Seattle to Palm Springs Mar2016

[TCRV2015]

We're heading to Palm Springs and would like to avoid LA on I-5. Any opinions about jumping on route 99 out of Sacramento to Bakersfield then route 58 to 395 to 215 to San Bernardino then I-10 to Palm Springs? Enjoy the Holidays.

Tom

[rohrmann]

Stay on I-5, then take either 46 or 58 across to Hwy 99, and then 58 east from Bakersfield. Hwy 99 is really not that easy to travel on compared to I-5, and it's just too bad that 58 has to take you onto Hwy 99, even for that short distance.

[DuneBuggyBuilder]

Either I-5 or Hwy-99 from Sacramento to Bakersfield are fine. I-5 is in pretty good shape just watch the transitions from bridge/underpass surfaces back to the asphalt roadway. There usually is a depression from the trucks about 3' past the change. Hwy-99 has a large number of onramps/offramps which are heavily used. Stay in the number #2 (of 3) lanes as much as possible to avoid the mayhem.

Definitely take Hwy-58 east in Bakersfield. But rather than going south on Hwy-395 to the madness of I-15/I-215/I-10 and San Bernardino, I prefer an alternative route. Stay on Hwy-58 (and a short stretch of I-15) to Barstow. Then take Hwy-247 through Lucerne Valley to Yucca Flats. Take Hwy-62 south (right turn in Yucca Flats) to I-10 and you come out just above Palm Springs. Good road all the way and no where near the traffic congestion.

[TCRV2015]

Thanks for your advice. I'll take 46 and 58 to avoid LA.

Cheers
Tom

[Drifty1]

X2 on Duneduggybuilder route as we just came up 58 from Barstow. This is a lot more enjoyable than I-5 and the north side of LA.

[J-KB]

I came north in the I 5 in May of this year and between Bakersfield and Sacramento was some of the worst road I have ever travelled on.