Florida gulf coast from western Pa

Butch9101 wrote:
I'm looking for advice and routes or pulling a 30 ft TT from southwestern Pa to destin Florida. I am pulling with a 2011 Dodge Ram 2500 mega cab with a hemi under the hood. I would like to keep the hills to a minimum since I don't have a diesel. I first thought about 95, but that's pretty far out of the way and takes me to the opposite side of Florida. Should I head down toward Chattanooga ? What are your suggestions?? Any advise ??

I'll leave it to your instincts as to how to get to I-85 south of Atlanta (I'd go I-77 to I-85 in Charlotte, but I don't get hysterical about Atlanta traffic--YMMV). After that, though, I highly recommend taking I-85 south from Atlanta, then exit onto I-185 south to Columbus GA, then follow your nose over to US-431 in Phenix City, and go south through Eufaula and Dothan (picking up US-231 there), then a quick hop on I-10 over to US-331 south to US-98, and then west to Destin.

We make that drive regularly and it's a great, easy drive. It's four lanes almost the entire way and very pleasant. Even the little areas where you'd be on two lanes, like through Eufaula, aren't bad (and the old homes on the tree-lined street going through Eufaula are worth seeing). The route around Dothan is, well, ugly, but it's not all that long, and there's a Pilot where you pick up US-231, and then you're back to a great drive.

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