Gribblenation Roadcast

After a nine-month hiatus, Adam is back to discuss his recent road trip to Wyoming.  But also how this trip reminded him of the importance of our National Parks and telling your own story.  

On the latest Fresh Drives episode of the Gribblenation Roadcast, Doug talks about his 2021 year in review. Find out more about some of the trips Doug took, some of his favorite blog articles, podcast stats and more.

In this episode, Dan closes out the year 2021 with a recap of his busy year. Included here are summaries and discussions on his memorable road trips, professional undertakings, and maybe a couple other significant developments during this time. This episode focuses on summaries of road trips and other developments in the months of July thru the end of December.

Gribblenation's Doug talks about the highways and road oddities of the Syracuse, New York area on the latest Fresh Drives episode of the Gribblenation Roadcast.

Gribblenation recently launched a US Route 99 page given it has been one of the most frequent US Routes to appear in our blog series.  US Route 99 was one of the original US Routes created in 1926 alongside the US Route System.  At it's peak US Route 99 was approximately 1,600 miles spanning from Mexican Broder in Calexico, California north to the Canadian Border at Blaine, Washington.&n...

Hope you have gotten your metal pole out of the crawl space and prepared for the Feats of Strength because Festivus is here again!  Before you prepare for the Airing of the Grievances why not give a listen to the Gribblenation Roadcast and find out what Tom has been up to for 2021?   There certainly was lots of older US Route segments explored, some National Parks, stuff along Calif...

In this episode, Dan closes out the year 2021 with a recap of his busy year. Included here are summaries and discussions on his memorable road trips, professional undertakings, and maybe a couple other significant developments during this time. This episode focuses on summaries of road trips and other developments in the months of January thru the end of June.

Dan's back from his podcasting hiatus (YAY) to bring you this special episode, featuring an all-encompassing discussion on the Hawaiian Interstate Highway System, other major highways on the island of Oahu, and a few other interesting Hawaii-themed tidbits with Gribblenation's "Challenger Tom". Hawaii is a part of the United States that is often talked about but rarely visited within the road enth...

Doug talks about his cross country drive he took in October 2021. Highlights include I-70 and US 50.

Doug talks about some of his picks and stories for fall foliage drives throughout the United States and Canada.

Piggybacking off of Doug's recap of his summer road trips in this episode of the Gribblenation Roadcast Tom discusses what he did during the summer.  How many old US Route segments did Tom drive and which were his favorites?  How old is Rim Drive in Crater Lake National Park?  What is the ION Highway and why was Nevada so pushy getting US Route 95?  Is Boise an interesting plac...

In the second episode of a two part series, Doug summarizes what he did travel-wise during this past summer. For the second episode, the focus is  on New England, Northeast Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. There is also a preview of what's coming down the pike for travel and content.

In the first episode of a two part series, Doug summarizes what he did travel-wise during this past summer. For the first episode, the focus is on California, Oregon and Washington State.

Prior to November 1937 California State Route 1 was carried over Montara Mountain via Old Pedro Mountain Road by way of the 922 foot high Saddle Pass.  Old Pedro Mountain Road itself was opened by San Mateo County as Coastline Highway in 1915 as a replacement for the Half Moon Bay-Colma.  Old Pedro Mountain Road was one of first asphalted highways in California but despite it being a maj...

US Route 466 is in my opinion one of the most underrated US Routes to exist historically given it has been grossly overshadowed by it's parent route.  US Route 466 also has one of the oddest alignments ever to exist in the US Route System via the rugged dirt grades of Rocky Canyon of San Luis Obispo County, California.  The alignment of US Route 466 existed via the unsurfaced route via R...

On this episode of the Gribblenation Roadcast Tom discusses an assorted list of Mojave Desert Road related topics recently seen in the Gribblenation Blog Series.  Which highway was almost built using Hydrogen Bombs?  Where did US Route 91 originally terminate in the Mojave Desert and how did it get there?  Where was the Arrowhead Trail through Valley of State Park and who was Charle...

Dan's back for another thrilling, exciting episode to tell you all about his three-day weekend roadtripping adventure - his first major trip since September 2020 and his first trip of any kind to the Carolinas in six years. All sorts of twists and oddities were encountered, including cancelled flights, lost batteries, and naptime on a terminal floor. And that was just the first day!

With March being Women's History Month, this week's episode provides an opportunity to examine some of the roads and bridges across America named in honor of women, as well as the role of women in the engineering community past & present. Dan is back to tell you all about everything you need to know on those topics (and just a little bit more), plus a recap of his recent travels, current event...

On the latest episode of the Gribblenation Roadcast, Doug talks a little bit about the roads of Ireland. A general summary of the Irish road network, motorways, tunnels and a few of Ireland's scenic drives are discussed during the episode.

Doug from the Gribblenation Roadcast gives an overview on some roads and bridges to check out around the State of New Hampshire.

The corridor of the Redwood Highway on the South Fork Eel River is an incredibly scenic stretch of highway which is carried by modern US Route 101, Avenue of the Giants and California State Route 271.  What tends to get overlooked about the Redwood Highway on the South Fork Eel River is how significant it was allowing automobiles to reach the North Coast of California.  Today in the Grib...

After a two month hiatus, Adam is back with The Junction to talk about who influenced him in the hobby.

With February being Black History Month, this week's episode provides an opportunity to examine the impacts that road/highway projects have had on urban African-American populations across America and how these decisions continue to impact these communities today. Dan is joined this week by Laura Bianca-Pruett, a planner for a local municipality in the state of Maryland, who shares many of her exp...

On the latest episode of Fresh Drives, Doug from the Gribblenation Roadcast talks about his driving trip around northern Delaware and southern New Jersey (South Jersey), along with a smidgen of the northeastern corner of Maryland as well as a bit of southeastern Pennsylvania. Doug discusses his trip report, what he noticed along the way, some of the routes he clinched, covered bridges he saw, some...

A major reconstruction project is getting underway along Interstate 95 in Wilmington, DE and Dan's back to tell you everything you need to know about the project, plus the history of I-95 through northeastern Delaware as a whole.