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Originally Posted by GMAN
Going through Alabama will add a lot of extra miles to your trip. Unless you just want to take a 2 lane road much of the way you can take I-24 and I-75 and bypass both scales on that road. There is one around the 116 mm on I-24 and you can hop off just before that scale, drive a couple of miles or so and jump back on the freeway. When you hit Georgia you can get off at the 245 exit and head south. You will run back into I-75 a few miles down the road. Those are the only two active scales on your trip once you hit I-24. You could take 231 to I-24.
If you want a nice scenic route, you could take 231 to I-40 East to highway 70S to McMinnville. Hwy 8 to 111 to 127 to I-75. I think the shortest way is I-24 and I-75.
Going the way Red Clay Rambler suggested is a nice drive. I always enjoy going that route. If you have the extra time and don't mind the miles, that is a good way to go. Roads are good as is the scenery. To tell you the truth, if I have the extra time I like to get off the interstates and take the old roads. There is much more to see.
Thank you GMAN n Red Clay I knew about the way around that Manchester scale but was afraid they would be out there waiting on me ??? That 245 ex in Ga I did'nt know about ??? Is that a right turn off of 75 going south at the end of the ramp or a left to go south at that exit ??
I'LL probably just play it safe n go down through Huntsville this time. If Manchester was out of the ground or something I'd run 24 n 75 ??? I was going to run 80 in Kent from 65 to 75 n then go down 25 to get around that Kent scale but it seems like a long way out of route. I use 29 n 411 going South out'a Knoxville when I do that n it puts me out on 75 there at Cartersville Ga.