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148-722: In the US state of Georgia , Interstate 20 ( I-20 ) travels from the Alabama state line to the Savannah River , which is the South Carolina state line. The highway enters the state near Tallapoosa . It travels through the Atlanta metropolitan area and exits the state in Augusta . The highway also travels through the cities of Bremen , Douglasville , Conyers , Covington , and Madison . I-20 has

296-471: A commercial area of the city. The highway is a divided as it passes through residential subdivisions to exit town. Turning northwesterly on Fayetteville Road, SR 92 follows a two-lane roadway through rural Spalding County , running through a combination of woods and farm fields. The highway rounds the northern end of Heads Creek Reservoir before crossing the Flint River and into Fayette County . Past

444-532: A primary language , while 7.82% (795,646) spoke Spanish, and 6.55% (666,849) spoke languages other than English or Spanish at home, with the most common of which were Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean. In total, 14.38% (1,462,495) of Georgia's population age   5 and older spoke a mother language other than English. According to the Pew Research Center , the composition of religious affiliation in Georgia

592-595: A "sand clay or top soil" surface. In January 1932, SR 92 was established from US 78/SR 8 in Douglasville to SR 6 in Hiram. In December 1933, SR 92 was extended south-southeast to Fairburn with a ferry over the Chattahoochee River. The next year, SR 54's segment from Fayetteville to Fairburn was shifted southward. SR 92 was extended from Fairburn to Griffin, absorbing this segment. By

740-404: A AAA rating. If Georgia were a stand-alone country, it would be the 28th-largest economy in the world, based on data from 2005. Georgia State Route 92 The highway begins at the intersection between West McIntosh Road and North Expressway, the latter carrying US 19/US 41/SR 3, on the north side of Griffin. SR 92 runs westward away from the intersection in the middle of

888-499: A bridge over Fourmile Branch and some railroad tracks of Norfolk Southern Railway. It curves to a nearly due east direction and has an interchange with US 129 / US 441 / SR 24 (Eatonton Road). I-20 leaves the city limits of Madison and crosses over the South Sugar Creek. After a crossing of North Sugar Creek, it curves to a southeasterly direction and has an interchange with Seven Island Road. It travels just south of

1036-567: A bridge that carries Westview Drive SW, it begins traveling along the Westview –Mozley Park neighborhood line. Upon reaching a partial interchange with Langhorn Street SW, which is only accessible from the westbound lanes, it enters the West End neighborhood. Upon crossing over Lawton Street SW, it begins to briefly travel on the West End–Harris Chiles neighborhood line. The Interstate curves to

1184-516: A coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, Georgia is also vulnerable to hurricanes , although direct hurricane strikes were rare during the 20th century. Georgia often is affected by hurricanes that strike the Florida Panhandle , weaken over land, and bring strong tropical storm winds and heavy rain to the interior, a recent example being Hurricane Michael , as well as hurricanes that come close to

1332-595: A crossing of Fairfield Place NW, I-20 begins to parallel SR 139. Just north of Westview Cemetery , it travels along the southern edge of the Penelope Neighbors neighborhood. The highway curves to the east-northeast and has an interchange with Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. It immediately curves back to the southeast and begins to travel along the southern edge of the Mozley Park neighborhood. Upon traveling under

1480-512: A crossing of Webster Creek, the highway curves to the east-northeast and has an interchange with SR 113 (Carrollton Street). It curves to the east-southeast and leaves Temple. It crosses the Little Tallapoosa River and then curves back to the east-northeast. It curves to the east and enters Villa Rica . It travels just south of Villa Rica High School . Immediately, it has an interchange with SR 61 / SR 101 . It curves to

1628-494: A decade later, the segment of SR 176 between Lost Mountain and New Hope was shifted to the northeast. Its former alignment was redesignated as SR 92 Conn. In 1979, SR 92 Conn. was redesignated as SR 120 Conn. State Route 92 Connector ( SR 92 Conn. ) was a connector route of SR 92 in Dallas . Between 1945 and the end of 1946, it was established from SR 6 / SR 120 and SR 61 in

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1776-471: A due east direction. On the east side of the interchange, it begins to travel along the Panthersville – Candler-McAfee line. It passes McNair Middle School to the south and then curves to the east-northeast. It has an interchange with SR 155 (Candler Road). It travels just to the south of Misty Waters Park. It begins to curve to the east-southeast and has a partial interchange with Columbia Drive, which

1924-622: A governor appointed by the king of Great Britain . The Province of Georgia was one of the Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution by signing the 1776 Declaration of Independence . The State of Georgia's first constitution was ratified in February 1777. Georgia was the 10th state to ratify the Articles of Confederation on July 24, 1778, and was

2072-742: A national leader in the civil rights movement . King joined with others to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta in 1957 to provide political leadership for the Civil Rights Movement across the South. The civil rights riots of the 1956 Sugar Bowl would also take place in Atlanta after a clash between Georgia Tech 's president Blake R. Van Leer and Governor Marvin Griffin . On February 5, 1958, during

2220-515: A nearly due east direction. It has an interchange with Alcovy Road. Just after this interchange, it temporarily leaves the city limits of Covington again and curves to the east-southeast. After an interchange with SR 142 (Hazelbrand Road), it reenters Covington. It crosses over the Alcovy River before leaving Covington for its third and final time. The highway curves to the east-northeast and then has an interchange with SR 11 . It curves to

2368-425: A pair of small airports, Coleman Field and McLendon Airport. SR 92 crosses into the southwestern corner of Fulton County near Fairburn , and it runs through a mixture of industrial parks and commercial zones. The highway passes over I-85 , without an interchange, and crosses rail lines owned by CSX Transportation . SR 92 follows Campbellton Street through downtown, intersecting US 29 / SR 14 in

2516-483: A partial interchange that leads to Memorial Drive and Glenwood Avenue. This interchange feeds into Bill Kennedy Way SE. Then, it briefly travels along the North Ormewood Park – Reynoldstown neighborhood line. It has an interchange with US 23 / SR 42 ( Moreland Avenue ). At this interchange, the highway enters DeKalb County . I-20 enters the eastern part of the city of Atlanta. It begins to travel on

2664-544: A partial interchange with Capitol Avenue, which is only accessible from the westbound lanes. Right after that is a partial interchange with Hill Street, which is also only accessible from the westbound lanes. It then has an interchange with Boulevard . It very briefly travels along the Grant Park– Reynoldstown neighborhood line. Then, it travels along the Glenwood Park –Reynoldstown neighborhood line. There, it has

2812-480: A period of late 2014 to mid-2015, GDOT proposed to widen I-20 from the Alabama state line eastward to Villa Rica . Most of that length had the roadway widened from four to six lanes, with ultimate plans to widen to at least six lanes from Birmingham to Atlanta. In 2015, the widening project began. Phase 1, which detailed resurfacing the roadway for future expansion preparation, has been completed in 2021. Phase 2

