[paulat585]

Help! Need route suggestions. Just wasted hours sitting in traffic on I-95 going north. Want to avoid the same on my return trip to TV at the end of August. Returning from Akron, Ohio. I-77 south to Columbia, SC looked fine, but I-95 south through South Carolina was a parking lot. Want to avoid this. Thanks!

[Mrprez]

Originally Posted by paulat585

Help! Need route suggestions. Just wasted hours sitting in traffic on I-95 going north. Want to avoid the same on my return trip to TV at the end of August. Returning from Akron, Ohio. I-77 south to Columbia, SC looked fine, but I-95 south through South Carolina was a parking lot. Want to avoid this. Thanks!

We always take US Hwy 441. There are various places you can pick it up. We usually would jump on south of GSMNP and take it all the way to Lake City, Fl where we would then take 41 to I 75. It is 4 lane most of the way.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Mrprez

We always take US Hwy 441. There are various places you can pick it up. We usually would jump on south of GSMNP and take it all the way to Lake City, Fl where we would then take 41 to I 75. It is 4 lane most of the way.

Why not just take I 75? No idea why I 95 was so bad but any interstate could be horrendous.

[Mrprez]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

Why not just take I 75? No idea why I 95 was so bad but any interstate could be horrendous.

We don’t like going through Atlanta.

[Nucky]

You can plan and think out the perfect route but it’s not your call in the end. It’s the other wonderful considerate drivers who can ruin your entire trip with their stupid driving decisions. Our last trip North was Historically Horrendous. What are you gonna do? It is what it is. Some trips are just perfect though.

Why is it that a emergency bathroom ������ break coincides with heavy traffic?

[Orvil]

Take your regular route south to Columbia, SC. Turn west to I-20 to Augusta. Continue west towards Atlanta. Get off at Madison, Georgia. Have lunch in Madison. It's a beautiful town. Turn south on 441/ 129. You can go cross country to I-75 avoiding Atlanta or south to Milledgeville and west on I-16 to Macon and meet up with I-75 south. Madison/Eatonton/Milledgeville is part of the Georgia Antebellum trail. Lovely towns and homes to meander through.

[paulat585]

I-75 was horrible up to Ocala (in mid-morning). Fine after that.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Best time to drive is on the off hours, leaving as early in the morning as you can get up. If you want to leave at 3 AM, start going to bed an hour earlierfor two days, then two hours earlier for two days, etc so that you can reset your circadian rhythm to get up at 3 AM with plenty of rest. . . . start plotting different routes with google maps each day, leaving at your normal time, and then leaving at an early time, or a late time. Note the delayed areas and the total trip times for each departure time, time to and at high density traffic areas. . . etc.

Then you can make an estimated departure time and route to minimize the other people messing up your desires to have the road unimpeded by the other inconsiderate drivers. . .

TOTV isn't the same answer site as google. . .

optimization guy

[GrumpyOldMan]

You can ask SIRI or whatever Androids equivalent is if there are any slowdowns or accidents on the route, and it will give you alternate routes based on traffic levels.

MOST of the time Interstates slow down there is an accident or a Presidental visit or something unique. So, I always start with the direct interestate path and let the phone give me advice on what to do is there are issues. It works - most of the time.

[fixit6404]

Originally Posted by paulat585

Help! Need route suggestions. Just wasted hours sitting in traffic on I-95 going north. Want to avoid the same on my return trip to TV at the end of August. Returning from Akron, Ohio. I-77 south to Columbia, SC looked fine, but I-95 south through South Carolina was a parking lot. Want to avoid this. Thanks!

We travel from Maine. We only drove it once in 2017. Traffic was horrible from DC to Boston and we said never again. We bought a nice used car to leave in the garage in Florida and fly now. With a nonstop flight from the city we live in to Sanford and a shuttle to the house it only takes 6 hours or less and we are here!

[LizzieBorden]

I dont have an alternate route for you, but a couple things we do is 1) try not to travel the last 3 days and first 3 days of the month 2) we usually travel 8 hours a day, and we are on the road by 530-6AM each day and off the road by 2-3PM. Then we relax, have a nice dinner and get to bed by 9 and repeat the next day…. It works 99% of our time and we do this twice a year…. Hope it helps.

[CosmicTrucker]

I’m a user of a free app called Waze. It’s very helpful in notifying you of traffic conditions and offering new routes to save time. You’ll need to have the phone plugged in and charging since the screen will be active. It’s not perfect, but sure can be a huge time saver on long trips

[Luggage]

We have a modern invention called an airplane, as well as the Auto Train from Washington DC. Or you can do what everyone else does and just stay here

[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by paulat585

help! Need route suggestions. Just wasted hours sitting in traffic on i-95 going north. Want to avoid the same on my return trip to tv at the end of august. Returning from akron, ohio. I-77 south to columbia, sc looked fine, but i-95 south through south carolina was a parking lot. Want to avoid this. Thanks!

i75

[maggie1]

Originally Posted by Mrprez

We don’t like going through Atlanta.

Atlanta traffic isn't so bad if you drive through on a Sunday.