drive from Memphis to Houston (Alto, Wells: construction, live, food)

[bluffcity]

will be a long day. Does route 59 in TX have lights at night? or it is dark?

any suggestions should I take I-55 then I-10? will it be better than taking I-40 and I-30 then US-59?

[ANDROID 26]

Go west thru Memphis, Arkansas, and take the route south. Youll get to pass thru some neat towns and plenty stops for food and gass. the i-10 route has lots of noman's lands inbetween

[jerbear30]

Originally Posted by ANDROID 26

Go west thru Memphis, Arkansas, and take the route south. Youll get to pass thru some neat towns and plenty stops for food and gass. the i-10 route has lots of noman's lands inbetween

I've done this drive a lot of times and I couldn't agree more. The I-10 goes from empty and flat to industrial and flat to Houston. The skyline is best from the I-10 coming in, but everything else is better going through Arkansas and East Texas. Very pretty countryside and lots of towns.

[Ffxdata]

Originally Posted by ANDROID 26

Go west thru Memphis, Arkansas, and take the route south. Youll get to pass thru some neat towns and plenty stops for food and gass. the i-10 route has lots of noman's lands inbetween

I agree. It's a much nicer drive than I-10.

[Oildog]

Watch for the speed traps in East Texas

[bu2]

Originally Posted by Ffxdata

I agree. It's a much nicer drive than I-10.

Its also relatively slow.

[Oildog]

Its also dark on 59 at night, so watch for forest critters.

[bluffcity]

Originally Posted by Oildog

Its also dark on 59 at night, so watch for forest critters.

that's the part that I am not very comfortable with.

should I try to get on I-45 and I assume I-45 has lights?

[kaelti12]

Originally Posted by bluffcity

that's the part that I am not very comfortable with.

should I try to get on I-45 and I assume I-45 has lights?

I do the drive from Houston to East alll the time via 59(family lives in the E. Texas) I have never hit an animal.
I did however hit a sheep on 45 one year. Also 45 tends to have jams on it for no reason. 59 has more ways to get around should a major wreck happen.

59 is a busy highway, just don't drive at dusk/dawn(deer time) and you'll be fine. Make sure to slow down when going through the tiny towns(Alto, Wells etc) its a nice drive. It doesn't have lights but neither does some parts of 45.

[rusty2006]

We drove both routes last year. I found I-10 through Baton Rouge to be horrible, but I found all the road construction east of Little Rock to be worse. 59/69 through East Texas is a cobbled-together mess. I wouldn't want to drive it after dark.