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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / November 2006DISTANCES BETWEEN POINTS ON INTERSTATES, how do I calculate???
I am planning shortly to take route 81 south from Montreal, Canada and then 95S to the promised land "Florida". I want to drive about 500 miles a day and have a room reserved at motels at approx 500 mile intervals. How can I calculate distances between points on 81S and points between 81S and 95S? I am aware of a site that gives you mileages as the crow flies, but I want the actual highway mileage. Are there any websites that can give me this info or should I just add about 50 miles to the site that calculates the mileages "as the crow flies"? Any suggestions would be appreciated? Thanks. Roger > I am planning shortly to take route 81 south from Montreal, Canada and Oh no! Je d?teste les Quebecois. > then 95S to the promised land "Florida". I want to drive about 500 Tr?s bon. Vous aimerez Miami. Les flics aiment tuer les ?trangers riches. > miles a day and have a room reserved at motels at approx 500 mile > intervals. Ce n'est pas le Canada. C'est la mort. Dans les Etats-Unis, nous employons des kilom?tres et nous parlons fran?ais. > How can I calculate distances between points on 81S and points between > 81S and 95S? Utiliser votre odom?tre. Pour quoi le pensez-vous est-vous? > I am aware of a site that gives you mileages as the crow > flies, but I want the actual highway mileage. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Any suggestions would be appreciated? Ne pas quittez le Canada. Nous ne vous aimons pas. > Thanks. > > Roger Georges J'aime le Canada beaucoup, mais je n'aime pas l'hiver et neige et le Montreal bureau de Poste. . Allez Alouettes. J'aime le baseball et le NFL., Yes net work et le Fox Nouvelles network et bill O'Reilly. Excusez mon Francais. Roger >I am planning shortly to take route 81 south from Montreal, Canada and > then 95S to the promised land "Florida". I want to drive about 500 [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Roger Either you really HATE driving, or you must not do a lot of long-distance driving. You're going to average about 70MPH or better on that route, seeing as you are going to avoid the most congested section of I-95, and MOST of the route is posted at 65MPH. That means if you start driving around 8AM, you will be at your next motel before check-in time. That is, you will be sitting in the lobby waiting for the maid to finish cleaning your room. Oh, and that assumes you start driving at 8AM. Chances are good that you will want to hit the road earlier than that. Montreal to (Miami) Florida can be done in 2 days. The problem is, the only convenient stopping points are on major drug routes. The only suggestion I would have is, try to make reservations at *upscale* motels, located some distance off the highway. And aim for 650 miles a day. You can do more, but 650 miles will put you in comfortable territory, time-wise. Assuming you hit the road sometime between 0630 and 0800, you should get to your next motel sometime shortly after checkin time. Perfect. Oh, and you can get the 650 mile stopping point through trial and error, quite easily. I'd probably make my first stop somewhere around Richmond, VA, and then make my second stop my final destination. -Dave Dave, Thanks for your input. Maybe I will stop off at Harrisburg, PA area. Roger > Florida can be done in 2 days. The problem is, the only convenient stopping > points are on major drug routes. > The only suggestion I would have is, try to make reservations at *upscale* > motels, located some distance off the highway. That's absurd. Do you really think that interstate motels are dangerous because those interstates are 'major drug routes'? Maybe you're kidding. > I am planning shortly to take route 81 south from Montreal, Canada and > then 95S to the promised land "Florida". I want to drive about 500 [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Roger AFAIK, the sites that provide driving directions all give the distance in highway miles. MSN.com does as does google.com. Not sure if this applies to all US interstates but the ones I have been on the exits are numbered per the mile markers, e.g. an exit 89 will be 89 miles from the beginning of the interstate. Harry K > Not sure if this applies to all US interstates but the ones I have been > on the exits are numbered per the mile markers, e.g. an exit 89 will > be 89 miles from the beginning of the interstate. > > Harry K That has nothing to do with Interstates. It is a state thing. For example, PA numbers exits on I-81 by mile markers (counting up if travelling North). But the same exact Interstate road in NY has a totally different numbering scheme, where you can drive for hundreds of miles and the highest numbered exit is around number 50 (I think). -Dave > > Not sure if this applies to all US interstates but the ones I have been > > on the exits are numbered per the mile markers, e.g. an exit 89 will [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > scheme, where you can drive for hundreds of miles and the highest numbered > exit is around number 50 (I think). -Dave NY is one of a handful with that practice: a sequential system. For example, exit 1 may be either right on the state line or road junction, or several miles east or north of the state line, and the next one will be 2. Rand McNally has an online driving direction calculator that gives miles. ADDENDUM Thank you all for your input. No more replies necessary. I made a reservation in Chambersburg, Pa and Walerboro, SC. Roger > I am planning shortly to take route 81 south from Montreal, Canada and > then 95S to the promised land "Florida". I want to drive about 500 [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Roger Buy a map, or just stop by your local AAA and ask for assistance with planning your trip. Thanks Shawn, I have been down south since Nov 23. It took three days two nights via 81S-77S-26E-95S-10W-75S. with stop offs in Chambersburg, PA and Walterboro, SC for the evenings. Roger |
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