Georgia State Route 3
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by GDOT | ||||
| Length: | 351.00 mi[1] (564.88 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
  US 19 / SR 57 and  SR 300 at the Florida state line south-southeast of Thomasville | |||
    US 84 / US 319 / SR 35 / SR 38 near Thomasville   US 41 / SR 7 / SR 155 south of Griffin I‑75 west of Morrow I‑285 in Forest Park   US 78 / US 278 / SR 8 in Atlanta US 19 / SR 9 in Atlanta I‑285 east of Smyrna   US 411 / SR 20 / SR 61 in Cartersville | ||||
| North end: |
  US 41 / US 76 / SR 8 at Tennessee state line near Chattanooga | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Thomas, Mitchell, Dougherty, Lee, Sumter, Schley, Taylor, Upson, Pike, Spalding, Henry, Clayton, Fulton, Cobb, Bartow, Gordon, Whitfield, Catoosa | |||
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State Route 3 (SR 3) is a 351-mile-long (565 km) state highway that travels south-to-north through portions of western Georgia, roughly paralleling Interstate 75 (I-75). The route travels from its southern terminus at the Florida state line, where SR 3 and SR 300 end, concurrent with US 19. Here, US 19 travels concurrent with State Road 57, 12 miles (19 km) south-southeast of Thomasville. It passes through portions of Thomas, Mitchell, Dougherty, Lee, Sumter, Schley, Taylor, Upson, Pike, Spalding, Henry, Clayton, Fulton, Cobb, Bartow, Gordon, Whitfield, and Catoosa counties to its northern terminus at the Tennessee state line, near Chattanooga, where US 41/US 76 continue, concurrent with State Route 8.
Route description
Southern and central Georgia
The route starts at the Florida state line in Thomas County, and is co-signed with US 19 and SR 300 from its inception. SR 3 heads slightly northwest and skirts east past Thomasville, before heading through Pelham to Camilla in Mitchell County. SR 3 turns slightly northeast in Camilla and heads through Baconton, Georgia to Albany in Dougherty County, where its concurrence with SR 300 ends, before turning north and heading to Leesburg in Lee County. In Leesburg, the route turns slightly northwest once more, runs through Smithville, and crosses into Sumter County.
Turning north again, SR 3 continues through Americus and crosses into Schley County, curving slightly northwest to Ellaville. Leaving Ellaville in a northerly direction again, SR 3 bisects Schley County and heads into Taylor County and through Butler into Upson County. Just after entering Upson County, the route turns northwest yet again and runs to Thomaston. Turning back to the north, SR 3 enters Pike County, and runs through Zebulon on its way slightly northeast to Griffin in Spalding County. South of Griffin, SR 3 intersects and begins a concurrence with US 41 and SR 7, in addition to its continued concurrence with US 19. SR 3 also features a brief freeway section as it passes through the western portion of Griffin.
Metro Atlanta
Heading north, the route enters the western portion of Henry County, and heads through Hampton, where the Atlanta Motor Speedway has direct access from the highway, which regularly sees massive backups on weekends when NASCAR races take place there. Continuing north into Clayton County, SR 3 heads through Jonesboro, and crosses I-75 in Morrow.
Heading north through Forest Park, the route crosses first into Fulton County, then crosses I-285, and I-75 again, as well as I-85, in quick succession, as it makes its way through the southern Atlanta suburban communities of Hapeville and East Point, forming one side of the perimeter of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport near Hapeville. Turning north, the route parallels the Downtown Connector very closely, crosses I-20 in downtown Atlanta, and continues north, beginning and ending concurrencies with US 19, US 78, and US 278, as well as forming part of the western boundary of the campus of Georgia Tech. SR 3 subsequently crosses I-75 for a third and fourth time just northwest of where I-75 and I-85 split, and crosses I-285 once more in Vinings, just after having entered Cobb County.
Northern Georgia
Heading northwest through Marietta and Kennesaw, the route leaves the Atlanta area and heads into Bartow County, through Cartersville and Adairsville, and on into Gordon County. SR 3 heads through Calhoun, crosses I-75 for a fifth time just south of Resaca, and continues to head north into Whitfield County. Heading through Dalton, the route crosses I-75 yet again, before heading northwest into Catoosa County, where it crosses I-75 for the seventh and final time, before reaching its northern terminus at the Tennessee state line, south of Chattanooga.
