| A directional cloverleaf interchange composes the west end of the Langford Parkway. Georgia 166 however continues westward along Campbellton Road into the western suburbs. Exit 5A allows motorists of Interstate 285 an unimpeded route to Interstate 75 & 85 near Lakewood Park. Photo taken 08/22/03.
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| Eight lanes of Interstate 285 press through the Exit 7 diamond interchange with Cascade Road. Cascade Road was Georgia 154 until the late 1990s. The east-west road otherwise serves the Cascade Heights and Oakland City neighborhoods of Atlanta. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| One mile south of Exit 9 with Georgia 139 (Martin Luther King Junior Drive) on Interstate 285 northbound at the Benjamin E. Mays Drive over crossing. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Drawing to within one half mile of the Exit 9 partial cloverleaf with Georgia 139 and one mile from the directional cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 20 (Exits 10A/B). Georgia 139 parallels Interstate 20 between Fulton County Airport and downtown Atlanta. The Atlanta community of Adamsville resides along Georgia 139 between Interstate 285 and Georgia 70 (Fulton Industrial Boulevard). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Exits 10A/B diagrammatical overhead for the upcoming junction with Interstate 20. Departing in the background is the off-ramp for Georgia 139 (Exit 9). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| The same overhead as depicted above but with sequential based exit numbers. The left-hand ramps are part of an older interchange configuration along the beltway. Interstate 20 crosses into Alabama 50 miles to the west en route to Annistan and Birmingham, Alabama. Interstate 20 directly links the beltway with downtown to the east. Photo taken 12/07/99.
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| 0.25 miles south of the Exit 10A ramp departure for Interstate 20 east. Five miles to the east lies downtown Atlanta and the junction with Interstates 75 & 85. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Single lane ramps carry Interstate 285 motorists onto Interstate 20 at Exit 10. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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U.S. 78 & 278 (Hollowell Parkway) cross paths with Interstate 285 north of Interstate 20 in west Atlanta. The overlapped highways follow Bankhead Avenue west through the Grove Park neighborhood of Atlanta to the suburbs of Mableton and Austell. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Interstate junctions mileage signs posted along Interstate 285 list the distance to the Perimeter Highway junctions with Interstates 20, 75, and 85. These signs are posted after the Interstate 285 junctions with each of the main Interstates. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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One half mile south of the Exit 12 diamond interchange with U.S. 78 & 278 (Hollowell Parkway). U.S. 78 follows the Bankhead Highway west from Atlanta to Birmingham. The federal highway shadows Interstate 20 westward to Douglasville, Breman, and Anniston, Alabama on the journey to Birmingham. U.S. 278 branches northwest from U.S. 78 at Austell en route to Powder Springs, Dallas, and Cedartown. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Eight lanes of Interstate 285 pass through the Exit 12 interchange with U.S. 78 & 278 (Hollowell Parkway). Hollowell Parkway intersects Georgia 70 (Fulton Industrial Boulevard) close by near Fulton County Airport-Brown Field. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Bolton Road stems north from the U.S. 78 & 278 intersection with Georgia 70 (Fulton Industrial Boulevard) 0.75 miles to Exit 13 of Interstate 285. Exit 13 consists of a northbound off-ramp and southbound on-ramp from Bolton Road south. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Bolton Road serves the Bolton neighborhood of west Atlanta from Exit 13. Bolton Road arcs 2.75 miles northeast to Marietta Boulevard and Moores Mill Road overall. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Interstate 285 northbound at the Exit 13 ramp departure onto Bolton Road. Bolton Road intersects Northwest Drive and Georgia 280 (James Jackson Parkway) nearby. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Georgia 280 travels the James Jackson Parkway northwest across the Chattahoochee River into Cobb County. The transition sees the road change names to South Cobb Drive. Interstate 285 meets Georgia 280 at a diamond interchange (Exit 15) near the Oakdale community. