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NY to DC
i know it's not a "road trip" but my pops and i are taking a ride down to DC april 16-18 to catch a few georgetown baseball games.
i used to play on the team there before transferring back home to st. johns so we figured it'd be a nice weekend to cruise down there, catch a game, do some nice riding in VA and MD and then head home.
it's a trip i've done dozens of times in a car and all i can say is i REALLY don't want to spend 4 and a half hours with the throttle mashed at 85 mph on I95.
does anyone have ideas on an alternate route from NY to DC?
ideally what i'd like to do is bypass new jersey. i was thinking go around jersey into PA and then meet back up with I95 in delaware for the last 2 hours of the trip.
if anyone has insight into this trip, it'd be greatly appreciated.
i used to play on the team there before transferring back home to st. johns so we figured it'd be a nice weekend to cruise down there, catch a game, do some nice riding in VA and MD and then head home.
it's a trip i've done dozens of times in a car and all i can say is i REALLY don't want to spend 4 and a half hours with the throttle mashed at 85 mph on I95.
does anyone have ideas on an alternate route from NY to DC?
ideally what i'd like to do is bypass new jersey. i was thinking go around jersey into PA and then meet back up with I95 in delaware for the last 2 hours of the trip.
if anyone has insight into this trip, it'd be greatly appreciated.
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Don't think I'd want to do that trip on a bike unless it was a last resort. But the GSP's not too bad once you get down to central/south Jersey and you could take the ferry over to Lewes De and then the bridge into DC.
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thats why i'm looking to go around jersey.
no need for a ferry, but thanks for the suggestion.
i have no reservations about turning a 4 hour trip into a 7 hour trip going around the great state of NJ so if anyone has a good route through PA please chime in
no need for a ferry, but thanks for the suggestion.
i have no reservations about turning a 4 hour trip into a 7 hour trip going around the great state of NJ so if anyone has a good route through PA please chime in
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Hard to find a good road with that trip..... I know you want to avoid Jersey, but
Consider crossing the Delaware Memorial Bridge and going down route 9 , cross the canal, Left on Port Penn rd to middletown and pick up 301 and cross the Bay Bridge at Annapolis. High Bridge but the westbound is the new one..
301 is a 4 lane divided but not a superslab going down the out of delaware..little boring but only about 80 miles (del mem brg to Bay Bridge) No toll heading West
Use to live in Middletown, Delaware and I take that way to here in Georgia (301 to 95 north of Richmond,va)
Consider crossing the Delaware Memorial Bridge and going down route 9 , cross the canal, Left on Port Penn rd to middletown and pick up 301 and cross the Bay Bridge at Annapolis. High Bridge but the westbound is the new one..
301 is a 4 lane divided but not a superslab going down the out of delaware..little boring but only about 80 miles (del mem brg to Bay Bridge) No toll heading West
Use to live in Middletown, Delaware and I take that way to here in Georgia (301 to 95 north of Richmond,va)
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I was going to suggest 78 too as the poster above. Just as long as it is not Friday/Sunday. Any roads within 100 mile radius are bad on those days.
It's through NJ, but I have done the 287 to route 1 to I-95 and was nice in parts, lots of lights on 1 though, maybe an alternate on the way back.
Also, make sure you hit Old Glory BBQ while in Georgetown...if it is nice, ask to sit up on the roof (not sure if they open it up before memorial day).
It's through NJ, but I have done the 287 to route 1 to I-95 and was nice in parts, lots of lights on 1 though, maybe an alternate on the way back.
Also, make sure you hit Old Glory BBQ while in Georgetown...if it is nice, ask to sit up on the roof (not sure if they open it up before memorial day).
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haha old glory...
i used to go to georgetown when i was in undergrad.
played baseball there, too.
i know old glory well, and plan on hitting ALL the bars on M and wisconsin.
i used to go to georgetown when i was in undergrad.
played baseball there, too.
i know old glory well, and plan on hitting ALL the bars on M and wisconsin.
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