roads

But how bad are they?

Pretty confident in your driving skills? Me too! What is this road sign trying to do to us?

Imagine taking a trip down one of 13 of the oldest roads in all of New York State. Where would you travel too?

The grades are in: according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, you may have some cause for alarm on New York's bridges and roads.

Soon there will be another option to get around the Capital Region. This next venture for the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) is called Drive. This is a new ride-share program that will allow you to use a car in the Capital Region 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The program is slated to begin in May or June of this year with a fleet of 6 cars to start.

I live in Mechanicville and I drive back roads and farm roads to get to work. Each morning, before dawn I see at least four or five deer in the fields as I pass through. Some of them are closer to the road than others. But I wanted to tell these beautiful animals that my lights are not enticing and not to jump out at my car.

We want to know the worst roads in the Capital Region, according to you!

Millions will hit the roads, trains and airlines this week to travel for Thanksgiving. This will be the highest amount of travelers in over a decade.

The DEC wants you to beware of a hazard you could face if you are heading to the Adirondacks.

There is a stretch of road at the end of 787 that has always been dangerous. Plans have been talked about to make this road safer and this month the conversion will begin.

When you are on the road, especially when you are traveling for vacation or a summer road trip, you hope that other motorists are focusing on the roads and not texting or using their phones. Well another state has decided to be creative and funny with their highway signs in an effort to get drivers to focus.

Summer means we all travel a little more and surely by now you know some roads in the Capital Region are a necessary annoyance that you simply cannot avoid.  Until we have cars that can fly or hyper-loop, we must succumb to the evil ways of certain area roads.  Here's a list of a few noteworthy, well traveled roads and what they would say If They Could Talk.