Originally Posted by
fwoomp
It's possible to have that experience on 74, too, but with a couple bonus layers of ice.
It's possible for one route to be zonked while the other isn't so bad; follow the weather and decide based on that.
The southern route has other good points, though. The traffic isn't bad, for one thing. You avoid the stench around Gary. And yes, no tolls.
I'm unfamiliar with Gary, IL. What stench can I expect? Surely it can't
be as bad as Newark, NJ, right? (no offense to people who live or work
near EWR)