U.S. Route 29 in Georgia
![]() U.S. Highway 29 | ||||
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US 29 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by GDOT | ||||
| Length | 211.0 mi (339.6 km) | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Georgia | |||
| Counties | Troup, Coweta, Fulton, Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Barrow, Oconee, Clarke, Madison, Franklin, Hart | |||
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U.S. Highway 29 (US 29) in the state of Georgia is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs southwest to northeast from West Point at the Alabama state line to the South Carolina state line, near Lake Hartwell. From West Point to Downtown Atlanta, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has cosigned US 29 with State Route 14 (SR 14). North of Downtown Atlanta, the route runs along SR 8 to Dacula and again from west of Statham to the South Carolina state line.
Concurrencies of US 29 with U.S. Highways in Georgia include US 27 in LaGrange as well as US 27 Alternate (US 27 Alt.) from Moreland to Newnan. Others include US 19/US 41 from Castleberry Hill to the vicinity of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, US 78 from Georgia Tech to Scottdale, and again from near Bogart to Athens, US 278 from Georgia Tech to Druid Hills, US 23 from east Atlanta to Decatur, and US 129/US 441 in the vicinity of Athens.
Route description
From the Alabama state line to Moreland
US 29 enters Georgia while concurrent with SR 14. US 29/SR 14 exits West Point and heads toward Several Parks. (R. Schaefer Heard Park, Schaefer Heard Campground, Long Cane Park) As US 29/SR 14 continues to parallel West Point lake, It encounters Gabbettville Road which provides access to I-85. From West Point to LaGrange the highway continues as West Point Road. US 29/SR 14 enters LaGrange and intersects Vernon and Roanoke Roads and passes by Wellstar Georgia Medical Center and shortly afterwards is another interchange with Vernon Road. The highway enters the downtown of LaGrange as Vernon Street and later intersects US 27/SR 1/SR 219 (Martha Berry Highway), along with SR 109 (Lafayette Parkway). US 27/US 29/SR 1/SR 14/SR 219 proceeds to exit LaGrange but before SR 219 leaves the concurrency, US 29/SR 14 breaks away and exits the city. The highway does not encounter any major junctions from that point on until Hogansville. In Hogansville, the highway intersects SR 100 and SR 54 but starts a concurrency with the former. SR 100 then leaves the concurrency and US 29/SR 14 exits Hogansville and heads toward Grantville with no major junctions but bypasses the town. Shortly after bypassing the town, US 29/SR 14 meets an interchange with I-85. Again, there are no major junctions from that point until Moreland. US 29/SR 14 intersects US 27 Alternate (US 27 Alt.) in the said location and the concurrency heads toward I-85 for a second time. Shortly afterwards is an intersection with SR 16 and the said highway joins the concurrency. US 27 Alt./US 29/SR 14/SR 16 heads towards Newnan with no major intersections.
From Moreland to Atlanta
The highway enters Newnan and intersects Salbide Avenue, Spring Street and South and North Court Square. As US 27 Alt./US 29/SR 14/SR 16 exits Newnan, it is joined by SR 34 for a short concurrency before the intersection with Jackson and Clark streets. US 29/SR 14 exits Newnan heading east towards Atlanta while US 27 Alt./SR 16/SR 34 heads north towards West Newnan. Shortly after exiting Newnan, US 29/SR 14 intersects the western terminus of SR 70 and later SR 34 Bypass (SR 34 Byp.) afterwards. US 29/SR 14 continues towards Palmetto and begins a concurrency with SR 154. US 29/SR 14/SR 154 passes by Arbor Springs Elementary School and enters Palmetto a few miles after. In Palmetto, the highway intersects minor streets such as Church and Toombs streets. Before exiting the town, SR 154 departs from US 29/SR 14 as it intersects Cascade Palmetto Highway and Phillips Road. US 29/SR 14 heads toward Fairburn and does not encounter any major junctions. In Fairburn, it intersects SR 74 (Fairburn Industrial Boulevard), SR 92 (Campbellton Street), and then SR 138 (Beverly Engram Parkway).
