Is 69 going south from Big Cabin toward Texas still as rough as it was last year? We are thinking about going all the way to Oklahoma City to stay off of 69, and then get on 35 south to go to Port Isabel. Is it worth it even tho it is farther?
I take that route all time going from st louis to FT worth. No problems, in fact there is new koa that opened near the casino in OK I now stop at. Also, you may want to look at taking 69 to 82 west then 35 south I found this a lot easier then going to 121. 82 is in Sherman
We always go from 69 south to 82 to Gainesville and then 35 south. That is a good way to go. We were wondering if the highway surface was still really rough like it was last year.
We just came back from that area last week. We tried a new, to us, routing that beats US69 hands down.
We got on US169 just above Coffeyville, KS and and followed that all the way thru Tulsa and got on US75 south to the Indian Nation Turnpike down to Hugo, then US271 to TX Hwy 19 south at Paris.
Both Hugo and Paris have bypass loops that made the small town traffic disappear.
Depending on where you are in relation to Joplin you can continue on west via US400, US160 or US166. There is a good deal of construction in Coffeyville, but we passed thru with no delays.
If we were to continue to RGV, I'd stay on TX19 to Palestine, then US79 to Rockdale, then US77 south to RGV.
TX Hwy 19 is a major north south route from North Central TX. There are a few places where the hwy narrows down going thru one or two of the Small towns, but all in all it beats the heck out of going thru the DFW, Roundrock/Austin, San Antonio area.
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grey`eagle wrote: We just came back from that area last week. We tried a new, to us, routing that beats US69 hands down.
We got on US169 just above Coffeyville, KS and and followed that all the way thru Tulsa and got on US75 south to the Indian Nation Turnpike down to Hugo, then US271 to TX Hwy 19 south at Paris.
Both Hugo and Paris have bypass loops that made the small town traffic disappear.
Depending on where you are in relation to Joplin you can continue on west via US400, US160 or US166. There is a good deal of construction in Coffeyville, but we passed thru with no delays.
If we were to continue to RGV, I'd stay on TX19 to Palestine, then US79 to Rockdale, then US77 south to RGV.
TX Hwy 19 is a major north south route from North Central TX. There are a few places where the hwy narrows down going thru one or two of the Small towns, but all in all it beats the heck out of going thru the DFW, Roundrock/Austin, San Antonio area.
That's my route, for the periodic trips from NE Oklahoma down to MD Anderson Clinic. Depending on where in Texas you are going, you can usually bypass the larger metro areas, unless one of them is a destination.
Some people who find US-69 rough may consider the Indiana Nation TPK to be rough; it has expansion joints that need to be ground flat periodically. How that feels depends how it resonates with your drive, at the speed you choose.
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