Quickest way to The Swamp form T-town?

[alabamajoe1984]

What is the quickest way to Gainesville from Tuscaloosa? Also, good spots to tailgate, etc...

 

[ROTYDE]

Rob a bank. Or shoot someone....That will get ya there quick........:biggrin:

 

[CrmznApklps]

Google Maps is the best! (True that, double true!):biggrin:

rse directions
Directions
1.
Head west from University Blvd - go 0.1 mi 0.1 mi
2.
Turn left at Lurleen B Wallace Blvd S - go 0.5 mi 0.5 mi
3.
Continue on I-359 S toward (I-20)/(I-59) - go 2.1 mi 2.1 mi
2 mins
4.
Take the I-20/I-59 ramp to Birmingham/Meridian - go 452 ft 452 ft
5.
Take the I-20 E/I-59 N ramp to Birmingham - go 35 mi 35 mi
29 mins

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6.
Take the I-459 N exit 106 to Gadsden/Atlanta - go 15 mi 15 mi
12 mins

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7.
Take the I-65 exit 15 to Birmingham/Montgomery - go 0.2 mi 0.2 mi
8.
Take the I-65 S ramp to Montgomery - go 82 mi 82 mi
1 hour 9 mins

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9.
Take the US-80 E/US-82 exit 168 to South Boulevard (US-231)/(US-331) - go 0.2 mi 0.2 mi
10.
Turn left at W South Blvd - go 5.3 mi 5.3 mi
6 mins
11.
Continue toward Troy Hwy - go 0.3 mi 0.3 mi
12.
Continue on Troy Hwy - go 8.0 mi 8.0 mi
8 mins
13.
Continue on US-231 S/US-82 E - go 4.3 mi 4.3 mi
3 mins
14.
Continue on Troy Hwy - go 17 mi 17 mi
14 mins

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15.
Continue on US-231 S - go 14 mi 14 mi
21 mins

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16.
Continue on US-231 - go 11 mi 11 mi
16 mins

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17.
Continue on US-231 - go 7.3 mi 7.3 mi
10 mins
18.
Continue on US-231 S - go 33 mi 33 mi
46 mins

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19.
Bear right and head toward Ross Clark Cir - go 322 ft 322 ft
20.
Bear right at Ross Clark Cir - go 4.9 mi 4.9 mi
7 mins
21.
Bear right and head toward AL-1 S/US-231 S - go 285 ft 285 ft
22.
Bear right at US-231 S - go 17 mi 17 mi
22 mins

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23.
Bear right at US-231 S - go 10 mi 10 mi
9 mins

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24.
Bear right at US-231 - go 1.4 mi 1.4 mi
2 mins
25.
Bear right at US-231 S - go 2.7 mi 2.7 mi
2 mins
26.
Turn left into the I-10 E entry ramp - go 166 mi 166 mi
2 hours 14 mins

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27.
Take the I-75 S exit 296A to Tampa - go 48 mi 48 mi
39 mins

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28.
Take the SR-26 exit 387 to Gainesville/Newberry - go 0.3 mi 0.3 mi
29.
Bear right onto the W Newberry Rd ramp - go 184 ft 184 ft
30.
Bear right at W Newberry Rd - go 381 ft 381 ft
31.
Continue on SR-26 E - go 2.3 mi 2.3 mi
4 mins
32.
Continue on W University Ave - go 0.2 mi 0.2 mi
33.
Continue on SR-26 - go 3.2 mi 3.2 mi
6 mins
34.
Turn right at SR-20 E/SR-329 S - go 210 ft 210 ft
35.
Arrive at Gainesville, FL

 

[ROTYDE]

Rob a bank. Or shoot someone....That will get ya there quick........:biggrin:

Oh wait a minute. I made a mistake, that's the directions to Knoxville....Dont think I know the way to the Swamp........:rolleye2:

 

[alabamajoe1984]

Anybody wanna meet up to tailgate anywhere?

We want to fina a spot with some Bama' fans and do it right this weekend

 

[crimsonaudio]

Fly.

 

[PalmBayBama]

82 E to Montgomery
231 S through Dothan to I-10
I-10 E to I-75
I-75 S to Gainesville

Or you could go through Birmingham like Google Maps suggests, but why?

 

[Bamatonez]

82 E to Montgomery
231 S through Dothan to I-10
I-10 E to I-75
I-75 S to Gainesville

Or you could go through Birmingham like Google Maps suggests, but why?

This is ABSOLUTELY the FASTEST way to go, I have been through B'ham (someone else's idea, we came back through Dothan)
Your lookin at about 11 hours depending on your speed. If you go about 10 miles past the Gainsville Exit you can stop by Cafe Risqué to get some good pics with the kids! :biggrin:

I've been flyin from JAX to BHM for bout $220 round trip on the weekends, thats better than Gas!

 

[BIGBAM]

What is Cafe Risque? Now this wouldnt be the place Im thinking
about is it? :wink:

 

[PalmBayBama]

Your lookin at about 11 hours depending on your speed.

Slow poke! After last year's Florida game I made it from Woodland Forrest (off Skyland) to north Melbourne (much further southeast than Gainesville) in 9 hours 41 minutes drive time (not counting bio breaks, etc.). Admittedly, that time took a lead foot, but 11 hours to Gainesville seems a little long even at a more reasonable speed.

 

[derek4tide]

What is Cafe Risque? Now this wouldnt be the place Im thinking
about is it? :wink:

The same kind of place as the famous Boobie Bungalow just north of Huntsville near Pulaski, TN.:blush:

 

[BIGBAM]

Yep yep yep thats about what I was thinking. Never seen the inside
but Im sure the visuals are smoking. :biggrin:

 

[bat123]

I had breakfast there once...........food not that good but the eye candy was much better :biggrin2:

 

[sh4bama]

We drive to Orlando every year.

We prefer driving

82 south to Montgomery

From Montgomery we go south through Dothan all the way to I-10, can't remember the road number (231 maybe).

I-10 to I-75 South to Gainesville.

It is actually shorter by about 50 miles. As far as faster we believe it is because you always get in a traffic jam in Atlanta.

 

[alabamajoe1984]

Mapquest says 8 hrs, that about right?

 

[PalmBayBama]

Mapquest says 8 hrs, that about right?

Sounds about right if you don't speed. Although I'm not sure you really want to go through Atlanta like Mapquest has you do. I sometimes go through Atlanta if I want to stop and see friends or if I want to be sure I'm never too far from a hotel in case I get tired (Palm Bay is farther than Gainesville), but otherwise why bother with the traffic and the extra distance?

 

[RolltideFanz]

From Montgomery we go south through Dothan all the way to I-10, can't remember the road number (231 maybe).

Ayup. On your way out of D-Town *snicker* check out Dobbs' BBQ. It's sum good. :biggrin:

 

[Bamatonez]

I'm usually either pullin a 35' trailer or drivin a rider truck, that does tend to slow ya down.

If ya go through GA there are signs for the place (the Cafe) like every 5 miles, we would stop for a group pic about 3am on the way to competition.

 

[Bama Lee]

Leer Jet... Its about a little less than an hour away :biggrin:

 

[bamanut_aj]

I could swing through and pick you up in my jet, as long as your wife doesn't mind bikini models walking around topless serving limitless beer and liquor. That's how I roll to all the games.