What's the best way home from Rt 80 in NJ on Saturday night?

if you wanna go the staten island route, take 95 south and than take 278 to staten island, straight to brooklyn.

Huh...wha? What do you think this is... Newjersyian.com?

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BrooklynJack wrote: will be returning home from Ohio Saturday evening via Rt 80. I'm thinking 280 to 95 to 78/NJ Turnpike and accross the Bayone Bridge SI Expressway tot he Verizona. Or am I not going to get that much traffic to not jus take the Holland? If so whats the mest way? last couple of times we've been hung up for 1 to 1 1/2 hours getting through the Holland

Verizona? What the heck is THAT? I think you mean the Verazanno

anyhow, if you're coming from Rt. 80 at night, go across the GWB and take the BQE (or 295 to the BQE). Avoid going through manhattan at all costs.

BrooklynJack wrote: armchair, film

I have usually found the Bayone Bridge faster than the Gothals as you miss most of the traffic on the SIE

That's true, you miss most of the SIE bottleneck. I have a reputation of geting lost around there but these new contraptions that tell ya where to go come in mighty handy!

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Idlewild wrote: [quote=redmenace][quote=BrooklynJack]will be returning home from Ohio Saturday evening via Rt 80. I'm thinking 280 to 95 to 78/NJ Turnpike and accross the Bayone Bridge SI Expressway tot he Verizona. Or am I not going to get that much traffic to not jus take the Holland? If so whats the mest way? last couple of times we've been hung up for 1 to 1 1/2 hours getting through the Holland

Verizona? What the heck is THAT? I think you mean the Verazanno

anyhow, if you're coming from Rt. 80 at night, go across the GWB and take the BQE (or 295 to the BQE). Avoid going through manhattan at all
costs.

This is an interesting route. Intriguing. You feed directly into the GWB and go crosstown to either the Whitestone of Tri-Boro on to the GCP or BQE. My only hesitation would be the extra toll on the Tri-Boro and the delay on the BQE where the construction is. Still, I'm going to try this next time I come back from Scranton, PA.

It's the only route my husband will take. The extra toll is worth it, especially with an EZ Pass.

BrooklynJack wrote: Update:

We ended up coming through the Holland. There was no traffic, though we kept listening to the radio and were prepared to take the Bayone Bridge cutoff. Fastest trip home in years

What'd I tell ya...

i grew up out in jersey, and i would never take any of those tunnels to go in either direction.

the closer you are to the GWB, the better. take local lanes and get off around teaneck, and take local surface streets to the GWB. and i mean, all the way to river as far as you can go.

then, contrary to all advice, take the west wide highway all the way to the brooklyn battery tunnel.

i have tried this any number of ways over the years, and the west side to the tunnel is nearly always the fastest. even from upstate (follow hutch, etc, to henry hudson. NOT to bqe situation)

lol.

Boygabriel wrote: [quote=filmlover44]I once spent an entire year of my life trying to get through the Holland Tunnel and to the Lower East Side.

I once spent a year trying to get from the Holland Tunnel to the Manhattan Bridge.
"I once thought I had mono for an entire year. It turned out I was just really bored."