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I-75 Exit 235 · Old Dixie Hwy
Rooms for drivers, crews and night shifts
A 24-hour front desk, free lit parking, enforced quiet hours and a Waffle House up the road. Built around people whose day does not end at five.
- › Desk staffed 24 hours
- › Free parking, lit all night
- › Quiet hours enforced
- › Weekly rates for crews
Where this is
On the freight road, not the tourist strip
Old Dixie Highway at this address is US 19/41 — the road that carried traffic south long before the interstate did, and which becomes Tara Boulevard heading down towards Griffin. I-75 Exit 235 is less than a mile north of the front desk. That puts the property on a working road, which is exactly why the guests who find it tend to come back rather than treat it as a one-off.
Clayton County runs on freight. Supply chain and logistics account for roughly 35 percent of every job in the county — close to 40,000 people — spread across the warehouses and distribution centres between Forest Park, Morrow and the cargo area. A large share of the people staying here are doing that work or servicing it: drivers laying over between loads, crews on a multi-week install, contractors on a site somewhere off the 75.
The practical version: you come off the interstate, you are here in under two minutes, and you are back on it just as fast in the morning.
What actually matters
The four things that decide whether a room works on this schedule
Arrival time is irrelevant
The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day. Not a phone number on a door, not a key box — a person, at every hour. If you pull in at 3am you check in at 3am. Rooms are held until 8:00 PM and a phone call holds them past that.
Parking is free and lit
Free parking on site by the rooms, lit through the night. Tools and bags come out of the vehicle and go straight in. For anything larger than a van, call the desk first and they will tell you honestly what they can do.
You can sleep during the day
Quiet hours run 10:00 PM to 8:00 AM and are enforced — not a sign on the wall. Tell the desk once at check-in that you are sleeping days and housekeeping skips your room for the whole stay, leaving fresh towels instead of knocking at eleven.
There is food at any hour
A 24-hour Waffle House sits about a hundred yards up the road, and delivery drivers are welcome to bring orders to your door or the front desk. There is no restaurant on the property, so this is how most guests eat here.
Vehicles
Being straight about parking
Parking is free surface parking on the lot, lit through the night, and there is plenty of it for cars, pickups, vans and crew vehicles. What this is not is a truck stop. There are no dedicated tractor-trailer bays, no fuel island and no facilities built for a rig — the nearest full truck stop is a Pilot roughly ten miles north on Bouldercrest Road, with the next one about twenty-eight miles south at Jackson.
If you are driving something larger than a van, call the front desk before you arrive rather than turning up and hoping. They will look at what is on the lot and tell you plainly whether it works for your vehicle that night. A straight answer on the phone beats a wasted turn-off at midnight.
Pulling in tonight?
(770) 305-0300The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day and knows what is actually free right now. From $72 a night and availability — whatever time it is.
Crews and employers
Booking more than one room
With 90+ rooms the front desk can usually place a whole crew together at short notice, which a twenty-room property simply cannot do. If you are running an install, a shutdown or a construction job somewhere in Clayton County and need six rooms from Monday, that is a phone call rather than a negotiation.
Weekly rates apply from seven nights and monthly from 28. Neither is published, and crew rates are a separate conversation again — call the desk with the number of rooms and the length of the job and you will get a real figure. If the booking needs arranging through an employer rather than paid individually, ask and they will tell you what works.
Smoking and non-smoking rooms sit in separate wings, so a mixed crew is accommodated without anyone compromising. Crews staying several weeks should look at the weekly and monthly terms →
- Adjacent rooms where availability allows
- Weekly rates from seven nights, monthly from 28
- Crew rates quoted by phone, not published
- Smoking and non-smoking wings for mixed crews
- Double rooms sleep four, so two to a room halves the cost
- Same room kept for the whole stay — no mid-job moves
The rooms
Which room to ask for
- On your own, one night. A king room — one king bed, sleeps two, and more floor space than the doubles. Available in both wings.
- Two of you sharing. A double room has two double beds, so nobody shares a mattress.
- A crew of four. Double rooms sleep four on one room rate.
- Weeks rather than nights. Ask for a weekly rate on whichever room suits — it is not the nightly rate multiplied by seven.
