Originally Posted by
chutes41
I took the atlantic coast route from new jersey, through baltimore and DC to meet up with the transam. getting into baltimore and leaving dc was pretty bad with traffic (although baltimore to dc was a nice ride) but I think there is an alternate ride on the maps to avoid the cities. After that the ride down virginia to meet the transam trail was nice.
I did this too - when I left for my TransAmerica ride back in 1998 from NYC, I took Adventure Cycling's Atlantic Coast route down to Virginia and then hooked up with their TransAmerica maps. You can buy just the sections you need, and their maps are well worth the money (make sure to get the errata so you're up to date with the changes). This works very well, I think.
Neil