US 29/SR 14 meets an interchange with northern terminus of US 29 Alt./SR 14 Alt. and the western terminus of SR 14 Conn. (both parts of Fulton Parkway) near Union City. SR 14 Conn. serves a connection to I-85/I-285 interchange. After this interchange, US 29/SR 14 narrows to two lanes and curves east to cross below I-285, without an interchange. The highways curve northeast toward College Park to meet the northern terminus of SR 279 (Old National Highway). Few blocks later SR 139 (Riverdale Road) joins concurrency with US 29/SR 14 towards downtown College Park. Three routes later meets an interchange with SR 6, that connects to Atlanta Airport’s entrance to the domestic terminal. After going through downtown College Park, the roadway widens back to four lanes, while the highways goes through downtown East Point. North of East Point, the highways meet an interchange with SR 154/SR 166 (Arthur B. Langford Jr. Parkway). SR 154 departs from SR 166 in this interchange to join its concurrency with US 29/SR 14/SR 139 towards Atlanta. SR 139 leaves the concurrency to continue west along Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard. US 29/SR 14/SR 154 later meets an indirect interchange with I-20 (Ralph David Abernathy Freeway; I-20 eastbound exit 55A and westbound exit 55B). Access to enter I-20 from US 29/SR 14/SR 154 is via Park Street (one-way pair frontage road for I-20 westbound). Access to the highways from I-20 via Oak Street (one-way pair frontage road for I-20 eastbound). Lee Street is used as a u-turn method from Park Street to Oak Street; from I-20 west to access US 29/SR 14/SR 154, or from US 29/SR 14/SR 154 to access I-20 east.
From Atlanta to Athens
After crossing below I-20, the highways heads north along Whitehill Street, before briefly meeting US 19/US 41/SR 3 (Northside Drive), south of the campus of Georgia Tech. This is where US 29 leaves its concurrency with SR 14/SR 154. SR 14 ends soon at Ted Turner Drive as SR 154 continues east onto Trinity Avenue. After US 29’s short concurrency with US 19/US 41/SR 3, US 29 turns eastward onto North Avenue towards downtown Atlanta, where it begins a concurrency with US 78/US 278/SR 8. In downtown, it meets an incomplete interchange with I-75/I-85 (Downtown Connector), with the only direct connection is from southbound exit 249D (signed as US 78/US 278) on I-75/I-85 towards its off-ramp to US 29/US 78/US 278/SR 8. Access to enter I-75/I-85 is via Spring Street. The northbound lanes of I-75/I-85 has indirect access to the highways via its northbound exit 249D (signed as US 19/US 29) to Peachtree Street. Past downtown, the roadway becomes Ponce de Leon Avenue. Later, the highways meet SR 10 (John Lewis Freedom Parkway), where it joins the concurrency with. The highways pass through the historic Druid Hills neighborhood, before crossing into DeKalb County. Through Druid Hills, the highways briefly overlaps with US 23 from SR 42 (Moreland Avenue) to SR 155 (Clairemont Avenue). West of Decatur, US 278/SR 10 leaves the concurrency with US 23/US 29/US 78/SR 8 to go southeast along Lake Road to South Decatur. In North Decatur, US 78 splits from US 29/SR 8 at an particle wye interchange, as it becomes a freeway through the north of Stone Mountain as Stone Mountain Freeway. This interchange is marked as the western terminus of SR 410. US 29/SR 8 turns northeast from the interchange onto Lawrenceville Highway. The highways passes through unincorporated communities like Scottdale and North Decatur before meeting an interchange with I-285. The highways passes through Tucker to intersect the eastern terminus of SR 236 (LaVista Road) and the western terminus of SR 8 Conn. (Mountain Industrial Boulevard). At its intersection with SR 8 Conn. is where US 29/SR 8 leaves DeKalb County to enter Gwinnett County. US 29/SR 8 meets the eastern terminus of SR 378 (Beaver Ruin Road) in Lilburn. After its intersection with Sugarloaf Parkway, the highways continues toward near Lawrenceville, where it follows Lawrenceville–Suwanee Road northeast to intersect with and to have a short concurrency with SR 120 (Duluth Highway).
