Easiest way, avoiding metro areas, is I-81 to Rte 15 south of Harrisburg, to
Rte 17 south of Leesburg, Va, to I-95 at Fredericksburg to I-295 north of
Richmond to I-64 to Norfolk to I-264 east to VA Beach.
"Gary" wrote in message
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> We'll be driving from Scranton PA to Virginia Beach VA on the first
> Saturday in June and returning on the following Saturday. I'm looking for
> some real-world advice on what's the best route. The last time that I was
> down that way was 20+ years ago.
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> At that time I'd make an every-other-week run from Norfolk to New
> England--northbound on Friday and southbound on Monday and we'd use route
> 13 between Norfolk VA and Wilmington DE. Given the timing, that was the
> fastest way since we'd miss the Baltimore-Washington-Richmond traffic.
> Traffic wasn't bad at all on the whole DelMarVa peninsula and the trip
> across the Bay-Bridge tunnel was worth the toll to save the distance and
> time.
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> I know that a lot has changed since the last time I was down that way so I
> was wondering if anyone has a recent experience and advice. Given that
> I'll be traveling on Saturday rather than during the week my guess is that
> the fastest way would be to do the trip on I-95, I-64 rather than 13. Any
> thoughts?
>
> TIA
>
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