I95 Condition?

[AnnaS]

If anyone is driving down today or tomorrow, if you can, please post condition/closures, etc.

Of course we did not make Vero Beach this weekend and now getting concerned about the trip down. TIA

 

[Capt_BJ]

I'm not aware of any issues on I-95 anywhere in Florida at this time

I live just off I-95 exit 188 and it is wide open ....

there were a couple of places with some lane closures for a fallen tree yesterday but that's all cleared

here's a handy site: http://www.mynews13.com//content/news/cfnews13/traffic.html

around Canaveral - Melbourne there's still some power out but they say all will be back by end of the day tomorrow. Most outages I saw today were traffic signals while the surrounding businesses had power.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

http://www.wtoc.com/category/243719/real-time-traffic-updates-from-wtoc

 

[AnnaS]

thank you. We will be driving from up north more and see some closures in NC, SC and GA. Keeping an eye on it - there must be detours..........we will leave a little earlier. Hoping we will find a room too...........we never made it to Vero - let's see how this works out

 

[Claudia1]

How is I-95 from Savannah to Jacksonville now? We will be going thru this Friday

 

[Alztybrn]

Yes.....anyone with recent experience would be greatly appreciated....I am coming across 26 from Columbia to 95 and taking it all the way down. I am travelling Thursday and hoping for the best!

 

[AnnaS]

Well Monday was definitely not good for us but we made it here safe. We took I95 all the way down and were good up to/right before Dunn - it all went down hill from there. All backed up - we had to exit and take a detour. That moved very slow and had to go a little while. We get back on and were good for a little bit but......more back up right before Lumberton. We were stuck here for a long time. Emergency vehicles all over the place (we find out later they were going to evacuate people on the roofs in Lumberton). We exit and are giving directions again to detour. But somewhere we are told to go back North for about 12 exits. We then get out and were told to go one way only to find out as soon as we exit to make a Uturn and follow the signs. Guess what? There were no signs. We got to a point we had no idea where we were going. Had a map that is 40 years old and no internet or phone service. We finally started to drive 24/27W (I think) towards Charlotte to get 77. Somewhere in the middle, I could see we can go straight down to South Carolina and hopefully get to I95 in Florence. We were far enough out west that the GPS would direct us with new directions to get towards the resort.

Going through the towns not knowing where/how long/no service was not phone. Then in the town we hit another detour since there are trees down everywhere. Luckily it was not too bad getting back on the road. Anyway, we ended up taking 109 S from NC 24/27W.

(it was more frustrating because we were not given right instructions two times).

It took us 15 1/2 hours from home (NY) to hit SC and another hour to hit I95 in Florence. We were just happy to get there before dark.

Now finding a room was another problem. Every exit no power (no business) or hotels were all booked. Finally the only hotel is Howard Johnson. We pay. Get in room and walk right out for a refund. A few more exits/tries and we finally get a room at a Holiday Inn in Walterboro (sp?) SC - nine pm. 19 1/2 hours after leaving home.

Lumberton was really bad/flooded. We are hoping it's clear on the way home.

We were going to drive West form home - NJ/PA 77 to 26 I believe and then to I95 (I don't have the directions in front of me).

This morning at the resort we find out someone from NJ took that route and he said everyone had that idea also and traffic was bumper to bumper and also took extra time. He also said he never saw so many trucks in his life.

I know it's long but just wanted to share my experience. It was not good. We made it safe and that is all that matters.

SC and Florida is all open. Keep checking for NC.

 

[minnie1012]

My parents drove from Nj today. They took 81? through Pennsylvania I think to miss 95 in NC. It was long but they had no issues. They did see a lot of water still on the side of the road. They had a lot of issues finding a room in Sc. They are outside of GA in SC but not thrilled with the hotel.

 

[BC1836]

Well Monday was definitely not good for us but we made it here safe. We took I95 all the way down and were good up to/right before Dunn - it all went down hill from there. All backed up - we had to exit and take a detour. That moved very slow and had to go a little while. We get back on and were good for a little bit but......more back up right before Lumberton. We were stuck here for a long time. Emergency vehicles all over the place (we find out later they were going to evacuate people on the roofs in Lumberton). We exit and are giving directions again to detour. But somewhere we are told to go back North for about 12 exits. We then get out and were told to go one way only to find out as soon as we exit to make a Uturn and follow the signs. Guess what? There were no signs. We got to a point we had no idea where we were going. Had a map that is 40 years old and no internet or phone service. We finally started to drive 24/27W (I think) towards Charlotte to get 77. Somewhere in the middle, I could see we can go straight down to South Carolina and hopefully get to I95 in Florence. We were far enough out west that the GPS would direct us with new directions to get towards the resort.

Going through the towns not knowing where/how long/no service was not phone. Then in the town we hit another detour since there are trees down everywhere. Luckily it was not too bad getting back on the road. Anyway, we ended up taking 109 S from NC 24/27W.

(it was more frustrating because we were not given right instructions two times).

It took us 15 1/2 hours from home (NY) to hit SC and another hour to hit I95 in Florence. We were just happy to get there before dark.

Now finding a room was another problem. Every exit no power (no business) or hotels were all booked. Finally the only hotel is Howard Johnson. We pay. Get in room and walk right out for a refund. A few more exits/tries and we finally get a room at a Holiday Inn in Walterboro (sp?) SC - nine pm. 19 1/2 hours after leaving home.

Lumberton was really bad/flooded. We are hoping it's clear on the way home.

We were going to drive West form home - NJ/PA 77 to 26 I believe and then to I95 (I don't have the directions in front of me).

This morning at the resort we find out someone from NJ took that route and he said everyone had that idea also and traffic was bumper to bumper and also took extra time. He also said he never saw so many trucks in his life.

I know it's long but just wanted to share my experience. It was not good. We made it safe and that is all that matters.

SC and Florida is all open. Keep checking for NC.

Thanks for the report. Please be kind enough to repost this on the "For 2,000+ Mile Round Trip Drivers Only" page. Your info is important.

All the best!

 

[AnnaS]

My parents drove from Nj today. They took 81? through Pennsylvania I think to miss 95 in NC. It was long but they had no issues. They did see a lot of water still on the side of the road. They had a lot of issues finding a room in Sc. They are outside of GA in SC but not thrilled with the hotel.

This is the road we should have taken from the beginning. If I95 is not open when we leave, we are going back up that route.
Also - anyone driving down, even if I95 is open - I would not count on finding a room in NC because of people being placed in hotels and many utility workers and first responders, etc. are in these hotels too.

 

[AnnaS]

Thanks for the report. Please be kind enough to repost this on the "For 2,000+ Mile Round Trip Drivers Only" page. Your info is important.

All the best!

I will try to copy and paste.

 

[lubob]

We we be traveling from NJ to Orlando sat. I heard I95 is still.closed in North Carolina . How are the detours, and how much extra time will these detours add on to the trip? Curious if anybody knows any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

 

[BC1836]

Check out the info on the "For 2,000+ Mile Round Trip Drivers Only!" thread, which you certainly qualify for.

All the best!

 

[AnnaS]

I just posted there again

We got home yesterday. We left the resort at 3 am. I95 North is all open. I95S is also all open. There was one short section in NC where there was one lane closed. The time we passed (heading north we could see), the back up (two lanes going into one) was not bad at all.