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After I-485, and parts of SR 400 and SR 410, was canceled, a portion of the right-of-way of the canceled highway was used to build Freedom Parkway, now part of SR 10. SR 400 north of I-85 was constructed in the early 1990s as a toll road , [ 5 ] and the section south of I-285 was constructed in the mid-1980s and designated I-675 .
The original plans for the Atlanta freeway system (map, p.2 [permanent dead link ]) included several freeways that were never built.One was a north-south freeway parallel to, and 2–3 miles (3.2–4.8 km) east of today's Downtown Connector (I-75/85), connecting the southern end of today's Georgia 400 with I-675 at the southeast Perimeter.
Morningside/Lenox Park is an intown neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia founded in 1923. It is located north of Virginia-Highland , east of Ansley Park and west of Druid Hills . Approximately 3,500 households comprise the neighborhood that includes the original subdivisions of Morningside, Lenox Park , University Park, Noble Park, Johnson Estates ...
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The east-west portion from Downtown to Copenhill and the north south portion from Copenhill north to the I-85/SR 400 interchange, was to carry the interstate number I-485. Through purchases and eminent domain , the GDOT assembled much of the central portion of the project land, and had already demolished 500 homes when local protests and ...
John Rushing Howell [1] (November 7, 1933, Durant, Mississippi – June 28, 1988, Atlanta) was an Atlanta, Georgia grassroots civic activist, well known for his strong support of human rights, civil liberties, neighborhood preservation, and the arts.
Piedmont Heights is an intown neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, founded in the early 20th century as a streetcar suburb.It is located between the BeltLine on the west; across from the Sherwood Forest neighborhood; I-85 on the north, across from an industrial area (Armour Drive); and Piedmont Avenue/Road and Morningside-Lenox Park on the east.
Despite the I-485 proposal moving forward, a few middle-class families began moving back into the neighborhood, renovating homes. In Fall 1971, Joseph (Joe) Drolet and others founded the Virginia–Highland Civic Association (VHCA), whose mission was to defeat I-485, [ 4 ] and registered the association with the Georgia Secretary of State on ...