Interstate 75 in Georgia

Interstate 75
Route information
Maintained by Georgia DOT
Length:	355.11 mi (571.49 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I-75 at Florida state line
	I-475 near Macon I-16 in Macon I-475 near Bolingbroke I-675 in Stockbridge I-285 near Forest Park I-85 in Atlanta I-20 in Atlanta I-85 in Atlanta I-285 near Smyrna I-575 near Marietta
North end:	I-75 at Tennessee state line
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Business Georgia State Routes Former ← SR 400 SR 402 →

In the U.S. state of Georgia, Interstate 75 runs north–south along the U.S. Route 41 corridor on the western side of the state, passing through the cities of Valdosta, Macon and 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.

Route description

Interstate 75 enters Georgia near Valdosta, and it continues northward through the towns of Tifton and Cordele until it reaches the Macon area, where it intersects with Interstate 16 eastbound towards Savannah. For northbound traffic wishing to avoid potential congestion in Macon, Interstate 475 provides a relatively straight bypass west of that city and Interstate 75's route. After Macon it passes the small town of Forsyth. The freeway reaches no major junctions again until in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The first metropolitan freeway met is Interstate 675, then followed by the Atlanta "Perimeter" bypass, Interstate 285. It crosses inside the Perimeter and heads northeast several miles towards the Atlanta city center. Interstate 75 is then duplexed with Interstate 85 due north over the Downtown Connector through the central business district of Atlanta. After the two Interstates split, Interstate 75 makes a beeline northwest, crossing outside the Interstate 285 Perimeter and heading towards the major suburban city of Marietta. This section of Interstate 75 just north of Interstate 285 has 15 through lanes, making it the widest roadway anywhere in the Interstate Highway System. North of Marietta, the final major junction in the Atlanta metropolitan area is the Interstate 575 spur. Interstate 75 then traverses the hilly northwestern Georgia terrain as it travels towards Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The 180-mile section of I-75 from I-475 to Interstate 24 in Chattanooga is one of the longest continuous six-lane freeways in the United States (some segments along this corridor have as many as 16 lanes).

Due to recent widening in south Georgia, the only four-lane section of I-75 in Georgia is bypassed by six-lane I-475; along this route there are at least six lanes from Florida's Turnpike in Wildwood, Florida to I-24 in Chattanooga.

Interstate 75 co-signed with Interstate 85 in downtown Atlanta

Lane configurations

Total lane mileage in Georgia is 2,144.71 miles (3,451.58 km)

• from Florida State line to milepost 103 near Cordele (3 lanes each way)
• from milepost 103 to I-475 (Exit 156) (3 lanes each way, undergoing widening from Sardis Church Road overpass in southern Bibb County to I-475)
• from I-475 to I-16 (Exit 165) (3 lanes each way)
• from I-16 to I-475 (Exit 177) (2 lanes each way)
• from I-475 (Exit 177) to the southern city limits of Forsyth (4 NB, 3 SB)
• within Forsyth (4 lanes each way)
• from the northern city limits of Forsyth to I-675 (Exit 227) (3 lanes each way)
• from I-675 to I-285 (Exit 238) (4 lanes each way)
• from I-285 to I-85/Langford Pkwy interchange (mile 242) (5 lanes each way, including HOV)
• I-75/85 Common Section or "Downtown Connector" (7-8 lanes each way, including HOV)
• from I-85/Brookwood Interchange (mile 251) to I-285 (Exit 259) (5 lanes each way, including HOV)
• from I-285 to I-575 (Exit 268) (5-7 lanes each way, more closer to 285, with 8 NB lanes just north of Windy Hill Road (exit 260))
• from I-575 to Barrett Parkway/Kennesaw (Exit 269) (4 lanes each way)
• from Barrett Parkway/Kennesaw to Tennessee State line (3 lanes each way, a few climbing lanes on longer hills)

Auxiliary routes

Interstate 75 North at Exit #333 in Whitfield County, Georgia in 2009.

