| U.S. Route 280 | |
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| Route information | |
| Auxiliary route of US 80 | |
| Maintained by ALDOT and GDOT | |
| Length: | 392 mi[1] (631 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end: | I-20 / I-59 / US-31 in Birmingham, AL |
| I-459 in Hoover, AL US-231 in Sylacauga, AL |
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| East end: | US 80 / SR 26 / SR 30 near Black Creek, GA |
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United States Numbered Highways |
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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. The historical designation of US-280 and SR-38 is the Florida Short Route.
For many years, US-280 and SR-38 was considered one of the more dangerous routes in Alabama, due to the number of large stretches of narrow two lane roadway leading southeastwardly from Birmingham. Work was completed in 2006 making U.S. 280 a four-lane highway throughout the entire state of Alabama. This project began in the 1970s. 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".
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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. The U.S. Highway has a length of 141.356 miles (227.490 km) in Alabama.[2]
US 280 begins in Georgia at the state's border with Alabama in Columbus. There it is paired with State Route 520 and United States Route 27. It maintains this designation as it passes through Fort Benning. US 280 continues east, where it passes through Plains (the boyhood home of Jimmy Carter) and becomes cosigned State Route 30 in Americus, GA. It maintains this designation until the route's terminus in Blichton
Prior to the completion of the Elton B. Stephens (Red Mountain) Expressway in Birmingham, U.S. 31, 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.
| County | Location | Mile[2] | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Jefferson |
Birmingham | 0.000 | I-20 / I-59 / US-31 north (Carraway Boulevard) – Tuscaloosa, Gadsden, Atlanta | Western terminus; I-20/I-59 Exit 126; west end of concurrency with US-31 | |||
| 2nd Avenue North | Westbound exit, eastbound entrance | ||||||
| 0.835 | US-11 north (1st Avenue North) | Westbound exit only | |||||
| 1.245 | US-78 (Third Avenue South/Fourth Avenue South) | Right-in/right-out interchanges | |||||
| 1.598 | SR-149 south (University Boulevard) | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||||
| Highland Avenue | Westbound exit, eastbound entrance | ||||||
| 21st Avenue South | Eastbound exit, westbound entrance | ||||||
| Homewood | 3.331 | US-31 south (Montgomery Parkway) / Rosedale Drive west – Montgomery | Flyover ramps; east end of concurrency with US-31 | ||||
| Mountain Brook | Hollywood Boulevard / Cahaba Road | Diamond interchange and flyover ramps | |||||
| 4.737 | SR-149 north (Shades Creek Parkway) – Homewood, Mountain Brook | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||||
| Cahaba Heights | Pump House Road | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |||||
| Hoover | 7.899 | I-459 – Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Gadsden, Atlanta | I-459 Exit 19 | ||||
| Shelby |
11.819 | SR-119 (Cahaba Valley Road) – Leeds, Helena | |||||
| Harpersville | 29.431 | US-231 north / SR-25 south – Vincent, Wilsonville | West end of concurrency with US-231 | ||||
| 34.437 | SR-76 west (Klein Road) – Wilsonville | West end of concurrency with SR-76 | |||||
| Talladega |
Childersburg | 35.523 | SR-235 north (Coosa Pines Road) | ||||
| 36.109 | SR-76 east (1st Street) – Desoto Caverns | East end of concurrency with SR-76 | |||||
| Sylacauga | 47.310 | US-231 south (Broadway Avenue) / SR-21 north – Sylacauga, Montgomery | Diamond interchange; east end of concurrency with US-231 | ||||
| Coosa |
Kellyton | 63.362 | SR-9 – Goodwater, Equality | Diamond interchange | |||
| 65.221 | SR-115 south – Equality | ||||||
| Tallapoosa |
Alexander City | 70.096 | SR-22 west (Rockford Highway) – Rockford | West end of concurrency with SR-22 | |||
| 71.788 | SR-22 east / SR-63 (Cherokee Road) – New Site, Eclectic | East end of concurrency with SR-63 | |||||
| Dadeville | 83.501 | SR-49 north (Horseshoe Bend Road) – New Site | West end of concurrency with SR-49 | ||||
| 84.821 | SR-49 south (Tallassee Street) – Franklin | East end of concurrency with SR-49 | |||||
| Camp Hill | 91.488 | SR-50 (Allgood Street) – La Fayette | |||||
| Chambers |
No major junctions | ||||||
| Lee |
The Bottle | 104.511 | SR-147 north – Gold Hill | West end of concurrency with SR-147 | |||
| 104.911 | SR-147 south (College Street) – Auburn | East end of concurrency with SR-147 | |||||
| Opelika | 110.241 | SR-14 west / SR-15 – Auburn, Opelika | |||||
| 111.851 | I-85 south / US-29 south – Montgomery | I-85 Exit 58; west end of concurrency with I-85 and US-29 | |||||
| 113.871 | SR-51 (Marvyn Parkway) to SR-169 – Opelika, Hurtsboro | I-85 Exit 60 | |||||
| 115.294 | I-85 north / US-29 north / US-431 north (Torbert Boulevard) – Opelika | I-85 Exit 62; east end of concurrency with I-85 and US-29; west end of concurrency with US-431 | |||||
