Interstate 85 in Georgia

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Interstate 85
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 171.93 mi[1] (276.69 km)
South end: I-85 at Alabama state line south of West Point
Major
junctions:		 Interstate 185 east of LaGrange
Interstate 285 in College Park
Interstate 75 south in Atlanta
Interstate 20 in Atlanta
Interstate 75 north in Atlanta
Georgia 400 in Atlanta
Interstate 285 near Doraville
University Parkway near Lawrenceville
Interstate 985 east of Suwanee
North end: I-85 at South Carolina state line northeast of Lavonia
Georgia State Routes
< SR 402 SR 404 >

In the U.S. state of Georgia, Interstate 85 runs northeast-southwest through Atlanta. It is also designated - but not signed - as State Route 403. In downtown Atlanta, I-85 joins with Interstate 75 as the Downtown Connector. I-85 in Georgia follows the general corridor of U.S. Route 29. However, from Atlanta northeast to the South Carolina state line, it strays from this route, running about halfway between US 29 and the U.S. Route 23/U.S. Route 123 corridor. (Near Greenville, South Carolina, I-85 joins US 29, while US 123 enters that city separately.)

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
Chambers County, Alabama-Harris County, Georgia Border
crosses the Chattahoochee River
Harris No exits in the county
Troup West Point 1 2 GA 18 - West Point, Pine Mountain
2 13 GA 219 - LaGrange
LaGrange 3 14 U.S. Route 27, GA 1 - LaGrange GA 1 is secretly signed with US 27.
4 18 GA 109 - Greenville, Warm Springs
5 21 I-185 south - Columbus Exit to reach Fort Benning.
6 28 GA 54, GA 100 - Hogansville
Meriwether No exits in the county.
Coweta Grantville 7 35 U.S. Route 29 - Grantville, Moreland GA 14 is secretly signed with US 29.
Newnan 8 41
U.S. 27 ALT/U.S. 29 - Newnan		 Exit to reach GA 16.
? To ,To , To ,-Future Poplar Road Exit- Completed in 2010 To Future Piedmont Newnan Hospital
9 47 GA 34 - Newnan, Peachtree City To Business District
10 51 GA 154 (McCollum-Sharpsburg Road)
11 56 Collinsworth Road, Palmetto, Tyrone
Fulton Fairburn 12 61 GA 74 - Fairburn
Union City 13 64 GA 138 - Union City, Jonesboro
14 66 Flat Shoals Road
15 68 I-285 - Atlanta Bypass Split into I-285 north (Birmingham, Chattanooga) and I-285 East (Macon, Tampa).
GA 407 is secretly co-signed with I-285.
16A 69A GA 14 Spur - (South Fulton Parkway)
College Park 16B 69B GA 279 (Old National Highway)
17 70 I-285 - Macon/Augusta, Birmingham/Chattanooga Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
Clayton 18 71 S.R. 139 (Riverdale Road) - Atl Airport
Fulton College Park 18A 72 S.R. 6 west - Camp Creek Pkwy, Air Cargo GA 6 is unsigned.
East Point 19 73 Virginia Avenue Split into 73A (east) and 73B (west) northbound.
20 74 Loop Road Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
Hapeville 21 75 Sylvan Road, Central Avenue, Hapeville
Atlanta 22 76 Cleveland Avenue Exit to reach Atlanta Technical College.
23 77 U.S. Route 19/U.S. Route 41 (Metropolitan Parkway) Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
GA 3 is secretly signed.
24 77 S.R. 166 (Langford Parkway) northbound exit and southbound entrance
See Downtown Connector for the Interstate 75 concurrency.
26 84 17th Street, 14th Street, 10th Street Southbound exit only.
Exit to reach Georgia Tech.
27 85 I-75 north - Marietta, Chattanooga GA 401 is secretly signed with I-75.
28 86
GA 13 north (Buford Highway)		 Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
29 87
GA 400 north - Buckhead, Cumming		 Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
28 86
GA 13 south (Peachtree Street)		 Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
30 88
To GA 400 - Cheshire Bridge Road, Lenox Road		 Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
Dekalb 31 89 GA 42 (North Druid Hills Road) Exit to reach Oglethorpe University.
32 91 U.S. Route 23/GA 155 (Clairmont Road) - Decatur Exit to reach DeKalb-Peachtree Airport and Emory University.
33 93 Shallowford Road, Doraville Exit to reach Briarcliff Road.
34 94 Chamblee-Tucker Road, Mercer University
35 95 I-285 - Chattanooga, Augusta Southbound: Split into exits 95A (I-285 east - Macon, Augusta) and 95B (I-285 west - Chattanooga, Birmingham) southbound.
36 96 Northcrest Road, Pleasantdale Road
Gwinnett 37 99
GA 140 west (Jimmy Carter Boulevard)
38 101 Indian Trail-Lilburn Road
39 102 GA 378 (Beaver Ruin Road) - Lilburn
39A 103 Steve Reynolds Boulevard Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
40 104 Pleasant Hill Road Gwinnett Place Mall
41 106
GA 316 east - Lawrenceville, Athens		 No southbound exit.
42 107 GA120 - Duluth, Lawrenceville Southbound: Exit to reach GA 316.
108 Sugarloaf Parkway Southbound exit is combined with exit 109
43 109 Old Peachtree Road
44 111 GA 317 north - Suwanee
45 113
I-985 north - Gainesville		 Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
Exit to reach Buford Dam and Lake Lanier Islands.
46 115 GA 20 - Lawrenceville, Buford Mall of Georgia
47 120 Hamilton Mill Road, Hamilton Mill Parkway
Barrow 48 126 GA 211 - Chestnut Mountain, Winder
Jackson Hoschton 49 129 GA 53 - Braselton, Hoschton, Winder
Jefferson 50 137 U.S. Route 129/GA 11 - Gainesville, Jefferson
51 140 GA 82 (Dry Pond Road)
Commerce 52 147 GA 98 - Commerce, Maysville
Banks 53 149 U.S. Route 441 - Commerce, Homer
54 154 GA 63 (Martin Bridge Road)
Franklin 55 160 GA 51 - Royston, Elberton
56 164 GA 320 - Carnesville
57 166 GA 106/GA 145 - Carnesville, Toccoa
Lavonia 58 173 GA 17 - Lavonia, Toccoa
Hart 59 177 GA 77 - Elberton, Hartwell
crosses Lake Hartwell
Hart County, Georgia-Oconee County, South Carolina Border
Interstate 85 continues northeast into South Carolina

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2003 Georgia Department of Transportation 438 Report


Interstate 85
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