Interstate 675 (Georgia)

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Interstate 675
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 11.04 mi[1] (17.77 km)
South end: I-75 in Stockbridge, GA
North end: I-285 southeast of Atlanta, GA
Georgia State Routes

Interstate 675 (abbreviated I-675) was built in southeast metro Atlanta during the mid-1980s to alleviate Interstate 75 to the west, for traffic bound to Interstate 285 east. It is 11.04 miles (17.77 km) in length, running from I-75 in the south from the City of Stockbridge to I-285 at its north end. I-675 is also designated as the Terrell Starr Parkway and is also known as the unsigned State Route 413.

At one time, I-675 was to connect with Georgia 400 in northeast Atlanta. However, within the Perimeter this would have destroyed many neighborhoods, and community opposition was fierce. Because they thought at the time the road was really unnecessary in the first place due to three other existing north-south Interstates across and around the city, the road was stopped by then-governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter in 1975. It also would have connected to Interstate 420, and to Interstate 485 (Presidential Parkway), both of which were also (mostly) never built, for the same reasons. What would have been the highway interchange of this road and I-485 is now the location of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library.

[edit] Exit list

County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
Henry
Interstate 75 south - Macon		 Southern terminus. No entry from southbound I-75 or exit to northbound I-75. Unsigned SR 401
1

SR 138, to I-75 north - Stockbridge, Jonesboro
Clayton 2 US 23/SR 42 - Stockbridge
5 Ellenwood Road, Forest Parkway - to SR 331 west
7 Anvilblock Road - Fort Gillem
Dekalb Interstate 285 - Greenville, SC, Atlanta Airport, to Moreland Avenue (US 23/SR 42) Northern terminus. Unsigned SR 407

[edit] References

  1. ^ Route Log - Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2

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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 75
Florida: 175 • 275 • 375 — Georgia: 475 • 575 • 675 — Tennessee: 175 (future) • 275 — Kentucky: 175 (future) — Ohio: 275 • 475 • 675 — Michigan: 275 • 375 • 475 • 675