Interstate 485 marker

Interstate 485

1970 map of the proposed route of I-485 through northeast Atlanta
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-85
Length5.9 mi[1] (9.5 km)
Existed1964[citation needed]–1975[2]
NHSEntire route
Location
CountryUnited States
StateGeorgia
CountiesFulton
Highway system
  • Georgia State Highway System
← I-475→ SR 500
← SR 409→ SR 411

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 5.9-mile-long (9.5 km)[1] route would have begun at the Downtown Connector (I-75/I-85) and used the highway that is nowadays 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

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Part V - Interstate Withdrawal-Substitution Program - Engineering Data - Interstate System - Highway History". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  2. ^ Georgia Department of Transportation (January 1975). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1975–1976 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  3. ^ Georgia Department of Transportation (January 1973). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved 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. doi:10.1080/04353684.1976.11879413. JSTOR 490613.
  5. ^ Georgia Department of Transportation (1995). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (1995–1996 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
  6. ^ Georgia Department of Transportation (1986). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (1986–1987 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  7. ^ Georgia Department of Transportation (1987). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (1987–1988 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 15, 2016.

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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 85
Virginia–Highland neighborhood, Atlanta
Inman Park neighborhood, Atlanta
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