Northside Drive

Northside Drive is a road in Atlanta which begins on Whitehall Street in Castleberry Hill just north of I-20, and ends by abruptly turning right near the Chattahoochee River in Sandy Springs near Riverwood High School, at which point it becomes Heards Ferry Road. Its southern endpoint is located just east of Morehouse College, then travels north from there, passing by first the Georgia Dome, then the future site of the New Falcons Stadium. Next, it passes by the west side of Georgia Tech, followed by the Atlanta Ikea. After crossing I-75 at an interchange which was the site of the Bluffton University bus accident in 2007, Northside then passes North Atlanta High School's current location (as opposed to its new location, which is on Northside Parkway), before splitting between Northside Parkway (US-41) to the west and Northside Drive to the east. It then crosses West Pace's Ferry Road. After this intersection, Blackland Road splits off from the east, and the road then intersects with Mount Paran Road; near this intersection one may find Holy Spirit Preparatory School. At I-285 Northside Drive forms an unusual interchange, with the road splitting off to the right to form New Northside Drive, a one-way street. New Northside then joins back together with Northside at a 4-way intersection with Riveredge Lane, just before it ends by a sharp right turn to avoid the Chattahoochee.

Redevelopment

Recently, it was announced that $2 billion would be spent on rejuvenating a 5-mile section of Northside Drive south of I-75, much of which will go to the new Falcons stadium.^[1]

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