Taking I-75 South...

[Ashes711]

The fiance and I are leaving for Orlando Saturday, coming from Louisville, Kentucky. We went to AAA and got our trip-tik today, and the nice man told us all about the construction on 75 through Georgia. How bad is this really??? What should we expect?? Thanks!

 

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

My family & I have taken I-75 to WDW every year since 1996. Since we are from Toronto we drive to Detroit & get on from there. I don't think the construction in Georgia should be that bad. I rember only 2 times when driving threw Georgia there was a accident before Atlanta which slowed traffic down for about 10 minutes which had nothing to do with construction. The other time in 1998 when going threw Atlanta, everyone was going to the Braves/Cardnials game because everyone went to see Mark Mcgwire break the record of 61 home runs that year, so a lot of people went to game causing traffic in downtown Atlanta. Lastly in 1996 when Atlanta was hosting the Olympics, we took the Atlanta by-pass because we were unsure about how traffic would have been. As for the the trip-tik we have got it in the past & they would say contruction here & there, then when we drove by there we were never stoped because of it. I guess you can say we were lucky or the person who put it together got wrong information. Anyway driving threw Georgia is not that bad & once you pass Atlanta the drive get's a lot easier because there are no more road signs for other Interstate entrances, because they can get confusing. In fact I love it when we drive threw Georgia because they have the most billboards to read out the window. In fact I like to call it the billboard capital of the United States lol. Also my family & I will be going to WDW & once again we are taking Interstate 75.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Here's a link to the GA Department of Transportation's website page on road work.

Going through Atlanta, I'd suggest taking the HOV lanes through downtown instead of taking I-285. Traffic on the Perimeter can be as bad as downtown at times.

 

[kaysmommie]

This is probably a dumb question but what are HOV lanes? Are they straight atlanta? Is the bypass a good idea or not? Thanks.

 

[MidgeD79]

check-out Dave Hunters "Along I-75". It's a great travel guide and very thorough.

 

[Laz]

This is probably a dumb question but what are HOV lanes? Are they straight atlanta? Is the bypass a good idea or not? Thanks.

HOV stands for "High Occupancy Vehicle." it is a car pool lane. You must have at least one passenger in your car to be in that lane. It makes going through Atlanta much more pleasant.