How far is Birmingham, ENG from Opelika, AL?
The driving distance from Birmingham, ENG to Opelika, AL is about 1506.8 miles (2425 km), with a travel time of about 30h 16m by car.
- The straight-line flight distance is about 4208.9 miles (6773.5 km).
- For a round trip, plan for roughly 60h 33m of driving time before adding stops, traffic, or weather delays.
- A comfortable departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM GMT.
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Drive time stays fixed at 30h 16m.
Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.
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City in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States
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Mostly Cloudy
Driving Route Map
The map below follows the saved road route between Birmingham and Opelika.
Turn-by-Turn Driving Directions
Step-by-step road directions between Birmingham and Opelika.
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Start on Route 774
3 mi · 5 min · Route 774
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Turn left
2.5 mi · 4 min
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Continue on FDR International Memorial Bridge
880 ft · 18 sec · FDR International Memorial Bridge
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Continue on State Route 189
154 m · 10 sec · State Route 189
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Continue on Washington Street
1900 ft · 40 sec · Washington Street
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Continue on Main Street
1.3 km · 2 min · Main Street
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Continue on County Road
9.3 mi · 14 min · County Road
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Continue on Lubec Road
1 km · 2 min · Lubec Road
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At the end of the road, turn left onto Route 1
9.5 mi · 13 min · Route 1
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Continue on Main Street
3.1 mi · 5 min · Main Street
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Turn slight right onto River Road
127 m · 7 sec · River Road
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Continue on Main Street
4.2 mi · 6 min · Main Street
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Continue on Dublin Street
2.3 mi · 3 min · Dublin Street
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Continue on Outer Dublin Street
1249 ft · 21 sec · Outer Dublin Street
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Continue on Harrington Road
3.3 mi · 5 min · Harrington Road
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Continue on Route 1
14 mi · 21 min · Route 1
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Turn straight onto Main Street
2696 ft · 46 sec · Main Street
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Continue on Kennedy Highway
1084 ft · 18 sec · Kennedy Highway
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Continue on US Highway 1A
3 mi · 5 min · US Highway 1A
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Continue on Kennedy Highway
4.1 mi · 6 min · Kennedy Highway
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Continue on Bridge Street
1721 ft · 34 sec · Bridge Street
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At the end of the road, turn left onto Main Street
1.8 mi · 3 min · Main Street
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Continue on US Highway 1
27.7 mi · 41 min · US Highway 1
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Continue on Downeast Highway
1.1 mi · 2 min · Downeast Highway
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Keep slight right to continue on Downeast Highway
140 m · 11 sec · Downeast Highway
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Continue on High Street
1268 ft · 36 sec · High Street
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Turn left onto Foster Street
2227 ft · 1 min · Foster Street
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At the end of the road, turn right onto Water Street
1.1 km · 1 min · Water Street
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Turn left onto West Main Street
806 ft · 10 sec · West Main Street
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Keep slight right to continue on Main Street
85 m · 4 sec · Main Street
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Continue on Bucksport Road
8.5 mi · 10 min · Bucksport Road
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Continue on Acadia Highway
9.4 mi · 11 min · Acadia Highway
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Continue on Route 1
1.6 km · 1 min · Route 1
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Continue on Main Street
41 m · 9 sec · Main Street
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Turn left onto Route 1
682 ft · 17 sec · Route 1
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Continue on US Highway 1
1.2 mi · 3 min · US Highway 1
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Continue on Route 1
13.4 mi · 16 min · Route 1
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Continue on Searsport Avenue
2.7 mi · 5 min · Searsport Avenue
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Continue on Route 1
1.1 km · 1 min · Route 1
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Take the exit slight right
1414 ft · 39 sec
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Keep slight right
114 m · 12 sec
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Merge slight left onto Belmont Avenue
3.9 mi · 5 min · Belmont Avenue
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Continue on Augusta Road
4.8 mi · 5 min · Augusta Road
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Continue on Belfast Augusta Road East
3.4 mi · 4 min · Belfast Augusta Road East
