Interstate 75 in Georgia
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by GDOT | ||||
Length | 355.11 mi[1] (571.49 km) | |||
Existed | 1960[2]–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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North end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Georgia | |||
Counties | Lowndes, Cook, Tift, Turner, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Peach, Crawford, Bibb, Monroe, Lamar, Butts, Spalding, Henry, Clayton, Fulton, Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Gordon, Whitfield, Catoosa | |||
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Interstate 75 (I-75) in the U.S. state of Georgia runs north–south along the U.S. Route 41 (US 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 (SR 401). In downtown Atlanta, I-75 joins with I-85 as the Downtown Connector.
Route description
I-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 I-16 eastbound towards Savannah. For northbound traffic wishing to avoid potential congestion in Macon, I-475 provides a relatively straight bypass west of that city and I-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 I-675, then followed by the Atlanta "Perimeter" bypass, I-285. It crosses inside the Perimeter and heads northeast several miles towards the Atlanta city center. I-75 then runs concurrently with I-85 due north over the Downtown Connector through the central business district of Atlanta. After the two Interstates split, I-75 makes a beeline northwest, crossing outside the I-285 Perimeter and heading towards the major suburban city of Marietta. This section of I-75 just north of I-285 has 15 through lanes, making it the widest roadway anywhere in the Interstate Highway System.[3] North of Marietta, the final major junction in the Atlanta metropolitan area is the I-575 spur. I-75 then traverses the hilly northern Georgia terrain as it travels towards Chattanooga, Tennessee.
The 180-mile-long (290 km) section of I-75 from I-475 to I-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).[citation needed]
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.
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 September 1, 1983. He was the only sitting Congressman to be reportedly killed by the Soviets during the Cold War.
I-75 was also designated as Horace E. Tate Freeway between I-85 to I-285 north of Downtown Atlanta, in honor Horace E. Tate who was a Georgia State Senate in 1974.
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.[4]
In March 2007, I-75 in Atlanta (the HOV ramp serving Northside Drive) was the site of the Bluffton University bus crash.
Exit list
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County | Location | mi[5] | km | Old exit | New exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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Florida–Georgia state line | 0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() | |||||
Lowndes | | 1.55 | 2.49 | 1 | 2 | Bellville, Lake Park | ||
Lake Park | 4.78 | 7.69 | 2 | 5 | ![]() | |||
| 10.60 | 17.06 | 3 | 11 | ![]() | |||
| 12.81 | 20.62 | 4 | 13 | Old Clyattville Road – Valdosta | |||
Valdosta | 15.93 | 25.64 | 5 | 16 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
17.95 | 28.89 | 6 | 18 | ![]() | ||||
| 21.74 | 34.99 | 7 | 22 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 41 concurrency | ||
Hahira | 28.71 | 46.20 | 8 | 29 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 41 concurrency | ||
Cook | Cecil | 32.43 | 52.19 | 9 | 32 | Old Coffee Road – Cecil | ||
Adel | 37.50 | 60.35 | 10 | 37 | Adel | |||
38.92 | 62.64 | 11 | 39 | ![]() | ||||
Sparks | 41.46 | 66.72 | 12 | 41 | Rountree Bridge Road – Sparks | |||
| 44.92 | 72.29 | 13 | 45 | Barneyville Road | |||
Lenox | 48.71 | 78.39 | 14 | 49 | Kinard Bridge Road – Lenox | |||
Tift | | 55.00 | 88.51 | 15 | 55 | Eldorado, Omega | ||
| 59.09 | 95.10 | 16 | 59 | ![]() | |||
