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Interstate 85 Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Maintained by Georgia DOT
Length:	171.93 mi[1] (276.69 km)
South end:	I-85 at Alabama state line
Major junctions:	I-185 near LaGrange I-285 in College Park I-75 in Atlanta I-20 in Atlanta I-75 in Atlanta SR 400 in Atlanta I-285 near Doraville SR 316 near Lawrenceville I-985 in Suwanee
North end:	I-85 at South Carolina state line
Georgia State Routes < SR 402 SR 404 >

In the U.S. state of Georgia, Interstate 85 runs northeast-southwest through Atlanta. It is also designated — but not signed — as State Route 403. In downtown Atlanta, I-85 joins with Interstate 75 as the Downtown Connector. I-85 in Georgia follows the general corridor of U.S. Route 29. However, from Atlanta northeast to the South Carolina state line, it strays from this route, running about halfway between US 29 and the U.S. Route 23/U.S. Route 123 corridor. (Near Greenville, South Carolina, I-85 joins US 29, while US 123 enters that city separately.)

The 10th/14th/17th Street exits in downtown Atlanta are under major construction with bridge replacement and reconfiguration that will run through December 2009. ^[2]

Auxiliary routes

• Interstate 185 is a spur from near LaGrange south to Columbus.
• Interstate 285 is the busy beltway around Atlanta.
• Interstate 485 was to run east and north from downtown Atlanta to the south end of State Route 400, and then north along SR 400 to I-285.
• Interstate 985 is a spur from near Buford northeast to Gainesville.

Exit list

Exits are numbered from south to north, in accordance with AASHTO guidelines.