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Continue on Acadia Highway
4 mi · 4 min · Acadia Highway
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Continue on Belfast Augusta Road
17.6 mi · 21 min · Belfast Augusta Road
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Continue on Belfast Road
1077 ft · 17 sec · Belfast Road
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Continue on North Belfast Avenue
8.1 mi · 12 min · North Belfast Avenue
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Turn left onto North Belfast Avenue
1.6 km · 2 min · North Belfast Avenue
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At the end of the road, turn left onto Bangor Street
2936 ft · 53 sec · Bangor Street
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Enter the roundabout and take exit 2 toward Cony Circle
49 m · 3 sec · Memorial Drive
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Exit the rotary onto Memorial Drive
1.1 km · 2 min · Memorial Drive
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Enter the roundabout and take exit 3 toward Memorial Circle
122 m · 7 sec · State Street
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Exit the rotary onto State Street
1007 ft · 19 sec · State Street
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Turn right onto Capitol Street
1.3 km · 1 min · Capitol Street
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Turn straight onto Armory Street
915 ft · 20 sec · Armory Street
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Turn left onto Western Avenue
1.1 km · 1 min · Western Avenue
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Take the exit slight right toward I 95: Portland, Waterville, Bangor
1829 ft · 44 sec
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Keep slight left to continue on I-95 South: Portland, Kittery
3262 ft · 1 min
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Merge slight left onto Maine Turnpike
5.9 mi · 6 min · Maine Turnpike
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Keep slight right to continue on I 295 South, ME 9, ME 126: Gardiner, Brunswick
50.5 mi · 59 min
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Keep slight left
2.6 mi · 4 min
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Merge slight left onto Maine Turnpike
53 mi · 59 min · Maine Turnpike
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Keep slight left to continue on Blue Star Turnpike
7.7 mi · 9 min · Blue Star Turnpike
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Keep slight right to continue on I 495 South: Worcester
30.6 mi · 36 min
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Take the exit slight right toward US 3: Burlington, Nashua New Hampshire
1068 ft · 14 sec
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Keep slight left to continue on US 3: Burlington, Nashua New Hampshire
1320 ft · 17 sec
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Keep slight left
1931 ft · 25 sec
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Keep slight left to continue on I 495 South: Marlboro
2589 ft · 34 sec
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Merge slight left
23.4 mi · 27 min
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Take the exit slight right toward I 290 West: Worcester
2148 ft · 1 min
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Merge slight left
19.6 mi · 25 min
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Take the exit slight right toward MA 12 South: Webster
703 ft · 23 sec
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Turn left onto Oxford Street
142 m · 10 sec · Oxford Street
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At the end of the road, turn right onto Southbridge Street
136 m · 10 sec · Southbridge Street
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Take the exit slight right toward I 90
2072 ft · 1 min
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Keep slight left to continue on I 90 West
2915 ft · 1 min
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Merge slight left onto Massachusetts Turnpike
11.2 mi · 13 min · Massachusetts Turnpike
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Keep slight right to continue on Wilbur Cross Highway
33.6 mi · 40 min · Wilbur Cross Highway
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Keep slight right
8 mi · 9 min
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Keep slight left to continue on CT 15 South: New York City
1.9 mi · 3 min
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Take the exit slight right toward I 91 South: New Haven, New York City
3154 ft · 54 sec
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Merge slight right
16.5 mi · 20 min
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Take the exit slight right toward CT 15 South
1825 ft · 35 sec
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Keep slight left to continue on CT 15 South
133 m · 8 sec
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Merge slight left
29.8 mi · 37 min
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Take the exit slight right toward CT 8, CT 108: Bridgeport, Waterbury
1242 ft · 24 sec
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Keep slight left to continue on CT 8 South, CT 108 South: Bridgeport
2228 ft · 48 sec
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Keep slight left to continue on CT 8 South: Bridgeport
1.2 km · 2 min
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Merge slight left
4.5 mi · 5 min
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Keep slight right to continue on I 95 South: New York City
1719 ft · 42 sec
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Merge slight left
29.3 mi · 40 min
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Keep slight left to continue on New England Thruway
14.3 mi · 20 min · New England Thruway
