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lakeside013104's avatar
Mar 31, 2015

Hwy 80 from Idaho to east coast?

Anyone have experience they would be willing to share about I-80 from Idaho to the east coast?

Lakeside
  • donn0128 wrote:
    BORING! That is the best description I can give you.

    Kind of like parts of Ore-re-gon.
  • When traveling in Pennsylvania, Assume, there will be road repair/construction. You are usually not disappointed.

    You can check 511PA when you get closer to Penna. for road conditions.

    Personally, I will go out of my way to avoid the Chicago area, unless there is something you want to see.
    The traffic can get miserable.

    Dropping down to I-70 as 4runnerguy mentioned, would be a good choice.

    Whatever route you take, enjoy the trip.
  • Often you will have a tail wind through Wyoming and find you get great gas mileage!

    We have found we prefer I-70 to I-80 across the mid-west as I-80 goes through and near some major cities. Seems to be much more truck traffic on I-80. We've cut from I-80 to I-70 using either I-29 out of Omaha or I-74 out of the Quad Cities. Depending on where your east coast destination is, you can head back to I-80 on I-81 to avoid the greater traffic on the interstates nearer the coast.