If you take I64 avoid the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel (HRBT) (I-64) during peak traffic and try to take the Monitor-Merrimac Bridge Tunnel (I-664) if it's not too far out of your way. Traffic on I64 is not too bad now that school is back in session and most of the tourist are back at home but the HRBT always backs up.
I avoid the HRBT at all cost. Nick Stokes from Yorktown VA Dub~Tunes radio page: http://homepage.mac.com/stokester/dub_tunes On 3 Oct, 2007, at 00:33, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote: > Other statements are correct so far as I know. 58 sucks unless they > have > done significan work to it over the last several years. > > My Delorme Map software says the "quickest" trip would be as you > described > it at 690.xx miles looping south of Atlanta and getting over to 95 > then up > to 58 and across. > > I suspect it will be MUCH faster to loop NORTH of Atlanta and take > 85 into > Richmond then 64 back south into Norfolk. If you just glance at a > map that > route looks like it adds 100+ miles to your trip --- it doesn't, > Delorme > says going that way is 715.xx miles, a whopping 25 extra miles on > the trip > but you are on Interstate Highway level roads the whole way. > > Gerald > > On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:11:29 -0700 (PDT) Mike Morehouse > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I will be traveling this Thursday from Opelika, AL (1 >> hour east of Montgomery, AL on I-85) to the Norfolk, >> VA area. >> >> The most direct route would be on I-85 up through >> Atlanta; Greenville, SC; Charlotte, NC; >> Raleigh/Durham, NC; into VA and then east on US 58 >> into Norfolk. An alternate route is I-85 to ATL, >> I-285S to I-20E and then pickup I-95 north into VA and >> then onto US58 into Norfolk. >> >> My first thought was the I-95 route even though it is >> 25 mi longer I thought I'd hit less traffic than going >> through all the metro areas I'd hit in ATL, >> Greenville/Spartanburg, Charlotte, Raleigh, etc. >> >> Do any listees out there have recommendations on this >> route choice? >> >> I checked the DOT site for delays on I-95 but none >> show up. >> >> Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'll be leaving >> about 3PM CT Thursday so I'll be hitting downtaown ATL >> about rush hour where as if I go S of ATL on I-20 I >> thought I might miss the usual gridlock N of ATL on >> I-85. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mike in AL > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
