Interstate 20 in Georgia

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This article is about the section of Interstate 20 in Georgia. For the entire route, see Interstate 20.

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This article is about the current Interstate Highway. For the current state highway, see Georgia State Route 20.

Interstate 20 marker

Interstate 20
Route information
Maintained by Georgia DOT
Length: 202.61 mi[1][2] (326.07 km)
Major junctions
West end: I‑20 at Alabama state line
  US 27 / SR 1 near Bremen
I‑285 in Atlanta
I‑75 / I‑85 in Atlanta
US 23 / SR 42 in Atlanta
I‑285 near Panthersville
US 278 / SR 12 from Lithonia to Covington
US 129 / US 441 / SR 24 south of Madison
US 221 / SR 47 north of Harlem
I‑520 / SR 232 in Augusta
East end: I-20 at South Carolina state line in Augusta
Highway system
  • Georgia State Routes
← SR 401 Georgia 402.svg SR 403 →

In the U.S. state of Georgia, Interstate 20 (I-20) travels from the Alabama state line to the Savannah River, which the Georgia–South Carolina state line straddles. The highway enters the state near Tallapoosa. It travels through the Atlanta metropolitan area and exits the state in Augusta. The highway also travels through the cities of Douglasville, Covington, and Thomson. I-20 has the unsigned state highway designation of State Route 402.

Route description

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. I-20 is four lanes wide in much of the state. In the Atlanta metropolitan area, the highway ranges from six lanes wide in the most outlying counties to 10 lanes wide in downtown Atlanta.

I-20 enters the Peach State near Tallapoosa and after traveling through Western Georgia, it enters the Atlanta metropolitan area. On clear days, eastbound motorists get their first view of downtown Atlanta as they crest the top of Six Flags Hill. The Six Flags Over Georgia amusement park is easily visible off exit 47 eastbound. In Atlanta, the highway travels through the heart of the city, crossing I-75/I-85, which share a common expressway (the "Downtown Connector"). It continues though Metropolitan Atlanta eastward and through the eastern half of Georgia until it exits the state, crossing the Savannah River at Augusta.

Several stretches of I-20 are named for various people and reasons:

  • From the Alabama state line to I-285 on the west side of Atlanta, I-20 is named the Tom Murphy Freeway, after the former speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives.[3][4]
  • Between both the west and east sides of I-285, I-20 was named the Ralph David Abernathy Freeway in 1991 after the late civil rights activist.[5]
  • From I-285 in Dekalb County to US 129/US 441/SR 24 south of Madison, I-20 is named the Purple Heart Highway for military veterans who either died or were injured in combat while in service on or after April 15, 1917.[6]
  • Between US 129/US 441/SR 24 and the South Carolina state line, I-20 is named the Carl Sanders Highway after the former Georgia governor who was born in Augusta.[7]

History

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I-20 eastbound at I-520 interchange. Flyover ramp under construction for I-20 westbound to I-520 eastbound
Although the designation does not appear on shields, Georgia DOT refers to the highway as SR 402

Until 2000, the state of Georgia used the sequential interchange numbering system on all of its Interstate Highways. The first exit on each highway would begin with the number "1" and increase numerically with each exit. In 2000, the Georgia Department of Transportation switched to a mileage-based exit system, in which the exit number corresponded to the nearest milepost.[8][9][10]

From the Alabama state line to Villa Rica, I-20 is currently being widened from four to six lanes in ultimate plans to widen to at least six lanes from Birmingham, Alabama to Atlanta. Some sections are currently under construction.

