[AT] Possible road trip...

[David Bruce]

Larry,
Now that you mention it I use the I-40 - US-321 route to go anywhere 
southwest of here.  On I-77 between Lake Norman and Charlotte there is 
ALWAYS construction activity.  I used to do a lot of travel for business 
and I got to where I would use the I-40/US-321 route for anything 
southwest from here.  Of course, my main reason was to bypass Charlotte 
entirely (otherwise known as little Atlanta).

David
NW NC

Larry D. Goss wrote:

>Hey Farmer, I'm assuming you're going and coming via I-74, I-75, I-40,
>US-321 to Gastonia.  I've pulled loaded trailers through from Lexington
>to Asheville with no problem even though the highways are being worked
>on and there are lane restrictions in Tennessee north of Knoxville, and
>in North Carolina west of Asheville.  I make the trip from Evansville to
>central North Carolina a couple times each year and I much prefer the
>I-65/I-40 combination rather than the stretch of I-75 from Lexington to
>Knoxville.  There just isn't much along I-75.  That's good if you have a
>reliable vehicle.  It could be bad if you have mechanical problems.
>
>When I went through on I-75 last spring, there were warning signs about
>traffic backups for miles in southern Kentucky.  I asked the ladies at
>the Welcome Center in Tennessee about it, and they said they often see
>south-bound traffic in grid-lock all the way from the Tennessee border
>to Knoxville depending on what the road crews are doing.  The particular
>day I was there, I saw no tie-ups at all.
>
>Larry
>