Transportation in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Transportation in Georgia (U.S. state)
Transportation in Georgia is overseen by the Georgia Department of Transportation, a part of the executive branch of the state government.
Ground transportation
Highway system
The state of Georgia has 1,244 interstate highways within its borders. Georgia's major Interstate Highways are I-95 and I-75. Other important interstate highways are I-85, I-20, I-24 and I-59. I-285 is Atlanta, Georgia's perimeter route and I-575 connects with counties in north Georgia on I-75. [ [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2423&hl=y Interstate Highway System] , Accessed June 17, 2008] The Georgia Department of Transportation maintains only 16 percent of the roads in the state. The other 84 percent are the responsibility of the counties and cities; 75 percent of those roads are county roads. [ [http://psr.southeastroads.com/otherga_index.htm#4 Other Georgia Highways] , Accessed June 17, 2008 ]
Railroads
Major freight railroads in Georgia include CSX and Norfolk Southern. Passenger service in Georgia is available on two Amtrak routes: the Crescent, which runs from New York to Washington, D.C., through north Georgia and Atlanta to New Orleans and the other runs from New York to the Georgia coast and from there to Florida. [ [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/Transportation/LandTransportation&id=h-1281 Railroads] , Accessed June 17, 2008]
Air transportation
Georgia's principal airport is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport(ATL), the world's busiest passenger airport. [ [http://www.atlanta-airport.com/default.asp?url=sublevels/airport_info/gmpage.htm Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport] , Accessed June 18, 2008] Georgia has one hundred seven public-use airports, nine of which are commercial-aviation airports and ninety-eight which are general-aviation airports. Two of the state's important airports are Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, which serves over 1,700,000 passengers each year and DeKalb Peachtree Airport in Chamblee, Georgia. [ [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/Transportation/Air&id=h-773 Public-Use Airports] , Accessed June 18, 2008]
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