You need to keep in mind that US highways, as opposed to interstate highways, tend to be roads of secondary importance these days. In the Los Angeles area, for

You need to keep in mind that US highways, as opposed to interstate highways, tend to be roads of secondary importance these days. In the Los Angeles area, for example, a lot of the formerly federal highways became state highways after they were built up to freeway standards, due to various complicated political reasons. Additionally, there are plenty of stretches of US33 which are full divided highways, looking a lot like https://goo.gl/maps/6vc73fZ9nTz https://goo.gl/maps/6vc73fZ9nTz. In comparison, Swedish route 34 looks like https://goo.gl/maps/Ur45ukH7Yop https://goo.gl/maps/Ur45ukH7Yop outside of town. So both roads are pretty much the same, all things considered, gaining and losing features as the local traffic conditions call for them.