U.S. Route 19 in Georgia

This article is about the current U.S. Highway. For the current state highway, see Georgia State Route 19.

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 19 in Georgia. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 19.

U.S. Highway 19 marker

U.S. Highway 19

Route information

Maintained by GDOT

Length:

348 mi^[1] (560 km)

Major junctions

South end:

US 19 at the Florida state line southeast of Thomasville

US 84 / US 319 in Thomasville

US 82 in Albany

US 280 in Americus

US 80 north of Butler

US 19 Bus. / US 41 / US 41 Bus. in Griffin

I‑285 near Forest Park

I‑75 / I‑85 in Atlanta

US 29 / US 41 / US 78 / US 278 in Atlanta

I‑285 in Sandy Springs

US 129 northeast of Dahlonega

US 76 in Blairsville

North end:

US 19 / US 129 at the North Carolina state line southwest of Murphy, North Carolina

Location

Counties:

Thomas, Mitchell, Dougherty, Lee, Sumter, Schley, Taylor, Upson, Pike, Spalding, Clayton, Fulton, Forsyth, Dawson, Lumpkin, Union

Highway system

United States Numbered Highways

Georgia State Routes

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SR 18

SR 19

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U.S. Route 19 (US 19) is a U.S. Highway that travels from Memphis, Florida to Erie, Pennsylvania. In the U.S. state of Georgia, it runs 348 miles (560 km) from the Florida state line south of Thomasville, Georgia, through Atlanta, to the North Carolina state line at a point north of Lake Nottely.^[1]

Route description

US 19 enters Georgia just south of Thomasville. It continues north, passing through Zebulon, Thomaston, Ellaville, Americus, and Albany. It joins US 41 and proceeds north to Griffin. It then proceeds through the western tip of Henry County, passing through Hampton, home of the Atlanta Motor Speedway. US 19 continues north through Clayton County where it joins SR 3 and is known as Tara Boulevard, before entering Atlanta.

The road then turns north again and splits from US 41 after passing through downtown Atlanta and traveling on 14th Street. It becomes Spring Street in Midtown before continuing north on Peachtree Street and then SR 9 (Roswell Road). After several miles, it intersects with SR 141 in Buckhead. It follows Roswell Road north through the city of Sandy Springs and leaves Atlanta from the north side of the city. At the interchange with I-285's north side, it splits from SR 9.

From the north side of the state, the last town it passes through is Blairsville. Most of this section is a Limited-access road with four lanes in each direction, becoming two lanes in each direction as the highway continues away from the northern suburbs of Atlanta. It arrives in Dahlonega, where it no longer is concurrent with SR 400, before about 37 miles (60 km) of extremely curvy road.

History

In 2006, business and government officials in Columbus began a campaign to have I-185 extended to Monticello, Florida, and connect with Interstate 10. The proposed route would travel parallel with SR 520 (known as Corridor Z) to Albany, and then parallel with US 19.

