Interstate 485 (Georgia) Explained

State:GA
Type:I
Route:485
Map:1970 I-485-map.jpg
Map Notes:1970 map of the proposed route of I-485 through northeast Atlanta
Maint:none
Length Mi:5.9
Length Ref:[1]
Established:1964
Deleted:1975[2]
Spur Type:I
Spur Of:85
Counties:Fulton
Previous Type:I
Previous Route:475
Next Type:SR
Next Route:500

Interstate 485 (I-485) was a proposed auxiliary Interstate Highway that would have traveled eastward and then northward from Downtown Atlanta, in the US state of Georgia.

Route description

The 5.9adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] route would have begun at the Downtown Connector (I-75/I-85) and used the highway that is now State Route 410 (SR 410) east to the interchange with the also-proposed SR 400. There, it would have turned north to end at I-85 near SR 236 (Lindbergh Drive). Each of those freeways would have continued beyond the termini of I-485. SR 410, the Stone Mountain Freeway, would continue east beyond the I-285 perimeter highway, and SR 400 would extend both south and north outside the perimeter. A short piece of I-485/SR 410 was constructed from I-75/I-85 east to Boulevard Northeast.[3]

History

See main article: Atlanta freeway revolts. Activists in the neighborhood of Morningside, along the SR 400 portion of I-485, were the first to fight the road, although opposition surfaced in a number of nearby surrounding neighborhoods. This is the most famous example of the Atlanta freeway revolts.[4] After I-485, and parts of SR 400 and SR 410, was canceled, a portion of the right-of-way of the canceled highway was used to build Freedom Parkway, now part of SR 10. SR 400 north of I-85 was constructed in the early 1990s as a toll road,[5] and the section south of I-285 was constructed in the mid-1980s and designated I-675.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Part V - Interstate Withdrawal-Substitution Program - Engineering Data - Interstate System - Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. July 15, 2016.
  2. 1975 . July 30, 2016.
  3. 1973 . October 20, 2013 .
  4. Wheeler. James O.. 1976. Locational Dimensions of Urban Highway Impact: An Empirical Analysis. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography . Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. 58. 2. 67–78. 10.1080/04353684.1976.11879413 . 490613.
  5. 1995 . July 12, 2016.
  6. 1986 . July 15, 2016.
  7. 1987 . July 15, 2016.