What day and time are the best to drive through Atlanta GA to avoid traffic?|166311

Im driving to Florida in June and Im scared to drive through Atlanta after a game or during rush hour. Is there a time when the roads are relatively empty?

I grew up in Atlanta and learned to drive there. The rush hour is virtually nonstop now. If you need to drive during the day, I would try between 9:30-10:30am or 2-3pm. If you can drive through at night, that would be better, after 10pm like the other posters said. And definitely take 75 and not 285. There are way too many trucks on 285, it makes me nervous and I_m used to it! You won_t really save any time on the bypass, I usually make it through quicker driving through the city. There really isn_t any time when the roads are empty. Just make sure you are alert and don_t drive too slow! Good luck, you will be fine!

I am an over-the-road truck driver and I make it into the atlanta area often enough to know that to avoid most traffic you should go through between 10 pm and 3:30 am most any night. traffic outside those times can be intimidating to anyone not used to it. My wife gets anxiety attqcks in atlanta traffic if she goes during the afternoon for example.
Safe trip!

Hamradio gave you good information about the time . . . I suggest also that you stay on I-75 and go straight through the center of town...much easer than the by-pass and it_s faster....

if there is no rush hour traffic or complete gridlock for 4 hours after a Braves game, or congestion or confusion or the occasional _10 lanes shut down in-the-blink-of-an-eye to 1 lane due to continuous and never ending and random construction, etc. you_ll be fine! just do what i do...
close your eyes, step on the gas, and pray (oh, and change lanes as often as possible just to add to the fun!)...or ask someone else to drive you and you sleep the entire way!