See, that's the Jersey 'tude in you talking. People have the right to pierce their noses and dye their hair pink, but would you do it and go to a biker bar? I've looked at the Google route. Interstate has a very specific meaning in America and I was very confused as to why people were advising the o.p. to get out there on what should be a limited access roadway. But it's not. Its a highway. Nevertheless, there is probably a way to ride it without ******* off every driver in the vicinity. A commute means you are doing it a number of times per week. Maybe it's me, but for all my seeming orneriness I have little desire to rankle others. Goodwill on the part of drivers is a good thing to promote. Do not take the lane, do not do anything that isn't accepted as a best practice in the motor vehicle code. It couldn't be the worst thing to go around the trouble spot. How much mileage does it add? I didn't measure it but I can't see it adding more than a 1/2 mile, maybe 1 mile. More exercise. But if I were there, I will put down money that says I could navigate that route in a way that was safe and efficient and didn't annoy motor traffic. Its 2013, bikes are more accepted everywhere and if they aren't. If OTHER cyclists are avoiding that interchange like the plague... then its a sure sign that the o.p. should also avoid it and seek an alternate. I don't like doing that, but neither am I an idiot. Do what is safe, do what is being done by the majority. Call it good.

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