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11-19-2008, 10:59 AM
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travel route from maine to ohio?
I am driving home to Ohio for Thanksgiving and I am looking for a better route. When I drove from Ohio to Maine, I got directions from the yahoo, google, and mapquest, and it basically took me right through NYC. I don't want to do that again and get caught in holiday traffic. Can anyone reccommend a better route? Someone told me to get on 84 and head north towards Scranton, PA then down to 81. I will take all the suggestions I can get. HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!!!
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11-19-2008, 11:07 AM
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11-19-2008, 11:08 AM
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See ya'll in the Spring
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When we come from Maine to WV we use this route.
I-95 to I495 around Boston, then pick up I-90 West to I-84 West through Hartford, CT, lower New York State and to Scranton. In Scranton we pick up I-81 South down to Maryland, then I-70 West to I-68 West to West Virginia then I-79 to Charleston. I am 50 miles from the Ohio line so I guess it depends where in Ohio you are going as to how far down I-79 you would travel.
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11-19-2008, 11:20 AM
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thats perfect, i live right of 70. Thanks!!!
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11-19-2008, 11:21 AM
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When we drove from Maine to WI, we went over through the Berkshires and then to upstate NY, dropped down across the northeast corner of PA and then straight into Ohio.
Too many big trucks for my taste, but it wasn't bad otherwise.
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11-19-2008, 11:34 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ekh32
thats perfect, i live right of 70. Thanks!!!
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You could stay on I-70 at Cumberland, MD and go west to Ohio, or you could follow I-70/I-68 to Morgantown, I-79 N to US 40, West to I-70 at Wheeling. I've used that route between Wheeling and Morgantown and had no trouble with it. |
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11-19-2008, 12:27 PM
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The key to your travels is where you cross the Hudson river. You need to take what ever path leads you to the Tappen Zee Bridge. Sounds like you crossed on the George Washington Bridge on your way to Maine. A lot of snow birds headed to Florida will cross the Tappen Zee in order to avoid the bottleneck around NYC even though it takes them a ways west. I believe the Tappen Zee is on I-87
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11-19-2008, 12:43 PM
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See ya'll in the Spring
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kellysmith
The key to your travels is where you cross the Hudson river. You need to take what ever path leads you to the Tappen Zee Bridge. Sounds like you crossed on the George Washington Bridge on your way to Maine. A lot of snow birds headed to Florida will cross the Tappen Zee in order to avoid the bottleneck around NYC even though it takes them a ways west. I believe the Tappen Zee is on I-87
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We cross the Hudson River at Newburgh, New York on I-84. |
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11-19-2008, 12:46 PM
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Maine is home
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I don't think you can get theah from heah!
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11-19-2008, 12:54 PM
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Good advice from Corgis
Corgis' recommendation is a good one. Getting to Scranton and picking up I-84 east to Newburgh, NY is a very pretty and less stressful way to get up to New England.
Wishing you all safe traveling this holiday season!
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