BayAreaDrivingFilter: help me get from 237 Westbound onto Central Expressway Northbound without getting lost in Mountain View.
May 28, 2010 4:35 AM Subscribe
BayAreaDrivingFilter: 237 W to Central Expressway without getting lost in Mountain View.
There seems to be a Bermuda triangle in Mountain View where 237, 85, and Central Expressway come near each other. I think I figured it out once but then Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones showed up and told me to look into a penlike device.
What's the most graceful way to get from 237 westbound onto Central Expressway northbound?
Bonus points for reverse route.
There seems to be a Bermuda triangle in Mountain View where 237, 85, and Central Expressway come near each other. I think I figured it out once but then Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones showed up and told me to look into a penlike device.
What's the most graceful way to get from 237 westbound onto Central Expressway northbound?
Bonus points for reverse route.
Best answer: Ooh, I know that one!
237 W to the Maude exit. At the offramp, continue driving straight, crossing over Maude, to continue toward Middlefield1. Make a right on Middlefield, then an immediate left onto Ferguson, which will take you to Central Expy.
The reverse is basically the same.
1 These sorts of access road trips are pretty common around there. See also: Moffet Park Blvd.
posted by TheNewWazoo at 5:58 AM on May 28, 2010
237 W to the Maude exit. At the offramp, continue driving straight, crossing over Maude, to continue toward Middlefield1. Make a right on Middlefield, then an immediate left onto Ferguson, which will take you to Central Expy.
The reverse is basically the same.
1 These sorts of access road trips are pretty common around there. See also: Moffet Park Blvd.
posted by TheNewWazoo at 5:58 AM on May 28, 2010
I also affectionately refer to this area as the Bermuda Triangle. Here's another option:
Take the Whisman Exit from W 237, go straight through the light, then up and over Central. Take a left at the next light (Whisman Station), then take a right on Central to go north.
To go back: from south Central, take a left at Whisman Station, then a left at Whisman and a right on Middlefield. Cross under 237, take an immediate left and go straight through Maude and enter E 237.
posted by not.so.hip at 8:57 AM on May 28, 2010
Take the Whisman Exit from W 237, go straight through the light, then up and over Central. Take a left at the next light (Whisman Station), then take a right on Central to go north.
To go back: from south Central, take a left at Whisman Station, then a left at Whisman and a right on Middlefield. Cross under 237, take an immediate left and go straight through Maude and enter E 237.
posted by not.so.hip at 8:57 AM on May 28, 2010
You probably want the goofy Whisman hairpin shown here.
posted by chairface at 9:51 AM on May 28, 2010
posted by chairface at 9:51 AM on May 28, 2010
But Whisman is an overpass over Central -- my vote's for theNewWazoo's way (and I used to live inside this triangle!)
posted by Rash at 10:12 AM on May 28, 2010
posted by Rash at 10:12 AM on May 28, 2010
I third TheNewWazoo. I make this trip every couple of weeks. NB: When he says "an immediate" right, he means it--the Ferguson light is, like, 50 ft. from the Middlefield/"off-ramp" intersection. Don't make a right-turn-on-red unless you'll be able to cross three or so lanes right away.
posted by MikeKD at 10:56 AM on May 28, 2010
posted by MikeKD at 10:56 AM on May 28, 2010
Response by poster: Y'all are fan-freakin-tastic. Thank you so much!
Take *that*, GPS devices!
posted by metaseeker at 6:28 AM on May 29, 2010
Take *that*, GPS devices!
posted by metaseeker at 6:28 AM on May 29, 2010
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