Interstate 85 in Georgia 5527966 225617127 2008-07-14T16:02:39Z 75.47.138.12 {{Refimprove|date=July 2008}} {{cleanup|date=March 2008}} {{Infobox road |state=GA |type=I |route=85 |map=Georgia state route 403 map.png |maint=[[Georgia DOT]] |length_mi=171.93 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<ref>[http://www.dot.state.ga.us/DOT/plan-prog/transportation_data/400reports/2003/dpp438_2003.pdf 2003 Georgia Department of Transportation 438 Report]</ref> |established= |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{Jct|state=AL|I|85}} at [[Alabama]] state line |junction={{Jct|state=GA|I|185}} near [[LaGrange, Georgia|LaGrange]]<br>{{Jct|state=GA|I|285}} in [[College Park, Georgia|College Park]]<br>{{Jct|state=GA|I|75}} in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]<br>{{Jct|state=GA|I|20}} in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]<br>{{Jct|state=GA|I|75}} in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]<br>{{Jct|state=GA|SR|400}} in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]<br>{{Jct|state=GA|I|285}} near [[Doraville, Georgia|Doraville]]<br>{{Jct|state=GA|SR|316}} near [[Lawrenceville, Georgia|Lawrenceville]]<br>{{Jct|state=GA|I|985}} in [[Suwanee, Georgia|Suwanee]] |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{Jct|state=SC|I|85}} at [[South Carolina]] state line |previous_route=402 |browse_route=[[Image:Georgia 403.svg|25x20px]] |next_route=404 }} In the [[U.S. state]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], '''[[Interstate 85]]''' runs northeast-southwest through [[Atlanta (GA)|Atlanta]]. It is also designated - but not signed - as '''State Route 403'''. In downtown Atlanta, I-85 joins with [[Interstate 75 (Georgia)|Interstate 75]] as the [[Downtown Connector]]. I-85 in Georgia follows the general corridor of [[U.S. Route 29 (Georgia)|U.S. Route 29]]. However, from Atlanta northeast to the [[South Carolina]] state line, it strays from this route, running about halfway between US 29 and the [[U.S. Route 23 (Georgia)|U.S. Route 23]]/[[U.S. Route 123 (Georgia)|U.S. Route 123]] corridor. (Near [[Greenville, South Carolina]], I-85 joins US 29, while US 123 enters that city separately.) ==Major cities== Bolded cities are officially-designated [[control cities]] for signs. *'''[[Montgomery, Alabama]]''' *[[LaGrange (GA)|LaGrange]] *'''[[Atlanta (GA)|Atlanta]]''' *[[Buford (GA)|Buford]] *'''[[Greenville, South Carolina]]''' ==Auxiliary routes== *[[Interstate 185 (Georgia)|Interstate 185]] is a spur from near [[LaGrange (GA)|LaGrange]] south to [[Columbus (GA)|Columbus]]. *[[Interstate 285 (Georgia)|Interstate 285]] is the busy [[beltway]] around [[Atlanta (GA)|Atlanta]]. *[[Interstate 485 (Georgia)|Interstate 485]] was to run east and north from downtown [[Atlanta (GA)|Atlanta]] to the south end of [[State Route 400 (Georgia)|State Route 400]], and then north along SR 400 to I-285. *[[Interstate 985 (Georgia)|Interstate 985]] is a spur from near [[Buford (GA)|Buford]] northeast to [[Gainesville (GA)|Gainesville]]. ==Exit list== Exits are numbered from south to north, in accordance with [[AASHTO]] guidelines.{{-}} {| class=wikitable !rowspan=2|County !rowspan=2|Location !colspan=2|[[Exit number|#]] !rowspan=2|Destinations !rowspan=2|Notes |- !Old !New |- !colspan=6|[[Chambers County, Alabama]]-[[Harris County, Georgia]] Border<br>[[Image:I-85.svg|20 px]] crosses the [[Chattahoochee River]] |- |[[Harris County, Georgia|Harris]] | | | | |No exits in the county |- |rowspan=6|[[Troup County, Georgia|Troup]] |[[West Point, Georgia|West Point]] |1 |2 |[[Image:Georgia 18.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 18|GA 18]] - [[West Point, Georgia|West Point]], Pine Mountain | |- | |2 |13 |[[Image:Georgia 219.