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Help Urgently Needed: Driving Time Alexandria Bay to Long Isand
hi there,
4 people are trying to make plans and are waiting on the answers so I hope I can get some help from you guys. I'll be driving relatives from the Ivy Lea Bridge near Alexandria Bay in northern New York to Uniondale on Long Island N.Y. I've got a AAA triptik that tells me that it's roughly 385 miles, which means that at 55 mph no stops, no problems, it would take 7 hours. However, life isn't like that, inevitably there will be construction somewhere, traffic jams, bathroom breaks etc. We have to be at Uniondale at 5p.m. without fail. I don't want to drive much above 60-65mph. I want to make 2 bathroom stops (say 15min each). What time do we need to leave Ivy Lea in order to get there? |
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someone going to the nassau crapiseum?
It is going to take forever. Even if you can make decent time to NYC, getting out to uniondale is a royal pain in the ass!!. If it was me, I would take rte 12 out of watertown, then east on 90 to albany, then 87 from there..... look to cross at the tappanzee and then leave your car in yonkers, train into the city, train out to long island.... just whatever you do, dont take 81 south all the way down, you will regret it..... if it were me, I would leave at like 2 or 3 am, and get some Z's in the car if you drive all the way to uniondale, or spend some time in nyc, and train it across when you need to.... also, you dont sound to swift in the car, and the highway on LI are gonna kill ya.....know where you are going, and check the map every 10 minutes.... |
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"qazz" wrote in message ... hi there, 4 people are trying to make plans and are waiting on the answers so I hope I can get some help from you guys. I'll be driving relatives from the Ivy Lea Bridge near Alexandria Bay in northern New York to Uniondale on Long Island N.Y. I've got a AAA triptik that tells me that it's roughly 385 miles, which means that at 55 mph no stops, no problems, it would take 7 hours. However, life isn't like that, inevitably there will be construction somewhere, traffic jams, bathroom breaks etc. We have to be at Uniondale at 5p.m. without fail. I don't want to drive much above 60-65mph. I want to make 2 bathroom stops (say 15min each). What time do we need to leave Ivy Lea in order to get there? Electric trains don't leave smoke. |
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the nassau crapiseum is what a lot fo us call the nassau cloiseum, home
to the NHL's New York Islanders..... rte 87 is the most sensible way to go, you want to make the jump to the other side of the hudson to the north of NYC, and by taking 81, you are well west of where you need to be and taking 12 from watertown saves consdierable time in getting to rte 87... once you are on 87, opinions will vary as to how to get "through" nyc and others will know better than me, but I might even condsider getting on 287 at the tappanzee and staying on that all the way to 95, then south to the throggs nex bridge and onto long island....that may be coming back to far east and may be excessive to avoid the cross bronk expressway(rte 95) through the bronx which can take hours to move a mile at times.... If I was drving people to an event that they simply could not miss, I would either leave at 2 or 3 am and have plenty of time on the other end, or leave the day before and get a hotel room....one can not predict NYC and its traffic, lane closures and all the othe rwonderful things that can delay you there, so its either leave the day before, drive overnite and check into a room to rest up before the event, or get a room and stay over the folloing nite... I made the remark about swift driving, as when someone posts to a newsgroup needing such detail, while already having a tripkit and times/miles, I wonder why they cant figure it out themselves? bottom line is though, say no to 81 as if it were crack.....take it only as far as watertown and then rte 12 south......to utica....to albany....87 south....from there opions will vary greatly....although my earlier idea of 287 looks worse and worse as I check out this map, it is the "easiest".... Chuck |
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The "expert" here, with the juvenile nicknames for buildings, has not
given you any real good advice by telling you to leave fifteen hours in advance and take some trains too. The biggest factors will be weather and day of the week. Monday through Friday get to the Tappan Zee by two, weekends get there by three and in both cases you'll probably have an hour to spare. Bad weather or a nine car pileup will cause problems, but you knew that. |
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how is taking 12 down to 87 into nyc and then look for someone else to
guide you from there not giving good advice? Had I known it was 2 little old ladies being driven down, I would have never mentioned trains, etc...... I like that you are sending her the same way I am, but only giving her an hour to spare....yikes!! Chuck |
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