Best Route Nashville-Branson
What have you found to be the best route to Branson MO from Nashville TN?
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I've used US-60 and US-412 to avoid the mess between Little Rock and Memphis, and to avoid Memphis generally.
Towing, and Branson-bound, I would take US-60. It moves a little better than 412, fewer slow-downs for small towns and 4-lane divided through most of Missouri. But I would not go through Memphis to connect. From Nashville, I use I-24 north to Paducah, pick up US-60 there. 60 is two lane most of the way from Paducah to Cairo, but it is not any worse than 412 across western Arkansas. The only hitch is that some people get nervous about lane width on the bridges at Cairo, particularly in the steady big-truck traffic. You have to be good at staying in your lane.
US-412 crosses only the Mississippi, and does it on the nice wide I-155 bridge.
Towing, and Branson-bound, I would take US-60. It moves a little better than 412, fewer slow-downs for small towns and 4-lane divided through most of Missouri. But I would not go through Memphis to connect. From Nashville, I use I-24 north to Paducah, pick up US-60 there. 60 is two lane most of the way from Paducah to Cairo, but it is not any worse than 412 across western Arkansas. The only hitch is that some people get nervous about lane width on the bridges at Cairo, particularly in the steady big-truck traffic. You have to be good at staying in your lane.
US-412 crosses only the Mississippi, and does it on the nice wide I-155 bridge.