2960-444: A period of late 2014 to mid-2015, GDOT proposed to widen I-20 from the Alabama state line eastward to Villa Rica, GA . Most of that length had the roadway widened from four to six lanes, with ultimate plans to widen to at least six lanes from Birmingham, Alabama , to Atlanta. In 2015, the widening project begin. Phase 1, which detailed resurfacing the roadway for future expansion preparation, has been completed in 2021. Phase 2

3108-446: A rest area. Then, the highway crosses over Hunnicut Creek. It curves to the southeast and has an interchange with Newborn Road. After the westbound lanes have a rest area, the highway curves to the east-northeast. It crosses over Big Indian Creek and then curves to the southeast. It enters the city limits of Madison . The highway crosses over Little Indian Creek just before an interchange with SR 83 (Monticello Road). It travels on

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3256-518: A state-wide office. Julian Bond , a noted civil rights leader, was elected to the state House in 1965, and served multiple terms there and in the state senate. Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. testified before Congress in support of the Civil Rights Act, and Governor Carl Sanders worked with the Kennedy administration to ensure the state's compliance. Ralph McGill , editor and syndicated columnist at

3404-674: A training mission flown by a B-47 , a Mark 15 nuclear bomb , also known as the Tybee Bomb , was lost off the coast of Tybee Island near Savannah. The bomb was thought by the Department of Energy to lie buried in silt at the bottom of Wassaw Sound . By the 1960s, the proportion of African Americans in Georgia had declined to 28% of the state's population, after waves of migration to the North and some immigration by whites. With their voting power diminished, it took some years for African Americans to win

3552-404: A transportation hub, in 1991 UPS established its headquarters in the suburb of Sandy Springs . In 1992, construction finished on Bank of America Plaza , the tallest building in the U.S. outside of New York or Chicago. On February 19th, 2003, Georgia adopted its current state flag , resembling the state's first official flag. In 2024, it was announced that Atlanta would host multiple games during

3700-506: A variety of pines, oaks, hollies, cypress , sweetgum , scaly-bark and white hickories , and sabal palmetto . East Georgia is in the subtropical coniferous forest biome and conifer species as other broadleaf evergreen flora make up the majority of the southern and coastal regions. Yellow jasmine and mountain laurel make up just a few of the flowering shrubs in the state. White-tailed deer are found in nearly all counties of Georgia. The northern mockingbird and brown thrasher are among

3848-603: A year later, a portion northwest of Griffin had a sand clay or top soil surface. A few months later, nearly the entire Douglas County portion of the Fairburn–Douglasville segment had completed grading , but was not surfaced. In 1938, a portion north of the Douglas–Paulding county line was under construction. By the middle of 1939, the northern half of the Fulton County portion of the Fairburn–Douglasville segment

3996-489: Is 112 °F (44 °C) in Louisville on July 24, 1952, while the lowest is −17 °F (−27 °C) in northern Floyd County on January 27, 1940. Georgia is one of the leading states in frequency of tornadoes , though they are rarely stronger than EF1 . Although tornadoes striking the city are very rare, an EF2 tornado hit downtown Atlanta on March 14, 2008, causing moderate to severe damage to various buildings. With

4144-589: Is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States . It borders Tennessee to the northwest, North Carolina to the north, South Carolina to the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, Florida to the south, and Alabama to the west. Of the 50 United States , Georgia is the 24th-largest by area and eighth most populous . According to the U.S. Census Bureau , its 2023 estimated population

4292-661: Is being prepared to add the additional third lane on I-20 from the Alabama state line to the Villa Rica interchange (exit 24). Another project represents the first bistate agreement between GDOT and SCDOT for a design–build project. This design–build project is for the widening of I-20 with an additional lane in each direction. The widening begins just west of SR 104 interchange (I-20 GA exit 200) and it will terminate at South Carolina Highway 230 (SC 230) interchange (I-20 SC exit 1). The project will widen 1.8 miles (2.9 km) of I-20, replace four bridges over

4440-509: Is being prepared to add the additional third lane on I-20 from the Alabama state line to the Villa Rica interchange which is I-20 exit 24. On April 17, 2017, an abandoned gas pipeline exploded under I-20. Outside of the west side of Atlanta, this project calls for improvements of the interchange and addition of lanes along I-20 in Cobb, Douglas, and Fulton counties. Additional work includes construction of collector–distributor (CD) lanes and

4588-556: Is felt chiefly in the mountainous areas of the northern part of the state, which are farther away from the ocean and can be 4,500 feet (1,400 m) above sea level. The USDA plant hardiness zones for Georgia range from zone 6b (no colder than −5 °F (−21 °C)) in the Blue Ridge Mountains to zone 8b (no colder than 15 °F (−9 °C) ) along the Atlantic coast and Florida border. The highest temperature ever recorded

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4736-417: Is now named Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). The busiest and most efficient airport in the world, it accommodates more than a hundred million passengers annually. Employing more than 60,000 people, the airport became a major engine for economic growth. With the advantages of cheap real estate, low taxes, right-to-work laws and a regulatory environment limiting government interference,

4884-448: Is only accessible from the eastbound lanes. Almost immediately is a second interchange with I-285 (Atlanta Bypass), where the HOV lanes end at. At the east end of the interchange is a side access road, which leads to an interchange with Wesley Chapel and Snapfinger roads, and a crossing of Cobbs Creek and Fowler Branch. The Interstate travels under a bridge carrying Wesley Chapel Road and curves to

5032-640: Is only accessible from the westbound lanes. At this interchange, the highway begins to travel along the southern edge of Mableton . It then crosses over the Chattahoochee River on the Debra Mills Commemorative Bridge. This marks the eastern end of Mableton, as well as the Fulton County line. I-20 then has an interchange with SR 70 (Fulton Industrial Boulevard). It curves to the east-northeast and finally enters Atlanta proper on

5180-626: Is the main access point for Grovetown . Almost immediately, it crosses over Tudor Branch. After crossing over Walton Branch, the Interstate begins to travel along the southern edge of Evans . It curves to the east-northeast and crosses over Crawford Creek. It then has an interchange with SR 383 (Jimmie Dyess Parkway/South Belair Road). Here, it leaves Evans and begins to travel along the southern edge of Martinez . It has an interchange with Wheeler Road . Within this interchange, it leaves Martinez and enters Richmond County . Immediately, I-20 enters

5328-544: Is where the Augusta metro area starts. I-20 begins to parallel Beaverdam Creek. It curves to the east-northeast and crosses over the creek. It curves to the east-southeast and crosses over the North Fork Ogeechee River before an interchange with SR 22 . It crosses over Mile Branch. The highway curves to the southeast and then enters Warren County . Almost immediately, I-20 crosses over Red Lick Creek. It curves to

5476-533: The Atlanta Constitution , earned admiration by writing in support of the Civil Rights Movement. In 1970, newly elected Governor Jimmy Carter declared in his inaugural address that the era of racial segregation had ended. In 1972, Georgians elected Andrew Young to Congress as the first African American Congressman since the Reconstruction era . In 1980, construction was completed on an expansion of what

5624-421: The 1980 census , 1,584,303 people from Georgia claimed English ancestry out of a total state population of 3,994,817, making them 40% of the state, and the largest ethnic group at the time. Today, many of these same people claiming they are of "American" ancestry are actually of English descent, and some are of Scots-Irish descent; however, their families have lived in the state for so long, in many cases since