- Smoking or non-smoking. Both wings are genuinely separate. Say which you want when you call.
Open late
What is still open when you get in
This stretch of Old Dixie Highway runs later than most of the county, which is the practical advantage of being on a freight road.
- a 24-hour Waffle House about a hundred yards up the road — the reason a lot of drivers pick this exit
- Harold’s Chicken Shacks on Southside Commercial Parkway, about a mile south, open until 2am most nights and 3am at weekends
- a 24-hour Texaco on Old Dixie Highway, roughly three quarters of a mile north and a 24-hour Marathon station on Old Dixie Highway, about half a mile north, both open around the clock
- Cantina1942, a Mexican restaurant on Tara Boulevard about a quarter of a mile away that serves until midnight on weeknights and 3am on Fridays and Saturdays
- Shree Coin Laundry on Tara Boulevard, about a mile and three quarters south and open 24 hours, if you need laundry done on a night off
MARTA route 192 runs this corridor to East Point station if you are here without a vehicle for part of the stay.
Questions
What drivers and crews ask
Can I check in at 3am?
Yes. The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day, every day. Not a phone number on a door and not a key box — a person. If you pull in at 3am you check in at 3am.
What happens at a middle-of-the-night check-in?
The same as any other hour. You show a valid government-issued photo ID, pay at the desk by cash or card, and a refundable deposit may apply depending on the length of stay. It takes a few minutes.
What if I am arriving later than I said?
Rooms are held until 8:00 PM on the arrival date. If you will be later, call (770) 305-0300 and the room stays held. One call is all it takes.
Is there parking for a large vehicle?
Parking is free and on site. For anything larger than a van, call the front desk before you arrive and ask what they can do for your vehicle — they will give you a straight answer rather than a guess. There is no dedicated truck facility here; the nearest full truck stop is about ten miles north.
Is the lot lit at night?
Yes, through the night.
Can I sleep during the day?
Yes, and a good share of our guests do. Quiet hours run 10:00 PM to 8:00 AM and are enforced. Tell the front desk you are sleeping days and housekeeping will skip your room and leave fresh towels instead of knocking.
Can I put a do-not-disturb request in place for the whole stay?
Yes. Tell the desk once at check-in rather than hanging a sign every morning, and they will note it for the length of your stay.
Is there anywhere to eat at 3am?
A 24-hour Waffle House is about a hundred yards up the road. Harold’s Chicken Shacks on Southside Commercial Parkway runs to 2am most nights and 3am at weekends.
Can I get food delivered to the room?
Yes. Delivery drivers are welcome to bring orders to your room door or leave them at the front desk, whichever you prefer.
Do you take crew bookings?
Yes, and often. With 90+ rooms the desk can usually place a whole crew together at short notice. Ask for a crew rate when you call — crew rates are not published.
Can an employer be invoiced?
Ask the front desk. For a crew staying several weeks they will tell you what is workable.
Do you offer weekly rates?
Yes, from seven nights and monthly from 28, quoted by phone. If a route or a job keeps you in the area, that is the conversation to have.
What is the difference between the smoking and non-smoking wings?
They are genuinely separate parts of the property rather than the same corridor with different signs. Smoking rooms are grouped together, so guests in the non-smoking wing are unaffected and smokers are not restricted.
Is there a shower and somewhere to do laundry?
Every room has a private bathroom. There is no guest laundry at the property, but Shree Coin Laundry on Tara Boulevard is under two miles south and open 24 hours.
Do I need a card to hold a room?
No. Reserve online or by phone and pay at the front desk when you arrive, cash or card. Nothing is charged in advance.
How the property runs
Why it stays quiet
- Every registered guest shows valid government photo ID at check-in. No exceptions.
- Quiet hours 10:00 PM to 8:00 AM, enforced rather than posted.
- No-party policy. Rooms are for the guests on the booking, and visitors register at the desk.
- Someone at the front desk 24 hours a day, and the lot lit all night.
These are the policies that make day sleeping possible. Read the full hotel policies →
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Whatever time it is
(770) 305-0300The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day. From $72 a night, a weekly rate, or to sort out parking for a larger vehicle before you arrive.
The property
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