It's deadly now, but used to be even worse. The truth is that the most feared road in Missouri has very much earned the deadly reputation it's developed for decades.
It looks like any typical rural Illinois highway, but it's ranked as one of the most feared roadways in America. Why? The truth is that this innocent-looking path through the Land of Lincoln is a death trap waiting to happen and I can prove it with data.
You might want to be careful what the earth underneath you is doing if you're driving through Illinois today as a massive sinkhole suddenly opened up and even caused a highway to close.
How many of us have gone to Six Flags in St. Louis, Missouri for a weekend only to drive home late at night? That was the story of two Missouri guys who encountered something they can't explain on a remote highway when they were on their way home.
I have driven these Missouri roadways so many times in my life, I completely understand why a new national survey has declared them among the 'most loathed' in America. Been there and done that.
Everyone has a certain highway they dread traveling on for different reasons. In Illinois, there's one in particular that causes fear for those that travel on it. Now, it's officially been declared the most feared roadway in the Land of Lincoln.
If you've ever taken a couple of minutes to look up a bill that's making its way through Illinois state government, you've probably discovered that reading all the language crammed into a bill takes some time to get done. Not this time, though.