Leave NY at 6-630 pm. Hit DC at 10-10:30 pm Richmond around midnight. Destination at 2am sleep wake up and enjoy the day. I have done the 81 thing from NY to Fla. While it is smoother sailing even with the traffic on 95 it was 2 hours faster. Just my 2 cents. That being said 81 is a much nicer ride Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk