[ale] [OT] Traffic Monday

[Lightner, Jeff]

Typically at that time of day coming up I 75/ I 85 through town shouldn't be too bad.   You can go up 85 north when they split then take I 285 west from there  (make sure you're NORTH of downtown - 285 goes all the way around the city) OR you can go up 85 north then get on GA 400 North which is a toll road then exit on 285 from there.  400 comes out right in the Dunwoody area.

If you had to come around the loop to avoid downtown your best bet is to go 285 towards Birmingham/Chattanooga SOUTH of downtown then once you get back to 75 North of downtown continue east towards Dunwoody.   It is roughly the same distance as going up 75 to the 75/285 interchange in Cobb County whereas going up 285 the other way to the 85/285 interchange (Spaghetti Junction) is a much longer drive.

When I first interviewed for a job in Atlanta back in the 80s I told the prospective employer I was at the 75/285 junction when asking for directions.   They thought I meant south of downtown when I was north of downtown and I didn't know 285 was a loop.   They ended up sending me the long way around the loop to get to the exit and worse yet since I was coming from the opposite direction they had me turn the wrong way on the exit road.  5 miles later when I hit a dirt road I was fairly confident I'd been given the wrong directions.   Luckily on turn around just as I was headed back to interstate I saw the place I was looking for across the freeway.





-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Myers
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 8:03 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] [OT] Traffic Monday

On 06/22/2012 06:44 AM, Jim Lynch wrote:
> On 06/21/2012 06:02 PM, James Taylor wrote:
>> Depends on which way you're coming.
>> The west side of I285 is the  shortest from I85.
>>>  From I75 it's a toss-up.  Through town is shorter, but the time depends on random traffic variables.
>> -jt

And you can catch them on 95.5 fm now too.  Better sound quality.

>>
>>
>>
> I'm with JT.  Listen to the traffic reports on the radio as you
> approach the loop.  AM 750 does a good job of keeping you updated.
> It's very dependent on random traffic variables.
>
> Jim.
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