Interesting post. I've made the drive from FL/SC/NC/VA to NH and Maine over 70 times by my count. I think I have sat in traffic jams on every section and also traveled at the worst times you possibly could. Beltway at rush hour, Thanksgiving holidays, labor day, independence day, through major snow storms, yada yada. I cringe thinking about some of those road trips.
Without traffic snarls, the fastest route is -> 95 -> New Jersey Turnpike -> Garden State Parkway -> 87/287 Tappan Zee -> 684 -> I84 -> I90 and then point to where in Mass/NH/ME that you need to go.
I learned that the only way to minimize the traffic woos was to travel during the night. This includes weekends because often you can get hit with weekend construction zones. Of the several trips I've made over the last few years it's worked well.
I-81 has several advantages and if I were pulling a trailer is what I would use. Otherwise I go with the point of least resistance.
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