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Interstate 675 (I-675) was built in southeast metro Atlanta during the mid-1980s to alleviate Interstate 75 to the west, for traffic bound to Interstate 285 east. It is 11.04 miles (17.77 km) in length, running from I-75 in the south from the city of Stockbridge to I-285 at its north end. I-675 is also designated as the Terrell Starr Parkway and is also known as the unsigned Georgia state route 413.
At one time, I-675 was to connect with Georgia 400 in northeast Atlanta. However, within the Perimeter this would have destroyed many neighborhoods including historic Inman Park, and community community opposition was fierce. Because the road was unnecessary due to three other existing north/south Interstates across and around the city, the road was stopped by then-governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter in 1975. It also would have connected to Interstate 420, and to Interstate 485 (Presidential Parkway), both of which were also (mostly) never built, for the same reasons. What would have been the highway interchange of this road and I-485 is now the location of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.
As of 2010[update], the idea of connecting the two has been resurrected, being put on an official list of GDOT priorities. This would extend I-675 north to I-20 with a surface road, then go underground with a tunnel. This would destroy some poorer minority neighborhoods and industrial areas to the south. The tunnel would protect the higher-income areas with denser populations north of I-20, however there would still be ventilation buildings blowing carbon monoxide and other exhaust fumes, further worsening the city's smog and possibly causing a health hazard to those living nearby, or an eyesore where smokestacks rise high above neighborhoods. The two existing highway interchanges (675 at 285 and 400 at 85) would also take property for expansion, and one or two new interchanges with I-20 would also do the same. Because GDOT wants these to be public/private partnerships, such an agreement could also block public transportation improvements in the corridor as "competition".[2][3]
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I-75 in Stockbridge
I-285 in Atlanta
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US 23 / SR 42 – Stockbridge