Exit list

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County Location mi km Old exit New exit Destinations Notes
Haralson ​ I‑20 west – Birmingham Continuation into Alabama
​ 1 5 SR 100 – Tallapoosa, Bowdon
​ 2 9 Waco Road
Carroll ​ 3 11 US 27 – Bremen, Carrollton
​ 4 19 SR 113 – Carrollton, Temple
Villa Rica 5 24 SR 61 / SR 101 – Carrollton, Villa Rica
Douglas ​ 6 26 Liberty Road – Villa Rica
​ 7 30 Post Road
Douglasville 8 34 SR 5 – Douglasville
9 36 Chapel Hill Road
10 37 SR 92 (Fairburn Road) – Douglasville
​ 11 41 Lee Road – Lithia Springs
​ 12 44 SR 6 (Thornton Road) – Austell
Cobb ​ 13 46 Six Flags Drive, Riverside Parkway Signed as exits 46A (Riverside Parkway) and 46B (Six Flags Drive) westbound
​ 13C 47 Six Flags Parkway Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Fulton ​ 14 49 SR 70 (Fulton Industrial Boulevard)
Atlanta 15 51 I‑285 – Macon, Montgomery, Chattanooga, Greenville I-285 exits 10A-B; signed as exits 51A (south) and 51B (north).
16 52 SR 280 (Hamilton E. Holmes Drive) Signed as exits 52A (south) and 52B (north) westbound
17 53 SR 139 (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive)
18 54 Langhorn Street to Cascade Road Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
19 55A Lowery Boulevard – West End
20 55B Lee Street – Atlanta University Center, Fort McPherson Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
21 56A US 19 (McDaniel Street) / US 29
22 56B Windsor Street, Spring Street – Turner Field
23 57 I‑75 / I‑85 – Macon, Montgomery, Chattanooga, Greenville, Charlotte I-75 / I-85 Exit 247
24 58A Capitol Avenue – Downtown Atlanta Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
25 58B Hill Street – Turner Field Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
26 59A Boulevard – Zoo Atlanta, Cyclorama
27 59B Memorial Drive, Glenwood Avenue Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Fulton–DeKalb
county line		 28 60 US 23 (Moreland Avenue) Signed as exits 60A (south) and 60B (north) eastbound
DeKalb 29 61A Maynard Terrace Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
30 61B SR 260 (Glenwood Avenue)
31 62 Flat Shoals Road Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
​ 32 63 Gresham Road, Flat Shoals Road
​ 33 65 SR 155 (Candler Road) – Decatur
​ 34 66 Columbia Drive Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
​ 35 67 I‑285 – Macon, Chattanooga, Greenville I-285 south exit 46, north exits 46A-B; signed as exits 67A (south) and 67B (north) westbound.
​ 36 68 Wesley Chapel Road, Snapfinger Road
​ 37 71 Panola Road
​ 38 74 Evans Mill Road, Lithonia Industrial Boulevard – Lithonia
​ 39 75 US 278 west / SR 124 (Turner Hill Road) West end of US 278 overlap
Rockdale ​ 40 78 Sigman Road
Conyers 41 80 West Avenue – Conyers
42 82 SR 20 / SR 138 – Conyers, Monroe
​ 43 84 SR 162 (Salem Road)
Newton ​ 44 88 Almon Road – Porterdale
Covington 45 90 US 278 east – Covington, Oxford East end of US 278 overlap
45A 92 Alcovy Road
​ 46 93 SR 142 – Hazelbrand, Oxford, Covington
​ 47 98 SR 11 – Monroe, Monticello, Social Circle
​ 48 101 US 278
Walton
 No major junctions
Morgan ​ 49 105 Newborn Road – Newborn, Rutledge
​ 50 113 SR 83 – Madison, Monticello
​ 51 114 US 129 / US 441 – Madison, Eatonton
​ 52 121 Seven Islands Road – Buckhead
Greene ​ 53 130 SR 44 (Lake Oconee Parkway) – Eatonton
Siloam 54 138 SR 15 / SR 77 – Siloam, Union Point, Sparta, Greensboro
Taliaferro ​ 55 148 SR 22 – Crawfordville, Sparta
Warren ​ 56 154 US 278 – Warrenton, Washington
​ 57 160 Cadley Norwood Road – Norwood
​ 58 165 SR 80 – Camak
McDuffie ​ — 169 Thomson
​ 59 172 SR 17 – Thomson, Washington
​ 60 175 SR 150
Columbia ​ 61 183 US 221 / SR 47 Only signed as US 221
​ 62 190 SR 388 – Grovetown
Evans 63 194 SR 383 (Belair Road/Jimmie Dyess Parkway) – Evans
Richmond Augusta 63A 195 Wheeler Road
64 196 I‑520 east / SR 232 west (Bobby Jones Expressway) I-520 north exit 1, south exits 1A-B; signed as exits 196A (east) and 196B (west) eastbound
— 197 Walton Way Extension Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
65 199 SR 28 (Washington Road) – Augusta
66 200 SR 104 (River Watch Parkway) – Augusta
I-20 east – Columbia Continuation into South Carolina
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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External links

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