America's Worst Highway Bottlenecks
| Rank |
City |
Freeway |
Location |
Vehicles Per Day |
Annual Hours of Delay |
|---|
| 1. |
Los Angeles |
US-101 |
US-101 (Ventura Fwy) at I-405 Interchange |
318,000 |
27,144 |
| 2. |
Houston |
I-610 |
I-610 at I-10 Interchange (West) |
295,000 |
25,181 |
| 3. |
Chicago |
I-90 |
I-90 I-90/94 at I-290 Interchange ("Circle Interchange") |
293,671 |
25,068 |
| 4. |
Phoenix |
I-10 |
I-10 I-10 at SR-51/SR-202 Interchange ("Mini-Stack") |
280,800 |
22,805 |
| 5. |
Los Angeles |
I-405 |
I-405 I-405 (San Diego Fwy) at I-10 Interchange |
296,000 |
22,792 |
| 6. |
Atlanta |
I-75 |
I-75 I-75 at I-85 Interchange |
259,128 |
21,045 |
| 7. |
Washington (DC-Md.-Va.) |
I-495 |
I-495 I-495 at I-270 Interchange |
243,425 |
19,429 |
| 8. |
Los Angeles |
I-10 |
I-10 I-10 (Santa Monica Fwy) at I-5 Interchange |
318,500 |
18,606 |
| 9. |
Los Angeles |
I-405 |
I-405 (San Diego Fwy) at I-605 Interchange |
318,000 |
18,606 |
| 10. |
Atlanta |
I-285 |
I-285 at I-85 Interchange ("Spaghetti Junction") |
266,000 |
17,072 |
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Note: Rankings are based on analysis of 2002 data.
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Source: American Highway Users Alliance, Unclogging Americas Arteries 1999–2004. Web: www.highways.org.
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