Northwest of Lawrenceville, US 29/SR 8 leaves its short concurrency with SR 120 to merge onto SR 316 (University Parkway). US 29/SR 8/SR 316 later meets two interchanges with Collins Hill Road and SR 20/SR 124 (Buford Drive), before the freeway ending at an intersection with Hi Hope Road. From here, the highways become an unlimited access road, with some stretches of interchanges. Soon, the southbound lanes (or the westbound lanes of SR 316) has the partial right-in/right-out interchange with the southern terminus of Cedars Road. The highways curve to the southeast to meet an intersection with the southern terminus of US 29 Bus. (Winder Highway), while SR 8 departs from US 29/SR 316 to join with US 29 Bus. SR 8 later comes back to the concurrency with US 29/SR 316 in the east of Winder. US 29/SR 316 curves east to bypass the downtown districts of Dacula and Winder. Past the western intersection with US 29 Bus./SR 8, the roadway’s speed limit increases from 55 to 65 mph, serving as a high-speed corridor that crosses into Barrow County and later Oconee County. Which traverses a mix of rapidly developing suburban commercial hubs and rural terrain. US 29/SR 316 meets two interchanges with the eastern terminus of Sugarloaf Parkway, then immediately meeting Harbins Road. The highways heads over the Appalachee River into rural Barrow County. South of Winder, US 29/SR 316 meets an interchange with SR 81 (Loganville Highway). North of Bethlehem, both routes meets an interchange with SR 11 (Monroe Highway). Southeast of Winder, the highways meet an interchange with SR 53 and the northern terminus of US 29 Bus. (Hog Mountain Road). SR 8 rejoins its concurrency with US 29/SR 316 at this interchange. South of Statham, US 29/SR 8/SR 316 meets an intersection with SR 211 (Bethlehem Road).
From Athens to the South Carolina state line
Approaching the Oconee County county line and the western periphery of Athens near Bogart, it meets a interchange with US 78/SR 10 and the western terminus of US 78 Bus. (Monroe Highway/Monia Michael Highway). At this interchange is where US 78 joins the concurrency with US 29/SR 8/SR 316, and the roadway’s speed limit reduces back to 55 mph. Soon, the four routes meets an interchange with SR 10 Loop (Athens Perimeter). SR 316 meets its eastern terminus at this interchange, while US 29/US 78/SR 8 merges onto SR 10 Loop’s counterclockwise direction (signed as outer). The roadway beyond SR 316’s east end continues as Epps Bridge Parkway, towards US 78 Bus./SR 10 to downtown Athens. US 29/US 78/SR 8 runs east while concurrently along with the southeastern half of SR 10 Loop, known for its limited-access freeway beltway bypass, circling around downtown Athens. It enters Clarke County before meeting an interchange with US 129/US 441/SR 15 (Macon Highway). US 129/US 441/SR 15 joins the concurrency with the perimeter beltway from this interchange. Later, the seven routes meets an interchange with the southern terminus of SR 15 Alt. (Milledge Avenue), which provide access to the University of Georgia. The freeway curves northeast to meet an interchange with SR 10 and the eastern terminus of US 78 Bus. (Oconee Street/Lexington Road). US 78 departs from the perimeter freeway to this interchange, to turn right and continue along with SR 10 east towards Lexington and Augusta. On the northeastern side of Athens, US 29/SR 8 departs from the SR 10 Loop freeway past exit 10B (where SR 10 Loop exits itself with US 129/US 441/SR 15) to go northeast, while paralleling west of Old Hull Road. The highways meet the western terminus of SR 72 (Hull Road) and the southern terminus of SR 106 (Fortson Store Road) near Hull, before narrowing to two lanes as it leaves Clarke County and enters Madison County.