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 219|GA 219]] - [[LaGrange, Georgia|LaGrange]] | |- |rowspan=2|[[LaGrange, Georgia|LaGrange]] |3 |14 |[[Image:US 27.svg|20px]][[Image:Georgia 1.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 27]], [[Georgia State Route 1|GA 1]] - LaGrange |GA 1 is secretly signed with US 27. |- |4 |18 |[[Image:Georgia 109.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 109|GA 109]] - [[Greenville, Georgia|Greenville]], [[Warm Springs, Georgia|Warm Springs]] | |- | |5 |21 |[[Image:I-185.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 185 (Georgia)|I-185]] south - [[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus]] |Exit to reach [[Fort Benning, Georgia|Fort Benning]]. |- | |6 |28 |[[Image:Georgia 54.svg|20px]][[Image:Georgia 100.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 54|GA 54]], [[Georgia State Route 100|GA 100]] - [[Hogansville, Georgia|Hogansville]] | |- |[[Meriwether County, Georgia|Meriwether]] | | | | |No exits in the county. |- |rowspan=6|[[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta]] |[[Grantville, Georgia|Grantville]] |7 |35 |[[Image:US 29.svg|20px]][[Image:Georgia 14.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 29]] - [[Grantville, Georgia|Grantville]], Moreland |GA 14 is secretly signed with US 29. |- |rowspan=3|[[Newnan]] |8 |41 |[[Image:Alt plate.svg|20px]]<br/>[[Image:US 27.svg|20px]][[Image:US 29.svg|20px]][[Image:Georgia 14.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 27 Alternate|U.S. 27 ALT]]/U.S. 29 - [[Newnan, Georgia|Newnan]] |Exit to reach [[Georgia State Route 16|GA 16]]. |- | |? |To [[Image:Georgia 16.svg|20px]],To [[Image:Georgia 34.svg|20px]], To [[Image:Georgia 154.svg|20px]],-Future Poplar Road Exit- Completed in 2010 |To Future [[Piedmont Newnan Hospital]] |- |9 |47 |[[Image:Georgia 34.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 34|GA 34]] - [[Newnan, Georgia|Newnan]], [[Peachtree City, Georgia|Peachtree City]] |To Business District |- | |10 |51 |[[Image:Georgia 154.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 154|GA 154]] (McCollum-[[Sharpsburg, Georgia|Sharpsburg]] Road) | |- | |11 |56 |Collinsworth Road, Palmetto, Tyrone | |- |rowspan=7|[[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton]] |[[Fairburn, Georgia|Fairburn]] |12 |61 |[[Image:Georgia 74.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 74|GA 74]] - [[Fairburn, Georgia|Fairburn]] | |- |[[Union City, Georgia|Union City]] |13 |64 |[[Image:Georgia 138.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 138|GA 138]] - [[Union City, Georgia|Union City]], [[Jonesboro, Georgia|Jonesboro]] | |- | |14 |66 |Flat Shoals Road | |- | |15 |68 |[[Image:I-285.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 285|I-285]] - [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] Bypass |Split into I-285 north (Birmingham, Chattanooga) and I-285 East (Macon, Tampa).<br>[[Georgia State Route 407|GA 407]] is secretly co-signed with I-285. |- | |16A |69A |[[Image:Georgia 14 Spur.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 14 Spur|GA 14 Spur]] - ([[South Fulton Parkway]]) | |- |rowspan=2|[[College Park, Georgia|College Park]] |16B |69B |[[Image:Georgia 279.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 279|GA 279]] (Old National Highway) | |- |17 |70 |[[Image:I-285.svg|25px]] I-285 - [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]]/[[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]/[[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] |Southbound exit and northbound entrance. |- |[[Clayton County, Georgia|Clayton]] | |18 |71 |[[Image:Georgia 139.svg|25px]] [[State Route 139 (Georgia)|S.R. 139]] (Riverdale Road) - [[Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Atl Airport]] | |- |rowspan=14|[[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton]] |[[College