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| Length | 296 mi[1] (476 km) | |||||||||
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| West end |     US 80 / SR 8 / SR 22 / SR 540 at the Alabama state line in Columbus | |||||||||
| East end |  SR 26/ Tybrisa Street/Butler Avenue/Inlet Avenue in Tybee Island | |||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||
| State | Georgia | |||||||||
| Counties | Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor, Upson, Crawford, Bibb, Twiggs, Wilkinson, 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. US-80 is the main east-west non-Interstate route through Georgia.
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 540 from the Alabama state line to Geneva and in the eastern part of the Macon metropolitan area; 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. From Macon to its Savannah, US 80 roughly parallels I-16, taking a more circuitous route to pass through the center several small towns that I-16 bypasses.
Route description[edit]
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, so named in 1969 after the death of Dwight Eisenhower, and crosses Interstate 475 (I-475) and then I-75 before traveling through downtown Macon and merging with US 129/US 41 Bus. in a concurrency. The concurrency with US 41 Bus. 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 I-16. The highway joins southbound US 23/US 129 Alt. and parallels the northern boundary of Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park just east of the city.
Beyond Macon, the highway turns southeastward, traveling through the cities of Dublin, where it encircles the Laurens County Courthouse. Before the highway leaves Dublin, it is joined by US 319/SR 31, where all four highways cross the Herschel Lovett Bridge over the Oconee River, entering East Dublin, where US 319/SR 31 leaves to the northeast. Later it enters Swainsboro, where it is concurrent with SR 56, and Statesboro where it is concurrent with US 25, and traveling roughly parallel to I-16. On the outskirts of Savannah, the highway crosses I-95 and follows Louisville Road into the city's downtown area. After briefly merging with I-516, US 80 continues eastward along Victory Drive, just south of Savannah's historic district. At the community of Thunderbolt, where Victory Drive ends, US 80 crosses the Wilmington River and proceeds across the islands and marshes along the Atlantic Coast east of Savannah. There it crosses 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.
The following portions of US 80 in Georgia are part of the National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense:
- From the Alabama state line to the SR 96 intersection in Geneva
- From the I-475 interchange to the southern end of the US 129 concurrency in Macon
- From the northern end of the US 129 concurrency in Macon to the SR 57 intersection in East Macon
- The portion between US 441 Byp./SR 117 and US 441/SR 29 in Dublin
- From the western end of the US 25/SR 67 concurrency in Hopeulikit to the US 301 Byp./SR 73 Byp. intersection in Statesboro
- From the I-95 interchange in Pooler to an indeterminate point in Tybee Island.[2][3][4][5]
History[edit]
In 2017, it was planned to extended Jimmy DeLoach Parkway from its then southern terminus at US 80/SR 17/SR 26, partially along the path of Bloomingdale Road (from SR 17's current southern terminus at I-16 to just south of its intersection with the northern terminus of Pine Barren Road). Construction on the extension began in 2018.[6] The at-grade intersection at the former southern terminus of the Jimmy DeLoach Parkway was converted into a full diamond interchange. The extension of the parkway was planned to be designated as SR 1251 until it is opened. The former alignment of SR 17 was also planned to be redesignated as SR 17 Conn. Also, the eastern end of Osteen Road, which lies on the right-of-way of the extension, was to be shifted to the west.[6] After initially being expected to completed October 2021, the extension was officially opened on August 30, 2022.[7]
Future[edit]
Part of US 80 from the Alabama state line to Geneva, Georgia is part of the Fall Line Freeway, a highway that connects Columbus and Augusta. This portion may eventually be incorporated into the proposed eastern extension of Interstate 14 (I-14), which is currently entirely within Central Texas and may be extended into Augusta.