The highways continues northeast through an undulating landscape of farmland and pine forests. It arrives in Danielsville, the county seat of Madison County, where it serves as the main commercial thorough the city square. Soon in town, it meets an roundabout intersection with SR 98 (Ila-Comer Road). After leaving Danielsville, US 29/SR 8 continues its northeastward trajectory, crossing the Broad River and entering Franklin County. The highways goes through the center of Royston. Here, it intersects with SR 17 Bus. (Church Street), before meeting SR 17 (Royston Bypass). The highways enters Hart County and travels through rural terrain towards the city of Hartwell. In downtown Hartwell, US 29/SR 8 follows Athens Street and overlaps briefly with SR 51/SR 77 (Howell Street northbound; Franklin Street southbound) as one-way pair around the historic county courthouse square. Shortly, SR 51 leaves the concurrency to continue going north along Chandler Street. A block later, US 29/SR 8/SR 77 meets the northern terminus of SR 172 (Webb Street). Four blocks later, SR 77 leaves the concurrency to continue going south along Carter Street. Soon, US 29/SR 8 comes back as a two-way road as Franklin Street. From here, the highways leaves the city while turning more sharply to the northeast. US 29/SR 8 meets the western terminus of SR 181 (Smith McGee Highway) at the south of Lake Hartwell Dam Plant. The highways curve northeast before crossing the South Carolina state line, over the Savannah River. At the state line is where SR 8 meets its eastern terminus, while US 29 enters the state towards Anderson.
National Highway System
The following portions of US 29 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:
- The concurrency with US 27/SR 1 in LaGrange
- From I-85 just south of East Newnan to SR 34 in Newnan
- From SR 74 in Fairburn to US 29 Alt./SR 14 Alt./SR 14 Conn. in Red Oak
- From I-20 in Atlanta to SR 8 Conn. in Tucker
- From US 29 Bus./SR 8/SR 316 just west of Dacula to SR 72 in Athens[1][2][3]
History
Former sections of the road have included local streets named "Old Highway 29" in various locations as well as Broad Street (SR 14 Conn.) in LaGrange[4][5] and US 29 Bus. between Dacula and west of Statham. Other former segments include Old West Point Road south of LaGrange, Wynne-Russell Drive in Lilburn, Old Athens Road in Lawrenceville, Sam Groves Street in Danielsville, Old Royston Road in Bluestone, and Franklin Springs Circle in Royston.
Parts of US 29 to the southwest of Atlanta has been named Roosevelt Highway, since Franklin D. Roosevelt made his final journey northward from Warm Springs along this stretch of highway. Large crowds gathered along US 29 on this day in April 1945 to pay their final respects to the deceased president. Unfortunately, for those who waited along the highway, they missed seeing the president's body being transported back to Washington DC on a train that ran on nearby tracks.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Chambers | Lanett | 0.0 | 0.0 | Continuation into Alabama, southern end of SR 14 concurrency | ||
| Troup | West Point | 0.5 | 0.80 | John C. Barrow Bridge over the Chattahoochee River | US 29 leaves West 9th Street and becomes East 10th Street | |
| 0.9 | 1.4 | Western terminus of SR 18 | ||||
| LaGrange | 14.3 | 23.0 | Western end of SR 109 concurrency | |||
