[MR] [Keep] Alternate Non-toll route to Pennsic

[Kathy Jewell]

I think they are charging the toll from Breezewood to Bedford again.
They didn't have a toll while they were working on 30 to help keep the
traffic low.

I haven't done the route in a while. But you do hit some stop lights and
even though the road is wide and 4 lanes you do have to slow down.
Depending on if you're trying to get there fast vs. cheap.

I prefer interstates but that's my opinion.

Aminah

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> Of lordgaelan at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:42 PM
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> Subject: Re: [MR] [Keep] Alternate Non-toll route to Pennsic
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> 
> I would suggest taking the turnpike from Breezewood to 
> Bedford (NO TOLL).? I have taken this route 4-5 times in both 
> directions.? It is a great route.? The major hills are on 
> I-99 and on 422 near the Walmart we go to if you go east.? 
> Most of the route is 4 lanes wide.? It also keeps you out of 
> Pittsburgh traffic, which means about the same driving time.
> 
> I-99N is also US 220N.? It is what I have always referred to 
> as the "22" route.? Every time you come across a new road 
> with the number 22 in it, headed north or west, Get on It. 
> (220 to 22 to 422).
> 
> Gaelan mac Cuinneagain
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Dean <scott_dean at mindspring.com>
> To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org; keep at windmastershill.org
> Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 2:35 pm
> Subject: [Keep] Alternate Non-toll route to Pennsic
> 
> 
> Greetings!?
> ?
> I was working with Google maps to check out possible 
> alternate routes from the DC area up to Pennsic which don't 
> involve driving the PA Turnpike. One of the possible routes 
> it came up with is to take I-70 up to Breezewood then US-30W 
> over to Bedford where you pick up I-99N up to Altoona. From 
> just south of Altoona, you take US-22 and US-422 west through 
> central PA through Indiana (the town not the state), 
> Kittanning, and Butler. It looks like is about the same 
> distance (278 vs 280 via the turnpike) and it only adds about 
> 15 minutes to the estimated time. I am also looking for a 
> route that minimizes elevation transitions since I will be 
> pulling a trailer.? ? Anyone tried this route?? ? BTW, you 
> can type "Pennsic War, Slippery Rock, PA" as a destination 
> into google maps and it recognizes it and routes you to 
> Coopers Lake. For some reason, if you just type "Pennsic 
> War", it routes you to "Howard County: Registation & Program 
> Info" in Columbia MD... go figure.? ? Thanks!? ?
> -- Manus?
> ? Seneschal, Canton of Elvegast in the Barony of Windmasters' 
> Hill? ? ?mka Scott Dean? Visit the baronial > web site: 
> <http://www.windmastershill.org>?
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