Best Route I 40 or I 70

Thom02099 wrote:


A friend of mine had advised me to get off on I-64 and take that down to I-270, rather than going further east on I-70 to grab I-270. This made sense to me, since I was going south on I-55.

Probably 6 of one/half dozen of the other. I have not taken I-70 to I-270 to head south, so I don't have a point of reference as to whether either route saves time. I do know that going the I-64 route to I-270 seemed be a relatively easy drive.

Gotcha, but there is really no good way to get from St. Louis to SC.
bumpy

Thanks again for the great route info, I especially like the way to get around St Louis, been through there once and did not care for it.

Bumpyroad wrote:

Thom02099 wrote:


I-70 to St Louis (I would actually take I-64 to I-270 to bypass St Louis), I-55 south to I-155 to US 412 to I-40 to I-26. Why? To completely avoid Arkansas and in particular going through Memphis
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I don't understand the I-64 reference. IIRC, 70 meets up with 270, no need for 64??? but I would suggest MO 370 around St. Charles instead. state 370, NOT an IS.

incidentally if St. Charles is a good place in your schedule to stay overnight, sundemeier's RV park is right near 370 and I used to stay there whenever I was in town.

bumpy

A friend of mine had advised me to get off on I-64 and take that down to I-270, rather than going further east on I-70 to grab I-270. This made sense to me, since I was going south on I-55.

Probably 6 of one/half dozen of the other. I have not taken I-70 to I-270 to head south, so I don't have a point of reference as to whether either route saves time. I do know that going the I-64 route to I-270 seemed be a relatively easy drive.

Thom02099 wrote:


I-70 to St Louis (I would actually take I-64 to I-270 to bypass St Louis), I-55 south to I-155 to US 412 to I-40 to I-26. Why? To completely avoid Arkansas and in particular going through Memphis
.

I don't understand the I-64 reference. IIRC, 70 meets up with 270, no need for 64??? but I would suggest MO 370 around St. Charles instead. state 370, NOT an IS.

incidentally if St. Charles is a good place in your schedule to stay overnight, sundemeier's RV park is right near 370 and I used to stay there whenever I was in town.

bumpy

We drove 40 from AZ to VA and did not run into any problems. All the highways have rough spots and construction along the way. We always travel between 9 and 3 for least traffic.

While I've not done the drive completely from point-to-point that you're asking about, I've done a goodly part of it. I would do a combo of both. And of course, there are alternatives to the interstates,as well as alternative interstates, but since you asked specifically, I figured I'd answer specifically.

I-70 to St Louis (I would actually take I-64 to I-270 to bypass St Louis), I-55 south to I-155 to US 412 to I-40 to I-26. Why? To completely avoid Arkansas and in particular going through Memphis. I've done that drive many times from Little Rock to Memphis, and Memphis has always been frustrating, regardless of the time of day.

I've done the drive to Greenville SC and it's not a bad drive, as interstates go. There's some alternatives to use to bypass some of the bigger cities (KC, Nashville, Knoxville). My guess is, this is not a sightseeing drive, you want to get there rather quickly. This would do it.

Thx for the replies, I know I 40 west from Albuquerque is loaded with semi trucks and really rough in spots. Not sure how I 40 is East

rich

I like 70 better.

Unless the interstate has had recent work, they all suck. My daughter hates I-70 through Missouri. I did pieces of I-40 through OK and AR and they seemed fine. My neighbor who drove I-40 from Memphis to Las Vegas said that AR was the worse.

Basically, the federal government has abandoned its responsibility WRT to the interstate system created by a forward thinking President in exchange for handing stuff out to people who add nothing to society.

Hey, we voted them in.

I try to avoid 40 as it's very rough in many place so I use 70 from THE river west... No recent info on 40.