Park, Georgia|College Park]] |18A |72 |[[Image:Georgia 6.svg|20px]] [[State Route 6 (Georgia)|S.R. 6]] west - Camp Creek Pkwy, Air Cargo |GA 6 is unsigned. |- |rowspan=2|[[East Point, Georgia|East Point]] |19 |73 |Virginia Avenue |Split into 73A (east) and 73B (west) northbound. |- |20 |74 |Loop Road |Southbound exit and northbound entrance. |- |[[Hapeville, Georgia|Hapeville]] |21 |75 |Sylvan Road, Central Avenue, [[Hapeville, Georgia|Hapeville]] | |- |rowspan=10|[[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] |22 |76 |Cleveland Avenue |Exit to reach [[Atlanta Technical College]]. |- |23 |77 |[[Image:US 19.svg|20px]][[Image:No image.svg|2 px]][[Image:US 41.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 19]]/[[U.S. Route 41]] (Metropolitan Parkway) |Southbound exit and northbound entrance.<br>GA 3 is secretly signed. |- |24 |77 |[[Image:Georgia 166.svg|25px]] [[State Route 166 (Georgia)|S.R. 166]] ([[Langford Parkway]]) |northbound exit and southbound entrance |- !colspan=4|See [[Downtown Connector]] for the [[Interstate 75 (Georgia)|Interstate 75]] [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]]. |- |26 |84 |17th Street, 14th Street, 10th Street |Southbound exit only.<br>Exit to reach [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]]. |- |27 |85 |[[Image:I-75.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 75 (Georgia)|I-75]] north - [[Marietta (GA)|Marietta]], [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] |GA 401 is secretly signed with I-75. |- |28 |86 |[[Image:North plate.svg|20 px]]<br>[[Image:Georgia 13.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 13|GA 13]] north ([[Buford Highway]]) |Northbound exit and southbound entrance. |- |29 |87 |[[Image:North plate.svg|25 px]]<br>[[Image:Georgia 400.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 400|GA 400]] north - [[Buckhead (Atlanta)|Buckhead]], [[Cumming (GA)|Cumming]] |Northbound exit and southbound entrance. |- |28 |86 |[[Image:South plate.svg|20 px]]<br>[[Image:Georgia 13.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 13|GA 13]] south ([[Peachtree Street]]) |Southbound exit and northbound entrance. |- |30 |88 |[[Image:To plate.svg|25 px]]<br>[[Image:Georgia 400.svg|25px]] {{scaps|To}} GA 400 - Cheshire Bridge Road, Lenox Road |Southbound exit and northbound entrance. |- |rowspan=6|[[Dekalb County, Georgia|Dekalb]] | |31 |89 |[[Image:Georgia 42.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 42|GA 42]] (North Druid Hills Road) |Exit to reach [[Oglethorpe University]]. |- | |32 |91 |[[Image:US 23.svg|20px]][[Image:Georgia 155.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 23]]/[[Georgia State Route 155|GA 155]] (Clairmont Road) - [[Decatur (GA)|Decatur]] |Exit to reach [[DeKalb-Peachtree Airport]] and [[Emory University]]. |- | |33 |93 |Shallowford Road, [[Doraville (GA)|Doraville]] |Exit to reach [[Briarcliff Road]]. |- | |34 |94 |Chamblee-Tucker Road, [[Mercer University]] | |- | |35 |95 |[[Image:I-285.svg|25px]] I-285 - Chattanooga, [[Augusta (GA)|Augusta]] |Southbound: Split into exits 95A (I-285 east - Macon, Augusta) and 95B (I-285 west - Chattanooga, Birmingham) southbound. |- | |36 |96 |Northcrest Road, Pleasantdale Road | |- |rowspan=13|[[Gwinnett County, Georgia|Gwinnett]] | |37 |99 |[[Image:West plate.svg|25 px]]<br>[[Image:Georgia 140.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 140|GA 140]] west ([[Jimmy Carter Boulevard]]) | |- | |38 |101 |Indian Trail-Lilburn Road | |- | |39 |102 |[[Image:Georgia 378.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 378|GA 378]] (Beaver Ruin Road) - [[Lilburn (GA)|Lilburn]] | |- | |39A |103 |Steve Reynolds Boulevard |Northbound exit and southbound entrance. |- | |40 |104 |Pleasant Hill Road |[[Gwinnett Place Mall]] |- | |41 |106 |[[Image:East plate.svg|25 px]]<br>[[Image:Georgia 316.