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Originally Posted by mikreb
Traveled today on I-75 toward Atlanta, but took 129/441 thru Athens and Madison GA instead of falling for the temptation of making better time thru Atlanta (which is a gamble anytime of day or night). The drive thru the countryside was much less stressful and took only 14 minutes longer than the projected time thru Atlanta. The projected time thru Atlanta assumes you are going the speed limit. I think I will use this Atlanta-dodge going forward. Anyone have experience using this route.
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We will be driving down I-75 to The Villages next week and was interested in your recommendation. I looked at Google Maps, however, to see the route you are recommending but I can't see how you got to Athens, GA from I-75. The route that Google Maps is showing is to come down I-75 to the I-285 bypass, then go East and get on I-85 north, and then south on US 129 to Athens, GA. I'm sure you found a much better way than that or else you would have taken either the HOV straight through town or the I-285 west loop back to I-75 by the airport.