U.S. Route 280

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U.S. Route 280

Length:

392 mi^[1] (631 km)

West end:

I-20/I-59/US 31/AL 3 at Birmingham, AL

Major
junctions:

I-459 at Birmingham, AL

I-85 at Opelika, AL

I-185 at Columbus, GA

I-75 at Cordele, GA

East end:

US 80/GA 26/GA 30 at Blichton, GA

United States Numbered Highways
Spur of US 80
List - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 280 is a spur of U.S. Highway 80. It currently runs for 392 miles (631 km) from Blichton, Georgia at U.S. Highway 80 to Birmingham, Alabama at I-20/I-59. For much of its route, U.S. 280 travels through rural areas and smaller cities in southern Georgia and east central Alabama. Once the highway approaches Birmingham, it is a major suburban route. Numerous shopping centers are located on U.S. 280 throughout northern Shelby County and southern Jefferson County.

Through Talladega County, Alabama, U.S. 280 is known as the Jim Nabors Highway, in honor of the Sylacauga, Alabama, native known to the world as Gomer Pyle.

Work was completed in 2006 making U.S. 280 a four-lane highway throughout the entire state of Alabama. This project began in the 1970's. As a result, U.S. 280 now bypasses numerous small towns in east Alabama, including Goodwater, Jacksons' Gap, Camp Hill and Waverly.

In Georgia, US 280 from Columbus, Georgia to I-16, is also a GRIP corridor known as "Power Alley".

1 Route description
- 1.1 Alabama
- 1.2 Georgia
2 History
3 Major intersections
4 References

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Major cities
Birmingham, Alabama Mountain Brook, Alabama Hoover, Alabama Childersburg, Alabama Sylacauga, Alabama Dadeville, Alabama Alexander City, Alabama Auburn, Alabama Opelika, Alabama Phenix City, Alabama Columbus, Georgia Americus, Georgia Plains, Georgia Cordele, Georgia Vidalia, Georgia

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Main article: U.S. Route 280 in Alabama

US 280 begins at an interchange with Interstate 20, Interstate 59, and U.S. Route 31 in downtown Birmingham. US 280 continues south, cosigned with US 31 along the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (locally known as the Red Mountain Expressway). The routes interchange with U.S. Route 11 and U.S. Route 78 prior to exiting the city. At Homewood, the expressway comes to an end as US 280 separates from US 31. In Cahaba Heights, US 280 interchanges with Interstate 459.

US 280 is paired with unsigned State Route 38 throughout the state.

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Prior to the completion of the Elton B. Stephens (Red Mountain) Expressway in Birmingham, U.S. 78 and U.S. 280 overlapped until they junctioned U.S. Route 11 at the intersection of 1st Avenue North and 24th Street.