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[quote=Anonymous]My wife has a team of medical specialists that we see in Cincinnati. We have traveled there 3-6 times per year since 2003.  We have flown a grand total of 3 times, so we know the route to Cincinnati well.  Warning, it's hard to do that round trip over that short a period of time.  I have done it, but it's hard.  It's 8.5 hours of driving each way (for us, it's 510 miles each way to get to the north side of Cincinnati) plus stops.  We usually take about 11 hours each way.

I don't like the I-68 route for several reasons.  First, it is less populated so if you have a problem, you are further from help.  At least on the PA turnpike, there are call boxes every couple of miles.  Also, I have found that there are more dead zones for cell service in the I-68 mountains where you can't get a cell signal (Sprint network for me).  I don't have that problem on the PA turnpike.  Last, there are far more parts of the I-68 to I-79 route that have no road lights than the PA-turnpike where every now and then something is lit up.

When traveling, I use the weather channel and the following stops for sampling weather:  Washington DC (or wherever you live), Hagerstown MD, Breezewood PA, New Stanton PA, Washington PA, Cambridge OH, Reynoldsburg OH, Lebanon OH and then your final destination.  Each of these stops is between 1 - 1.5 hours apart and gives you a pretty good idea of the weather.[/quote]

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