Interstate 75 in Georgia

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Interstate 75
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 355.11 mi[1] (571.49 km)
South end: I-75 at Florida state line south of Lake Park
Major
junctions:		 Interstate 475 southwest of Macon
Interstate 16 in Macon
Interstate 475 north of Bolingbroke
Interstate 675 in Stockbridge
Interstate 285 near Forest Park
Interstate 85 south in Atlanta
Interstate 20 in Atlanta
Interstate 85 north in Atlanta
Interstate 285 east of Smyrna
Interstate 575 north of Marietta
North end: I-75 at Tennessee state line at Chattanooga
Georgia State Routes
< SR 400 SR 402 >

In the U.S. state of Georgia, Interstate 75 runs north-south through Atlanta. It is also designated - but not signed - as State Route 401. In downtown Atlanta, I-75 joins with Interstate 85 as the Downtown Connector. The whole route of I-75 in Georgia runs along the U.S. Route 41 corridor. In 1998, The portion of I-75 that runs from the Chattahoochee River northward to the Tennessee state line was named the Larry McDonald Memorial Highway.

In March 2007, I-75 in Atlanta was the site of the 2007 Atlanta I-75 Charter Bus Accident.

Contents

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

[edit] Auxiliary routes

[edit] Exit list

Exits are numbered from south to north, in accordance with AASHTO guidelines.

County Location # Destinations Notes
Old New
Lowndes 1 2 Bellville, Fla, Lake Park
2 5 GA 376 (Lakes Boulevard) - Lake Park
3 11 GA 31 - Clyattville, Valdosta
3A 13 Old Clyattville Road, Valdosta
Valdosta 4 16 U.S. Route 84/U.S. Route 221/GA 94 - Valdosta, Quitman Unsigned I-75 Business Loop begins here.
GA 38 is secretly co-signed with US 84.
5 18 GA 133 - Valdosta, Moultrie
6 22
U.S. Route 41 south (North Valdosta Road) - Moody AFB		 US 41 joins northbound and leaves southbound.
GA 7 is secretly co-signed with US 41.
Unsigned I-75 Business Loop ends here.
Hahira 7 29
U.S. 41 north/GA 122 - Hahira, Barney, Lakeland		 US 41 leaves northbound and joins southbound.
Cook Cecil 8 32 Old Coffee Road, Cecil
Adel 9 37 Adel
10 39 GA 37 - Adel, Moultrie, Nashville
Sparks 11 41 Rountree Bridge Road, Sparks
12 45 Barneyville Road
Lenox 13 49 Kinard Bridge Road - Lenox
Tift 14 55 Eldorado, Omega
15 59 I-75 Business (Southwell Boulevard) - Tifton
16 60 South Central Avenue
Tifton 17 61 Omega Road
18 62
U.S. Route 82/To U.S. Route 319/GA 520 - Tifton, Sylvester
19 63A 2nd Street
20 63B 8th Street
21 64 U.S. 41 - Tifton, ABAC Unsigned I-75 Business Loop ends here.
22 66 Brighton Road
23 69 Chula Brookfield Road
24 71 Willis Still Road, Sunsweet
Turner 25 75 GA 232 (Inaha Road)
26 78 GA 32 - Sycamore, Ocilla
27 80 Bussey Road - Sycamore
Ashburn 28 82 GA 107/GA 112 - Ashburn/Fitzgerald
29 84 GA 159 - Ashburn, Amboy
Crisp Arabi 30 92 Arabi
31 97 GA 33 Connector - Wenona, Sylvester
Cordele 32 99 GA 300 (Georgia-Florida Parkway)
33 101 U.S. Route 280/GA 30/GA 90 - Cordele, Abbeville
34 102 GA 257 - Cordele, Hawkinsville
35 104 Farmers Market Road
Dooly 36 109 GA 215 - Vienna, Pitts
37 112 GA 27 - Hawkinsville
38 117 Pinehurst
Unadilla 39 121 U.S. 41 - Unadilla
40 122 GA 230 - Unadilla, Byromville
Houston 41 127 GA 26 - Montezuma, Hawkinsville
Perry 41A 134 South Perry Parkway
42 135 U.S. 41/GA 127/GA 224 - Perry, (Larry Walker Parkway)
43 136 U.S. Route 341/GA 7 - Perry, Fort Valley
43A 138 Thompson Road
Peach 44 142 GA 96 (Housers Mill Road)
144 Richard B. Russell Parkway
45 146
- GA 247 Connector - Centerville, Warner Robins
Byron 46 149 GA 49 - Byron, Fort Valley
Crawford No exits in the county; I-75 clips the extreme eastern corner of Crawford County for about 750 feet.
Bibb 47 155 Hartley Bridge Road
48 156
I-475 north - Atlanta		 Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
GA 408 is secretly co-signed with I-475.
Macon 49 160 U.S. 41/GA 247 (Pio Nono Avenue)
160A
U.S. 41 south/GA 247 south (Pio Nono Avenue)		 Southbound exit.
160B

