Green or Blue? | TheaterFire

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Few-Passage1419@reddit

Green. Make sure you're using GPS with traffic updates on, and it won’t be 50 minutes longer anymore. Plus, don’t forget about the tolls, man!

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Green during daylight hours. Blue, if you can time it between hitting Richmond, VA after 9pm, driving through the night and having NYC on your ass before 4am. Same goes in reverse if you are hitting Hartford, CT after 9pm.

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Atypical_Mammal@reddit

Unless you're an owner op. Those turnpikes and bridges add up to $200+.

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Q7017@reddit

... which is why we only run contracts that pass that cost onto the account or receiver...

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Atypical_Mammal@reddit

Hey, if they give me extra $200 for tolls, and I have the time - I'll still bypass the tolls and keep the money

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SmooveKJ@reddit

I’d take blue but 50-301 then back on 95 in DE, 295 up to Bordentown, which is exit 7 then 7 to 18 and take 17 north, cross the Tapp, and then 684 to 84

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Atypical_Mammal@reddit

I break off to the west off the dc beltway, and then go to Harrisburg via gettysburg. Thus avoiding expensive toll roads and GW bridge.

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SaltAndBitter@reddit

Let's be honest... I-76 is the real killer here. Better off taking some near-parallel state and US highways over that money pit of a road

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Atypical_Mammal@reddit

None of these routes involve 76. Only 78 from Harrisburg east, and that one is free.

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SaltAndBitter@reddit

Red is 76. And I stand by my statement that green could stand to be improved a bit to avoid the tolls, because blue is just ass

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Rdtisgy1234@reddit

👆this guy has experience

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ANiceDent@reddit

Agree with this depends on the time of day/ traffic If it’s night driving yolo

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mustangsal@reddit

This.

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GumbysDonkey@reddit

I've only had to go through Richmond 4x and it sucked every single time.

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ohjaimiea@reddit

Green. DC always gets you good

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OrganizationNo6167@reddit

FUCK THE i95

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JEricDC@reddit

Traffic used to start way later now it starts around 230pm and forget wee early mornings cause that traffic starts at 0300am

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Q7017@reddit

You're not kidding. I was up at midnight on the west coast where I live and I looked at traffic on google maps over there just for fun. Red in the middle of the damned night.

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OrganizationNo6167@reddit

Went through Washington at 9pm on a Sunday, dead stopped traffic for miles. I couldn’t believe it

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Cipher508@reddit

That's Boston year round. 10-11pm your still hitting stopped traffic most times. Usually only costs you 5-10 minutes that late though.

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CobraWasTaken@reddit

I went through at midnight once thinking I was smart. They closed the entire road for a good 20-30 minutes for road work and just made us sit there and wait on the highway 😐

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deezkeys098@reddit

Same with connecticut. 1pm and your stopped ever 10 miles because of traffic merging

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JEricDC@reddit

Yap… I work till 1230 and by that time there’s no traffic so I drive to Baltimore at like 1am with little traffic but if I leave Baltimore at 3am.. whoa beware

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ShortCurlies@reddit

Hammer down in the left lane...ignore all the no trucks signs...get thru there before 6 am.

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foreverlost1nsea@reddit

Holy shit I discovered I95 a few weeks ago and have been through north bound 3 times it’s always hell! People are so fucking aggressive in average compared to the rest of the country I’ve been to

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ComprehensiveDark814@reddit

It's much easier to pass in the rest of the country. You have to drive different on the East Coast.

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dryalldr@reddit

I did I95 southbound through Miami on my way to Key West. Shit was absolutely INSANE!! I did it in a minivan and I couldn't wait for it to be over. I couldn't imagine doing it in a loaded semi

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Auquaholic@reddit

Florida is something else. Super slow drivers on the left, race cars weaving in and out. That state is nuts.

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Auquaholic@reddit

Up the ass.

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Educational_Sock2409@reddit

Blue it's all dark roads no lights slot of cotton fields. Scary but fun to drive

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overcrispy@reddit

Green all day. I took blue. Bad times.

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Unique_Ant9445@reddit

Blue if you can time Richmond early early am or late afternoon. Ive done that route several times. I havent had too too many issues becides significantly more horrendous drivers than the mid-west/western states

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SlothyTendecies@reddit

Green 10/10 times. I don't give a shit what time it is, I'm not dealing with 95.

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B4ummm@reddit

Green all the way unless you want to sit at DC on 95 & 495

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Bald-Eagle39@reddit

Green

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Ok_Suggestion3274@reddit

Green. Blue your just asking for traffic

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Commercial_Wolf4623@reddit

Yea tack on 2 hours if you take the blue .Traffic is unforgiving through D.C

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JRock1276@reddit

Blue. 77 and 81 suck.

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RuneScape420Homie@reddit

Blue. Take the route that will put chest hair on you.

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Dangerous_Most2327@reddit

Always avoid DC

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Fearless-Stonk@reddit

Green! D.C. is a shit show no matter what time you hit it!

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jdmjaydc2@reddit

Tysons corner will always screw you green and do it as late early am as possible

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KOJAK516@reddit

Green. Stay away from DC...