• Interstate 175 was a proposed spur from Cordele southwest to Albany. The road was built, but not as a freeway; it is State Route 300, the Georgia-Florida Parkway.
• Interstate 475 is a western bypass of Macon, shortening the trip for through I-75 traffic.
• Interstate 575 is a spur from near Marietta north to Nelson.
• Interstate 675 is a cutoff from I-75 south of Atlanta north to Interstate 285 - Atlanta's perimeter - east of I-75.

History

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. Larry McDonald, a conservative Democratic representative to Congress was aboard Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by the Soviets on Sept. 1, 1983. He was the only sitting Congressman to be reportedly killed by the Soviets during the Cold War.

Until 2000, the state of Georgia used the sequential interchange numbering system on all of its Interstate Highways. The first exit on each highway would begin with the number "1" and increase numerically with each exit. In 2000, the Georgia Department of Transportation switched to a mileage-based exit system, in which the exit number corresponded to the nearest milepost.

In March 2007, I-75 in Atlanta (the HOV ramp serving Northside Drive) was the site of the 2007 Atlanta I-75 Charter Bus Accident.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	km	Old exit	New exit	Destinations	Notes
Florida–Georgia state line		0.00	0.00	I-75 continues into Florida
Lowndes		1.55	2.49	1	2	Bellville Road - Bellville, Lake Park	Signed only for Bellville, Florida and Lake Park
	Lake Park	4.78	7.69	2	5	SR 376 (Lakes Boulevard) – Lake Park
		10.60	17.06	3	11	SR 31 – Clyattville, Valdosta, Madison, Florida
		12.81	20.62	3A	13	Old Clyattville Road – Valdosta
	Valdosta	15.93	25.64	4	16	US 84 / US 221 / SR 94 – Valdosta, Quitman
		17.95	28.89	5	18	SR 133 – Valdosta, Moultrie
		21.74	34.99	6	22	US 41 south (North Valdosta Road) – Moody AFB	South end of US 41 overlap
	Hahira	28.71	46.20	7	29	US 41 north / SR 122 – Hahira, Barney, Lakeland	North end of US 41 overlap
Cook	Cecil	32.43	52.19	8	32	Old Coffee Road – Cecil
	Adel	37.50	60.35	9	37	Adel
		38.92	62.64	10	39	SR 37 – Adel, Moultrie, Nashville
	Sparks	41.46	66.72	11	41	Rountree Bridge Road – Sparks
		44.92	72.29	12	45	Barneyville Road
	Lenox	48.71	78.39	13	49	Kinard Bridge Road – Lenox
Tift		55.00	88.51	14	55	Eldorado, Omega
		59.09	95.10	15	59	I-75 Bus. (Southwell Boulevard) – Tifton
		60.34	97.11	16	60	South Central Avenue
	Tifton	61.30	98.65	17	61	Omega Road
		61.94	99.68	18	62	US 82 / SR 520 to US 319 – Tifton, Sylvester
		62.49	100.57	19	63A	2nd Street
		62.88	101.20	20	63B	8th Street
		64.10	103.16	21	64	US 41 – Tifton
		66.08	106.35	22	66	Brighton Road
		69.35	111.61	23	69	Chula Brookfield Road
		70.95	114.18	24	71	Willis Still Road, Sunsweet
Turner		75.24	121.09	25	75	SR 232 (Inaha Road)
		78.52	126.37	26	78	SR 32 – Sycamore, Ocilla
		79.78	128.39	27	80	Bussey Road – Sycamore
	Ashburn	82.15	132.21	28	82	SR 107 / SR 112 – Ashburn, Fitzgerald
		84.04	135.25	29	84	SR 159 – Ashburn, Amboy
Crisp	Arabi	91.96	148.00	30	92	Arabi
		97.08	156.24	31	97	SR 33 Conn. – Wenona, Sylvester
	Cordele	99.09	159.47	32	99	SR 300 (Georgia–Florida Parkway)
		100.86	162.32	33	101	US 280 (16th Avenue East) / SR 30 / SR 90 – Cordele, Abbeville
		101.91	164.01	34	102	SR 257 (8th Avenue East) – Cordele, Hawkinsville
		103.98	167.34	35	104	Farmers Market Road
Dooly		109.68	176.51	36	109	SR 215 (East Union Street) – Vienna, Pitts
