I-65 Indy to Montgomery, AL
It's a few weeks before we head down to FL, but thought I'd get some local input on traveling I-65 south from Indianapolis to Montgomery, AL. I'm already familiar with the rough road around Birmingha...
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I wouldn't bother avoiding the toll on 65 at Louisville. The only route around would be to jump off onto I265 and go over to I64 then cross over and rejoin 65 in downtown Louisville. Around 10 miles further. The toll will be $7 for 4 axles. $6 if your plate is registered with River Link and $5 if you have an EZPass.
The accuracy of the toll by plate isn't very good, so there is a reasonable chance it will be free anyway.
If you do take the detour, watch the signs closely because they just finished major construction in the area and many GPS maps don't have the ramps right where 64, 65 and 71 come together. Traffic in Louisville isn't terrible, but with the metro area on both sides of the river, an incident that impedes traffic on a bridge is not unusual. You want to know about it before you commit to a bridge so using Waze or some other traffic app starting about 20 miles north of the river is a good idea.
The accuracy of the toll by plate isn't very good, so there is a reasonable chance it will be free anyway.
If you do take the detour, watch the signs closely because they just finished major construction in the area and many GPS maps don't have the ramps right where 64, 65 and 71 come together. Traffic in Louisville isn't terrible, but with the metro area on both sides of the river, an incident that impedes traffic on a bridge is not unusual. You want to know about it before you commit to a bridge so using Waze or some other traffic app starting about 20 miles north of the river is a good idea.
