U.S. Route 80 in Georgia
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| Length | 296 mi[1] (476 km) | ||||||||||||
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| East end | Tybrisa Street/Butler Avenue/Inlet Avenue in Tybee Island | ||||||||||||
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| Counties | Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor, Upson, Crawford, Bibb, Twiggs, Laurens, Johnson, Emanuel, Bulloch, Bryan, Effingham, Chatham | ||||||||||||
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U.S. Route 80 (US 80) is a 296-mile-long (476 km) U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels west-to-east from the Alabama state line in Columbus across the central portion of the state through cities such as Macon, Dublin, Statesboro, and Savannah to connect to its eastern terminus at an intersection with Tybrisa Street and Inlet Avenue in Tybee Island, near the Atlantic Ocean. Here, the roadway continues as Butler Avenue.
In Georgia, all U.S. Highways have at least one state highway that travel concurrently along its route. The main ones that US 80 use are SR 22 from the Alabama state line to Macon; SR 19 from Macon to a point southeast of Montrose; and SR 26 from that point to Tybee Island.
Route description
The highway crosses the Chattahoochee River from Alabama into Columbus where it proceeds along J. R. Allen Parkway through the northern section of the city as a limited-access freeway. Past Columbus, the road meanders through rural Georgia for roughly 50 miles (80 km) en route to Macon where it becomes the Eisenhower Parkway which crosses Interstate 475 and then Interstate 75 before passing through downtown Macon and merging with US 129-BUS 41 in a concurrency. The concurrency with US BUS 41 ends at Walnut Street, and the one with US 129 ends at Riverside Drive. After crossing the Otis Redding Memorial Bridge over the Ocmulgee River, it has another interchange, this time with Interstate 16. The highway joins southbound US 23-ALT 129 and parallels the northern boundary of Ocmulgee National Monument just east of the city.
Beyond Macon, the highway turns southeastward, passing through the cities of Dublin, where it encircles the Laurens County Superior Courthouse. Before the route leaves Dublin, it is joined by US 319/GA 31, where all four routes cross the Herschel Lovett Bridge over the Oconeee River entering East Dublin, where US 319/GA 31 leaves to the northeast. Later it enters Swainsboro, where it overlaps GA 56, and Statesboro where it overlaps US 25, and running roughly parallel to I-16. On the outskirts of Savannah, the highway crosses Interstate 95 and follows Louisville Road into the city's downtown area. After briefly merging with Interstate 516, US-80 continues eastward along Victory Drive, just south of Savannah's historic district. At the community of Thunderbolt, US 80 crosses the Wilmington River and proceeds across the islands and marshes along the Atlantic Coast east of Savannah. There it crosses the Lazaretto Creek onto Tybee Island. The final stretch of US-80 follows Butler Avenue across Tybee Island. The highway terminates at 19th Street, a few hundred feet from the ocean. A small monument at the intersection of Butler and Tybrisa Street marks the end of the highway.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Chattahoochee River | 0.00 | 0.00 | | Continuation into Alabama | ||
 | Bridge; western end of SR 22 concurrency; western terminus of SR 22 at state line | |||||
| Muscogee | Columbus | 0.4 | 0.64 | 1 |   | Northern terminus of SR 22 Conn. |
| 1.3 | 2.1 | 2 |  | |||
| 2.2 | 3.5 | 3 | Bradley Park Drive | Signed as exits 3A (east) and 3A (west) | ||
| 3.3 | 5.3 | 4 |    | I-185 exit 10 | ||
| 5 | Moon Road | Eastbound exit is combined with exit 4; also has exit for US 27/SR 1 (Veterans Parkway) | ||||
| 6.8 | 10.9 | 6 | Schomburg Road / Blackmon Road | |||
| Midland | 9.5 | 15.3 | Flat Rock Road | At-grade intersection; eastern end of freeway | ||
| 9.8 | 15.8 |  | Interchange | |||
| 11.4 | 18.3 |  | Eastern terminus of SR 22 Spur | |||
| Talbot | Box Springs | 26.1 | 42.0 |  | Northern terminus of SR 355 | |
| Geneva | 28.9 | 46.5 |  | Western end of SR 41 concurrency | ||
| 29.7 | 47.8 |   | Western terminus of SR 96 | |||
| Talbotton | 36.9 | 59.4 |   | Western end of SR 208 concurrency; western terminus of SR 90 | ||
| 37.1 | 59.7 | | Eastern end of SR 208 concurrency | |||
| 37.3 | 60.0 | | Eastern end of SR 41 concurrency | |||
| Taylor | | 56.1 | 90.3 |   | Western end of US 19/SR 3 concurrency | |
| Flint River | 56.7 | 91.2 | Garland T. Byrd Bridge | |||
| Upson | Salem | 58.1 | 93.5 | | Eastern end of US 19/SR 3 concurrency | |
| Crawford | Roberta | 71.4 | 114.9 |    | Western end of SR 42 concurrency | |
| Knoxville | 72.4 | 116.5 | | Eastern end of SR 42 concurrency | ||
