This Texas Interstate Is Among the Most Dangerous in America

By Douglas A. McIntyre Updated Mar 6, 11:33AM EST · Published Mar 5, 12:21PM EST

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The largest network of roads in America, the Interstate Highway System, aka the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, broke ground in 1956. Built to carry the nation’s heaviest traffic, it is about 48,000 miles long. It stretches across all 50 states and parts of Puerto Rico.

One of the Interstate Highway System sections, the I-45, which runs through part of Texas, is among the most dangerous roads in America, according to AAA. (These are the deadliest states to drive.)

Technically, I-45 is not really an interstate, as it is entirely in Texas. It connects Dallas with Galveston, through Houston. The highway is considered one of the most dangerous because it passes through two of the 10 largest most-populated metro areas in the country. Like the I-285 ring road around Atlanta, the I-45 is dangerous due to heavy commuter traffic, frequent interchanges, and semi trucks in and near these two major urban and suburban areas. (These are America’s worst cities to drive in.)

Other dangerous routes, not necessarily interstates, include the scenic byways of Route 550 in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains and Maui’s road to the town of Hana, marked by frequent curves and narrow bridges.

See 24/7 Wall St.’s list of the 12 of the most dangerous roads in America according to AAA.

About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.