BraunMan92 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Has anybody made the trek north to NYC or Philly before on Thanksgiving Day itself? Will be my first time doing so this year. Any speculation as to how bad the traffic will be if I leave around 11 AM or noon from DC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 I went from VA to NH a few years ago using that route. One word, HORRIFIC!! Took me almost 3.5 hours to get north of Baltimore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest15 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Thanksgiving Day? You should have NO problems if you leave earlier. You might be rolling the dice if you leave at 11am. I usually travel to visit my family in NYC on Thanksgiving day, but I leave early. The worst rush is the night before and one year when I left, it took me 9 hours to get to Queens...UGH. *Here's a quick travel tip. The NJ turnpike absolutely SUCKS. It's boring and seems to take forever to drive through b/c the exits are spaced so far apart. Northbound, as soon as you get off the Del Mem Bridge, stay to the right. Take 295 N. It runs parallel with the NJ turnpike. More food options as well as gas (Wegmans off of exit 40), and WAY less traffic. Not to mention the exits are a mile apart, so you know exactly how much further you have to go in your travels. Take 295N to exit 56. Exit 56 will drop you off back on the Turnpike at exit 7 Bordentown). You have now just avoided a large chunk of time on the Tpke. You can do the same thing going southbound..get off at exit 7 and take 295S to the Del Mem Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOF44 Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 Damn my bad, I was thinking the day before, scratch that post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraunMan92 Posted November 14, 2013 Author Share Posted November 14, 2013 Wow, thanks for the responses everyone. Will definitely look into 295, and leaving early as well, even if it means having to kill some time before showing up at my relatives for dinner. Would much rather that then spend hours and hours stuck in traffic, wasting gas, and being late on top of it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BraunMan92 Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 If I leave around 10 from Greenbelt do you think I should be able to make it into NYC by 4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 If I leave around 10 from Greenbelt do you think I should be able to make it into NYC by 4? Yes, assuming there are no accidents, which isn't likely. 295 is good, but there are issues if you are going all the way to NY. It ends at Trenton, and they will actually turn you around and have you go back south towards Philly if you don't know what you are looking for. There are a couple of good places where there are exits that are close together, but those tend to be before the traffic will get bad on the TP. You can wait and take something like 195 over to the TP, but than you've to go that much further out of your way. And if there is an accident on 295 N. of Philly, it can easily turn into a mess. Realistically, it is a toss up. Find a station that does traffic (101.5 will do it regularly once you get up into NJ enough to get it) and change (trucks vs. cars) based on what they say is happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest15 Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I'd rather deal with traffic on 295, than ANYWHERE on the Turnpike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonArtest15 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Left for Queens this morning at 6am. Got in around 11:30. Stopped for about 45 min at Wegmans in Jersey and got caught in a little bit of traffic on 295. Smooth trip. Good luck to everyone out there on the roads...be safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinfan2k Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 i am going to fairfax to see a movie. What time should i leave if the movie starts at 7 from Bowie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSkins0721 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 i am going to fairfax to see a movie. What time should i leave if the movie starts at 7 from Bowie? Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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