I-75 North - Atlanta - Georgia - 4K Highway Drive

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Interstate 75 northbound through the Atlanta Metro Area. Includes the Downtown Connector concurrency with interstate 85.
Filmed: July 2021

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From Wikipedia:
Interstate 75 (I-75) in the U.S. state of Georgia travels north–south along the U.S. Route 41 (US 41) corridor in the central part of the state, traveling through the cities of Valdosta, Macon, and Atlanta. It is also designated—but not signed—as State Route 401 (SR 401).

I-75 is the only interstate to traverse the full length of the state from north to south. In downtown Atlanta, I-75 joins with I-85 as the Downtown Connector. The segment from SR 49 in Byron to I-16 in Macon is part of the Fall Line Freeway and may be incorporated into the eastern extension of I-14, which is currently entirely within Central Texas and is proposed to be extended to Augusta.

What would become the general routing of I-75 in Georgia was initially used by the western routing of the Dixie Highway beginning in 1916. Established in 1926, the interstate's direct predecessor in Georgia is US 41, a national highway that has been largely supplanted in favor of the federally-funded freeway built under the Interstate Highway System—though limited-access elements of the interstate existed as early as 1951.

With a length of 355.1 miles (571.5 km), I-75 is the longest Interstate Highway in Georgia.[1] It enters the state near Valdosta, and it continues northward through the towns of Tifton and Cordele until it reaches the Macon area, where it intersects with I-16 eastbound towards Savannah. For northbound traffic, I-475 provides a relatively straight bypass west of that city and I-75's route.

I-75 co-signed with I-85 in downtown Atlanta
After Macon, I-75 passes the small town of Forsyth. The freeway reaches no major junctions again until in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The first metropolitan freeway met is I-675, then followed by the Atlanta "Perimeter" bypass, I-285. It crosses inside the Perimeter and heads north several miles towards the Atlanta city center. I-75 then runs concurrently with I-85 due north over the Downtown Connector through the central business district of Atlanta. After the two Interstates split, I-75 heads in a general northwest direction while I-85 heads northeast, crossing outside the I-285 Perimeter and heading towards the major suburban city of Marietta. This section of I-75 just north of I-285 has 15 through lanes, making it the widest roadway anywhere in the Interstate Highway System.[4] North of Marietta, the final major junction in the Atlanta metropolitan area is the I-575 spur. I-75 then traverses the hilly northern Georgia terrain as it travels towards Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The 180-mile-long (290 km) section of I-75 from the northern I-475 intersection to the I-24 intersection in Chattanooga is one of the longest continuous six-lane freeways in the United States (some segments along this corridor have as many as 16 lanes).[citation needed]

Due to recent lane widening in southern Georgia completed in 2011, the only four-lane section of I-75 in Georgia is bypassed by six-lane I-475; along this route there are at least six lanes from the Alligator Alley portion of I-75 in Naples, Florida to I-24 in Chattanooga (with the exception of a four-lane overpass on I-475 over a railroad track in Macon).

I-75 is the only interstate to traverse the full length of the state from north to south. The entire length of I-75 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.

Time Stamps:
Clayton County: 0:00-5:31
Fulton County: 5:32-24:43
Cobb County: 24:44
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Great video mike glad your doing Atlanta videos again

cdxgg_
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Thank you for these awesome videos! They fill my desire to go sightseeing without jumping in my car.

That 75/85 split in Midtown is a beast.

roncarter
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MPH display in these cities would be interesting. Good job and thumbs up.

glennt
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@ 14:25 you really should've turned the camera to the left to see the downtown skyline. Love the ATL

thesharinganknight
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God knows how much I miss you atlanta cobb, Roseville road, conton road . Peach tree street ...😢

mahyarmatin
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Amazing interstate video Georgia Mike keep up the great work man I 75 seems to be a busy Interstate considering it connects with I 85 and it goes through Downtown Atlanta

slasherhawk
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Atlanta, right about halfway between Chicago and Miami.
715 mi. from Chicago, 670 mi. from Miami.

redmanr
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I’m surprised that you aren’t sitting in traffic

trulove
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Didn't know interstate 75/interstate 85 known as the downtown connector

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lost my ad block, 😢, all due to the fact, i had to get a ride, pay 25, to stuff a bike n trailer, in a shortbed pickup, to bring me n my grocerys home, cuz my jinx brat bike decided to drop her chaain, on a hot day, back to the ads, 😠😠🤬

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