So who all drove back to Raleigh from Charlotte/Greensboro etc today? I heard it took 5-6 hours during the day from Charlotte taking 85/40. Was a section closed or something?

49/64 took me 2.5 hours from 7-9:30.

12/1/2008 12:17:35 AM

raleigh -> wilmington, de via 64 -> 95 took right at 9 hours (~400 miles)

The worst part was Richmond to Washington, D.C. was over 5...

to put that into perspective, Thursday morning Wilmington, DE to rocky mount (360 miles) I made it in 4h53 minutes (my new record time )

basically I'm an idiot and expected it to be bad, but i still wanted to kill myself in the rain.

12/1/2008 9:06:09 AM

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"49/64 took me 2.5 hours from 7-9:30."

49/64 is ftw from charlotte to raleigh unless im south / south of charlotte then 85 is usually better...except on Holidays then if I was south charlotte id take 85 to 49 if I thought traffic was going to be bad

A lot of times coming from SC to raleigh like I do now, if its a thursday I take 85 all the way. If it is a friday ill take 85 in to NC and to 49 to stop in at my parent's house quick to say hey and then hop back on 49 (I grew up right off 49 in harrisburg). Usually about the same time if 85 has any traffic and and its an easy drive

12/1/2008 9:19:38 AM

i drove through charlotte to atlanta

left raleigh at 12:30p - arrived in atlanta 9:20p

stopped for gas once and ate dinner at cracker barrel - totaled about an hour

12/1/2008 9:46:52 AM

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"So who all drove back to Raleigh from Charlotte/Greensboro etc today? I heard it took 5-6 hours during the day from Charlotte taking 85/40. Was a section closed or something?"

Took me less than 3 hours. Very little traffic.

Then again, I left at 8 AM.

12/1/2008 9:48:28 AM

departed from raleigh at 3:40pm.

arrived in cary at 4:00pm

12/1/2008 10:05:02 AM

rockingham to raleigh would have had it in an hour 20, but my car shit out on me 15 miles from raleigh

12/1/2008 10:09:38 AM

san francisco ---- > denver ----> raleigh

way too long

raleigh ----> chicago ----> san francisco

way too long

12/1/2008 10:12:35 AM

it took me 4.5 hours to get to charlotte on wednesday


but it only took me about 2h 45m to get back on friday

12/1/2008 10:12:58 AM

6 hrs from Gastonia to the Beaufort, NC area.

85 -> 485-> 218 -> 74 & Wilmington bypass -> 17 -> 24 -> 70

About the same coming back.

[Edited on December 1, 2008 at 10:19 AM. Reason : W00t for the new bypass around the Lumberton clusterfuck]

12/1/2008 10:19:11 AM