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Posted By: Guest

Subject: Traffic on Return Trip Home

What's traffic like trying to leave the Outer Banks on a Saturday morning? How about on a Friday evening? Heading north to Pennsylvania.

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6216: RE: Traffic on Return Trip Home

7/4/2006 9:05:59 PM

Posted By: Guest

we are from pa too and we always leave about 4 in the morning to get a jump on things. Start runing into some around chesepeke tunnel but not too bad

6217: RE: Traffic on Return Trip Home

7/5/2006 4:51:56 AM

Posted By: JDS51066

Last year we left at 4am Saturday morning and we back home (just north of Philly) by 11. May hit a little traffic coming from VA Beach and Ocean City MD, but minimal at that time.

6218: RE: Traffic on Return Trip Home

7/5/2006 6:40:47 AM

Posted By: Guest

You rarely see any backups in the mornings. I don't think you need to leave at 4am to miss anything here. 10-noon can get crowded when you get near a rental office.

6226: RE: Traffic on Return Trip Home

7/5/2006 9:26:44 AM

Posted By: Guest

We live near Cleveland...left Carova Beach on a Saturday about 8:00am and it was smooth sailing with no backups.

6228: RE: Traffic on Return Trip Home

7/5/2006 9:49:46 AM

Posted By: Guest

We just returned from Nags Head this past Saturday. We left around 8:30AM. Getting to Richmond area was a breeze (via 158 - > 32/13 --> Va460 --> I-295. No traffic to speak of really.

Our biggest problem was getting to and through the DC area, specifically between Fredricksburg and I-495. I-95 is a nightmare in *both directions* in this area during the afternoon (early to mid-morning is OK). If you can somehow avoid I-95, do so.

6238: RE: Traffic on Return Trip Home

7/5/2006 3:30:28 PM

Posted By: jelliefish

the earlier the better, remember that check out time is 11:00 am. at that time its bumper to bumper traffic

6303: RE: Traffic on Return Trip Home

7/7/2006 4:50:26 PM

Posted By: Guest

We do check out at 10am and go shopping. Since you are basically being cheated out of a day because of check in/check out time we like to spend the afternoon shopping. That way also it seems traffic clears up somewhat.

6329: RE: Traffic on Return Trip Home

7/8/2006 1:03:47 PM

Posted By: Guest

If you can get ogff the island by 0800 you'll have no problem.
About Friday evening, if it is raining you can expect a lot of the people who would leave on Saturday getting out of town a day earlier. Plus, depending on the hour, you might run into rush hour traffic in Hampton Roads, not to mention DC if you're going up that way.

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