Interstate 20 in Georgia

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Interstate 20
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 201 mi[1] (323.48 km)
West end: Alabama state line west of Tallapoosa
Major
junctions:		 I-285 in Atlanta twice
I-75/I-85 in downtown Atlanta
I-520 in Augusta
East end: South Carolina state line/Savannah River at Augusta
Georgia State Routes
< SR 401 SR 403 >

In Georgia, Interstate 20 runs primarily eastward through mainly rural areas from the Alabama border to the Savannah River, which the Georgia-South Carolina border straddles. It does pass through the heavily congested Atlanta metropolitan area and exits the state at Augusta. The highway allows Georgians and various cargo to travel to various locations, including Columbia, South Carolina; Birmingham, Alabama; Jackson, Mississippi and Dallas, Texas.

I-20 is four lanes in much of the state. In the Atlanta metro area, the highway ranges from six lanes in the most outlying counties to 10 lanes in downtown Atlanta.

Several stretches of Interstate 20 are named for various people and reasons:

  • From the Alabama state line to I-285 on the west side of Atlanta, I-20 is named the Tom Murphy Freeway, after the former speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives.[2][3]
  • Between both the west and east sides of The Perimeter (I-285), I-20 was renamed from the West and East freeways to the Ralph David Abernathy Freeway in 1991 after the late civil rights activist.[4]
  • From I-285 in Dekalb County to U.S. Route 441 near Madison, I-20 is named the Purple Heart Highway for military veterans who either died or were injured in combat while in service on or after April 15, 1917.[5]
  • Between U.S. 441 and the South Carolina border, I-20 is named the Carl Sanders Highway after the former Georgia governor who was born in Augusta.[6]

Like the rest of Georgia's interstates, I-20 has a secret state highway designation, signed as Georgia State Route 402.

Contents

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities:

[edit] Exit list

Until 2000, the state of Georgia used the sequential interchange numbering system on all of its Interstate highways. The first exit on each highway would begin with the number "1" and increase numerically with each exit. In 2000, the Georgia Department of Transportation switched to a mileage-based exit system, in which the exit number corresponded to the nearest milepost.[7] [8]