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Georgia 280 continues north from Interstate 285 into the city of Smyrna. The state highway follows South Cobb Drive northwest to Fair Oakes and Atlanta N.A.S. and Dobbins Air Reserve Base. Use Exit 15 for the Silver Comet Trail, a 60-mile long bike and pedestrian path from Smyrna west to the Alabama state line. The trail represents the former Seaboard Air Line railroad, a rail to trail facility, that connects to the Chief Ladiga Trail in Alabama. The Comet Trail was named for a train by the same name that ran between Birmingham and Boston by way of Atlanta between 1947 and 1968.1 Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Drivers bound for the city of Smyrna via Georgia 280 (South Cobb Drive) northbound depart Interstate 285 at Exit 15. Georgia 280 skims portions of the Smyrna city limits ahead of the junction with the East-West Connector. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Meeting Interstate 285 next is South Atlanta Road at Exit 16. South Atlanta Road, like Georgia 280, travels north-south through Smyrna between Fair Oaks and Atlanta. The road serves Atlanta Naval Air Station at Fair Oaks. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Interstate 285 northbound draws to within one quarter mile of the Exit 16 diamond interchange with South Atlanta Road. South Atlanta Road ventures south across the Chattahoochee River into the Bolton neighborhood of Atlanta. Once in Atlanta, Atlanta Road becomes Marietta Boulevard. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Interstate 285 passes over a railroad line ahead of the Exit 16 off-ramp to South Atlanta Road. South Atlanta Road meets Cumberland Parkway, a short distance to the west. Cumberland Parkway becomes the East-WEst Connector, a belt route around the Smyrna and Marietta vicinity. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Next in line for northbound travelers is the Exit 18 diamond interchange with Paces Ferry Road. Paces Ferry Road serves the community of Vinings to the east. Paces Ferry Road and Paces Mill Road were named after Hardy Pace, an early settler who set up a ferry operation across the Chattahoochee River, a gristmill operation, and tavern near the early settlement of Vinings.2 Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Attached to the Orchard Road overpass is the 0.50-mile guide sign for Paces Ferry Road. Paces Ferry Road travels 1.75 miles east from South Atlanta Road to Paces Mill Road in Vinings. Paces Mill Road provides a half mile link to U.S. 41 & Georgia 3 (Cobb Parkway). Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Interstate 285 northbound at the Exit 18 off-ramp to Paces Ferry Road. The community of Vinings began as a stop along the Western & Atlantic Railroad in 1836. The original railroad village was headed by a engineer who's last name was Vinings. Vinings existed largely as a railroad town until the early 1900s and as a weekend getaway destination for Atlantans. By the late 1960s, Atlanta developer Felix Cochran embarked on a process to create a town center, named Vinings Jubilee, with a Victorian architectural element. Cochran's project was complete by 1986.2 Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Interstate 285 curves easterly to meet U.S. 41 (Exit 19) and Interstate 75 (Exit 20). The two highways parallel one another throughout the state of Georgia. In the Smyrna and Marietta area, U.S. 41 follows Cobb Parkway, a busy surface arterial from Atlanta to its northern suburbs. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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U.S. 41 (Cobb Parkway) travels northwest through east Smyrna and Marietta to Dobbins A.R.B. and junction Georgia 280 (South Cobb Drive). Southward, U.S. 41 becomes Northside Parkway once it enters the city of Atlanta. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Exits 19 and 20 depart Interstate 285 in close succession so a diagrammatical overhead outlines the ramp departures at the Cumberland Parkway overpasses. In fact the U.S. 41 on-ramp ties into the Interstate 75 collector/distributor roadway system of Exit 20. U.S. 41 serves the Cobb Galleria Centre and Cumberland Mall on the south side of the Perimeter Highway. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Interstate 285 narrows to six lanes through the Interstate 75 directional interchange (Exit 20). A two-lane off-ramp first departs Interstate 285 east for U.S. 41 (Exit 19), followed by a second two-lane off-ramp to Interstate 75. U.S. 41 interchanges with the Perimeter Highway between its intersections with Spring Road in Smyrna and Akers Mill Road at the mall complexes. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Looking at the Exit 20 sign bridge of Interstate 285 east from the U.S. 41 (Cobb Parkway) on-ramp. As mentioned before, motorists joining the freeway from Cobb Parkway enter the Exit 20 c/d roadway system before joining the Interstate 285 mainline. