Favorite way to skip the interstates?
I get lazy with my routing sometimes and rely too much on Google Maps and my in-dash nav. It’s easy enough to skip the interstates in an area you’re familiar with, but I’d be interested in hearing...
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Basically it boils down to this. There is no one solution to traveling. Some folks like US/SR highways, some like interstates and others like a mix of the two. Sometimes there just aren't any interstates that will take me where I want to go but there is a US/SR. Sometimes there isn't a good US/SR highway that will take me where I want to go but a short stretch of interstate highway is available. Contrary to what many think, there is no one single option that is right. They are all right. I find that the US/SR highways are less tiring to travel on. And many of the ones I have been on are 3 and 4 lanes in addition to the two lanes.
I have also noticed that a great many truckers have shifted off sections of the interstates. Sometimes, I can just make better time on a US Hwy than on the interstate. I have a often used route that will add 60 miles to my drive but cut 1 hour of "drive time" off a trip simply by avoiding Atlanta and all the traffic. I like the route, I like the countryside and I'm not as tired at the end of the 5 hour/265 mile trip as I am when I have to go thru Atlanta. And to me, that is very important. A tired driver is a dangerous driver.
I have also noticed that a great many truckers have shifted off sections of the interstates. Sometimes, I can just make better time on a US Hwy than on the interstate. I have a often used route that will add 60 miles to my drive but cut 1 hour of "drive time" off a trip simply by avoiding Atlanta and all the traffic. I like the route, I like the countryside and I'm not as tired at the end of the 5 hour/265 mile trip as I am when I have to go thru Atlanta. And to me, that is very important. A tired driver is a dangerous driver.
