Best Route Buffalo,NY to Hickory,NC

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  1. andy7029

    andy7029 Bobtail Member

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    Hello Everyone,

    I see two routes going to Hickory, NC from Buffalo, NY:

    1. 190 - 90W - 79S - US19 - 77S - 40W - 321N

    2. 190 - 90W - 271S - OH-8 - 77S - 40W - 321N

    I feel 2nd route is better because 19 miles on OH-8 is better than driving 69 miles on US-19. I want to avoid US-19 because of intersections. I'd rather stay on Interstate.

    Please advice.

    Thanks for the help.
     
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    Numb Crusty Curmudgeon

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    you could hit I-79n in Charleston WV and not go thru Cleveland
     
  4. andy7029

    andy7029 Bobtail Member

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    Is there a reason to avoid Cleveland?

    I'd rather avoid Beckley US-19 (69 miles)
     
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  5. TokyoJoe

    TokyoJoe Road Train Member

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    Yeah just skip 19, go to Charleston take 77s from there and save about 20-30 minutes of idiocy and cops trying to catch you between all the lights and that stupid 45 zone.
     
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    Numb Crusty Curmudgeon

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    Cleveland is a major city,so traffic.

    and it is 77N, not 77s. he's going north.
    :rolleyes:
     
  7. andy7029

    andy7029 Bobtail Member

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    THANK YOU. I appreciate the help brother. I'll be leaving around 9:30pm tonight from Buffalo. I'd easily avoid Cleveland traffic.
     
  8. andy7029

    andy7029 Bobtail Member

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    I'm going i77 south to Hickory, NC.
     
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    Numb Crusty Curmudgeon

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    oops, read it wrong.

    :confused:
     
  10. TokyoJoe

    TokyoJoe Road Train Member

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    Yeah if you are doing it at night I'd just take 271 to 77 because then you will get the bonus of avoiding the idiocy around Pittsburgh with all those 45/55 zones where the cops are waiting on every downhill to get you for 15+ over.

    I was bombing one of those a couple days ago, all the way in the left lane because of all the moron drivers going 40-45 in the 2nd left lane in the 55 part before you get to that bridge and where they tell all trucks to go 45 for curves that I can handle at 65, I was doing 70 downhill, saw a cop in the middle but apparently he was on Facebook or watching camgirls because I just rolled past without incident. Got lucky but I try to avoid that hellhole whenever possible.
     
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  11. truckdriver31

    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    where in hickory. pfg
     
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