Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Cape Cod

Route
Day 1: US 15/501 North, I 85 North,  I 95 North, I 295 North, NJTpk North, US 306 South, Local Roads, I 130 East, I 295 North, NJ 29 North to Trenton.
NJ 29 South, I 195 South, NJTpk North, I 287 North to Somerset NJ.
Day 2: I 287 South, Local Road, NJ 27 North, Garden State Parkway North, I 87/287 South, I 95 North to Providence RI.
I 95 South, RI 4 South, US 1 South, RI 138 East, RI 138A East, Local Roads, RI 138A West, RI 138 East, RI 114 North to Bristol RI.
RI 114 South, Local Road, RI 24 North, MA 24 North, I 195 North, MA 79 North, MA 24 North, US 44 West, MA 3A North to Plymouth MA
Day 3: MA 3A South, MA 3 South, US 6 East, US 6A East, US 6 East, Local Roads, US 6A West, Local Road, US 6 West, Local Road, US 6A West, US 6 West, US 6A West, MA 28 West, Local Roads, MA 28 West, Local Roads, MA 132 West, US 6 West, MA 3 North, US 44 East, MA 3A North to Plymouth MA
Day 4: MA 3A North, Local Roads, MA 3A North, Local Roads, MA 3A North, Local Roads, MA 3 North, I 93 South, I 95 North, MA 4/225 North to Bedford MA
MA 4/225 South, Local Road, MA 3A West, Local Road to Concord MA
Local Road, MA 3A East, Local Roads, MA 4/225 North to Bedford MA
Day 5: MA 4/225 South, I 95 South, MA 3 East to Alewife
MA 3 West, I 95 North, MA 4/225 North to Bedford MA
Day 6: MA 4/225 South, I 95 North, I 93 South, MA 28 South, Local Roads, MA 2 West, US 20 West, Local Road, I 90 West, I 84 West, Local Roads, I 84 West, CT 8 South, CT 15 West, Hutchinson Parkway South, I 287 West, I 78 West, Local Road, PA 611 South, I 276 West, I 476 South, US 30 West, Local Road, US 422 North to Oaks PA.
Day 7: Local Roads, PA 23 West, PA 252 South, US 30 East, Local Roads, US 422 North, PA 23 West to Valley Forge.
Local Roads, PA 252 North, PA 23 East, US 422 South, US 201 North, I 76 West, PA 320 South, US 30 East to Devon.
US 30 West, I 476 South, I 95 South, I 495 South, I 95 South, MD 222 South, US 40 West, MD 22 West to Aberdeen.
Day 8: MD 22 West, I 95 South, I 695 East, MD 295 South, Balt-Wash Parkway South, I 495 West, I 66 West, US 50 West, VA 24 North to Air and Space Museum.
VS 24 South, I 29 South, US 15 South, US 360 West, US 15 South to Chapel Hill.
Notes
CT: The new Q Bridge is open northbound.
DE: The I 95/DE 1/7 interchange is being upgraded. It looks like there will be a flyover from I 95 South to DE 1 South.
MA: US 6 in Cape Cod needs some traffic engineering. Left turn lanes and left turn signals would improve traffic flow immensely.
NJ: The Turnpike is being twinned from the connector to the Pennsylvania Turnpike north to the current twinning.
Results
Two new states: CT and RI, for a new total of 46.
Counties: CT: 7. MA: 3.  NJ: 6. NY: 2. RI: 5 (All in state). VA: 5. For a new total of 1040.
CT: Clinched I 95. Mileage on I 84, CT 8, CT 15.
DE: Clinched I 295.
MA: Clinched I 84. Mileage on I 93, I 95, I 195, US 1, US 6, US 44, MA 2, MA 2A, MA 3, MA 3A, MA 4, MA 6A, MA 24, MA 28, MA 79, MA 132, MA 225.
MD: Mileage on MA 222, US 40.
NJ: Mileage on I 195, I 295, US 130, US 206, MD 27, MD 29, NJ Turnpike, Garden State Parkway.
NY: Clinched I 287, Garden State Parkway. Mileage on I 87, I 95.
PA: Mileage on US 422, PA 23, PA 252.
RI: Clinched RI 4. Mileage on I 95, US 1, RI 24, RI 114, RI 138, RI 138A.
VA: Mileage on I 66, US 15, US 17, US 29, US 50.
Major Bridges: Delaware Memorial, Tappan Zee, Pearl Harbor, Jamestown, Newport.
Highway ends: I 84 East, I 91 South, I 93 South, US 6 East, US 7 South,  US 20 East, US 44 East.