route around atlanta
leaving from hickory nc to tucson az via I20. would like to pickup I20 on the other side of atlanta. Should hit atlanta around 1 or 2 pm coming from intstate 85 south from nc. I was thinging of the 285 bypass, to I20. thanks
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- Having been an Atlanta resident for 50+ years, I can tell you that the only way to take I20 west from I85 South is via I285 west. Just follow the signs to Birmingham. The advice to to avoid I285 is poor at best. That will take you into downtown Atlanta with multiple exit only lanes. narrower lanes than I285, and drivers who never learned what merging and turn signals meant. True, the big trucks cannot travel inside I285, but why drive an extra 20 miles to avoid trucks on I 285 that you will be traveling for only 16 miles. Besides, the big trucks are already on I75 and I20!!!!!!
- Take I-40 west to Little Rock, pick up I-20 in Dallas. If your going thru Atlanta go thru downtown. No trucks, smoother pavement, and it's shorter. :)
- John, that would be ok but I would just as soon to take i 85 thru to i 20 and be without the trucks. Trucks are not allowed down town, unless on delivery.
