|
Replies: 36
| visibility 1
|
All-TigerNet [12249]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 5395
Joined: 9/12/04
|
Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 9:59 AM
|
|
recently? If so - is the road construction still gumming up the works? I'm taking the wife to Dabo's Ladies Clinic in Clemson tomorrow and don't want to get bogged down in construction zones.
|
|
|
|
 |
All-TigerNet [11020]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4977
Joined: 10/31/03
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 10:01 AM
|
|
Highway 11
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3047]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1746
Joined: 10/14/05
|
Hi-way 11 in Gaffney to Pickens/Sixmile/Pickens
Jul 15, 2022, 11:14 AM
|
|
sit back and enjoy the scenery
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1795]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1113
Joined: 4/6/18
|
Re: Hi-way 11 in Gaffney to Pickens/Sixmile/Pickens
Jul 15, 2022, 4:14 PM
|
|
What scenery? You'd miss the peach!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Legend [16256]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 12783
Joined: 11/14/09
|
Re: Hi-way 11 in Gaffney to Pickens/Sixmile/Pickens
Jul 15, 2022, 8:59 PM
[ in reply to Hi-way 11 in Gaffney to Pickens/Sixmile/Pickens ] |
|
Pick up boiled P-Nuts the first you see on the way. No since dilly dallying on that one. Get them in the vehicle early.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [64590]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 88995
Joined: 3/27/01
|
Yes...this past weekend.
Jul 15, 2022, 10:02 AM
|
|
It still sucks !!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [96855]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 29214
Joined: 9/14/05
|
They've at least done away with that single lane monstrosity
Jul 15, 2022, 10:05 AM
|
|
haven't they? I've never seen such a horrendous traffic engineering job in my life. Had to be a Gamecock engineer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [64590]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 88995
Joined: 3/27/01
|
Yes but there are still some concrete barricades.***
Jul 15, 2022, 10:07 AM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [30831]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 34494
Joined: 6/22/03
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [64590]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 88995
Joined: 3/27/01
|
It's like I-85 from the SC state line to Atlanta...
Jul 15, 2022, 11:59 AM
|
|
It has been in a perpetual state of construction since 1973
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [30831]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 34494
Joined: 6/22/03
|
i can say they at least have 3 lanes
Jul 15, 2022, 12:03 PM
|
|
out to like exit 129 now.. seems like they are making progress .
traffic still blows chuncks though...
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [64590]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 88995
Joined: 3/27/01
|
Every time they finish part of it...
Jul 15, 2022, 12:49 PM
|
|
it's apparent that the new construction still isn't sufficient to accommodate the volume of traffic.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [30831]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 34494
Joined: 6/22/03
|
pretty sure that was the same concept they used
Jul 15, 2022, 12:52 PM
|
|
when they expanded woodruff rd in Greenville
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [64590]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 88995
Joined: 3/27/01
|
Oh Lord ...don't get me started on that friggin' mess !!!!
Jul 15, 2022, 2:52 PM
|
|
I live just off Woodruff Road in Simpsonville and that mess has been on-going for over two years now.
The contractor (Sloan or Reeves) will show-up and work one day or one night, and you won't see them again for three or four weeks. They blame it on unknow/unforeseen subsurface condition. I blame it on a lack of skilled manpower and pi$$ poor sequencing of the work. They have to be losing their shirt on that job.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3397]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 5031
Joined: 4/12/01
|
Re: Oh Lord ...don't get me started on that friggin' mess !!!!
Jul 15, 2022, 5:30 PM
|
|
Do you live near where Bob Jones U had a large farm off East Georgia Rd? Lived down a street from it a couple years before moving north of Charlotte.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Walk-On [144]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 135
Joined: 8/23/21
|
Re: i can say they at least have 3 lanes
Jul 15, 2022, 6:44 PM
[ in reply to i can say they at least have 3 lanes ] |
|
That would be crazy if there were an exit 129 on a road 105 miles long! That’s some serious construction!
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1504]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 826
Joined: 9/11/15
|
Re: It's like I-85 from the SC state line to Atlanta...
Jul 15, 2022, 8:45 PM
[ in reply to It's like I-85 from the SC state line to Atlanta... ] |
|
Drove from Raleigh to Tyler, TX two weeks ago and that stretch was the worst part of the trip. It was smooth sailing once we passed through Atlanta.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trainer [35]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 12
Joined: 8/19/03
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 10:06 AM
|
|
Has it been that long since you were back in your old stomping grounds? 
|
|
|
|
|
|
Walk-On [103]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 73
Joined: 4/14/18
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 10:16 AM
|
|
I went to college in Greenville from 78-82 and traveled 85 quite often from High Point to Greenville. To give you an idea, I saw the fuzzy peach being built!
