Interstate 185 (Georgia)

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Interstate 185 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Maintained by Georgia DOT
Length:	49.30 mi[1][2] (79.34 km)
South end:	US 27 / US 280 / SR 1 / SR 520 in Columbus
Major junctions:	US 80 / SR 22 in Columbus
North end:	I-85 / SR 403 near LaGrange
Georgia State Routes < SR 410 SR 413 >

Interstate 185 (I-185) is a 49.30 mile (79.34 km) secondary interstate in western Georgia. I-185 is also known as unsigned State Route 411. It provides a freeway connection from Columbus and Fort Benning to Atlanta. Its southern terminus is at U.S. 27, U.S. 280, and Georgia 520 in Columbus, just north of Fort Benning; south of this interchange, a freeway continues onto the base. Its northern terminus is at an interchange with Interstate 85 near LaGrange.

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	#		Destinations	Notes
		Old
Muscogee	Columbus	Fort Benning Gate
		1	1	US 27 / US 280 / SR 520 (Victory Drive) – Columbus, Cusseta, Albany	Signed as 1A (east) and 1B (west) southbound
		2	3	St. Marys Road
		3	4	Buena Vista Road
		4	6	SR 22 Spur (Macon Road)
		5	7	US 27 south / SR 85 south – Columbus	Signed as 7A (north) and 7B (south) northbound
		6	8	Airport Thruway – Columbus Airport
		7	10	SR 22 / US 80 to US 27 – Macon, Phenix City, J.R. Allen Parkway
		8	12	Williams Road – Welcome Center (8:30am-5:30pm ET)
		9	14	Smith Road
Harris		10	19	SR 315 – Mulberry Grove
		11	25	SR 116 – Hamilton
		12	30	Hopewell Church Road – Whitesville
		13	34	SR 18 – Pine Mountain, West Point
Troup		14	42	US 27 / SR 1 – LaGrange, Pine Mountain
		15	46	Big Springs Road
		16		I-85 (SR 403) – Atlanta, Montgomery	Northbound exit and southbound entrance

[edit] Miscellanea

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (January 2009)

I-185 is named the Chet Atkins Parkway for its entire length. It is also known as the unsigned State Route 411.

The rural portions of I-185 (north of Exit 10) were equipped with call boxes as part of a pilot program. It is currently the only stretch of Interstate Highway in Georgia to be so equipped.^[3]

In 2006 business and government officials began a campaign to have the interstate extended to Monticello, Florida, and connect with Interstate 10. [1] The proposed route would run parallel Georgia State Route 520 (known as Corridor Z) to Albany, and then parallel to U.S. Route 19. [2]

In 2007, repaving began for the first time since the interstate was opened to traffic.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

v • d • e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 85 Georgia: 185 · 285 · 485 (former) · 985 — South Carolina: 185 · 385 · 585 — North Carolina: 285 (future) · 485 — North Carolina-Virginia: 785 (future)