| Bibb | | Fulton Mill Road – Central State Prison, Ed DeFore Sports Complex | Former SR 361 | |||
| Macon | 90.5 | 145.6 |  | I-475 exit 3 | ||
| 94.4 | 151.9 |   | ||||
| 94.7 | 152.4 |  | I-75 exit 162 | |||
| 95.7 | 154.0 |     | Western end of US 41 Bus./SR 49 and US 129/SR 11 concurrencies | |||
| Eastern end of US 41 Bus./SR 49 and SR 22 concurrencies | |||||
| 97.8 | 157.4 | Riverside Drive (US 129/SR 11/SR 87 north) | Eastern end of US 129/SR 11 concurrency; western end of SR 87 concurrency | |||
| 97.8 | 157.4 | Otis Redding Memorial Bridge[2] over the Ocmulgee River | ||||
 | I-16 exit 2 | |||||
   | Western end of US 23/US 129 Alt./SR 19 concurrency | |||||
| East Macon | | Eastern end of US 23/US 129 Alt. concurrency; no westbound access to US 23/US 129 Alt./SR 87 south | ||||
 | Northern terminus of SR 87 Conn. | |||||
 | Western terminus of SR 57 | |||||
| Twiggs | Jeffersonville |  | Western end of SR 96 concurrency | |||
| Eastern end of SR 96 concurrency | |||||
| Laurens | Bender |  | Western end of SR 26 concurrency | |||
| Dudley |  | Western end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency | ||||
| |   | Eastern end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency | ||||
| Dublin |   | Eastern end of SR 19 concurrency; western end of SR 29 concurrency | ||||
  | Western end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency | |||||
| Oconee River | ||||||
| East Dublin | | Eastern end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency | ||||
| Eastern end of SR 29 concurrency | |||||
| Emanuel–Johnson county line | Adrian |   | ||||
| Emanuel | |   | ||||
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| Swainsboro |   | Western end of SR 56 concurrency; former SR 57 west (Kite Road) | ||||
  | Former SR 57 east (South Main Street) to US 1 | |||||
| Eastern end of SR 56 concurrency | |||||
| Twin City |  | |||||
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| Bulloch | Hopeulikit |   | Western end of US 25/SR 67 concurrency | |||
| Westchester |   | Northern terminus of US 25 Byp./SR 67 Byp. | ||||
| Statesboro |   | Eastern end of US 25/SR 67 concurrency | ||||
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| Stilson |  | Western terminus of SR 119 Conn. | ||||
| Bryan | Ellabell |  | Western end of SR 119 concurrency | |||
| Eastern end of SR 119 concurrency | |||||
| Blitchton |   | Eastern terminus of US 280, western end of SR 30 concurrency | ||||
| Effingham | |  | Eastern end of SR 30 concurrency, western end of SR 17 concurrency | |||
| Chatham | Bloomingdale |  | ||||
| Eastern end of SR 17 concurrency | |||||
| Pooler |  | |||||
| I-95 exit 102 | |||||
| Garden City |  | |||||
| Chatham Parkway | Former SR 167 south | |||||
  | Southern terminus of SR 26 Conn.; erroneously signed as "To SR 25 Conn." as well | |||||
| Main Street north | Former US 17 north / SR 25 north | |||||
| Savannah |  | Western end of SR 25 Conn. concurrency; former US 17/SR 21/SR 25 south/US 80/SR 26 east | ||||
  | Eastern end of SR 25 Conn. concurrency; western end of I-516/SR 21/SR 25 concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 25 Conn.; no eastbound access to I-516 west; I-516 exit 7A | |||||
| 6 | Gwinnett Street – Amtrak station | Exit numbers follow I-516; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
| 5 | | I-16 exits 164A-B; western end of US 17 concurrency | ||||
| 4 | Tremont Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
| Eastern end of I-516/US 17/SR 21/SR 25 concurrency; I-516 exit 3 | |||||
| Stiles Avenue | Interchange; no westbound exit; former US 17 Alt./SR 25A north | |||||
| Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard | Former US 17S | |||||
| Montgomery Street | Former US 17N | |||||
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| Harry Truman Parkway | Interchange | |||||
| Whitemarsh Island | Johnny Mercer Boulevard east | Former US 80 east / SR 367 east | ||||
| Islands Expressway west | Partial interchange; western end of Islands Expressway concurrency | |||||
| Turner Creek | Bridge; eastern end of Islands Expressway | |||||
| Talahi Island | Johnny Mercer Boulevard west | Former US 80 west / SR 367 west | ||||
| Bull River | Bridge | |||||
| Tybee Island | 296.0 | 476.4 | | Eastern terminus of US 80 and SR 26; eastern end of SR 26 concurrency; road continues south as Butler Avenue. | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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References
- ↑ Google (December 31, 2016). "Overview map of US 80 in Georgia" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ↑ "African American Heritage". Macon-Bibb County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to U.S. Route 80 in Georgia. |
- Georgia @ SouthEastRoads - U.S. Highway 80
- Fall Line Freeway - GA DOT Project FLF-540 (Georgia Highways)
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