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Georgia 280 begins in western Atlanta at an intersection with Georgia 139 (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), where the roadway continues as Hamilton E. Holmes Drive. The route travels north along Hamilton E. Holmes Drive meeting I-20 at an interchange or exit 52, then continues north to an intersection with U.S. 78 / U.S. 278 / Georgia 8 ( Donald ...
Road Atlanta (known for sponsorship reasons as Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta) is a 2.540 mi (4.088 km) road course located just north of Braselton, Georgia, United States. The facility is utilized for a wide variety of events, including professional and amateur sports car and motorcycle races, racing and driving schools, corporate programs and ...
Development of Atkins Park began in 1912 as a streetcar suburb of Atlanta, linked to downtown via the Nine-Mile Circle streetcar line. The original name was St. Louis Park; it was changed "to honor a family friend and mentor": Colonel John DeWitt Clinton Atkins , a representative of Tennessee in both the U.S. Congress and the Confederate Congress .
State Route 9 (SR 9), (known locally as Highway 9) is an 86.4-mile-long (139.0 km) north–south state highway in the northern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.It travels from Atlanta to Turners Corner, north-northeast of Dahlonega.
The St. Louis region’s port system is the second-largest inland port system in the United States, and was ranked the most efficient port system by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The St. Louis regional port system is responsible for 8% of the 855 miles of the Mississippi River, but carries one-third of the river’s total freight. [42]
Today, Atlanta commuters primarily choose to travel by car. 2022 census estimates show that, of workers commuting within the city, about 68% drove alone, 8% carpooled, and 5% used public transportation. [1] Atlanta has a reputation for bad traffic and has been ranked among the worst cities for commuters. [12]
Ponce de Leon Avenue begins at Spring Street at the south edge of Midtown Atlanta, though prior to the construction of the Downtown Connector, it started a block further west at Williams Street (across from Georgia Tech, one block east of Bobby Dodd Stadium) [5] It passes West Peachtree Street and then Peachtree Street, the city block which has the BellSouth Building (now Tower Square) and the ...
Route 180 is co-signed with Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, where the Drive (which originates farther east, where the Martin Luther King Bridge crosses the Mississippi River into central St. Louis) continues through to join Route 180's eastern terminus at Kingshighway Boulevard, in St. Louis. Route 180 is co-signed with Dr. Martin Luther King ...