Interstate 75 southbound, just removed from the state of Tennessee and city of East Ridge. Depicted here is an auxiliary guide sign for upcoming Exit 363. The first exit within the Peach State junctions with Georgia 146 (Cloud Springs Road) near the town of Indian Springs (pop. 1,982). Photo taken 08/23/03.
Interstate 75 & 85 South
The first off-ramp of Interstate 75 & 85 southbound is Exit 249D. This southbound only ramp directly links the Interstate pair to North Avenue (U.S. 29 & 278). The campus of Georgia Tech University fronts the southbound lanes of the freeway between 10th Street and North Avenue. Photo taken 10/14/01.
A pair of ramps departs Interstate 75 & 85 southbound at Exit 249C. Depicted here is the original set of button copy overheads and old sequential based exit numbers for the Spring and Williams Street downtown off-ramps. Photo taken 04/95.
Just east of the Georgia State Capital complex is the Exit 246 ramp departure for the Interstate 20 stack interchange. Flyover ramps compose the infrastructure between the two 12 to 16 lane freeways. Displayed in this photograph are the non-reflective guide signs of the former Exit 92 and 91 off-ramps. Photo taken 01/96.
Original Exit 88 diagrammatical overhead at the Georgia 166 directional cloverleaf interchange. The former Lakewood Freeway was rechristened Langford Parkway in 1999. The east-west highway travels between Lakewood Avenue (just east of Interstate 75 & 85) through East Point (pop. 39,595) to Interstate 285. The alignment composes the middle portions of the never constructed Interstate 420 urban loop. This interchange is now signed as Exit 243. Photo taken 04/95.
Interstate 75 South
One mile north of the Exit 224 diamond interchange with Eagles Landing Road & Hudson Bridge Road diamond interchange on Interstate 75 southbound. Traffic from Interstate 675 merges onto the six-lane freeway in northern Henry County. The underpass ahead carries Flippen Road southward to Hudson Bridge Road. Photo taken 01/17/04.
Interstate 75 southbound at Exit 224. Hudson Bridge Road travels one mile east from Jodeco Road to Interstate 75 where the road becomes Eagles Landing Road. From Exit 224 eastward, Eagles Landing Road continues 2.5 miles to junction U.S. 23 & Georgia 42. Rock Quarry Road stems northward from Eagles Landing Road to Stockbridge (pop. 9,853) as well. Photo taken 01/17/04.
The partition of Interstate 475 south from Interstate 75 southbound at Exit 177. Known as the Macon bypass, Interstate 475 provides through travelers with six overall lanes and a 70 mph speed limit outside of the city. Four interchanges along the 15.83 mile freeway serve the western fringes of the Macon metropolitan area. Photo taken 12/15/01.
The only downtown Macon interchange of Interstate 75 is the Exit 164 junction with U.S. 41 Business and Georgia 19 (Hardeman Avenue and Forsyth Streets). Service roads exist between the Hardeman Avenue and Forsyth Street split diamond interchange, allowing motorists access to both north and southbound Business U.S. 41 and Georgia 19. This particular overhead is posted before the Riverside Drive overpass of U.S. 23. Photo taken 01/18/04.
Southbound at the off-ramp to U.S. 41 Business & Georgia 9. The tandem near the freeway via Vineville Avenue to the west before splitting into the one-way street couplet of Hardeman Avenue (northbound) and Forsyth Street (southbound). Photo taken 01/18/04.
After passing through downtown Macon, Interstate 75 reaches Exit 163, Mercer University Drive/Georgia 74 west. Georgia 74 reaches its eastern terminus at this interchange, as it does not continue any further east toward U.S. 129. Photo taken 01/18/04.
Unlike freeways in other parts of the state, Interstate 75 in Macon is lined with overhead lighting within the freeway median. In comparison, the city of Atlanta is completely devoid of any freeway lighting on any of the area freeways. The next exit is Junction Georgia 74 west and Mercer University Drive. Photo taken 01/18/04.
Mercer University Drive is old U.S. 80, and it leads west toward the Colonial Mall, then onward to Thomaston and Woodbury. Mercer University itself lies to the east of this interchange. The next exit is Exit 162, Junction U.S. 80/Georgia 22, Eisenhower Parkway. Photo taken 01/18/04.
U.S. 80, which used to provide a transcontinental link from east of Savannah all the way west to San Diego, California, meets Interstate 75 at Exit 162. Following Eisenhower Parkway and silent Georgia 22, U.S. 80 is a divided highway from west of Interstate 475 past Interstate 75 until meeting U.S. 129/Broadway south of downtown. Photo taken 01/18/04.
A planned four-lane corridor, called the Fall Line Freeway, is planned for the U.S. 80 corridor from Macon west to Columbus. Only a portion of the "freeway" (actually an expressway) has been constructed to date, and most of it is close to Columbus. Once completed, U.S. 80 would feature a four-lane connection from Interstate 16 and Interstate 75 to Columbus and Interstate 185. For more, visit High Priority Corridor 6.
Photo taken 01/18/04.
The one-mile overhead for the Exit 160B/A interchange at U.S. 41 & Georgia 247 (Pio Nono Avenue) and Rocky Creek Road. A half-diamond interchange allows Interstate 75 southbound motorists onto Pio Nono Avenue by way of Rocky Creek Road. A loop ramp departs as Exit 160A for U.S. 41 & Georgia 247 southbound. Photo taken 01/18/04.
U.S. 41, which had been paralleling Interstate 75 to the west, intersects the freeway at the Exits 160B-A interchange. Exit 160B connects to Rocky Creek Road, which travels between U.S. 41 & Georgia 247 (Pio Nono Avenue) and Houston Avenue. The next exit is Exit 160A, Junction U.S. 41 south. Photo taken 01/18/04.
Southbound Interstate 75 at Exit 160B, Rocky Creek Road to North U.S. 41 & Georgia 247 (Pio Nono Avenue). U.S. 41 avoids downtown, but Business U.S. 41 enters Macon via Vineville Avenue (see Exit 164). Vineville Avenue carries U.S. 41 northbound away from Georgia 247 (Pierce Avenue) through northwestern reaches of the city. Photo taken 01/18/04.
Interstate 75 south of the Interstate 475 merge in Houston County at Exit 149 with Georgia 49 (Peach Parkway). Georgia 49 travels west from Echeconnee and U.S. 41 to Byron (pop. 2,887) and the Peach County seat of Fort Valley (pop. 8,005) and junction U.S. 319 & Georgia 96. Photo taken 01/18/04.