To U.S. 41 north/To GA 247 north - Rocky Creek Road		 Southbound exit.
50 162 U.S. Route 80/GA 22 (Eisenhower Parkway)
51 163
GA 74 west (Mercer University Drive)
52 164
U.S. Route 41 Business/GA 19 (Forsyth Street) - Hardeman Avenue, Downtown
53 165
I-16 east - Savannah		 GA 404 is secretly co-signed with I-16.
54 167 GA 247 (Pierce Avenue) Exit to reach U.S. Route 23.
54A 169
To U.S. Route 23 - Arkwright Road, Riverside Drive
55 171 U.S. Route 23; State Route 87 - Riverside Drive
56 172 Bass Road
Monroe 57 175 Pate Road, Bolingbroke Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
58 177
I-475 south Valdosta		 Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
59 181 Rumble Road, Smarr
60 185 GA 18 - Forsyth, Gray
Forsyth 61 186 Tift College Drive
62 187 GA 83 - Forsyth, Monticello
63 188 GA 42 - Forsyth
64 193 Johnstonville Road
65 198 High Falls Road
Lamar No exits in the county.
Butts 66 201 GA 36 - Jackson, Barnesville
67 205 GA 16 - Griffin, Jackson
Spalding No exits in the county.
Henry Locust Grove 68 212 Locust Grove, Hampton, Jackson Bill Gardner Parkway, Jenkinsburg
69 216 GA 155 - McDonough
70 218 GA 20/GA 81 - McDonough, Hampton Exit to reach Atlanta Motor Speedway.
71 221 Jonesboro Road, Lovejoy
72 222 Jodeco Road, Flippen Former GA 351
73 224 Hudson Bridge Road, Eagles Landing Parkway
74 227

