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EDGEMAN
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Guess it depends on the day

I normally take interstates to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible, but it does wear on you. I've been known to just take secondary roads for an easier drive, even if it takes longer. But you never know what you might find too...
Posted: 05/30/2023 at 08:52 AM ET
(In response to this post by Alan11)

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Drive home from Richmond Yesterday. After we checked out of our condo.....
Alan11 • 05/30/23 08:09 AM ET
Take that route all the time. My Dad lives in an assisted living facility
BackInTheBurg • 05/30/23 02:37 PM ET
I like that route, but...
Riverguy • 05/30/23 12:11 PM ET
When we drive from the Burg to Roanoke, we don't even use 81 any longer.
HokieSignGuy • 05/30/23 10:55 AM ET
And you never know if that will be 10-30 minutes quicker...lol**
EDGEMAN • 05/30/23 11:20 AM ET
Or 90 minutes or more**
TomTurkey • 05/30/23 03:47 PM ET
With the lane construction btwn Salem/Roanoke, chances are high **
BackInTheBurg • 05/30/23 02:39 PM ET
On the drive to Atlanta for the weekend, the opposite lane was blocked
Tafkam Hokie • 05/30/23 10:36 AM ET
Now that the mass Ohio/Pennsylvania fat stupid tourist exodus has begun and
Stork • 05/30/23 09:26 AM ET
I used to take the Ironto Exit into Blacksburg on game days before...
vthhhi • 05/30/23 09:16 AM ET
Where UVa equipment trucks go to die. TIC**
MP4VT2004 • 05/30/23 09:17 AM ET
Here is photographic evidence (pic)**
Nortazhokie • 05/30/23 10:53 AM ET
That’s over on Mt Tabor Rd.
RJHokie • 05/30/23 09:31 AM ET
Ah, my bad.**
MP4VT2004 • 05/30/23 09:49 AM ET
Posted on the sub board just now, but 2 major crashes at MM 120 in
Nortazhokie • 05/30/23 09:12 AM ET
MM 120 is at the bottom of Cburg Mtn.
RJHokie • 05/30/23 09:40 AM ET
No seatbelts. SMH**
Nelsonia Hokie • 05/31/23 11:55 AM ET
Stupid = death in this case.
RJHokie • 05/31/23 12:21 PM ET
wow, that was brutal. High speed at the bottom of a mountain,
HokieSignGuy • 05/30/23 10:52 AM ET
Dang! **
EDGEMAN • 05/30/23 09:15 AM ET
I like seeing the old highway motels, gas stations etc. You passed by...pic
HokieDan95 • 05/30/23 08:57 AM ET
60-24 is the "center of the state" according to marker there.**
Riverguy • 05/30/23 12:14 PM ET
Mt Rush. Makes the spot all the more unique. A friend of mine knows
HokieDan95 • 05/30/23 12:25 PM ET
That's my go-to to B'burg from RIC
Burruss Writer • 05/30/23 08:54 AM ET
Guess it depends on the day ◄
EDGEMAN • 05/30/23 08:52 AM ET
I like when one 18 wheeler blocks the passing lane trying to run 1 miles
Tuckahokie • 05/30/23 08:34 AM ET
^^^this^^^^**
HOKIERIT • 05/30/23 10:55 AM ET
I call that dueling banjos….**
Vtskier1 • 05/30/23 08:41 AM ET
I've coined the term 'yoyo speeders' for people who keep passing you and
HokieDan95 • 05/30/23 09:06 AM ET
I really love the people who park themselves in the left lane...
EDGEMAN • 05/30/23 09:17 AM ET
GGGRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**
HOKIERIT • 05/30/23 10:55 AM ET
I don't mind it if there's a solid flow of traffic and everyone is going
HokieDan95 • 05/30/23 09:23 AM ET
It is WRONG under any circumstances. There is actually an unenforced law->
HOKIERIT • 05/30/23 11:01 AM ET
No issues with whoever is in front of me in traffic, but...
EDGEMAN • 05/30/23 09:24 AM ET
YEP**
HOKIERIT • 05/30/23 11:02 AM ET
I think they called it "running blocker" in Smokey & the Bandit.**
EDGEMAN • 05/30/23 08:53 AM ET
We need one of those on the FB team!**
Riverguy • 05/30/23 12:16 PM ET
sometimes, especially Memorial Day weekend, they are the only option
typed by ben • 05/30/23 08:28 AM ET
If time is on your side, Virginia scenic byways are a nice way to go
FfxStationHokie • 05/30/23 08:21 AM ET
Always, especially staying off 85 and 77 in NC.**
PhotoHokieNC • 05/30/23 08:12 AM ET
40 isn't bad once you're west of WS.**
EDGEMAN • 05/30/23 08:54 AM ET
Smooth sailing.**
Stork • 05/30/23 09:27 AM ET