Acadia to Philadelphia area
We are looking for an alternative route to avoid New York City metro area as we travel south. Avoiding some tolls would be nice too! Thanks for your suggestions.
Forum Discussion
It's hard to completely avoid the greater NYC area without going very far out of your way. I-287, somehow or another, is not an unreasonable route. I think perhaps I took I-287 to US 206 when I went to Pilly most recently (a few years ago now), but I might have used some road other than US 206...my memory is hazy.
If you have some extra time, taking US2 across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont (probably it's easier to catch I-89 at Montpelier, where it parallels US2) and then US7 south to VT 22A and crossing into New York where convenient and taking I-87 south is not a bad route to take. You could cross either at Chimney Point/Crown Point (VT 17 to NY 9N south to NY 74 or NY 8 over to I87--or just 9N all the way down to the interstate) or at Fair Haven (US 4 to NY 149, or stay on US4 to Glens Falls). These are generally two lane roads, with some turns and towns with lower speed limits and so forth, but not ill-suited to RV travel.
If you have some extra time, taking US2 across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont (probably it's easier to catch I-89 at Montpelier, where it parallels US2) and then US7 south to VT 22A and crossing into New York where convenient and taking I-87 south is not a bad route to take. You could cross either at Chimney Point/Crown Point (VT 17 to NY 9N south to NY 74 or NY 8 over to I87--or just 9N all the way down to the interstate) or at Fair Haven (US 4 to NY 149, or stay on US4 to Glens Falls). These are generally two lane roads, with some turns and towns with lower speed limits and so forth, but not ill-suited to RV travel.