5772-773: The 2020 United States census . This was an increase of 1,024,255, or 10.57% over the 2010 figure of 9,687,653 residents. As of 2010 , the number of illegal immigrants living in Georgia more than doubled to 480,000 from January 2000 to January 2009, according to a federal report. That gave Georgia the greatest percentage increase among the 10 states with the biggest undocumented immigrant populations during those years. Georgia has banned sanctuary cities . In 2018, The top countries of origin for Georgia's immigrants were Mexico , India , Jamaica , Korea , and Guatemala . There were 743,000 veterans in 2009. According to HUD 's 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report , there were an estimated 10,689 homeless people in Georgia. In

5920-612: The 2026 FIFA World Cup , which further substantiated the economic investment and growth in the city and state. Beginning from the Atlantic Ocean, the state's eastern border with South Carolina runs up the Savannah River , northwest to its origin at the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers . It then continues up the Tugaloo (originally Tugalo) and into the Chattooga River , its most significant tributary . These bounds were decided in

6068-626: The Adamsville –Old Gordon neighborhood line in the western part of the city. At a bridge over SR 139 , the highway begins traveling along the Adamsville–Fairburn Heights neighborhood line. After passing Collier Heights Park, it curves to the southeast and has an interchange with I-285 (Atlanta Bypass). This interchange is just south of the Basoline E. Usher Elementary School and on the southwestern edge of Harwell Heights Park. Right after

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6216-529: The American Civil War , were almost exclusively enslaved. The Great Migration of hundreds of thousands of blacks from the rural South to the industrial North from 1914 to 1970 reduced the African American population. Georgia had the second-fastest-growing Asian population growth in the U.S. from 1990 to 2000, more than doubling in size during the ten-year period. Indian people and Chinese people are

6364-952: The Apalachicola , the Chatot , the Yuchi , the Chiaha, the Chickasaw , the Okmulgee, the Shawnee and the Timucua . Today there are no federally recognized tribes in Georgia, but there are three state-recognized tribes. Many inhabitants of Georgia identify as being Native American alone (32,151 people in 2010 census and 50,618 in 2020) or Native American in combination with one or more other races (51,873 people in 2010 census and 163,423 in 2020). Many Georgians also reported belonging to various Native American tribes in 2010 census,

6512-447: The Chattahoochee River near West Point . It continues downriver to the point where it joins the Flint River (the confluence of the two forming Florida's Apalachicola River ); the southern border goes almost due east and very slightly south, in a straight line to the St. Mary's River , which then forms the remainder of the boundary back to the ocean. The water boundaries are still set to be

6660-597: The Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest and curves to the east-northeast. A crossing of Lake Oconee marks the Greene County line. I-20 crosses over Richland Creek and then has an interchange with SR 44 . It briefly travels through the southwestern part of Greensboro . Just after traveling under a bridge that carries Veazey Road, the highway travels along the southeastern edge of Greensboro. The highway crosses over Beaverdam Creek and curves to

6808-510: The Civil War , it was the last state to be readmitted to the Union on July 15, 1870. In the late 19th century, during the post- Reconstruction period, Georgia's economy underwent significant changes, driven by a coalition of influential politicians, business leaders, and journalists, notably Henry W. Grady , who promoted the " New South " ideology focused on reconciliation and industrialization . In

6956-554: The Confederacy (with secessionists having a slight majority of delegates) and became a major theater of the Civil War . Major battles took place at Chickamauga , Kennesaw Mountain , and Atlanta . In December 1864, a large swath of the state from Atlanta to Savannah was destroyed during General William Tecumseh Sherman 's March to the Sea . 18,253 Georgian soldiers died in service, roughly one of every five who served. In 1870, following

7104-531: The East Atlanta – Edgewood neighborhood line. Just before a partial interchange with Maynard Terrace, which is only accessible from the eastbound lanes, the highway begins to travel along the East Atlanta– Kirkwood neighborhood line and begins to parallel Sugar Creek. It curves to the southeast and has an interchange with SR 260 (Glenwood Avenue). At this interchange, the highway temporarily leaves

7252-599: The Eastern Continental Divide , has been Georgia's capital city since 1868. It is the most populous city in Georgia, with a 2020 U.S. census population of just over 498,000. The state has seventeen cities with populations over 50,000, based on official 2020 U.S. census data. Along with the rest of the Southeast, Georgia's population continues to grow rapidly, with primary gains concentrated in urban areas. The U.S. Census Bureau lists fourteen metropolitan areas in

7400-631: The Mississippi River . On January 2, 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution . Between 1802 and 1804, a portion of western Georgia was carved out to create the Mississippi Territory , which eventually became the U.S. states of Alabama and Mississippi . Georgia declared its secession from the Union on January 19, 1861, joining the ranks of the original seven Confederate States . After

7548-638: The National Highway System , a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense. I-20 enters Georgia from Alabama south-southwest of Tallapoosa . The state line is the Central – Eastern time zone boundary. It travels to the east-northeast and crosses over Williams Creek. It passes the Georgia Visitor Information Center. The highway crosses over Walton Creek just before briefly entering

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7696-472: The North Georgia mountains , receives moderate to heavy precipitation, which varies from 45 inches (1,100 mm) in central Georgia to approximately 75 inches (1,900 mm) around the northeast part of the state. The degree to which the weather of a certain region of Georgia is subtropical depends on the latitude, its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico , and the elevation. The latter factor

7844-526: The Reconstruction era , Georgia became the last Confederate state to be restored to the Union . With white Democrats having regained power in the state legislature, they passed a poll tax in 1877, which disenfranchised many poor black (and some white) people, preventing them from registering. In 1908, the state established a white primary ; with the only competitive contests within the Democratic Party, it

7992-721: The Southern Baptist Convention with 1,759,317; the United Methodist Church with 619,394; and the Roman Catholic Church with 596,384. Non-denominational Evangelical Protestant had 566,782 members, the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) has 175,184 members, and the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. has 172,982 members. The Presbyterian Church (USA) is the largest Presbyterian body in

8140-628: The Tennessee River . Georgia consists of five principal physiographic regions : The Cumberland Plateau , Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians , Blue Ridge Mountains , Piedmont , and the Atlantic coastal plain . Each region has its own distinctive characteristics. For instance, the region, which lies in the northwest corner of the state, includes limestone, sandstone, shale, and other sedimentary rocks, which have yielded construction-grade limestone, barite, ocher, and small amounts of coal. The state of Georgia has approximately 250 tree species and 58 protected plants. Georgia's native trees include red cedar ,

8288-565: The city limits of Tallapoosa. Immediately after it leaves the city limits, it has an interchange with SR 100 . Within the interchange, I-20 enters the city limits of Tallapoosa twice more. After crossing over Blalock Creek, it curves to the east. After it curves back to the east-northeast, it crosses over Walker Creek twice. It curves to the east-southeast and travels along the southern edge of Waco , where it has an interchange with Waco Road. The Interstate then enters Bremen . Almost immediately, it then enters Carroll County . I-20 curves to

