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Old 08-06-2021, 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy View Post
We drive NE to TV at least once a year. the time of day and the day of the week when we hit the Baltimore DC area determines what route we take. We have had good luck driving north or south going through Delaware to route 301/50 between the Delaware Memorial Bridge and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Not many lights, they have been removed, and a bypass has been put in since i was driving that regularly in the late 70s. . .

Having done the Chesapeake bay bridge tunnel a couple of times, and always got hung up in Norfolk, such that it slowed us down too much, along with lights on rt 13. . .

We leave NE early morning 3-4 AM and visit relatives on the VA/NC border. On a Friday, its always slow on 495 and south of DC, never fails. . going Delaware we minimize 495 and get through DC before noon but still hit traffic south of DC

Am looking to try 301 south in MD/VA between Annapolis MD and Bowling Green VA, just to avoid the jam south of DC at all hours of the day. . . not sure as it looks like the potential for alot of lights, but might be the same time and alot easier drive than 20/30 mph constant stop and go on 95/495

good luck as we all need it
Take US50 across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge to US301 South in Crofton MD. US301 takes you over the Potomac River. When south of Fort AP Hill, take VA207 to the I95. You enter I95 just north of King's Dominion Amusement Park. It is an easy ride and avoids all the congestion of the DC metro area.