Evading Nashville and Indianopolis
Taking a trip up 24 to 65 to 69 or return takes at least two hours through Nashville many times for a distance of ten miles or so. Indy can be near as bad or worse for 20 miles. My idea of RVing is ...
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I frequently go thru Dallas. And when I do, it is thru the middle and it is between 9 am and 3 pm. And rarely a problem. But an accident or construction can create major problems any time. I usually check google maps on my phone and look to see if my intended roads show up as red or, even worse, dark red. That means a major traffic backup and then I look for alternate routes around it.
I often check the same google maps while traveling any where to make sure there are not traffic problems ahead of us. A couple times I have been able to turn on to a parallel highway to avoid the major holdups.
And similar to above, we spent an hour sitting on an isolated stretch of I-40 at the TX/NM state line with no place to go because the highway was shutdown due to an accident. You just never know.
I often check the same google maps while traveling any where to make sure there are not traffic problems ahead of us. A couple times I have been able to turn on to a parallel highway to avoid the major holdups.
And similar to above, we spent an hour sitting on an isolated stretch of I-40 at the TX/NM state line with no place to go because the highway was shutdown due to an accident. You just never know.