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BitPuzzleheaded5311@reddit

Green

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anabundanceofland@reddit

Green

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Rykedan@reddit

Green...every time

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Irishgoodbye777@reddit

Green. I'm from Nj. Too many vehicles. Not enough road

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Zealousideal_Ad1549@reddit

I’ve done that exact trip multiple times and green all the way. 95 is chaos, 81 is peaceful meadows. The NJ turnpike sucks. Southern PA is beautiful mountains and easy truck stops. Depending on what cities you hit on rush hours, the green route might also be faster. I’ve hit 2-3 hour traffic jams on 95.

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Truckin_Dave@reddit

So be careful around Dc trucks through can only take 95, and 495. I believe 395 or the beltway has low bridges and says no trucks.

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SkinnyG80@reddit

Green, lots more mountains but you will get fucked 3 or 4 times going blue, all those big cities and traffic, construction, etc. Blue will have alot of places to stop, especially down south

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Maduro90@reddit

Green. I95 is a joke!

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Turbulent_Ad273@reddit

During the night it’s beautiful 😍 but after 3am it’s gets serious 😂😂

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BeansForGas@reddit

Go around Richmond if you can!! It’s always traffic

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helloiisjason@reddit

Green. 95 is awful from NoVA til past NYC

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RayAlmighty13@reddit

Green is the nicer drive.

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BoujeeRedNek@reddit

Green! Far less traffic and if you have to pay tolls you'll be sorry later. The George Washington bridge into New York is $100 alone for 5 axles.

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cofo@reddit

It'll be 15 hrs? What you decided?

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Content_Car_5602@reddit

Green New York and dc are population out of control out there

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derekno2go@reddit

Green. Avoid city traffic as much as possible time permitting.

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Express-Society-164@reddit

Blue if you can make it passed NY by 4am. That’s when the show starts. The traffic show.

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livinglavidaloca82@reddit

GREEN

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Lovicionez@reddit

You can call me crazy but I rather deal with a short stretch of traffic that DC often is, than battle the whole stretch of I-81. It’s not suitable for all the traffic with only 2 lanes thru Va and pa

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jdaburg@reddit

Green 100%

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KlineyKline@reddit

Green

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Mindless_Jicama8728@reddit

First mind is green, but if you’re passing through DC in the middle of the night, it’s not bad.

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Kryptedbbkick@reddit

I always hit green, but if it's 9pm and no later than 3am when I'd hit Washington and MD, then I'd do blue.

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Externus-fortissimus@reddit

Green! Very little reason to take i95 over i81 when traveling northeast… there are a few reasons but if traveling the length of the east coast, 81 is typically the better route

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BL24L@reddit

I81 sucks but dc sucks more

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Snookfilet@reddit

Seems like I’m always up and down 81. Traffic, construction, and no parking. Still better than 95.

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BL24L@reddit

What 81 needs are more truck climbing lanes.

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MDM0724@reddit

I’m not a trucker and know nothing about these roads. I’d go green because my logic says “closer to the coast = more traffic” Reading the description confirms that logic in my mind, I hate driving in the city

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CobraWasTaken@reddit

>50 minutes more Doubt it

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Primedirector3@reddit

Green without question

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PinkSheetMillionaire@reddit

Watch speed in VA

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OutcomeSalty337@reddit

Green red blue.

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bobmonkeyclown@reddit

Blue if you start at 22:00-0:00. Green otherwise.

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schmuddy_bhuddy@reddit

Green and i don't even drive a truck.

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WillBilly_Thehic@reddit

Green unless your running through at night

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Key_Prompt_1738@reddit

Definitely green , I loathe 81 but avoiding the time suck is essential especially if you’re on e logs.

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JustAGuyTrynaSurvive@reddit

Green, especially if you are going north (more tolls), but I would never go near NYC if there was any other way.

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musicalmadness1@reddit

Depends on time of travel and if you are paying tolls or not. If company paying tolls fuck it run 95 at night won't be so bad as long as you pass through gwb at like midnight to 2 am. After that time gwb is gonna suck no matter what. Day drive take 81.

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JeepingTrucker@reddit

Pink, live on the wild side.

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Admirable-Cookie2888@reddit

Green only go 95 at night

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new_Australis@reddit

Green.

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Highwayking325@reddit

84-81 so blue

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bourbonpens@reddit

I’m voting green.

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womblyc@reddit

Green without a doubt, you avoid DC, Jersey, and most of the shitty part of PA.

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Character-Hand-3359@reddit

Green if you have extra time and try to avoid blue cause of tolls

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TheRealMondo@reddit

81 is SOOO much better than 95. The rich roads north of richmond SUCKS. There is Traffic at 2am for no reason, Construction everywhere, and DOT prowling. No thanks Green all the way

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Far-Cardiologist4590@reddit

81-84 red

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Few-Goat-6217@reddit

Green. I-95 is ALWAYS disastrous through Virginia and DC.

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CrispyLuggage@reddit

Green. Ran this lane for years going to SC. Just mind your brakes down the Fancy Gap.

