Interstate 75 in Georgia

Interstate 75
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length:	355.11 mi[1] (571.49 km)
Existed:	1960[2] – present
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
Location
Counties:	Lowndes, Cook, Tift, Turner, Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Peach, Crawford, Bibb, Monroe, Lamar, Butts, Spalding, Henry, Clayton, Fulton, Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Gordon, Whitfield, Catoosa
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Georgia State Routes Interstate U.S. State Former ← SR 74 SR 75 → ← SR 400 SR 401 SR 402 →

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).

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.

I-75 co-signed with I-85 in downtown Atlanta

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

County	Location	mi[5]	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, 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	4	13	Old Clyattville Road – Valdosta
	Valdosta	15.93	25.64	5	16	I‑75 Bus. north / US 84 / US 221 / SR 38
		17.95	28.89	6	18	SR 133 – Valdosta, Moultrie
	​	21.74	34.99	7	22	I‑75 Bus. south / US 41 south (North Valdosta Road)	Southern end of US 41 concurrency
	Hahira	28.71	46.20	8	29	US 41 north / SR 122 – Hahira, Barney, Lakeland	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	SR 37 – Adel, Moultrie, Nashville
	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	I‑75 Bus. (Southwell Boulevard) – Tifton
	​	60.34	97.11	17	60	South Central Avenue
	Tifton	61.30	98.65	18	61	Omega Road
		61.94	99.68	19	62	US 82 / SR 520 to US 319 – Tifton, Sylvester
		62.49	100.57	20	63A	2nd Street
		62.88	101.20	21	63B	8th Street
		64.10	103.16	22	64	US 41 – Tifton
	​	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	SR 232 (Inaha Road)
	​	78.52	126.37	27	78	SR 32 – Sycamore, Ocilla
	​	79.78	128.39	28	80	Bussey Road – Sycamore
	Ashburn	82.15	132.21	29	82	SR 107 / SR 112 – Ashburn, Fitzgerald
	​	84.04	135.25	30	84	SR 159 – Ashburn, Amboy
Crisp	Arabi	91.96	148.00	31	92	Arabi
	​	97.08	156.24	32	97	SR 33 Conn. – Wenona, Sylvester
	Cordele	99.09	159.47	33	99	SR 300 (Georgia–Florida Parkway)
		100.86	162.32	34	101	US 280 (16th Avenue East) / SR 30 / SR 90 – Cordele, Abbeville
		101.91	164.01	35	102	SR 257 (8th Avenue East) – Cordele, Hawkinsville
	​	103.98	167.34	36	104	Farmers Market Road
Dooly	​	109.68	176.51	37	109	SR 215 (East Union Street) – Vienna, Pitts
	​	112.22	180.60	38	112	SR 27
	​	117.02	188.33	39	117	Pinehurst
	Unadilla	120.96	194.67	40	121	US 41 – Unadilla
		121.94	196.24	41	122	SR 230 – Unadilla, Byromville
Houston	​	127	204	42	127	SR 26 – Montezuma, Hawkinsville
	Perry	134	216	43	134	South Perry Parkway
		135	217	44	135	US 41 / SR 127 / SR 224 (Larry Walker Highway) – Perry
		136	219	45	136	US 341 / SR 7 – Perry, Fort Valley
		138	222	46	138	Perry Parkway, Thompson Road	Unsigned as US 341 BYP
Peach	​	142	229	47	142	SR 96 (Housers Mill Road)
	​	144	232	—	144	Richard B. Russell Parkway
	​	146	235	48	146	SR 247 Conn. – Centerville, Warner Robins
	Byron	149	240	49	149	SR 49 – Byron, Fort Valley
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	I‑475 north to I‑75 – Atlanta	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	Macon	160	260	52	160A	US 41 / SR 247 (Pio Nono Avenue)	Signed as exit 160 northbound
		160	260	53	160B	Rocky Creek Road	Northbound exit is via exit 160
		162	261	54	162	US 80 / SR 22 (Eisenhower Parkway)
		163	262	55	163	SR 74 west (Mercer University Drive) / Little Richard Penniman Boulevard
		164	264	56	164	US 41 Bus. / SR 19 (Forsyth Street) / Hardman Avenue – Downtown Macon
		165	266	57	165	I‑16 east – Savannah	Exit 0 on I-16
		167	269	58	167	SR 247 (Pierce Avenue)
		169	272	59	169	To US 23 / Arkwright Road / Riverside Drive
	​	171	275	60	171	US 23 / SR 87 / Riverside Drive
	​	172	277	61	172	Bass Road
Monroe	​	175	282	62	175	Pate Road – Bolingbroke	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	​	177	285	63	177	I‑475 south – Valdosta	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
	​	181	291	64	181	Rumble Road – Smarr
	​	185	298	65	185	SR 18 – Forsyth, Gray
	Forsyth	186	299	66	186	Tift College Drive
		187	301	67	187	SR 83 – Forsyth, Monticello
		188	303	68	188	SR 42 – Forsyth
	​	193	311	69	193	Johnstonville Road
	​	198	319	70	198	High Falls Road
Lamar	No major junctions
Butts	​	201	323	71	201	SR 36 – Jackson, Barnesville
	​	205	330	72	205	SR 16 – Griffin, Jackson
Spalding	No major junctions
Henry	Locust Grove	212	341	73	212	Bill Gardner Parkway – Jenkinsburg, Locust Grove, Hampton, Jackson
