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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 19 in Georgia. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 19. For the current state highway, see Georgia State Route 19.

U.S. Highway 19 marker
U.S. Highway 19
Map
Route of US 19 in Georgia in red
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length349 mi[1] (562 km)
Major junctions
South end US 19 at the Florida state line near Thomasville
Major intersections
North end US 19 / US 129 at the North Carolina state line southwest of Murphy, North Carolina
Location
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountiesThomas, Mitchell, Dougherty, Lee, Sumter, Schley, Taylor, Upson, Pike, Spalding, Henry, Clayton, Fulton, Forsyth, Dawson, Lumpkin, Union
Highway system
  • Georgia State Highway System
← SR 18→ SR 19
← SR 2SR 3→ SR 4
← SR 8SR 9→ SR 10

U.S. Highway 19 (US 19) is a 349-mile-long (562 km) United States Numbered Highway in the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels from the Florida state line south-southeast of Thomasville through Albany and Atlanta, to the North Carolina state line at a point north of Lake Nottely.[1]

Route description

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US 19 in Atlanta

US 19 enters Georgia in a concurrency with State Route 3 (SR 3) and SR 300 as Lee Highway south-southeast of Thomasville. Within the vicinity of Thomasville, it has a concurrency with US 84 where it has intersections with SR 122 and US 319 before US 84 finally branches off to the west. It continues north, traveling through Meigs where it intersects SR 3 Alternate and SR 111. Later, it runs through Albany, where it becomes a limited-access highway and has a brief concurrency with US 82 and the concurrency with SR 300 comes to an end. Further north, it runs through Americus, where it joins US 280 for one mile (1.6 km), then Ellaville, where it intersects SR 26. Between Taylor and Upson county, it has a concurrency with US 80 that ends south of Thomaston and later runs through Zebulon where it runs in a one-way pair and intersects SR 18. It joins US 41 and proceeds north to Griffin. It then proceeds through the western tip of Henry County, traveling through Hampton, home of the Atlanta Motor Speedway. US 19 continues north through Clayton County where it is known as Tara Boulevard, before entering Atlanta.

Within Atlanta, US 19/US 41 runs along Northside Drive where it is joined by US 29/SR 3 Connector (Chapel Street Southwest). From there, US 9/US 29/US 41/SR 3 runs north and then curves northeast, passing by a group of condominiums called "The Villages of Castleberry Hill", before the road curves straight north between Nelson Street Southwest and Markham Street Southwest. Here, the routes run along the west side of Mercedes-Benz Stadium next door to the Georgia World Congress Center. US 29 leaves the concurrency with US 19/US 41 in the vicinity of Georgia Tech and turns northwest onto US 78/US 278/SR 8, which leaves US 9/US 41 to go west. The highway briefly curves northeast as it passes over some Norfolk Southern Railway lines, then turns north again at a partial interchange with Tech Parkway Northwest. Leaving the vicinity of Georgia Tech, it splits from US 41/SR 3 after traveling through Downtown Atlanta and turns right onto on 14th Street, which is also the western beginning of SR 9. One block after the interchange with Interstate 75 (I-75)/I-85 (Downtown Connector) in Midtown, it has an intersection with a one-way pair with Spring Street (southbound US 9) before turning north on Peachtree Street. The one-way pair ends at the vicinity of a complex interchange with SR 13 and the Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta Campus, just south of a crossing over I-85, which includes historic Peachtree station. After several miles, it intersects SR 141 in Buckhead, where Peachtree Street continues. It follows Roswell Road north through the city of Sandy Springs. At its southern interchange with I-285, it splits from SR 9, and overlaps I-285 between exits 25 and 27, the latter of which is for SR 400, which it overlaps north of there.

Most of this section is a limited-access road with four lanes in each direction, becoming two lanes in each direction as the highway continues away from the northern suburbs of Atlanta. It arrives in Dahlonega, where it is no longer concurrent with SR 400, before about 37 miles (60 km) of extremely curvy road, which includes a concurrency with US 129. From the north side of the state, the last major town it travels through is Blairsville.

Northwest from there, US 9/US 29/SR 11 passes the southwest border of the Butternut Creek Golf Course before entering Youngstown. The road turns north again where it utilizes a short causeway over Wellborn Branch, a tributary of the Nottely River before intersecting the northern terminus of Pat Haralson Memorial Drive. The road enters Canal Lake where another short causeway that makes a pond leading to Stevens Branch Creek. In Ivylog, the eastern terminus of SR 325 can be found across from Ivy Log Road. At the southwest corner of the North Carolina state line, SR 11 meets its northern terminus, while US 19 continues toward Erie, Pennsylvania and US 29 continues toward Knoxville, Tennessee.

