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

[Tina Swindells]

Hi,

 

Quick question from the Pennsic newbie - do you know what the toll cost is?

 

Nesta

(Barony of Caer Maer)
 
> From: kathygrimes at gmail.com
> To: lordgaelan at aol.com; scott_dean at mindspring.com; atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org; keep at windmastershill.org
> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:13:03 -0400
> Subject: Re: [MR] [Keep] Alternate Non-toll route to Pennsic
> 
> 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
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org 
> > [mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf 
> > Of lordgaelan at aol.com
> > Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:42 PM
> > To: scott_dean at mindspring.com; 
> > atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org; keep at windmastershill.org
> > Subject: Re: [MR] [Keep] Alternate Non-toll route to Pennsic
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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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