Georgia State Route 6

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"GA 6" redirects here. For the congressional district, see Georgia's 6th congressional district.

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State Route 6 marker

State Route 6
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Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length: 72 mi[1] (116 km)
Major junctions
Northwest end: US 278 / SR 74 at the Alabama state line, northwest of Esom Hill
  US 27 / SR 1 in Cedartown
SR 113 in Rockmart
US 78 / SR 5 / SR 8 in Austell
I‑20 in Austell
I‑285 in East Point
US 29 / SR 14 / SR 139 in College Park
Southeast end: I‑85 near Atlanta Airport
Location
Counties: Polk, Paulding, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton
Highway system
  • Georgia State Routes
← SR 5 SR 7 →

State Route 6 (SR 6) is a state highway that runs northwest-to-southeast in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is known as Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway, Jimmy Campbell Parkway, Nathan Dean Parkway, and Wendy Bagwell Parkway in Paulding County; C.H. James Parkway in Cobb County; Thornton Road in Douglas County; and Camp Creek Parkway and honorarily as Tuskegee Airmen Parkway in Fulton County.

Route description

The route starts at the Alabama state line, southwest of Cedartown, near Esom Hill in Polk County, and initially heads east to Cedartown, co-signed with US 278 from its western terminus. Skirting Cedartown around the south, the route continues west to Rockmart, where it turns sharply to the south and then southeast into Paulding County and Dallas. Bypassing Dallas to the south, SR 6 continues running southeast and crosses through the southwestern corner of Cobb County, through Powder Springs, to Austell in Douglas County, where it crosses I-20.

Forming the county line between Cobb County and Douglas County, the route continues running southeast, and crosses the Chattahoochee River into Fulton County. Curving to the east, the route crosses I-285 and reaches its eastern terminus at the western edge of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. On March 14, 1984, State Route 6, U. S. Highway 278, between Powder Springs and Austell, was designated as 'C. H. (Fat) James, Sr., Memorial Highway'.[2]

Recently, at the intersection of SR 6 and I-285 in East Point, there has been a renaissance for southern Fulton County: the opening of the Camp Creek MarketPlace. It was opened in late 2003, and the second portion opened in spring or summer of 2006.[citation needed]

On August 1, 2008, Camp Creek Parkway, the 12-mile (19 km) stretch of SR 6, between Fulton Industrial Boulevard and I-85, was honorarily designated Tuskegee Airmen Parkway.[citation needed]

As of March 2009, the portion of the route in Fulton County is no longer signed as State Route 6. The only signage on this route are the Tuskegee Airmen Parkway signs. The portion near I-285 and the Atlanta Airport, which is in Clayton County, is still signed as State Route 6.[citation needed]

Major intersections

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County Location mi[1] km Destinations Notes
Polk ​ 0.0 0.0 US 278 west (SR-74) – Piedmont Alabama state line
​ SR 100 north – Cave Spring, Summerville Western end of SR 100 concurrency
Cedartown 9.6 15.4
US 27 Bus. / SR 1 Bus. (Main Street) – Rome, Cedartown, Buchanan
11.1 17.9 US 27 south / SR 1 south / SR 100 south (Martha Berry Highway) – Buchanan, Tallapoosa Eastern end of SR 100 concurrency; eastern end of US 27 / SR 1 concurrency
12.9 20.8 US 27 north / SR 1 north / East Avenue – Rome, Cedartown Eastern end of US 27/SR 1 concurrency; interchange
Rockmart
US 278 Bus. east / SR 6 Bus. east
23.4 37.7
US 278 Bus. west / SR 6 Bus. west / SR 101 north – Rome, Aragon, Rockmart		 Western end of SR 101 concurrency
24.3 39.1 SR 113 north (Cartersville Road) – Cartersville, Rockmart Western end of SR 113 concurrency
​ 27.1 43.6 Old Atlanta Highway – Rockmart
​ 28.0 45.1 SR 101 south / SR 113 south – Villa Rica, Temple Eastern end of SR 101 and SR 113 concurrencies
Paulding Dallas West Memorial Avenue – Dallas Business District
37.6 60.5 SR 6 Bus. east / SR 120 west (Buchanan Street) – Dallas, Tallapoosa, Buchanan Western end of SR 120 concurrency
39.6 63.7 SR 61 (Nathan Dean Boulevard) to SR 6 Bus. – Cartersville, Dallas, Villa Rica
Hiram 42.4 68.2 SR 120 east / SR 360 east (Charles Hardy Parkway) – Marietta Eastern end of SR 120 concurrency
42.8 68.9 SR 6 Bus. west (Atlanta Highway)
44.0 70.8 SR 92 – Hiram, Historic Downtown Hiram, Pickett's Mill Historic Site
Douglas Powder Springs Brownsville Road – Powder Springs, Sun Valley Beach
Lithia Springs 54.1 87.1 US 78 / US 278 east / SR 5 / SR 8 (Bankhead Highway) – Austell, Lithia Springs, Douglasville Eastern end of US 278 concurrency
56.7 91.2 I‑20 (SR 402) – Atlanta, Birmingham I-20 exit 44
Fulton ​ 60.6 97.5 SR 70 (Fulton Industrial Boulevard) to SR 154 west / I‑20 – Newnan, Palmetto
​ 62.7 100.9 SR 154 / SR 166 (Campbellton Road) to I‑285 – Palmetto, Carrollton, East Point, Atlanta
East Point 68.9 110.9 I‑285 (SR 407) – Birmingham, Montgomery I-285 exit 2
College Park 71.7 115.4 US 29 / SR 14 / SR 139 (Roosevelt Highway) – Union City, Fairburn, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta Interchange
71.9 115.7 I‑85 (SR 403) – Montgomery, Atlanta, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Eastern terminus; roadway continues as Airport Boulevard
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Georgia Department of Transportation. [1], Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Accessed on 16 November 2012.

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