		112.22	180.60	37	112	SR 27, Hawkinsville
		117.02	188.33	38	117	Pinehurst
	Unadilla	120.96	194.67	39	121	US 41 – Unadilla
		121.94	196.24	40	122	SR 230 – Unadilla, Byromville
Houston				41	127	SR 26 – Montezuma, Hawkinsville
	Perry			41A	134	South Perry Parkway
				42	135	US 41 / SR 127 / SR 224 (Larry Walker Highway) – Perry
				43	136	US 341 / SR 7 – Perry, Fort Valley
				43A	138	Thompson Road
Peach				44	142	SR 96 (Housers Mill Road)
					144	Richard B. Russell Parkway
				45	146	SR 247 Conn. – Centerville, Warner Robins
	Byron			46	149	SR 49 – Byron, Fort Valley
Crawford	No major junctions
Bibb					153	Sardis Church Road
				47	155	Hartley Bridge Road	Collector-distributor lanes on southbound exit and northbound entrance
				48	156	I-475 north – Atlanta	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Macon			49	160A	US 41 / SR 247 (Pio Nono Avenue)	Signed as exit 160 northbound
					160B	Rocky Creek Road	Northbound exit is via exit 160
				50	162	US 80 / SR 22 (Eisenhower Parkway)
				51	163	SR 74 west (Mercer University Drive) / Little Richard Penniman Boulevard
				52	164	US 41 Bus. / SR 19 (Forsyth Street) / Hardman Avenue – Downtown Macon
				53	165	I-16 east – Savannah
				54	167	SR 247 (Pierce Avenue)
				54A	169	To US 23 / Arkwright Road / Riverside Drive
				55	171	US 23 / SR 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	SR 18 – Forsyth, Gray
	Forsyth			61	186	Tift College Drive
				62	187	SR 83 – Forsyth, Monticello
				63	188	SR 42 – Forsyth
				64	193	Johnstonville Road
				65	198	High Falls Road
Lamar	No major junctions
Butts				66	201	SR 36 – Jackson, Barnesville
				67	205	SR 16 – Griffin, Jackson
Spalding	No major junctions
Henry	Locust Grove			68	212	Bill Gardner Parkway – Jenkinsburg, Locust Grove, Hampton, Jackson
				69	216	SR 155 – McDonough
				70	218	SR 20 / SR 81 – McDonough, Hampton
				71	221	Jonesboro Road – Lovejoy
				72	222	Jodeco Road – Flippen	Former SR 351
				73	224	Hudson Bridge Road, Eagles Landing Parkway
				74	227	I-675 north to I-285 – Augusta, Greenville	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				75	228	SR 138 – Jonesboro, Stockbridge
Clayton				75A	231	Mount Zion Boulevard
	Morrow			76	233	SR 54 – Morrow, Lake City
				77	235	US 19 / US 41 (Old Dixie Highway) – Griffin, Jonesboro
				78	237	SR 331 – Forest Park
				80	237A	SR 85 south – Riverdale	Southbound exit only
				81A	238A	I-285 east – Augusta, Greenville
				81B	238B	I-285 west – Atl Airport, Chattanooga
Fulton	Hapeville			82	239	US 19 / US 41 (Central Avenue) / SR 3 / Aviation Boulevard / Henry Ford II Avenue/ Maynard Jackson International Terminal	Additional ramps for direct HOV lane access to/from Aviation Boulevard
	Atlanta			86	241	Cleveland Avenue
				87	242	I-85 south – Atl Airport, Montgomery	South end of I-85 overlap
				88	243	SR 166 (Langford Parkway) – East Point
				89	244	University Avenue, Pryor Street
				90	245	Abernathy Boulevard, Capitol Avenue – Turner Field	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				91	246	Fulton Street, Central Avenue – Downtown Atlanta
				92	247	I-20 (Ralph D. Abernathy Freeway) – Augusta, Birmingham	Eastbound exit and westbound exit
				93	248A	Martin Luther King Jr. Drive – State Capitol	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				94	248B	Edgewood Avenue, Auburn Avenue, J.W. Dobbs Avenue
				96	248C	SR 10 east (Freedom Parkway) / Andrew Young International Boulevard – Carter Center
