Montana Highway 2 runs approximately 650 miles across the northern tier of Montana from the Idaho border near Glacier National Park east to the North Dakota state line at Williston — a route known as the “Hi-Line” that follows the path of the old Great Northern Railway through some of the most sparsely populated terrain in the continental United States.
It does not look dangerous. That is part of what makes it deadly.
[Read More]At 3,020 miles, Interstate 90 is the longest US interstate highway — running from the waterfront of Seattle to the streets of Boston. Most of its length is manageable freight territory. But three segments make I-90 a serious winter corridor for commercial drivers: the Cascade passes of Washington State, the open range of Montana, and the Buffalo–Albany snow belt of upstate New York.
Understanding these segments, and knowing how to navigate them, is essential for any driver or dispatcher running the northern transcontinental freight lane.
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