![]() What was Terrible, even a decade ago, was that 75/575 trip from Acworth down to ATL, and then anytime you do 75/85 through Atlanta. I worked a rotating schedule (covering a 24/365 shift), so I was driving for 7am/3pm/11pm shift starts and finishes. For instance, I know there were only a handful of times in the 3 years I commuted between Tucker (exit 38/ Lawrenceville Hwy) and exit 22/Powers Ferry that I had to sit in much traffic. It's been awhile since I lived in the ATL metro area (woodstock/acworth first, then tucker), but 285 never really seemed to be much of a problem. What's your take on the interstate system? 27 and 411 can now be used in emergencies. For years now they have been building four lane highways on both the west and the east of I-75. Highway engineers have anticipated a worst case situation, such as have a tanker blow up under a bridge and shut the entire highway down. Don't know about you but I would rather be moving and be able to access gas, food and restrooms, rather than just sit on a hot isolated interstate. It's good to have a Georgia map handy because there are alternative roads that can be used for almost the entire 353 miles. Ties ups can be only a few minutes or they can in a worst case scenario last 3 or 4 hours. All this works ok, until there is a mishap and then the frustration begins. Of course through the Atlanta area, with 7 lanes each direction the count would be several times that. Yet on busy holidays and during vacation season the traffic count goes up to 20,000 or so per hour. Normally 15,000 vehicles per hour travel the northern part of Georgia's I-75 and I would bet that it's close to that for the 353 miles that I-75 crosses the state. Ok it's the Memorial Day weekend and traffic has been bumber to bumber on I-75 for 2 days.
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