Google’s instructions on travelling from New York to London
To check this for yourself,
go to Google.com
click on ‘maps’
click on ‘get directions’
list ‘New York’ as where you are starting from
list ‘London’ as your destination.
Everything is moderately reasonable until step 23, which is decidedly unreasonable.
| 1. Head southwest on Broadway toward Warren St | 0.2 mi |
| 2. Turn left at Park Row | 0.1 mi |
| 3. Slight right at Frankfort St | 0.3 mi |
| 4. Turn left at Pearl St | 56 ft |
| 5. Turn right onto the F.D.R. Dr N ramp | 0.4 mi |
| 6. Merge onto FDR Dr N | 7.7 mi |
| 7. Take exit 17 on the left for Triboro Bridge/Grand Central Pkwy toward I-278/Bruckner Expy | 0.4 mi |
| 8. Merge onto Triborough Bridge Partial toll road | 0.4 mi |
| 9. Merge onto I-278 E via the ramp to I-87 N/Bronx/Upstate N Y/New England | 0.6 mi |
| 10. Take exit 47 to merge onto Bruckner Expy/I-278 E toward New Haven | 1.9 mi |
| 11. Take the I-278 E exit toward New Haven | 0.3 mi |
| 12. Merge onto Bruckner Expy | 5.0 mi |
| 13. Continue on I-95 N Partial toll road Entering Connecticut | 62.1 mi |
| 14. Take exit 48 on the left to merge onto I-91 N toward Hartford | 36.8 mi |
| 15. Take exit 29 for US-5 N/CT-15 toward I-84/E Hartford/Boston | 0.4 mi |
| 16. Merge onto CT-15 N | 1.7 mi |
| 17. Merge onto I-84 E Partial toll road Entering Massachusetts | 40.7 mi |
| 18. Take the exit onto I-90 E/Mass Pike/Massachusetts Turnpike toward N.H.-Maine/Boston Partial toll road | 56.0 mi |
| 19. Take exit 24 A-B-C on the left toward I-93 N/Concord NH/S Station/I-93 S/Quincy | 0.4 mi |
| 20. Merge onto Atlantic Ave | 0.8 mi |
| 21. Turn right at Central St | 0.1 mi |
| 22. Turn right at Long Wharf | 0.1 mi |
| 23. Swim across the Atlantic Ocean | 3,462 mi |
| 24. Slight right at E05 | 0.5 mi |
| 25. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto E05/Pont Vauban | 0.1 mi |
| 26. Turn right at E05 | 5.7 mi |
| 27. Take the exit onto A29/E44 toward Amiens Toll road | 27.8 mi |
| 28. Take the exit toward Dieppe/Amiens/Calais/A151/Rouen Toll road | 1.1 mi |
| 29. Merge onto A29/E44 Toll road | 22.6 mi |
| 30. Take the exit onto A28/E402 | 45.6 mi |
| 31. Take the exit onto A16/E402 toward Boulogne/Calais Toll road | 44.3 mi |
| 32. Take exit 29 toward Boulogne-Centre/Outreau/Le Portel | 0.6 mi |
| 33. Merge onto N416 | 1.1 mi |
| 34. At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto N1 | 0.4 mi |
| 35. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit and stay on N1 | 0.1 mi |
| 36. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit and stay on N1 | 0.9 mi |
| 37. At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit | 0.6 mi |
| 38. Slight left at Rue Ferdinand Farjon | 427 ft |
| 39. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit | 0.4 mi |
| 40. Slight right at Dover - Boulougne-sur-Mer | 30.1 mi |
| 41. Continue on Dover - Boulogne-sur-Mer | 0.2 mi |
| 42. Continue on Eastern Service Rd | 0.3 mi |
| 43. Turn right at E Ramp | 0.4 mi |
| 44. Slight right at Dock Exit Rd | 0.1 mi |
| 45. At Eastern Docks Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A20 | 0.6 mi |
| 46. Slight left to stay on A20 | 0.3 mi |
| 47. At Prince of Wales Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A20/Limekiln St | 0.2 mi |
| 48. At Limekiln Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto A20 | 0.3 mi |
| 49. At Western Heights Roundabout, take the 1st exit and stay on A20 | 7.0 mi |
| 50. Continue on M20 (signs for M20/London/Ashford) | 49.7 mi |
| 51. Continue on A20 (signs for London (SE)/Lewisham) | 9.7 mi |
| 52. At Clifton’s Roundabout, take the 2nd exit and stay on A20 | 2.2 mi |
| 53. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit and stay on A20 | 1.3 mi |
| 54. Slight left at A2 | 0.7 mi |
| 55. Slight right at A2/Kender St | 72 ft |
| 56. Turn right at Kender St | 0.3 mi |
| 57. Turn left at A2 | 1.9 mi |
| 58. At Brick Layers Arms, take the 1st exit onto A201/New Kent Rd | 0.6 mi |
| 59. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto A302/St George’s Rd | 0.4 mi |
| 60. Turn left at A3203/Lambeth Rd | 0.6 mi |
| 61. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto A3203 | 0.2 mi |
| 62. At Horseferry Rd, take the 3rd exit onto A3212 | 0.4 mi |
