Georgia State Route 3
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| Maintained by GDOT | ||||
| Length: | 351 mi[1] (564.88 km) | |||
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| South end: |   US 19 / SR 57 and  SR 300 at the Florida state line |
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  I-75 / SR 401 in Morrow  I-285 / SR 407 in Forest Park I-75 / SR 401 in Hapeville  I-85 / SR 403 in East Point  I-20 / SR 402 in Atlanta I-75 / SR 401 in Atlanta I-75 / SR 401 in Resaca I-75 / SR 401 near Ringgold |
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| North end: |    US-41 / US-76 / SR-8 at Tennessee state line near Chattanooga |
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| Counties: | Thomas, Mitchell, Dougherty, Lee, Sumter, Schley, Taylor, Upson, Pike, Spalding, Henry, Clayton, Fulton, Cobb, Bartow, Gordon, Whitfield, Catoosa | |||
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→State Route 3 (SR 3) is a state highway that runs south-to-north through portions of Thomas, Mitchell, Dougherty, Lee, Sumter, Schley, Taylor, Upson, Pike, Spalding, Henry, Clayton, Fulton, Cobb, Bartow, Gordon, Whitfield, and Catoosa counties in western Georgia, bisecting the state and roughly paralleling I-75. The route runs from its southern terminus at US 19, SR 300, and FL 57 at the Florida state line, 12 miles south-southeast of Thomasville, to its northern terminus at US 41, US 76, and SR 8 at Tennessee state line near Chattanooga.
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Route description [edit]
Southern and central Georgia [edit]
The route starts at the Florida state line in Thomas County, and is co-signed with US 19 and SR 300 from its inception. SR 3 heads slightly northwest and skirts east past Thomasville, before heading through Pelham to Camilla in Mitchell County. SR 3 turns slightly northeast in Camilla and heads through Baconton, Georgia to Albany in Dougherty County, where its concurrence with SR 300 ends, before turning north and heading to Leesburg in Lee County. In Leesburg, the route turns slightly northwest once more, runs through Smithville, and crosses into Sumter County.
Turning north again, SR 3 continues through Americus and crosses into Schley County, curving slightly northwest to Ellaville. Leaving Ellaville in a northerly direction again, SR 3 bisects Schley County and heads into Taylor County and through Butler into Upson County. Just after entering Upson County, the route turns northwest yet again and runs to Thomaston. Turning back to the north, SR 3 enters Pike County, and runs through Zebulon on its way slightly northeast to Griffin in Spalding County. South of Griffin, SR 3 intersects and begins a concurrence with US 41 and SR 7, in addition to its continued concurrence with US 19. SR 3 also features a brief freeway section as it passes through the western portion of Griffin.
Metro Atlanta [edit]
Heading north, the route enters the western portion of Henry County, and heads through Hampton, where the Atlanta Motor Speedway has direct access from the highway, which regularly sees massive backups on weekends when NASCAR races take place there. Continuing north into Clayton County, SR 3 heads through Jonesboro, and crosses I-75 in Morrow.
Heading north through Forest Park, the route crosses first into Fulton County, then crosses I-285, and I-75 again, as well as I-85, in quick succession, as it makes its way through the southern Atlanta suburban communities of Hapeville and East Point, forming one side of the perimeter of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport near Hapeville. Turning north, the route parallels the Downtown Connector very closely, crosses I-20 in downtown Atlanta, and continues north, beginning and ending concurrencies with US 19, US 78, and US 278, as well as forming part of the western boundary of the campus of Georgia Tech. SR 3 subsequently crosses I-75 for a third and fourth time just northwest of where I-75 and I-85 split, and crosses I-285 once more in Vinings, just after having entered Cobb County.
Northern Georgia [edit]
Heading northwest through Marietta and Kennesaw, the route leaves the Atlanta area and heads into Bartow County, through Cartersville and Adairsville, and on into Gordon County. SR 3 heads through Calhoun, crosses I-75 for a fifth time just south of Resaca, and continues to head north into Whitfield County. Heading through Dalton, the route crosses I-75 yet again, before heading northwest into Catoosa County, where it crosses I-75 for the seventh and final time, before reaching its northern terminus at the Tennessee state line, south of Chattanooga.