| 15.6 | 25.1 | Western terminus of SR 14 Connector | ||||
| 16.6 | 26.7 | Southern end of US 27/SR 1/SR 219 concurrency, eastern end of SR 109 concurrency | ||||
| 16.7 | 26.9 | Eastern terminus of SR 14 Connector; northern end of SR 219 concurrency; Broad Street becomes Greenville Street east of US 27/29 | ||||
| 17.4 | 28.0 | Northern end of US 27/SR 1 concurrency | ||||
| 20.0 | 32.2 | Northern terminus of SR 14 Spur | ||||
| Hogansville | 29.9 | 48.1 | Southern end of SR 100 concurrency | |||
| 30.4 | 48.9 | Northern end of SR 100 concurrency | ||||
| Coweta | Grantville | 38.2 | 61.5 | Exit 35 (I-85) | ||
| Moreland | 41.8 | 67.3 | Northern terminus of SR 41, southern end of US 27 Alt. concurrency | |||
| | 45.0 | 72.4 | Exit 41 (I-85) | |||
| East Newnan | 48.7 | 78.4 | Southern end of SR 16 concurrency | |||
| Newnan | 49.3 | 79.3 | Northern end of SR 16 concurrency | |||
| 50.2 | 80.8 | Southern terminus of SR 70 | ||||
| 50.7 | 81.6 | |||||
| | 57.7 | 92.9 | Southern end of SR 154 concurrency | |||
| Fulton | Palmetto | 63.6 | 102.4 | Southern terminus of US 29 Alt. and SR 14 Alt., northern end of SR 154 concurrency | ||
| Fairburn | 68.3 | 109.9 | Northern terminus of SR 74 | |||
| 69.2 | 111.4 | |||||
| Union City | 70.2 | 113.0 | ||||
| Red Oak | 76.4 | 123.0 | Northern terminus of US 29 Alt. and SR 14 Alt., western terminus of SR 14 Conn. | |||
| College Park | 77.3 | 124.4 | Northern terminus of SR 279 | |||
| 79.2 | 127.5 | Southern end of SR 139 concurrency | ||||
| East Point | 83.2 | 133.9 | Southern end of SR 154 concurrency | |||
| Atlanta | 86.2 | 138.7 | Northern end of SR 139 concurrency; | |||
| 86.6 | 139.4 | Northern end of SR 14/SR 154 concurrency; southern end of SR 3 Connector concurrency | ||||
| 88.7 | 142.7 | Sorthern end of US 19/US 41/SR 3 concurrency | ||||
| 88.8 | 142.9 | Northern end of US 19/US 41/SR 3 concurrency; western end of US 78/US 278/SR 8 concurrency | ||||
| 89.6 | 144.2 | I-75 exit 249D | ||||
| 91.5 | 147.3 | Western end of SR 10 concurrency | ||||
| Fulton–DeKalb county line | 92.1 | 148.2 | Western end of US 23 concurrency | |||
| DeKalb | Druid Hills | 93.8 | 151.0 | Eastern end of US 278/SR 10 concurrency | ||
| Decatur | 95.3 | 153.4 | Eastern end of US 23 concurrency | |||
| Scottdale | 97.5 | 156.9 | Eastern end of US 78 concurrency | |||
| 97.8 | 157.4 | North Druid Hills Road | To westbound Exit 1 on Stone Mountain Freeway | |||
| Tucker | 99.5 | 160.1 | I-285 Exit 38 | |||
| 102.6 | 165.1 | Hugh Howell Road | Former segment of SR 236 | |||
| 102.9 | 165.6 | Eastern terminus of SR 236 | ||||
| DeKalb–Gwinnett county line | 104.3 | 167.9 | Western terminus of SR 8 Conn. | |||
| Gwinnett | Lilburn | 109.2 | 175.7 | Eastern terminus of SR 378 | ||
| Lawrenceville | 110.5 | 177.8 | Ronald Reagan Parkway | |||
| 117.9 | 189.7 | Lawrenceville–Suwanee Road | Future US 29 north[6] | |||
| 118.3 | 190.4 | |||||
| 119.7 | 192.6 | Western end of SR 20 concurrency | ||||
| 120.3 | 193.6 | Eastern end of SR 20 concurrency; western end of SR 124 concurrency | ||||
| 122.2 | 196.7 | |||||
| Dacula | 123.9 | 199.4 | Eastern end of SR 8 concurrency; western end of SR 316 concurrency; western end of US 29 BUS; future US 29 south via University Parkway[6] | |||
| Apalachee River | 129.5 | 208.4 | Unnamed bridge over the Apalachee River, which marks the Gwinnett–Barrow county line | |||
