yrusoslo wrote:
Unless you want to drive way out of your way, there isn't a good way around NYC or any part of the area.
This is not true. There are plenty of ways around NYC coming from New England.
If you are taking I95 south, I would pickup I287 just south of Greenwich CT, taking I287 over the Tappan Zee. Continue on I287 into New Jersey. Take I287 south to NJ Turnpike I95 and then south to Washington DC.
Mileage wise this detour off I95 may be a few more miles, but believe me it will be less stressful and more relaxing than taking I95 south through the Bronx and over the George Washington Bridge.
I'm someone who goes around NYC almost every weekend to go camping upstate NY. I've taken my TT through the Bronx and over the GWB many times. It is not pleasurable experience.