| 60.34 | 97.11 | 17 | 60 | South Central Avenue | |||
Tifton | 61.30 | 98.65 | 18 | 61 | Omega Road | |||
61.94 | 99.68 | 19 | 62 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
62.49 | 100.57 | 20 | 63A | 2nd Street | ||||
62.88 | 101.20 | 21 | 63B | 8th Street | ||||
64.10 | 103.16 | 22 | 64 | ![]() | ||||
| 66.08 | 106.35 | 23 | 66 | Brighton Road | |||
| 69.35 | 111.61 | 24 | 69 | Chula Brookfield Road | |||
| 70.95 | 114.18 | 25 | 71 | Willis Still Road – Sunsweet | |||
Turner | | 75.24 | 121.09 | 26 | 75 | ![]() | ||
| 78.52 | 126.37 | 27 | 78 | ![]() | |||
| 79.78 | 128.39 | 28 | 80 | Bussey Road – Sycamore | |||
Ashburn | 82.15 | 132.21 | 29 | 82 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 84.04 | 135.25 | 30 | 84 | ![]() | |||
Crisp | Arabi | 91.96 | 148.00 | 31 | 92 | Arabi | ||
| 97.08 | 156.24 | 32 | 97 | ![]() | |||
Cordele | 99.09 | 159.47 | 33 | 99 | ![]() | |||
100.86 | 162.32 | 34 | 101 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
101.91 | 164.01 | 35 | 102 | ![]() | ||||
| 103.98 | 167.34 | 36 | 104 | Farmers Market Road | |||
Dooly | | 109.68 | 176.51 | 37 | 109 | ![]() | ||
| 112.22 | 180.60 | 38 | 112 | ![]() | |||
| 117.02 | 188.33 | 39 | 117 | Pinehurst | |||
Unadilla | 120.96 | 194.67 | 40 | 121 | ![]() | |||
121.94 | 196.24 | 41 | 122 | ![]() | ||||
Houston | | 127 | 204 | 42 | 127 | ![]() | ||
Perry | 134 | 216 | 43 | 134 | South Perry Parkway | |||
135 | 217 | 44 | 135 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
136 | 219 | 45 | 136 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
138 | 222 | 46 | 138 | Perry Parkway, Thompson Road | Unsigned as US 341 BYP | |||
Peach | | 142 | 229 | 47 | 142 | ![]() | ||
| 144 | 232 | — | 144 | Richard B. Russell Parkway | |||
| 146 | 235 | 48 | 146 | ![]() | |||
Byron | 149 | 240 | 49 | 149 | ![]() | |||
Crawford |
No major junctions | |||||||
Bibb | | 153 | 246 | — | 153 | Sardis Church Road | ||
| 155 | 249 | 50 | 155 | Hartley Bridge Road | Collector-distributor lanes on southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 156 | 251 | 51 | 156 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
Macon | 160 | 260 | 52 | 160A | ![]() ![]() | Signed as exit 160 northbound | ||
160 | 260 | 53 | 160B | Rocky Creek Road | Northbound exit is via exit 160 | |||
162 | 261 | 54 | 162 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
163 | 262 | 55 | 163 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
164 | 264 | 56 | 164 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
165 | 266 | 57 | 165 | ![]() ![]() | Exit 0 on I-16 | |||
167 | 269 | 58 | 167 | ![]() | ||||
169 | 272 | 59 | 169 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 171 | 275 | 60 | 171 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 172 | 277 | 61 | 172 | Bass Road | |||
Monroe | | 175 | 282 | 62 | 175 | Pate Road – Bolingbroke | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| 177 | 285 | 63 | 177 | ![]() ![]() | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 181 | 291 | 64 | 181 | Rumble Road – Smarr | |||
| 185 | 298 | 65 | 185 | ![]() | |||
Forsyth | 186 | 299 | 66 | 186 | Tift College Drive | |||
187 | 301 | 67 | 187 | ![]() | ||||
188 | 303 | 68 | 188 | ![]() | ||||
| 193 | 311 | 69 | 193 | Johnstonville Road | |||
| 198 | 319 | 70 | 198 | High Falls Road | |||
Lamar |
No major junctions | |||||||
Butts | | 201 | 323 | 71 | 201 | ![]() | ||
| 205 | 330 | 72 | 205 | ![]() | |||
Spalding |
No major junctions | |||||||
Henry | Locust Grove | 212 | 341 | 73 | 212 | Bill Gardner Parkway – Jenkinsburg, Locust Grove, Hampton, Jackson | ||
| 216 | 348 | 74 | 216 | ![]() | |||
| 218 | 351 | 75 | 218 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 221 | 356 | 76 | 221 | Jonesboro Road – Lovejoy | |||
| 222 | 357 | 77 | 222 | Jodeco Road – Flippen | Former SR 351 | ||
| 224 | 360 | 78 | 224 | Hudson Bridge Road, Eagles Landing Parkway | |||
| 227 | 365 | 79 | 227 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 228 | 367 | 80 | 228 | ![]() | |||
