travelnutz wrote:
Chicago is easy to avoid tolls and not be in the constant wild zoo of truck and cars in the mind numbing traffic. Go south of Chicago when going east to west and go west of Chicago when going north or south. We have the Chicago jams in our way everytime we go west and never take the toll roads when towing an RV etc. Going past Chicago is simply truck choked toll roads almost all the time. Rattles your nerves as it's almost 60 miles of cars jutting wildly in and out between constant starting and stopping or slow moving trucks and near misses often. Always had backups for constant wrecks and that makes it even worse. They are crazy!
To make bad even worse is huge Lake Michigan that creates a funneling of vehicles in the 10 million population area because vehicles don't do well crossing water with no roadway.
Last about 15 years, we usually go north over the Big Mac Bridge at the Straits and take US-2 west. So much more pleasant, relaxing, and fun with real scenery. Adds about 50 miles distance to the long trip but takes less time than going south and west past Chicago. It's also a money saver on fuel going the extra 50 miles VS the tolls and the stop and go driving wasting fuel.
:"Chicago is easy to avoid tolls and not be in the constant wild zoo of truck and cars in the mind numbing traffic."
Sometime you'll have to explain to me how I get from SE Michigan to Madison WI, without mind numbing traffic, without paying tolls and with less then 50 miles added to my trip.