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FrankFurterTheFourth@reddit

Absolutely green 95 is terrible the entire way up

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treesmith1@reddit

Ya missed one. Look at cutting to 301 north of Richmond. Miss a bunch of tolls and clean running once on the peninsula.

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Fantastic_Board7057@reddit

Green w/o question. 81>95 in any capacity. Also being said, I’ve always thought it should be 3-lane in way more spots than it is. But still, yea green

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pupetdragon@reddit

Green

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i-eat-coochie@reddit

Green everyday of the week

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Drekalots@reddit

I'm not a trucker but I travel between those states and locations a lot. I always go green. Fuck 95.

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Darth_Hidious2581@reddit

I live in the Baltimore/DC area. Take the green route (I81). Almost every time I come off home time I get a shingle load from Baltimore to Charlotte. 95 sucks the whole way until I get off on 85 after Richmond. And it only gets worse the further north you go.

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Wmpowe@reddit

I’m with the rest of the guys here. Green all the way. The time you could save IF you happen to hit the sweet spot for traffic isn’t worth having to deal with the four wheelers in those cities cutting you off all night.

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mibtrucker310@reddit

Green

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_x-51@reddit

_I-95 or not I-95?_ If I remember my own experience, green looks like it avoids some bullshit I hated between NYC and Connecticut. On top of that it avoids I-95 in the Carolinas. Seems like a winner to me.

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sputnikatto@reddit

Blue goes 85 south of Richmond.

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LockportTrans@reddit

Blue

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pastepropblems@reddit

Red, be a rebel

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Ornery_Ads@reddit

Green

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Ok_Ingenuity_1670@reddit

Red. Go red.

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Meatbuns66@reddit (OP)

Y?

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BlacktopProphet@reddit

Change of pace. Add a little spice to your day

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ItsTHECarl@reddit

And by change of pace you mean the inevitable gridlock around D.C.?

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BlacktopProphet@reddit

I mean....there's always *something*

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CMDR_PEARJUICE@reddit

Green, mostly because I live on 81 there in WV

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Same-Debate1828@reddit

Green

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UnsureOfAnything666@reddit

Gotta time it right, green sucks it's mountains blue you can pull off overnight

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yupuhoh@reddit

Where in Maine?

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Colonel_Phox@reddit

[why not take both? ](https://images.app.goo.gl/5D4vZjtXsGMcNDPT9) Use the middle route to link both of them.

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FreeAndRedeemed@reddit

Green, every time.

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Apprehensive-Law6458@reddit

Blue takes you through dc, Baltimore, NJ and New York City. Green takes you through Shenandoah valley. Personally I would go Green.

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Unique-Ad-2544@reddit

Yellow (im colorblind)

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Tricky_Big_8774@reddit

DC will add 2 hrs to your trip guaranteed

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kitesinfection@reddit

I have to drive 95 for roughly 70 miles between Philly and East Rutherford every single night. Avoid 95 for as long as humanly possible. Fuck that road.

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East_History1325@reddit

If you can hit Richmond by 0230, you’re good. Traffic picks up in nova/dc around 0400/0415, depending on how you drive. If you’re a late night 60 mph in the middle lane type of person, go green.

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Exciting_Cat9790@reddit

Blue tolls either way

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Defiant_Network_3069@reddit

Green. I actually run that route regularly. I do my best to avoid Richmond and DC.

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Claim_Alternative@reddit

Green Skip Baltimore and DC

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paulbunyanshat@reddit

Delaware is a speed trap, and NJ is a shithole

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abubahzer@reddit

green because you will avoid i95 you will go through fredericksburg to DC it’s fucking insane i live in va fredericksburg so do the best thing and avoid this shitt

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ameatba@reddit

I'd personally take blue just because I ran regional and know where I can park that isn't the side of the road or getting blocked in a rest area or truck stop if you do manage to find a spot. Go east around DC don't follow the GPS around the west side. Go straight through Baltimore it's never that bad to warrant going all the way around the west bypass. When you get up to NY take 287 to 87 and across 84. I never take 95 up through NYC unless I'm going no further than New Haven.

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potatocross@reddit

I never understand why gps wants everyone to go west around DC. Especially right now when it’s one giant work zone.

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stanknasty706@reddit

Green for sure. It keeps you out of the worst part of 95.

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clhchewy81@reddit

Green. I95 through Baltimore was never great but ever since the Key Bridge collapsed traffic had been insane.

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srqfl@reddit

Blue might as well be red with all the traffic on 95. Green all thw way

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TimLanglois@reddit

Green

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deezkeys098@reddit

Green every time screw nyc

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JEricDC@reddit

Is that 81 and 95?

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Acrobatic_Ocelot_461@reddit

I'd avoid NYC and DC

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InformalPlane5@reddit

Blue

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km1697369@reddit

Green all day. As a short haul driver out of va who goes to DC and Baltimore every day, avoid DC/66/495/395/270 if at all possible. It’ll can and will add anywhere from 2-8 hours onto your trip depending on what time of day you go through.

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