Why Doesn't Anyone Want to Fix One of America's Scariest Roads?
Highway 550—passes through the small mountain town of Ouray, and then it climbs more than two thousand feet in the span of six miles. This section of the two-lane road has been carved directly into the red-quartzite cliffs of the Uncompahgre Gorge, and almost none of it has a shoulder; in some places, the highway is only twenty-three feet wide. The speed limit is twenty-five miles an hour, and one way to identify locals is that they often drive faster than that.
- ▪Highway 550—passes through the small mountain town of Ouray, and then it climbs more than two thousand feet in the span of six miles.
- ▪This section of the two-lane road has been carved directly into the red-quartzite cliffs of the Uncompahgre Gorge, and almost none of it has a shoulder; in some places, the highway is only twenty-three feet wide.
- ▪The speed limit is twenty-five miles an hour, and one way to identify locals is that they often drive faster than that.
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Play/Pause ButtonPauseLetter from ColoradoWhy Doesn’t Anyone Want to Fix One of America’s Scariest Roads?The Million Dollar Highway, prone to rockfall and avalanches, is the site of horrific crashes and courageous rescues.By Peter HesslerSeptember 28, 2026The highway, in the southwestern part of the state, has made lists of both the most dangerous and the most appealing roads in the country.Video by Jamey Stillings for The New YorkerSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyIn the valley where I live, along a quiet stretch of the Uncompahgre River, in southwestern Colorado, there is only one paved road, and, like most people around here, I don’t drive it south without a good reason. In that direction, the road—U.S.
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