How dangerous is highway 285 in New Mexico and Texas?
I'm going to be driving from the San Francisco area to Southern Texas over 4 days in early April. I was thinking of taking I-40 most of the way and then heading south on US 285 into Texas. I've read that parts of US 285 are dangerous so now I'm wondering if I should avoid that route and go another way?
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Makes my palms sweat, just thinking about a 50-mile tunnel
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Originally Posted by
AZBuck
Well....there is the problem of supplying fresh air to the entire length of a 50 mile tunnel. Otherwise, it's going to fill up with CO2 and CO pretty quickly, and then it's just a race to see which kills the most drivers fastest.
Personally, it would freak me out to be in 50-mile tunnel through one of the most geo-active mountain ranges in the world.
The Rockies aren't nearly as active with fault-lines and such, but I always get a little nervous when I am driving through the Eisenhower Tunnel -- although most of my concern is hitting that lovely stretch of ice right after the tunnel on the east bound side in the winter months.
I assisted in a rescue during a crash and fire in a short tunnel in LA one time. Breathing was... very questionable during that incident and that tunnel was short enough to see both ends at the same time. Plenty of fresh air -- and without breathing apparatus it was almost impossible to breath in the tunnel.
Just my two cents...
Mark