Atlanta, Georgia DDS Driving Test Routes

Practice your Atlanta DDS road test route

Real routes used for the Atlanta DDS Customer Service Center at 400 Whitehall Street SW, delivered as a Google Maps GPS navigation file with turn-by-turn instructions included. No app, no account, no subscription.

Atlanta DDS office details

Location: 400 Whitehall St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (678) 413-8400
Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to noon.
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This Fulton County center runs longer hours than most Georgia DDS offices. It offers regular and motorcycle knowledge exams and CDL written exams, with road tests by appointment only.

Other DDS offices near Atlanta

If your appointment ends up at a different nearby office, or you're comparing wait times before booking, here's how far each one actually is to drive from this location:

• Decatur DDS: 9.8 miles, about 18 minutes
• Conyers DDS: 28.48 miles, about 43 minutes
• Fayetteville DDS: 29.0 miles, about 45 minutes

This route runs 4.10 miles and takes about 20 minutes, through downtown Atlanta's historic street grid:

1. Drive northeast, 0.05 miles.
2. Turn right onto Whitehall Street Southwest, 0.19 miles.
3. Bear right onto Memorial Drive Southwest, 0.24 miles.
4. Turn left onto Shirley Clarke Franklin Boulevard Southwest, 0.24 miles.
5. Drive northeast on Shirley Clarke Franklin Boulevard Southwest, 0.07 miles.
6. Turn left onto Martin Luther King Jr Drive Southwest, 0.34 miles.
7. Turn right onto Ted Turner Drive Northwest, 0.27 miles.
8. Turn left onto Marietta Street Northwest, 0.58 miles.
9. Turn left onto Ivan Allen Junior Boulevard, 0.14 miles.
10. Drive west on Ivan Allen Junior Boulevard, 0.19 miles.
11. Turn left onto Northside Drive Northwest/US 19/US 29/US 41/GA 3, 1.25 miles.
12. Turn left onto McDaniel Street Southwest, 0.24 miles.
13. Turn left onto Whitehall Street Southwest, 0.24 miles.
14. Turn right, 0.02 miles.
15. Turn left, 0.02 miles.
16. Your destination is on the left.

This is a sample route only. The full, current set of Atlanta routes is included in the download.

Route breakdown

• Distance: 4.10 miles
• Duration: about 20 minutes
• Turns: 11 total, 8 left and 3 right, plus a bear-right
• Longest stretch: Northside Drive Northwest/US 19/US 29/US 41/GA 3, 1.25 miles

What to expect on the roads this route covers

Northside Drive Northwest, carrying four overlapping route numbers (US 19/US 29/US 41/GA 3), is this route's longest single stretch at 1.25 miles. Marietta Street Northwest adds 0.58 miles, and the route winds through a series of short, differently-named downtown streets, Whitehall, Memorial, Shirley Clarke Franklin, Martin Luther King Jr, and Ted Turner Drive, each under a mile. This is an emphatically left-leaning route, 8 of the 11 named turns go left.

Tips for this specific route

• Don't rush this one despite the short distance. Just over 4 miles takes 20 minutes here, dense downtown driving with frequent short turns.
• Get comfortable holding speed on Northside Drive Northwest. It carries four overlapping route numbers and is the route's longest stretch.
• Expect an emphatically left-leaning turn pattern. 8 of the 11 turns are lefts.
• Book ahead for road tests. They're appointment-only; other services are walk-in.