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Re: wanted: driving info

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From: Gerald Pulver
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 23:34
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In article <1992Oct15.044548.13470@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> cm007b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Dr. Ski) writes:
>In <1992Oct14.003847.4790@bnlux1.bnl.gov> kushmer@bnlux1.bnl.gov (christopher kushmerick) writes:
>
>>Is there a way to get from Long Island to New Jersey without driving over a 
>>toll bridge? If so, how?
>
>WELL, YES...AND NO.  FIRST YOU HAVE TO GET FROM LONG ISLAND TO NEW YORK
>CITY, AND YOU CAN DO THAT BY TAKING A BRIDGE TO THE BRONX, A TUNNEL TO
>MANHATTAN, A BRIDGE TO MANHATTAN, OR A BRIDGE TO STATEN ISLAND.  THE GEORGE
>WASHINGTON BRIDGE, WHICH CONNECTS THE BRONX TO NEW JERSEY IS FREE IN THE NEW
>JERSEY BOUND DIRECTION, BUT YOU MUST GET TO THE BRIDGE, AND YOU MUST DO THAT
>BY PAYING A TOLL.  MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO TAKE THE WHITESTONE BRIDGE TO THE
>HUTCHINSON RIVER PARKWAY NORTH TO I-95 SOUTH (CROSS BRONX EXPWY.)  TRY TO
>AVOID DOING THIS IN RUSH HOUR.  ENJOY!!!

You forget that the Whitestone Bridge is a toll bridge ($2.50 each way).
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From: gp@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Gerald Pulver)
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Subject: Re: wanted: driving info
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Date: 15 Oct 92 23:34:45 GMT
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