How are the roads?

dar512 · 05-29-2009, 03:44 PM

The dar family will be traveling to Indianapolis this weekend. Google maps says ~3 hours from here to there. Anyone know if we'll hit a lot of roadwork on I-65 between Chicago and Indianapolis?

Skunks · 05-29-2009, 05:43 PM

Looks pretty clear:

http://www.gcmtravel.com/gcm/constru...ATEWAY.IN.I-65

the IN-10 to IN-2 section is ten miles:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...9&ie=UTF8&z=11

dar512 · 05-31-2009, 01:51 PM

Even though there was a long stretch of roadwork, it turned out not to be an issue. We had to leave at 0-dark-thirty due to the difference in time. (Hoosiers have a problem with DST) So not enough traffic on the road to slow us down.

Undertoad · 05-31-2009, 02:34 PM

I did that drive once

Philly to Chicago 1987 before they finished the lights on Wrigley.

That last segment was so boring, we drove it at 95 MPH.

dar512 · 05-31-2009, 03:14 PM

Thank God for books on tape/cd.

BTW much of the midwest is like that. They don't call it flatland for nothing.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-31-2009, 05:19 PM

Just from Pittsburgh to a third of the way across Colorado.

ZenGum · 06-01-2009, 11:58 PM

Been there, done that. I recommend Simon and Garfunkel, and Paul Simon (esp Graceland). Great for singing along withacross the Hay Plains (about 500km/300miles of straight, flat NOTHING, with a truck-stop/roadhouse about every 120kms). I reckon they've saved my life on long distance drives more than once, just by keeping me awake.

dar512 · 06-02-2009, 09:22 AM

Music works for a while, but there's a whole lotta nothing between Chicago and St. Louis.

IMO, Nothing keeps you going like a good creepy murder mystery. I once listened to "The Hound of the Baskervilles" while driving through lowlands with a dense fog at night. I had no trouble staying alert.

Pico and ME · 06-02-2009, 03:13 PM

Dar, you went through my old stopping grounds. I grew up in Northwest Indiana - Hobart. I drove the stretch of I-65 between home and Lafayette a lot when I was going to Purdue. I always tried to drive at night, somehow it made trip feel faster.

Trilby · 06-02-2009, 04:34 PM

the roads in New Orleans were built by the Romans. Esp. route 10.

dar512 · 06-02-2009, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

I always tried to drive at night, somehow it made trip feel faster.

Well sure, you can get those little naps in.

05-29-2009, 03:44 PM	#1
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	How are the roads? The dar family will be traveling to Indianapolis this weekend. Google maps says ~3 hours from here to there. Anyone know if we'll hit a lot of roadwork on I-65 between Chicago and Indianapolis? __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

05-31-2009, 01:51 PM	#3
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Even though there was a long stretch of roadwork, it turned out not to be an issue. We had to leave at 0-dark-thirty due to the difference in time. (Hoosiers have a problem with DST) So not enough traffic on the road to slow us down. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

05-31-2009, 03:14 PM	#5
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Thank God for books on tape/cd. BTW much of the midwest is like that. They don't call it flatland for nothing. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

05-31-2009, 05:19 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Just from Pittsburgh to a third of the way across Colorado. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-01-2009, 11:58 PM	#7
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Been there, done that. I recommend Simon and Garfunkel, and Paul Simon (esp Graceland). Great for singing along withacross the Hay Plains (about 500km/300miles of straight, flat NOTHING, with a truck-stop/roadhouse about every 120kms). I reckon they've saved my life on long distance drives more than once, just by keeping me awake. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-29-2009, 05:43 PM	#2
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	Looks pretty clear: http://www.gcmtravel.com/gcm/constru...ATEWAY.IN.I-65 the IN-10 to IN-2 section is ten miles: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...9&ie=UTF8&z=11

05-31-2009, 02:34 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I did that drive once Philly to Chicago 1987 before they finished the lights on Wrigley. That last segment was so boring, we drove it at 95 MPH.

06-02-2009, 09:22 AM	#8
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Music works for a while, but there's a whole lotta nothing between Chicago and St. Louis. IMO, Nothing keeps you going like a good creepy murder mystery. I once listened to "The Hound of the Baskervilles" while driving through lowlands with a dense fog at night. I had no trouble staying alert. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

06-02-2009, 03:13 PM	#9
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Dar, you went through my old stopping grounds. I grew up in Northwest Indiana - Hobart. I drove the stretch of I-65 between home and Lafayette a lot when I was going to Purdue. I always tried to drive at night, somehow it made trip feel faster.

06-02-2009, 04:34 PM	#10
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	the roads in New Orleans were built by the Romans. Esp. route 10. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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