KC to Rio Grand Valley

I would recommend just about any route that avoids I35 for a while. The traffic is crazy as always. But the construction around Lorena and Temple literally brings traffic to a stop. We just came through there Sunday and we had over two hours of delays. And we jumped off to the frontage road and a side road as soon as we got close to an exit to go around the jam. Definitely wears on the nerves.

Linda, that's close to the way we go to the valley. Except, we take I-49 & 71 all the way to DeQueen AR, then AR-14 to I-30 at New Boston TX. Then get on 271 at Mt. Pleasant.

I saved this from an earlier poster to get around Dallas...
Take I-35 South to Gainesville exit 497, for FM 51 South (on right), take all the way thru Weatherford, Texas. Just south of Weatherford (3 miles south of I-20), veer left on TX 171 towards Cleburne, Texas, take to US 67 towards Alvarado (follow signs as this is a strange exit) until you intersect I-35W South, go South towards Waco to junction US 77 South (on the South side of Waco), stay on 77 all the way to Sinton, Texas then left on TX 35 thru Gregory to Aransas Pass over the bridge to Port Aransas…550 miles and the only traffic is near Hillsboro to Waco. Easy drive and have experienced it several times…

The only bypass I would do is I-35W thru Ft Worth instead of I-35E thru Dallas. I know people hate traffic, but I would rather spend 30-45 minutes thru the Dallas/Ft Worth area than hours changing multiple highways thru a multitude of small towns.