8436-406: The unsigned state highway designation of State Route 402 ( SR 402 ). I-20 is the main east–west Interstate in Georgia. It is four lanes wide in much of the state. In the Atlanta metropolitan area , the highway ranges from six lanes wide in the most outlying counties to 10 lanes wide in downtown Atlanta. As with all Interstate Highways, all of I-20 in Georgia is included as part of

8584-417: The 100 fastest-growing in the United States. Georgia is defined by a diversity of landscapes, flora, and fauna. The northern part of the state features the Blue Ridge Mountains , which are part of the broader Appalachian Mountain range. Moving south, the Piedmont plateau stretches from the foothills of the Blue Ridge to the Fall Line , an escarpment that marks the transition to the Coastal Plain in

8732-571: The 160 bird species that live in the state. Reptiles include the eastern diamondback , copperhead , and cottonmouth snakes as well as alligators; amphibians include salamanders , frogs and toads . There are about 79 species of reptile and 63 amphibians known to live in Georgia. The Argentine black and white tegu is currently an invasive species in Georgia. It poses a problem to local wildlife by chasing down and killing many native species and dominating habitats. The most popular freshwater game fish are trout , bream , bass , and catfish , all but

8880-420: The 1797 Treaty of Beaufort , and tested in the U.S. Supreme Court in the two Georgia v. South Carolina cases in 1923 and 1989. The border then takes a sharp turn around the tip of Rabun County , at latitude 35°N , though from this point it diverges slightly south (due to inaccuracies in the original survey, conducted in 1818). This northern border was originally the Georgia and North Carolina border all

9028-502: The 18th century from rice-growing regions of West Africa led to the development of Gullah -Geechee language and culture in the Low Country among African Americans. They share a unique heritage in which many African traditions of food, religion and culture were retained. In the creolization of Southern culture, their foodways became an integral part of Low Country cooking. Sephardic Jews, French-speaking Swiss people, Moravians, Irish convicts, Piedmont Italians and Russian people immigrated to

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9176-410: The 4th state to ratify the United States Constitution on January 2, 1788. After the Creek War (1813–1814) , General Andrew Jackson forced the Muscogee (Creek) tribes to surrender land to the state of Georgia, including in the Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814) , surrendering 21 million acres in what is now southern Georgia and central Alabama, and the Treaty of Indian Springs (1825) . In 1829, gold

9324-422: The Alabama state line and Villa Rica. Until 2000, the state of Georgia used the sequential interchange numbering system on all of its Interstate Highways. The first exit on each highway would begin with the number "1" and increase numerically with each exit. In 2000, the Georgia Department of Transportation switched to a mileage-based exit system, in which the exit number corresponded to the nearest milepost. From

9472-426: The Atlanta metropolitan area became a national center of finance, insurance, technology, manufacturing, real estate, logistics, and transportation companies, as well as the film, convention, and trade show businesses. As a testament to the city's growing international profile, in 1990 the International Olympic Committee selected Atlanta as the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics . Taking advantage of Atlanta's status as

9620-408: The Augusta Canal and Savannah River, and make intersection improvements at the West Martintown Road interchange in South Carolina. This project will cost $ 72 million and is scheduled to be completed in 2022. Interstate 520 ( I-520 ) is a 23.34-mile-long (37.56 km) auxiliary route from Augusta, Georgia , to North Augusta, South Carolina . Approximately 15.62 miles (25.14 km) of

9768-662: The Chattahoochee River and finally, the addition of new lanes and improvements along two miles (3.2 km) of I-285 southbound from Hollowell Parkway to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Outside of the east side of Atlanta, this project will improve traffic flow and safety at this busy interchange. This critical junction in DeKalb County requires operational and geometric improvements to address inefficient flow of traffic and safety performance. This project focuses on reconstructing I-285/I-20 East Interchange ramps with more direct alignments and additional lanes where warranted, constructing new CD road along westbound I-20 and an additional lane in

9916-411: The Chattahoochee River was indicated to have "no bridge or ferry". The northern half of the Fulton County portion of the Fairburn–Douglasville segment, as well as a portion from Douglasville to just south of Hiram, had completed grading, but was not surfaced. At the end of the year, a portion northeast of Dallas was under construction. In the early part of 1940, this segment had completed grading, but

10064-445: The Cherokee–Cobb county line. This entire extension was paved. Between 1963 and 1966, the segment of SR 92 from the SR 205 intersection to Woodstock was shifted south, which removed the concurrency with SR 5. Also, an unnumbered road was built from Hiram to New Hope. The next year, the segment of SR 92 from Dallas to New Hope was shifted to the southeast, onto this unnumbered road, which connected it more directly to

10212-409: The Dallas–New Hope segment of SR 92 was shifted to the southeast. Its old alignment became SR 92 Spur. In 1972, the Hiram– New Hope segment of SR 92 was shifted east. Its old alignment between New Hope and Cross Roads became a northeast extension of SR 92 Spur. In 1979, SR 92 Spur was redesignated as SR 381 . On April 4, 1977, Southern Airways Flight 242 attempted

10360-454: The Douglasville–Hiram segment had a completed hard surface. A few months later, the Douglas County portion of the Douglasville–Hiram segment was under construction. In 1944, a small portion north-northwest of Fayetteville had a sand clay or top soil surface. By the end of 1946, the Acworth–Woodstock segment was shifted to a more northerly winding course. The Douglas County portion of the Fairburn–Douglasville segment had completed grading, but

10508-405: The Douglas–Paulding county line, as well as the entire Paulding County portion of the Dallas–Acworth segment, was hard surfaced. The next year, the entire segment of the highway from Griffin to Fayetteville was hard surfaced. By the end of 1951, the Fulton County portion of Fayetteville–Fairburn segment was hard surfaced. By the middle of 1955, the western half of the Acworth–Woodstock segment

10656-672: The Evans–Martinez city line to the South Carolina state line. In 1967, it was under construction from the Social Circle area to Siloam. It was open from US 221/SR 47 south of Appling to the South Carolina state line. In 1968, it was open from Douglasville to Madison and from just north of Thomson to the South Carolina state line. In 1969, the highway was open from Douglasville to US 129/US 441/SR 24 in Madison. In 1970, it

10804-492: The Georgia coastline, brushing the coast on their way north without ever making landfall. Hurricane Matthew of 2016 and Hurricane Dorian of 2019 did just that. Due to anthropogenic climate change , the climate of Georgia is warming. This is already causing major disruption, for example, from sea level rise (Georgia is more vulnerable to it than many other states because its land is sinking) and further warming will increase it. Atlanta , located in north-central Georgia at

10952-653: The I-285 interchange, the highway briefly travels on the Westhaven– Collier Heights neighborhood line. It crosses over Sandy Creek and then has an interchange with SR 280 (Holmes Drive). At this interchange, it begins to briefly travel on the Westhaven– Dixie Hills neighborhood line. Just southeast of this interchange, it travels along the Florida Heights–Dixie Hills neighborhood line. At

