Departed Reston, Virginia at exactly 6:30am EST on Sunday December 24 en-route for a Christmas vacation with the family in New York City.
I was crossing into the borough of Brooklyn over the Verazanno Bridge at approximately 9:40am. Downtown ManhattanThats a distance of about 225 miles in a little over 3 hours! Quite an accomplishment though you have to be familiar with I-95 in the Washington, DC to New York City corridor to appreciate. For those that keep track, the maximum speed was 102 Miles per hour near exit 1 of the New Jersey turnpike. That was not a sustained speed, just wanted to be able to say I cracked 100. Most of the trip was between 80 and 90 mph except during the Delaware Turnpike which still finds itself in the Nixon Administration era with a top posted speed of 55! The best stretch was during the normally boring New Jersey turnpike. Flying by
exits 1 through 4 in southern New Jersey, the blur of instance after instance of new tract housing rapidly gobbling up the few remaining farm acreage in the what passes for the Garden State.
Did I set a speed record for the trip with the caveat that I did not get a speeding ticket? Not sure. Assuming an average speed of 90 mph which is about what I believe is the maximum, the trip to the entrance of Brooklyn would take approximately 2 and 1/2 hours. Once you get into Brooklyn, then all bets are off therefore I will use that as the finish line. Though still an interstate, it is of the usual dismal, littered, narrow, pot mocked New York City variety. Going over 50 mph puts you at risk of missing the bone crunching potholes narrowly missed by the folks ahead.

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