kbemc
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Okay, so we FINALLY picked up our '08 Travelstar and are very excited to start using it (insert happy dance here). I was chatting with a fellow I work with about all of the trips DFamily and I have planned, one of which is to Florida (from Massachusetts). I was asking him about how long it would take us (he's driven it a couple of times), and he told me that because it is illegal to take the travel trailer through any tunnels due to the propane tanks being considered hazardous material, we have to go around anyplace there is a tunnel. I didn't know this! What do you all know about this, and what has been your experience with it? Any info/advice will be greatly appreciated.
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jauguston
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Just like on ferry boats you are supposed to have the tank shut off when going through some tunnels. If the truth were known I doubt very many folks comply with that regulation.
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SLSAntigua
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It is accurate. The Fort McHenry tunnel on I95 in Baltimore does not allow Propane tanks so you need to take the the Francis Scott Keyes bridge which I believe is 695. It loops back around farther south. I was told it is actually faster. I too am making the trek to FL. Coming from Mass you want to avoid 95 & the Cross Bronx Expressway and come down 87. Have to recheck my trip planner. If on Good Sam do their trip planner and where it says roads to favor and avoid simply favor I95 and avoid tunnels.
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marvmarcy
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Many longer tunnels, such as those in the VA tidewater area, require you stop for inspection and shut off the LP tanks.
There was an example recently posted of why the tanks should be shut off. It was an accident involving a large dpmh pulling a large trailer in high winds. The mh was blown across the median and hit a semi truck. The truck impacted the mh just behind the driver and ruptured the LP gas lines. A fire quickly engulfed the mh and truck. The trucker died and the mh couple barely escaped (loosing a dog in the fire). Everything was destroyed.
Most of us don't shut off the gas on the road, but it does have its risks. Can you imagine that happening in a tunnel where everyone is trapped.
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CloudDriver
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Vehicles carrying propane in containers larger than 10 lbs capacity are forbidden from the Baltimore tunnels on I95. Go around on I695. I believe that propane is also forbidden from the Big Dig tunnel in Boston and the tunnels between NYC and NJ.
RVs with propane are allowed to cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel as long as the propane is turned off. They will ask you at the toll station to turn it off.
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denisondc
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For the rest of the country I think you will have to check state by state or even by tunnel. Some tunnels dont allow propane tanks at all. Some allow them if they are shut off, especially if there isnt a reasonable alternative route. Folks who are driving a lpg powered vehicle might be able to use some tunnels where an RV with propane tanks would not.
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htowners
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Traveling from PA south on 95 to Orlando, FL, you will need to use the Key bridge around Baltimore, but if memory serves me right it only added about 5 minutes.
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Gale Hawkins
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So all the propane powered taxis and other types of vehicles are banned from these routes. We went through a 1 mile tunnel in Boston last week and no one was stopping or checking anything.
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Agrnbrt
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This is so easy and yet so many get it wrong.
DO NOT ASK FOR ADVICE FROM ANYONE.
Simply check with the various authorities that run the tunnels you will be going through to be SURE. 99% of them have some web site with a place to ask questions. Why take a chance in getting fined. Ask those who know. Not those who think they know.
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In 10 years of on the road fulltiming, the only tunnel I have seen or heard of which prohibits propane in Baltimore. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel does inspect to assure valves are turned off.
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