Great Falls to Boston and miss Chicago?
Headed from Great Falls, MT to Boston and want to stay away from Chicago area. Do I need to go way south into SD, maybe IL or is there an easier route around Chicago? Hauling a 38' 5er. Lakeside
Forum Discussion
paulj wrote:
Passing by Chicago has been the subject of many threads. The most common suggestion - I39 south from Rockford to I80, and then east. I80 has a short toll section and some urban traffic around the south side of Chicago and into northern Indiana.
Trying to drive further south isn't worth it, unless your destination is also further south.
Going around the north end of Lake Michigan is possible, but then you have to decide what to do about urban traffic in SE Michigan, and or the Ontario (Toronto, Niagara).
And in the end you still have the east coast traffic.
That's the way I avoid Chicago. Then I like to go I 80 I 90 I86 in NY to I 81 N TO I 88 N/E Back to I 90 at Albany, NY and on to Boston.
I 86 to I 88 in upstate NY is toll free I90 is a toll road.