11100-579: The Mechanicsville– Downtown line. I-20 then has an interchange with I-75 / I-85 ( Downtown Connector ). HOV lanes begins on I-20 at the east side of the interchange. Also at the east side of the interchange, it begins to travel along the Summerhill – Capitol Gateway neighborhood line. It briefly travels on the Grant Park –Capitol Gateway neighborhood line before entering Grant Park proper. It has

11248-574: The SR ;154 intersection just southeast of the Fulton–Douglas county line to the northern SR 166 intersection southeast of Douglasville was paved. From the Cobb–Cherokee county line to just west of the SR 205 intersection, SR 92 had completed grading, but was not surfaced. By the end of 1963, SR 92 was extended east and southeast to a point just southeast of the second crossing of

11396-723: The Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia (1832) that U.S. states were not permitted to redraw Indian boundaries, President Jackson and the state of Georgia ignored the ruling. In 1838, his successor, Martin Van Buren , dispatched federal troops to gather the tribes and deport them west of the Mississippi . This forced relocation, known as the Trail of Tears , led to the death of more than four thousand Cherokees. In early 1861, Georgia joined

11544-644: The United States, the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta , located in the suburb city of Lilburn . Georgia is home to large Sikh religion population with 4 gurudwaras (Sikh religious worship places). Georgia is home to several historic synagogues including The Temple (Atlanta) , Congregation Beth Jacob (Atlanta) , and Congregation Mickve Israel (Savannah) . Chabad and the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute are also active in

11692-490: The city limits of Augusta . It travels just to the north of Doctors Hospital just before an interchange with the eastern terminus of SR 232 and the western terminus of I-520 (both parts of Bobby Jones Expressway ). The westbound interchange has access for Walton Way Extension . After crossing over Cranes Creek, it travels south of Warren Road Elementary School. It curves to the northeast and has an interchange with SR 28 ( Washington Road ). The highway travels to

11840-450: The city limits of Covington . At the first interchange in the city, US 278/SR 12 leaves I-20, and the Interstate begins to curve to the northeast. It travels on a bridge over Old Atlanta Highway and some railroad tracks of CSX. After traveling under a bridge that carries SR 81 , it very briefly cuts across the extreme southeastern corner of Oxford and then re-enters Covington. It crosses over Dried Indian Creek and curves to

11988-600: The city limits of Atlanta. It curves to the south-southwest, veering away from Sugar Creek. It briefly reenters the East Atlanta neighborhood of Atlanta. Here, it has a partial interchange with Flat Shoals Road, which is only accessible from the eastbound lanes, travels under a bridge carrying Fayetteville Road, and begins to curve back to the southeast. It then travels along the northern edge of Gresham Park . It crosses over Sugar Creek and has an interchange with Gresham Road and Flat Shoals Road. Within this interchange, it curves to

12136-463: The city limits of Conyers. After curving to the east-southeast, they enter Newton County . I-20/US 278/SR 12 curves back to the southeast. Just after beginning to curve back to the east-southeast, the three highways meet Almon Road on the southeastern edge of Almon . They cross over the Yellow River and then curve to the southeast. They pass Lawnwood Memorial Park to its north and then enter

12284-492: The city limits of Lithia Springs and crosses over Sweetwater Creek on the Blair Bridge. Upon reentering the city, it curves to the east-southeast and has an interchange with SR 6 (Thornton Road). Right after leaving the interchange, it leaves Lithia Springs again and enters Cobb County . I-20 then has an interchange with Riverside Parkway. Almost immediately is a partial interchange with Six Flags Parkway. This interchange

12432-423: The colonial period, that they choose to identify simply as having "American" ancestry or do not in fact know their own ancestry. Their ancestry primarily goes back to the original thirteen colonies and for this reason many of them today simply claim "American" ancestry, though they are of predominantly English ancestry. Historically, about half of Georgia's population was composed of African Americans who, before

12580-602: The colony's settlement, known as the Oglethorpe Plan , which envisioned an agrarian society of yeoman farmers and prohibited slavery. The colony was invaded by the Spanish in 1742, during the War of Jenkins' Ear . In 1752, after the government failed to renew subsidies that had helped support the colony, the Trustees turned over control to the crown . Georgia became a crown colony , with

12728-421: The east and has an interchange with US 27 / SR 1 . It leaves Bremen and travels southeast of the city. It curves back to the east-northeast and crosses over Buck Creek. Right after the creek, the westbound lanes have a weigh station . The highway travels south of Spence Lake. It curves to the northeast and crosses over Allen Creek. It enters the city limits of Temple and crosses over Bethel Creek. After

12876-470: The east end of this interchange, it travels under a bridge that carries US 78 / SR 10 / SR 17 Bypass (Thomson Bypass). It crosses over Little Germany Creek before curving to the east-southeast. It crosses over Germany Creek on the southern edge of Upper Folly Lake. Almost immediately is an interchange with SR 150 (Cobbham Road). It crosses over Greenbrier Creek just before entering Columbia County . I-20 crosses over Kiokee Creek before

13024-534: The east of Westside High School . It crosses over some railroad tracks of CSX before an interchange with SR 104 (Riverwatch Parkway). The westbound lanes meet the Georgia Visitor Information Center. It crosses over the Augusta Canal and then the Savannah River . Here, the hidden SR 402 designation reaches its eastern terminus, while I-20 enters South Carolina. Several stretches of I-20 are named for various people and reasons: I-20's path through Atlanta

13172-603: The east-northeast and crosses over Mobley Creek. It enters Douglasville . It has an interchange with SR 5 (Bill Arp Road). It then passes the Arbor Place Mall on its northern side. It crosses over Anneewakee Creek and then has an interchange with Chapel Hill Road. The highway curves to the northeast and passes the WellStar Douglas Hospital on its eastern side. After crossing over Slater Mill Creek, it has an interchange with SR 92 (Fairburn Road). Within

13320-714: The east-northeast and has another interchange with US 278/SR 12 (Atlanta Highway). It begins to parallel Williams Creek before crossing over it. It begins to curve to the southeast before it has an interchange with Cadley Road. After crossing over Hart Creek , the highway curves to the east-northeast. It crosses over Middle Creek and then crosses over some railroad tracks of CSX before an interchange with SR 80 (Washington Highway). It crosses over Childers Creek just before entering McDuffie County . After an interchange with Three Points Road that directs drivers to Thomson , I-20 crosses over Mattox Creek . It then has an interchange with SR 17 (Washington Road). At

13468-477: The east-northeast and passes the Glanton–Hindsman Elementary School. It then enters Douglas County . After I-20 starts curving to the east-southeast, it has an interchange with Liberty Road. It leaves the city limits of Villa Rica and curves to the east. It crosses over Keaton Creek. It curves back to the east-southeast and has an interchange with Post Road southwest of Winston . It curves to

13616-462: The east-southeast and crosses over Nelson Creek. Right after crossing over the Little River , it has another interchange with US 278/SR 12. At this interchange, it enters Walton County . I-20 immediately begins traveling along the southern edge of Social Circle . The highway has a crossing of Dennis Creek and then leaves Social Circle and enters Morgan County . I-20's eastbound lanes have

