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Location: Nashville TN. | I got these directions from yahoo.
I am going to Chiller Con
http://www.chillertheatre.com/gt/gtc4.htm
My fiend Joe Monks is there.
He just finished his first feature film.
http://www.sightunseenpictures.com/
I saw a pre release version its a good movie.
Joe lost his ability to see from diebetes in 2001.
He world first blind film director.
Any I am tring to find out how realistic
the 2.5 hour driving time is????
Here the route.
3. Take LEFT ramp onto I-84 W toward WATERBURY - go 65.1 mi
4. Take exit #20/WHITE PLAINS/NEW YORK CITY onto I-684 S toward WHITE PLAINS/NEW YORK CITY - go 11.1 mi
5. Take exit #5/SAW MILL PKWY onto SAW MILL PKY S - go 18.6 mi
6. Take ramp onto I-287 W toward THRUWAY (I-87)/TAPPAN ZEE BR - go 2.6 mi
7. Continue on I-87 N - go 1.5 mi
8. Continue on I-287 W (Portions toll) - go 15.2 mi
9. Take exit #15/NEW JERSEY onto I-287 S - go 25.5 mi
10. Take exit #42/DOVER (US-46)/CLIFTON - go 0.2 mi
11. Turn LEFT on PARSIPPANY BLVD(US-202) - go 0.3 mi |
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Location: Boston | Done the drive many times. Your time wil be entirely dependent on the time of day you go. There are several "choke points" but if you can traverse the NY sections any time outside of rush hour you should be OK with 2.5-3 hours.
It is not an unpleasant drive (which 95 through the city can be). |
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Location: NJ | sounds right to me.
the tappen zee bridge is sometimes a mess |
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Location: Nashville TN. | I'd be going on Saturday Oct 6.
Normally if a got to go to NYC area I drive to New Haven and get a train. In this case 2.5 hours to Grand central then walk a mile to Penn Station get another
train for 1.5 hours Morristown Station.
Thanks for the help guys. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | One last thing how much are tolls on I-287? |
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Location: NJ | there are none to my knowledge |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | The TappanZee is a few bucks |
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Location: North Carolina | How much time you got? If you want to avoid the TZ Bridge as well, keep going north on 9 to the Bear Mtn. Bridge. Then you pick up the Palisades Pkwy. South. Nice ride. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Can't help you. I try to avoid the city. When we go south from CT I go to Scranton Pa before I make a left turn. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Elvira and Loraine Newman are almost worth the trip.
Going to Dover? Get on I-84, head west past Port Jervis to near Milford. Go down 206 thru Sparta. Then 15 and follow the signs. That's just a guess, it is longer, but that would be a whole lot prettier than driving through that Bergen County mess. And depending on the traffic, it could be faster. That is kinda coming in the back way. And it's mostly country.
Sparta's nice, Lake Mohawk is nice, Del Water Gap is nice... Don't know about Dover. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Going on the TZ is the right choice. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | From what Joe Monks been told (he went blind in
2001 did not stop from directing movies starting in 2004.) Elvira looks great and you never guess she is pushing 60 and still wearing that same skimpy outfit. |
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Location: NJ | The directions/time sounds about right.
TZ is like $4. There are no tolls on 287.
The train-thing won't work, cuz it'll get you to MoTown, but it's still a ways to go t'get to Parsnippany . . .
The Hilton's fairly easy t'find on 202.
The 206/15-thing is nice, but that's a LONG way t'go (I lived in Lake Mohawk for years) and you can easily get lost. 287's a straight-shot of Interstate. Sat. morn/aftn. won't be bad. Mebbe just some LeafPeeper traffic . . .
I remember Zacherle from TV when I was little.
He worked an FM-Rock station here for a while as well . . .
Enjoy the Show! |
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Anyone drive around NYC to NEW Jersey