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The Georgia Department of Transportation maintains only 16 percent of the roads in the state. The other 84 percent are the responsibility of the counties and cities; 75 percent of those roads are county roads. [6] GDOT maintains approximately 18,000 miles of state routes and has maintained this mileage cap since the early 1970s.
The city's lush tree canopy, which filters out pollutants and cools sidewalks and buildings, has increasingly been under assault from man and nature due to heavy rains, drought, aged forests, new pests, and urban construction. A 2001 study found that Atlanta's heavy tree cover declined from 48% in 1974 to 38% in 1996.
The state of Georgia has 1,244 miles (2,002 km) of Interstate Highways within its borders. Georgia's major Interstate Highways are Interstate 16 (I-16), I-20, I-75, I-85, and I-95. Other important interstate highways are I-24 and I-59. I-285 is Atlanta, Georgia's perimeter route and I-575 connects counties in North Georgia to I-75. [8]
Georgia State Route 400 diverges from I-85 near Buckhead and travels north, crossing I-285 just north of city limits. The outer metro also has three other auxiliary Interstates: I-575, 675, and I-985. Interstates and state highways are administered and maintained by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT).
I-20 at Alabama state line: I-20 at South Carolina state line 1963 [4] current SR 402 I-24: 4.10: 6.60 I-24 at Tennessee state line: I-24 at Tennessee state line 1968 [5] current SR 409 I-59: 20.67: 33.27 I-59 at Alabama state line: I-24 near Wildwood: 1970 [6] current SR 406 I-75: 355.11: 571.49 I-75 at Florida state line: I-75 at Tennessee ...
December: The city asked the state highway department for a study of the proposed parkway. The study would facilitate the city's ability to allot subdivisions on the planned route. 1964. July: A senatorial candidate proposed that the parkway construction could take care of flooding problems experienced by the area of Holly Heights and other ...
A Georgia Senate committee says more cooperation among county officials would improve conditions in Fulton County's jail, but it also called on the city of Atlanta to hand over all of its former ...
US 80 / SR 8 and SR 540 at the Alabama state line on the Phenix City–Columbus line: SR 72 in Comer: 1919 [2] current SR 23: 240.0: 386.2 SR 121 and SR 121 at the Florida state line southwest of Saint George: SR 56 south of Augusta: 1919 [2] current SR 24: 221.8: 357.0 US 80 / SR 26 in Statesboro: US 129 / US 129 Bus. / US 441 / US 441 Bus.