				95	248D	J.W. Dobbs Avenue, Edgewood Avenue	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				97	249A	Courtland Street – Georgia State University	Southbound exit only
				98	249B	Pine Street, Peachtree Street – Civic Center	Northbound exit only
				99	249C	Williams Street – Georgia World Congress Center, Georgia Dome	Southbound exit only
				100	249D	Spring Street, West Peachtree Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				100	249D	US 29 / US 78 / US 278 / SR 8 (North Avenue) – Georgia Tech	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				101	250	10th Street, 14th Street – Georgia Tech	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; no northbound entrance to I-85 north
				102	250	16th Street, 14th Street, 10th Street	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
					251A	17th Street  – Midtown
				103	251B	I-85 north to SR 400 north – Greenville, Charlotte	North end of I-85 overlap
				104A	252A	US 41 (Northside Drive)	Additional ramps for direct HOV lane access: southbound exit and northbound entrance
				104B	252B	Howell Mill Road
				106	254	Moores Mill Road
				107	255	US 41 (Northside Parkway) / West Paces Ferry Road
				108	256	Mount Paran Road
Chattahoochee River				Lester and Virginia Maddox Bridge
Cobb				108A	258	Cumberland Boulevard
						Akers Mill Road	HOV-only ramps for northbound exit and southbound entrance
				109A	259A	I-285 east – Augusta, Greenville
				109B	259B	I-285 west – Birmingham, Montgomery
				110	260	Windy Hill Road – Smyrna
	Marietta			111	261	SR 280 west (Delk Road) – Lockheed, Dobbins AFB
				112	263	SR 120 – Marietta, Roswell	Former SR 120 Loop
				113	265	SR 120 Alt. – Marietta, Roswell	Former SR 120 Loop
				114A	267A	SR 5 Spur north (Canton Road)
				114B	267B	SR 5 south to US 41 – Marietta	South end of SR 5 overlap
				115	268	I-575 north / SR 5 north – Ball Ground, Canton	North end of SR 5 overlap; southbound exit is via exit 269
				116	269	SR 5 Conn. / Barrett Parkway – Kennesaw
				117	271	Chastain Road
	Kennesaw			118	273	Wade Green Road – Kennesaw
Cherokee				120	277	SR 92 – Acworth
Bartow				121	278	Glade Road – Acworth
	Emerson			122	283	Allatoona Road – Emerson
				123	285	Red Top Mountain Road
	Cartersville			124	288	SR 113 – Cartersville
				125	290	SR 20 – Rome, Canton
	Cartersville			126	293	US 411 – Chatsworth, White, Cartersville
				127	296	Cassville–White Road
	Adairsville			128	306	SR 140 – Adairsville
Gordon	Calhoun			129	312	SR 53 – Calhoun, Fairmount, Rome
				130	315	SR 156 (Redbud Road) – Calhoun
				131	317	SR 225 – Chatsworth, Calhoun
	Resaca			132	318	US 41 – Resaca, Calhoun
				133	320	SR 136 – Resaca, LaFayette
Whitfield				134	326	Carbondale Road
				135	328	SR 3 Conn. – Dalton
	Dalton			136	333	SR 52 / SR 71 (Walnut Avenue) – Dalton
				137	336	US 41 / US 76 – Dalton, Rocky Face
				138	341	SR 201 – Tunnel Hill, Varnell
Catoosa				139	345	US 41 / US 76 – Ringgold, LaFayette
				140	348	SR 151 – Ringgold, LaFayette
				141	350	SR 2 (Battlefield Parkway) – Fort Oglethorpe
				142	353	SR 146 – Rossville, Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia–Tennessee state line				I-75 continues into Tennessee
Concurrency terminus       Closed/former       HOV only       Incomplete access       Tolled/ETC       Unopened

See also

• U.S. Roads portal
• Georgia (U.S. state) portal

References

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