[MR] Re: Route around Richmond

[Stacie Larson]

Should something go awry and VDOT doesn't finish in time, go Domenico's
way anyway.  Route 288 connects to I-95 at one end and to I-64 at the
other.  There's a place in Midlothian where the two ends don't meet yet
(but hopefully will this week).  You can detour an extra three miles
and connect from one to the other easily.

At the end of the open section (beyond the sign saying "last exit
before toll" which just isn't true anymore), you will be forced to exit
at Lucks Lane.  At the top of the ramp, turn left.  You'll come to a
light with Charter Colony (it's a Road, I think, but could be a Drive
or the like); turn right at that light.  You'll pass Midlothian High
School and get to Midlothian Turnpike (Route 60); turn left, heading
west.  Exit back onto Route 288.  There is not a whole lot of traffic
on the detour (you'll be west of the heavily commercial part of
Midlothian Turnpike), and you still miss downtown Richmond.

I shaved 12 minutes from the trip between Colonial Heights and Afton
Mountain going that way last month, and that was with the detour
through scenic Midlothian.  If VDOT does get the road open, it will be
even faster.

Cecily

> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:54:31 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Sean D. Sorrentino" <sdsorrentino at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [MR] Route around Richmond nears completion in time for
> 	Lessons at	the Palace
> To: atlantia <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>, caer mear
> 	<caermear at yahoogroups.com>,	river point
> <river_point at yahoogroups.com>
> Message-ID: <20041117175431.9957.qmail at web20628.mail.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> 
> For those looking forward to Lessons at the Palace
> this week Virginia DOT should complete the final
> section of Route 288 around Richmond, VA to the West. 
> 
> Currently if you wish to travel to Charlottesville
> (Isenfir) from the south, one must continue all the
> way up I-95 to I-64 in Richmond. 
> 
> Route 288 is a limited access highway with a 65 MPH
> speed limit that cuts the corner to the west and
> allows you to avoid the downtown Richmond interchange.
> the route should be open on Friday. 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> to use it, 
> 
> proceed north on I-95 in Virginia studiously ignoring
> the appeals of the road planners to route you onto
> I-295. (gentles arriving to Virginia on I-85 will not
> see any signs for I-295, which is just as well) 
> 
> take Route 288 at Exit 62. 
> 
> proceed the 32 miles (29 minutes travel time if you
> observe the posted 65 MPH speed limit) 
> 
> At the end of 288 take the ramp labled I-64 West to
> proceed towards Charlottesville. 
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> the overall distances appear to be the same, but the
> speed limit is higher and there is no need to muck
> about in the mixing bowl that is the I-95/I-64
> corridor through the downtown area.  
> 
> i will check friday to be sure that they have
> completed their final preparations by friday and post
> the results them. 
> 
> Domenico
> 
>


		
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