Interstate 20 in Georgia
Interstate 20 is a part of the Interstate Highway System that spans from Reeves County, Texas, to Florence, South Carolina. In the US state of Georgia, 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 the unsigned state highway designation State Route 402.Route description
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 the National Highway System, a system of routes determined to be important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense.Haralson and Carroll counties
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 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 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 a crossing of Webster Creek, the highway curves to the east-northeast and has an interchange with SR 113. 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 the east-northeast and passes the Glanton–Hindsman Elementary School. It then enters Douglas County.Douglas and Cobb counties
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 the east-northeast and crosses over Mobley Creek. It enters Douglasville. It has an interchange with SR 5. 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. Within 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 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. 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 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.Fulton County
I-20 then has an interchange with SR 70. It curves to the east-northeast and finally enters Atlanta proper on 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. This interchange is just south of the Basoline E. Usher Elementary School and on the southwestern edge of Harwell Heights Park. Right after 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. 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 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 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 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, 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 the Mechanicsville–Downtown line. I-20 then has an interchange with I-75/I-85. 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 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 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. At this interchange, the highway enters DeKalb County.DeKalb County
I-20 enters the eastern part of the city of Atlanta. It begins to travel on 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. At this interchange, the highway temporarily leaves 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 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. 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 is only accessible from the eastbound lanes. Almost immediately is a second interchange with I-285, 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 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, 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 the southeast and enter Rockdale County.