I live at the other end of CT (near the RI border), and make that drive a couple times a year.
We _always_ take the GWP up to the Tappan Zee Bridge (87/287), then follow it down to the Merritt Pkwy (15), to Rt 95 in Milford, then 95 north to Providence. The drive is a touch longer, but faster, and much, much nicer. Both in scenery, fellow drivers, stop and go traffic, construction, and road conditions. (we sometimes go tappanzee to 84 to 2 to 395 to 6, but that is a little more complicated, and more for the scenery change than anything.) As you near Providence, make sure you notice the big blue bug on a roof on the left, as made famous by "Dumb and Dumber". I would give yourself even an extra half-hour, because that is rush hour. Most days are a little slow, but enough accidents and slowdowns to add some unexpected time. Speed traps in New London on both sides of the bridge all summer, so slow down, and usually one just past exit 88 in Mystic, or just before the 92 exit for North Stonington on the uphill slope. Gas in CT is the highest in the nation, so bring your own, or get it in RI. Here is a map with places mentioned above, and me. On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Jacob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once again.. to you NY'ers (or North Easterner's) . > > > > Next Wednesday, I need to drive from Newark to Providence, RI. I need to > arrive in Providence for dinner, around 8pm ish. > > > > Google Maps tells me to basically take the 95, cut across on the GW bridge, > through the Bronx, up to coast to Providence. I was playing the traffic > times on Google to give me an idea about traffic. Google says 227 miles in > about 4+ hours. I was thinking about leaving at 3pm. Good idea? > > > > So, I am asking someone that actually lives or drives in the area. Should I > just stay on the 95? Should I go up NJ some more and cut across later? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262900 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
