Last Thursday I offered to help my buddies at Pipsnacks. Their headquarters is located in Englewood, New Jersey. Englewood is about a 45 minute drive for me via the Saw Mill River Parkway. Whenever I venture to New Jersey from Connecticut, my preferred route is:
After driving about a half an hour, I approached the Henry Hudson Bridge (pictured above). It was about a mile away. I leaned over and opened the glove compartment to retrieve my EZPass (toll payment gizmo). I dug and dug and dug. Damn near crashed the car digging! No EZPass!
- I95 south and connect to the Hutchison River Parkway in Mamaroneck
- Take the “Hutch” to the Cross County Parkway to the Saw Mill River Parkway
- Saw Mill crosses the Henry Hudson Bridge
- Proceed on the Saw Mill to the George Washington Bridge (“The GW”)
- Cross the GW and Bingo...New Jersey!
Oh well...I’ll just go to the “CASH” lane. The sign says $4.00! Are you sh*tting me! Four bucks! I cross this bridge several times a year. Since I always use my “automatic EZPass gizmo” to pay for bridge tolls...I never bothered to check the price of the toll! At first I was ticked off because I couldn’t find my EZPass. Then I was really ticked off about the price of the toll! Time to re-route my trips to New Jersey!
I remember when the toll was 10 cents! Yes…10 cents! But then again, the GW was only a buck back then! It now costs 12 bucks! I know that was years ago...but still! Four bucks!
(Henry Hudson Bridge photo via opus1ny)
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