U.S. Route 19 in Georgia

U.S. Highway 19
Route of US 19 in Georgia in red
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length:	351 mi[1] (565 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 19 at the Florida state line southeast of Thomasville
	US 84 / US 319 in Thomasville US 82 in Albany US 80 north of Butler US 19 Bus. / US 41 / US 41 Bus. in Griffin I‑285 near Forest Park I‑75 / I‑85 in Atlanta US 29 / US 41 / US 78 / US 278 in Atlanta I‑285 in Sandy Springs US 76 in Blairsville
North end:	US 19 / US 129 at the North Carolina state line southwest of Murphy, North Carolina
Location
Counties:	Thomas, Mitchell, Dougherty, Lee, Sumter, Schley, Taylor, Upson, Pike, Spalding, Clayton, Fulton, Forsyth, Dawson, Lumpkin, Union
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Georgia State Routes Interstate U.S. State Former ← SR 18 SR 19 →

U.S. Route 19 (US 19) is a U.S. Highway that travels from Memphis, Florida to Erie, Pennsylvania. In the U.S. state of Georgia, it runs 348 miles (560 km) from the Florida state line south of Thomasville, Georgia, through Atlanta, to the North Carolina state line at a point north of Lake Nottely.^[1]

Route description

US 19 enters Georgia just south of Thomasville. It continues north, passing through Zebulon, Thomaston, Ellaville, Americus, and Albany. It joins US 41 and proceeds north to Griffin. It then proceeds through the western tip of Henry County, passing through Hampton, home of the Atlanta Motor Speedway. US 19 continues north through Clayton County where it joins SR 3 and is known as Tara Boulevard, before entering Atlanta.

Within Atlanta, US 19/41 is joined by U.S. Route 29 in Georgia and all three passes by the Georgia Dome before a short multiplex with U.S. Routes 78/278 near Georgia Tech.

The road then turns north again and splits from US 41 after passing through downtown Atlanta and traveling on 14th Street. It becomes Spring Street in Midtown before continuing north on Peachtree Street and then SR 9 (Roswell Road). After several miles, it intersects with SR 141 in Buckhead. It follows Roswell Road north through the city of Sandy Springs and leaves Atlanta from the north side of the city. At the interchange with I-285's north side, it splits from SR 9.

Most of this section is a Limited-access road with four lanes in each direction, becoming two lanes in each direction as the highway continues away from the northern suburbs of Atlanta. It arrives in Dahlonega, where it no longer is concurrent with SR 400, before about 37 miles (60 km) of extremely curvy road, which includes an overlap with U.S. Route 129 in Georgia. From the north side of the state, the last town it passes through is Blairsville.

