Connecticut’s Route 1 is the Boston Post Road — one of the oldest continuously traveled roads in North America. It’s been carrying traffic since 1672, when postal riders rode it between New York and Boston. Three hundred and fifty years later, it runs through Greenwich, Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, New Haven, and on toward the Rhode […]
Embark on a 3-day road trip along Rhode Island’s U.S. Route 1, from the southern shores near Westerly to the northern border at Pawtucket, weaving through the Ocean State’s coastal charm and industrial past. This itinerary spans about 50 miles of scenic highways with urban stretches, featuring 1-3 hours of driving each day, exploring a […]
Hit the road for a 3-day journey along Massachusetts’ U.S. Route 1, from the southern border near Attleboro to the northern marshes in Salisbury. This itinerary covers about 100 miles of inland and coastal highways, with 2-4 hours of driving each day, exploring the Bay State’s layers: industrial mills, revolutionary sites, and a culture of […]
Embark on a 3-day road trip along New Hampshire’s U.S. Route 1, hugging the short but stunning Seacoast from the southern border near Seabrook to the northern Piscataqua River crossing into Maine. This itinerary covers about 18 miles of coastal highway with inland detours, featuring 1-2 hours of driving each day, immersing you in the […]
Launch into a 3-day road trip along New Jersey’s U.S. Route 1, from the southern industrial zones near Trenton to the northern Hudson River crossings in Fort Lee. This itinerary spans about 60 miles of densely packed highways, with 1-3 hours of driving each day amid traffic, delving into the Garden State’s contrasts: urban sprawl, […]
US Route 1 runs 81 miles through Maryland, from the District of Columbia line near Hyattsville north to the Pennsylvania border at Rising Sun. It is not the scenic route. Most of that stretch is commercial corridor, divided highway, strip mall, and traffic signal. But Route 1 in Maryland has always been the working road, […]
US Route 1 enters Virginia from North Carolina near South Hill and exits at the Potomac River into Washington D.C. — roughly 175 miles of two-lane and divided highway that threads through some of the most historically dense terrain in America. This is the fall line corridor: the seam where the piedmont drops to the […]
US Route 1 doesn’t bypass Washington, DC — it goes straight through the middle of it. The highway enters from Virginia over the 14th Street Bridge, runs north through the monumental core as 14th Street NW, then exits toward Maryland as Rhode Island Avenue NE. For anyone driving the full length of Route 1, DC […]
US Route 1 cuts through North Carolina for 174 miles, from the South Carolina line near Rockingham to the Virginia border outside Henderson. It misses the mountains. It misses the Outer Banks. What it runs through is the Piedmont interior: longleaf pine country, the Research Triangle, tobacco barns, the state capital, and the slow-rolling farmland […]
U.S. Route 1 runs 170 miles through South Carolina, and none of it is the South Carolina anyone comes here for. No Charleston, no Myrtle Beach, no Beaufort. Instead, the highway cuts a diagonal line from the Georgia border to the North Carolina line through the inland state most visitors drive past at 75 mph […]
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