13764-613: The east-southeast and has an interchange with Lowery Boulevard. It passes The Mall West End at a partial interchange with Lee Street, which is only accessible from the westbound lanes. At this interchange, I-20 begins to very briefly travel along the West End– Atlanta University Center neighborhood line. Upon crossing over US 29 / SR 14 / SR 154 , it briefly travels through the Adair Park neighborhood. Upon crossing over US 19 / US 41 / SR 3 ,

13912-475: The east-southeast. It has crossings of Oliver Creek, Bowden Creek, and SR 15 , before entering Siloam . There, it has an interchange with SR 77 , which drivers can take to get to SR 15. The highway curves to the northeast and leaves the city limits of Siloam. It curves back to the east-southeast and crosses over the South Fork Ogeechee River . It then enters Taliaferro County . This

14060-661: The eastbound I-20 CD road between the I-285/I-20 East Interchange and Wesley Chapel Road, adding auxiliary lanes along I-20 and I-285, replacing the Miller Road and Fairington Road bridges over I-20, and the I-20 bridge over Snapfinger Creek, widening the I-285 northbound bridge over Snapfinger Road and finally, constructing new noise barriers where feasible and reasonable per the preliminary noise impact assessment. GDOT proposed to add express lanes known as HOT lanes on I-20 at

14208-577: The eastbound lanes have a rest area. Right after crossing over Hawes Branch, the westbound lanes have a rest area. The highway then has an interchange with US 221 / SR 47 (Appling–Harlem Road). It then crosses over Little Kiokee Creek. First, the eastbound lanes and then, the westbound lanes have a weigh station just to the south of Baker Place Elementary School, Columbia Middle School , and Grovetown High School . It crosses over Euchee Creek and Mill Branch before an interchange with SR 388 (Horizon South Parkway/Lewiston Road). This interchange

14356-429: The eastern part of the city to SR 92 in the northeast part of the city. Its entire length was hard surfaced. By the middle of 1950, it was decommissioned . State Route 92 Spur ( SR 92 Spur ) was a spur route of SR 92 in Dallas . In 1952, it was established from SR 6 / SR 120 and SR 61 in the eastern part of the city to SR 92 in the northeastern part. The next year, it

14504-487: The end of the year, the portion in Griffin had a completed hard surface. A portion northwest of Griffin, as well as the Fulton County portion of the Fairburn–Douglasville segment, was under construction. Early in 1935, the northern half of the Douglas County portion of the Fairburn–Douglasville segment was under construction. By the middle of the year, the southern half of this portion was also under construction. About

14652-473: The highway crosses into Paulding County for the first time. There it follows Hiram–Douglasville Highway north into Hiram where it crosses a line of the Norfolk Southern Railway and intersects US 278 / SR 6 (Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway). North of Hiram, SR 92 meets SR 360 and SR 120 in a pair of intersections while running northward through residential subdivisions on

14800-479: The highway curves to the east-southeast and crosses over Pole Bridge Creek. It then crosses over Honey Creek just before passing the Mall at Stonecrest just to its north. Just to the northeast of the mall, I-20 has an interchange with US 278 / SR 12 and the western terminus of SR 124 . At this interchange, SR 124 ends, and US 278/SR 12 begins a concurrency with I-20. The three highways curve to

14948-612: The highway is in Georgia. It is also known as the Bobby Jones Expressway in Georgia and the Palmetto Parkway in South Carolina. The Georgia part of the highway has an unsigned designation of State Route 415 (SR 415). Despite its odd first number, both of its terminuses are at I-20 (albeit in two different states), as it loops around the Augusta–North Augusta area to the south. Interstate 420 ( I-420 )

15096-616: The highway slips through the northern part of the Pittsburgh neighborhood. It curves to the northeast and—almost immediately—enters the Mechanicsville neighborhood. It has an interchange with McDaniel Street SW that leads to US 19/US 29. At this interchange, it begins to travel along the Mechanicsville– Castleberry Hill neighborhood line. At an interchange with Windsor and Spring streets, it begins traveling along

15244-553: The interchange, I-20 crosses over Little Anneewakee Creek. It then travels along the Lithia Springs –Douglasville city line before briefly reentering Douglasville proper. It then very briefly travels along the Lithia Springs–Dawsonville city line. There, it has an interchange with Lee Road and crosses over Beaver Creek. Immediately after the interchange begins, the Interstate enters Lithia Springs proper. It briefly leaves

15392-400: The largest Asian groups in Georgia. In addition, according to census estimates, Georgia ranks third among the states in terms of the percent of the total population that is African American (after Mississippi and Louisiana ) and third in numeric Black population after New York and Florida. Georgia also has a sizeable Latino population. Many are of Mexican descent. Georgia is the state with

15540-667: The largest of which was the Cherokee (21,525 people). Other tribes reported in Georgia in 2010 included for example the Muscogee (2,370 people), the Choctaw (1,419), the Sioux (1,027), the Seminole (664) and more. Georgia's 2018 total gross state product was $ 602 billion. For years Georgia as a state has had the highest credit rating by Standard & Poor's (AAA) and is one of only 15 states with

15688-441: The last of which are produced in state hatcheries for restocking. Popular saltwater game fish include red drum , spotted seatrout , flounder , and tarpon . Porpoises , whales, shrimp , oysters , and blue crabs are found inshore and offshore of the Georgia coast. The majority of the state is primarily a humid subtropical climate . Hot and humid summers are typical, except at the highest elevations. The entire state, including

15836-458: The mid-20th century, several notable figures from Georgia, including Martin Luther King Jr. , emerged as key leaders in the civil rights movement . Atlanta was chosen to host the 1996 Summer Olympics , celebrating the centennial of the modern Olympic Games . Since 1945, Georgia has experienced significant population and economic expansion, aligning with the larger Sun Belt trend. Between 2007 and 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties were listed among

15984-417: The middle of 1950, a portion just west of Lost Mountain was hard surfaced. In 1953, a portion west of Lost Mountain had completed grading , but was not surfaced. By the middle of 1955, this entire segment of SR 176 had a sand clay, topsoil, or stabilized earth surface. About two years later, it was indicated to have a "topsoil or gravel, unpaved" surface. Between 1957 and 1960, it was paved. About

16132-475: The middle of town. The highway then follows Campbellton–Fairburn Road north of town through an intersection with US 29 Alt. / SR 14 Alt. (Fulton Parkway). At Campbellton , SR 92 merges with SR 154 to cross the Chattahoochee River and enter Douglas County . On the north bank of the Chattahoochee, SR 166 joins the concurrency, and the merged highway continues northward away from

16280-668: The modification or replacements of bridges along I-20. This project, once completed, will provide more efficient traffic flow through the interchange. This project focuses on reconstructing the interchange to remove left hand exits and improve design speed, and modification and/or replacement of existing bridges and ramps, construction of an I-20 westbound CD system from the interchange to Fulton Industrial Boulevard (FIB), construction of lanes and improvements along eight miles (13 km) of I-20 in both directions from Thornton Road to Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, modification and/or replacement of bridges along I-20, including bridges over CSX Railroad and

