Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Just traveled thru there last week.
If you are heading North, I would recommend I-285 West. Normal travel time is about 15 mins longer than I-75. But since all the truckers know about the I-85 fire, they are taking the loop as well.........so it added 30 to 45 minutes from normal. Traveling South on I-75.........a little slower just because everyone is looking at I-85. Google Maps does show traffic conditions. |
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We traveled thru downtown Atlanta yesterday around 11:00am. Traffic was moving well above the speed limit. Chattanooga was more stop and go. Thru Nashville and north of Nashville it was slow going. There was a car in the grass between the north and southbound lanes. The police on the northbound side decided to block the left lane about 3/4 quarters of a mile before the car in the median in the same spot where the right hand lane ends. 3 lanes down to one. This added 45 minutes to the drive. Boy do I miss the old flip page AAA Trip Tiks where you could see alternate routes. Yes. I know there are phone apps but I like looking at a paper map.
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Any recent updates on going through Atlanta on I-75?
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Target : Expect More. Pay Less. Especially since most GPS' and phone app's will give you what they consider the quickest route (if that's the default you've chosen), even if it's only a few seconds faster according to their algorithm's. I have had to 'aim' toward a certain town, then put in my final destination when wanting to travel a different route. When doing this, the new route will often show up as either taking the same amount of time or only a minute or so longer...but is much more interesting/scenic. Having the Road Atlas, makes it much easier to plan a route to program into the GPS/phone app...than the one it wants to give. |
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Thanks very much for this information! Very helpful.
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I like rt 75 atlanta ,but I only drive through 11 am-2pm and I stay in the hov lane at all times.
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We just drove from Florida to Chicago this past weekend. We took 75 and went through Atlanta at about 2 pm. There were no traffic issues at all. Granted, this was on the Saturday afternoon of Easter weekend, but I'd suggest checking traffic before making any big detours. We had no problem going southbound on 75 through Atlanta the prior Saturday at about 3:30 in the afternoon, either. That said, if I was going to be hitting Atlanta anytime near rush hour on a weekday, I'd probably be driving through Alabama!
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We went through Atlanta southbound from Michigan on Saturday around 8 AM. It was the lightest traffic we ever had through Atlanta! Chattanooga was worse on Friday afternoon. Hopefully, Atlanta will be good when we go back home on a Saturday!
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I just read that yesterday a gas explosion in Atlanta buckled I-20 and it is now closed.
I don't know the territory so I don't know anything about how I-20's closing can affect I-75 traffic, but I assume there could be a definite effect. Last edited by Boomer; 04-18-2017 at 08:15 AM. |
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We took I-75 through Atlanta earlier this month in a Class A motor home and I didn't think traffic was any worse (or any better) than other times. We did come down in January via I-65 because we spent some time in Huntsville and Mobile before coming to TV. I thought it was a longer route than 75 but it does avoid the Chattanooga hills and Atlanta traffic.
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You can check out this link to GDT's real-time traffic map. Right now at 1:40pm I-75 looks decent and moving pretty quickly.
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