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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A left-hand flyover ramp departs the Exit 20 c/d roadway for Interstate 75 northbound to Marietta, Dalton, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Interstate 75 remains very busy through the northwest suburbs, and a potential expansion project may bring the freeway up to 23 lanes in width near the split with Interstate 575. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Exit 20 partitions into ramps for Interstate 75 north, return access to Interstate 285 east, and Interstate 75 south. This interchange was reconfigured from its original design to allow for high speed ramps via flyovers in the early 1990s. Interstate 75 reaches Marietta in five miles and Chattanooga in 98 miles. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Traveling the southbound ramp to Interstate 75 at the Akers Mill Road HOV half-diamond interchange (Exit 259A). The southbound on-ramp to Interstate 75 features access to the Exit 258 diamond interchange with Cumberland Boulevard ahead. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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A look at the Cumberland Boulevard (Exit 258) ramp departures from both the Interstate 75 southbound mainline and the on-ramp from Interstate 285. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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Closer look at the Interstate 285 ramp partition to Interstate 75 south and Cumberland Boulevard. Cumberland Boulevard loops around the mall area of U.S. 41 (Cobb Parkway) to Akers Mill Road. Drivers otherwise join Interstate 75 south ahead of the Mt. Paran Road interchange (Exit 256) in Atlanta. Photo taken 06/21/05. |
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The Exit 27 ramp to Georgia 400 partitions into southbound for the Turner McDonald Parkway (Georgia 400 Toll) and northbound for U.S. 19 and the North Fulton Expressway. The Turner McDonald Parkway travels south to the Buckhead section of Atlanta to junction Interstate 85. U.S. 19 & Georgia 400 northbound continue to the suburbs of Roswell, Alpharetta, and Cumming along a freeway. Photo taken by J.T. Legg (08/27/04). |
| Older overheads on Interstate 285 eastbound (Inner) approaching then Exit 23/new Exit 31 for Georgia 141 (Peachtree Industrial Boulevard) and Chamblee (a suburb within the beltway). Peachtree Industrial Boulevard is an expressway the spurs from the beltway northeastward to Georgia 140. The Interstate 85 (Exits 26A/B) overhead retained button copy. Both signs have since been replaced. Photo taken 04/95.
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| A pair of interchanges for the Perimeter Highway reside with the city limits of Doraville (pop. 9,862). The second of these junctions is Exit 32 with U.S. 23 & Georgia 13 (Buford Highway). The exit is located one half mile south of the directional cloverleaf interchange with Georgia 141 (Peachtree Industrial Boulevard). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Interstate 285 Inner crosses over Shallowford Road and an adjacent railroad just before the Exit 32 off-ramp departs for U.S. 23 & Georgia 13 (Buford Highway). The junction between the two roadways is that of a partial-cloverleaf interchange. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Interstate 285 Inner balloons to six lanes overall in anticipation of "Spaghetti Junction", the multi-level stack interchange with Interstate 85 (Exits 33A/B). The junction features connections to adjacent roads via the associate collector/distributor roadways. Thus motorists wishing to access the Chamblee-Tucker Road diamond interchange must utilize the Exit 33A c/d roadway. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| A pair of lanes departs ahead for the high flyover to Interstate 85 northbound via Exit 33B. The Perimeter Highway maintains six overall lanes through "Spaghetti Junction". Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Motorists merging onto Interstate 285 from Exit 32 (U.S. 23 & Georgia 13) are directed onto the adjacent c/d roadway for Exit 33B (Interstate 85 south) and Chamblee-Tucker Road. Because of this on-ramp, the c/d roadway itself splits between two lanes to Interstate 85 south and two lanes to Interstate 85 north, Interstate 285 Inner, and Chamblee-Tucker Road. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Interstate 85 northbound motorists depart Interstate 285 Inner for the Exit 33B flyover. The north-south freeway travels 130 miles northeastward to the control city of Greenville, South Carolina (pop. 56,002). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| A look at the previous set of overheads and lighting fixtures posted at the Interstate 285 Inner exit to Interstate 85 north (original Exit 26). Photo taken 04/95.
