Minnesota to Florida via the Smokies
We are making our last snowbird trip to Florida (moving down permanently) and decided to go thru the smokies. I don't want to screw with narrow roads if possible so I would try to stay on the freeway...
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It might help to know where in Florida.
If you want to stay strictly on the Interstates highways, you will not see much of the smokies, but will have some spectacular scenery.
If you were headed to Orlando, and have reached I-40 in Tennessee, you would continue on I-40 to i-26 in Asheville, NC. Take I-26 to I-95 in South Carolina. Continue on I-95 to I-4 in Florida.
On I-40, you will not run into "steep and twisted" roads, as I think of them. The climb from Tennessee into NC is a long, but not steep route. There are many turns, of course, but the speed limit for trucks is 50 MPH. Your steepest grade will be on I-26, a 3-mile, 6% downhill grade.
Tom
If you want to stay strictly on the Interstates highways, you will not see much of the smokies, but will have some spectacular scenery.
If you were headed to Orlando, and have reached I-40 in Tennessee, you would continue on I-40 to i-26 in Asheville, NC. Take I-26 to I-95 in South Carolina. Continue on I-95 to I-4 in Florida.
On I-40, you will not run into "steep and twisted" roads, as I think of them. The climb from Tennessee into NC is a long, but not steep route. There are many turns, of course, but the speed limit for trucks is 50 MPH. Your steepest grade will be on I-26, a 3-mile, 6% downhill grade.
Tom
