how do i tell a Garmin Nuvi 260 to follow a US route number.

 

I am planing a 3 week raod trip from Rochester NY to Eugen Oregon i would like to take mostly US route 20
going west and US route 60 coming back. Is there a way to specify a US route number as the main route of travel?

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No, unfortunately there's not a way to do that.

The best you can do is to create a series of Waypoints (or Custom POIs) along the road you want to follow and manually select them in sequence.

force it

I just completed a 12600 miles trip with a Nuvi 260 from Tampa to Alaska by doing what MM suggested, just pick cities and towns along the preffered route and make it go poit by point.

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