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[Guest]

BLOOMINGTON, Illinois (CNN) -- Pembroke Pines, Florida, has the most dangerous intersection in the United States, while Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has two of the top three, according to an insurance company study released Wednesday.

State Farm Insurance ranked the worst intersections in the United States based on accident claims from January 1999 through December 2000. Factors in the rankings include the number of accidents and injuries.

None of the communities in the analysis ranked in the top 10 of the previous study, which looked at accidents from 1998.

The worst intersection -- Flamingo Road and Pines Boulevard -- is in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The number of accidents at that intersection over the two-year period of the study was 357.

The second most dangerous is in the northeast section of Philadelphia at Red Lion Road and Roosevelt Boulevard. There were 331 accidents at that intersection. The third is a nearby intersection, Grant Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard, where 261 accidents occurred.

Here are the others:

-- Phoenix, Arizona, 7th Street and Bell Road, 268 accidents.

-- Tulsa, Oklahoma, 51st Street and Memorial Drive, 304 accidents.

-- Tulsa, Oklahoma, 71st Street and Memorial Drive, 245 accidents.

-- Phoenix, Arizona, 19th Avenue and Northern Avenue, 255 accidents.

-- Frisco, Texas, State Highway 121 and Preston Road, 280 accidents.

-- Metairie, Louisiana, Clearview Parkway and Veterans Memorial Boulevard, 328 accidents.

-- Sacramento, California, Fair Oaks Boulevard and Howe Avenue, 246 accidents.

 

[unusuallyconfused]

I remember going to Little Rock and saying, "what the fuck" because you had to cross highway traffic on the entrance ramp.

 

[Vivid Blossom]

I-4 in Orlando

Please, please avoid I-4 in Orlando --- too many tourists who don't know where they are going making too many stupid moves when they realize the Disney exit just past.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Everyone please avoid the 405 and 101 interchange in Los Angeles. Not only has it been rated the single most dangerous highway interchange in America, but it would make my life a lot easier if I could drive it all by myself. Thank you.

 

[morninggirl5]

We here in Atlanta have discovered the solution to these highway problems. A truck exploded and destroyed two lanes on 285 a couple of weekends ago. A bridge had to be partially removed and traffic on 285 has been lighter than ever since then. So tear down a different bridge every month or so and make everyone think they're in for traffic from lower sub hell and it improves to traffic from hell.

 

[Bitch_Goddess]

It's pretty sad, but further down that list are about 3 more intersections in Florida, all in Orlando. Damn tourists. And Diana, I never go I-4, I've learned a back way to just about everywhere!