History [edit]
On April 2, 1980, SR 3 was designated as the 'Andersonville Trail' at the concurrence of SR 3 with US 280 in Americus.[2]
On May 4, 1992, SR 3 was designated as the 'Admiral Mack Gaston Parkway' where SR 3 connects SR 52 and SR 71 in Dalton.[3]
Major intersections [edit]
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| Thomas |
US 19 / SR 300 north |
southern terminus at the Florida State line, continues south as US 19/Florida State Route 57, begin concurrency with US 19 and SR 300 | |||
| Thomasville |   US 84 / SR 38 – Cairo, Quitman |
US 84 BUS/SR 38 BUS | |||
  US 319 / SR 35 north, Coolidge |
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| US 84 / SR 38 – Cairo, Quitman |
US 84 Bypass/SR 38 Bypass | ||||
| Ochlocknee |  SR 188 – Cairo, Coolidge |
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| Meigs |  SR 111 – Cairo, Moultrie |
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| Mitchell |
Pelham |  SR 93 – Cairo, Baconton |
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| Camilla |   SR 37 northeast / SR 112 northwest – Newton, Sylvester |
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| Baconton | SR 93 southeast – Pelham |
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| Dougherty |
Albany |   SR 133 west / SR 234 southeast – Morgan, Doerun |
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  US 82 northwest / SR 520 east – Dawson, Sylvester |
US 82 BUS | ||||
| US 82 northwest / SR 300 east / SR 520 – Dawson, Sylvester |
end concurrence with SR 300, begin concurrence with US 82 and SR 520 | ||||
 SR 91 northeast / SR 133 north, Leesburg |
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| US 19 northwest / US 82 north / SR 300 / SR 520 – Dawson, Leesburg |
end concurrence with US 82 and SR 520, continue concurrence with US 19 | ||||
| Lee |
Leesburg |   SR 32 / SR 195 northeast – Dawson, Ashburn, Leslie |
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| Smithville |  SR 118 – Dawson, Leslie |
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| Sumter |
Americus |  US 280 west – Plains and  SR 27 west – Plains and  SR 49 southeast – Dawson |
begin concurrence with US 280, SR 27, and SR 49 | ||
| US 280 southeast – Leslie and SR 27 east, Vienna and SR 49 northeast, Andersonville |
end concurrence with US 280, SR 27, and SR 49 | ||||
 SR 30 northwest |
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| Schley |
 SR 271 east – Andersonville |
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| Ellaville |   SR 26 / SR 228 – Buena Vista, Oglethorpe, Andersonville |
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 SR 240 west – Buena Vista |
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| Taylor |
  SR 90 west / SR 127 |
begin concurrence with SR 90 and SR 127 | |||
| SR 127 east |
end concurrence with SR 127 | ||||
| SR 90 southeast – Ideal |
end concurrence with SR 90 | ||||
| Butler |   SR 96 / SR 137 north – Junction City, Reynolds |
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 SR 208 – Talbotton, Roberta |
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  US 80 west / SR 22 – Talbotton |
begin concurrence with US 80 and SR 22 | ||||
| US 80 east / SR 22 – Roberta |
end concurrence with US 80 and SR 22 | ||||
| Upson |
Thomaston |   SR 36 / SR 74 – Woodland, Barnesville, Woodbury, Yatesville |
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| Pike |
 SR 109 west – Molena |
begin concurrence with SR 109 | |||
| SR 109 east – Meansville |
end concurrence with SR 109 | ||||
| Zebulon |  SR 18 – Concord, Barnesville |
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| Spalding |
 US 41 southeast / SR 7 – Barnesville |
begin concurrence with US 41 and SR 7 | |||
| Griffin |  SR 362 southwest – Williamson |
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 SR 16 – Senoia, Jackson |
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 SR 92 northwest – Woolsey |
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| Henry |
Hampton |  SR 20 east – McDonough |
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 SR 81 east – McDonough |
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| Clayton |
Jonesboro |   SR 54 / SR 138 – Fayetteville, Morrow, Union City, Stockbridge |
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| Morrow | I-75 / SR 401 – Macon, Atlanta |
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| Forest Park |  SR 331 southeast – Lake City |
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| Fulton |
I-285 / SR 407 – Atlanta |
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| Hapeville | I-75 / SR 401 – Macon, Atlanta |
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| East Point | I-85 / SR 403 – Columbus, Atlanta |
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| Lakewood Heights (Atlanta) |  SR 166 west |
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| Atlanta | I-20 / SR 402 – Douglasville, Conyers |
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   US 29 / SR 14 / SR 154 – East Point, Decatur |
begin concurrence with US 29 | ||||
   US 29 / US 78 / US 278 / SR 8 – Mableton, Decatur |
end concurrence with US 29, begin concurrence with US 78, US 278, and SR 8 | ||||
| US 29 / US 78 / US 278 / SR 8 – Mableton, Decatur |
