Advice needed on route from Las Vegas to New Orleans..?
I searched online for a good route and was given : Vegas - Flagstaff - Albuquerque - Amarillo - Wichita Falls - Dallas - Shreveport - New Orleans. I've gotten route advice by computer before and have sometimes gotten routes that looked good on paper, but in reality took me on logging roads or along roads that had very low speed limits. Anyone out there travelled this route? Where would be a good halfway point to spend the night? Thanks!
Other - United States - 3 Answers
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Answer 1 :
{EDIT} US 95 South to US 93 South multiplex with I-40 East back to US 93 South to I-10 due East. I-10 has no mountains to contend with. One poster suggested El Paso, TX as an overnight stop, which sounds OK and the second overnight stop can be Houston, TX. The trip is better made in 3 days rather than 2.
Answer 2 :
This works and I have driven it . Just make sure to leave LAS at 6:00AM so you miss PHX rush hour traffic US 93 So>I-40E >US93 So> US 60 E [ get gas in Wickenberg]> SR 74 E aka Carefree Hwy its at a flashing yellow w/ a turning lane > I -17 So then go two or three quick exits to Loop 101 E Scottsdale / /Tempe/ Chandler > Loop 202 W 3 exits to I-10 E and take that all the way to N.O. For me I'd go for El Paso as my halfway point . It 's not so much that it actually half way it's more that once you leave EP heading east there's a lot of very empty Texas real estate until you reach the suburbs of San Antonio Allow 2 days
Answer 3 :
Take I-40E to Oklahoma City, I-35S to Dallas, I-20E to Shreveport, I-49S to Lafayette, and I-10E to New Orleans, The route suggestion that you go through Wichita Falls and NW Texas puts you on secondary roads with lots of towns, stops, and speed traps. Another answer suggests watching the time so you avoid trying to transit urban areas at rush hour - it is a good suggestion
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