Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Plano-Austin drive time

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Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 10-11-2004, 04:10 AM:

Ok Texas Techers

There is a chance ,God preserve you all, that I may be dropping in on your wonderful state in the next month or so.

Two places I have to visit on business are Plano and Austin.

Just wondered if you could advise me on average drive time betwen the two areas if I was to leave Plano around 10am on a weekday?

3and a half to 4 hours or am I way out?

Any advice appreciated

Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 10-11-2004, 04:26 AM:

www.mapquest.com

Not to be blindly trusted, but good enough for planning.

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 10-11-2004, 05:03 AM:

Michael
In the words of our friends at American Excess "That'll do nicely"

Thanks

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 10-11-2004, 06:49 AM:

Be aware that if you try to bring any toolboxes or fishing tackle boxes INTO Plano, you will likely be detained for a long time by the local authorities.

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 10-11-2004, 07:51 AM:

Just Plano? [Confused]

Do they stop you at the city limits?
Is fishing illegal?

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 10-11-2004, 08:00 AM:

Dick I just made that trip last weekend and it takes roughly 4 to 4 1/2 hours depending on traffic through Downtown Dallas that day.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-11-2004, 09:01 AM:

What brings you to the loveliness that is Plano and Austin?

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 10-11-2004, 09:09 AM:

So when do you plan to visit our pubs up here again?

Posted by Dick Vaughan (Member # 540) on 10-11-2004, 09:12 AM:

Fraid that will have to remain under a cloak of secrecy for now [Wink]

However if it all comes together I will try and get a few days "personal time " to explore the finer parts of the DFW area.Perhaps may even get chance for a beer [beer]

Gord I hope to be in Toronto early next year. But not too early as I would like to remember what "above zero"is!

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 10-11-2004, 02:27 PM:

Traffic in Dallas is not the only concern influencing the drive time between DFW and Austin. I-35 can get really overloaded with traffic in the Austin area. Traffic jams can happen at any point in between the two metros.

If I drive from Oklahoma down to San Antonio, I don't even bother with I-35 (drive US 281). But for Dallas to Austin, I-35 is your only choice unfortunately. A parallel toll road will eventually be completed from just south of the DFW area, bypassing Austin and running down to the east of San Antonio. Hopefully that, as well as a rebuilding of I-35 through Austin, will happen sooner rather than later.

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 10-11-2004, 06:04 PM:

While in Plano, you need to stop by the Studio Movie Grill and have dinner at Brad's theater.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-11-2004, 06:28 PM:

He who stops by for dinner must thread a round.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-11-2004, 07:24 PM:

It was the opposite for me. I stopped by to thread 2 rounds and I was forced to eat buttered pizza. [Smile]

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 10-11-2004, 08:54 PM:

That's because you are Joe Redifer.

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 10-11-2004, 09:22 PM:

Well shit!

Posted by Chris Hipp (Member # 1788) on 10-12-2004, 12:21 AM:

Back on topic here, I made the trip twice recently, once in march and once a few weeks ago. Definitely get an early start. If you leave from DFW around 6 am you will be in austin by 930 and will skip Dallas rush hour and you wont have to deal with the two lane I35 being backed up. When I went in march, we left at about 5pm and it took about five hours because there were so many people on I35 going down to San Antonio, average speed was about 50mph.

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 10-12-2004, 01:44 AM:

I agree with Chris on this one. Earlier the better, I went down to Houston last year in April at around 5 AM. Almost no traffic what so ever.