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Dougm51
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Oct 23, 2015

London, ON to Port Charlotte, FL

Just getting ready to do the 'snowbird' trek to Florida
We have taken I75(Detroit to Port Charlotte) for the last 3 yr but are always apprehensive about traffic especially thru Cincinatti, Knoxville and Atlanta.
I wondering if anyone has any recent experience on taking a more westerly route, I69/I65/SR231/I75 instead of I75 all the way.
All comments welcome!
  • Parrothead Mike wrote:
    We take I-69 from northern IN thru Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Birmingham AL, Montgomery, AL on I-65. Then catch US231 down to I-10 thru Dothan, AL. From there we go along the west side of FL via US19 (4-lane). You can then catch US98 over to I-75 then south.

    You can go through Sarnia/Port Huron and stay on I-69 following the route above. Indianapolis is no problem with I-465. There is some construction through Louisville at the Ohio River. Working on a new bridge. Nashville traffic has never been a problem for us pulling our 5th wheel. There's often construction along nearly every route, but timing is always the trick.


    We've taken this route several times. It would be shorter for us to take US23 south to I-75 in OH but I hate going through Cinci. You run the risk of traffic backups no matter how you go but I-69, I-65 and US231 have worked well for us.
  • You could also go East at the start and then from the Buffalo, NY area either take I-90 W to I-79 to I-77 or else I-90 E to I-390 to I-86 to US 15 to I-81. Both of these are somewhat longer. This time of year it should usually be OK, but not too much longer and the Buffalo area especially may have a lot of snow at times.
  • We take I-69 from northern IN thru Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Birmingham AL, Montgomery, AL on I-65. Then catch US231 down to I-10 thru Dothan, AL. From there we go along the west side of FL via US19 (4-lane). You can then catch US98 over to I-75 then south.

    You can go through Sarnia/Port Huron and stay on I-69 following the route above. Indianapolis is no problem with I-465. There is some construction through Louisville at the Ohio River. Working on a new bridge. Nashville traffic has never been a problem for us pulling our 5th wheel. There's often construction along nearly every route, but timing is always the trick.
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    Ivylog
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    150 miles further and now it's Indy and Nashville which I dislike more than Atlanta.