16428-416: The most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense: The roadway that would eventually become SR 92 was established at least as early as 1919 as part of SR 42 from Fayetteville to Fairburn. By the end of 1921, SR 42's path was shifted to the east. Its former path was redesignated as part of SR 54 . By the end of 1931, the southern half of this segment of SR 54 had

16576-535: The original thalweg of the rivers. Since then, several have been inundated by lakes created by dams, including the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee/Flint point now under Lake Seminole . An 1818 survey erroneously placed Georgia's border with Tennessee one mile (1.6 km) south of the intended location of the 35th parallel north. State legislators still dispute this placement , as correction of this inaccuracy would allow Georgia access to water from

16724-467: The outer western and eastern side of Atlanta where the two interchanges of I-285 are located. Part of the plan of I-20 and I-285 interchange project is to make the bridges crossing above I-20 and I-285 to be built with higher height, so the HOT lanes can easily fit on I-20 and I-285 in the future right after the interchange project is complete. The construction will happen right after the I-285 interchange project at

16872-496: The parkway to turn northward across the dividing line between Lake Allatoona, and Lake Acworth, entering Acworth . The highway follows Lake Acworth Drive through town and parallel to I-75 before crossing that freeway and entering Cherokee County, Georgia . In Cherokee County, SR 92 turns eastward along Alabama Road. The highway crosses I-575 in Woodstock . As passing through exit 7 of that freeway, SR 92 then arcs to

17020-557: The rest of the highway. The old alignment was redesignated as SR 92 Spur . In 1970, an unnumbered road was built from US 278/SR 6 and SR 92 in Hiram to SR 92 in Cross Roads . In 1972, the Hiram–New Hope segment was shifted east to travel between Hiram and Cross Roads on the previously unnumbered road. SR 92's old alignment was redesignated as a northeast extension of SR 92 Spur. In 1988, SR 92

17168-426: The river, the highway turns northward, running next to Lake Horton before entering the town of Woolsey . Continuing northward, the landscape transitions to residential subdivisions again as the highway enters the outskirts of Fayetteville . SR 92 follows Jimmie Mayfield Boulevard north before turning west onto Helen Sams Parkway, a divided highway. SR 92 turns back northward when it merges with SR 85 ;

17316-450: The river. SR 154 and SR 166 separate to turn to the southeast, and SR 92 continues its northward course along Fairburn Road into Douglasville . On the south side of town, the highway arcs westward and crosses I-20 at that freeway's exit 37. SR 92 passes into downtown and merges with to run westward with US 78 / Georgia State Route 5  / SR 8 for several blocks before turn northward again. North of town,

17464-495: The second-highest total of these extralegal executions of any state in the South. The overwhelming number of victims were black and male. Political disfranchisement persisted through the mid-1960s, until after Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 . An Atlanta-born Baptist minister who was part of the educated middle class that had developed in Atlanta's African-American community, Martin Luther King Jr. , emerged as

17612-613: The southeast and enter Rockdale County . I-20/US 278/SR 12 has an interchange with Sigman Road. The three highways cross over Almand Creek and then enter the city limits of Conyers . They have an interchange with West Avenue. Within this interchange, they cross over Tanyard Branch. They pass the Rockdale Tennis Center just to its north and then have an interchange with SR 20 / SR 138 . They cross over Snapping Shoals Creek and then have an interchange with SR 162 (Salem Road). At this interchange, they leave

17760-463: The southeast, crossing the extreme northeastern corner of Cobb County to enter Fulton County near Mountain Park . The highway continues southeasterly into Roswell where it terminates at an intersection with SR 9 /SR 120 (Alpharetta Highway) and SR 140 (Holcomb Bridge Road). The following portions of SR 92 are part of the National Highway System , a system of routes determined to be

17908-442: The southeast. It crosses over Snapfinger Creek and begins to curve to the east-northeast. At the curve, it travels just to the south of Walden Lake. It crosses over Panthers Branch and then has an interchange with Panola Road. It then passes Emory Hillandale Hospital on its south side. It then passes Hillandale Memorial Gardens just before an interchange with Evans Mill Road and Lithonia Industrial Boulevard. Within this interchange,

18056-593: The southern region of the state. The highest elevation in the state is Brasstown Bald , reaching 4,784 feet (1,458 m) above sea level, while the lowest point is at the Atlantic Ocean . Except for some elevated areas in the Blue Ridge, Georgia predominantly experiences a humid subtropical climate . Among the states located entirely east of the Mississippi River, Georgia ranks as the largest in terms of land area . Before settlement by European colonists , Georgia

18204-489: The state during the colonial era. As of 2011 , 58.8% of Georgia's population younger than 1 were minorities (meaning they had at least one parent who was not non-Hispanic white) compared to other states like California with 75.1%, Texas with 69.8%, and New York with 55.6%. The largest European ancestry groups as of 2011 were: English 8.1%, Irish 8.1%, and German 7.2%. As of 2021 , 85.62% (8,711,102) of Georgia residents age   5 and older spoke English at home as

18352-579: The state, with 300 congregations and 100,000 members. The other large body, Presbyterian Church in America , had at its founding date 14 congregations and 2,800 members; in 2010 it counted 139 congregations and 32,000 members. The Roman Catholic Church is noteworthy in Georgia's urban areas, and includes the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah . Georgia is home to the second-largest Hindu temple in

18500-423: The state. By the 2022 Public Religion Research Institute 's study, 71% of the population were Christian; throughout its Christian population, 60% were Protestant and 8% were Catholic. Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons collectively made up 3% of other Christians according to the study. Judaism , Islam , Buddhism , and Hinduism collectively formed 4% of the state's non-Christian population; New Age spirituality

18648-556: The state. The population of the Atlanta metropolitan area added 1.23 million people (24%) between 2000 and 2010, and Atlanta rose in rank from the eleventh-largest metropolitan area in the United States to the ninth-largest . The Atlanta metropolitan area is the cultural and economic center of the Southeast ; its official population in 2020 was over 6 million, or 57% of Georgia's total population. The United States Census Bureau reported Georgia's official population to be 10,711,908 as of

18796-462: The third-lowest percentage of older people (65 or older), at 12.8 percent (as of 2015 ). The colonial settlement of large numbers of Scottish American , English American and Scotch-Irish Americans in the mountains and Piedmont, and coastal settlement by some English Americans and African Americans, have strongly influenced the state's culture in food, language and music. The concentration of African slaves repeatedly "imported" to coastal areas in

18944-404: The two routes run concurrently northward on Glenn Street into downtown. In downtown Fayetteville, SR 85/SR 92 meets a pair of one-way streets that carry the two directions of SR 54 . Further north, SR 92 separates from SR 85 when it turns northwesterly along Forest Avenue to exit downtown. It meanders north and northwesterly through subdivisions to exit the city near

19092-466: The way to the Mississippi River , until Tennessee was divided from North Carolina , and the Yazoo companies induced the legislature of Georgia to pass an act, approved by the governor in 1795, to sell the greater part of Georgia's territory presently comprising Alabama and Mississippi . The state's western border runs in a straight line south-southeastward from a point southwest of Chattanooga , to meet

