616 miles via I-90. I-84, I-91, CT 15, Hutchinson Parkway, Cross-County Parkway, I-87, I-95, DE 1, US 113, some back roads into NC, US 50, US 13, I-64, VA 168, US 158 and US 64 with a refueling stop in Carney’s Point NJ and a couple of bio breaks. This was a LONG day of driving – off by 6am, arriving around 8pm. But the weather was good and, except for slow morning traffic through CT, there were no major delays.
Because doing the “no toll” route would have added at least 90 minutes to an already long day, we opted to pay tolls. A LOT of tolls. I haven’t completely tallied them, but they were probably over $40. About half of this was the toll over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. It is only the second time I have traversed this bridge/tunnel. It isn’t visually impressive – just a very long causeway and a few bridges, with two long submerged tunnels. But I am sure it was a remarkable engineering feat. They are still working on it, adding two more lanes to the tunnel sections.
