Low bridges in Chicago & in general

[jcschultz01]

We have a 2018 37' Solititude with a spec height of 13'5". Tow vehicle is a 2018 Ram 3500 with air shocks that I lower when towing.
I am a bit concerned about bridge height towing from MN to Maine and back through Canada.
I use RV Parky for campsites and routes. This has worked well to-date including a trip from MN to Gettysburg and back. However it once tried to take me under a 12'5" bridge in Wisconsin. (I backed up when I saw the sign.)

So I am maybe a little cautious. For example, at SW Highway Chicago Ridge, Chicago IL, there was a bridge shown at 13'10" , but on close inspection of the map, this appears to be the road UNDER I-294 rather than I-294. Not sure why RV Parky shows low bridges not on your route but maybe a warning not to deviate from your route in that area???

Just wondering what people use. A commerical truck map is hundreds of $$ a year.

 

[Conner58]

Garmin 890

 

[MtnGuy]

We used a Rand Mcnally Motor Carriers Road Atlas when we had our 5th wheel. It the road was not STAA certified, then we took a different route or did a lot of research.

 

[Hoopy Frood]

I use the Route1LowClearance POI for our GPS. It works well, at least so far.

 

[ajg617]

I have both the Motor Carriers Road Atlas and a Garmin RV890. I keep the Road Atlas in case of un-planned route changes (accident, construction, etc.) but the Garmin has been very good so far. Lot's of low bridges in the northeast.

 

[Jason-Texas]

We use RV Life app, does good on bridges but don’t like the map features. We left Texas in May and are currently in Maine, so far no problems. Michigan, New York, and Vermont has bridges under 13’6”. We have a 337.

 

[JM0397]

https://tripwizard.rvlife.com/ you can load your sizes in and it'll route accordingly.

 

[Jason-Texas]

https://tripwizard.rvlife.com/ you can load your sizes in and it'll route accordingly.

We have pre-loaded all our specs. We also use the trip planning feature that plots a route, tracks mileage and daily/total trip cost.

What I don’t like is that when the map is on the truck screen it doesn’t have a highlighted route, which would make it easier when navigating thru cities, with lots of turns. I use map quest or google maps in conjunction with RV Wizzard. It seems that they never agree on the best route.