Driving from MA down to PA, Tappanzee v George Washington Bridge?
May 16th 2011, 12:49 pm
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Re: Driving from MA down to PA, Tappanzee v George Washington Bridge?
When I go to Boston, I drive 684 to the Mass Pike and then head to Boston. I like it better than battling trucks on I-95. It will also take you down the middle part of the state rather than the coastline and you should be entering 287 around White Plains.
May 16th 2011, 3:59 pm
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Re: Driving from MA down to PA, Tappanzee v George Washington Bridge?
I've done the drive years back and think I went the folks way before, but not sure, as I think I went I-95 all the way down through Providence RI, but this time we're a bit west so going I-495 through Hartford, CT...don't know which is better, they're both crap....though we could cut the middle on go down I-395 and avoid both dumps.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de...lest-city.html
May 16th 2011, 7:21 pm
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Re: Driving from MA down to PA, Tappanzee v George Washington Bridge?
Providence is now 'the coolest city in New England' according to the Daily Telegraph ! (though there are a fair few dissenters in the comments).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de...lest-city.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/de...lest-city.html
They lie, it's a shit hole...
The 684 is sounding more fun, done the coast route a few times down to CT and be nice to try something different, especially if the weather is nice
May 16th 2011, 8:34 pm
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Re: Driving from MA down to PA, Tappanzee v George Washington Bridge?
Yeah - I'm inclined not to trust these types of travel articles since that one I read a while ago which claimed that Nottingham was 'the Milan of the Midlands'. Still - having lived in some dodgy parts of the UK I think my criteria for what constitutes a shit hole is probably a bit stricter. It's an OK place if I manage to get to the bus station without being attacked by a prostitute.
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May 17th 2011, 2:01 pm
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Re: Driving from MA down to PA, Tappanzee v George Washington Bridge?
Did the reverse back in 2002 in driving from Cambridge to Pleasantville. The route was provided by our friends living in Pleasantville.
Jun 5th 2011, 7:40 pm
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Re: Driving from MA down to PA, Tappanzee v George Washington Bridge?
Also liked how well lit the motorway was in NJ...and that NY/NJ only tolled up one side of the route rather than both...least CT didn't have tolls.
Pics of Hartford, CT, I-684, TZB, NJ and the college campus
a smidge over 300 miles each way, about 5 hours per leg...loads of cars were being pulled for speeding so I wasn't doing any of it