| Russell |
Phenix City | 137.659 | US-80 east (J.R. Allen Parkway) – Columbus | Directional intersection; west end of concurrency with US-80 | |||
| 138.598 | US-80 west (Crawford Road) – Montgomery | East end of concurrency with US-80 | |||||
| 140.466 | US-431 south (Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway) – Eufaula, Dothan | Partial cloverleaf interchange; east end of concurrency with US-431 | |||||
| Colin L. Powell Parkway / Seale Road | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||||||
| Chattahoochee River |
141.356
0.0 |
Alabama–Georgia state line | |||||
| Muscogee |
Columbus | US 27 / SR 1 north (Martha Berry Highway) – La Grange | West end of concurrency with US 27 / SR 1 | ||||
| I-185 north / Lindsey Creek Parkway – La Grange, Fort Benning | Partial cloverleaf interchange with flyover from eastbound US 280 to northbound I-185 | ||||||
| Central Avenue – Fort Benning | Partial cloverleaf interchange | ||||||
| Chattahoochee |
8th Division Road – Fort Benning | Trumpet interchange | |||||
| Cusseta | SR 26 east (Clarke Duncan Highway) – Buena Vista | ||||||
| US 27 / SR 1 south (Martha Berry Highway) – Lumpkin | East end of concurrency with US 27 / SR 1 | ||||||
| Stewart |
Richland | SR 520 east (Richland Bypass) / SR 27 west (Nicholson Street) – Dawson, Lumpkin | East end of concurrency with SR 520; west end of concurrency with SR 27 | ||||
| Webster |
Preston | SR 41 south (Washington Street) – Shellman | West end of concurrency with SR 41 | ||||
| SR 41 north (Cass Street) – Buena Vista | East end of concurrency with SR 41 | ||||||
| Sumter |
Plains | SR 45 (Bond Street) – Buena Vista, Dawson | |||||
| Americus | SR 49 south – Dawson | West end of concurrency with SR 49 | |||||
| US 19 (Martin Luther King Boulevard) / SR 3 south – Albany | West end of concurrency with US 19 / SR 3 | ||||||
| US 19 / SR 3 north / SR 30 west (Martin Luther King Boulevard) – Butler | East end of concurrency with US 19 / SR 3; west end of concurrency with SR 30 | ||||||
| SR 377 south (Lee Street) | |||||||
| SR 49 north (Crawford Street) – Andersonville | East end of concurrency with SR 49 | ||||||
| SR 27 east (Vienna Road) – Vienna | East end of concurrency with SR 27 | ||||||
| Leslie | SR 118 to SR 195 – Smithville, Leesburg | ||||||
| Crisp |
Cordele | US 41 / SR 7 / SR 90 north (7th Street) – Vienna, Ashburn | West end of concurrency with SR 90 | ||||
| I-75 – Macon, Valdosta | I-75 Exit 101 | ||||||
| SR 90 south – Rebecca | East end of concurrency with SR 90 | ||||||
| Wilcox |
Pitts | SR 159 south (10th Street) – Ashburn | |||||
| SR 215 north (8th Street) – Vienna | West end of concurrency with SR 215 | ||||||
| Rochelle | SR 112 / SR 215 / SR 233 (Ashley Street) – Rebecca, Pineview, Fitzgerald | East end of concurrency with SR 215 | |||||
| Abbeville | US 129 / SR 11 – Fitzgerald, Hawkinsville | ||||||
| Dodge |
SR 87 north (Abbeville Highway) – Hartford, Eastman | ||||||
| Rhine | SR 117 north / SR 165 (Central Street) – Chauncey, Eastman, Jacksonville | West end of concurrency with SR 165 | |||||
| Telfair |
Milan | SR 165 south (Mt. Zion Street) – Jacksonville | East end of concurrency with SR 165 | ||||
| McRae | US 319 / US 441 / SR 31 south – Jacksonville | West end of concurrency with US 319, US 441, and SR 31 | |||||
| US 23 / US 341 / SR 27 (Oak Street) – Helena, Eastman, Hazlehurst | |||||||
| Wheeler |
US 319 / US 441 / SR 31 north – Dublin | East end of concurrency with US 319, US 441, and SR 31 | |||||
| Alamo | SR 149 south – Scotland | ||||||
| SR 126 (Commerce Street) – Lumber City, Cadwell | |||||||
| Glenwood | SR 19 (2nd Street) – Lumber City, Dublin | ||||||
| Montgomery |
Mount Vernon | US 221 / SR 56 (Railroad Avenue) – Soperton, Uvalda | |||||
| Ailey | SR 227 north (Broad Street) – Tarrytown | ||||||
| Higgston | SR 15 north / SR 29 north / SR 135 south (James Street) – Soperton, Alston | ||||||
| Toombs |
Vidalia | SR 130 (Adams Street) – Petross | |||||
| SR 15 south / SR 29 south (Jackson Street) – Baxley | |||||||
| Lyons | US 1 / SR 4 (State Street) – Swainsboro, Baxley | ||||||
| Tattnall |
Reidsville | SR 56 west (Shepards Bridge Road) – Toombs Central | |||||
| SR 147 west (Tattnall Street) | |||||||
| SR 23 / SR 57 / SR 121 (Main Street) – Collins, Glennville, Surrency | |||||||
| Evans |
Bellville | SR 169 (Smith Street) | |||||
| SR 292 west – Manassas | |||||||
| Claxton | SR 129 north (Ralph Street) – Metter | West end of concurrency with SR 129 | |||||
| US 25 / US 301 / SR 73 (Duval Street) – Glennville, Statesboro | |||||||
| SR 129 south (River Street) | |||||||
| Bryan |
Pembroke | SR 67 / SR 119 (Main Street) – Fort Stewart, Hinesville, Statesboro | |||||
| Ellabelle | SR 204 east – Georgetown | ||||||
| Black Creek | I-16 (Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway) – Savannah, Macon | I-16 Exit 143 | |||||
| US 80 / SR 26 / SR 30 east – Statesboro, Savannah | Eastern terminus | ||||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||