Quickest routing from Florence, SC to Hazleton, PA

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by xlsdraw, May 25, 2012.

  1. xlsdraw

    xlsdraw Road Train Member

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    Left Florence at noon and need to be in Hazleton by 23:00. 78k and gonna hit Richmond, DC, and Baltimore at bad times. Don't know where the construction and bottlenecks are.
     
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  3. STexan

    STexan Road Train Member

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    Via Greensboro, NC and Roanoke, VA is an option. Friday before Memorial day, I'd avoid the DC/Baltimore area.
     
  4. CondoCruiser

    CondoCruiser The Legend

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    There ain't no way you are going to make it. You might as well be getting on the horn now. It's a 10.5 hour trip plus stop time. You might as well add 1 hour for a DC cluster. You'll definitely run out of hours. This is where an inexperienced planner/dispatcher screws up and tries to put it on you.

    You want to go around the west side of DC I-95 exit 170 catch I-495 up to exit 38 and catch the I-270 connector up to US 15. Then PA581 east to I-83 north. Then exit 51B for I-81 north to exit 141 destination.

    I'd guessdamate a 1100 arrival Saturday. 0100 with a magic pen!

    Have fun in DC on one of the worst travel days. I'm glad I'm not you! :biggrin_25521::biggrin_2559:

    After delivery get back on I-81N and it's a couple miles to I-80 west and the next exit 256 is the Hazleton Pilot.
     
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  5. Moose1958

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    I'm in a bad situation too. I have a 0615 delivery at Walmart DC in Henderson NC in the morning. Then I have to go up I95 to DC then on toward I70. I hope to make it to Breezwood Pa in time to get a 10 in before my 0730 appt at Walmart in Bedford Pa Sunday Morning. I dread all of I95 tomorrow as well as DC.:biggrin_25524::biggrin_25524::biggrin_25524:
     
  6. xlsdraw

    xlsdraw Road Train Member

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    Well I made it. Got there at 22:10. Amazingly my gps kept changing routes and I ended up taking 495 west all the way up to 95. Then took 695 to 83 to 81. I know I got real lucky but the northbound traffic never jammed up anywhere. It did look like Southbound was real bad though.
     
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  7. CondoCruiser

    CondoCruiser The Legend

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    Good job! I knew DC was gonna make or break you. Usually it's a nightmare.
     
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  8. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    condo cruiser is like a live gps since cell phones came out i cant even remember a phone # maybe i is just old
     
  9. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    It was a bad nightmare for me yesterday! The north bound traffic started slowing about 10 miles south of the I95 scales and stayed slow all the way to the beltway. The south bound traffic was stop and go beginning before that. The beltway was generally OK on the west side. I got into a bad traffic jam on I270 about 6 miles from the beltway because of a crash. All the way from Henderson NC to Breezwood Pa the traffic was bad. To get an idea how bad, my GPS had an arrival time of 1350 as I pulled out of the Walmart gate in Henderson, I did not make any stops both Va scales were closed. It was 1440 when I pulled into the TA at Breezwood!
     
  10. mitrucker

    mitrucker Road Train Member

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    Drove 680 miles yesterday. Had :09 left on my 11 when I got here. Glad to be in the midwest. And, yes I am on e-logs.
     
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  11. hhmag70

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    Another popular option to avoid DC area is get off on 17N in Fredricksburg, to 66W to 81N. Adds around 35 miles but keeps you away from DC traffic.
     
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