Major intersections

County	Location	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Thomas			US 19 south (SR 57) – Monticello	Florida state line
	Thomasville		Old Monticello Road	former US 19 Bus. north
			US 84 east / US 84 Bus. west / SR 38 east / SR 38 Bus. west – Quitman, Thomasville, Valdosta	interchange; southern end of US 84 / SR 38 concurrency
			SR 122 east – Pavo, Airport
			SR 35 Conn. north (East Jackson Street) – Thomasville, Moultrie, Airport
			US 84 west / US 319 / SR 35 / SR 38 west / SR 3 Alt. north (North Thomasville Bypass) – Cairo, Tallahassee, Moultrie	Northern end of US 84 / SR 38 concurrency
			SR 202 north – Coolidge, Moultrie
	Ochlocknee		SR 188 – Cairo, Ochlocknee, Coolidge	former US 19 Bus. south
			SR 111 / SR 3 Alt. south – Cairo, Moultrie, Meigs Business District
Mitchell	Pelham		SR 93 (Curry Street / Cotton Road) to SR 65 – Pelham, Sale City, Cairo, Pelham Business District
	Camilla		SR 37 (Moultrie Road) – Camilla, Newton, Moultrie	south end of SR 37 Truck overlap
	Camilla		SR 112 / SR 37 Truck west to SR 97 – Camilla, Cairo, Sylvester	north end of SR 37 Truck overlap
	Baconton		SR 93 south – Baconton, Lester
Dougherty	Albany	1	SR 133 south / SR 234 west – Albany, Moultrie, Marine Corps Logistics Base	south end of SR 133 overlap
		2	US 19 Bus. north / US 82 Bus. / SR 520 Bus. (Oglethorpe Boulevard) – Sylvester, Tifton, Downtown Albany	signed as exits 2A (east) and 2B (west)
		3	US 82 east / SR 520 east / SR 300 north – Atlanta, Cordele, Sylvester, Tifton	north end of SR 300 overlap; south end of US 82 / SR 520 overlap
		4	Blaylock Street
		5	SR 91 / SR 133 north (Jefferson Street) – Downtown Albany	north end of SR 133 overlap; signed northbound as exits 5A (north) and 5B (south)
			US 82 west / SR 520 west – Dawson, Columbus US 19 Bus. south / US 82 Bus. east / SR 520 Bus. east (Slappey Boulevard)	north end of US 82 / SR 520 overlap; US 19 north follows exit 6A; US 19 Bus. / US 82 Bus. / SR 520 Bus. is exit 6B northbound
			SR 133 south (Forrester Parkway) – Doerun, The Parks at Chehaw
Lee	Leesburg		US 19 Byp. north / SR 3 Byp. north / SR 32 west (Dawson Road) / SR 32 Truck east (Robert B. Lee Drive) – Dawson, Americus	Southern end of SR 32 concurrency
			SR 32 east / SR 195 north (4th Street) – Leslie, De Soto, Ashburn	Northern end of SR 32 concurrency
			US 19 Byp. south / SR 3 Byp. south – Dawson, Albany
	Smithville		To SR 118 / South Stanton Drive – Dawson, Bronwood, Downtown Smithville
	Smithville		To SR 118 / North Stanton Drive – Downtown Smithville
			SR 308 west (Bond Trail Road)
Sumter			US 280 west / SR 27 west / SR 49 south / Spring Street – Plains, Dawson	Southern end of US 280 / SR 27 / SR 49 concurrency
	Americus		US 280 east / SR 27 east / SR 30 east / SR 49 north (West Lamar Street) – Cordele, Oglethorpe, Georgia Southwestern State University, Habitat for Humanity Global Village & Discovery Center	Northern end of US 280 / SR 27 / SR 49 concurrency; southern end of SR 30 concurrency
	Americus		SR 30 west (Adderton Street) – Concord, Buena Vista	Northern end of SR 30 concurrency
Schley			SR 271 east – Andersonville
			SR 228 east – Andersonville
			Andersonville Road	former SR 228 west
	Ellaville		SR 26 – Ellaville, Oglethorpe
	Murrays Crossroads		SR 240 – Tazewell
Taylor			SR 90 west / SR 127 west – Mauk	Southern end of SR 127 / SR 90 concurrency
			SR 127 east – Marshallville	Northern end of SR 127 concurrency
	Rupert		SR 90 east – Ideal, Andersonville National Historic Site	Northern end of SR 90 concurrency
	Butler		SR 96 (Butler Bypass) – Geneva, Fort Valley
	Butler		SR 137 – Buena Vista, Fort Valley, Southern Crescent Technical College Taylor County Center
			SR 208 (Old Wire Road) – Talbotton, Roberta
			US 80 west / SR 22 – Talbotton, Columbus	Southern end of US 80 concurrency
Upson			US 80 east / SR 22 east – Macon	Northern end of US 80 concurrency
	Thomaston		SR 36 east / SR 74 east (Gordon Street) – Barnesville, Jackson, Yatesville, Macon
	Thomaston		SR 36 west / SR 74 west (Main Street) – Woodbury, Greenville, Woodland, Columbus
