What's The Worst Highway In Your Area?

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For all the talk about $700 billion financial bailouts and tumbling stock prices, it's easy to forget urban blight has been strangling much of our country for decades. Eisenhower-era expressways that now serve no purpose other than to prevent urban redevelopment dot many cities, as do two-lane roads that should have been made four lanes decades ago. We took a look at ten highways that should be destroyed already this morning, but what's the worst highway in your area? Detroit has traditionally been home to America's crumbliest infrastructure, but we're actually getting relief this year in the form of orange barrels and half-asleep road workers smoking while sitting on the backs of trucks. The Ambassador Bridge gateway to Canada is finally being rebuilt as a modern interchange. The Davison Freeway, on the other hand, could probably go. What about the roads in your area? What's the worst, most pointless highway near you? (QOTD is your chance to answer the day's most pressing automotive questions and experience the opinions of the insightful insiders, practicing pundits and gleeful gearheads that make up the Jalopnik commentariat. If you've got a suggestion for a good "Question Of The Day" send an email to tips at jalopnik dot com.)