![]() ![]() 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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