Major intersections[edit]
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Chattahoochee River | 0.00 | 0.00 |  US 80 west (SR 8 west) – Phenix City, Montgomery | Continuation into Alabama | ||
 SR 22 begins / SR 540 begins | Bridge; western end of SR 22 and SR 540 (Fall Line Freeway) concurrencies; western terminus of SR 22 and SR 540 at state line | |||||
| Muscogee | Columbus | 0.4 | 0.64 | 1 |    SR 22 Conn. to SR 85 – Downtown Columbus | Northern terminus of SR 22 Conn. |
| 1.3 | 2.1 | 2 |  SR 219 (River Road) | |||
| 2.2 | 3.5 | 3 | Bradley Park Drive | Signed as exits 3A (east) and 3A (west) | ||
| 3.3 | 5.3 | 4 |    I-185 (SR 411) / US 27 / SR 1 (Veterans Parkway) – Fort Benning, Atlanta | 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 |  US 27 Alt. / SR 85 – Manchester, Columbus | Interchange | |||
| 11.4 | 18.3 |  SR 22 Spur west (Macon Road) | Eastern terminus of SR 22 Spur | |||
| Talbot | Box Springs | 26.1 | 42.0 |   SR 355 south – Buena Vista, Cusseta | Northern terminus of SR 355 | |
| Geneva | 28.9 | 46.5 |  SR 41 south – Buena Vista, Oakland | Western end of SR 41 concurrency | ||
| 29.7 | 47.8 |    SR 96 east / SR 540 east (Fall Line Freeway) to SR 240 east – Junction City | Western terminus of SR 96; eastern end of SR 540 concurrency | |||
| Talbotton | 36.9 | 59.4 |   SR 90 east / SR 208 east (Clark Street) – Junction City | Western end of SR 208 concurrency; western terminus of SR 90 | ||
| 37.1 | 59.7 | SR 208 west (Monroe Street) – Waverly Hall | Eastern end of SR 208 concurrency | |||
| 37.3 | 60.0 |  SR 41 north (North Washington Avenue) – Manchester, Warm Springs, Woodland | Eastern end of SR 41 concurrency | |||
| Taylor | | 56.1 | 90.3 |   US 19 south / SR 3 south – Butler, Americus | Western end of US 19/SR 3 concurrency | |
| Flint River | 56.7 | 91.2 | Garland T. Byrd Bridge | |||
| Upson | Salem | 58.1 | 93.5 | US 19 north / SR 3 north – Thomaston | Eastern end of US 19/SR 3 concurrency | |
| Crawford | Roberta | 71.4 | 114.9 |    US 341 / SR 7 / SR 42 north – Barnesville, Fort Valley | Western end of SR 42 concurrency | |
| Knoxville | 72.4 | 116.5 | SR 42 south – Byron | 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 (SR 408) – Atlanta, Valdosta | I-475 exit 3 | ||
| 94.4 | 151.9 |   US 41 / SR 247 (Pio Nono Avenue) – Forsyth, Warner Robins | ||||
| 94.7 | 152.4 |  I-75 (SR 401) / SR 540 (Fall Line Freeway) – Atlanta, Valdosta, Columbus | I-75 exit 162 | |||
| 95.7 | 154.0 |     US 41 Bus. south / US 129 south / SR 11 south / SR 49 south (Broadway) | Western end of US 41 Bus./SR 49 and US 129/SR 11 concurrencies | |||
| US 41 Bus. north / SR 22 east / SR 49 north (Walnut Street) – Gray, Milledgeville | 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[8] over the Ocmulgee River | ||||
 I-16 (SR 404) / SR 540 west (Fall Line Freeway) – Atlanta, Savannah, Columbus | I-16 exit 2; western end of SR 540 concurrency | |||||
   US 23 / US 129 Alt. / SR 19 north (Emery Highway west) | Western end of US 23/US 129 Alt./SR 19 concurrency | |||||
| East Macon | US 129 Alt. south (US 23 / SR 87 south) – Cochran | Eastern end of US 23/US 129 Alt. concurrency; no westbound access to US 23/US 129 Alt./SR 87 south | ||||
 SR 87 Conn. south (Ocmulgee E. Boulevard) – Cochran | Northern terminus of SR 87 Conn. | |||||
 SR 57 east / SR 540 east (Fall Line Freeway) – Eulonia, Augusta | Western terminus of SR 57; eastern end of SR 540 concurrency | |||||
| Twiggs | Jeffersonville |  SR 96 west / SR 18 west – Geneva, West Point | Western end of SR 96 concurrency | |||
| SR 96 east – Irwinton | Eastern end of SR 96 concurrency | |||||
| Laurens | Bender | SR 26 west – Cochran | Western end of SR 26 concurrency | |||
| Dudley |  SR 338 – Irwinton, Dexter | Western end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency | ||||
| |   US 441 Byp. / SR 117 | Eastern end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency | ||||
| Dublin |   US 441 / SR 19 north / SR 29 south | Eastern end of SR 19 concurrency; western end of SR 29 concurrency | ||||
  US 319 / SR 31 south – Thomasville | Western end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency | |||||
| Oconee River | ||||||
| East Dublin | US 319 north / SR 31 (Wrightsville Avenue) – Wadley | Eastern end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency | ||||
| SR 29 south (Soperton Avenue) – Milledgeville | Eastern end of SR 29 concurrency | |||||
| Emanuel–Johnson county line | Adrian |   SR 15 / SR 78 (Poplar Street) – Kite, Soperton | ||||
| Emanuel | |   US 221 / SR 171 – Soperton, Kite | ||||
| |   US 1 / SR 4 / SR 57 – Folkston, Augusta | |||||
