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Many roads and bridges around Atlanta are named for former Georgia politicians. Listener John Flemming asked us why an I bridge is named for Lester Atlanta once had a neighborhood called Tight Squeeze.
My colleague, Don Smith, suggested we check out this part of town that he remembers as the hangout You may be used to navigating through Atlanta's 15 streets named Peachtree, but another road's name has been confusing locals for years.
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Banner Image. Section Branding. Header Content Tagged as: News. What's In A Name? Primary Content. Rickey Bevington Atlanta Georgia. Secondary Content About the authors. Interstate straddles the Tucker city line northward to Henderson Road. The succeeding split takes motorists onto a high flyover for I south toward Buckhead in Atlanta and north into Gwinnett County.
South at. All through trucks are directed to use the Perimeter Highway in lieu of I and the Downtown Connector. The distributor roadway Exit 95B to Interstate west travels at grade level through Spaghetti Junction. A two lane flyover Exit 95A takes motorists southward onto Interstate ahead of Tucker.
Interstate travels 19 miles south from Exit 95A to I and 28 miles to converge with I again at College Park. A series of office buildings and business parks line both sides of Interstate 85 to the exchange with the Atlanta Beltway. I arcs northwest through Doraville to Dunwoody and south to Tucker and U. Exit 95 carries all traffic in unison from Interstate 85 north for the Perimeter Highway inner loop to I east and Augusta and the outer loop to I north and Chattanooga.
Diagrammatic sign outlining the two lane flyover for I north and the lower ramp for I south. Two miles north of Interstate 85 Exit 61 on I southbound. The succeeding two exits of the beltway serve the city of College Park. In addition to connecting Atlanta with Montgomery, I south also serves the city of Columbus and Fort Benning via connections with Interstate I turns east beyond Exit 61 to run alongside I in a dual freeway configuration.
Exit 60 departs from the inner loop of Interstate one mile ahead of I Two lanes part ways from Interstate west for I West from the three wye interchange at Exit 61, a dual freeway unfolds with the roadways of I running in between those of the Perimeter Highway.
Downtown Atlanta is 14 miles to the northeast at this point. Subsequent guide signs for Interstate reference the beltway as the Atlanta Bypass. The Perimeter Highway doubles as both a heavily traveled commuter route and freight corridor throughout the Atlanta metro area.
Exit 68 branches away from I northbound for Interstate I uses the control cities of Macon and Birmingham for the connections with I south and I west respectively.
I and I parallel one another for 1. West at. Completed in , the 5th Runway project added two tunnels along the Atlanta Beltway on this stretch. The Perimeter Highway bends northward from the parclo interchange Exit 60 with SR to the exchange with Interstate The bridge mounted sign for SR was removed by , but a replacement was added for it and I by May These included new overheads for I north, directing motorists to the Domestic Terminal.
Two lanes partition from the beltway inner loop for Interstate
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