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US Highway 82 crossing the high plains of the Llano Estacado of West Texas. U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is an east–west United States highway in the Southern United States.Created on July 1, 1931 across central Mississippi and southern Arkansas, US 82 eventually became a 1,625-mile-long (2,615 km) route extending from the White Sands of New Mexico to Georgia's Atlantic coast.
Tifton is located in south central Georgia along Interstate 75, which runs north to south through the city, leading north 167 mi (269 km) to Atlanta and south 45 mi (72 km) to Valdosta. Other highways that pass through the city include U.S. Route 41 , U.S. Route 82 , U.S. Route 319 , and Georgia State Route 125 .
The county was created on August 17, 1905, and is named for Henry Harding Tift, who founded Tifton in 1872.Tift purchased about 65,000 acres of virgin pine timberland there in the Wiregrass Region of South Georgia, and established a sawmill and a village for his workers.
Just after entering Tifton, the two routes meet I-75, before intersecting US 319/SR 35. The two highways join the concurrency for about 3 miles (4.8 km). In the downtown part of the town is US 41/SR 7/SR 125. After leaving the town, US 319/SR 35 leave the concurrency, while US 82/SR 520 continue to the east.
Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025; Plains, Ga; A boy salutes as the hearse carrying former President Jimmy Carter travels along Church Street through Plains, Georgia on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025.
With a length of 355.1 miles (571.5 km), I-75 is the longest Interstate Highway in Georgia. [1] It enters the state near Valdosta, and it continues northward through the towns of Tifton and Cordele until it reaches the Macon area, where it intersects with I-16 eastbound toward Savannah.
Preston is located at (32.060789, -84.538287 [5]U.S. Route 280, as well as Georgia State Routes 41 and 153, are the main highways through the community.U.S. Route 280 runs from east to west as Hamilton Street, leading east 9 mi (14 km) to Plains and west 9 mi (14 km) to Richland.
U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is a 258-mile-long (415 km) U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Georgia, is also signed as State Route 38 for its entire length in Georgia. After entering Georgia from Alabama west-northwest of Jakin, the highway travels through the southern portion of the state, meeting its east end at Interstate 95 (I-95) east of Midway.