Albuquerque to Tallahassee
MapQuest show the quickest route going I-40 to Hwy 287 into Dallas then to Jackson MS on I-20. Then down Hwy 49 and Hwy 98 to Mobile (I-10). Anyone have an opinion on the overall route and especially...
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padredw wrote:x2
Take 82 after Wichita Falls (actually at Henrietta) and avoid the DFW area.
Taking US-69 south at Bells all the way to I-20
or US-82 to Texarkana then I-49 to I-220 on the north side of Shreveport
are both equally good routes.
Re- Going through Jackson MS on I-20/US-49 or I-10/I-12 through Baton Rouge
I-20 across north LA is a rougher road than I-49 to Lafayette and I-10/I-12 through Baton Rouge across the north side of Lake Pontchartrain.
It is a trade off because Baton Rouge can be a choke point if there is traffic. A city where you must avoid weekday rush hour.
US-49/98 is the preferred route of my first cousin. I haven't personally driven it in more years than I can remember. (EDIT - I figured it out - Southbound Feb 1979, Northbound - Oct 1982 - USN tour in the Caribbean between those two dates)
She drives it maybe a dozen times a year. Says the road from Jackson through Hattisburg to Mobile is a good easy drive. (Our mothers were sisters and the family home/ our high school was near the AR/LA border north of Shreveport, and she has lived in the Mobile area since 1968.)
