Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-15
ROADS BETWEEN
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA
No Remedy for Repair Near at Hand
Until Entirely New Highways
Are Constructed.

Tor Monmouth Junction. Cranbury
turnpike, etc, as recommended by the
New York paper, but take the direct
route, the Lincoln highway. and you
will have fifteen miles at least of
| splendid road).
drive straight through to Metuchen.
ISelln, Railway to Elizabeth. From
EI1zabeth to Newark, Jersey City,
Wehawken and The 42d street ferry.
Route About the Same.
This route is almost the same as
| that recommended by the New York
paper, with the exception of the road
between Trenton and Philadelphia.
AS will be noted, the association adj
dentown to Columbus, Columbus to
and on in to Philadelphia through
iMerchantsville and Camden.
rake 1t from one who knows and
who has travelled the route. don't try
from Trenton to Philadelphia, and as
all the adjectives in the dictionary
nave been used up in describing the
rest OF the route. there is only<to be
said now it's just plain rotten road.
be IheT w1n it would ~ ns seem n that the
washington would be by way of San
Francisco
Now that that is out of the system
lets take up a really pleasant, scenically
beautiful, and thoroughly enjoyable
route to New York. 1t IS approximately
after driving over the other roads one
| Is more than willing to run up a little
extra mileage to get away from them
This route. which avoids practically
/ all the large cities, including Philadel-
phia, Trenton, Newark and Elizabeth
foi oil
dents of a successful two-day tour. II
| is a follows:
Starting from Washington, the cities
and towns, hamlets and boroughs are;
Baltimore. Bel Air. Havre de Grace
Northeast, turn sharp left to Bayyiew
Calvert and Oxford. Beautiful concrete
! road through Kennels Square, Chadds-
! ford, Concordville to Media Turn al
| Media through Newton Square ant
Paoli to Valley Forge. An ideal firs,-
night stop.
Route to Norrfstown.
After a thorough nights rest an6
pleasant memories of good roads travel.
ed you wake up the next morning tt
step on the gas and shoot on through
{ to Norristown and from there to Cen.
| ter Square, Montgomeryville to Doyles.
| town.
From Doylestown to Danboro, Pipers.
vile, Revere and Raubsville to Easton
Ia. From there drive out Delaware
! street to Marines creek, Bangor mot
Maine. even though it may look as if we
| were getting up there) and from Bangor
to Slateford and Delaware Water Gap
Drive on through Shawnee. on the
Delaware. Bushkill to Dingmans Ferry
Cross the river at this point on the
toll bridge. From there to Layton, Gull
sers Lake. Lafayette to AckerAon. Turn
here to Monroe, Franklin Furnace and
over the Iron Bridge road to New
Foundland. From here keep straight or
to Pompton and Pompton lake. and into
Paterson, Hackensack and Englewood
on the Dykeman street ferry, which
will bring you into upper Broadway.
1t seems to be a roundabout way, blu,
it Is guaranteed by the American Auto
mobile Association to be the route con-
tanning the best possible roads.
Bridge Down at South Ambo,.
Until recently it was possible to &c
to New York from Philadelphia by way
of Lakewood. Freehold, Keyport, South
Amboy. Perth Amboy. etc, but mas
much as the bridge is down at South
Amboy it would seem wiser. unless your
car is Of the sea-going type. to take the
longer route. And, besides that, the
road near Camp Dix, which is on the
Lakewood route, Is under construction,
which adds still further difficulties to
any desire to try this road.
Taking it all in all one might get the
impression that 1t was perhaps better to
go to New York by train.