BRT 116: Pontoon Beach, Illinois to Crossville, Tennessee

Recorded March 4th We rolled out of Pontoon Beach at 7:52am. on I-255 in the rain. Cloudy skies and 53 degrees. In Caseyville, IL, we enter onto I-64. We join with US-50, then leave it behind at O'Fallon.We start running into 🚧 construction at Richview, IL. We joined I-57 at Mount Vernon. As we leave I-64 behind, more road work begins. Work on I-57 ends in Bonnie, IL. At Metropolis, IL I-24, we cross the Illinois River to enter Kentucky. We seek out ☕️ coffee at Love's in Calvert City, Kentucky. BigRigSteve is an American truck driver who shares his daily routine & experiences while living his life out on the open road. Come explore the multilane interstates in the big cities to the two-lane blacktop backroads of the small towns of America from the unique perspective from the windshield of his big rig. His website at http://bigrigtravels.com has all of the current trip information and more about past trips located in the Trip Journals section. The lifeblood of a trucker is coffee - go ahead & hand BigRigSteve a cup here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/BigRigTr... Come join us on the Road Crew Facebook page at / 183265405558688 The entire BigRigTravels.com website & YouTube Channel is family-friendly & kid safe. We're listed on the National School approved website for use in classrooms across America. The rules can be found at: https://bigrigtravels.com/youtube-cha... #truckparkingclub #bigrigtravels #lovestravelcenter