List of unused highways in Georgia (U.S. state)

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused or later closed. An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp, stub street, stub-out, or simply stub. The following is a list:

Georgia

Atlanta

• At the eastern terminus of State Route 166, the highway ends immediately after its interchange with The Downtown Connector, with a stub in the mainline to a Georgia Department Of Transportation maintenance yard (View here). A half diamond interchange links the freeway to Lakewood Avenue. The eastward extension of this freeway was killed in the Atlanta freeway revolt of the 1970s. It would have continued to the east and terminated at Interstate 20. This freeway, along with the existing Langford Parkway, was proposed to be a part of the unbuilt Interstate 420. 19

• Near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, two ramp stubs exist at the Virginia Avenue overpass above Hartsfield Drive. Hartsfield Drive carried traffic into the Atlanta Municipal Airport Terminal before the construction of the present terminals. These ramps were part of four ramps leading to and from Virginia Avenue, which linked the terminal to Interstate 85 south and to the local communities. Originally, the four ramps consisted of a diamond ramp that linked northbound Hartsfield Drive to eastbound Virginia Avenue (still visible), a diamond ramp that linked eastbound Virginia Avenue to southbound Hartsfield Drive (still visible), a cloverleaf ramp that linked northbound Hartsfield Drive to westbound Virginia Avenue (destroyed), and a cloverleaf ramp that linked westbound Virginia Avenue to southbound Hartsfield Drive (destroyed). 20

• The stub of an as-yet-unbuilt flyover ramp from Interstate 75 northbound to Interstate 285 westbound on the northwest side in Cobb County, Georgia. 21 According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, the ramp may eventually be used as part of a revamp of the interchange.

• The western end of the freeway portion of State Route 14 Spur was relocated as part of the construction of the South Fulton Parkway. This realignment closed what had been the western end of the freeway. This alignment exists as ramp stubs from Roosevelt Highway at its intersection with Welcome All Road. The ramps depart The Intersection to the north and curve toward the east but stop short of intersecting South Fulton Parkway at its Roosevelt Highway interchange. 22 A look at the old configuration.

Cherokee County

• The freeway portion of State Route 372, where it intersects State Route 5 Business, ends in stub ramps on the mainline. A half diamond interchange links the freeway to State Route 5 Business. The freeway section consists of the western end of State Route 372 and the freeway was constructed as a part of State Route 400 which was at one time proposed to connect with State Route 515. 23

Lagrange

• Interstate 185 has a northern terminus east of the city at Interstate 85. However, short stubs exist on the mainline of I-185 on both the north and the south sides. 24 25 They are part of a proposal to extend the freeway north to Hogansville and possibly even further north to Rome via the U.S. Route 27 corridor.

See also

• List of unused highways
• list of ghost towns