Kansas City to Goshen, In.

Take your second choice better, I should say less traffic a calm relaxing drive on 24 don't fall asleep you will go through some small towns, don't recall if they have stop lights but they do have speed limits.

I94 through Indiana is a construction nightmare now. I drive it everyday. I've encountered 2 1/2 hrs travel times for a 47 mile trip.

Have you considered going to Indy, then straight up?

shadows4 wrote:


Or I have considered taking I-72 to I-57 to Hwy 24 across and then working my way north.

Much better choice.

US 6 and 30 are not bad for that last leg either.

I live in the 57/80/65 triangle. You do not want any part of this area right now. Construction is causing a mess. Stay south of 80 as long as you can. I'd suggest 72 across to 57 to US 24 into Indiana, then take US 421 north to 80. It is a longer milage route but you'll not be going 15 mph in many places!
Good luck!

shadows4 wrote:
We will be going to Goshen for the Coachmen rally in a couple of weeks. I have been going back and forth as to the route to take. Fastest is up I-55 to I-90 and across. This would put me just south of Chicago. We would probably be going through about 3-4 pm on a Friday. Is that a no-no?

Or I have considered taking I-72 to I-57 to Hwy 24 across and then working my way north.

Any feedback would be appreciated. Oh and we will be driving almost all of it in one day. Going to drive about 140 miles Thursday after work then the rest on a Friday.

Thanks, John

When in Goshen track down Venturi Pizza for the best pizza of you life.

We have been to Goshen several times and we take your second route, almost. We take US36 across Missouri, I72 and I57 across Illinois, then US 24 across to US 31, north to US 6, east on US 6, then IN 15 into Goshen. We have taken 421 north from US 24 but find the roads to be a little better by taking 31. There is no really straight forward way to get to Goshen if you want to avoid the Chicago area. And we definitely want to avoid that area.
As far as driving it in one day it is doable if you knock off a few miles that first evening. We drive from about 100 miles southwest of KC to just north of Champaign/Urbana the first day and into Goshen the second.

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Look at RT 36 - makes it EASY,

jrs1871 wrote:
We have been to Goshen several times and we take your second route, almost. We take US36 across Missouri, I72 and I57 across Illinois, then US 24 across to US 31, north to US 6, east on US 6, then IN 15 into Goshen. We have taken 421 north from US 24 but find the roads to be a little better by taking 31. There is no really straight forward way to get to Goshen if you want to avoid the Chicago area. And we definitely want to avoid that area.
As far as driving it in one day it is doable if you knock off a few miles that first evening. We drive from about 100 miles southwest of KC to just north of Champaign/Urbana the first day and into Goshen the second.

Bingo a WINNER (JMHO)- someone who would do what I would consider the easiest way.

That first night jump will make it really easy - RT 36 is a really good road - Avoids the entire Chicago AREA - we used to take this route to and From the Plant in Wakarusa with our Travel Supreme, always enjoyed the two lane roads in the area.

Adds a few miles but not really any time or uncertainty due to traffic.

Best of Luck,

The other option is I70 to I465 West around Indy to 31 North. 31 is now mostly 4 lane and bypasses Kokomo completely. This route is probably the fastest, but the I57 to 24 to 31 route is good too. Do not take 55 to 80.