MIChessGuy
(Almost) Too Old for Roller Coasters
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2008
This has happened to me twice in a row and I wonder what the deal is.
Last month, I was driving down from Michigan for my solo trip. After exiting I-75 for the Florida Turnpike, I was alerted to a major traffic issue a few miles ahead that involved a LONG backup. I exited at US 301 and sort of weaved my way on local roads to what I thought was the first interchange beyond the backup. That interchange was closed, apparently because the bottleneck now extended some distance south of it. Finally I made it back on, I think at the U.S. 27 interchange, and continued to my check-in without further incident. (Check-in was my only plan that evening so I wasn't really affected all that much.)
Almost the exact same thing happened last September, except this time my detour worked--I got back on at County Road 470, I think it was.
Is this a common thing on Sunday nights? It didn't seem to be an accident situation, and this backup went on for miles and miles which struck me as quite unusual for a toll road. It reminded me of an issue years ago in KY or TN (can't remember which) when part of the interstate fell into a ravine or something. Maybe some kind of road engineering emergency or something that takes forever to repair.
Last month, I was driving down from Michigan for my solo trip. After exiting I-75 for the Florida Turnpike, I was alerted to a major traffic issue a few miles ahead that involved a LONG backup. I exited at US 301 and sort of weaved my way on local roads to what I thought was the first interchange beyond the backup. That interchange was closed, apparently because the bottleneck now extended some distance south of it. Finally I made it back on, I think at the U.S. 27 interchange, and continued to my check-in without further incident. (Check-in was my only plan that evening so I wasn't really affected all that much.)
Almost the exact same thing happened last September, except this time my detour worked--I got back on at County Road 470, I think it was.
Is this a common thing on Sunday nights? It didn't seem to be an accident situation, and this backup went on for miles and miles which struck me as quite unusual for a toll road. It reminded me of an issue years ago in KY or TN (can't remember which) when part of the interstate fell into a ravine or something. Maybe some kind of road engineering emergency or something that takes forever to repair.