19240-452: The western and eastern side of Atlanta is complete. Of course in the western side of Atlanta, the HOV lanes on I-20 needs to be extended westward from an interchange of I-75 and I-85 to an interchange of I-285 right before construction, so the HOV lanes can directly connect to the HOT lanes on I-20 at the outer western and eastern side of Atlanta where the two interchanges of I-285 are located. From

19388-517: The western edge of the Atlanta metropolitan area . The roadway follows the county line and then crosses into Cobb County . It then returns to Paulding County again near the Pickett's Mill Battlefield . The state route follows Dallas–Acworth Highway back into Cobb County and past Allatoona High School before meeting US 41 / SR 3 (Cobb Parkway) . SR 92 turns southeasterly onto Cobb Parkway to cross one arm of Lake Allatoona . SR 92 leaves

19536-502: The western part of Atlanta, under construction in the western part of Atlanta, was open from downtown Atlanta to US 278/SR 12 near Social Circle, was under construction from that point to SR 83 in Madison; proposed from Madison to the Warren–McDuffie county line, under construction from there to the South Carolina state line. Later that year, I-20 was open from Douglasville to the Social Circle area and from SR 383 on

19684-399: Was decommissioned . State Route 92 Spur ( SR 92 Spur ) was a spur route of SR 92 that existed from Dallas to Cross Roads . The roadway that would eventually become SR 92 Spur was built in 1939, when SR 92 was extended from Hiram to Acworth . By the end of 1948, the entire length of SR 92 that would become the spur route was hard surfaced. In 1966,

19832-439: Was 11,029,227. Atlanta , a global city , is both the state's capital and its largest city. The Atlanta metropolitan area , with a population of more than 6.3 million people in 2023, is the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the United States and contains about 57% of Georgia's entire population. Other major metropolitan areas in the state include Augusta , Savannah , Columbus , and Macon . The Province of Georgia

19980-786: Was 2% of the religious population. Approximately 23% of the state was irreligious . Population percentage of Georgia in the United States 2010: 3.14% 2020: 3.23% Tribes which historically lived in what is now Georgia include the Muscogee (including the Hitchiti subgroup), the Cherokee , the Oconi , the Guale , the Yamasee and the Apalachee . Other tribes which at various times lived in or migrated through Georgia include

20128-521: Was 70% Protestant, 9% Catholic, 1% Mormon, 1% Jewish, 0.5% Muslim, 0.5% Buddhist, and 0.5% Hindu. Atheists , deists , agnostics, and other unaffiliated people make up 13% of the population. Overall, Christianity was the dominant religion in the state, as part of the Bible Belt . According to the Association of Religion Data Archives in 2010, the largest Christian denominations by number of adherents were

20276-441: Was an auxiliary Interstate Highway that was planned to bypass south of Atlanta . It is now known as Arthur B. Langford Jr. Parkway . If built, it would have had the unsigned designation State Route 414 (SR 414). It was not built because of opposition from communities in its path. [REDACTED] Media related to Interstate 20 in Georgia (U.S. state) at Wikimedia Commons Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia

20424-544: Was another way to exclude black people from politics. They constituted 46.7% of the state's population in 1900, but the proportion of Georgia's population that was African American dropped thereafter to 28%, primarily due to tens of thousands leaving the state during the Great Migration . According to the Equal Justice Initiative 's 2015 report on lynching in the United States (1877–1950), Georgia had 531 deaths,

20572-421: Was designed in the late 1950s, during the era of segregation . The first segment opened between 1960 and 1963 from downtown Atlanta to Conyers. It was under construction from just south of Douglasville to downtown Atlanta, from Conyers to a point south of Social Circle, and from Evans to Augusta. By 1966, the highway was proposed from the Alabama state line to SR 5 in Douglasville, was open from Douglasville to

20720-735: Was discovered in the North Georgia mountains leading to the Georgia Gold Rush and establishment of a federal mint in Dahlonega , which continued in operation until 1861. The resulting influx of American settlers put pressure on the federal U.S. government to take land from the Cherokee Nation . In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act , sending many eastern Indian nations to reservations in present-day Oklahoma, including all of Georgia's tribes. Despite

20868-461: Was established in 1732, with its first settlement occurring in 1733 when Savannah was founded. By 1752, Georgia had transitioned into a British royal colony , making it the last and southernmost of the original Thirteen Colonies . Named in honor of King George II of Great Britain , the Georgia Colony extended from South Carolina down to Spanish Florida and westward to French Louisiana along

21016-494: Was extended southeast to Roswell. State Route 92 Connector ( SR 92 Conn. ) was a connector route that existed between Hiram and New Hope . The highway that would eventually become SR 92 Conn. was established at the end of 1940 as SR 176 from SR 6 in Hiram to SR 92 in New Hope. A portion of SR 176 just west of Lost Mountain had a "sand clay, top soil, or stabilized earth" surface. By

21164-478: Was hard surfaced. About two years later, the entire length of SR 92 from Griffin to the SR 154 intersection just southeast of the Fulton–Douglas county line, and from the northern SR 166 intersection southeast of Douglasville to the SR ;205 intersection west-northwest of Woodstock, was paved. At the end of the decade, the ferry was removed from the crossing of the Chattahoochee River. SR 92 from

21312-565: Was inhabited by the mound building cultures. The Province of Georgia was founded by British General James Oglethorpe at Savannah on February 12, 1733, a year after its creation as a new British colony. It was administered by the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America under a charter issued by (and named for) King George II . The Trustees implemented an elaborate plan for

21460-503: Was not surfaced. Later that year, a portion south of Hiram had a completed hard surface. The entire Dallas–Acworth segment was under construction. Before the year ended, SR 92 was extended northeast and east to SR 5 in Woodstock. A portion of the highway northeast of Dallas had a completed hard surface. In early 1941, the crossing of the Chattahoochee River was indicated to have a ferry again. The entire Paulding County portion of

21608-485: Was not surfaced. Also, a portion in the vicinity of New Hope was hard surfaced. By the end of 1948, nearly the entire Griffin–Fayetteville segment, the entire Fayette County portion of the Fayetteville–Fairburn segment, and the entire Cobb County portion of the highway, had a sand clay, top soil, or stabilized earth surface. A portion from the northern end of the SR 166 concurrency to Douglasville, and then to

21756-629: Was under construction from Madison to the Thomson area. In 1971, I-20 was open from Douglasville to SR 44 in Greensboro. In 1972, the highway was open from Douglasville to the South Carolina state line. In 1973, it was under construction from US 27/SR 1 in Bremen to Douglasville. In 1974, it was under construction from the Alabama state line to Douglasville. In 1975, it was open from Villa Rica to Douglasville. The last part of I-20 opened in 1977 between

21904-433: Was under construction. Also, the southern part of the Douglas County portion of this segment had completed grading, but was not surfaced. Around the middle of the year, SR 92 was established from US 278/SR 6 in Dallas to US 41/SR 3 in Acworth. However, there is no indication if the highway was concurrent with SR 6 from Hiram to Dallas or if this was a completely separate segment. The crossing of

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