greetings..we are heading up this friday for our first time at Sterling, coming from the south ( tuxedo NY area )..very excited! I checked on the net and see there is construction on I 81 through the Syracuse area. Can anyone tell me how bad it gets, and if there is a better time to travel? We intend to be going through about 11 AM. If the traffic is backed up, is there a detour?
I kind of get panic attacks in traffic, hence, my questions...call it a phobia! : :-\
peace...LF
You should use your favorite map site to look into taking Rt. 481 around the city. If you're traveling to the general Sterling area, you would exit 81 just south of Syracuse to take 481 around the city to the East. You would stay right on 481 to Fulton or Oswego or wherever you're going. It'll add a few miles but you won't get jammed in traffic. Have a safe drive!
I second the I-81 recommendation. You'll blow right on up/over to Fulton, where you'll take a left on Broadway and go straight on until you start to see the brown and yellow Faire signs. From the time you get onto 481, you'll make a grand total of 4 turns, including the one into the Sterling parking lot. ;D
Also note, if you're hitting 81/481 at 11 AM, you're putting your arrival at Stratford at around 12:15 or thereabouts. Nothing wrong with that, just didn't want you to be surprised that the thing will be in full swing by the time you arrive.
Welcome! I'm sure you'll have a great time! Have a good trip.
hi...thanks for the advice..we are coming in on friday to the sunset campgrounds in oswego...so we do not have to deal with all of this on sat..would the wraparound still work? thanks sooooo much..LF
Sunset Cabins? If so, you will probably be better to stay on 481 until it intersects with 104 in Oswego and then head west on 104. The Faire site would be easier if you sigged, but Sunset Cabins it would be more ocnvenient going through Oswego.
MMario
Quote from: laedyfaire on July 06, 2009, 11:46:54 AM
hi...thanks for the advice..we are coming in on friday to the sunset campgrounds in oswego...so we do not have to deal with all of this on sat..would the wraparound still work? thanks sooooo much..LF
Absolutely. You'll just be turning farther north in MMario's scenario than you would if you were going directly to the main gates. But you'll be off 481 by that point (and way past 81) anyway.
Hey girlfriend ....Deffinitely take the 481. That is the route i was trying to think of the other day when I emailed you. Tim and I take the 481 all the time when we are traveling thru Syracuse. We find it actually saves us time and headaches too ! The traffic on I-81 this time of year on a friday is bad enough even without road construction. Add road construction on top of that and not fun at all.
Seeing how i know the route you are taking, since i use to live down that way, and i still take it to see my parents i would take the New York state thruway to the 81 and then get on the 481 and bypass Syracuse and then once on the 481 , look for the 104 and stay on it to Oswego.
Matter of fact i just looked at Mapquest.com. Don't take the route they suggest. Stick to the New york state thruway I-90- to I-81 to 481 to the 104. It take us about 6 to 7 hours to get from where we live here in Watertown , down to my parents in the Poughkeepsie /Wappingers Falls area , who i know are across the river from around where you live, so i would figure on giving yourself atleast five to 6 hours to get there.
hi...thanks everyone for your time and input. i received good directions from sterling scot..( thanks again ) and it is what you all seem to recommend, except you Amy! we did think of going the thruway way..there is no traffic going through utica and oneida? hhmmmm..
i do know one thing..we are NOT leaving sunday to head back home, as i thought at first we should. ANY way back south is nuts in the summer. 17 or thruway..backed up for miles and miles..all the city people heading home. so we will leave monday morning.
who all will be there this weekend? i will start another thread. see you all there :)) and thanks!!!!!!!!!!!! LF
There is not much traffic at all on the new york state thruway if you are not traveling on a holiday or a holiday weeknd. atleast i have always made good time. the only time we sometimes hit traffic is around albany, and that is only if we hit it at rush hour during the work week. Like I said, we have always made good time, unless traveling on a holiday weekend, which we try not to do.
If you are heading back south on Sunday i would say leave early, cause yea, you hit everyone heading back to the city. if you can't leave early then wait till monday.