Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Road Trip: America’s Most Paved Places

Along with being the nation's capital, Washington D.C. leads the country when it comes to pavement: It has the least amount of open space between roads of any U.S. county.

By contrast, the study finds that Keweenaw County in Michigan offers the most room between the roads of all U.S. counties.

Counties with the least space:

Washington, D.C
Saint Louis City, Missouri
Kings County (Brooklyn)

Counties with the most space:

Keweenaw County, Michigan
Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

With more than 4 million miles of roads in the United States, the farthest you can venture from a road is 22 miles (unless you’re wandering around Alaska or the swamps of Louisiana). The only place you can be 22 miles away from road in the contiguous states is a spot in the southeast corner of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming

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