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Continue on Bruckner Expressway
1.3 mi · 2 min · Bruckner Expressway
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Keep slight right to continue on Bruckner Expressway
3150 ft · 54 sec · Bruckner Expressway
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Keep slight right to continue on I 95 South, to I 678 South: Cross Bronx Expressway, George Washington Bridge, Newark, Whitestone Bridge
5.4 mi · 7 min
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Keep slight left to continue on Trans-Manhattan Expressway
1.1 km · 1 min · Trans-Manhattan Expressway
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Continue on George Washington Bridge (upper level)
3167 ft · 60 sec · George Washington Bridge (upper level)
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Continue straight
2659 ft · 48 sec
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Keep slight left
3214 ft · 39 sec
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Keep slight left
2.7 mi · 4 min
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Keep slight right to continue on I 95 South, NJTP South: Newark
1858 ft · 29 sec
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Merge slight right onto New Jersey Turnpike
2 mi · 3 min · New Jersey Turnpike
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Keep slight left to continue on New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur
2.6 mi · 4 min · New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur
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Take the exit slight left
2790 ft · 43 sec
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Merge slight right onto New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur
7.4 mi · 10 min · New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur
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Keep slight left to continue on New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur
54.5 mi · 1 hr 4 min · New Jersey Turnpike Western Spur
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Keep slight left to continue on New Jersey Turnpike
48.9 mi · 56 min · New Jersey Turnpike
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Take the exit slight left
1193 ft · 16 sec
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Continue straight
1760 ft · 23 sec
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Merge slight right onto New Jersey Turnpike
2 mi · 2 min · New Jersey Turnpike
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Merge slight left
3.4 mi · 6 min
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Take the exit slight right toward DE 9: New Castle, Veterans Memorial Park, Wilmington
146 m · 8 sec
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Keep slight left to continue on DE 9 South: New Castle, Veterans Memorial Park
885 ft · 15 sec
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Keep slight left
1838 ft · 31 sec
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Merge slight left onto Delaware Turnpike
11.6 mi · 14 min · Delaware Turnpike
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Keep slight left to continue on Delaware Turnpike
2.2 mi · 3 min · Delaware Turnpike
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Continue on John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway
41.3 mi · 48 min · John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway
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Keep slight left to continue on Express Toll Lanes
6.5 mi · 8 min · Express Toll Lanes
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Keep slight left to continue on Express Toll Lanes
1.2 mi · 2 min · Express Toll Lanes
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Merge slight right onto Harbor Tunnel Thruway
3.8 mi · 5 min · Harbor Tunnel Thruway
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Continue on Baltimore Harbor Tunnel
1.4 mi · 2 min · Baltimore Harbor Tunnel
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Continue on Harbor Tunnel Thruway
2.2 mi · 3 min · Harbor Tunnel Thruway
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Continue on Harbor Tunnel Throughway
2567 ft · 40 sec · Harbor Tunnel Throughway
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Keep slight left to continue on Harbor Tunnel Throughway
2671 ft · 42 sec · Harbor Tunnel Throughway
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Continue on Harbor Tunnel Thruway
1.3 mi · 2 min · Harbor Tunnel Thruway
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Take the exit slight right toward MD 295 South: Essex, BWI Marshall Airport
2423 ft · 59 sec
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Merge slight left onto Baltimore-Washington Parkway
27.1 mi · 37 min · Baltimore-Washington Parkway
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Keep slight left to continue on US 50 East: Richmond, Annapolis
2902 ft · 35 sec
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Continue on Kenilworth Avenue Freeway
2.2 mi · 3 min · Kenilworth Avenue Freeway
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Continue on Anacostia Freeway
2.1 mi · 4 min · Anacostia Freeway
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Take the exit slight right toward I 695 : Downtown
1553 ft · 38 sec
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Keep slight right to continue on I 695 West: Downtown
612 ft · 15 sec
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Merge slight left onto Southeast Freeway
1.9 mi · 3 min · Southeast Freeway
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Continue on Southwest Freeway
1.1 km · 1 min · Southwest Freeway
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Continue on Francis Case Memorial Bridge
1.1 mi · 2 min · Francis Case Memorial Bridge