County	Location	#		Destinations	Notes
		Old	New
Chambers County, Alabama-Harris County, Georgia Border crosses the Chattahoochee River
Harris					No exits in the county
Troup	West Point	1	2	GA 18 - West Point, Pine Mountain
		2	13	GA 219 - LaGrange
	LaGrange	3	14	U.S. Route 27, GA 1 - LaGrange	GA 1 is secretly signed with US 27.
		4	18	GA 109 - Greenville, Warm Springs
		5	21	I-185 south - Columbus	Exit to reach Fort Benning.
		6	28	GA 54, GA 100 - Hogansville
Meriwether					No exits in the county.
Coweta	Grantville	7	35	U.S. Route 29 - Grantville, Moreland	GA 14 is secretly signed with US 29.
	Newnan	8	41	U.S. 27 ALT/U.S. 29 - Newnan	Exit to reach GA 16.
			?	To ,To , To ,-Future Poplar Road Exit- Completed in 2010	To Future Piedmont Newnan Hospital
		9	47	GA 34 - Newnan, Peachtree City	To Business District
		10	51	GA 154 (McCollum-Sharpsburg Road)
		11	56	Collinsworth Road, Palmetto, Tyrone
Fulton	Fairburn	12	61	GA 74 - Fairburn
	Union City	13	64	GA 138 - Union City, Jonesboro
		14	66	Flat Shoals Road
		15	68	I-285 - Atlanta Bypass	Split into I-285 north (Birmingham, Chattanooga) and I-285 East (Macon, Tampa). GA 407 is secretly co-signed with I-285.
		16A	69A	GA 14 Spur - (South Fulton Parkway)
	College Park	16B	69B	GA 279 (Old National Highway)
		17	70	I-285 - Macon/Augusta, Birmingham/Chattanooga	Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
Clayton		18	71	S.R. 139 (Riverdale Road) - Atl Airport
Fulton	College Park	18A	72	S.R. 6 west — Camp Creek Pkwy, Air Cargo	GA 6 is unsigned.
	East Point	19	73	Virginia Avenue	Split into 73A (east) and 73B (west) northbound.
		20	74	Loop Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
	Hapeville	21	75	Sylvan Road, Central Avenue, Hapeville
	Atlanta	22	76	Cleveland Avenue	Exit to reach Atlanta Technical College.
		23	77	U.S. Route 19/U.S. Route 41 (Metropolitan Parkway)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance. GA 3 is secretly signed.
		24	77	S.R. 166 (Langford Parkway)	northbound exit and southbound entrance
		See Downtown Connector for the Interstate 75 concurrency.
		26	84	17th Street, 14th Street, 10th Street	Southbound exit only. Exit to reach Georgia Tech Under major construction until Dec. 2009; Detours/delays expected.
		27	85	I-75 north - Marietta, Chattanooga	GA 401 is secretly signed with I-75.
		28	86	GA 13 north (Buford Highway)	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		29	87	GA 400 north - Buckhead, Cumming	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		28	86	GA 13 south (Peachtree Street)	Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
		30	88	To GA 400 - Cheshire Bridge Road, Lenox Road	Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
Dekalb		31	89	GA 42 (North Druid Hills Road)	Exit to reach Oglethorpe University.
		32	91	U.S. Route 23/GA 155 (Clairmont Road) - Decatur	Exit to reach DeKalb-Peachtree Airport and Emory University.
		33	93	Shallowford Road, Doraville	Exit to reach Briarcliff Road.
		34	94	Chamblee-Tucker Road, Mercer University
		35	95	I-285 - Chattanooga, Augusta	Southbound: Split into exits 95A (I-285 east — Macon, Augusta) and 95B (I-285 west — Chattanooga, Birmingham) southbound.
		36	96	Northcrest Road, Pleasantdale Road
Gwinnett		37	99	GA 140 west (Jimmy Carter Boulevard)
		38	101	Indian Trail-Lilburn Road
		39	102	GA 378 (Beaver Ruin Road) - Lilburn
		39A	103	Steve Reynolds Boulevard	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		40	104	Pleasant Hill Road	Gwinnett Place Mall
		42	105	SR 120 – Duluth, Lawrenceville	Northbound exit only.
		41	106	GA 316 east - Lawrenceville, Athens	No southbound exit.
		42	107	SR 120 to SR 316 – Duluth, Lawrenceville	Southbound exit only
			108	Sugarloaf Parkway	Southbound exit is combined with exit 109
		43	109	Old Peachtree Road
		44	111	GA 317 north - Suwanee
		45	113	I-985 north - Gainesville	Northbound exit and southbound entrance. Exit to reach Buford Dam and Lake Lanier Islands.
		46	115	GA 20 - Lawrenceville, Buford	Mall of Georgia
		47	120	Hamilton Mill Road, Hamilton Mill Parkway
Barrow		48	126	GA 211 - Chestnut Mountain, Winder
Jackson	Hoschton	49	129	GA 53 - Braselton, Hoschton, Winder
	Jefferson	50	137	U.S. Route 129/GA 11 - Gainesville, Jefferson
		51	140	- GA 82 - Dry Pond Road, Holly Springs Rd
	Commerce	52	147	GA 98 - Commerce, Maysville
Banks		53	149	U.S. Route 441 - Commerce, Homer, Banks Crossing
		54	154	GA 63 (Martin Bridge Road), Toccoa
Franklin		55	160	GA 51 - Homer, Franklin Springs, Royston, Elberton
		56	164	GA 320 - Carnesville
		57	166	GA 106/GA 145 - Carnesville, Toccoa
	Lavonia	58	173	GA 17 - Lavonia, Toccoa
Hart		59	177	GA 77 - Elberton, Hartwell
crosses Lake Hartwell Hart County, Georgia-Oconee County, South Carolina Border Interstate 85 continues northeast into South Carolina

References

Interstate 85
Previous state: Alabama	Georgia	Next state: South Carolina

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Interstates and Freeways
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	Interstate 85 | Northeast Expressway | Southwest Expressway		The Perimeter		Stone Mountain Freeway
	Interstate 575		Georgia 400		University Parkway
	Interstate 675		Freedom Parkway		Buford Highway | Old 85
	Lanier Parkway		Langford Parkway		Ronald Reagan Parkway
	South Fulton Parkway		Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Major Throughfares
	Peachtree Street | Peachtree Road | Peachtree Industrial Boulevard | Roswell Road		Ponce de Leon Avenue | North Avenue | D.L. Hollowell Parkway		Cobb Parkway | Northside Drive | Metropolitan Parkway | Tara Boulevard
	Memorial Drive		Piedmont Avenue | Piedmont Road		West Paces Ferry Road
	Buford Highway		Lawrenceville Highway		Sugarloaf Parkway
Unbuilt expressways
	Interstate 485		Outer Perimeter | Northern Arc		Interstate 420