The following portions of US 19 in Georgia is 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 Florida state line to the I-75 interchange west of Morrow.
  • From the SR 13 interchange in Atlanta to the North Carolina state line.[2][3][4][5]

History

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US 19 has been gradually four-laned since the 1950s. Initially, this was in the urban areas, but Georgia began four-laning the route through most of the rural sections of the state in the 1990s. The section from Griffin to Thomaston was four-laned by the early 1990s, while the section from Thomaston to Leesburg was completed in sections between 2000 and 2010.

In 2006, business and government officials in Southwest Georgia began a campaign to have I-185 extended to Monticello, Florida, and connect with I-10. The proposed route of the highway would have traveled parallel to SR 520 (known as "Corridor Z") to Albany and then parallel to US 19.[6] Local opposition to the plan soon emerged.[7] Critics argued that the proposed interstate would siphon business from small towns that the new road bypassed.[7] In 2009, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) concluded a two-year study of the proposal, which found that extending I-185 would "be inconsistent with existing comprehensive land use plans; would have a negative impact on prime agricultural land, forests and cultural assets; and could have a detrimental impact on poverty and minority populations".[8] GDOT announced it would instead focus on upgrading and improving other key arterial highways in southwest Georgia, including SR 133 between Albany and Valdosta.

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
Thomas​0.000.00


 US 19 south (SR 57) / SR 3 begins / SR 300 begins – Monticello		Florida state line; southern end of SR 3 and SR 300 concurrencies; southern terminus of SR 3/SR 300
see SR 300
DoughertyAlbany70.6113.63


 US 82 east / SR 520 east / SR 300 north (Clark Avenue) – Atlanta, Cordele, Sylvester, Tifton		Northern end of SR 300 concurrency; southern end of US 82/SR 520 concurrency
71.9115.74Blaylock Street
73.9118.95
 SR 91 / SR 133 north (Jefferson Street) – Downtown Albany		Northern end of SR 133 concurrency; signed northbound as exits 5A (north) and 5B (south)
75.2121.0




 US 82 west / SR 520 west (Liberty Expressway) / US 19 Bus. south / US 82 Bus. east / SR 520 Bus. east (Slappey Boulevard) – Dawson, Columbus		Northern end of US 82/SR 520 concurrency; northern terminus of US 19 Bus.; western terminus of US 82 Bus./SR 520 Bus.; US 19 north follows exit 6A; US 19 Bus./US 82 Bus./SR 520 Bus. is exit 6B northbound.
Lee​78.2125.9
 SR 133 south (Forrester Parkway) – Doerun, The Parks at Chehaw		Northern terminus of SR 133
Leesburg82.5132.8




 US 19 Byp. north / SR 3 Byp. north / SR 32 west (Dawson Road) / SR 32 Truck east (Robert B. Lee Drive) – Dawson, Americus		Southern end of SR 32 concurrency; southern terminus of US 19 Byp./SR 3 Byp.; western terminus of SR 32 Truck
83.4134.2

 SR 32 east / SR 195 north (4th Street) – Leslie, De Soto, Ashburn		Northern end of SR 32 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 195
84.0135.2

 US 19 Byp. south / SR 3 Byp. south – Dawson, Albany		Northern terminus of US 19 Byp./SR 3 Byp.
Smithville96.0154.5 SR 118 (Long Drive) – Dawson, Bronwood, Downtown Smithville
​98.1157.9
 SR 308 west (Bond Trail Road)		Eastern terminus of SR 308
Sumter​108174


 US 280 west / SR 27 west / SR 49 south / Spring Street – Plains, Dawson		Southern end of US 280/SR 27/SR 49 concurrency
Americus109175



 US 280 east / SR 27 east / SR 30 east / SR 49 north (West Lamar Street) – Cordele, Oglethorpe, Georgia Southwestern State University, Habitat for Humanity Global Village & Discovery Center		Northern end of US 280/SR 27/SR 49 concurrency; southern end of SR 30 concurrency
110180
 SR 30 west (Adderton Street) – Concord, Buena Vista		Northern end of SR 30 concurrency
Schley​118190
 SR 271 east – Andersonville		Western terminus of SR 271
​121195
 SR 228 east – Andersonville		Western terminus of SR 228
​121195Andersonville RoadFormer SR 228 west
Ellaville122196 SR 26 – Ellaville, Oglethorpe
Murrays Crossroads128206 SR 240 – Tazewell
Taylor​135217

 SR 90 west / SR 127 west – Mauk		Southern end of SR 90 and SR 127 concurrencies
​136219
 SR 127 east – Marshallville		Northern end of SR 127 concurrency
Rupert137220
 SR 90 east – Ideal, Andersonville National Historic Site		Northern end of SR 90 concurrency
Butler145233 SR 96 (Butler Bypass) / SR 540 – Geneva, Fort Valley, Columbus
146235 SR 137 – Buena Vista, Fort Valley, Southern Crescent Technical College Taylor County Center
​153246 SR 208 (Old Wire Road) – Talbotton, Roberta
​158254