	​	216	348	74	216	SR 155 – McDonough
	​	218	351	75	218	SR 20 / SR 81 – McDonough, Hampton
	​	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	I‑675 north to I‑285 – Augusta, Greenville	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
	​	228	367	80	228	SR 138 – Jonesboro, Stockbridge
Clayton	​	231	372	81	231	Mount Zion Boulevard
	Morrow	233	375	82	233	SR 54 – Morrow, Lake City
	​	235	378	83	235	US 19 / US 41 (Old Dixie Highway) – Griffin, Jonesboro
	​	237	381	84	237	SR 331 – Forest Park
	​	237	381	85	237A	SR 85 south – Riverdale	Southbound exit only
	​	238	383	85A	238A	I‑285 east – Augusta, Greenville
	​	238	383	85B	238B	I‑285 west – Birmingham, Chattanooga, Domestic Terminals, Columbus, Montgomery
Fulton	Hapeville	239	385	86	239	US 19 / US 41 (SR 3 / Central Avenue) / C.W. Grant Parkway / Porsche Avenue – International Terminal	Additional ramps for direct HOV lane access to/from C.W. Grant Parkway
	Atlanta	241	388	87	241	Cleveland Avenue
		242	389	87A	242	I‑85 south – Domestic Terminals, Columbus, Montgomery	Southern end of I-85 concurrency; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		243	391	88	243	SR 166 (Langford Parkway) – East Point
		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	I‑20 (Ralph D. Abernathy Freeway) – Augusta, Birmingham	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	SR 10 east (Freedom Parkway) / Andrew Young International Boulevard – Carter Center
		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	US 29 / US 78 / US 278 / SR 8 (North Avenue) – Georgia Tech	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	I‑85 north to SR 400 north – Greenville, Charlotte	Northern end of I-85 concurrency
		252	406	104	252A	US 41 (Northside Drive)	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	US 41 (Northside Parkway) / West Paces Ferry Road
		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	I‑285 east – Augusta, Greenville	Exit 20 on I-285
	​	259	417	109B	259B	I‑285 west – Birmingham, Montgomery, Tampa	Exit 20 on I-285
	​	260	420	110	260	Windy Hill Road – Smyrna
	Marietta	261	420	111	261	SR 280 west (Delk Road) – Lockheed, Dobbins AFB
		263	423	112	263	SR 120 – Marietta, Roswell	Former SR 120 Loop
		265	426	113	265	SR 120 Alt. – Marietta, Roswell	Former SR 120 Loop
		267	430	114A	267A	SR 5 Spur north (Canton Road)
	​	267	430	114B	267B	SR 5 south to US 41 – Marietta	Southern end of SR 5 concurrency
	​	268	431	115	268	I‑575 north / SR 5 north – Ball Ground, Canton	Northern end of SR 5 concurrency; southbound exit is via exit 269
	​	269	433	116	269	SR 5 Conn. / Barrett Parkway – Kennesaw
	​	271	436	117	271	Chastain Road
	Kennesaw	273	439	118	273	Wade Green Road – Kennesaw
Cherokee	​	277	446	120	277	SR 92 – Acworth
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	SR 113 – Cartersville
	​	290	470	125	290	SR 20 – Rome, Canton
	Cartersville	293	472	126	293	US 411 – Chatsworth, White, Cartersville
	​	296	476	127	296	Cassville–White Road
	Adairsville	306	492	128	306	SR 140 – Adairsville
Gordon	​	310	500	—	310	Union Grove Road
	Calhoun	312	502	129	312	SR 53 – Calhoun, Fairmount, Rome
		315	507	130	315	SR 156 (Redbud Road) – Calhoun
	​	317	510	131	317	SR 225 – Chatsworth, Calhoun
	Resaca	318	512	132	318	US 41 – Resaca, Calhoun
		320	510	133	320	SR 136 – Resaca, LaFayette
Whitfield	​	326	525	134	326		Carbondale Road
	​	328	528	135	328	SR 3 Conn. – Dalton
	Dalton	333	536	136	333	SR 52 / SR 71 (Walnut Avenue) – Dalton
		336	541	137	336	US 41 / US 76 – Dalton, Rocky Face
	​	341	549	138	341	SR 201 – Tunnel Hill, Varnell
Catoosa	​	345	555	139	345	US 41 / US 76 – Ringgold, LaFayette
	​	348	560	140	348	SR 151 – Ringgold, LaFayette
	​	350	560	141	350	SR 2 (Battlefield Parkway) – Fort Oglethorpe
	​	353	568	142	353	SR 146 – Rossville, Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia–Tennessee state line		355	571	I-75 continues into Tennessee
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       HOV only       Incomplete access

Auxiliary routes

I-75 north at exit 333 in Whitfield County in 2009

• 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

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Interstate 75 in Georgia.

Route map: Bing / Google

• I-75 at the Interstate Guide

Interstate 75
Previous state: Florida	Georgia	Next state: Tennessee

Auxiliary routes of Interstate 75
Florida 175 275 375 Georgia 1751 475 575 675 Business Tennessee 1751 275 4751 Kentucky 1751 275 Indiana 275 Ohio 275 475 675 Business Michigan 275 375 475 675 Business
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