I need to be in Polaris by 10:30 tomorrow for a meeting and I'd like to be there by 9 so I can prep. What's my best bet to beat traffic with a 2 hour drive. Leave my house at 5:30 so I hit 270 around 7? Or try to hit 270 around 8:30?
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Huckleberry Finn
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Well, tomorrow is a Friday so traffic is 75% of any other day.
Mostly has died down by 830. If you hit 70/270 to 71/250 [Polaris] itll be 30 minutes. Probably preferable to 70 W to 71 N.
Sean wants to know what time lunch is?
Mostly has died down by 830. If you hit 70/270 to 71/250 [Polaris] itll be 30 minutes. Probably preferable to 70 W to 71 N.
Sean wants to know what time lunch is?
from I-70 westbound, definitely take 270 north to 71 north to Polaris Pky. from 70/270 interchange on east side of town it is a 25-30 minute drive on a good day. good days are few and far between commuting around Columbus during morning and afternoon rush. worst friggin' drivers east of the Mississippi and north of the Mason Dixon line.
If you kill a MF at Pickerington. Brice Rd. Or the 270 cluster fugg.....(coming in from East) it should be temp insanity. At 7:00 am.....they are brain dead!
I like scenic routes and Rick hooked it up. Taking 33 in to Lancaster, then 37 N to S Granville and hit 161 W to the belt. Only 7 miles longer and less of the shit I hate to deal with! I was just in that rat race twice last week. Don't know how you fellers do it!
Steve, no time for lunch. But I'd consider breakfast if Sean's buying! lmao
Steve, no time for lunch. But I'd consider breakfast if Sean's buying! lmao
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that is a nice route to take, but 161 inbound in the morning can be really, really bad as you approach New Albany, and it is typically the worst between 7 and 8 o'clock. most days that I have to go to Columbus, I get on 161 at Rt 62 (New Albany area), and traffic backs up a few miles sometimes. point being, this way isn't a sure bet either, and there is no reasonable way around that mess when it occurs. good luck.
Then bring 37 up to my neck of the flatland and I'll have the bacon and eggs ready.
HAHA! I won't be far away that's for sure! If I was feeling real squirrely, I'd come up for a run!
I have never hit a jam on 161. I must be a lucky one on that note. I see way more WTF on 70 going west into Columbus.
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Coming from the south I take SR 4 to 161 and hop on 33 E into Dublin. No real traffic until I cross the 270 bridge but I'm only half a mile from work by then.
Doesn't help you Jesse but I thought I would share. Lol.
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Ric nailed the route! Google said 2 hours 19 minutes to Cabelas. Made it in 2 hours 17 minutes with a piss break in Logan. No traffic issues whatsoever.
I'll say this, my only experience with Lancaster has been 33 W. To me, it was always a shit hole. Boy was I wrong! It's a beautiful city if you get off on Main St. and take 37 W/N out of town. That's a pretty drive! And talk about some high dollar hunting ground around Granville and Johnstown. Easy to see why there's some big boys killed in that area. Never ceases to amaze me how much new construction is always going on up here. I really do live in Mayberry...
I'll say this, my only experience with Lancaster has been 33 W. To me, it was always a shit hole. Boy was I wrong! It's a beautiful city if you get off on Main St. and take 37 W/N out of town. That's a pretty drive! And talk about some high dollar hunting ground around Granville and Johnstown. Easy to see why there's some big boys killed in that area. Never ceases to amaze me how much new construction is always going on up here. I really do live in Mayberry...
I live in Lancaster. It has some shit hole areas...But so does Marietta and Pburg..lol