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How long does it take to drive from BR to Houston Hobby?
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:26 pm
I have a meeting at 11am tomorrow and was wondering what time I should leave Baton Rouge.
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Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:27 pm to Moonflower
You have a meeting at Hobby Airport?
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:28 pm to Moonflower
6:30 to be safe. I've done BR to Houston in 3 1/2 hours on a Sat morning several times going to Ikea.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:28 pm to Moonflower
why not just fly SW to Hobby from nola and back?
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:29 pm to Moonflower
Depends on how fast you drive and how bad traffic is. If you don't want to be late, I would plan on 5 hours. You may make it in 4 if you drive 80 and there is little traffic.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:30 pm to Commandeaux
6:30 would be cutting it close. I'd probably allow a little more time for traffic congestion.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:32 pm to Geauxld Finger
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why not just fly SW to Hobby from nola and back?
hanging out with friends after and I do not want to be on a time schedule.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:32 pm to Commandeaux
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I've done BR to Houston in 3 1/2 hours on a Sat morning several times
thats drving pretty damn fast. averaging almost 80 the whole way including the basin bridge, lake chuck, beaumont, and east side of Houston. I wouldn't count on making it that fast ever
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:33 pm to Moonflower
Leave now, BR traffic, I-10 in LC is under construction (was last time I went through,) and Houston traffic sucks.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:34 pm to Commandeaux
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I've done BR to Houston in 3 1/2 hours on a Sat morning several times going to Ikea.
There is absolutely no way unless you drive like the biggest a-hole on the face of the planet.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:36 pm to Moonflower
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I have a meeting at 11am tomorrow and was wondering what time I should leave Baton Rouge.
I'd leave by 6 at the latest, just to be safe. If you're early you can always find a spot to get some coffee or an early lunch. Usually that should take about 4 hours, but one wreck in the wrong place could throw that off big time.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:38 pm to laangler21
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Leave now, BR traffic, I-10 in LC is under construction (was last time I went through,) and Houston traffic sucks.
Actually Houston will be the least of his worries considering he'll be here around 10-11. I'd be more worried about Lake Chuck and Bmont.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:39 pm to PurpleAndGold86
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There is absolutely no way unless you drive like the biggest a-hole on the face of the planet.
I've done it plenty of times without driving like an a-hole.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:40 pm to htownjeep
Leave at 0500 and you are good to go. Biggest issue may be Beaumont.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:41 pm to MWP
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Leave at 0500 and you are good to go. Biggest issue may be Beaumont.
I was thinking 5:30 but this would definitely work.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:42 pm to htownjeep
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I'd be more worried about Lake Chuck and Bmont
Don't go through Beaumont.
At the 873 exit in Orange head to Bridge City/Port Arthur...take Hwy 73 to Winnie. It is 5 minutes longer with no traffic...if there is traffic in Beaumont it could save you an hour or more.
I would leave at 6am.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:43 pm to Commandeaux
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I've done it plenty of times without driving like an a-hole.
No you haven't. Baton Rouge to IKEA on I-10 is 273 miles. You would have to drive at a clip of 78 MPH the entire way. If you average driving 78 MPH the entire way from Baton Rouge to Houston you are driving like an a-hole.
This is a drive I have made back and forth about 75 times in the last 5 years. So 150 total trips.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:47 pm to PurpleAndGold86
So driving 78 is driving like an a-hole on I-10. Then the whole population that drives I-10 is an a-hole then except for the few old folks..Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:47 pm to PurpleAndGold86
Making it into the Houston metro area in 3.5 hours is no biggie. Making it all the way into the city and past downtown to IKEA in 3.5 hours... 
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:48 pm to Commandeaux
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So driving 78 is driving like an a-hole on I-10.
Averaging for 273 miles?? Yes it is. I'm sorry, I don't think the entire population on I10 is clipping over the Basin bridge at 78 MPH. No time I have ever gone over it anyway.
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