History
On April 2, 1980, SR 3 was designated as the 'Andersonville Trail' at the concurrence of SR 3 with US 280 in Americus.[2]
On May 4, 1992, SR 3 was designated as the 'Admiral Mack Gaston Parkway' where SR 3 connects SR 52 and SR 71 in Dalton.[3]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Thomas | US 19 / SR 300 south | Southern terminus at the Florida state line; continues south as US 19/Florida State Road 57; southern end of US 19 and SR 300 concurrencies | |||
| Thomasville | US 84 / SR 38 – Cairo, Quitman | US 84 BUS/SR 38 BUS | |||
| US 319 / SR 35 north | |||||
| US 84 / SR 38 – Cairo, Quitman | US 84 Bypass/SR 38 Bypass | ||||
| Ochlocknee |  SR 188 – Cairo, Coolidge | ||||
| Meigs |  SR 111 – Cairo, Moultrie | ||||
| Mitchell | Pelham |  SR 93 – Cairo, Baconton | |||
| Camilla |   SR 37 northeast / SR 112 northwest – Newton, Sylvester | ||||
| Baconton | SR 93 southeast – Pelham | ||||
| Dougherty | Albany |   SR 133 west / SR 234 southeast – Morgan, Doerun | |||
  US 82 northwest / SR 520 east – Dawson, Sylvester | US 82 BUS | ||||
| US 82 northwest / SR 300 east / SR 520 – Dawson, Sylvester | Northern end of SR 300 concurrency; southern end of US 82/SR 520 concurrency | ||||
 SR 91 northeast / SR 133 north | |||||
| US 19 northwest / US 82 north / SR 300 / SR 520 – Dawson, Leesburg | Northern end of US 82/SR 520 concurrency | ||||
| Lee | Leesburg |   SR 32 / SR 195 northeast – Dawson, Ashburn, Leslie | |||
| Smithville |  SR 118 – Dawson, Leslie | ||||
| Sumter | Americus |    US 280 west / SR 27 west / SR 49 south – Plains | Southern end of US 280/SR 27/SR 49 concurrency | ||
| US 280 east / SR 27 east / SR 49 north – Leslie, Vienna, Andersonville | Northern end of US 280/SR 27/SR 49 concurrency | ||||
 SR 30 northwest | |||||
| Schley |  SR 271 east – Andersonville | ||||
| Ellaville |   SR 26 / SR 228 – Buena Vista, Oglethorpe, Andersonville | ||||
 SR 240 west – Buena Vista | |||||
| Taylor |   SR 90 west / SR 127 | Southern end of SR 90 and SR 127 concurrencies | |||
| SR 127 east | Northern end of SR 127 concurrency | ||||
| SR 90 southeast – Ideal | Northern end of SR 90 concurrency | ||||
| Butler |   SR 96 / SR 137 north – Junction City, Reynolds | ||||
 SR 208 – Talbotton, Roberta | |||||
  US 80 west / SR 22 – Talbotton | Southern end of US 80/SR 22 concurrency | ||||
| US 80 east / SR 22 – Roberta | Northern end of US 80/SR 22 concurrency | ||||
| Upson | Thomaston |   SR 36 / SR 74 – Woodland, Barnesville, Woodbury, Yatesville | |||
| Pike |  SR 109 west – Molena | Southern end of SR 109 concurrency | |||
| SR 109 east – Meansville | Northern end of SR 109 concurrency | ||||
| Zebulon |  SR 18 – Concord, Barnesville | ||||
| Spalding | US 41 southeast / SR 7 – Barnesville | Southern end of US 41/SR 7 concurrency | |||
| Griffin |  SR 362 southwest – Williamson | ||||
 SR 16 – Senoia, Jackson | |||||
 SR 92 northwest – Woolsey | |||||
| Henry | Hampton | SR 20 east – McDonough | |||
 SR 81 east – McDonough | |||||
| Clayton | Jonesboro |   SR 54 / SR 138 – Fayetteville, Morrow, Union City, Stockbridge | |||
| Morrow | I‑75 – Macon, Atlanta | ||||
| Forest Park |  SR 331 southeast – Lake City | ||||
| Fulton | I‑285 – Atlanta | ||||
| Hapeville | I‑75 – Macon, Atlanta | ||||
| East Point |  I‑85 – Columbus, Atlanta | ||||
| Lakewood Heights |  SR 166 west | ||||
| Atlanta |   US 29 south / SR 3 Conn. – East Point, Decatur | Southern end of US 29 concurrency; northern terminus of SR 3 Connector | |||
| US 29 north / US 78 / US 278 / SR 8 – Mableton, Decatur | Northern end of US 29 concurrency; southern end of US 78/US 278/SR 8 concurrency | ||||
| US 29 / US 78 / US 278 / SR 8 – Mableton, Decatur | Northern end of US 78/US 278/SR 8 concurrency | ||||
| US 19 east / SR 9 | Northern end of US 19 concurrency | ||||
| I‑75 – Atlanta, Marietta | |||||
| Buckhead | I‑75 – Atlanta, Marietta | ||||
| Cobb | Vinings | I‑285 to I‑75 – Greenville, Birmingham | Part of Cobb Cloverleaf | ||
| Marietta |  SR 280 west | ||||
 SR 120 east – Roswell | |||||
| Acworth | SR 92 east – Woodstock | Southern end of SR 92 concurrency | |||
| SR 92 southwest – Powder Springs | Northern end of SR 92 concurrency | ||||
