I15 in nevada

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Ditch Doctor, Sep 10, 2014.

Page 1 of 8
  1. Sep 10, 2014 #1
    Ditch Doctor

    Ditch Doctor Medium Load Member

    388
    297
    Jul 16, 2012
    Olathe, KS
    0
    Avoid it. Avoid it at all costs. The detour is horrible. It took me 8 hours to go from the Petro in North Las Vegas to Cedar City, UT. The backup at 319/93 is ridiculous. Going north it was 11 miles when I got into it. The backup for the southbound traffic was 24 miles of single lane bumper to bumper and growing. There is nowhere to park on the side of the road either. No idea what the guys on e-logs are going to do when they run out of hours. It was so bad people were getting out of their cars and wandering around in the countryside. One guy apparently decided that he had enough, went in the back and closed his bunk curtains and took a nap. There was about a mile gap between him and the traffic in front of him. I'd imagine it's only going to get worse over the next few days. If you don't have a good portion of drive time left, don't even attempt it.
     
    Ditch Doctor, Sep 10, 2014
    Ditch Doctor, Sep 10, 2014
    #1
    blairandgretchen Thanks this.
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. Sep 10, 2014 #2
    blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

    13,932
    76,571
    Dec 9, 2011
    South west Missouri
    0
    Heard it was closed - imagined it would be just as you described.
     
    blairandgretchen, Sep 10, 2014
    blairandgretchen, Sep 10, 2014
    #2
    Chinatown Thanks this.
  4. Sep 10, 2014 #3
    tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

    12,647
    40,425
    Jun 13, 2008
    IN
    0
    What happened?
     
    tucker, Sep 10, 2014
    tucker, Sep 10, 2014
    #3
  5. Sep 10, 2014 #4
    Skate-Board

    Skate-Board Road Train Member

    3,801
    3,996
    Aug 9, 2014
    Merrimack, NH
    0
    Heavy rain and floods in Nevada. Say what? Floods in the desert? The ground is so dry and the top soil is fried so the water can't drain through the soil
     
    Skate-Board, Sep 10, 2014
    Skate-Board, Sep 10, 2014
    #4
    tucker Thanks this.
  7. Sep 10, 2014 #5
    snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

    20,612
    13,333
    Jul 6, 2009
    0
    30 miles of 15 are washed out. they'll have a temp road opened up quickly. I posted this in the road conditions section yesterday. it's been all over the news and radio. utah signs are lit up from idaho to cedar city. they're doing traffic control and that's why the backup. apparently traffic can't make the intersection turn on their ownm took me 90 minutes at that intersection heading south. getting a road service in the middle of nowhere though. didn't take him long to get here. so the best time to travel is after midnight. don't do It during the day. you'll burn your eobr clock. another score to not have the stupid things. Cuz it won't be pretty is we all had the dumb thing.
     
    snowwy, Sep 10, 2014
    snowwy, Sep 10, 2014
    #5
  8. Sep 10, 2014 #6
    Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

    77,751
    184,486
    Aug 28, 2011
    Henderson, NV & Orient
    0
    Are the roads to the brothels still open?
    Such a stressful situation!
     
    Chinatown, Sep 10, 2014
    Chinatown, Sep 10, 2014
    #6
    Skate-Board, blairandgretchen, Lepton1 and 4 others Thank this.
  9. Sep 10, 2014 #7
    otherhalftw

    otherhalftw R.I.P.

    13,081
    45,332
    Nov 18, 2008
    CA...gold discovery foothills
    0
    Since the brothels aren't in Clark County...no problem!
     
    otherhalftw, Sep 10, 2014
    otherhalftw, Sep 10, 2014
    #7
    Big Don and Chinatown Thank this.
  10. Sep 10, 2014 #8
    PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

    14,765
    22,569
    Jul 15, 2006
    El Chuco, Tejas
    0
    We got rains like that in 2006. The Rio Grande was so full the border patrol access roads were under 3-4 feet of water.
     
    PackRatTDI, Sep 10, 2014
    PackRatTDI, Sep 10, 2014
    #8
  11. Sep 10, 2014 #9
    ‘Olhand

    ‘Olhand Cantankerous Crusty

    6,750
    16,653
    Jan 18, 2011
    0
    I'm lil confused.....another post has link to local St George paper claiming Northbound has reopened..can anyone actually in the area confirm or refute this?
     
    ‘Olhand, Sep 10, 2014
    ‘Olhand, Sep 10, 2014
    #9
  12. Sep 10, 2014 #10
    Powder Joints

    Powder Joints Subjective Prognosticator

    7,984
    8,391
    Sep 25, 2007
    Rosamond, SoCal
    0
    Too bad theres no easy way around...
     
    Powder Joints, Sep 10, 2014
    Powder Joints, Sep 10, 2014
    #10
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

    • Page 1 of 8