Pike			SR 109 west – Lifsey Springs, Molena	south end of SR 109 overlap
			SR 109 east – Meansville	north end of SR 109 overlap
	Zebulon		SR 18 – Concord, Barnesville
Spalding			US 41 south / SR 7 south (Martin L. King Jr. Parkway) – Barnesville US 19 Bus. north / US 41 Bus. north / SR 155 north (Zebulon Parkway) – Griffin, Airport	Southern end of US 41 concurrency
	Griffin		SR 362 (Williamson Road)	Interchange
			SR 16 to I‑75 / I‑85 – Griffin, Newnan	Interchange
			US 19 Bus. south / US 41 Bus. south / SR 92 south to I‑75 – Griffin	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance; south end of SR 92 overlap
			SR 92 north (McIntosh Road) – Fayetteville	north end of SR 92 overlap
Henry	Hampton		SR 20 east to I‑75 – McDonough, Hampton	Interchange
Henry			SR 81 east to I‑75 – McDonough
Clayton	Jonesboro		SR 54 south (Fayetteville Road) – Fayetteville	south end of SR 54 overlap
	Jonesboro		SR 138 Spur west (North Avenue) – Union City, Jonesboro
			SR 54 north / SR 138	north end of SR 54 overlap
			I‑75 (SR 401)	I-75 exit 235
	Forest Park		SR 331 (Forest Parkway)
			Southpoint Drive to Main Street	former SR 160 east
			I‑285 (SR 407)	I-285 exit 58
Fulton	Atlanta Hapeville		I‑75 (SR 401)	I-75 exit 239
	Atlanta		I‑85 north (SR 403)	I-85 exit 77
			SR 166 to I‑75 / I‑85	interchange
			US 29 south / SR 3 Conn. south (Chapel Street Southwest) to SR 14	Southern end of US 29 concurrency
			US 78 east / US 278 east / SR 8 east (North Avenue Northwest) to I‑85 north	Southern end of US 78 / US 278 / SR 8 concurrency
			US 78 west / US 278 west / SR 8 west (Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway Northwest)	Northern end of US 78 / US 278 / SR 8 concurrency
			Tech Parkway	Interchange; southbound exit and northbound entrance
			US 41 north / SR 3 north (Northside Drive Northwest)	Northern end of US 41 / SR 3 concurrency; southern end of SR 9 concurrency
			I‑75 / I‑85 south (SR 401 / SR 403)	I-75 exit 250 / I-85 exit 84
			SR 13 north (Buford Highway) to I‑85 north / SR 400	interchange
			SR 141 north (Peachtree Road Northeast)
			SR 237 south (Piedmont Road Northeast)
	Sandy Springs		I‑285 west (SR 407) / SR 9 north (Roswell Road) – Chattanooga, Birmingham	north end of SR 9 overlap; south end of I-285 / SR 407 overlap; US 19 south follows exit 25
		26	Glenridge Drive / Glenridge Connector	northbound exit and southbound entrance; former SR 407 Loop
			I‑285 east (SR 407) / SR 400 south – Greenville, SC, Augusta, Buckhead, Atlanta	north end of I-285 / SR 407 overlap; south end of SR 400 overlap; US 19 north follows exit 27; US 19 south follows exit 4B
see SR 400
Lumpkin			SR 60 south / SR 115 east – Cleveland, Murrayville, Gainesville, Smithgall Woods Center, Unicoi State Park	north end of SR 400 overlap; south end of SR 60 overlap
	Dahlonega		SR 9 south / SR 52 west (Morrison Moore Parkway) / South Chestatee Street – Dahlonega, Dawsonville, Ellijay, Historic Dahlonega Gold Museum, Historic Dahlonega, University of North Georgia	south end of SR 9 / SR 52 overlap
			US 19 Bus. north / SR 60 Bus. north (East Main Street) – Dahlonega, Historic Dahlonega Gold Museum, Historic Dahlonega
			SR 52 east – Cleveland, Lula	Northern end of SR 52 concurrency
			US 19 Bus. south / SR 60 Bus. south
	Porter Springs		SR 60 north – Suches, Morganton	Northern end of SR 60 concurrency
	Turners Corner		US 129 south / SR 11 south – Cleveland, Helen	north end of SR 9 overlap; south end of US 129 / SR 11 overlap
Union			SR 180 west – Suches	south end of SR 180 concurrency
			SR 180 east / Richard Russell Scenic Highway – Brasstown Bald, Brasstown Bald Visitor Center	north end of SR 180 concurrency
			To US 76 / SR 515 / Glen Gooch By-Pass
	Blairsville		To US 76 / Young Harris Street	traffic circle around Old Union County Courthouse
	Blairsville		US 76 / SR 2 / SR 515 / US 129 Truck south – Blue Ridge, Hiawassee, Historic Courthouse and Museum
	Ivylog		SR 325 south – Morganton, TVA Nottely Dam
			US 19 north / US 129 north – Murphy	North Carolina state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi