Route directions help needed from Local NJ<NY<CT<RI<DC riders.
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Route directions help needed from Local NJ<NY<CT<RI<DC riders.
Last month I posted asking for help in sorting out a route from DC to RI and got very good suggestions - Turned out to be an easy ride... started at 0600 on Sunday AM - left DC up 95 to NJ Pike - exit 11 onto NJGarden pike up to trapenzz and over to CT..
OK, have a good friend (AZ rider) headed to DC to deliver a car - He will be leaving DC on a Thursday and needs to be in Newport RI by 6pm -
IF - This was YOU (and you were driving a Car) what route would you take from DC and what time would you leave to put you in Newport by 6pm on a Thursday..
Thanks for the time and help.
OK, have a good friend (AZ rider) headed to DC to deliver a car - He will be leaving DC on a Thursday and needs to be in Newport RI by 6pm -
IF - This was YOU (and you were driving a Car) what route would you take from DC and what time would you leave to put you in Newport by 6pm on a Thursday..
Thanks for the time and help.
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I can only speak for CT, but....
- In a car, probably 95 the whole way. It's not a nice drive, but its the most direct route. If you need to get there for 6pm, you probably wouldnt even hit the NY/CT border until 4 at the latest (hopefully earlier though, if you want to avoid the traffic until New Haven).
- On a bike, I'd take TappanZee over the river, onto the Merrit. Pick up the Milford Connector just after the Housatonic River Bridge, it'll bring you to 95. Then 95 on up to the RI border. You really can't avoid the mess of 95 from Milford/Orange until East Haven, at least not without incurring a notable deviation.
Truly, I'd probably even do the Merritt Route in the car...
(FYI, the Merritt is a parkway, so no commercial plates allowed. Assuming this is just a car, AOK. But if it's on a flatbed, no dice.)
- In a car, probably 95 the whole way. It's not a nice drive, but its the most direct route. If you need to get there for 6pm, you probably wouldnt even hit the NY/CT border until 4 at the latest (hopefully earlier though, if you want to avoid the traffic until New Haven).
- On a bike, I'd take TappanZee over the river, onto the Merrit. Pick up the Milford Connector just after the Housatonic River Bridge, it'll bring you to 95. Then 95 on up to the RI border. You really can't avoid the mess of 95 from Milford/Orange until East Haven, at least not without incurring a notable deviation.
Truly, I'd probably even do the Merritt Route in the car...
(FYI, the Merritt is a parkway, so no commercial plates allowed. Assuming this is just a car, AOK. But if it's on a flatbed, no dice.)
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CT Roads are a nightmare...
Being a CT resident who THANKFULLY doesn't have to travel along the Rt.95 Corridor frequently, I would recomend that he/she add at least 2-3 hours to anytime recommeded by Google/Bing/AAA or any other travel directions provider.
Being that it is summer time, there is an almost certain to be several traffic slow downs (best case) or complete stop and goes along the way from NY/NJ border all the way to your destination.
Sadly CT is known as a "choke point" on the Rt.95 corridor. I always try to avoid it unless its during the over night hours, but sometimes the alternatives are just too far out of the way.
Mike
Being that it is summer time, there is an almost certain to be several traffic slow downs (best case) or complete stop and goes along the way from NY/NJ border all the way to your destination.
Sadly CT is known as a "choke point" on the Rt.95 corridor. I always try to avoid it unless its during the over night hours, but sometimes the alternatives are just too far out of the way.
Mike
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Being a CT resident who THANKFULLY doesn't have to travel along the Rt.95 Corridor frequently, I would recomend that he/she add at least 2-3 hours to anytime recommeded by Google/Bing/AAA or any other travel directions provider.
Being that it is summer time, there is an almost certain to be several traffic slow downs (best case) or complete stop and goes along the way from NY/NJ border all the way to your destination.
Sadly CT is known as a "choke point" on the Rt.95 corridor. I always try to avoid it unless its during the over night hours, but sometimes the alternatives are just too far out of the way.
Mike
Being that it is summer time, there is an almost certain to be several traffic slow downs (best case) or complete stop and goes along the way from NY/NJ border all the way to your destination.
Sadly CT is known as a "choke point" on the Rt.95 corridor. I always try to avoid it unless its during the over night hours, but sometimes the alternatives are just too far out of the way.
Mike
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From: Putnam Co, NY
I can only speak for CT, but....
- In a car, probably 95 the whole way. It's not a nice drive, but its the most direct route. If you need to get there for 6pm, you probably wouldnt even hit the NY/CT border until 4 at the latest (hopefully earlier though, if you want to avoid the traffic until New Haven).
- On a bike, I'd take TappanZee over the river, onto the Merrit. Pick up the Milford Connector just after the Housatonic River Bridge, it'll bring you to 95. Then 95 on up to the RI border. You really can't avoid the mess of 95 from Milford/Orange until East Haven, at least not without incurring a notable deviation.
Truly, I'd probably even do the Merritt Route in the car...
(FYI, the Merritt is a parkway, so no commercial plates allowed. Assuming this is just a car, AOK. But if it's on a flatbed, no dice.)
- In a car, probably 95 the whole way. It's not a nice drive, but its the most direct route. If you need to get there for 6pm, you probably wouldnt even hit the NY/CT border until 4 at the latest (hopefully earlier though, if you want to avoid the traffic until New Haven).
- On a bike, I'd take TappanZee over the river, onto the Merrit. Pick up the Milford Connector just after the Housatonic River Bridge, it'll bring you to 95. Then 95 on up to the RI border. You really can't avoid the mess of 95 from Milford/Orange until East Haven, at least not without incurring a notable deviation.
Truly, I'd probably even do the Merritt Route in the car...
(FYI, the Merritt is a parkway, so no commercial plates allowed. Assuming this is just a car, AOK. But if it's on a flatbed, no dice.)
Just an add-on to my above: I've been driving the Merrit a lot this week, and the construction is pretty heavy. Not only are there delays, but the "nice factor" of the parkway is very much reduced.
I'd recommend sticking with 95 in CT...
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You would do much better on the Hutch/Merritt if this was a weekend run.
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