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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.
The Northwest Corridor Express Lanes (formerly Northwest Corridor HOV/BRT) and locally known as the Tollercoaster, [2] is a completed Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) project which has put Peach Pass-only toll lanes along Interstate 75 (I-75) and I-575 in the northwestern suburbs of the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Georgia State Route 400 (SR 400; commonly known as Georgia 400) is a freeway and state highway in the U.S. state of Georgia serving parts of Metro Atlanta.It is concurrent with U.S. Route 19 (US 19) from exit 4 (Interstate 285) until its northern terminus south-southeast of Dahlonega, linking the city of Atlanta to its north-central suburbs and exurbs.
[10] [11] A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Downtown Connector, attended by Governor Carl Sanders, FHWA administrator Rex Marion Whitton, and Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen Jr. was held inside the Georgia State Capitol on October 15, 1964. [12] Initial construction of the highway displaced parts of Techwood Drive and Williams Street in Midtown Atlanta.
The road was built, but not as a freeway; it is SR 300, the Florida–Georgia Parkway. I-475 is a western bypass of Macon , shortening the trip for through I-75 traffic. I-575 is a spur from near Marietta north to Canton and Nelson , and I-675 is a cutoff from I-75 south of Atlanta north to I-285 (Atlanta's perimeter )—east of I-75.
The State Highway Department was created on August 16, 1916 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly. In 1918 came the creation of the Georgia State Highway Commission, which made surveys and oversaw plans for road projects. [3] Finally, in 1972, came the creation of the Georgia Department of Transportation by Governor Jimmy Carter. [4]
I-285 (Atlanta Bypass / SR 407) – Greenville, Marietta, Chattanooga: I-285 exit 31; southern end of freeway: 8.4: 13.5: Tilly Mill Road – Georgia State University: DeKalb–Gwinnett county line: Doraville–Peachtree Corners city line: 9.5: 15.3: Winters Chapel Road / Amwiler Road: Gwinnett: Peachtree Corners: 10.6: 17.1: Jones Mill Road ...
I-20 eastbound at the I-520 interchange. Flyover ramp under construction for I-20 westbound to I-520 eastbound. I-20's path through Atlanta was designed in the late 1950s, during the era of segregation. [11] The first segment opened between 1960 and 1963 from downtown Atlanta to Conyers.