philly1750

philly1750 OP t1_ivirrd6 wrote

Reply to comment by Neat-Ad11 in I-89 or I-91/93? by philly1750

I think it was just jammed the time I went because it was labor day, one of the worst times to be crossing the border. Beebe Plain Vermont that one I've never heard of. 91 usually has no traffic either unless it's a big holiday but even then it's never as bad as 87 or 89

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philly1750 t1_iviet9t wrote

Reply to comment by bigtimesauce in IKEA by Peanut_Brief

Nothing fun about it, all the bridges into the city are closed every weekend, traffic is beyond ridiculous, and so are the insanely stupid and aggressive drivers.

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philly1750 t1_ivieqiq wrote

Reply to comment by theburg2 in IKEA by Peanut_Brief

Wow that's weird, I've never seen Canadian cars being screened for that long, and usually the Alburgh crossing is dead unless it's a major holiday. But in your situation, I would've just gone to the 133/89 crossing at that point, would've been much faster, (it definitely wouldn't have taken 1.5 hours for 12 cars to go through.) Unless it's a holiday, I've never waited longer than 30 minutes there, and I'm not even American.

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philly1750 OP t1_ivid3w2 wrote

Reply to comment by Neat-Ad11 in I-89 or I-91/93? by philly1750

That crossing sounds familiar, I might have used it a while back but I remember it being just as jammed as the 89. And it's not always open either, I believe it closes like at 5 or 6

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philly1750 OP t1_ivi3i4v wrote

Reply to comment by knottedoaks in I-89 or I-91/93? by philly1750

Right on, if he thinks 89 is the most boring highway than he should try I-90 out in South Dakota or the 401 or 417 in Ontario. Even the 20 and 40 through Eastern Quebec can be pretty brutal.

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philly1750 OP t1_ivhy12e wrote

Reply to comment by TheScienceTM in I-89 or I-91/93? by philly1750

Part of why I don't take 91 is to avoid the A-10 in Quebec as it's a very shitty highway; it's very congested, slow moving, and just a poorly maintained highway in general not to mention all the sharp turns. That's why I just prefer taking the A-35 instead (the highway that leads towards 89), as it's very straight and flat, unlike the 10, but the reason that I mostly like it better is just because of how quiet and dead it is, especially once you pass Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu. It has to be the one of the quietest highway's I've ever driven on in Quebec, you can do 140 km/h really easily on it, whereas on the 10 it's not even possible to do 120 most the time because everyone is only doing 100, even in the left lane.

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