Route question I 57 or highway 41

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ulenie, Nov 25, 2018.

  1. ulenie

    ulenie Medium Load Member

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    I really like the interstates...i have never taken us highway 41 in this section...pic is attached. The interstate way is about 40 miles loner but about same time. Should i take route 41 or stay on the interstate?
     

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  3. blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    Might want to check the weather and get rolling , ummmmm, now!
     
  4. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    I always take 41 down thru there.
     
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  5. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    41 but you better get moving !
     
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  6. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    You might want to stick to the interstate on this one.

    You have a major winter storm cranking as I write this. You have maybe 12 hours or so before you get affected. You do not want to be anywhere there after 2 am tomorrow.

    I don't have a forecast for you yet. The weather service does not get "Precise" until right about 6 hours prior in a moving graph I use to decide what's what.
     
  7. Suspect Zero

    Suspect Zero Road Train Member

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    I seem to be in the minority on this one. Got nothing against 41, but always take 57 down.
     
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  8. JonJon78

    JonJon78 Road Train Member

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  9. Bean Jr.

    Bean Jr. Road Train Member

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    41 is an ok road, just a few lights in Evansville, but quite a bit of stop and go in Northwest Indiana.

    That said, I still prefer a more direct route rather than going out of the way to take 57.
     
  10. Hammer166

    Hammer166 Crusty Information Officer

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    I'd usually come down I-65 a few miles a then cut back west. Avoided all those lights coming off 80/94.
     
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  11. 25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    You have lake effect, depending on wind direction, affecting it, as well.

    I don't get there anymore, so I can't say which I prefer, I was always going the other way or had drops off 57 going south.
     
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