We are heading up to New England in September. We are pulling a 36'fifth wheel. We will be leaving on a Friday and will be traveling through DC, Baltimore, Philadelpha & New York areas over the weekend. We would like to make it to East Lyme, CT by Sunday evening if possible, so we are looking for the most efficient route around DC, Baltimore, Philadelpha & New York areas.
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The most efficient is the more direct, which will be I-95.
You can get on Google Maps, and look for alternatives around Baltimore tunnels, so that you don't have to mess with the LP.
NY City will be easiest across the George Washington Bridge, but you will want to try and get throug the city between rush hour in the morning and afternoon.
I-95 runs across the GWB, and straight up to CT.
The Beltway around DC will be easy, and the signs will help you avoid Washington DC, to stay on I-95.
Below Washington, it's pretty much straight I-95, once you get on it from the other roads you'll be on in Florida.
There are some decent RV CGs in the middle of NC (just off I-95).
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X2 with Baltimore. You can't use the tunnels even if you have the LP off. If you are going to take the GW bridge in NY watch for lanes for the upper deck. No LP allowed on the lower level. Other than that - no problem.
I live near East Lyme. My preference for traveling is minimal tolls and traffic. I get around the dense I-95 suburbs by using I-81. Typically, my travel route is I-84 to I-81. At the southern portion of I-81 are several options for travel. The added benefit of I-81 is Shenandoah. I am just throwing this out as an alternative to the normal hustle and bustle of I-95.
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I should add a couple of things to my last post. My normal route is from Coventry, CT to Cookeville, TN. I believe that is about 1100 miles using this route so the distance is similar. For tolls heading north, there is one only at Newburg bridge, NY and none heading back south. My trip takes me two days of normal driving with a 3 and 5 year old providing the tunes from the back seat. Good luck!
I live around the Northern VA area and can tell you that 95 can still get backed up in places from North of Richmond to Baltimore, even on weekends and holidays. If I can avoid it I use 81 which is a bit out of your way but agree it's less stressful than 95. If you're in a hurry, and it sounds as if you are, then going 95 will probably be the fastest during non-rush hour traffic unless you hit backups.
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hawkhill wrote: We are heading up to New England in September. We are pulling a 36'fifth wheel. We will be leaving on a Friday and will be traveling through DC, Baltimore, Philadelpha & New York areas over the weekend. We would like to make it to East Lyme, CT by Sunday evening if possible, so we are looking for the most efficient route around DC, Baltimore, Philadelpha & New York areas.
We leave Tallahassee on a Sunday morning at 8:00am and will get to Ct just past Danbury on Tues around 2:00pm....
we go Tally to Selma,NC x-98 on I-95 on Sun...650 miles give or take..then on Monday go from Selma,NC to Carlise,Pa,and then Tues from Pa into Ct
we go 10 to 95 to just past Richmond and go up rt 17 north around Warrenton,Va and up to 81..and we go straight thru on 95 in Richmond as it isn't that bad at all..maybe 10 to 15 minutes of traffic....
we stay on 81 to 78 past Harrisburg,Pa take 78 to 287 north to Sufferin,NY take 87 North to Newburgh to 84 and cross on the Newburgh Beacon bridge then for you we'd stay on 84 past Waterbury,Ct to 691 for 20 miles to 91 north to Ct rt 9 South..which is a 4 lane hwy much like an interstate to 95 north and you are at East Lyme
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To bypass Baltimore. Get on the DC Beltway to Rt.50 east. That goes towards Annapolis and across the Bay Bridge. About 5-miles the road splits. Take 301 north to 896 east to 13 north (do not get right on 13. Go to the 1st light an take a left, (this bypasses the toll, only about a mile drive) Follow 13 to 1 and you will get back on I-95 just 2-miles south of the Delaware Bridge. Done it about 100-times. Very nice, no traffic drive.
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