South Dakota or US-14(A) Alternate in Wyoming or sections of Cal-1 or ....

The list of paved roads that you should -not- take anything but the smallest RV on is fairly lengthy.

[10forty2]

I don't think you'd want to tackle "The Tail of The Dragon" in Deals Gap in western North Carolina on an RV. You'd be fine most everywhere on the Blue Ridge Parkway, but the Dragon lives up to its name.

[2gypsies1]

rk91 - the link you gave is for interstates

OP: We've traveled U.S. 89 quite often in all the states with our 40' motorhome. It's a great, scenic one. Enjoy!

[Pop-Pop_C]

There is road construction Every where.
Most are RV passable. Some better than others.

[rk911]

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

Thanks

Highway 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

[obgraham]

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.

[DutchmenSport]

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!

[TexasShadow]

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.

[Itchey_Feet]

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