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Directions & Transportation

From the North (Nashville):

  • Take I-65 South to exit 259B (4th Avenue South).
  • Go three blocks to 13th Street South; take a right.
  • Proceed two blocks until the intersection of 13th Street South and 6th Avenue South.
  • Bartow Arena will be on the left.
Approximate driving time from Nashville: 3 hours, 30 minutes

From the Northeast (Chattanooga):

  • Take I-59 South to exit 124A (I-65 South); exit I-65 at exit 259B (4th Avenue South).
  • Go three blocks to 13th Street South; take a right.
  • Proceed two blocks until the intersection of 13th Street South and 6th Avenue South.
  • Bartow Arena will be on the left.
Approximate driving distance from Chattanooga: 2 hours, 15 minutes

From the East (Atlanta):

  • Take I-20 West to exit 124A (I-65 South); exit I-65 at exit 259B (4th Avenue South).
  • Go three blocks to 13th Street South; take a right.
  • Proceed two blocks until the intersection of 13th Street South and 6th Avenue South.
  • Bartow Arena will be on the left.
Approximate driving distance from Atlanta: 2 hours, 15 minutes

From the South (Mobile and Montgomery):

  • Take I-65 North to exit 259 (University Blvd.)
  • Take University Boulevard two blocks east to 13th Street South.
  • Take a left on to 13th Street South.
  • Bartow Arena will be one block on the right.
Approximate driving time from Mobile: 4 hours; from Montgomery: 1 hour, 30 minutes

From the Southwest (Jackson, Miss., Tuscaloosa):

  • Take I-20 east to I-59 North.
  • Take exit 124A (I-65 South); exit I-65 at exit 259B (4th Avenue South).
  • Go three blocks to 13th Street Soth; take a right.
  • Proceed two blocks until the intersection of 13th Street South and 6th Avenue South.
  • Bartow Arena will be on the left.
Approximate driving time from Jackson, Miss.: 4 hours, 30 minutes; from Tuscaloosa: 1 hour

From Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport:

  • Follow the signs out of the airport to I-59/20 west toward downtown Birmingham.
  • Exit onto I-65 South (exit 124A) and proceed to exit 259B (4th Avenue South).
  • Go three blocks to 13th Street South; take a right.
  • Proceed two blocks until the intersection of 13th Street South and 6th Avenue South.
  • Bartow Arena will be on the left.
Approximate driving time from the airport: 15 minutes

Additional Transportation Options:

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport

Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA)