Zerenitymommie

Hey everyone I'm planning to move to Minnesota on Sunday leaving Jacksonville fl at 4 am my Google maps its telling me go through ga through tennessee through Chicago straight up to mn my concern is tennessee I was just told you have to drive through mountains where there's no rails I'm super extremely scared to drive with my kids had any one drove this route how bad is it is there any way I can look up pictures helppp

dwdvagamundo

Don't know who told you that, but Interstate 24 goes from Chattanooga, TN, to Nashville, TN, then Interstate 65 goes north to Chicago.

The interstates all are very safe if you drive at normal speeds, and are routed through valleys and breaks in the mountains . While it's been a long time since I drove from here in ATL through Tennessee, I don't recall any dangerous stretches at all.

Dukey1

The Interstate highways ALL have rails.

PaulRabe

If you want to get a sense of what you will be seeing as you drive on an interstate -- or most any other significant road -- Google Earth{R} allows you place "yourself" onto a road, and then "follow" the road along its path.

For example, here's an idea of what you will see in the hills northeast of Chattanooga, probably the "worst" part of your drive:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pr77x/3...posted-public/

fmpden

I would fair more concerned about the potential for bad weather once you hit the northern half of Ill/Ind. All roads on the interstate system met the standards for safety including guard rails. And if driving by yourself with kids make sure you plan for adequate rest stops and hold the drive times to reasonable length.