How Long Does it Take to Drive Across Your Metro Area? (vs., land)

[f1000]

How long on average, on a given freeway/ highway would you say it usually takes to drive from one part of your metro area to the other...so from north to south or east to west within the confines of your metro area's communities.

[thatguy1]

Developed metro I assume you are speaking of? Many metros include undeveloped land within coutnies included in metros. In that case it would take 1.5in Omaha.

Otherwise it only take 30-40mins in light traffic depending on which way you drive.

[Rachael84]

Wow, that would be from like Orange county to 80 miles east on Long Island. With no traffic at all (that's rare though) it would take about maybe 3 hours. If you drive anywhere from 2-7 at night, it would take you about 5 hours.

[Katarina Witt]

From east Auroroa to west Golden, probably 1- 1 1/2 hrs depending on traffic. Denver metro.

[lammius]

Oh boy,
north-south, from Tuckerton, NJ to Saugerties, NY is 200 miles, 3 hrs 23 min (no traffic)
east-west, from Delaware Water Gap, NJ to Montauk, NY is 191 miles, 3 hrs 51 min (no traffic)
diagonal, from Trenton, NJ to Fenwick, CT is 178 miles, 3 hrs 17 min (no traffic)

There are gaps in intensely developed land along the way in each case. To decide where "developed" vs. "undeveloped" starts and ends in each case would require more investigation.

[thatguy1]

Originally Posted by lammius

Oh boy,
north-south, from Tuckerton, NJ to Saugerties, NY is 200 miles, 3 hrs 23 min (no traffic)
east-west, from Delaware Water Gap, NJ to Montauk, NY is 191 miles, 3 hrs 51 min (no traffic)
diagonal, from Trenton, NJ to Fenwick, CT is 178 miles, 3 hrs 17 min (no traffic)

There are gaps in intensely developed land along the way in each case. To decide where "developed" vs. "undeveloped" starts and ends in each case would require more investigation.

I think "undeveloped" mostly just counts on the outskirts of the metro. Most metros have pockets here and there which are un/or under-developed.

[lrfox]

heh... Boston area, 1.5- 2 hours or so with no traffic (from say, Providence to Manchester NH).

Portland, Maine.... no more than 15 minutes.

[Rachael84]

Originally Posted by lammius

Oh boy,
north-south, from Tuckerton, NJ to Saugerties, NY is 200 miles, 3 hrs 23 min (no traffic)
east-west, from Delaware Water Gap, NJ to Montauk, NY is 191 miles, 3 hrs 51 min (no traffic)
diagonal, from Trenton, NJ to Fenwick, CT is 178 miles, 3 hrs 17 min (no traffic)

There are gaps in intensely developed land along the way in each case. To decide where "developed" vs. "undeveloped" starts and ends in each case would require more investigation.

I did mine from Orange county to eastern Long island. Yours is another way to do it.

[MR77]

From Henderson to Centennial Hills (Las Vegas metro area) about 30-45 minutes with little traffic or say driving in the middle of the night.

[LASam]

(S to N) San Clemente - Ventura = 130 miles
(W to E) Santa Monica - Redlands = 82 miles