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Interstate 285 (I-285) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway encircling Atlanta, Georgia, for 63.98 miles (102.97 km). [1] It connects the three major Interstate Highways to Atlanta: I-20, I-75, and I-85. Colloquially referred to as the Perimeter, it also carries unsigned State Route 407 (SR 407) and is signed as Atlanta Bypass on I-20, I-75, and ...
I-285 is a beltway around Atlanta. In the northern I-285 corridor, in the area from I-85 counterclockwise to I-75, there has been a large amount of development of office space. The design of Spaghetti Junction was intended to remove choke points and reduce congestion in the I-85 and I-285 interchange, which had been a cloverleaf. [1]
Interstate 285 is the designation for two Interstate Highways in the United States, both of which are related to Interstate 85: Interstate 285 (Georgia), a beltway around Atlanta, colloquially known as the Perimeter (opened 1969) Interstate 285 (North Carolina), a connector from Lexington to Winston-Salem (signed 2018)
A massive fire shut down all lanes of the I-285 highway in Atlanta, Georgia, after a multi-vehicle crash on the afternoon of Monday, August 29, causing extreme delays.This footage, filmed by ...
I-285 perennially ranks among the most congested stretches of highway in the nation, averaging 250,000 to 300,000 vehicles per day. Georgia DOT schedules open houses on I-285 toll lanes in three ...
Advocates of the highway touted its use by long-distance truck drivers to have them completely avoid the congestion of the highways much closer to Atlanta. The original Perimeter, I-285, which was originally planned as a bypass of the city and was completed in 1969, has in effect become one of the main freeway routes for both local traffic and ...
ATLANTA (AP) - A small passenger airplane crashed into an Atlanta interstate Friday, killing all four people aboard and starting an intense fire on the busy road, authorities said. The Piper PA-32 ...
It connects Interstate 285 (I-285) east of Atlanta, with the suburbs of Stone Mountain and Snellville before transitioning into an arterial road that continues to Athens. The freeway is signed as U.S. Route 78 (US 78) for its entire length, with the western half signed as State Route 410 (SR 410), and the eastern half also being signed as SR 10 .