Travel advice needed for road trip to CFR! car finally getting rust repair!, going past DC, Baltimore, NYC to CT(tangerine racing) Options

[DRPHIL914]

I'm taking the 914 up to Chris this week for its much deserved rust repair !!
its getting the rear fenders stretched and fixed and then the longs, jackpoints etc .

Yes, I am driving it!!! I will be coming up the I95 but might take some back roads, so I am looking for advice from locals to the DC and Baltimore areas to find out the best way to take a 914 thru, - it will most likely be in the middle of the night, but I am trying to get up to CFR by Noon or so Friday. Leaving SC right after work Thursday.

Leaving the car with Chris and hope to come back and get it when done, then bring it home for repaint.

Goal is to finish it before the end of the Challenge, and drive it up to NC for the Okteenerfest outing!!!!

Phil

[scott_in_nh]

Don't cross the Hudson on the George Washington Bridge.
Instead use the Tapanzee Bridge to RT684 to RT84 in Danbury CT.

[mepstein]

Don't cross the Hudson on the George Washington Bridge.
Instead use the Tapanzee Bridge to RT684 to RT84 in Danbury CT.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) great advice!

[rmital]

Don't cross the Hudson on the George Washington Bridge.
Instead use the Tapanzee Bridge to RT684 to RT84 in Danbury CT.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) great advice!

yes...this is the nicer/better trip. don't worry about the Tapanzee Bridge delays. not as bad as other routes. there were some accidents the past week or so, nothing to do with the on going construction.

I'm about 2+ hours from Chris' place on your way; about 5 minutes of the Garden State Parkway (that would lead to the Tapan Zee, unless your on 287)
feel free to contact me if you wanted a pit stop.

[mskala]

I have driven this several times. Most recently Hershey swap meet where I was
in Delaware after.

Note that Tappan Zee Bridge has just gone 'cashless', and for all the other roads
it is wise to have an EZ-Pass anyway.

If you go at really off times, you can make it around NYC without traffic jams. My
trip I started in Delaware at 6am sunday and that was enough; if you are going in
the middle of the night I would think you'd be good.

From I-95 Delaware, I take NJ Turnpike to Garden State Parkway to I-287 to
Tappan Zee bridge. If weather is good and you like a bit of the twisties, the Saw
Mill River Parkway can be fun. After the Tappan Zee, I could never tell whether
I-95/I-91 or I-684/I-84 is any faster than the other.