U.S. Route 80 in Georgia

U.S. Highway 80
Route of US 80 in red
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Major junctions
West end:	US 80 / SR 8 on the Alabama state line in Columbus
	I‑475 / I‑75 in Macon I‑95 in Pooler I‑516 / I‑16 in Savannah
East end:	SR 26 in Tybee Island
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Georgia State Routes Interstate U.S. State Former

U.S. Route 80 (US 80) in Georgia runs east from the Alabama state line in Columbus across the central portion of the state through cities such as Macon, Dublin, Statesboro, and Savannah to connect to its eastern terminus at the Atlantic Ocean in Tybee Island.

Route description

The highway crosses the Chattahoochee River from Alabama into Columbus where it proceeds along J. R. Allen Parkway through the northern section of the city as a limited-access freeway. Past Columbus, the road meanders through rural Georgia for roughly 50 miles (80 km) en route to Macon where it becomes the Eisenhower Parkway which crosses Interstate 475 and then Interstate 75 before passing through downtown Macon and merging with US 129-BUS 41 in a concurrency. The concurrency with US BUS 41 ends at Poplar Street, and the one with US 129 ends at Riverside Drive. After crossing the Otis Redding Memorial Bridge over the Ocmulgee River, it has another interchange, this time with Interstate 16. The highway joins southbound US 23-ALT 129 and parallels the northern boundary of Ocmulgee National Monument just east of the city.

