Avoiding Madison WI Traffic?

Our mapquest travel path is sending us right through Madison WI en route to GL and was just wondering if there is a way to avoid going straight through the city or if it's something to worry about at all?

Some family friends want us to stop and stay the night thursday night in NE Iowa so we don't have to trailer at night.   (Mojo, I told you Alicia would change our plans AGAIN!) This would put us through Madison around 7-8 AM.

Any suggestions?

Have never had much trouble in Madison, WI I-90/94/39 do not go thru town. They are East of downtown. I take US-51/I-39 to SR-23 thru Princeton on to GL.

Behl wrote: Have never had much trouble in Madison, WI I-90/94/39 do not go thru town. They are East of downtown. I take US-51/I-39 to SR-23 thru Princeton on to GL.

Yes, this is another, trouble free route. We've found it faster to hed up 151 to 73, so we do it ever weekend... Give it a try, That is unless your heart is set on seeing the waterfall in Montello Ha..

Will try the US-151 to WI-73 unto WI-23 East of Princeton

Well I hope I didn't go and jinx myself Alan. Coming out of Milwaukee this year. We shall see. BKH

I assume that if your coming from Delhi, you will be taking Hwy 20 into Dubuque, IA (my hometown) and then taking 151 up to Madison. Driven that route about a million times. 151 is good 4 lane Hwy the entire way. Once you get to Madison, you want to take the Beltline, which includes Hwy 12/14/18/151, it will be a RH turn to get on the Beltline ramp. Then you follow the beltline to I-90/39 North (if you go past the Madison H-D store you done gone to far...) Then it will be a short run up I-90 to the 151 exit (maybe 5 or 6 miles), then follow the directions above to WI 73 and then to WI 23. Madison is very easy to get around, even at rush hour their is very little in the way of traffic jams.

On a side note, their are some good boating options out of Dubuque, nothing better then rolling down the river and pulling up to the many sandbars, as Jimmy Buffet would say, "just keep it between the navigational beacons" (bouys in this case) and if you have time the Mississippi River Museum is excellent. Delhi is nice too - fun lake with lots of nooks and crannys to explore.

Geez, I should have you stop and get my folks moving when you come through Dubuque, they are supposed to meet me at Noon in Princeton(just west of Green Lake) on Friday, to clean/pick up the boats and caravan into GL. They know the way around Madison too, you could follow them!

Storm;

I'll talk to them this week, but my suspicion is that they will not be ready to go when you roll through, I think they were planning on an 8 or 9AM departure. I have to give my folks a lot of credit, they still run around like much younger folk even though they are in there mid 70's (Dad) and 60's (Mom). I will be with them all week for a wedding in CA, so I'll talk it over with them and let you know. It really is easy though, you shouldn't have any problems, all though it is nice to have someone to drive with in case of breakdown, etc - safety in numbers!

Steve

RainDog

Will be at Delafield on Thurs AM . Then on to GL.. Any ideas for route to GL. My router shows 83, 16, 26,to 49? All WI roads.

RainDog


Thanks for the info. Locals do know more when it comes to directions

Thanks again

Rosendale is famous nationwide for their speed traps, I believe for a few blocks they may even slow you down to 25 mph - I always slow it down that much just to be sure... Watch it coming into town and leaving town where they slow you down to 45 mph, they'll get you there too!

Here are a couple of articles documenting the history:

Top 50 US Speedtraps
AM620 Wagner Blog

p/allen wrote: Also watch out for speeding in construction zones in Il . They are out to nail you . il work zone speeding They will take your picture at 46 mph . $375 fine first time $1000 second time & maybe loose your license for90 days. Be carefull . Workers do not have to be present .

No Kidding, A buddie of mine got nailed a few months ago. He was doing 61 through a 45 const. zone, Mandatory court appearance $375 fine and an Additional $350 court costs.

Chris; I think they will probably be heading out around 9AM on Friday, so probably won't be able to join you heading up that way. They are also out here in CA (family wedding / vacation) and won't arrive back in Dubuque until late Wednesday evening.

We can chat over the course of the weekend about the return trip to IA, they would probably feel better about being in a caravan. They both get a little nervous about trailering the boat and would probably appreciate the company. See you guys in a few days!

Steve