Ride from Williamstown, Massachusetts, to Arlington, Virginia - March 18, 2007
The route: US 7 to Massachusetts 43/New York 43 to New York 22 to
Queechy Lake Road to New York 295 to the New York Thruway Berkshire
Spur to New York Thruway I-87 to Garden State Parkway to New Jersey
Turnpike to US 322 to I-95 to Delaware 896 to Delaware 2 to Maryland
279 to I-95 to I-495 to Dulles Connector to I-66 to Arlington. 7 1/2
hours. Not bad.
Passing through the Williams campus in a light snow.
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Jiminy Peak along Route 43 in Hancock, Mass.
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Queechy Lake near Canaan, New York.
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Getting from New York 295 to the northern end of the Taconic.
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Getting onto the Berkshire Spur at B2.
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Jumping ahead to the Garden State Parkway.
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Almost to the Turnpike.
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I like this law. Plenty of people ignored it.
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Switching from the Turnpike to I-295 at Exit 4.
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Now on I-295 in southern New Jersey.
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There's a very sharp turn on I-295 here. The route joins the mainline
of I-76.
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It's a 551.
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It's a 642.
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More numbers.
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A new route..
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The Commodore Barry Bridge across into Pennsylvania.
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View north toward Philadelphia up the Delaware.
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Coming up on I-95.
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Arrival in Delaware on I-95.
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I first thought this was an error 202 in Wilmington on I-95, but the
old routing of US 202 in Wilmington is really Delaware 202.
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Wilmington, Delaware.
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After lunch, might as well skip the crowded and expensive Delaware
Turnpike toll. Up 896 a bit.
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Then 2.
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And into Maryland.
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And back to I-95.
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Coming up on Baltimore.
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On a Sunday afternoon, it seemed reasonable to take the Fort McHenry tunnel.
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Entering the Fort McHenry Tunnel.
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Inside.
And back out.
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Jumping ahead to the junction with the Beltway.
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Passing I-270.
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The Capital Beltway in the northwestern part of the loop.
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Coming up on the Virginia line.
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Mostly missed the state line.
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Taking the cut from the beltway to I-66 along the Dulles Access Rd.
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I-66 in Arlington.
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