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[learnedax]

The drive from Dorchester to Waltham is not a bad one. Even at midnight. Even in the pouring rain.

What is bad is realizing that you cannot use 93 while en route.

This time I lose.

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[learnedax.livejournal.com]

No, I don't. I should give it a shot, as currently I'm taking both 90 and 93, which is doubly risky.

[jducoeur]

Unfortunately, while it's not hard to describe, it's actually a fairly complex route. The high concept is as I said:

Take Route 9 to the Jamaicaway.
Go south on the Jamaicaway until Route 203 splits from it.
Take 203 until it's time to turn left in Dorchester. I vaguely remember this as Washington St, but I'd have to do some research to figure out if that's correct. It's the road at the opposite end of Melville from Dorchester Ave.
Turn right onto Melville, and you're there.

The problem, of course, is that this is *very* much a back route. Following 203 requires real tenacity as it wends its way through -- there are twists and turns and rotaries and all as you go through a couple of towns.

Really, the right way to learn it is to go with somebody sometime. I should give y'all a lift to a Buttery or Melville party sometime, and I can show you the route. (Which I've been using for 20 years, so it's completely autopilot for me.) From here in north Waltham, it takes just a smidgeon longer than 93 if 93 is clear, and is much faster if 93 is jammed. This route, while complex, is very predictable, and rarely has real jams.