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 316|GA 316]] east - [[Lawrenceville (GA)|Lawrenceville]], [[Athens (GA)|Athens]] |No southbound exit. |- | |42 |107 |[[Image:Georgia 120.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 120|GA120]] - [[Duluth (GA)|Duluth]], Lawrenceville |Southbound: Exit to reach GA 316. |- | | |108 |Sugarloaf Parkway |Southbound exit is combined with exit 109 |- | |43 |109 |Old Peachtree Road | |- | |44 |111 |[[Image:Georgia 317.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 317|GA 317]] north - [[Suwanee (GA)|Suwanee]] |- | |45 |113 |[[Image:North plate blue.svg|25 px]]<br>[[Image:I-985.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 985|I-985]] north - [[Gainesville (GA)|Gainesville]] |Northbound exit and southbound entrance.<br>Exit to reach [[Buford Dam]] and [[Lake Lanier Islands]]. |- | |46 |115 |[[Image:Georgia 20.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 20|GA 20]] - Lawrenceville, [[Buford (GA)|Buford]] |[[Mall of Georgia]] |- | |47 |120 |Hamilton Mill Road, Hamilton Mill Parkway | |- |[[Barrow County, Georgia|Barrow]] | |48 |126 |[[Image:Georgia 211.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 211|GA 211]] - [[Chestnut Mountain, Georgia|Chestnut Mountain]], [[Winder (GA)|Winder]] | |- |rowspan=4|[[Jackson County, Georgia|Jackson]] |[[Hoschton, Georgia|Hoschton]] |49 |129 |[[Image:Georgia 53.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 53|GA 53]] - [[Braselton (GA)|Braselton]], [[Hoschton (GA)|Hoschton]], [[Winder (GA)|Winder]] | |- |[[Jefferson, Georgia|Jefferson]] |50 |137 |[[Image:US 129.svg|25px]][[Image:Georgia 11.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 129]]/[[Georgia State Route 11|GA 11]] - [[Gainesville (GA)|Gainesville]], [[Jefferson (GA)|Jefferson]] | |- | |51 |140 |[[Image:Georgia 82.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 82|GA 82]] (Dry Pond Road) | |- |[[Commerce, Georgia|Commerce]] |52 |147 |[[Image:Georgia 98.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 98|GA 98]] - [[Commerce (GA)|Commerce]], [[Maysville (GA)|Maysville]] | |- |rowspan=2|[[Banks County, Georgia|Banks]] | |53 |149 |[[Image:US 441.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 441]] - [[Commerce (GA)|Commerce]], [[Homer (GA)|Homer]] | |- | |54 |154 |[[Image:Georgia 63.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 63|GA 63]] (Martin Bridge Road) | |- |rowspan=4|[[Franklin County, Georgia|Franklin]] | |55 |160 |[[Image:Georgia 51.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 51|GA 51]] - [[Royston (GA)|Royston]], [[Elberton (GA)|Elberton]] | |- | |56 |164 |[[Image:Georgia 320.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 320|GA 320]] - [[Carnesville (GA)|Carnesville]] | |- | |57 |166 ||[[Image:Georgia 106.svg|25px]][[Image:Georgia 145.svg|25px]] [[Georgia State Route 106|GA 106]]/[[Georgia State Route 145|GA 145]] - [[Carnesville (GA)|Carnesville]], [[Toccoa (GA)|Toccoa]] | |- |[[Lavonia, Georgia|Lavonia]] |58 |173 ||[[Image:Georgia 17.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 17|GA 17]] - [[Lavonia (GA)|Lavonia]], Toccoa | |- |[[Hart County, Georgia|Hart]] | |59 |177 |[[Image:Georgia 77.svg|20px]] [[Georgia State Route 77|GA 77]] - Elberton, [[Hartwell (GA)|Hartwell]] | |- !colspan=6|[[Image:I-85.svg|20 px]] crosses [[Lake Hartwell]]<br>[[Hart County, Georgia]]-[[Oconee County, South Carolina]] Border<br>[[Interstate 85]] continues northeast into [[South Carolina]] |- |} == References == {{reflist}} {{state detail page browse|type=I|route=85|state=Georgia|statebefore=Alabama|stateafter=South Carolina}} {{Atlanta Expressways}} [[Category:Interstate Highways in Georgia|85]] [[Category:Interstate 85| Georgia]]