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Best route-BR to Willis, TX

Posted on 3/22/18 at 8:59 pm
Posted by ruger35
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
1681 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 8:59 pm
Looking to drive to Willis (North of Houston) probably next week to pick up my new smoker. With all the construction in Lake Charles, what are the best suggestions to avoid it and make this trip as quick as possible?
Posted by Ingeniero
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2013
23618 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:01 pm to
Private jet. This is the OT
Posted by Polycarp
Texas
Member since Feb 2009
5757 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:02 pm to
I-10 to Beaumont, 69n to 105. 105-I45N. You there
Posted by rpr4695
Member since May 2013
2132 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:02 pm to
Posted by BertusTiger
The Bayou City
Member since Oct 2014
396 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:03 pm to
Gotta get around that construction. Not sure exactly what is going on over there, but the quickest route is just gunna be 10 all the way to the beltway in Houston most likely.

Once your past the aforementioned traffic, just google maps it
Posted by Bourre
Da Parish
Member since Nov 2012
24249 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:05 pm to
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
15281 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:06 pm to
96
Posted by SeabrookTiger
Seabrook, TX
Member since Dec 2007
1001 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:08 pm to
The stretch from Lake Charles to Beaumont is damn near unavoidable. Made the mistake of trying to go down thru Cameron to go around it once.
Posted by Chitter Chatter
In and Out of Consciousness
Member since Sep 2009
4667 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:09 pm to
Could take 10 west and jump up to 190 over to Livingston and go that way.

Or get up to Hwy 12 and take that to Beaumont, catch 105 north of Beaumont over if you don't want to hit Houston
Posted by weskarl
Space City
Member since Mar 2007
5805 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:09 pm to
Lone Star? Them bitches bad.
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
15281 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:10 pm to
quote:

The stretch from Lake Charles to Beaumont is damn near unavoidable. Made the mistake of trying to go down thru Cameron to go around it once.


I've never had a problem. If there is, hop on the feeder road and avoid it. Another reason Texas is light years ahead of Louisiana.
This post was edited on 3/22/18 at 9:11 pm
Posted by diat150
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2005
48185 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:12 pm to
190 to Beaumont.
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
63302 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:17 pm to
Install the Waze app on your phone...type in your destination and ride it out. If waze says it is the fastest route, you can believe it.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:18 pm to
He’s looking for serious responses. Don’t comment if you do not have one

Thanks
Posted by HuckleBearer
Beauregard Parish
Member since Dec 2017
207 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:28 pm to
I second the Waze suggestion.

I-10 through Lake Charles/Orange/Beaumont is madness. Avoid it at all costs. Seriously.

Or bring piss jugs for the wait, and risk your life after you get past LC and all the way to Beaumont
Posted by SeabrookTiger
Seabrook, TX
Member since Dec 2007
1001 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:33 pm to
Youve never been caught behind a wreck by the border? There isnt a feeder road for the entire portion of road from Sulphur until Orange. Nowhere to avoid it once you get past that point.

Now that stretch of new road on i10 from Vidor to Beaumont where the speed limit jumps up to 75 is nice.
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
15281 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:37 pm to
quote:

Youve never been caught behind a wreck by the border?


Never in 200+trips over 10 years. Even if I had, I wouldn't avoid it. That would be absurd. If I avoided every road I've waited in a traffic delay in, I'd never leave my house.
Posted by ruger35
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
1681 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:46 pm to
quote:

Lone Star? Them bitches bad.


Sure is, its my second one. Had a 24x48 offset and going with an IVS.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:47 pm to
Use waze and refresh the route every so often.
Posted by ruger35
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
1681 posts
Posted on 3/22/18 at 9:51 pm to
quote:

Install the Waze app on your phone...type in your destination and ride it out. If waze says it is the fastest route, you can believe it.



I have Waze but find it can be slow to recognize traffic at times. I work in Geisnar but live in Brusly and it has duped me into taking the interstate a few times in the evenings showing no signs of slowdowns the entire way, only to be backed up to the split.
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