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I live here, too. I have lived here for over 25 years and travel the Springfield to downtown Richmond route 2 to 3 times a month and you can't drive it in under an hour. It is about 90 miles in distance, so no you can't drive it in under an hour. 90 minutes with no traffic? Yes. Under an hour. No, you can't do it.

Remember, you are the one who thought the person was talking about Ashburn even when they had stated Ashland. If you are talking about ASHBURN then I believe you. If you are talking about downtown RICHMOND, then you made it up to cover your lack of knowledge about Virginia.

You gotta’ be starting out over near Fairfax City or something. I’m talking about hitting I-95 right at the exit at the gastanks at Newington and cruising right on down to the Main Post Office parking lot.

Dave, following up to: "You gotta’ be starting out over near Fairfax City or something. I’m talking about hitting I-95 right at the exit at the gastanks at Newington and cruising right on down to the Main Post Office parking lot." I recalled you said you worked for Gannett. They are 13 miles as the crow flies from Springfield at it's closest extent to McLean (Teddy Kennedy's stomping grounds).

You ahve to drive from your office through McClean down the Beltway, zigzag through the Mixing Bowl to get to Shirley Highway going South, and all of that takes that 92 miles and shrinks it down to a more realistic 79 miles from my house to the Richmond main post office (which is at the Southwestern fringe of what is arguably downtown Richmond). Takes another 5 miles to get from there to "wherever" in the maze of bizarre office buildings in the state capitol area of Richmond.

The 92 mile distance measurement is made from DC to the Capitol building, so it's probably more like 92 miles less 13 miles less 14 miles (DC to my house) less 5 miles to go the 60 miles I said I traveled.

Don't you newspaper guys know how to read maps yet?

It's quite easy to drive 60 miles in an hour or less on a wide open Interstate highway.