Portal:U.S. roads/Selected article/April 1 2010

U.S. Route 491 is a much maligned north–south U.S. Highway. The inspiration for such timeless classics as Natural Born Killers and AC/DC's Highway to Hell, the highway was perhaps best described by the USA Today with the headline "Everyone dies on that highway." The highway is so hated its signs are frequently attacked with chainsaws, by people crashing their cars into the signposts and the occasional volcano. The highway has made rural Utah a haven for potheads and devil worshipers, and is proof the state is so backwards, even the mileposts run in the opposite direction. The hatred is so intense two of the United States, Arizona and New Mexico, have outlawed the highway, with the latter having gone so far as completely ripping up the pavement and starting again. In fact, the only people who seem to actually like the road is eBay, where signs are known to fetch a premium.

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