Interstate 75 in Georgia

Infobox road
state=GA
type=I
route=75

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maint=Georgia DOT
length_mi=355.11
length_round=2
length_ref= [ [http://www.dot.state.ga.us/DOT/plan-prog/transportation_data/400reports/2003/dpp438_2003.pdf 2003 Georgia Department of Transportation 438 Report] ]
established=
direction_a=South
terminus_a=Jct|state=FL|I|75 at Florida state line
junction=Jct|state=GA|I|475 near Macon
Jct|state=GA|I|16 in Macon
Jct|state=GA|I|475 near Bolingbroke
Jct|state=GA|I|675 in Stockbridge
Jct|state=GA|I|285 near Forest Park
Jct|state=GA|I|85 in Atlanta
Jct|state=GA|I|20 in Atlanta
Jct|state=GA|I|85 in Atlanta
Jct|state=GA|I|285 near Smyrna
Jct|state=GA|I|575 near Marietta
direction_b=North
terminus_b=Jct|state=TN|I|75 at Tennessee state line
previous_route=400
browse_route=
next_route=402In the U.S. state of Georgia, Interstate 75 runs north-south through Atlanta. It is also designated - but not signed - as State Route 401. In downtown Atlanta, I-75 joins with Interstate 85 as the Downtown Connector. The whole route of I-75 in Georgia runs along the U.S. Route 41 corridor. 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.

In March 2007, I-75 (Exit 252A) in Atlanta was the site of the 2007 Atlanta I-75 Charter Bus Accident.

Auxiliary routes

*Interstate 175 was a proposed spur from Cordele southwest to Albany. The road was built, but not as a freeway; it is State Route 300, the Georgia-Florida 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 Nelson.
*Interstate 675 is a cutoff from I-75 south of Atlanta north to Interstate 285 - Atlanta's beltway - east of I-75.

Exit list

Exits are numbered from south to north, in accordance with AASHTO guidelines.-

Lane configurations

:Total lane mileage in Georgia is 2,144.71 miles (3,451.58 km)
*from Tennessee line to Exit 269 (Barrett Parkway/Kennesaw) (3 lanes each way, a few climbing lanes on longer hills)
*from Exit 269 to I-575 (Exit 268) (4 lanes each way)
*from I-575 to I-285 (Exit 259) (5-7 lanes each way, more closer to 285, with 8 NB lanes just north of Windy Hill Road (exit 260))
*from I-285 to I-85/Brookwood Interchange (5 lanes each way, including HOV)
*I-75/85 Common Section or "Downtown Connector" (7-8 lanes each way, including HOV)
*from I-85/Langford Pkwy interchange to I-285 (5 lanes each way, including HOV)
*from I-285 (Exit 238) to just before I-675 (Exit 227) (4 lanes each way)
*from I-675 to northern city limits of Forsyth (3 lanes each way)
*within Forsyth (4 lanes each way)
*from southern city limits of Forsyth to Exit 177 (I-475) (4 NB, 3 SB)
*from I-475 to I-16 (Exit 165) (2 lanes each way)
*from I-16 to I-475 (Exit 156) (3 lanes each way)
*from I-475 to milepost 103 near Cordele (3 lanes each way)
*from milepost 103 to milepost 64 just north of Tifton (currently mostly 2 lanes each way, undergoing widening)
*within city limits of Tifton (3 lanes each way)
*from southern city limits of Tifton to milepost 39 Adel (currently 2 lanes each way, also undergoing widening)
*from milepost 39 to Florida line (3 lanes each way)

References