Seattle to Hermon Maine in June 2017
Headed to northern Maine. Looks like a choice between I90 or I90/94/90 as main routes. Have Never driven I94. Thoughts on best route - conditions of roads and best availability of overnight stops al...
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Sounds like you have driven I90 before, or at least major portions, right?
I94 is separate from Billings to Madison (more or less). Not a big difference. 90 passes by the Black Hills and some tourist traps in South Dakota. 94 pass through Teddy Roosevelt NP (briefly). The rest of ND is like SD, but maybe a bit more open. The last time, coming from the east, it felt like the 'west' started at the NP.
In Minnesota, 94 is busier, especially in the St Cloud to Twin Cities to Wisc. stretch. 90 across southern Minnesota is straighter and flatter. It used to be rougher, but that may have changed.
I39 and I80 is the best way past Chicago (or go around the north side of Lake Michigan).
Beyond Chicago, 90/80 is tollway past all the big eastern cities; 94 is free, but heads north to Detroit and on to Toronto.
US2 is a viable alternative, especially in eastern Montana and beyond. They used to warn about heavy traffic and campground use in the Western ND oil patch, but that may have died back a bit with lower oil prices. Lots of 2 is divided, though not freeway. 2 east of Duluth is more interesting, with possible side trips to the lake shores - a Washington resident will feel more at home here.
When living in Chicago, 90/94 is what we took to visit relatives in Indiana and Ohio. We drove north along the Great Lakes for vacation and camping.
I94 is separate from Billings to Madison (more or less). Not a big difference. 90 passes by the Black Hills and some tourist traps in South Dakota. 94 pass through Teddy Roosevelt NP (briefly). The rest of ND is like SD, but maybe a bit more open. The last time, coming from the east, it felt like the 'west' started at the NP.
In Minnesota, 94 is busier, especially in the St Cloud to Twin Cities to Wisc. stretch. 90 across southern Minnesota is straighter and flatter. It used to be rougher, but that may have changed.
I39 and I80 is the best way past Chicago (or go around the north side of Lake Michigan).
Beyond Chicago, 90/80 is tollway past all the big eastern cities; 94 is free, but heads north to Detroit and on to Toronto.
US2 is a viable alternative, especially in eastern Montana and beyond. They used to warn about heavy traffic and campground use in the Western ND oil patch, but that may have died back a bit with lower oil prices. Lots of 2 is divided, though not freeway. 2 east of Duluth is more interesting, with possible side trips to the lake shores - a Washington resident will feel more at home here.
When living in Chicago, 90/94 is what we took to visit relatives in Indiana and Ohio. We drove north along the Great Lakes for vacation and camping.