History

In 2006, business and government officials in Columbus began a campaign to have I-185 extended to Monticello, Florida, and connect with Interstate 10. The proposed route would travel parallel with SR 520 (known as Corridor Z) to Albany, and then parallel with US 19.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Thomas	​	0.00	0.00		US 19 south (SR 57) – Monticello	Florida state line
	Thomasville	11.3	18.2		Old Monticello Road	former US 19 Bus. north
		13.0	20.9		US 84 east / US 84 Bus. west / SR 38 east / SR 38 Bus. west – Quitman, Thomasville, Valdosta	interchange; southern end of US 84 / SR 38 concurrency
		14.2	22.9		SR 122 east – Pavo, Airport
		14.7	23.7		SR 35 Conn. north (East Jackson Street) – Thomasville, Moultrie, Airport
	​	15.8	25.4		US 84 west / US 319 / SR 35 / SR 38 west / SR 3 Alt. north (North Thomasville Bypass) – Cairo, Tallahassee, Moultrie	Northern end of US 84 / SR 38 concurrency
	​	18.2	29.3		SR 202 north – Coolidge, Moultrie
	Ochlocknee	24.5	39.4		SR 188 – Cairo, Ochlocknee, Coolidge	former US 19 Bus. south
	​	31.9	51.3		SR 111 / SR 3 Alt. south – Cairo, Moultrie, Meigs Business District
Mitchell	Pelham	37.4	60.2		SR 93 (Curry Street / Cotton Road) to SR 65 – Pelham, Sale City, Cairo, Pelham Business District
	Camilla	45.5	73.2		SR 37 (Moultrie Road) – Camilla, Newton, Moultrie	south end of SR 37 Truck overlap
		45.6	73.4		SR 112 / SR 37 Truck west to SR 97 – Camilla, Cairo, Sylvester	north end of SR 37 Truck overlap
	Baconton	56.3	90.6		SR 93 south – Baconton, Lester
Dougherty	Albany	68.2	109.8	1	SR 133 south / SR 234 west – Albany, Moultrie, Marine Corps Logistics Base	south end of SR 133 overlap
		70.0	112.7	2	US 19 Bus. north / US 82 Bus. / SR 520 Bus. (Oglethorpe Boulevard) – Sylvester, Tifton, Downtown Albany	signed as exits 2A (east) and 2B (west)
		70.6	113.6	3	US 82 east / SR 520 east / SR 300 north – Atlanta, Cordele, Sylvester, Tifton	north end of SR 300 overlap; south end of US 82 / SR 520 overlap
		71.9	115.7	4	Blaylock Street
		73.9	118.9	5	SR 91 / SR 133 north (Jefferson Street) – Downtown Albany	north end of SR 133 overlap; signed northbound as exits 5A (north) and 5B (south)
		75.2	121.0		US 82 west / SR 520 west – Dawson, Columbus US 19 Bus. south / US 82 Bus. east / SR 520 Bus. east (Slappey Boulevard)	north end of US 82 / SR 520 overlap; US 19 north follows exit 6A; US 19 Bus. / US 82 Bus. / SR 520 Bus. is exit 6B northbound
Lee	​	78.2	125.9		SR 133 south (Forrester Parkway) – Doerun, The Parks at Chehaw
	Leesburg	82.5	132.8		US 19 Byp. north / SR 3 Byp. north / SR 32 west (Dawson Road) / SR 32 Truck east (Robert B. Lee Drive) – Dawson, Americus	Southern end of SR 32 concurrency
		83.4	134.2		SR 32 east / SR 195 north (4th Street) – Leslie, De Soto, Ashburn	Northern end of SR 32 concurrency
		84.0	135.2		US 19 Byp. south / SR 3 Byp. south – Dawson, Albany
	Smithville	96.0	154.5		SR 118 (Long Drive) – Dawson, Bronwood, Downtown Smithville
	​	98.1	157.9		SR 308 west (Bond Trail Road)
Sumter	​	108	174		US 280 west / SR 27 west / SR 49 south / Spring Street – Plains, Dawson	Southern end of US 280 / SR 27 / SR 49 concurrency
	Americus	109	175		US 280 east / SR 27 east / SR 30 east / SR 49 north (West Lamar Street) – Cordele, Oglethorpe, Georgia Southwestern State University, Habitat for Humanity Global Village & Discovery Center	Northern end of US 280 / SR 27 / SR 49 concurrency; southern end of SR 30 concurrency
		110	180		SR 30 west (Adderton Street) – Concord, Buena Vista	Northern end of SR 30 concurrency
Schley	​	118	190		SR 271 east – Andersonville
	​	121	195		SR 228 east – Andersonville
	​	121	195		Andersonville Road	former SR 228 west
	Ellaville	122	196		SR 26 – Ellaville, Oglethorpe
	Murrays Crossroads	128	206		SR 240 – Tazewell
Taylor	​	135	217		SR 90 west / SR 127 west – Mauk	Southern end of SR 127 / SR 90 concurrency
	​	136	219		SR 127 east – Marshallville	Northern end of SR 127 concurrency
	Rupert	137	220		SR 90 east – Ideal, Andersonville National Historic Site	Northern end of SR 90 concurrency
	Butler	145	233		SR 96 (Butler Bypass) – Geneva, Fort Valley
		146	235		SR 137 – Buena Vista, Fort Valley, Southern Crescent Technical College Taylor County Center
	​	153	246		SR 208 (Old Wire Road) – Talbotton, Roberta
	​	158	254		US 80 west / SR 22 west – Talbotton, Columbus	Southern end of US 80 concurrency
Upson	​	160	260		US 80 east / SR 22 east – Macon	Northern end of US 80 concurrency
	Thomaston	173	278		SR 36 east / SR 74 east (Gordon Street) – Barnesville, Jackson, Yatesville, Macon
		174	280		SR 36 west / SR 74 west (Main Street) – Woodbury, Greenville, Woodland, Columbus
