Best Time to Drive from Fort Lee to Astoria

None of this drive is measured by working traffic sensors right now. The rest is estimated from nearby sensors, typical speeds and street traffic, so times can be off. Why so few sensors work.

Typical drive time by departure time

Minutes from Fort Lee to Astoria by day and time you leave (local time)
Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	14	32	42	52	41	35	32	26	27	28	24	31	32	33	25	21	18
Tue	12	26	33	42	35	32	36	29	27	26	27	31	32	38	23	17	16
Wed	12	25	33	40	33	37	29	25	25	26	26	29	33	36	26	22	18
Thu	12	28	34	39	37	35	40	32	26	27	33	33	38	42	34	28	23
Fri	12	22	37	37	35	30	32	26	24	26	32	44	44	37	38	35	25
Sat	12	12	16	17	18	29	33	39	44	45	52	52	52	48	46	40	41
Sun	15	14	14	15	23	19	32	39	47	47	47	52	51	47	42	48	40

About this drive

On weekdays the 9-mile drive from Fort Lee to Astoria (via I-95 East) usually takes as little as 12 minutes and up to 52 minutes, when leaving around 8 am on Mondays. The fastest times to leave are before 5:30 am. Midday (11 am to 2 pm) it takes about 28 minutes. On weekends it is slowest around 4:30 pm on Sundays (52 minutes).

About 8 miles of it is freeway, where times follow typical and live traffic from our sensors, and about 1.5 miles surface streets (3 to 12 minutes on weekdays), estimated from how jammed the freeways around them are at that time. Drive times are measured from central Fort Lee to central Astoria along the route on the map. Starting or ending elsewhere in a big city can add or save several minutes.

Simulated from typical freeway speeds at each point of the drive for the time you would reach it, from every 5-minute reading we have recorded. We don't have sensors on surface streets yet, so the time on them is estimated from how congested the freeways around each end of the drive are at that time, in both directions: streets jam when the freeways do.

Questions

What is the best time to drive from Fort Lee to Astoria?

On weekdays, leave before 5:30 am. The drive usually takes about 12 minutes then, versus up to 52 minutes at the worst times.

How long does it take to drive from Fort Lee to Astoria?

The 9-mile drive usually takes 12 to 52 minutes on weekdays, depending on when you leave, and about 28 minutes midday.

When is traffic worst from Fort Lee to Astoria?

Leaving around 8 am on Mondays is usually slowest, about 52 minutes.

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Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	14	32	42	52	41	35	32	26	27	28	24	31	32	33	25	21	18
Tue	12	26	33	42	35	32	36	29	27	26	27	31	32	38	23	17	16
Wed	12	25	33	40	33	37	29	25	25	26	26	29	33	36	26	22	18
Thu	12	28	34	39	37	35	40	32	26	27	33	33	38	42	34	28	23
Fri	12	22	37	37	35	30	32	26	24	26	32	44	44	37	38	35	25
Sat	12	12	16	17	18	29	33	39	44	45	52	52	52	48	46	40	41
Sun	15	14	14	15	23	19	32	39	47	47	47	52	51	47	42	48	40

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	14	32	42	52	41	35	32	26	27	28	24	31	32	33	25	21	18
Tue	12	26	33	42	35	32	36	29	27	26	27	31	32	38	23	17	16
Wed	12	25	33	40	33	37	29	25	25	26	26	29	33	36	26	22	18
Thu	12	28	34	39	37	35	40	32	26	27	33	33	38	42	34	28	23
Fri	12	22	37	37	35	30	32	26	24	26	32	44	44	37	38	35	25
Sat	12	12	16	17	18	29	33	39	44	45	52	52	52	48	46	40	41
Sun	15	14	14	15	23	19	32	39	47	47	47	52	51	47	42	48	40

Leave	5am	6am	7am	8am	9am	10am	11am	12pm	1pm	2pm	3pm	4pm	5pm	6pm	7pm	8pm	9pm
Mon	14	32	42	52	41	35	32	26	27	28	24	31	32	33	25	21	18
Tue	12	26	33	42	35	32	36	29	27	26	27	31	32	38	23	17	16
Wed	12	25	33	40	33	37	29	25	25	26	26	29	33	36	26	22	18
Thu	12	28	34	39	37	35	40	32	26	27	33	33	38	42	34	28	23
Fri	12	22	37	37	35	30	32	26	24	26	32	44	44	37	38	35	25
Sat	12	12	16	17	18	29	33	39	44	45	52	52	52	48	46	40	41
Sun	15	14	14	15	23	19	32	39	47	47	47	52	51	47	42	48	40