County Location Exit # Destinations Notes
Old New
Cleburne County, Alabama-Haralson County, Georgia Line
I-20 is the Tom Murphy Freeway from the Alabama state line to I-285 in western Atlanta
Haralson Tallapoosa 1 5 GA 100 - Tallapoosa, Bowdon
2 9 Waco Road
Carroll Bremen 3 11 U.S. Route 27 - Bremen exit to University of West Georgia (from I-20 Eastbound)
Temple 4 19 GA 113 - Carrollton, Temple
Villa Rica 5 24 GA 61/GA 101 - Carrollton, Villa Rica exit to University of West Georgia (from I-20 Westbound)
Douglas 6 26 Liberty Road, Villa Rica
7 30 Post Road
Douglasville 8 34 GA 5 - Douglasville
9 36 Chapel Hill Road Exit to reach Campbellton Street. Arbor Place Mall
10 37 GA 92 (Fairburn Road) - Douglasville
11 41 Lee Road, Lithia Springs
12 44 GA 6 (Thornton Road) - Austell
Cobb 13 46 Six Flags Drive, Riverside Parkway Westbound is split into Exit 46A (Old Exit 13A - Riverside Parkway) and Exit 46B (Old Exit 13B - Six Flags Drive).
Eastbound - exit to reach Six Flags Over Georgia.
13C 47 Six Flags Parkway, Six Flags Park Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only.
Exit to reach Six Flags Over Georgia.
Cobb-Fulton
county line
crosses the Chattahoochee River
Fulton 14 49 GA 70 (Fulton Industrial Boulevard) - Fulton County Airport
is the Ralph David Abernathy Freeway inside The Perimeter (I-285)
Atlanta 15A 51A I-285 South - Macon, Montgomery
15B 51B I-285 North - Chattanooga, Greenville
16A-B 52A-B GA 280 (Hamilton E. Holmes Drive) Eastbound is signed Exit 52 (Old Exit 16).
17 53
To GA 139 (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive)
18 54 Langhorn Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
19 55A (Rev. Joseph E.) Lowery Boulevard, West End
20 55B Lee Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only.
21 56A U.S. Route 19/U.S. Route 29 (McDaniel Street) - Whitehall Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only.
22 56B Windsor Street, Spring Street, Turner Field Exit to reach downtown Atlanta.
23 57 I-75/I-85 - Macon/Montgomery, Chattanooga/Greenville Take I-75/I-85 south to reach Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Take I-75/I-85 north to reach downtown Atlanta.
24 58A Capitol Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only.
Exit to reach Turner Field and Downtown Atlanta.
25 58B Hill Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only.
26 59A Boulevard Zoo Atlanta
Cyclorama
27 59B
GA 154 Connector (Glenwood Avenue)		 Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only.
28A-B 60A-B U.S. Route 23 (Moreland Avenue) Westbound exit is signed Exit 60 (Old Exit 28).
Moreland Avenue is the border between Fulton and Dekalb counties.
Dekalb 29 61A Maynard Terrace Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only.
30 61B GA 260 (Glenwood Avenue)
31 62 Flat Shoals Road Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only.
32 63 Gresham Road, Flat Shoals Road Signed Gresham Road eastbound and Flat Shoals Road westbound.
33 65 GA 155 (Candler Road) South DeKalb Mall
34 66 Columbia Drive Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only.
35A-B 67A-B I-285 - Atlanta Airport/Macon, Greenville/Chattanooga Exits 67A (I-285 south) and 67B (I-285 north).
Eastbound is signed Exit 67 (Old Exit 35).
is named the Purple Heart Highway from I-285 in Dekalb County to U.S. 441 (Exit 114)
36 68 Wesley Chapel Road
37 71 Panola Road Exit to reach Farington Road
38 74 Evans Mill Road, Lithonia Industrial Boulevard, Lithonia Exit to reach Woodrow Drive.
39 75 U.S. Route 278 West/GA 124 (Turner Hill Road) Stonecrest Mall
Begin concurrency
Rockdale 40 78 Sigman Road
Conyers 41 80 West Avenue, Conyers
42 82 GA 20/GA 138 - Conyers, Monroe To Athens
43 84 GA 162 (Salem Road)
Newton 44 88 Almon Road
Covington 45 90 U.S. 278 East - Covington, Oxford
End concurrency
45A 92 Alcovy Road
46 93 GA 142 - Hazelbrand
47 98 GA 11 - Monroe, Monticello
48 101 U.S. 278 No municipalities signed on exit.
Morgan 49 105 Newborn Road
Madison 50 113 GA 83 - Madison, Monticello
51 114 U.S. Route 129/U.S. Route 441 - Madison, Eatonton
is the Carl Sanders Highway from Exit 114 to the South Carolina border
52 121 Seven Islands Road, Buckhead
Morgan-Greene
county line
crosses the Oconee River/Lake Oconee
Greene 53 130 GA 44 - Greensboro
Siloam 54 138
To GA 15/GA 77 - Siloam, Union Point, Sparta
Taliaferro 55 148 GA 22 - Crawfordville, Sparta
Warren 56 154 U.S. 278 - Warrenton, Washington
57 160 Cadley Norwood Road, Norwood
58 165 GA 80 - Camak
McDuffie 59 172 U.S. Route 78/GA 17 - Thomson, Washington
60 175 GA 150 No municipalities on the signs.
Columbia 61 183 U.S. Route 221 - Wrens, Appling
62 190 GA 388 - Grovetown
Evans 63 194 GA 383 (Belair Road - Dyess Parkway)
Richmond Augusta 63A 195 Wheeler Road
64A-B 196A-B I-520 East/GA 232 West (Bobby Jones Expressway) Exit 196A (I-520) and Exit 196B (GA 232).
65 199 GA 28 (Washington Road) - Augusta Exit to reach Augusta National Golf Club and downtown Augusta.
66 200 Georgia State Route 104 (River Watch Parkway) - Augusta Exit to reach downtown Augusta.
crosses the Savannah River
Richmond County, Georgia-Aiken County, South Carolina Line
I-20 continues east into South Carolina

[edit] Auxiliary routes

  • Interstate 520, a freeway spur that goes around the western and southern sections of Augusta before crossing into South Carolina.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2003 Georgia Department of Transportation 438 Report
  2. ^ Government and Politics: Tom Murphy (b. 1924), The New Georgia Encyclopedia. Web site accessed April 30, 2007.
  3. ^ Resolution 1991-18, Tom Murphy Freeway, Georgia Department of Transportation. Web site accessed April 30, 2007.
  4. ^ Resolution 1991-15: Ralph David Abernathy Freeway Georgia Department of Transportation. Accessed May 1, 2007.
  5. ^ Search results for Dekalb County Georgia Department of Transportation. Accessed May 1, 2007.
  6. ^ Search results for Carl Sanders Highway Georgia Department of Transportation. Accessed May 1, 2007.
  7. ^ Georgia's Interstate Exit Numbers Georgia Department of Transportation - online. Accessed April 30, 2007.
  8. ^ Interstate 20 Exit Renumbering Page Georgia Department of Transportation - online. Accessed April 30, 2007.

[edit] External links


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