America's 25 Worst Highway Bottlenecks, 2012

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Each year, the Daily Beast compiles a list of the country's worst bottlenecks using data supplied by INRIX, a traffic tracking and analyzing company. Their Traffic Index collects data from 100 million vehicles to score the amount of extra time it takes to drive through a particular stretch of highway during rush hour. Consult the table below to find out what freeways to avoid when you hit the road.

Rank	City	Freeway	Worst corridor	Length of worst corridor	Extra time during rush hour	Worst travel hour
1.	Los Angeles	Harbor Freeway/CA-100 northbound	I-10/Santa Monica Freeway to Stadium Way/Exit 24C	3.1 miles	8 minutes	Tuesday, 6–7 P.M.
2.	New York City	Van Wyck Expressway/I-678 northbound	Belt Parkway/Exit 1 to Maine Street/Exit 8	3.1miles	10 minutes	Monday, 8–9 A.M.
3.	San Francisco	California Delta Highway/CA-4 westbound	Hillcrest Avenue to Somersville Road	2.9 miles	6 minutes	Tuesday, 6–7 A.M.
4.	Chicago	Stevenson Expressway/I-55 southbound	State Street/Exit 293C to Pulaski Road/Exit 287	5.7 miles	10 minutes	Thursday, 4–5 P.M.
5.	Dallas-Ft. Worth	Loop 820/I-820 westbound	TX-26/Grapevine Highway to US-377/Denton Highway/Exit 19	3.1 miles	6 minutes	Friday, 5–6 P.M.
6.	Houston	US-59 northbound	Buffalo Speedway to I-45	4.8 miles	7 minutes	Friday, 5–6 P.M.
7.	Seattle	I-405 southbound	WA-520/NE 14th Street/Exit 14 to SE Coal Creek Parkway/Exit10	4.5 miles	7 minutes	Thursday, 5–6 P.M.
8.	Washington, D.C.	Capital Beltway/I-495 outer loop	US-1/Baltimore Avenue/Exit 25 to MD-97/Georgia Avenue/Exit 31	6.3 miles	8 minutes	Wednesday, 8–9 A.M.
9.	Boston	Southeast Expressway/I-93 southbound	I-90 to Freeport Street/Exit 13	3.7 miles	6 minutes	Friday, 4–5 P.M.
10.	Pittsburgh	Penn Lincoln Parkway/I-376 eastbound	Lydia Street/Exit 2 to US-19/PA-51/Exit 5	3.4 miles	9 minutes	Wednesday, 8–9 A.M.
11.	Austin, Texas	1-35 southbound	US-183/Exit 239-240 to Woodland Avenue	6.7 miles	10 minutes	Thursday, 5–6 P.M.
12.	Miami	Dolphin Expressway/SR 836 westbound	I-95 to FL-959/Red Road	5.5 miles	11 minutes	Friday, 5–6 P.M.
13.	San Diego	CA-78 eastbound	Rancho Santa Fe Road to Mission Road	4.2 miles	5 minutes	Wednesday, 5–6 P.M.
14.	Honolulu	Lunalilo Freeway/I-1 eastbound	HI-92 to S. Vineyard Boulevard/Ward Avenue	3.9 miles	9 minutes	Wednesday, 5–6 P.M.
15.	Minneapolis-St. Paul	I-494 eastbound	US-212/Prairie Center Drive/Exit 1 to CR-32/Penn Ave/Exit 6	5.7 miles	6 minutes	Thursday, 5–6 P.M.
16.	Philadelphia	Delaware Expressway/I-95 southbound	Academy Road/Exit 32 to Girard Avenue/Exit 23	8.3 miles	7 minutes	Tuesday, 8–9 A.M.
17.	New Orleans	I-10 westbound	Causeway Boulevard/Exit 228 to End Boulevard/Florida Boulevard	5 miles	5 minutes	Thursday, 5–6 P.M.
18.	Baltimore	Baltimore Beltway inner loop/I-695 northbound	US-1/Southwestern Boulevard/Exit 12 to Security Boulevard/Exit 17	5.3 miles	4 minutes	Thursday, 5–6 P.M.
19.	Atlanta	GA-400/US-19 southbound	CA-120/Old Milton Parkway/Exit to GA-140/Holcomb Bridge Road/Exit 7	4.7 miles	4 minutes	Tuesday, 8–9 A.M.
20.	Bridgeport, Conn.	Connecticut Turnpike/I-95 northbound	Field Point Road to Mill Plain Road/Exit 21	22.2 miles	12 minutes	Friday, 5–6 P.M.
21.	Phoenix	Papago Freeway/I-10 westbound	AZ-51/AZ-202/Exit 147 to 35th Avenue/Exit 141	6.2 miles	4 minutes	Thursday, 5–6 P.M.
22.	Sacramento, Calif.	S. Sacramento Freeway/CA-99 southbound	12th Avenue to Mack Road/Bruceville Road	5.4 miles	4 minutes	Wednesday, 5–6 P.M.
23.	San Jose	Bayshore Freeway/US-101 southbound	Fair Oaks Avenue to De La Cruz Boulevard	4.2 miles	5 minutes	Thursday, 5–6 P.M.
24.	Baton Rouge, La.	I-12 eastbound	Essen Lane to O'Neal Lane	5.8 miles	6 minutes	Thursday, 5–6 P.M.
25.	Riverside, Calif.	Riverside Freeway/CA-91 westbound	McKinley Street to Auto Center Drive/Serfas Club Drive	5.6 miles	6 minutes	Monday, 6–7 A.M.