# Sopranos opening credits; Map of Tony's drive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-opening-credits-map-of-tonys-drive/678373 "2014-01-09T17:36:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-opening-credits-map-of-tonys-drive/678373/1 "2014-01-09T17:36:28Z")
I can find lists of landmarks he passes, but I’m not familiar with the area so I don’t really have any frame of reference. Is anyone aware of a map of the route? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-opening-credits-map-of-tonys-drive/678373/2 "2014-01-09T18:10:26Z")
Based on the impressions I have gotten from reading about similar excursions, the route would have to be broken up into uindividual settings which would make up a very disjointed journey – impossible to drive continuously in reality. A similar situation is the route the cars took in the _Bullitt_ car chase which I remember as being almost comic in how jumpy it is. Precise geography in such things is way down the list of important considerations. But I’ve yet to see a precise layout of the settings. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-opening-credits-map-of-tonys-drive/678373/3 "2014-01-09T19:50:35Z")
Doesn’t he go through the Holland Tunnel, and by Newark Airport? I remember before 2001, you could see the World Trade Center in the distance. They later cut that footage. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-opening-credits-map-of-tonys-drive/678373/4 "2014-01-09T19:52:25Z")
[Sopranos Opening Sequence: Location Guide](http://www.sopranos-locations.com/season-0/episode-0/) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-opening-credits-map-of-tonys-drive/678373/5 "2014-01-09T19:54:03Z")
Although this is more than you asked for, you might enjoy [The Sopranos Location Guide.](http://www.sopranos-locations.com/locations/) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-opening-credits-map-of-tonys-drive/678373/6 "2014-01-09T20:00:14Z")
Well, I was hoping that most of those locations would work as a connect-the-dots, but not so much. Assming Tony starts at the Lincoln Tunnel and ends up in Caldwell. However it appears that many of the shots were taken on/from I-95, which isn’t on that route. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-opening-credits-map-of-tonys-drive/678373/7 "2014-01-09T21:45:10Z")
I don’t think the intention was to show you a particular route he drove from Point A to Point B; I think it was intended to show the guy driving all over Northern NJ, not necessarily on a single journey, but covering some of the areas he goes to as the boss. ‘This is my backyard’, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sopranos-opening-credits-map-of-tonys-drive/678373/8 "2014-01-09T22:52:14Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > I don’t think the intention was to show you a particular route he drove from Point A to Point B; I think it was intended to show the guy driving all over Northern NJ, not necessarily on a single journey, but covering some of the areas he goes to as the boss. ‘This is my backyard’, so to speak. That was my impression.