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Continue on Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway
9.4 mi · 12 min · Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway
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Continue on Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway
36.3 mi · 43 min · Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway
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Keep slight left
58.4 mi · 1 hr 6 min
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Keep slight left to continue on Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike
24 mi · 31 min · Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike
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Keep slight right to continue on Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike
84.4 mi · 1 hr 32 min · Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike
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Keep slight right
44.1 mi · 49 min
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Keep slight left
42.3 mi · 49 min
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Keep slight right
7.7 mi · 9 min
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Keep slight left to continue on I 85 Business South, US 29 South, US 70 West: Charlotte
5.4 mi · 6 min
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Keep slight left
298.4 mi · 5 hr 38 min
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Keep slight right
26.7 mi · 32 min
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Continue on James Wendell George Parkway
2.3 mi · 3 min · James Wendell George Parkway
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Keep slight right to continue on I 85 South: Airport Domestic, Montgomery
55.5 mi · 1 hr 1 min
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Keep slight left to continue on Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway
39 mi · 42 min · Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway
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Take the exit slight right toward US 280, US 431: Opelika, Phenix City
890 ft · 22 sec
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Keep slight right
86 m · 7 sec
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Merge slight left onto Columbus Parkway
1.2 mi · 2 min · Columbus Parkway
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Turn right onto South 8th Street
52 m · 13 sec · South 8th Street
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Turn left onto Avenue E
735 ft · 33 sec · Avenue E
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Turn right onto Geneva Street
97 m · 14 sec · Geneva Street
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Keep slight left to continue on South 9th Street
628 ft · 28 sec · South 9th Street
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Arrive at your destination
0 m · 1 sec · South 9th Street
Car Route Details
A richer read on the saved driving route between Birmingham and Opelika.
Long-distance drive
This route is long enough that fuel, rest stops, weather, and timing matter more than any single maneuver.
I 85 Business South
Keep slight left
298 mi · 05h 38m
Route Summary
A quick read on whether this route feels easy, ambitious, or worth planning around.
Better with a longer stop
This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.
Mostly Cloudy near Opelika.
Trip Questions
Direct answers travelers usually want before committing to the drive.
How long does it take to drive from Birmingham to Opelika?
The road trip is about 1506.8 miles (2425 km) and usually takes 30h 16m in normal driving conditions.
Is this a same-day trip or an overnight route?
This route is long enough that most travelers will be better off planning an overnight stay or a more deliberate stop window.
What is the halfway point on this route?
Greenbelt is a useful midpoint, sitting about 745.5 miles from Birmingham and 761.3 miles from Opelika.
How much longer is the road route than the straight-line distance?
The direct path is about 4208.9 miles (6773.5 km), while the road route adds roughly 0 extra miles because roads do not follow the straight air line.
When is the best time to leave for this route?
A good departure window is usually 6:00 AM to 7:30 AM GMT. Starting early still helps, but most travelers will want a longer stop or an overnight stay on a route this long.
Do you cross a time zone on this route?
Yes. There is about a 5 hour time difference between Birmingham and Opelika, so arrival and return times should be read in local time.
What should you check before leaving?
Before arriving, the latest forecast around Opelika is Mostly Cloudy.
Stop Ideas Near Greenbelt
Useful break, food, and waypoint ideas within about 15 miles of the route midpoint.
United States Capitol
D C Government
THEARC: Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus
Town Hall Liquor And Bar
Transit and Meeting Points
Useful pickup, handoff, or rendezvous points close to Greenbelt.
New Carrollton station
Washington Union Station
Rockville station
BWI Rail Station
Flight Path Map
This map shows the direct air route between Birmingham and Opelika. Straight-line distance: 4208.84 mi (6773.47 km).
#1 Birmingham
Located in the West Midlands region of England, it is the UK's second-largest city.
| Population | 1,137,100 |
| Coordinates | 52.4814200, -1.8998300 |
| Altitude | - |
| Country | United Kingdom |
#2 Opelika
City in Alabama
| Population | 31,135 |
| Coordinates | 32.6454100, -85.3782800 |
| Altitude | 246 |
| Country | United States |
End: Opelika (-85.37828, 32.64541)
Estimated Travel Time
Distance: 2425 km by road
| Speed | Time |
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| 30 mph (48.3 km/h) | 50h 12m |
| 40 mph (64.37 km/h) | 37h 40m |
| 50 mph (80.47 km/h) | 30h 08m |
| 60 mph (96.56 km/h) | 25h 06m |
| 70 mph (112.65 km/h) | 21h 31m |
| 80 mph (129 km/h) | 18h 47m |