| Bartow | Emerson |  SR 293 north – Cartersville | |||
| Cartersville |  SR 113 southwest – Rockmart | ||||
| US 411 / SR 20 east / SR 61 | Southern end of US 411/SR 20 concurrency | ||||
| US 411 / SR 20 west / SR 293 west | Northern end of US 411/SR 20 concurrency | ||||
| Adairsville |  SR 140 – Armuchee, Waleska | ||||
| Gordon | Calhoun |  SR 53 – Rome, Fairmount | |||
  SR 156 / SR 373 – Armuchee, Ranger | |||||
| Resaca | I‑75 – Marietta, Dalton | ||||
 SR 136 – LaFayette, Talking Rock | |||||
| Whitfield | Dalton |  SR 52 east – Chatsworth | |||
| US 76 east – Chatsworth | Southern end of US 76 concurrency | ||||
| I‑75 – Calhoun, Fort Oglethorpe | |||||
 SR 201 south – Villanow | |||||
| Catoosa | I‑75 – Dalton, Fort Oglethorpe | ||||
| Ringgold |  SR 151 north | Southern end of SR 151 concurrency | |||
| SR 151 south – LaFayette | Northern end of SR 151 concurrency | ||||
 SR 146 southwest – Fort Oglethorpe | |||||
| Tennessee state line |  US 41 north / US 76 / SR 8 – Chattanooga | Northern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Bannered routes
Thomasville–Meigs alternate route
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| Location: | Thomasville to Meigs |
| Length: | 15.5 mi[4] (24.94 km) |
State Route 3 Alternate (SR 3 Alt.) uses an older routing of US 19/SR 3 for 15.5 miles (24.9 km) between Thomasville and Meigs. Until recently, this was the SR 3 mainline, while SR 300 served as the state route concurrency for US 19.
Leesburg bypass
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| Location: | Leesburg |
State Route 3 Bypass (SR 3 Byp.) is a short western bypass of the town of Leesburg in Lee County, which was completed in 2009.[5] It is concurrent with US 19 Byp. for its entire length.
Clayton County connector route
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| Location: | Clayton County |
The portion of Tara Boulevard in Clayton County that is not covered by US 19/US 41/SR 3 near Interstate 75 (I-75) is designated as State Route 3 Connector (SR 3 Conn.). The route is little more than a high-capacity set of ramps to and from I-75 and is unsigned.
Atlanta connector route
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| Location: | Atlanta |
State Route 3 Connector (SR 3 Conn.) is a connector route in the city limits of Atlanta. The entire length travels along the southeastern edge of Spelman College. It starts at an intersection with US 29/SR 14/SR 154, just northeast of an overpass for Interstate 20 (I-20). US 29/SR 3 Conn. travel north-northwest. Just before an intersection with Westview Drive, they curve to the northeast and meet the northern terminus of SR 3 Conn., an intersection with US 19/US 41/SR 3.
Marietta connector route
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| Location: | Marietta |
A portion of Roswell Road on the east side of Marietta is designated as State Route 3 Connector (SR 3 Conn.). The route was created in 2007 when SR 120 was rerouted out of downtown Marietta. SR 3 Conn. runs 1.7 miles east-northeast from a grade intersection with US 41/SR 3 to a ramp interchange with SR 120 & SR 120 Alt.
Whitfield County connector route
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| Location: | Whitfield County |
State Route 3 Connector (SR 3 Conn.) is in Whitfield County south of Dalton; it connects Interstate 75 (I-75) to US 41/SR 3 and the Dalton Bypass.
See also
- Georgia (U.S. state) portal
- U.S. Roads portal
References
- ↑ Google (15 November 2012). "GA-3" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ "Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia" (PDF). Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia" (PDF). Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
- ↑ Google (15 November 2012). "GA-3 Alt" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ Proposed Revisions to the State Highway System in Lee County (PDF) (Map). Georgia Department of Transportation. October 27, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
External links
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Media related to Georgia State Route 3 at Wikimedia Commons