Pike	​	185	298		SR 109 west – Lifsey Springs, Molena	south end of SR 109 overlap
	​	186	299		SR 109 east – Meansville	north end of SR 109 overlap
	Zebulon	190	310		SR 18 – Concord, Barnesville
Spalding	​	197	317		US 41 south / SR 7 south (Martin L. King Jr. Parkway) – Barnesville US 19 Bus. north / US 41 Bus. north / SR 155 north (Zebulon Parkway) – Griffin, Airport	Southern end of US 41 concurrency
	Griffin	200	320		SR 362 (Williamson Road)	Interchange
		201	323		SR 16 to I‑75 / I‑85 – Griffin, Newnan	Interchange
		202	325		US 19 Bus. south / US 41 Bus. south / SR 92 south to I‑75 – Griffin	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of SR 92 overlap
		203	327		SR 92 north (McIntosh Road) – Fayetteville	north end of SR 92 overlap
Henry	Hampton	210	340		SR 20 east to I‑75 – McDonough, Hampton	Interchange
	​	213	343		SR 81 east to I‑75 – McDonough
Clayton	Jonesboro	220	350		SR 54 south (Fayetteville Road) – Fayetteville	south end of SR 54 overlap
		224	360		SR 138 Spur west (North Avenue) – Union City, Jonesboro
	​	225	362		SR 54 north / SR 138	north end of SR 54 overlap
	​	228	367		I‑75 (SR 401)	I-75 exit 235
	Forest Park	231	372		SR 331 (Forest Parkway)
		231	372		Southpoint Drive to Main Street	former SR 160 east
		232	373		I‑285 (SR 407)	I-285 exit 58
Fulton	Atlanta–Hapeville line	233	375		I‑75 (SR 401)	I-75 exit 239
	Atlanta	236	380		I‑85 north (SR 403)	I-85 exit 77
		236	380		SR 166 to I‑75 / I‑85	interchange
		240	390		US 29 south / SR 3 Conn. south (Chapel Street Southwest) to SR 14	Southern end of US 29 concurrency
		242	389		US 78 east / US 278 east / SR 8 east (North Avenue Northwest) to I‑85 north	Southern end of US 78 / US 278 / SR 8 concurrency
		242	389		US 78 west / US 278 west / SR 8 west (Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway Northwest)	Northern end of US 78 / US 278 / SR 8 concurrency
		242	389		Tech Parkway	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
		243	391		US 41 north / SR 3 north (Northside Drive Northwest)	Northern end of US 41 / SR 3 concurrency; southern end of SR 9 concurrency
		244	393		I‑75 / I‑85 south (SR 401 / SR 403)	I-75 exit 250 / I-85 exit 84
		245	394		SR 13 north (Buford Highway) to I‑85 north / SR 400	interchange
		248	399		SR 141 north (Peachtree Road Northeast)
		249	401		SR 237 south (Piedmont Road Northeast)
	Sandy Springs	253	407		I‑285 west (SR 407) / SR 9 north (Roswell Road) – Chattanooga, Birmingham	north end of SR 9 overlap; south end of I-285 / SR 407 overlap; US 19 south follows exit 25
		254	409	26	Glenridge Drive / Glenridge Connector	northbound exit and southbound entrance; former SR 407 Loop
		254	409		I‑285 east (SR 407) / SR 400 south – Greenville, SC, Augusta, Buckhead, Atlanta	north end of I-285 / SR 407 overlap; south end of SR 400 overlap; US 19 north follows exit 27; US 19 south follows exit 4B
see SR 400
Lumpkin	​	301	484		SR 60 south / SR 115 east – Cleveland, Murrayville, Gainesville, Smithgall Woods Center, Unicoi State Park	north end of SR 400 overlap; south end of SR 60 overlap
	Dahlonega	306	492		SR 9 south / SR 52 west (Morrison Moore Parkway) / South Chestatee Street – Dahlonega, Dawsonville, Ellijay, Historic Dahlonega Gold Museum, Historic Dahlonega, University of North Georgia	south end of SR 9 / SR 52 overlap
		307	494		US 19 Bus. north / SR 60 Bus. north (East Main Street) – Dahlonega, Historic Dahlonega Gold Museum, Historic Dahlonega
		307	494		SR 52 east – Cleveland, Lula	Northern end of SR 52 concurrency
	​	309	497		US 19 Bus. south / SR 60 Bus. south
	Porter Springs	314	505		SR 60 north – Suches, Morganton	Northern end of SR 60 concurrency
	Turners Corner	319	513		US 129 south / SR 11 south – Cleveland, Helen	north end of SR 9 overlap; south end of US 129 / SR 11 overlap
Union	​	330	530		SR 180 west – Suches	south end of SR 180 concurrency
	​	332	534		SR 180 east / Richard Russell Scenic Highway – Brasstown Bald, Brasstown Bald Visitor Center	north end of SR 180 concurrency
	​	339	546		To US 76 / SR 515 / Glen Gooch By-Pass
	Blairsville	340	550		To US 76 / Young Harris Street	traffic circle around Old Union County Courthouse
		340	550		US 76 / SR 2 / SR 515 / US 129 Truck south – Blue Ridge, Hiawassee, Historic Courthouse and Museum
	Ivylog	349	562		SR 325 south – Morganton, TVA Nottely Dam
	​	351	565		US 19 north / US 129 north – Murphy	North Carolina state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

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

References

External links

• Media related to U.S. Route 19 in Georgia at Wikimedia Commons

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