Unofficial list of "Roads" of Fronts connecting Cities

[FerrisBueller]

The US 60 trail extending east of the Phoenix area ends just past Apache Junction. If you want to exploit Apex, there is a station to the northeast of the last front that is visible with GPS.

If you want to go north of Tucson on Highway 77, the trail of fronts ends in Catalina State Park. A little bit of steel to build/visit/destroy travel safe houses can take you on a shortcut to Mt. Lemmon. In the real world, you cannot approach Mt. Lemmon from the west without the aid of a helicopter or at least some very special hiking gear. If you want to go to Kitt Peak to the west of Tucson, you won't be able to make it more than 10 miles west of Interstate 19 on Arizona Highway 86 without expending steel. If you want to go to south on Interstate 19, the trail ends around San Xavier. If you want to go southeast on Interstate 10, the trail of fronts ends at Vail (just a few miles southeast of Tucson).

So while I've been raving about how much free space there is in Canada, there is still plenty of unoccupied land in the lower 48. Given how much unoccupied land there is even near Phoenix and Tucson, imagine how much more unoccupied land there is elsewhere in Arizona, such as the portion of the Sonora Desert to the southwest of the Interstate 10 corridor, the mountains to the northeast of the Phoenix/Tucson corridor, the Navajo reservation, and the area around the Grand Canyon.

[FerrisBueller]

I'm exploring Wisconsin, and it's not as crowded as I expected. Then again, I haven't reached Madison yet.

I tried to follow Interstate 90 from Chicago to Madison, but the trail of fronts ended just short of Belvidere. I was able to follow Interstate 94 to Milwaukee. The Interstate 43 trail to the north of Milwaukee didn't extend very far, ending at Thiensville.

If you take the Good Hope Rd. fronts westward, you'll find a trail of fronts along Highway 83 stretching due northward to US 41. However, the trail ends roughly 2/3 of the way from Milwaukee to Fond du Lac.

[FerrisBueller]

I've done some more exploring in Arizona and found a trail of fronts leading south of Phoenix. It begins just west of the north/south portion of the Interstate 10 corridor, proceeds west of Casa Grande, crosses Interstate 8, and extends to the Mexican border. When you reach the Mexican border, you'll find two trails of fronts. One follows the border to the east-southeast and stops just short of Nogales. The other goes southwest to the Gulf of California. If you're looking for the quickest route to the Mexican mainland from the Beverly Hills Black Market, this is it.

I'd colonize Mexico, but I already have several small colonies of fronts to upgrade (including some that are very deep in the Canadian wilderness), travel safe houses are at a premium, and I only have 3 of the 25 network nodes I need to get another travel safe house. The northern Mexican mainland has several advantages if you want to build a colony of level 5 fronts:
1. It's remote.
2. Most of the locals do not speak English and thus are unlikely to play Parallel Mafia.

[FerrisBueller]

Wisconsin isn't as crowded as I expected. You can follow the Interstate 94 fronts from Milwaukee to Madison. I tried to follow Interstate 94 to the Twin Cities, but the trail of front ends just past Camp Douglas and just a few miles short of the interchange where Interstate 90 splits off. The US 151 trail of fronts leading west from Madison ends in Barneveld.

[FerrisBueller]

I'm in the process of creating a trail of Interstate 94 fronts to connect Madison to Minneapolis/St. Paul. At the moment, the trail from the Madison side ends near Black River State Forest.

[FerrisBueller]

The link between Madison and the Twin Cities is now complete. Thus, if you can make it to the Chicago Black Market, you have steel-free access to North Dakota, Montana, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. Follow Interstate 94 to Milwaukee, Madison, and the Twin Cities. From Minneapolis, take US 12 west (though you'll have take a detour to the south shore of Lake Minnetonka) through Litchfield. To the west of Litchfield, you'll find yourself at the southern end of a north/south line of fronts. Follow this line of fronts (which doesn't follow a particular road) northward to the far northern reaches of Minnesota. The trail will appear to end near International Falls, and you'll have to cross to another server to continue your journey. This trail of fronts will follow the US-Canada border to a location just northwest of Glasgow, Montana.

So there's no need to duke it out in Chicago when you have access to so much open space hundreds of miles to the northwest.

[FerrisBueller]

I just added a trail of fronts leading to Winnipeg. To get there, go to the point where Manitoba, North Dakota, and Minnesota meet. Follow Highway 75 north to go to Winnipeg. While Winnipeg is occupied, there is plenty of free land surrounding the area.

Thus, if you have access to Chicago, you can reach Manitoba without consuming any steel.

[FerrisBueller]

You can now reach Las Vegas from the Beverly Hills Black market. Just take Interstate 10 east and then Interstate 15 north. I basically created a trail through the Mojave Desert.