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Originally Posted by VillagesFlorida
Hubby is a retired professional truck driver who, over the years made many trips down I 95 through the Bronx, across the GW bridge, etc. So many times travelling southbound he saw cars that had broken down and were abandoned. When he returned northbound, a few hours later, the vehicles were stripped of tires and anything else that could be removed and many had been burned out. In some areas along this route there is almost no place to pull over if you DO break down. It's a good thing that a lot of folks like the I 95 route. That helps to keep I 84 to I 81 pretty stress free.
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I avoid the 10 mile back-ups on I-95 conn and cross Bronx whenever and however possible. I have even sat on the GW Bridge @ midnight for hours, even on weekends due to construction and or bombscares.
If you get lucky you can get From Boston to Jersey in 4.5 hrs on a weekday morning if you leave boston @ around 6:am. Ideal time to slip thru the Cross Bronx is around 10:am. BUT that is nonstop and then you still have to deal with Delaware ,Maryland and the pm DC traffic nightmare.
I personally go around at all cost and am driving thru Penn,West Vrginia,Smokies durring the daylight hours. More cruise control than brakes for sure.