I95 Places to Avoid
For the east coasters who've traveled it extensively. I'm in Savannah, Ga. Beautiful by-the-way. I'm heading to Maine and beyond. I'd love to hear how to avoid serious traffic, congestion, and other p...
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Brent and Gina wrote:I-295 around Richmond, has far less traffic congestion, & far less accidents & backups, plus the speed limit on 95 through town is 55-60, on 295 it's 65-70. I always use 295.bukhrn wrote:The_Painting_Teacher wrote:I avoid everything on I-95 north of Fredricksburg, that way I can hit 17 north to I-66W to I-81
The worst stretch of I-95 runs from Richmond VA to north of Boston MA. If you can plan the day of the week and time of the day, it's manageable. Otherwise, look at I-81 as a slightly longer, but prettier ride with less traffic. Camp on!
We are just south of Fredericksburg now at camp. We have friends we're seeing today in Alexandria and heading out on the route you suggest here tomorrow. 95 to 17 to 81 to 84 to 91. Thank all of you for your inputs.
FYI. 95 from Savannah to south of Fredericksburg wasn't bad traffic wise. The roads were a little rough once we got into VA especially a few river bridges. GPS took us around Richmond on 295 (bypass??). What's that about? I wonder if that was wise or not, but it worked out for traffic.
