Georgia's
Interstate Highways
For Georgia's
Milepost-Based Exit Numbers, see the
Georgia
Navigator Exit Renumbering Page.
According to the
Georgia DOT, there are 1244 miles (1990
km) of Interstate highway within Georgia's boundaries.
The original
Interstates planned for Georgia were:
- I-16
- I-20
- I-24 (short
dip to and from Tennessee on a Chattanooga-Nashville route)
- I-59 (short
stretch from Alabama state line to I-24 in extreme N.W. Georgia)
- I-75
- I-85
- I-95
- I-175 (was to
be a spur to Albany, but GA DOT decided not to build it)
- I-185 (spur
from I-85 to Columbus - last to be completed in 1978.)
- I-285
(Atlanta's Perimeter Highway)
- I-475 (Macon
bypass)
- I-485 (Stone
Mountain Tollway - killed by Atlanta neighborhood groups in late '70's.)
Other
Interstates added or proposed:
- I-420
(Lakewood Freeway extension from I-75/85 to I-20 - scrapped by GA DOT.)
- I-485 (to
possibly be used for a proposed Outer Perimeter around Atlanta.)
- I-516 (W.F.
Lynnes Parkway - Was State Route 21 until redesignated circa 1992.)
- I-520 (Bobby
Jones Expressway, Augusta - was known as GA Hwy 232 until 1978.)
- I-575 (spur
from I-75 near Marietta - becomes GA Hwy 515 at Cherokee/Pickens County
line.)
- I-675 (spur
from I-75 in Henry County to I-285 in south DeKalb County.)
- I-985 (spur
from I-85 in Gwinnett County to Gainesville. This is limited-access portion
of GA Hwy 365.)
For more
Interstate information, go to Kurumi's
Humble House of Most Things Roadly.
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Last
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