Turner McDonald Parkway
Georgia 400 is a major north-south freeway from Interstate 85 northeast of downtown Atlanta north to Coal Mountain via Cumming. The section between Interstate 85 and Interstate 285 is partially tolled, while the original section north of Interstate 285 (known as the Turner McDonald Parkway) is not tolled.
Georgia Toll 400, the section of Georgia 400 between Interstate 85/Georgia 13 and Interstate 285 passes through the Buckhead portion of the city before meeting the perimeter (Interstate 285). A mainline toll plaza collects fees between the Exit 2 and 3 interchanges.
Opened in the late 1980s, Georgia Toll 400 is the only segment of the Interstate 475, 675, and 485 freeway projects planned for east central Atlanta to be constructed. Georgia 400 was originally planned as a north-south freeway that would connect and incorporate today's Georgia 400 and today's Interstate 675 into one long freeway corridor. Originally Georgia 400 was billed as Interstate 475, and it was later split into Interstate 675 south of unconstructed Interstate 420 and Interstate 485 north of U.S. 29-78-278. Georgia Toll 400 follows the northern third of the abandoned alignment of unconstructed Interstate 475 (which would have connected to the northern end of Interstate 485 before it, too, was canceled).
Continuing north of Interstate 285, Georgia 400 changes into an untolled freeway. Picking up U.S. 19, the 29-mile Georgia 400/Turner McDonald Parkway segment north of Interstate 285 opened in stages during the 1960s and 1970s, and it continues as a freeway all the way north to Georgia 306.
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| The northbound beginning of the Georgia Toll 400 as it leaves Interstate 85 northbound via Exit 87. There is no direct access from Interstate 85 southbound to Georgia Toll 400 northbound. The flyover entering from the west is part of the Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transit Authority
(MARTA) rail system. Photo taken 08/22/03.
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| Interchanges are numbered sequentially along Georgia Toll 400. Exit 1 is a folded diamond interchange with Georgia 13 and Sidney Marcus Boulevard. The first northbound off-ramp is Exit 2 with Georgia Connector 141 (Lenox Road). Photo taken 08/22/03.
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| Georgia Toll 400 snakes through the Buckhead section of the city near the Lenox Square Mall. The high rises to the east are part of the sprawling shopping complex. Photo taken 08/22/03.
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| Continuing toward the Lenox Square Mall tunnel on Georgia Toll 400. Sound barriers and other landscaping techniques shuttle the tollway northward below the surrounding terrain. Photo taken 08/22/03.
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