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Feb 20, 2020

St. Louis to Central FL

Will be traveling from just west of St. Louis to central FL this summer. Most direct and fastest route (not considering traffic) is to take 24 through Nashville to Chattanooga, and then catch 75 south through Atlanta.

It looks, however, that a route south to Memphis and onto Montgomery only adds about 30-40 miles and cuts out all the major cities.

Anyone familiar with these routes? Any suggestions?

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  • We have done the first route any number of times, mainly going the opposite way. Memphis has never been that big a deal except for once when there seemed to be some concert or something south of Memphis and there was a traffic slowdown where people we trying to exit the road.

    For the most part these mid-sized cities are easier to go thru than spend an hour or more going around. Not to include someplace like Chicago or LA of course. My wife has a major aversion to St Louis tho and has since we went thru it 20 or 25 years ago. So I divert around that town. Atlanta is another no big deal town.