HUNTSVILLE, Alabama
The Huntsville Police Department advises Saturday motorists using I-565 and University Drive in Huntsville to "leave early" or "take alternate routes" as the 18th Annual Trail of Tears motorcycle ride passes through the city.
The bikers, starting in Bridgeport at 8 a.m., will travel through North Alabama Saturday, entering Madison County on U.S. 72 East at Gurley between 9:20-9:40 a.m.
They will continue west into Huntsville on I-565, with riders expected to pass through town between 9:45 and 10:15 a.m. They will exit the Interstate at Madison Boulevard (Exit 13), just west of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, and should begin arriving for a lunch break at the Old Time Pottery Barn shopping center on Madison Boulevard between 10:20 and 10:30 a.m.
Bikers will begin departing the shopping center at 11:30 a.m. and travel west on Madison Boulevard until reaching County Line Road, where they will turn north until intersecting U.S. 72 (University Drive).
The riders will turn west on U.S. 72 toward Athens until reaching Florence where they will take a right on Cox Creek Parkway before heading to their destination of Waterloo.
Anyone traveling west out of Huntsville on I-565 Saturday morning should plan to leave earlier than usual because ramps to I-565 until the Madison Boulevard exit will be closed for the safety of the riders as they pass through Huntsville.
Alternate routes to reach Madison and points west once the riders enter Huntsville will be Old Madison Pike and U.S. 72 West.
Travelers headed east or west on University Drive can expect lengthy delays between 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Traffic will be stopped in both directions to allow the bikers to turn left from County Line Road onto U.S. 72 West.
Motorists are advised to use I-565 during this time to avoid delays.
The Trail of Tears is a cooperative effort between the Alabama State Troopers and all local law enforcement agencies, fire departments and emergency responders.
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