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re: Any better options than the Mobile tunnel route for Florida vacation?

Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:28 pm to
Posted by CroakaBait
Gulf Coast of the Land Mass
Member since Nov 2013
3973 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:28 pm to
Just avoid 4:30-5:30 pm on Friday, got stuck in bad traffic there once.
Posted by Lacour
Member since Nov 2009
32949 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:29 pm to
I've driven through there dozen or so times going to beaches. Never had a problem.
Posted by CorkSoaker
Member since Oct 2008
9784 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:30 pm to
I don't think it will be bad leaving fl on Friday. It will be bad going the other way
Posted by CroakaBait
Gulf Coast of the Land Mass
Member since Nov 2013
3973 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:33 pm to
quote:

don't think it will be bad leaving fl on Friday. It will be bad going the other way

The annual 4th of July Louisiana 500 with all the LA car tags headed east!
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:34 pm to
quote:

Got a young kid and a baby that aren't super easy to travel with. Mobile tunnel has taken me up to an extra 45 minutes to get through. Not a huge deal...but wouldn't mind knowing if better options exist. Sounds like they don't.


I have an infant and a toddler and drive to Florida (Keystone Heights) to visit my parents several times a year. I make the entire trip at night and do all the driving. Everyone sleeps, and I listen to standup comedy albums, make one stop for gas and diaper changes, and sometimes a second stop for the unexpected diaper change. Peaceful, zero traffic.
Posted by LooseCannon22282
Mobile
Member since May 2008
33740 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:34 pm to
headed west bound on a Friday you should be fine.

traffic is usually just bad going east through the Wallace.

especially rush hour traffic from like 4-6pm on weekdays.
Posted by AbsolutTiger
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2006
4796 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:35 pm to
Just leave early. And be glad you aren't going the other way through mobile Friday.
Posted by KG6
Member since Aug 2009
10920 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:37 pm to
My cousin takes his sport fisher to Pensacola and Tampa that's a way to bypass the tunnel.
Posted by Spelt it rong
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
10006 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:41 pm to
Drove that route this past weekend. Traffic was awful about 3 miles just before the tunnel. Got through it nearly an hour later. I-12 was even worse. Took 2 hours to get back to 10. Safe travels
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21916 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:44 pm to
Youre screwed...... take 90
Posted by TheRookbird
Member since Aug 2013
1322 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:45 pm to
I always take I-65 N to I-165 to 90 going from BR to FL. It saves a lot of time in the summer when things get backed up.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65610 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:47 pm to
Kayak: from Biloxi to P'cola is like two hours.

I read it on the TDs.
Posted by Bullfrog
Institutionalized but Unevaluated
Member since Jul 2010
56211 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:55 pm to
quote:

What about Sunday, 7/6?
You will average about 35-40 mph bumper to bumper if you leave after 9:30 am.

The Sunday after the 4th is the worst, even if there are no wrecks.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120246 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:56 pm to
Arfikatown bridge son
Posted by Kankles
Member since Dec 2012
5914 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 9:57 pm to
I usually just take my yacht right into terrebone bay
Posted by Clark W Griswold
THE USA
Member since Sep 2012
10509 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 10:04 pm to
There are two routes an each has a tunnel. Otherwise you'll go way out of the way.
Posted by Double Oh
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2008
17783 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 10:04 pm to
Left Destin last Saturday at 7:30 am and had no problem getting thru the tunnel. Got thru and there was no traffic going east bound thru the tunnel.


Leave early
Posted by CaptainJ47
Gonzales
Member since Nov 2007
7341 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 10:06 pm to
There were no issues at 1030am last Sunday either.
Posted by wish i was tebow
The Golf Board
Member since Feb 2009
46121 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 10:07 pm to
Should be good. Traffic on friday should be mostly going the other way
Posted by SippyCup
Gulf Coast
Member since Sep 2008
6139 posts
Posted on 7/2/14 at 10:22 pm to
Ha!

Thu night, Fri afternoon-night & All day Sunday.....frick that tunnel
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