| Barrow | Bethlehem | 134.4 | 216.3 | 5 | ||
| Russell | 136.9 | 220.3 | 7 | |||
| | 140.6 | 226.3 | 27 | Eastern end of US 29 Bus.; western end of SR 8 concurrency | ||
| Statham | 143.5 | 230.9 | ||||
| Oconee | | 149.4 | 240.4 | Western end of US 78 concurrency; western terminus of US 78 Bus.; interchange | ||
| | 152.9 | 246.1 | Eastern end of SR 316 concurrency; western end of SR 10 Loop/SR 422 concurrency; SR 10 Loop exit 1 | |||
| Clarke | Athens | 155.9 | 250.9 | 4 | Western end of US 129/US 441/SR 15 concurrency | |
| 157.6 | 253.6 | 6 | Southern terminus of SR 15 Alt.; provides access to University Health Center | |||
| 158.7 | 255.4 | 7 | College Station Road – University of Georgia | |||
| 159.9 | 257.3 | 8 | Eastern end of US 78 concurrency; eastern terminus of US 78 Bus. | |||
| 161.3 | 259.6 | 9 | Peter Street / Olympic Drive | |||
| 162.1 | 260.9 | 10A | Old Hull Road | |||
| 162.3 | 261.2 | 10B-D | Eastern end of SR 10 Loop/SR 422 and US 129/US 441/SR 15 concurrencies | |||
| 163.6 | 263.3 | Western terminus of SR 72 | ||||
| Madison | Hull | 166.6 | 268.1 | Southern terminus; northern terminus of former SR 393 | ||
| | 167.5 | 269.6 | Garnett Ward Road | Former GA 182 | ||
| Danielsville | 176.1 | 283.4 | ||||
| | 177.7 | 286.0 | ||||
| | 179.6 | 289.0 | ||||
| Bond | 183.5 | 295.3 | Western end of SR 174 concurrency | |||
| Hudson River | 184.5 | 296.9 | Unnamed bridge over the Hudson River, which marks the Madison–Franklin county line | |||
| Franklin | | 184.8 | 297.4 | Eastern end of SR 174 concurrency | ||
| Franklin Springs | 188.0 | 302.6 | ||||
| 188.1 | 302.7 | |||||
| Royston | 191.0 | 307.4 | ||||
| Hart | 202.9 | 326.5 | ||||
| Hartwell | 203.0 | 326.7 | Western end of SR 51/SR 77 concurrency | |||
| 203.1 | 326.9 | Eastern end of SR 51 concurrency | ||||
| 203.4 | 327.3 | |||||
| 209.4 | 337.0 | Eastern end of SR 77 concurrency | ||||
| | 210.8 | 339.2 | ||||
| Savannah River | 210.9 | 339.4 | Hartwell Dam Bridge at Georgia–South Carolina state line, SR 8 concurrency ends | |||
| 211.0 | 339.6 | US 29 continues into South Carolina. | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ↑ National Highway System: Georgia (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 8, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ↑ National Highway System: Atlanta, GA (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ↑ National Highway System: Athens-Clarke County, GA (PDF) (Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ↑ State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1970). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia.
- ↑ State Highway Department of Georgia (January 1971). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia.
- 1 2 Cooper, John R. (March 14, 2018). "Relocation of United States Route 84" (PDF). Alabama Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
External links
- U.S. Route 29
- U.S. Highways in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Transportation in Troup County, Georgia
- Transportation in Coweta County, Georgia
- College Park, Georgia
- Roads in Atlanta
- Druid Hills, Georgia
- Decatur, Georgia
- Tucker, Georgia
- Transportation in Gwinnett County, Georgia
- Transportation in Athens, Georgia
- Transportation in Madison County, Georgia
- Transportation in Hart County, Georgia
