U.S. Route 280

U.S. Route 280

Infobox U.S. Route
article_route=280



length_mi=392
length_round=0
length_ref= [http://www.us-highways.com/us1830.htm US Highways from US 1 to US 830] Robert V. Droz]
yrcom=
direction_a=West
from=Jct|state=AL|I|20|I|59|US|31|AL|3 at Birmingham, AL
junction=Jct|state=AL|I|459 at Birmingham, AL
Jct|state=AL|I|85 at Opelika, AL
Jct|state=GA|I|185 at Columbus, GA
Jct|state=GA|I|75 at Cordele, GA
direction_b=East
to=Jct|state=GA|US|80|GA|26|GA|30 at Blichton, GA
spur_of=80

U.S. Route 280 is a spur of U.S. Highway 80. It currently runs for 392 miles (631 km) from Blichton, Georgia at U.S. Highway 80 to Birmingham, Alabama at I-20/I-59. For much of its route, U.S. 280 travels through rural areas and smaller cities in southern Georgia and east central Alabama. Once the highway approaches Birmingham, it is a major suburban route. Numerous shopping centers are located on U.S. 280 throughout northern Shelby County and southern Jefferson County.

Through Talladega County, Alabama, U.S. 280 is known as the Jim Nabors Highway, in honor of the Sylacauga, Alabama, native known to the world as Gomer Pyle.

Work was completed in 2006 making U.S. 280 a four-lane highway throughout the entire state of Alabama. This project began in the 1970's. As a result, U.S. 280 now bypasses numerous small towns in east Alabama, including Goodwater, Jacksons' Gap, Camp Hill and Waverly.

In Georgia, US 280 from Columbus, Georgia to I-16, is also a GRIP corridor known as "Power Alley".

Route description

Alabama

US 280 begins at an interchange with Interstate 20, Interstate 59, and U.S. Route 31 in downtown Birmingham. US 280 continues south, cosigned with US 31 along the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (locally known as the Red Mountain Expressway). The routes interchange with U.S. Route 11 and U.S. Route 78 prior to exiting the city. At Homewood, the expressway comes to an end as US 280 separates from US 31. In Cahaba Heights, US 280 interchanges with Interstate 459.

US 280 is paired with unsigned State Route 38 throughout the state.

Georgia

History

Prior to the completion of the Elton B. Stephens (Red Mountain) Expressway in Birmingham, U.S. 78 and U.S. 280 overlapped until they junctioned U.S. Route 11 at the intersection of 1st Avenue North and 24th Street.

Major intersections

*Interstate 20/59 and U.S. Route 31 in Birmingham, Alabama
*U.S. Route 231 from Harpersville to Sylacauga, Alabama
*Interstate 85/U.S. Route 29 in Opelika, Alabama
*U.S. Route 431 from Opelika, Alabama to Phenix City, Alabama
*U.S. Route 27 from Columbus, Georgia to Cusseta, Georgia
*Interstate 185 at Columbus, Georgia
*South Georgia Parkway from Columbus to Richland, Georgia
*U.S. Route 19 at Americus, Georgia
*Interstate 75 at Cordele, Georgia
*U.S. Route 129 at Abbeville, Georgia
*U.S. Route 23, U.S. Route 319, U.S. Route 341, and U.S. Route 441 at McRae, Georgia
*U.S. Route 221 at Mount Vernon, Georgia
*U.S. Route 1 at Vidalia, Georgia
*U.S. Route 25 and U.S. Route 301 at Claxton, Georgia
*Interstate 16 at Blichton, Georgia

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