 US 80 west / SR 22 west – Talbotton, Columbus		Southern end of US 80/SR 22 concurrency
Flint RiverGarland T. Byrd Bridge
UpsonSalem160260

 US 80 east / SR 22 east – Macon		Northern end of US 80/SR 22 concurrency
Thomaston173278

 SR 36 east / SR 74 east (Gordon Street) – Barnesville, Jackson, Yatesville, Macon		Eastbound lanes of SR 36/SR 74 on one-way pair
174280

 SR 36 west / SR 74 west (Main Street) – Woodbury, Greenville, Woodland, Columbus		Westbound lanes of SR 36/SR 74 on one-way pair
Pike​185298
 SR 109 west – Lifsey Springs, Molena		Southern end of SR 109 concurrency
​186299
 SR 109 east – Meansville		Northern end of SR 109 concurrency
Zebulon190310 SR 18 – Concord, Barnesville
Spalding​197317




 US 41 south / SR 7 south (Martin L. King Jr. Parkway) / US 19 Bus. north / US 41 Bus. north / SR 155 north (Zebulon Parkway) – Barnesville, Griffin, Airport		Southern end of US 41 concurrency; northern terminus of SR 7; southern terminus of US 19 Bus./US 41 Bus./SR 155
see US 41
FultonAtlanta243391

 US 41 north / SR 3 north (SR 9 / Northside Drive NW)		Northern end of US 41/SR 3 concurrency; southern end of SR 9 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 9
244393
 I-75 / I-85 south (Downtown Connector / SR 295 / SR 401 / SR 403 / Downtown Connector)		I-75 exit 250 / I-85 exit 84
245394



 SR 13 north (Buford Highway) to I-85 north / SR 400		Interchange; southern terminus of SR 13
248399
 SR 141 north (Peachtree Road NE)		Southern terminus of SR 141
249401
 SR 237 south (Piedmont Road NE)		Northern terminus of SR 237
Sandy Springs25340725

 I-285 west (SR 407) / SR 9 north (Roswell Road) – Chattanooga, Birmingham		Northern end of SR 9 concurrency; southern end of I-285 concurrency; US 19 south follows exit 25; Dorothy Felton Interchange.
25440926Glenridge Drive / Glenridge ConnectorNorthbound exit and southbound entrance; former SR 407 Loop
25440927
4A

 I-285 east (SR 407) / SR 400 south – Greenville, SC, Augusta, Buckhead, Atlanta		Northern end of I-285 concurrency; southern end of SR 400 concurrency; US 19 north follows exit 27; US 19 south follows exit 4B.
see SR 400
Lumpkin​301484

 SR 60 south / SR 115 east – Cleveland, Murrayville, Gainesville, Smithgall Woods Center, Unicoi State Park		Northern end of SR 400 concurrency; southern end of SR 60 concurrency
Dahlonega306492

 SR 9 south / SR 52 west (Morrison Moore Parkway) / South Chestatee Street – Dahlonega, Dawsonville, Ellijay, Historic Dahlonega Gold Museum, Historic Dahlonega, University of North Georgia		Southern end of SR 9 and SR 52 concurrencies
307494

 US 19 Bus. north / SR 60 Bus. north (East Main Street) – Dahlonega, Historic Dahlonega Gold Museum, Historic Dahlonega		Southern terminus of US 19 Bus./SR 60 Bus.
307494
 SR 52 east – Cleveland, Lula		Northern end of SR 52 concurrency
​309497

 US 19 Bus. south / SR 60 Bus. south		Northern terminus of US 19 Bus./SR 60 Bus.
Porter Springs314505
 SR 60 north – Suches, Morganton		Northern end of SR 60 concurrency
Turners Corner319513

 US 129 south (SR 9) / SR 11 south – Cleveland, Helen		Northern end of SR 9 concurrency; southern end of US 129/SR 11 concurrency; northern terminus of SR 9
see US 129
Union​351565

 US 19 north / US 129 north (Blairsville Highway) – Murphy		North Carolina state line; northern terminus of SR 11
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Overview map of US 19 in Georgia" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  2. ^ National Highway System: Georgia (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 8, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  3. ^ National Highway System: Albany, GA (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  4. ^ National Highway System: Atlanta, GA (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  5. ^ National Highway System: Gainesville, GA (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  6. ^ "New Interstate idea gets mixed reviews".
  7. ^ a b "Thomas County commission against interstate extension". December 13, 2006. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  8. ^ "Tall Timbers E-News". www.talltimbers.org.
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