| Swainsboro |   SR 56 south – Stillmore, Wrightsville, Swainsboro Technical College, Airport | Western end of SR 56 concurrency; former SR 57 west (Kite Road) | ||||
  SR 4 Bus. (North Main Street) / US 1 Bus. – Folkston, Augusta | Former SR 57 east (South Main Street) to US 1 | |||||
| SR 56 north – Augusta | Eastern end of SR 56 concurrency | |||||
| Twin City |  SR 192 (5th Avenue) – Oak Park, Summertown | |||||
 SR 23 (Railroad Street) – Folkston, Augusta | ||||||
| |  SR 121 – Folkston, Augusta | |||||
| Bulloch | Hopeulikit |   US 25 north / SR 67 north – Millen, Magnolia Springs State Park | Western end of US 25/SR 67 concurrency | |||
| Westchester |   US 25 Byp. south / SR 67 Byp. south (Veterans Memorial Parkway) – Millen, Paulson Stadium, Sylvania | Northern terminus of US 25 Byp./SR 67 Byp. | ||||
| Statesboro |  US 25 south / SR 67 / SR 73 south – Thomasville | Eastern end of US 25/SR 67 concurrency | ||||
  US 301 (East Main Street) / SR 24 | ||||||
 US 301 Byp. (Veterans Memorial Parkway / SR 73 Byp.) – Airport, MC Anderson Sports Complex | ||||||
| Stilson |  SR 119 Conn. south – Stilson | Western terminus of SR 119 Conn. | ||||
| Bryan | Ellabell |  SR 119 north – Springfield | Western end of SR 119 concurrency | |||
| SR 119 south – Riceboro | Eastern end of SR 119 concurrency | |||||
| Blitchton |    US 280 / SR 30 to I-16 – Pembroke | Eastern terminus of US 280, western end of SR 30 concurrency; former western end of US 280 concurrency | ||||
| Effingham | |  SR 17 north / SR 30 east – Statesboro | Eastern end of SR 30 concurrency, western end of SR 17 concurrency | |||
| Chatham | Bloomingdale |   SR 17 Conn. south / SR 17 south (Jimmy DeLoach Parkway) to I-16 / I-95 | Eastern end of SR 17 concurrency; northern terminus of SR 17 Conn.; interchange | |||
| Pooler | Pooler Parkway to I-16 / I-95 | Interchange | ||||
| I-95 (SR 405) – Florence, Brunswick | I-95 exit 102 | |||||
| Garden City |  SR 307 (Dean Forest Road) to I-16 – Port Wentworth | |||||
| Chatham Parkway south / Heidt Street north – Chatham County Administrative Complex | Northern terminus of Chatham Parkway; southern terminus of Heidt Street; former SR 167 south | |||||
  SR 26 Conn. north (Bypass Road) to SR 21 north | 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 |  SR 25 Conn. north (Bay Street) – Downtown | Western end of SR 25 Conn. concurrency; former US 17/SR 21/SR 25 south/US 80/SR 26 east | ||||
   SR 25 Conn. end / I-516 west / SR 21 / SR 25 north / Augusta Avenue 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 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; exit numbers follow I-516. | ||||
| 5 |  I-16 (SR 404) / US 17 north – Macon | Western end of US 17 concurrency; I-16 exits 164A-B | ||||
| 4 | Tremont Road | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
 I-516 east / SR 21 south (W.F. Lynes Parkway east) / US 17 south (SR 25 south / Ogeechee Road west) – Brunswick, Savannah Tech, Hunter Army Air Field | Eastern end of I-516/SR 21/SR 25 and US 17 concurrencies; 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 | |||||
| Abercorn Street | Former SR 204 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Turner Creek | Bridge; eastern end of Islands Expressway | |||||
| Talahi Island | Johnny Mercer Boulevard west | Former US 80 west / SR 367 west | ||||
| Tybee Island | 296.0 | 476.4 |  SR 26 ends / 16th Street / Inlet Avenue | 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Google (December 31, 2016). "Overview map of US 80 in Georgia" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ National Highway System: Georgia (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 8, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Columbus, GA--AL (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Macon, GA (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ National Highway System: Savannah, GA (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ a b "Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Urban Attributable (Z230) Funds" (PDF). Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission. January 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ Nicholson, Zoe (30 August 2022). "First City Progress: Traffic congestion gets relief with completion of Jimmy DeLoach Parkway". Savannah Morning News. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "African American Heritage". Macon-Bibb County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
External links[edit]
- Georgia @ SouthEastRoads - U.S. Highway 80
- Fall Line Freeway - GA DOT Project FLF-540 (Georgia Highways)