They were working on that stretch then...I don't think they will ever finish it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [8519]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 5286
Joined: 9/7/09
|
Went through there the J4 weekend not as bad as it has been
Jul 15, 2022, 10:20 AM
|
|
But still not great. The death chute divided lanes monstrosity has been done away with but; the lanes are still pretty narrow, they shift often, and there’s not much shoulder to speak of. I haven’t experienced a lot of traffic recently on that stretch most of the congestion recently has been from just before Pelham rd to just after Woodruff rd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3901]
TigerPulse: 96%
Posts: 3325
Joined: 7/31/16
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 10:23 AM
|
|
recently? If so - is the road construction still gumming up the works? I'm taking the wife to Dabo's Ladies Clinic in Clemson tomorrow and don't want to get bogged down in construction zones.
That Cowpens area of 85 looks like a 3rd World Country ??
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mascot [18]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 47
Joined: 11/24/03
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 10:36 AM
|
|
If traveling on I-85 South, it might be beneficial to exit at the Blacksburg, SC exit (Exit 102) and go into the small town to get onto US 29 which is an easy drive thru Gaffney and on to Spartanburg. As one enters Spartanburg, turn right onto Drayton Road at the Hardee's Restaurant and proceed until one gets to North Pine Street (Drayton turns into Isom Street about 1/2 mile before a dead-in at N. Pine Street. One can then turn right on N. Pine and proceed about 6 miles to exit back onto I-85 South Bypass that will soon merge into I-85 Business on the Greenville side of Spartanburg. Hope that the directions aren't confusing.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oculus Spirit [96855]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 29214
Joined: 9/14/05
|
Some friendly advice.. if you choose this route, do NOT
Jul 15, 2022, 11:18 AM
|
|
speed through Blacksburg
|
|
|
|
|
|
Associate AD [837]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 294
Joined: 3/7/20
|
Re: Some friendly advice.. if you choose this route, do NOT
Jul 15, 2022, 4:48 PM
|
|
That's a fact or Gaffney either!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3397]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 5031
Joined: 4/12/01
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 4:46 PM
[ in reply to Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg ] |
|
That's generally the route I would take if traveling to G'ville. Would look to get back to 85 a couple miles before the point where 85 business exits off 85. Haven't checked where a good point to get off Hwy 29 would be to get back to 85.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1189]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 431
Joined: 9/18/06
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 11:47 AM
|
|
At this point, it feels like that construction has always — and will always — be there.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freshman [-100]
TigerPulse: 27%
Posts: 31
Joined: 7/12/22
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 12:10 PM
|
|
It's a mess and dangerous. Especially with some of the aggressive drivers out. I've seen 18 wheelers drive like they don't care if they run over you. It's kinda shocking.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [2936]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 2389
Joined: 1/7/18
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 2:57 PM
|
|
I travel it frequently and it’s not that bad , not perfect but not to bad . Hey 11 better scenery but will add about 15 min to trip .
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [6153]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4043
Joined: 2/15/11
|
I’m driving it tomorrow ... fingers crossed.***
Jul 15, 2022, 7:05 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [5381]
TigerPulse: 70%
Posts: 9273
Joined: 11/29/99
|
485 exit to Gastonia a mess earlier
Jul 15, 2022, 4:46 PM
|
|
Gaffney to Spartanburg is moving better, but a lot of lane shifts & very rough. Count on Duncan exit 60 to Woodruff Rd. exit 51 to be about 20 mph at best.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Associate AD [837]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 294
Joined: 3/7/20
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 4:46 PM
|
|
Use Hwy 29 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [3397]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 5031
Joined: 4/12/01
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 4:51 PM
|
|
Is NC intending to widen 85 from Hwy 74 near Kings Mtn to the SC state line?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [4458]
TigerPulse: 91%
Posts: 4240
Joined: 1/1/19
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 7:40 PM
|
|
Yes still a mess
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1674]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1752
Joined: 11/20/07
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 7:44 PM
|
|
I drive it a few times a week. Construction will be going on for quite some time. You should be fine. There’s a 20 mile stretch where you will average45 mph
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [2595]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 1513
Joined: 12/17/21
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 8:40 PM
|
|
I drive it on a regular basis. It’s really not that bad anymore. At one time (in the last year or three) it was terrible. It gets a little slow at times but as long as there isn’t a wreck it’s not bad. Big improvement lately.
|
|
|
|
|
|
All-In [31310]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 9125
Joined: 8/31/15
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 15, 2022, 8:45 PM
|
|
It’s better than it was but it is still a scary drive. Too narrow. Coming home from the ballgames at dark is getting sketchy for me. Dang reflectors everywhere blind me. Not sure how long I will try to make it back home after a night game.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [2319]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 2182
Joined: 10/10/18
|
Re: Anyone driven on I-85 between Gaffney and Spartanburg
Jul 16, 2022, 6:10 AM
|
|
You want congestion? Wait until they start 6-laning I-95 from Ga. Past Ridgeland there is not much until you get to Walterboro, but the amount of traffic already along this route. This may re-vitalize 301 and 601.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Replies: 36
| visibility 1
|
|
|
50
