Atlanta route

Ditto what parrotheadmike said.

I like to go strait through on 75 in the hours others have mentioned. I try to stay in the lane that is second from the right hand lane and anytime the road merges I will move one lane to the left after the merge. It seems that every time a merge happens the right lane, and sometimes the second to right lane turn into exit only lanes.

As others have said, it's all about time, not the route.

When we drive to Florida from Michigan, we take 75 all the way. We plan our trip so we arrive in northern ATL in the evening. That's our stop for the night, usually around Marietta.

The following morning, if we're feeling frisky, we leave at the crack of dawn and drive through before the morning rush. Otherwise, we laze around until about 10 AM and then drive through.

agesilaus wrote:

twobachs wrote:

jeb5 wrote:
I 75 straight through the city. 10 AM until 3 PM. Sat. and Sun. are even better. I use cruise control on Sunday morning.

Thanks. What's a good time to go through on Wed.? if there is a good time.

Just drive straight thru avoiding the morning rush hour if possible. During the evening rush the traffic will be going the other direction until you hit the city center and once you are south of the city the rush traffic has never seemed to be as bad to us. Also you can use the HOV lane if there are two or more of you in the vehicle.

Yes the HOV lane is your friend. I came through on a week night and thought by 7:30 all would be good. It was wall to wall but it moved along well with the only holdup being when you get close to where the by pass rejoins 75.

No different from any other city. Use beltwsy Get out a few lanes. Hang on tight. Non of those city dwellers like seeing an RVer having fun.

What they all said. Dead of night or just before sunrise thru Atlanta is a pleasant trip. Depending when I get to that area I stay at the KOA right outside town and decide.

I usually end up taking the bypass route around Atlanta.

That said one time I ended up on the bypass during rush hour and it was just as bad as going thru towntown Atlant only way worse with all the semi's driving at 90 miles an hour trying to kill ya!

I agree with the poster that suggested that you take I-65 south of Indianapolis and through Nashville. We take this route from the Kalamazoo area rather than I-75. We've gone 75 through Atlanta before and honestly didn't have any problems, but I don't like driving 75 through the Smokies in the winter. Plus there is a lot of truck traffic on 75. There obviously is truck traffic on 65 too, but it seems much less to me.

If you do consider I-65 I suggest that when you get to Montgomery, AL you veer off 65 and switch over to US231 and go toward Dothan, AL. South of Dothan you can catch I-10 east and depending on where you're going in Florida you might do well taking US-19 that goes along the west side of Florida. US231 and US19 are a 4-lanes and while they go through some small towns they are good routes where the speed limit is 65. If you're going toward Orlando or further south you should cut eastward on US98 toward Brooksville, FL. It's a good route and you avoid a lot of I-75 traffic.

twobachs wrote:

jeb5 wrote:
I 75 straight through the city. 10 AM until 3 PM. Sat. and Sun. are even better. I use cruise control on Sunday morning.

Thanks. What's a good time to go through on Wed.? if there is a good time.

Just drive straight thru avoiding the morning rush hour if possible. During the evening rush the traffic will be going the other direction until you hit the city center and once you are south of the city the rush traffic has never seemed to be as bad to us. Also you can use the HOV lane if there are two or more of you in the vehicle.

twobachs wrote:

jeb5 wrote:
I 75 straight through the city. 10 AM until 3 PM. Sat. and Sun. are even better. I use cruise control on Sunday morning.

Thanks. What's a good time to go through on Wed.? if there is a good time.

Work-days -because Atlanta is such a spread-out commuter heavy city, from 6:30am-9:45'ish & 3:30pm-6:30'ish there is HEAVY RUSH hour traffic, from the subburbs (30'ish miles outside of Atlanta).

Coming South into Atlanta via I-75, if the timing is around morning rush hour, utilizing the 285 By-Pass (inbound traffic on I-75 & I-575 will be crazy) will avoid grid-lock, heavy traffic will be coming into
town on the other side of 285.

If timing is middle of day, staying on I-75 right through town, should be realitively smooth sailing (always chances for mishaps).

Relax, keep an heads up, also keep one lane over from side lanes, they can turn into off-ramps.

Markiemark:C

This has been discussed previously. Some go thru and others take the bypass; your choice.