Avoid eastbound I-10 in El Paso...

Mich F wrote:

Second Chance wrote:

Mich F wrote:
I'm glad this thread is here. :B
Next Wed. I'm heading for Las Cruces N.M. from south FL. I was looking at google maps and the Good Sam trip planner (when it was working for me). I haven't tried my Garmin 770 yet. It looked like I 10 with a few go arounds was the best way to go. I'm wondering if I 20 would be a better way to go? According to Google maps, it's only 18 miles longer, and should take about the same time.

I-20 ends and merges with I-10 between Pecos and Van Horn. Moot point as I-10 is all there is going into El Paso. See my post above as how to avoid using I-10 through EP.

Rob

Thanks, but I was wondering if I 20 was better than going to or from the east. up to where 10 and 20 merge. Is I 20 a better road than I 10 ? I guess I hijacked this El Paso thread. :B

I did look at your earlier thread but couldn't follow your route. I don't see where 404 fits into it. Google maps suggests taking 375 all the way around El Paso. Is throwing 54 into the mix a better way to go ?

Not much difference between I-10 and I-10 in west Texas - except taking you a considerable distance north coming from Florida.

Go to El Paso on Google maps and look at 375. West of US-54 at the top, it's known as Woodrow Bean Transmountain Road... you DON'T want to take an RV across that. Look at where 375 intersects US-54 again and follow US-54 north. Where 54 veers off to the northeast, keep going straight north on TX 3255/NM 213. About 9-3/4 miles north of 375, NM 404 will turn west and take you across Anthony Gap back to I-10 on the west side of the mountains. This is a much more suitable route for an RV than Transmountain.

My Apologies to the OP for "feeding the hijack."

Rob