Um, yeah, link didn't paste http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=100483915724424959392.0004509765475ca77d3da&ll=41.356196,-72.778931&spn=1.58332,3.378296&z=8
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:262901 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