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| The southbound off-ramp to Chamblee-Tucker Road departs the Exit 33A frontage road of Interstate 285. Chamblee-Tucker Road loops eastward from Georgia 141 in Chamblee (pop. 9,552) to La Vista Road at the suburb of Tucker (pop. 26,532). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Mileage signs with the next four Interstate junctions for the Atlanta Perimeter Highway. These types of signs are typical for Interstate 285 as it leaves an associated Interstate junction. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Attached to the Henderson Road overpass is the one-mile overhead for Northlake Parkway (Exit 36). The upcoming half-diamond interchange serves Northlake Shopping Mall. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Interstate 285 sees sound barriers and a cramped eight lanes on the stretch between Interstate 85 and Exit 36. Depicted here is the one-half mile sign bridge for Exit 36 with Northlake Parkway. Northlake Parkway travels east from Henderson Mill Road to Interstate 285 before turning south to Georgia 236 (La Vista Road) and U.S. 29 & Georgia 8 (Lawrenceville Highway). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Interstate 285 Inner at the off-ramp to Northlake Parkway. Note the no return access placard attached to the overhead. Traffic wishing to return onto Interstate 285 south is directed to the nearby La Vista Road diamond interchange (Exit 37). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Continuing southbound at the Northlake Parkway over crossing. Georgia 236 (La Vista Road) intersects Interstate 285 at the next interchange (Exit 37). The east-west highway arcs between North Decatur (pop. 15,270) and Stone Mountain State Park. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Eight lanes of Interstate 285 travel through the Georgia 236 (La Vista Road) diamond interchange. The state highway migrates two miles eastward into Tucker. There Georgia 236 shares a short overlap with U.S. 29 & Georgia 8 (Lawrenceville Highway). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| U.S. 29 & Georgia 8 (Lawrenceville Highway) interact with Interstate 285 themselves at the Exit 38 partial cloverleaf interchange. Traffic merging onto Interstate 285 from Georgia 236 forms the exit-only auxiliary lane for the Lawrenceville Highway off-ramp. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Southbound on Interstate 285 at the Exit 38 off-ramp. U.S. 29 & Georgia 8 merge with U.S. 78 1.50 miles to the south at Dekalb Mall. The three highways continue westward via Scott Boulevard to Decatur (pop. 18,147) and Atlanta (pop. 416,474). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Auxiliary guide sign for Exit 39B posted at the U.S. 29 & Georgia 8 over crossing. U.S. 78 & Georgia 410 travel the Stone Mountain Parkway between North Dekalb, Clarkston (pop. 7,231), and Stone Mountain State Park & Village. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| One half mile north of the directional cloverleaf interchange of Interstate 285 Inner with U.S. 78 & Georgia 410 (Stone Mountain Parkway). The Stone Mountain Parkway is a full freeway between U.S. 29 & Georgia 8 (Lawrenceville Highway) and Georgia 10 (Stone Mountain Bypass). The freeway was to be apart of a longer Interstate 485/Stone Mountain Tollway alignment planned in the 1960s. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Traffic to U.S. 78 & Georgia 410 westbound leaves Interstate 285 Inner. The freeway continues 1.25 miles west to U.S. 29 and North Druid Hills Road. Exit 39A would have been the westbound beginning of Interstate 485 had it been built as envisioned. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Exit 39B constitutes a two-lane off-ramp as it departs Interstate 285 in this scene. The Stone Mountain Parkway and Bypass carry U.S. 78 eastward toward the suburb of Snellville (pop. 15,351). The freeway carries six lanes and sees interchanges with Clarkston and Stone Mountain (pop. 7,145) along the way. Otherwise U.S. 78 is the most direct route to the city of Athens (pop. 100,266) 55 miles to the east. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Ponce De Leon Avenue is a busy surface arterial between downtown Atlanta and Stone Mountain. Closer to the vicinity of Interstate 285 the boulevard passes through Decatur and Clarkston. A diamond interchange composes the junction between Ponce De Leon Avenue and the Perimeter Highway
