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From: 36_5130@uwovax.uwo.ca (Kinch)
Newsgroups: tor.general,ont.general
Subject: Re: What's the best way to get out of Toronto on Friday? (SERIOUSLY)
Message-ID: <527@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 3 Aug 88 17:23:09 GMT
References: <8422.1988Jul25.22:42:00@me.toronto.edu> <1988Jul30.130347.2438@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> <1988Aug2.133400.29902@sq.uucp>
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In article <1988Aug2.133400.29902@sq.uucp>, johnb@sq.uucp (John Brown) writes:
> In article <1988Jul30.130347.2438@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> woods@gpu.utcs.Toronto.EDU (Greg Woods) writes:
>>
>>It's too bad the answer is moot.  Maybe for next time...
>>
>>[ I have to answer, cause I can't stand the terribly glib attitude of
>>those who have answered (and Ontario drivers in general).  As you can
>>see, I stayed in town this weekend! ]
>>
>>The best way is, of course, to chose a lesser traveled route.  Get
>>yourself a GOOD map of the area, and avoid anything with more than 2
>>lanes.  I've never had a problem with Hwy 27 nor Hwy 50 (except that
>>they don't go very far north).  If you're going to Simcoe, etc., try
>>Woodbine Ave., etc.  In this case there's nothing with more than 2 lanes.
> 
> I had e-mailed the original poster on this, but since it seems to
> have generated so much discussion, I'll throw in my two cents worth.
> Getting out of TO on a Friday is not nearly so bad as it's made out
> to be if you know what you're doing.
> 
> From downtown TO, you get on the Gardiner (wherever) and go to
> the 427 North; follow the 427 to Dixon Rd. (by the Constellation
> Hotel) and turn left onto Airport Road.  Go straight north thru
> Brampton and take any one of a number of left turns to Hwy. 10
> and take it straight north. 
> 
> That route gets me to Owen Sound in just over two hours.  Tobermory
> is about another 1.5 hours north.  As a point of interest, I left
> Toronto for Owen Sound at 5:30 last Friday and made it to Owen
> Sound in 2hrs. 20mins. 
>>
>>						Greg Woods.
>>
>>UUCP: utgpu!woods, utgpu!{ontmoh, ontmoh!ixpierre}!woods
>>VOICE: (416) 242-7572 [h]		LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
> 
> John Brown
> SoftQuad Inc.
> utzoo!sq!johnb

Yeah but where do you land?