Beyond Macon, the highway turns southeastward, passing through the cities of Dublin, where it encircles the Laurens County Superior Courthouse. Before the route leaves Dublin, it is joined by US 319/GA 31, where all four routes cross the Herschel Lovett Bridge over the Oconeee River entering East Dublin, where US 319/GA 31 leaves to the northeast. Later it enters Swainsboro, where it overlaps GA 56, and Statesboro where it overlaps US 25, and running roughly parallel to I-16. On the outskirts of Savannah, the highway crosses Interstate 95 and follows Louisville Road into the city's downtown area. After briefly merging with Interstate 516, US-80 continues eastward along Victory Drive, just south of Savannah's historic district. At the community of Thunderbolt, US 80 crosses the Wilmington River and proceeds across the islands and marshes along the Atlantic Coast east of Savannah. There it crosses the Lazaretto Creek onto Tybee Island. The final stretch of US-80 follows Butler Avenue across Tybee Island. The highway terminates at 19th Street, a few hundred feet from the ocean. A small monument at the intersection of Butler and Tybrisa Street marks the end of the highway.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Muscogee	Columbus	0.0	0.0		US 80 west – Phenix City, Montgomery	Alabama state line (Chattahoochee River bridge)
		0.4	0.64	1	SR 22 Conn. to SR 85 – Downtown Columbus	Northern terminus of SR 22 Connector
		1.3	2.1	2	SR 219 (River Road)
		2.2	3.5	3	Bradley Park Drive	signed as exits 3A (east) and 3A (west)
		3.3	5.3	4	I‑185 (SR 411) / US 27 / SR 1 (Veterans Parkway) – Fort Benning, Atlanta	I-185 exit 10
				5	Moon Road	eastbound exit is combined with exit 4
		6.8	10.9	6	Schomburg Road / Blackmon Road
	Midland	9.5	15.3		Flat Rock Road	east end of freeway
		9.8	15.8		US 27 Alt. / SR 85 – Manchester, Columbus	interchange
		11.4	18.3		SR 22 Spur west (Macon Road)	Eastern terminus of SR 22 Spur
Talbot	Box Springs	26.1	42.0		SR 355 south – Buena Vista, Cusseta	Northern terminus of SR 355
	Geneva	28.9	46.5		SR 41 south – Buena Vista, Oakland	Western end of SR 41 concurrency
	Geneva	29.7	47.8		SR 96 east (Fall Line Freeway) to SR 240 east – Junction City	Western terminus of SR 96
	Talbotton	36.9	59.4		SR 90 east / SR 208 east (Clark Street) – Junction City	Western end of SR 208 concurrency; western terminus of SR 90
		37.1	59.7		SR 208 west (Monroe Street) – Waverly Hall	Eastern end of SR 208 concurrency
		37.3	60.0		SR 41 north (North Washington Avenue) – Manchester, Warm Springs, Woodland	Eastern end of SR 41 concurrency
Taylor	Culloden	56.1	90.3		US 19 south / SR 3 south – Butler, Americus	Western end of US 19/SR 3 concurrency
Flint River		56.7	91.2	Garland T. Byrd Bridge
Upson	Culloden	58.1	93.5		US 19 north / SR 3 north – Thomaston	Eastern end of US 19/SR 3 concurrency
Crawford	Roberta	71.4	114.9		US 341 / SR 7 / SR 42 north – Barnesville, Fort Valley	Western end of SR 42 concurrency
	Knoxville	72.4	116.5		SR 42 south – Byron	Eastern end of SR 42 concurrency
Echeconnee Creek		82.0	132.0	Bridge
Bibb	​				Fulton Mill Road - Central State Prison, Ed DeFore Sports Complex	former SR 361
	Macon	90.5	145.6		I‑475 (SR 408) – Atlanta, Valdosta	I-475 exit 3
		94.4	151.9		US 41 / SR 247 (Pio Nono Avenue) – Forsyth, Warner Robins
		94.7	152.4		I‑75 (SR 401) – Atlanta, Valdosta	I-75 exit 162
		95.7	154.0		US 41 Bus. south / US 129 south / SR 11 south / SR 49 south (Broadway)	Western end of US 41 Business/SR 49 and US 129/SR 11 concurrencies
					US 41 Bus. north / SR 22 east / SR 49 north (Walnut Street) – Gray, Milledgeville	Eastern end of US 41 Business/SR 22/SR 49 concurrencies
		97.8	157.4		US 129 north to US 23 north (Riverside Drive) – Eatonton, Atlanta	Eastern end of US 129 concurrency
	Ocmulgee River	97.8	157.4	Otis Redding Memorial Bridge[1]
	Macon				I‑16 (SR 404) – Atlanta, Savannah	I-16 exit 2
					US 23 north / US 129 Alt. north (Emery Highway)	Western end of US 23/US 129 ALT concurrency
	East Macon				US 23 south / US 129 Alt. south (Riggins Mill Road)	Eastern end of US 23/US 129 ALT concurrency
					SR 87 Conn. south (Ocmulgee E. Boulevard) – Cochran	Eastern end of SR 22 concurrency
					SR 57 east – Eulonia
Twiggs	Jeffersonville				SR 96 west / SR 18 west – Geneva, West Point	Western end of SR 96 concurrency
					SR 96 east – Irwinton	Eastern end of SR 96 concurrency
Laurens	Bender				SR 26 west – Cochran	Western end of SR 26 concurrency
	Dudley				SR 338 – Irwinton, Dexter	Eastern end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency
	​				US 441 Byp. / SR 117	Eastern end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency
	Dublin				US 441 / SR 19 / SR 29	Eastern end of SR 19 concurrency; Western end of SR 29 concurrency
					US 319 / SR 31 south – Thomasville	Western end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency
	Dublin–East Dublin city line			Herschel Lovett Bridge over the Oconee River
	East Dublin				CR 472 (Nathaniel Drive)
					US 319 north / SR 31 (Wrightsville Avenue) – Wadley	Eastern end of US 319/SR 31 concurrency
					SR 29 south (Soperton Avenue) – Milledgeville	Eastern end of SR 29 concurrency
Emanuel–Johnson county line	Adrian				SR 15 / SR 78 (Poplar Street) – Kite, Soperton
Emanuel	​				US 221 / SR 171 – Soperton, Warrenton
	​				US 1 / SR 4 / SR 57 – Folkston, Augusta
	Swainsboro				SR 56 south – Reidsville, Airport	Western end of SR 56 concurrency; Former SR 57 (Kite Road) to Emanuel County Airport
					US 1 Bus. / SR 4 Bus. (Wrightsville Avenue) / SR 57 – Folkston, Augusta	Former SR 57 (South Main Street) to US 1
					SR 56 north – Augusta	Eastern end of SR 56 concurrency
	Twin City				SR 192 (5th Avenue) – Oak Park, Summertown
					SR 23 (Railroad Street) – Folkston, Augusta
	​				SR 121 – Folkston, Augusta
Bulloch	Hopeulikit				US 25 / SR 67	west end of US 25 / SR 67 concurrency
	Westchester				US 25 Byp. south / SR 67 Byp. south (Veterans Memorial Parkway) – Millen, Paulson Stadium, Sylvania	Northern terminus of US 25 Bypass/SR 67 Bypass
	Statesboro				US 25 south / US 301 / SR 67 south / SR 73 – Thomasville	Eastern end of US 25/SR 67 concurrency
					SR 24 (East Main Street)
					US 301 Byp. / SR 73 Byp. (Veterans Memorial Parkway) – Airport, MC Anderson Sports Complex	Northern terminus of US 301 Bypass/SR 73 Bypass
	Stillson				SR 119 Conn. south – Stilson	Western end of SR 119 connection
Bryan	Ellabell				SR 119 north – Springfield	Western end of SR 119 concurrency
					SR 119 south – Riceboro	Eastern end of SR 119 concurrency
	Blitchton				US 280 / SR 30 – Soperton, Warrenton	Eastern terminus of US 280, Western end of SR 30 concurrency
Effingham	​				SR 17 north / SR 30 east – Statesboro	Eastern end of SR 30 concurrency, western end of SR 17 concurrency
Chatham	Bloomingdale				To I‑95 / Jimmy DeLoach Parkway
					To SR 17 south / I‑16	Eastern end of SR 17 concurrency
	Pooler				To US 17 / Pooler Parkway – Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport
					I‑95 / SR 405 – Brunswick, Florence, SC	Exit 102 (I-95)
	Garden City				SR 307
					To SR 21 / SR 25 Conn. / I‑516 – Oak Park, Summertown	Western terminus of SR 25 Connector
	Savannah				I‑516 / SR 25 Conn. – Downtown Savannah	Eastern terminus of SR 25 Connector
				6	Gwinnett Street – Amtrak station	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
				5	I‑16 / US 17	I-16 exits 164A-B; western end of US 17 concurrency
				4	Tremont Road	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only
				3	US 17 / I‑516	Eastern end of US 17, SR 25, and I-516 concurrencies
					SR 204
					Harry Truman Parkway
	Wilmington River				Bridge
	Whitemarsh Island				Islands Expressway	Western end of Islands Expressway concurrency
	Turner Creek				Bridge
	Talahi Island				Johnny Mercer Boulevard
	Bull River				Bridge
	Tybee Island				16th Street/Butler Avenue/Inlet Avenue	Eastern terminus of US 80 and SR 26; eastern end of US 80 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

• Georgia (U.S. state) portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

1. "African American Heritage". Macon-Bibb County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved October 13, 2011.

External links

• Georgia @ SouthEastRoads - U.S. Highway 80
• Fall Line Freeway - GA DOT Project FLF-540 (Georgia Highways)