rush hour masspike to 95/128 south

[MikePRU]

Originally Posted by mwbms28

Route Nine - let me tell you about Route Nine. I have endured a lifetime of misery at the hands of Route Nine. It has an uncanny ability to make you look like a fool... It will be inexplicably backed up, day after day, consistently making you late until you figure out it's backed up and plan for it... on that exact day, there will somehow be no traffic and you will fall flat on your face, arriving 15 minutes early to twiddle your thumbs. You cannot outsmart Route Nine.

My father commuted from Framingham to Chestnut Hill for 20+ years on Route 9. One of the happiest days of his life was when he sold that house and moved to Newton Center.

[mwbms28]

Here is my suggestion for you, assuming you're around Speen Street.

Get to 27 by 9 or 30.

Turn onto Pine, right by the DQ. At the end, turn left then quickly turn right on Winter.

Turn right on Radcliffe. Follow it until it hits Wellesley Ave and turn left. Then turn right on Glen.

Take Glen to Ridgeway. Turn left in Ridgeway, then right on Intervale. Take Intervale down to Concord/Park and turn right.

Left on Hagar. Turns into Grove. Grove takes you to Riverside.

Worth a try. I didn't just do it off a map - I've driven it myself many times.

[robr2]

Originally Posted by eeegeek

I live very close to exit 13 off of Masspike - part of the reason to choose MPike as it is only 3-4 mins away. Besides google maps with real time traffic tells me it will take even more time via route 9 or route 30. Will try Waze next time.

Although Google owns Waze, they do things differently. Waze will have you go up little side streets if it will save you a few seconds and sometimes it may seem crazy. I drive in my job so many times I'm in a completely unfamiliar place so I tend to blindly follow Waze.