is there any route by which we can avoid toll,i need to go to LONGISLAND from manhattan
2007-02-02 02:46:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
From Manhattan, take the FDR Drive (or 2nd Ave if the FDR is a big cluster parking lot) to the Queensborough Bridge/61st Street exit. Once off the exit, make a left turn at the first traffic light, which is York Ave. Go under the bridge and make a right at East 59th Street. Go up 59th street and make a u turn to enter bridge. Once off bridge, you will be at Queens Plaza, go straight to get to Queens Blvd. Make a left at the 3 way intersection of Thomson/Van Dam and Queens Blvds and take that to Interstate i495 (instead of picking it up at Van Dam, which is usually very heavy). If the LIE/I495 is very heavy, use the service Road (Horace Harding) after passing the 108th Street exit.
Or, while off the Queensboro bridge, stay left to Northern Blvd. Take Northern to the Grand Central Parkway (after passing 111th Street) south out to Long Island.
2007-02-02 05:05:13 · answer #1 · answered by David G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends where you want to go. I tried finding a route from Manhattan to Levittown, and found that the easiest is to go through Queens Midtown Tunnel, but you have to pay the toll when you go on I-495. An alternative way to avoid the toll is to go on 59 St Bridge. My recommendation is to use mapquest.com where there's an option that you can select to avoid tolls.
2007-02-02 03:07:30 · answer #2 · answered by imdashti 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends upon where in Manhattan to where on LI
If you are below 23rd st use the Williamsburg, Manhattan or Brooklyn Bridges ,
Above 23rd st use the 59th Street Bridge-the Queensborough-
2007-02-02 03:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges have no tolls.
2007-02-02 02:56:20 · answer #4 · answered by BAGOFSWAGS 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the Southern State to Queens--to the Belt Parkway aaround Brooklyn; then take BQE to Brooklyn or Manhattan Bridges.
2007-02-02 03:18:01 · answer #5 · answered by Paul from NYC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
confident, yet you will spend greater in gasoline than you will save in tolls. Take US 9W to Albany, go the Dunn Memorial Bridge and then take US 9 South to the Bronx. Take some city loose bridges to Queens. You further greater or less 3 hundred miles on your holiday to maintain $12.
2016-11-24 19:10:03 · answer #6 · answered by inabinet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only toll free bridge is the 59th Street Bridge which you access on on 2nd Ave and 59th. Both the midtown tunnel (34th street & 1st ave) & tri-boro (96th street off the FDR) have tolls
2007-02-02 09:27:51 · answer #7 · answered by dasa2337 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trying searching in Mapquest.com, then select the option 'Avoid Toll'
2007-02-02 02:55:31 · answer #8 · answered by Rajat D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