at Exit 40. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| The next southbound exit of Interstate 285 is the diamond interchange with Georgia 10 (Memorial Drive). Like Ponce De Leon Avenue to the north, Memorial Drive is a busy east-west highway between the city of Atlanta and the eastern suburbs. Georgia 10 splits from Ponce De Leon Avenue via Lake Road into the city of Decatur. From there the state highway follows Howard Avenue and Covington Highway (with U.S. 278) to Memorial Drive. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| 0.50-mile sign bridge for Exit 41 (Georgia 10). Georgia 10 provides the main route between Avondale Estates (pop. 2,609) and Pine Lake (pop. 621) to the Perimeter Highway. Memorial Drive continues east of Interstate 285 to Stone Mountain where Georgia 10 merges with U.S. 78 on the Stone Mountain Bypass. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Interstate 285 Inner at the ramp departure for Georgia 10 (Memorial Drive). Georgia 154 carries Memorial Drive eastward out of downtown Atlanta. Georgia 10 overtakes Memorial Drive via Mountain Drive at Avondale Estates Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| U.S. 278 (Covington Highway) intersects Interstate 285 at Exit 43. U.S. 278 & Georgia 10 overlap eastward from Ponce De Leon Avenue through Decatur and Avondale Estates. Pictured here is the 1.25-mile sign bridge for Exit 43 and the Durham Park Road over crossing. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Attached to the Redan Road overpass is the 0.50-mile overhead for Exit 43 (U.S. 278). U.S. 278 (Covington Highway) travels eight miles southeastward from Interstate 285 onto Interstate 20 at Lithonia. The name Covington Highway stems from the path of U.S. 278 to the Newton County seat of Covington (pop. 11,547). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Southbound at the Exit 43 diamond interchange with U.S. 278 (Covington Highway). U.S. 278 serves the suburbs of Glen Haven, Belmont, and Lithonia (pop. 2,187) east of the Perimeter Highway. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| The one-mile overhead for Exit 44 with Georgia 260 is posted at the Redwing Circle overpass within the Exit 43 interchange. Georgia 260 follows Glenwood Road between U.S. 23 & Georgia 42 (Moreland Avenue) and U.S. 278 & Georgia 12 (Covington Highway). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Drawing to within one half mile of Georgia 260 (Glenwood Road) on Interstate 285 southbound. Posted here is the two-mile overhead for the Exit 46 junction with Interstate 20 (Ralph D. Abernathy Freeway). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Georgia 260 (Glenwood Road) traffic leaves Interstate 285 Inner at Exit 44. Like the previous two interchanges, Exit 44 is also a standard diamond. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Diagrammatical overhead for the Exit 46 directional cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 20. Interstate 20 is the main east-west freeway serving the Atlanta metropolitan area. The freeway links the capital city with Augusta (pop. 195,182) 130 miles to the east. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Three lanes diverge from Interstate 285 for Interstate 20 at Exit 46. GDOT goes out of their way to indicate the formal names of Interstate 20 here. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Georgia 155 travels into the metropolitan area from the south, beginning at the city of Griffin (pop. 23,451). The state highway junctions with Interstate 285 at Exit 48 Panthersville (pop. 11,791). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Interstate junctions sign on Interstate 285 Inner at the Rainbow Drive. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Georgia 155 follows Flat Shoals Parkway westward from Snapfinger to Candler Road at the South Dekalb Mall. Candler Road continues northward to junction Interstate 20, east Atlanta, and Decatur, before merging with U.S. 23 en route to North Atlanta (pop. 38,579) and Chamblee (pop. 9,552). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Interstate 285 Inner at the "Tony" Clifton Springs Road over crossing. Posted here are the one-mile overhead for Exit 51 (Bouldercrest Road) and Exit 52 (Interstate 675 south). Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Westbound within the Bouldercrest Road diamond interchange of Exit 51. Bouldercrest Road begins in Ellenwood near Interstate 675 Exit 5. From there the surface highway travels northward into Atlanta to Flat Shoals Road. Interstate 675 southbound begins in one mile. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| The final Dekalb County interchanges of Interstate 285 Inner are with the northern terminus of Interstate 675 (Exit 52) and U.S. 23 & Georgia 42 (Moreland Avenue) [Exit 53]. The close proximity between the two junctions see connector ramps between U.S. 23 and Interstate 675 independent of the Interstate 285 mainline. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Interstate 675 provides an alternate to Interstate 75 between Stockbridge (pop. 9,853) and the Perimeter Highway. The 11.04-mile freeway opened to traffic during the middle 1980s. Pictured here is the southbound beginning of the freeway. Photo taken 01/17/04.
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| Button copy overheads on the westbound (Inner) collector/distributor lanes for the U.S. 19/41 and Interstate 75 interchanges (Exit 58). U.S. 19 and 41 duplex between downtown Atlanta and Griffin to the south. They also serve the Forest Park suburb of the city. Air Cargo is in association with Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport, which is situated to the west and north of this interchange confluence. Photo taken 08/05/00.
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Page Updated April 23, 2006.
