![]() If you don't use what Exit 94 provides, it's another seven miles until more of the same. It has all the necessities, as do Exits 104 and 102, but after that is nothing for eight miles save for the Interstate 16 interchange at Exit 99. The Georgia welcome center is a beautiful rest stop located two miles north of Exit 109 (the first one to Savannah). Good news: you have three lanes each direction now through Florida, and you're in Georgia less than an hour and a half! Bad news: there are few exits amid large gaps. Georgia gas, food and lodging apart from the welcome center don't start until four miles inside the border, so take Exit 8 or 5 if you can't wait. If you must stop before then, do Santee at Exit 98. Then it's 13 miles until more at Exits 8 and 5 and finally the Georgia border.īottom line: Load up around Florence, then drive until Georgia. After a rest area at Exit 47, there's nothing until essentials can be found at Exits 38, 33, 28 and 22. You'll find relief at Exits 82 and 77, then there's essentially a 20-mile gap until more options at Exits 57 and 53. Next you'll endure basically 16 miles of nothing except the Interstate 26 intersection at Exit 86, where traffic can build up. The last is best because it's Santee near scenic Lake Marion, so it's a pleasant view on a highway sorely lacking interesting sights. Then over a 21-mile stretch, Exits 119, 115, 108, 102 and 98 have lots of stuff. Exit 135 offers everything, but then it's basically barren for 16 miles. 52) is popular with dozens of options, but it can be crowded getting around there.įrom Exit 157, there's no food for 22 miles save a rest area at Exit 139 and just a few gas stations and hotels. I'm partial to Exit 169 (TV Road), with two clean travel plazas with little traffic. As I-95 widens to six lanes for 10 miles, five exits with many amenities off each lie in the Florence area through Exits 160A/B (the Interstate 20 interchange). 38, Oak Grove) and a rest area at Exit 172. From there, it's 20 miles of nothing except multiple restaurant/gas station combos and one hotel at Exit 181 (S.C. ![]() If needed, take the welcome center at Exit 195 or the stops at Exit 193 or 190, both in Dillon (there are no hotels at 190). Avoid this tourist trap unless you must stop for food, gas or lodging.īottom line: Either plan stops in Roanoke Rapids and Lumberton, or if you've filled up in southern Virginia, aim for Selma or Smithfield and plan to stop in South Carolina. After that is nothing until South of the Border at Exit 1. Pauls/Raeford).Try to wait until Lumberton, which has a good selection at its Exits 22 (the first hotels since Exit 49), 20 (Fuller's BBQ) and 17. Then it's a desert for anything except gas until Exit 31 (St. Options are slim again until Exits 61 (Wade) and 49 (Fayetteville) and a nice rest area at Exit 48. Six exits within 10 miles after the Interstate 40 interchange at Exit 81 provide plenty of choices off each. 264, Wilson), 107 and 106 (both Kenly), 97 (Selma) and 95 (Smithfield) and no gas for 11 miles after Exit 90. For the next 66 miles after that, there's just two rest areas (Exits 142 and 99) only more than one restaurant and hotel available at Exits 121 (U.S. In particular, after Exit 173 at Roanoke Rapids with the popular Ralph's Barbecue and other offerings, you have a single place to eat or relax (if that) until Exit 145 (Battleboro). Get what you need 10 miles or so into the Old North State, or you'll run into trouble. With that in mind, here are my overviews and recommendations on where to stop going south on I-95 with the least amount of hassle. Even a speed limit of 70 mph can seem like an eternity when you consider there are at least 34 gaps of seven miles between exits for these essentials in these four states, by my calculations. 17 while I-95 remained under construction - plan where to get food, gas and lodging in advance to reduce your headaches. Take it from someone who's been going this route to Walt Disney World since the early 1970s, when you had to use U.S. It doesn't get much better in Georgia and Florida either. It's bad particularly south of Petersburg, Virginia, where the highway becomes just four lanes through the Carolinas - through flat, sparsely populated areas (just five cities off I-95 have more than 20,000 people in the two states). ![]() As the main way to get there by car from most east coast communities, I-95 has been ranked the worst U.S. Whoever said "Getting there is half the fun" never drove Interstate 95 to Orlando. Wesley Hyatt Surviving I-95 on Your Way to Orlando March 11, 2016, 11:41 AM ![]()
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