I-675 north/To I-285 east - Augusta, Greenville		 northbound exit and southbound entrance
75 228 GA 138 - Jonesboro, Stockbridge
Clayton 75A 231 Mount Zion Boulevard
Morrow 76 233 GA 54 - Morrow, Lake City Southlake Mall
77 235 U.S. Route 19/U.S. 41 (Old Dixie Highway) Griffin, Jonesboro
78 237 GA 331 - Forest Park, Farmers Market
80 237A GA 85 south - Riverdale Southbound exit only.
81A 238A
I-285 east (Bypass) - Augusta, Greenville		 GA 407 secretly co-signed with I-285.
81B 238B
I-285 west (Bypass) - Atl Airport, Chattanooga		 Exit to reach I-85 south.
Fulton Atlanta 82 239 U.S. 19/U.S. 41 - Aviation Boulevard, Henry Ford II Avenue, (Central Avenue) Exit to reach Hapeville.
86 241 Cleveland Avenue Exit to reach I-85 south.
87 242 GA 166 (Langford Parkway) - East Point
See Downtown Connector for the Interstate 85 concurrency.
103 251 I-85 north - Greenville
104A 252A U.S. 41 (Northside Drive)
104B 252B Howell Mill Road
106 254 Moores Mill Road
107 255 U.S. 41 (Northside Parkway) - West Paces Ferry Road
108 256 Mount Paran Road Exit to reach U.S. 41
Fulton-Cobb
county line		 crosses the Chattahoochee River
Cobb 108A 258 Cumberland Boulevard Exit to reach Cumberland Mall
109A 259A
I-285 east - Greenville, Augusta
109B 259B
I-285 west - Birmingham, Montgomery
110 260 Windy Hill Road, Smyrna
Marietta 111 261
GA 280 (Delk Road) - Lockheed, Dobbins AFB
112 263 GA 120 - Marietta, Roswell Former GA 120 Loop
113 265 GA 120 Alternate - Marietta, Roswell Former GA 120 Loop
114A 267A
GA 5 Spur north (Canton Road)
114B 267B
GA 5 south/To U.S. 41 - Marietta		 GA 5 joins northbound and leaves southbound.
115 268
I-575 north/GA 5 north - Canton		 Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
GA 5 joins southbound and leaves northbound.
GA 417 is secretly co-signed with I-575.
116 269 GA 5 Connector/Barrett Parkway, Kennesaw Exit to reach Town Center Mall
117 271
To I-575 north - Chastain Road		 Exit to reach Kennesaw State University.
118 273 Wade Green Road, Kennesaw
Cherokee 120 277 GA 92 - Acworth
Bartow 121 278 Glade Road - Acworth
Emerson 122 283 Allatoona Road - Emerson
123 285 Red Top Mountain Road
Cartersville 124 288 GA 113 - Cartersville
125 290 GA 20 - Rome, Canton
Cartersville 126 293 U.S. Route 411 - Chatsworth, White, Cartersville GA 61 is secretly signed with US 411.
127 296 Cassville-White Road
Adairsville 128 306 GA 140 - Adairsville
Gordon Calhoun 129 312 GA 53 - Calhoun, Fairmount, Rome
130 315 GA 156 (Redbud Road) - Calhoun
131 317 GA 225 - Chatsworth, Calhoun
Resaca 132 318 U.S. 41 - Resaca, Calhoun
133 320 GA 136 - Resaca, LaFayette
Whitfield 134 326 Carbondale Road
135 328 GA 3 Connector - Dalton
Dalton 136 333 GA 52/GA 71 (Walnut Avenue) - Dalton
137 336 U.S. 41/U.S. Route 76 - Dalton, Rocky Face
138 341 GA 201 - Tunnel Hill, Varnell
Catoosa 139 345 U.S. 41/U.S. 76 - Ringgold, Tunnel Hill
140 348 GA 151 - Ringgold, LaFayette
141 350 GA 2 - (Battlefield Parkway) - Fort Oglethorpe
142 353 GA 146 - Rossville, Fort Oglethorpe

[edit] Lane Configurations

Total lane mileage in Georgia is 2,144.71 miles (3,451.58 km)
  • from Tennessee line to Exit 269 (Barrett Parkway/Kennesaw) (3 lanes each way, a few climbing lanes on longer hills)
  • from Exit 269 to I-575 (Exit 268) (4 lanes each way)
  • from I-575 to I-285 (Exit 259) (5-7 lanes each way, more closer to 285, with 8 NB lanes just north of Windy Hill Road (exit 260))
  • from I-285 to I-85/Brookwood Interchange (5 lanes each way, including HOV)
  • I-75/85 Common Section or "Downtown Connector" (7-8 lanes each way, including HOV)
  • from I-85/Langford Pkwy interchange to I-285 (5 lanes each way, including HOV)
  • from I-285 (Exit 238) to just before I-675 (Exit 227) (4 lanes each way)
  • from I-675 to northern city limits of Forsyth (3 lanes each way)
  • within Forsyth (4 lanes each way)
  • from southern city limits of Forsyth to Exit 177 (I-475) (4 NB, 3 SB)
  • from I-475 to I-16 (Exit 165) (2 lanes each way)
  • from I-16 to I-475 (Exit 156) (3 lanes each way)
  • from I-475 to milepost 103 near Cordele (3 lanes each way)
  • from milepost 103 to milepost 64 just north of Tifton (currently mostly 2 lanes each way, undergoing widening)
  • within city limits of Tifton (3 lanes each way)
  • from southern city limits of Tifton to milepost 39 Adel (currently 2 lanes each way, also undergoing widening)
  • from milepost 39 to Florida line (3 lanes each way)

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2003 Georgia Department of Transportation 438 Report


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