# Wanted:  Columbus Day traffic advice from DC Dopers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-columbus-day-traffic-advice-from-dc-dopers/637025>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 7, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-columbus-day-traffic-advice-from-dc-dopers/637025 "2012-10-07T22:03:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-columbus-day-traffic-advice-from-dc-dopers/637025/1 "2012-10-07T22:03:02Z")

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In Vienna and need to take I66 to Reagan for a 11am flight.

What’s traffic going to be like tomorrow morning??

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-columbus-day-traffic-advice-from-dc-dopers/637025/2 "2012-10-07T22:42:26Z")

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It should be light, but you never know with 66. There is always construction and I’ve seen it backup at strange times.

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**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-columbus-day-traffic-advice-from-dc-dopers/637025/3 "2012-10-08T00:20:33Z")

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I agree with **MadMonk**. I’ve seen traffic on 66 get backed up for hours, sometimes with an obvious reason, something without.