Yes, traffic will be bad in areas where streets are shut down creating the traffic jams. duh. Just went up and down I-71 from Cleveland to Cincy last week: The interstate is a mess! That's an ODOT thing. We pay enough taxes on gasoline and elsewhere that the highways should be litter free, junk and dead animals picked up, and construction handled responsibly to avoid traffic issues. It's not like this is the first time I-71 south of Columbus has been under some kind of construction.
It took me 5 hours to drive 65 in Kentucky in 2017 (normally 2 hours). At least the weather was warm enough that we could turn off our cars to save gas. My advice is to stay overnight at your destination Monday night, too... if there is a room available.
Kentucky roads so bad and accidents so frequent it takes "hours" to get down 65 and 71. Mitch "Im Ur Bitch" McConnell sure hasn't been getting fed transportation $$ to Kentucky!
I live in Ashland, left for Franklin KY at 3am, took 5 hours to get there. Once it was over, it took an hour just to get on I-65, then you could walk faster than the traffic flow going home. It took me 11 hours to get back, the sun had set and I was still on 65. I don't have 5 hours to drive this time around.
Maybe being a stupid sports fan for you is better but this is where the silent majority of intelligent science minded Americans like to go to get together and experience the most epic thing they could see in their lives together. It was like the 80s again. People were sharing, generous and cooperative. Stick to your video games.
