Best way to Gig Harbor
Good Morning. Going to Gig Harbor, WA pulling a 20’ TT. Would you go I-84 from Boise, ID to I-5 at Portland, or I-82 to I-90 and Seatle.. Looking for the easiest tow.....
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- Completely and totally avoid I-90 to I-5 in Seattle, most especially avoid I-5 from Olympia up thru the Fort Lewis/ McChord AFB/ Tacoma area.
Horrible highway construction, and traffic delays between 6:30 am - 10:30 am morning rush hour and 3-7 pm evening rush can be two hours or more long. Even the best alternate - WA-512/WA-167 is jammed bumper to bumper for many miles.
Taking US-101 from Olympia to WA-3 to WA-302 to WA-16 to Gig Harbor is about 62 miles at not fast speeds, but the 40 miles route up I-5 to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge will take a longer time and more frustrating traffic most days/ times. - I82 will have some hills between I84 and I90. But it will also have the fewest miles of city traffic. I would tow I82 before fighting the traffic around Portland and then Olympia north on I5.
Of course if your going to end up on 101, then I84 into Portland, I205 to I5 north might be better. At Olympia you can cut over to 101 north.
