As stated the Ohio toll road is smooth but costly, Indiana toll road is ruff an costly, RT20 or RT30 across
those states is the way to go if you want to stay up north ... Do not go north on I-90/94 of I-80, the tolls
will eat you alive, there are toll booths every few miles till you cross over into Wisconsin ...
If you take RT20 I would drop down to RT30 in western Indiana, staying on 20 will get closer into the Chicago
suburbs, so will 30 but not as bad as 20 ... Either route you will be able to go north on an interstate if you do
not like the traffic an once you cross over into Illinois if you choose to go up to I-80 you will only have one
toll on I-80 at the west side of Chicago but the traffic will be heavy at times till you get past the I-80/90/94
interchange ... Again I will say if you go up I-90/94 thought Chicago you will be tolled to death, stay on I-80
till you can pickup I-35 an then go north to I-90 or I-94 ...
If you take RT30 across Ohio you have to drop down from I-80 on I-78 to I-71 an then RT30 across Ohio, Indiana
an Illinois to Joliet Illinois were you can pick up I-35 going north to I-90 or I-94 ... RT30 is not a bad
road but near the Chicago suburbs you have a number of traffic lights an small towns but no tolls to
eat you alive ...
If you want to get past Chicago an get to I-80 you could follow this route :
If you take I-70 across to Champaign Illinois were you can pick up I-74 to Galesburg an then head north on
IL34 to Moline were you can pick up I-80 thus you avoid Chicago an only have Indianapolis in Indiana to
contend with which is not bad ...
As far as service stations there are numbers of them along with truck stops on I-70. I-80, I-90/94, RT20 an
RT30 in the small towns .... Once you get into North or South Dakota they are further apart an I start to
think about fueling when my fuel gauge drops below a half a tank or just above a quarter ... I also carry 10
gallons of fuel just in case but have only needed it once when when I pushed it an then i found out I could
have made it but wasn't sure, if I was using gas I wouldn't have had a problem but fuel is not at every
service station ...
In Wyoming, Montana it not to bad but exits can be far apart, Idaho, Colorado in the mountains I'd watch
my fuel a bit closer, Western Kansas as well because it is many miles between exits an service stations ...
The ruke I use if I think I need fuel or stop to eat or take a brake an the is a service station handy I will
top off my tank if it's just above or at a half a tank, it may cost you a little more but you not side of the
road out fuel
I hope I helped you a little bit, I have traveled these roads both with our 5th wheel an with a semi many
times so it amazes me how things have changed over the years, were there use to be hundreds of miles
between fuel stops an gas stations they seem to be now just a few miles apart ...
After thought here, if you come down I-15 from South Dakota, fuel stops are always apart so make sure
you have a full tank starting out, as well in Utah in I-15 till you get just north or outside of Salt Lake City ...
Once you make left off of I-15 onto I-70 there is a Flying J truck stop there but after that it's was to the
next service station because you are in the mountain pass ...
Word of warning that mountain passes going on I-70 are darn steep, 6% grades for a number of miles, so take
your time, don't think you can go down them at 50 or 60mph, stay off the brakes, these are no were near
the mountains or what we call hills you have back east
...
Safe travels
Chuck