Clayton | | 231 | 372 | 81 | 231 | Mount Zion Boulevard | ||
Morrow | 233 | 375 | 82 | 233 | ![]() | |||
| 235 | 378 | 83 | 235 | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 237 | 381 | 84 | 237 | ![]() | |||
| 237 | 381 | 85 | 237A | ![]() ![]() | Southbound exit only | ||
| 238 | 383 | 85A | 238A | ![]() ![]() | |||
| 238 | 383 | 85B | 238B | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Fulton | Hapeville | 239 | 385 | 86 | 239 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Additional ramps for direct HOV lane access to/from C.W. Grant Parkway | |
Atlanta | 241 | 388 | 87 | 241 | Cleveland Avenue | |||
242 | 389 | 87A | 242 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-85 concurrency; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
243 | 391 | 88 | 243 | ![]() | ||||
244 | 393 | 89 | 244 | University Avenue, Pryor Street | ||||
245 | 394 | 90 | 245 | Abernathy Boulevard, Capitol Avenue – Turner Field | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
246 | 396 | 91 | 246 | Fulton Street, Central Avenue – Downtown Atlanta | ||||
247 | 398 | 92 | 247 | ![]() | Eastbound exit and westbound exit | |||
248 | 399 | 93 | 248A | Martin Luther King Jr. Drive – State Capitol | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
248 | 399 | 94 | 248B | Edgewood Avenue, Auburn Avenue, J.W. Dobbs Avenue | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
248 | 399 | 96 | 248C | ![]() ![]() | ||||
248 | 399 | 95 | 248D | J.W. Dobbs Avenue, Edgewood Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
249 | 401 | 97 | 249A | Courtland Street – Georgia State University | Southbound exit only | |||
249 | 401 | 98 | 249B | Pine Street, Peachtree Street – Civic Center | Northbound exit only | |||
249 | 401 | 99 | 249C | Williams Street – Georgia World Congress Center, Georgia Dome | No northbound exit (only northbound entrance, southbound entrance, southbound exit); additional ramps for direct HOV access: southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
249 | 401 | 100 | 249D | Spring Street, West Peachtree Street | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
249 | 401 | 100 | 249D | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
250 | 400 | 101 | 250 | 10th Street, 14th Street – Georgia Tech | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; no northbound entrance to I-85 north | |||
250 | 400 | 102 | 250 | 16th Street, 14th Street, 10th Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
251 | 404 | 102 | 251A | 17th Street – Midtown | Northbound exit only | |||
251 | 404 | 103 | 251B | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-85 concurrency | |||
252 | 406 | 104 | 252A | ![]() | Additional ramps for direct HOV lane access: southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
252 | 406 | 105 | 252B | Howell Mill Road | ||||
254 | 409 | 106 | 254 | Moores Mill Road | ||||
255 | 410 | 107 | 255 | ![]() | ||||
256 | 412 | 108 | 256 | Mount Paran Road | ||||
Chattahoochee River | 257 | 414 | Lester and Virginia Maddox Bridge | |||||
Cobb | | 258 | 415 | 108A | 258 | Cumberland Boulevard | ||
| 259 | 417 | 109 | 259 | Akers Mill Road | HOV-only ramps for northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 259 | 417 | 109A | 259A | ![]() ![]() | Exit 20 on I-285 | ||
| 259 | 417 | 109B | 259B | ![]() ![]() | Exit 20 on I-285 | ||
| 260 | 420 | 110 | 260 | Windy Hill Road – Smyrna | |||
Marietta | 261 | 420 | 111 | 261 | ![]() ![]() | |||
263 | 423 | 112 | 263 | ![]() | Former SR 120 Loop | |||
265 | 426 | 113 | 265 | ![]() | Former SR 120 Loop | |||
267 | 430 | 114A | 267A | ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 267 | 430 | 114B | 267B | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of SR 5 concurrency | ||
| 268 | 431 | 115 | 268 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of SR 5 concurrency; southbound exit is via exit 269 | ||
