Big Moose Deli Bypass

[Woodsrider]

For all my New Yorker brothers and sisters who are sick of getting held up on the way home from K due to the traffic at the light by the Big Moose Deli in Hoosick Falls on Rt 7, I discovered a cool bypass. Make a left off of 279 onto the old Rt 7 south of Bennington and make your first right onto Breeze Hollow Rd. Make a right into Green Rd and a right on 346. It dumps you on 22 in North Petersburg. Not a short cut by any stretch, but we saved easily 15 minutes of traffic yesterday and it is a beautiful drive. Really beautiful. Thank Waze for that. Love that app.

[skiadikt]

gotten stuck there a number of times but no longer since i'm a mid-week guy now. but yeah probably worthwhile on a holiday or busy weekend. will file it away ...

[ejrides]

I have used that route before, but only when the traffic was backed all the way up onto the bypass! It really is a nice drive, but I suspect it won't be for long with the advent of Waze.

[Sandman_71]

Can anybody please tell me if this section of road gets backed up on Saturday afternoons? It looked horrible when coming up on Sunday. Figure it might be better on a Saturday. Really don't want to take 4 over to I-87 but we will go that way or take the detour if needed.

[ejrides]

I've used that detour once in the last 20 years on a holiday Sunday heading back to NY, but I usually don't leave K until 4 or 5 on Sunday. The detour puts you a few miles south on 22, that's the right direction on 22 if you are taking the Taconic so it's not really out of the way, but I don't know if it's worth it to take 22 back north to 7 to get back to 87.

[Southside_Bobby]

My guess would be that you won't need to do the detour on a Saturday.

[Sandman_71]

Thanks Bobby. We had no problems getting thru there. Just got on I-87 at Albany. It will be my turn to drive in about 10 minutes.

Once again, it was nice meeting you and we had a great week up there regardless of some of the weather.

[Sandman_71]

And taking 100 South was about 15 minutes faster than 7 from Rutland. Thanks for that tip too.

[spanky]

And taking 100 South was about 15 minutes faster than 7 from Rutland. Thanks for that tip too.

What? From Killington? 100S to 11 to 30?

[Sandman_71]

Spanky - From the house we stayed at at bottom of West hill road. Usually takes 7 hrs, today we got home in 6:40. Even if it wasn't any faster it sure was way more scenic and with less traffic stops.

[Sandman_71]

And yes, it was 100 to 11 to 30. Only problem on the way home was a stone taking a good chunk out of the windshield on 87. Police in New Jersey were pulling folks over left and right. Got a very warm welcome from wife, kids and dog.