Avoiding the Mountains (MI to FL)

[mjhd]

Hi all. We are going to be driving to FL this time around against my better judgment. I get very car sick especially in the mountains. Would I be better to take 75 down or 65/75 or 77/95? Also, can anyone estimate the cost of tolls along the way? Thanks so much!

 

[kydisneyfans]

If you don't like mountains, forget about the 77/95 route. You won't make it through West Virginia.

I 75 has some mountains through southern KY, TN and north GA, but the drive isn't that bad. Total tolls around around $4 on that route, depending on which route you take to Disney.

I 65 would have even less mountains, but I would not go significantly out of the way to avoid them.

With the I75 route, schedule the drive to miss Cincinnati and Atlanta during rush hours. Knoxville can jam up too.

 

[Riviera510]

We just got home yesterday morning at 440am from Disney. We drove from Michigan. The drive down wasn't bad and I barely noticed being in the mountains at all. We took the I75 route and had to pay a total of $3.00 in toll fees in Florida. The drive home I noticed the winding roads while in the mountains a bit more but again it wasn't bad.

 

[KINGBOBOFTHENORTH]

I-75 in Kentucky and Tennessee has a lot of mountains. I-24 between Nashville and Chattanooga is also very, very mountainous. If you must avoid mountains, then use I-65 to Louisville and Nashville and then stay on I-65 south of Nashville. There are still hills and officially they're called mountains all the way to Birmingham but are nothing like those encountered on I-75 and I-24. Much lower risk of fog too.

BobK/Orlando

 

[LadyBeBop]

Take I-75 for sure. You only have about an hour of mountains in Tennesee, but it's pretty much up and down at 65 MPH. Nothing winding about it.

I-65, although the hills/mountains north of Nashville aren't as high, I think the trip is somewhat more winding than I-75.

I-77; don't even consider it.

 

[Honeymooners1021]

I agree with I75 mountains are just enough to look out the window and be pretty mostly a straight shot. I agree about missing ATL traffic but sometimes it is unavoidable... 6 car accident in downtown at 2:00 in the morning completely shut down the interstate.
I still kind of laugh about it though made DH get out to get directions to go around it and the gas station we pulled into had a metal detector in the entrance!!!

We've driven twice from Iowa and we always take I75.

 

[mjhd]

Thanks everyone!

 

[bz8bls]

Fellow Michiganer...we have driven a few times and I haven even driven with my sister her children (I drove most of the way) mountains aren't bad at all.
It's not like driving to throught PA...I think those mountains are worse.