Finding current road conditions

Is this a good forum to find out about current road conditions? I'm mainly interested in knowing about interstates that are rough and full of potholes, or areas where roads are under construction, so I can avoid them.

We are leaving soon on a road trip in an RV from New Hampshire to Tennessee. The last time we took that trip, a few months ago, I-84 from Hartford to Wilkes Barre, PA and much of I-81 from Wilkes Barre through MD, WV, and VA to I-40 in TN, was rough enough to shake my fillings loose, not to mention the motorhome itself. This time we are considering I-91 to I-95 to the Tappan Zee Bridge then I-287 to I-78 to I-81, avoiding some of those bone-jarring roads either side of Wilkes Barre. Can any of you report on the road conditions on that route?

If this isn't a good forum to ask questions like that, can anyone suggest a better one?

Thanks...

 

Thanks, tscottme. And thanks for the welcome. I asked the question here because it's the "Questions to Truckers from the General Public" forum and there are a LOT more truckers out there than there are RV'ers, and you guys travel many orders of magnitude more miles per year than we do so if anyone has information about road state-of-repair it'd be you guys..

As for what roads I want to take, I just need a way to get from southern New Hampshire to middle Tennessee and back again in a reasonable amount of time and hopefully not shaking every nut and bolt loose in my old 1991 Toyota motorhome. Normally we take I-84 thru Hartford then west to I-81 in Wilkes Barre, then southwest on I-81 to I-40 east of Knoxville, then I-40 to Cookeville, TN. Road conditions aren't terrible except for a stretch of I-81 southwest of Wilkes Barre and I-84 thru PA and NY which is enough to jar my teeth loose.

We're hoping this time I-91 out of Hartford to I-95 to the "New TZ" Bridge then I-287 to I-78 to I-81 will be better, although I see from maps.google.com that there is a lot of construction on stretches of that road too.

Maybe there is no good way.

Anyway, thanks again for the welcome and the assurance that I didn't commit some major faux pas by asking my question here.

Eric in NH

 

It occurs to me that my original question may have been misunderstood. I'm looking for state-of-repair, not "current road conditions" like weather or heavy traffic. I get it that the latter isn't something that can be reported on a forum like this since it changes by the hour or less.

Apologies for the confusion.

Eric in NH

 

Thanks, Zvar. Yes, I agree. I wasn't planning on trying to take back roads around poorly-maintained interstate stretches, instead I'm just trying to choose between I-84 to I-81 (known to be in poor shape for much of the run) or I-91 to I-95 to the (new) TZ Bridge and down that way (unknown condition).

Right now we're leaning towards the TZ Bridge route since we figure it can't be any worse than the I-84 to I-81 route, but the TZ Bridge route is uncomfortably close to New York City with all the flooding they've had down there in the last couple of days. I'll call around down there and see if any of the flooding caused problems farther north in the Tarrytown / Nyack area.

Eric in NH