I'd be wary of some of those roads. Not from a personal safety standpoint, but from a traffic standpoint, they can get quite busy at times. 5 lane state highways running through urban sprawl at rush hour isn't exactly my idea of a good time. Van**** (stupid censors) and Telegraph (M24) are two roads I wouldn't be thrilled about jumping on and cycling.
Also know with I75 shut down, those roads south of town that parallel it are facing higher traffic than normal.
Personal safety wise (outside of POing people on a couple of those main roads during heavy traffic), no, I'd have no concerns, with the caveat of be intelligent. Stay on well traversed routes in daylight, I doubt you'll have issues.
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That truly sucks. Oh well. It just crossed my mind that it might not be a good idea for a cycling tourist. Especially, one with loaded panniers obstructing the view of the front wheel's contact patch and riding parallel to the rails.
It is only three miles, they're not really that hard to deal with.
EDIT: I'd pick [MENTION=200675]chas58[/MENTION] route above in a heartbeat over Google's.