Best driving route from North Tampa to Port Canaveral? What about this?

[tbmrt]

We will be leaving from Port Canaveral and are already dreading the car ride getting there and back.  Have nightmares of Rt. 4!  Google maps suggested Rt 4 to 528

 

Wondering about this route...A little more time, but maybe not as much traffic??

 

Get on I-75 N from US Hwy 41 N and State Rd 52 E
24 min (16.3 mi)

Follow I-75 N to US-98 S/Cortez Blvd in Hernando County. Take exit 301 from I-75 N
13 min (15.3 mi)

Get on Florida's Turnpike in Orange County from FL-50 E
55 min (40.3 mi)

Follow Florida's Turnpike and FL-528 E to George King Blvd in Cape Canaveral. Take the George King Blvd exit from Florida A1A S
1 hr (68.0 mi)

Take Dave Nisbet Dr to your destination in Port Canaveral

[MissP22]

Is there ever a time when the traffic isn't a nightmare in that area? When we drive north I'll do anything to avoid going close to Orlando if at all possible.

[thinfool]

Roll the dice.  I-4 is nasty, but the Turnpike is no picnic.  A bad wreck on the turnpike can ruin your day....but that's pretty true of any road we take these days.

[Capt_BJ]

528 > 417 > I-4

 

 

anything else just adds time and hassle.

 

I live in the port area and daughter had to see a dr in St Pete regularly for a couple of years ... made this drive way too often ....

 

the big I-4 messes usually happened from the Disney area north thru the construction of the big expansion. MOST of that construction is done and the associated backups gone . .  . but I still like 417 to stay away from the 528/I-4 junction . . .

Edited September 5, 2022 by Capt_BJ

[Cienfuegos]

528 / I-4 can be a mess.  It's not especially intuitive, and one sudden lane shift can create a real mess.