end concurrence with US 78, US 278, and SR 8 | ||||
 US 19 east / SR 9 |
end concureence with US 19 | ||||
| I-75 / SR 401 – Atlanta, Marietta |
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| Buckhead (Atlanta) | I-75 / SR 401 – Atlanta, Marietta |
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| Cobb |
Vinings | I-285 / SR 407 – Atlanta |
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| Marietta |  SR 280 west |
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 SR 120 east – Roswell |
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| Acworth | SR 92 east – Woodstock |
begin concurrence with SR 92 | |||
| SR 92 southwest – Powder Springs |
end concurrence with SR 92 | ||||
| Bartow |
Emerson |  SR 293 north – Cartersville |
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| Cartersville |  SR 113 southwest – Rockmart |
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  US 411 / SR 20 east / SR 61, Canton, Dallas, Fairmount |
begin concurrence with US 411 and SR 20 | ||||
| US 411 / SR 20 west / SR 293 west, Rome, Kingston |
end concurrence with US 411 and SR 20 | ||||
| Adairsville |  SR 140 – Armuchee, Waleska |
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| Gordon |
Calhoun |  SR 53 – Rome, Fairmount |
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  SR 156 / SR 373 – Armuchee, Ranger |
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| Resaca | I-75 / SR 401 – Marietta, Dalton |
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 SR 136 – LaFayette, Talking Rock |
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| Whitfield |
Dalton |  SR 52 east – Chatsworth |
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| US 76 east – Chatsworth |
begin concurrence with US 76 | ||||
| I-75 / SR 401 – Calhoun, Fort Oglethorpe |
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 SR 201 south – Villanow |
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| Catoosa |
I-75 / SR 401 – Dalton, Fort Oglethorpe |
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| Ringgold |  SR 151 north |
begin concurrence with SR 151 | |||
| SR 151 south – LaFayette |
end concurrence with SR 151 | ||||
 SR 146 southwest – Fort Oglethorpe |
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| US-41 north / US-76 / SR-8 – Chattanooga |
northern terminus | ||||
Related routes [edit]
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| Location: | Thomasville to Meigs |
| Length: | 15.5 mi[4] (24.94 km) |
State Route 3 Alternate uses an older routing of US 19 for 15.5 miles (24.9 km) between Thomasville and Meigs. Until recently, this was the SR 3 mainline, while SR 300 served as the state route concurrency for US 19.
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| Location: | Leesburg |
State Route 3 Bypass is a short western bypass of the town of Leesburg in Lee County, which was completed in 2009.[5]
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| Location: | Clayton County |
The portion of Tara Boulevard in Clayton County that is not covered by US 19/US 41 and SR 3 near Interstate 75 is designated as State Route 3 Connector. The route is little more than a high-capacity set of ramps to and from I-75 and is unsigned. Another instance of State Route 3 Connector occurs in Whitfield County south of Dalton; it connects I-75 to US 41/SR 3 and the Dalton Bypass. A newer instance is located in Marietta, on a stretch of Roswell Road that was formerly SR 120 east of U.S. 41/SR 3.
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
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References [edit]
- ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – GA-3 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Attached_KML/Georgia_State_Route_3%26action%3Draw. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ Georgia Department of Transportation. [1], Resolution of the General Assembly of the Sate of Georgia. Accessed on 16 November 2012.
- ^ Georgia Department of Transportation. [2], Resolution of the General Assembly of the Sate of Georgia. Accessed on 16 November 2012.
- ^ Google Inc. Google Maps – GA-3 Alt (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=204951141650792001568.0004ce8cd719b39c93799&msa=0&ll=30.970544,-84.04541&spn=0.210184,0.307274. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ Georgia Department of Transportation. [3], Lee County 2009 Revision Map. Accessed on 15 November 2012.
- State highways in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Transportation in Thomas County, Georgia
- Transportation in Mitchell County, Georgia
- Transportation in Dougherty County, Georgia
- Transportation in Lee County, Georgia
- Transportation in Sumter County, Georgia
- Transportation in Schley County, Georgia
- Transportation in Taylor County, Georgia
- Transportation in Upson County, Georgia
- Transportation in Pike County, Georgia
- Transportation in Spalding County, Georgia
- Transportation in Henry County, Georgia
- Transportation in Clayton County, Georgia
- Transportation in Fulton County, Georgia
- Transportation in Cobb County, Georgia
- Transportation in Bartow County, Georgia
- Transportation in Gordon County, Georgia
- Transportation in Whitfield County, Georgia
- Transportation in Catoosa County, Georgia
