Have you ever been stuck in a whiteout while driving your car in the dead of winter? It happened to me in the mid-70s when I still lived in upstate New York.  A nasty snow squall surrounded my car as I attempted to drive home to my apartment on Belmont Ave. in Rochester. Thank God I was on a side street, not a major highway when the whiteout hit. I was enveloped in a huge white cloud of swirling snow! I couldn't see a damn thing, just waiting to get slammed by another vehicle. It was one of the scariest moments of my life! This YouTube video was filmed by Michael R.

Did I mention we had to walk a mile to school, dodging snow drifts along the way? There was no cancellation of schools back in the Boomer days! According to the Hartford Courant, a survey of 3,000 drivers was conducted to identify the most feared winter roads, including five from Connecticut. 

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#1 Most Dangerous CT Highway (#74) (Overall)....Route 44 through the Farmington Valley and Litchfield Hills with some dangerous curves in the Norfolk, CT area.

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#2 CT-Route 1 (#99 (Overall)...Heavy traffic passes through many towns with blind spots and a lack of sidewalks...

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#3 - CT Interstate 95 (One of the most dangerous highways in the states! (#120 Overall...

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#4 - Merritt Parkway (150th Overall)...

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5 - Route 6 (187th Overall)...

The following are the five most feared highways in the United States according to the Hartford Courant.

1. Alaska Highway (Alaska Route 2)...

2. Interstate 90 (I-90), New York)...

3. Seward Highway (Alaska Route 9)...

4. Pennsylvania Route 6 (U.S. Route 6)...

5. James Dalton Highway (Alaska Route 11)

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