| 269 | 433 | 116 | 269 | ![]() | |||
| 271 | 436 | 117 | 271 | Chastain Road | |||
Kennesaw | 273 | 439 | 118 | 273 | Wade Green Road – Kennesaw | |||
Cherokee | | 277 | 446 | 120 | 277 | ![]() | ||
Bartow | | 278 | 447 | 121 | 278 | Glade Road – Acworth | ||
Emerson | 283 | 455 | 122 | 283 | Allatoona Road – Emerson | |||
| 285 | 459 | 123 | 285 | Red Top Mountain Road | |||
Cartersville | 288 | 463 | 124 | 288 | ![]() | |||
| 290 | 470 | 125 | 290 | ![]() | |||
Cartersville | 293 | 472 | 126 | 293 | ![]() | |||
| 296 | 476 | 127 | 296 | Cassville–White Road | |||
Adairsville | 306 | 492 | 128 | 306 | ![]() | |||
Gordon | | 310 | 500 | — | 310 | Union Grove Road | ||
Calhoun | 312 | 502 | 129 | 312 | ![]() | |||
315 | 507 | 130 | 315 | ![]() | ||||
| 317 | 510 | 131 | 317 | ![]() | |||
Resaca | 318 | 512 | 132 | 318 | ![]() | |||
320 | 510 | 133 | 320 | ![]() | ||||
Whitfield | | 326 | 525 | 134 | 326 | Carbondale Road | ||
| 328 | 528 | 135 | 328 | ![]() | |||
Dalton | 333 | 536 | 136 | 333 | ![]() ![]() | |||
336 | 541 | 137 | 336 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 341 | 549 | 138 | 341 | ![]() | |||
Catoosa | | 345 | 555 | 139 | 345 | ![]() ![]() | ||
| 348 | 560 | 140 | 348 | ![]() | |||
| 350 | 560 | 141 | 350 | ![]() | |||
| 353 | 568 | 142 | 353 | ![]() | |||
Georgia–Tennessee state line | 355 | 571 | ![]() | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Auxiliary routes
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/GA_I75_North-Exit_333.jpg/220px-GA_I75_North-Exit_333.jpg)
- Interstate 175 was a proposed spur from Albany northeast to Cordele. The road was built, but not as a freeway; it is SR 300, the Florida–Georgia 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 Canton and Nelson.
- Interstate 675 is a cutoff from I-75 south of Atlanta north to Interstate 285 (Atlanta's perimeter) - east of I-75.
See also
References
- ^ Adderly, Kevin (December 31, 2014). "Table 1: Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as of December 31, 2014". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ^ State Highway Department of Georgia (1960). State Highway System and Other Principal Connecting Roads (PDF) (Map) (1960–1961 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC 5673161. Retrieved July 12, 2016. (Corrected to June 1, 1960.)
- ^ Federal Highway Administration (January 2004). "Interstate System Facts". Highway Information Quarterly Newsletter. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
- ^ "Interstate Exit Numbers". Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ MapQuest (2009). "Map of Interstate 75 in Georgia" (Map). MapQuest. MapQuest. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
External links
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- I-75 at the Interstate Guide
- Articles to be merged from May 2014
- Interstate 75
- Interstate Highways in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Transportation in Lowndes County, Georgia
- Transportation in Cook County, Georgia
- Transportation in Tift County, Georgia
- Transportation in Turner County, Georgia
- Transportation in Crisp County, Georgia
- Transportation in Dooly County, Georgia
- Transportation in Houston County, Georgia
- Transportation in Peach County, Georgia
- Transportation in Crawford County, Georgia
- Transportation in Bibb County, Georgia
- Transportation in Macon, Georgia
- Transportation in Monroe County, Georgia
- Transportation in Lamar County, Georgia
- Transportation in Butts County, Georgia
- Transportation in Spalding County, Georgia
- Transportation in Henry County, Georgia
- Transportation in Clayton County, Georgia
- Transportation in Fulton County, Georgia
- Roads in Atlanta
- Transportation in Cobb County, Georgia
- Transportation in Cherokee County, Georgia
- Transportation in Bartow County, Georgia
- Transportation in Gordon County, Georgia
- Transportation in Whitfield County, Georgia
- Transportation in Catoosa County, Georgia