Interstate 75 North - Lenox to Tifton

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Interstate 75 North
A northbound rest area follows Exit 45 along I-75 near the settlement of Wagon Wheel. 05/06/22, 09/06/20
The rest area between Exit 45 and 49 was rebuilt in 2017. 09/06/20
Kinard Bridge Road extends 1.87 miles east from Moultrie Lenox Road and the Colquitt County line to become Central Avenue at Brad Street west of Exit 49. 09/06/20
Joining I-75 with U.S. 41/SR 7 (Robinson Street) in the business district, Central Avenue runs 1.60 miles across Lenox. 06/30/17
Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 49) with Central Avenue on I-75 north. 05/06/22
Interstate 75 passes through the Lenox town limits within the exchange at Central Avenue. 09/06/20
The city of Tifton lies 13 miles north of Lenox along Interstate 75. 09/06/20
Interstate 75 crosses the Tift County line in a rural area midway between Exit 49 and 55. The county was created in 1905 with Tifton as its seat. 05/06/22
A rural diamond interchange (Exit 55) joins Interstate 75 with Omega Eldorado Road at the unincorporated community of Eldorado. 06/30/17
Omega Eldorado Road leads 6.64 miles west from Exit 55 to become Georgia Avenue in the city of Omega. 06/30/17
Road work in 2013 upgraded the exchange with Omega Eldorado Road. Magnolia Plantation and U.S. 41/SR 7 run just east of Exit 55 along Omega Eldorado Road. 06/30/17
Downtown Tifton is seven miles north of Eldorado, followed by Macon in 108 miles. 09/06/20, 06/30/17
The first of seven exits serving Tifton joins I-75 with Southwell Road (Business Loop I-75). The unmarked business route follows U.S. 41/SR 7 (Main Street) through Downtown, returning to the freeway on the north side of Tifton at Exit 64. 06/30/17
Southwell Road joins Interstate 75 with Union Road 0.63 miles to the west and SR 125, 1.61 miles to the east. Overheads for Exit 59 reference Business Spur I-75 instead of Loop. 09/06/20
The diamond interchange (Exit 59) with Southwell Boulevard serves a number of area distribution centers and industrial businesses. U.S. 41/Business Loop I-75 lead northeast to Henry Tift Myers Airport (TMA). 09/06/20
Interstate 75 bends westward to bypass Tifton along the ensuing stretch north to Exit 60 for S Central Avenue. 09/06/20
Interstate 75 angles northwest by the Unionville neighborhood in Tifton. 09/06/20
S Central Avenue extends north from Union Road and Exit 60 to U.S. 82/SR 520 (7th Street W) outside Downtown Tifton. 09/06/20
The succeeding exit is with Old Omega Road (SR 35CO) to U.S. 319/SR 35 south. 09/06/20
Interstate 75 spans a railroad spur by this reassurance marker preceding the folded diamond interchange (Exit 61) with Old Omega Road. 09/06/20
An auxiliary lane extends north from Exit 60 to 61. Designated by 2021, SR 35CO is a 0.44 mile long route on Old Omega Road west from Magnolia Drive. 09/06/20
Signed along I-75 as Omega Road, Old Omega Road ties into U.S. 319 (Alabama Avenue) west of Exit 61 and Park Avenue to the east. U.S. 319 pass over the freeway without direct access, combining with U.S. 82/SR 520 east across Tifton. 09/06/20
U.S. 319 (Virginia Avenue) spans Interstate 75 ahead of the folded diamond interchange (Exit 62) with U.S. 82/SR 520 (7th Street W). 09/06/20
Commissioned in 1988, SR 520 (Corridor Z) is a 259.80 mile long route between Columbus and Jekyll Island. SR 520 overlays U.S. 82 from Dawson to Waycross. Sylvester lies 20 miles to the west. 09/06/20
I-75 parallels a commercial strip along adjacent Virginia Avenue north to Exit 63A for 2nd and 8th Streets. 09/06/20
I-75 spans a former Seaboard Coast Line railroad ahead of the split diamond interchange (Exit 63A) with 2nd Street. 09/06/20
The auxiliary lane north from U.S. 82/SR 520 leaves for 2nd Street east to Downtown and King Road west to Carpenter Road. 09/06/20
Slip ramps join access roads linking 2nd and 8th Streets between Exit 63A and 63B. 04/18/20
8th Street runs through residential neighborhoods north of Downtown Tifton to the east. Whiddon Mill Road continues the street northwest toward suburban development and Whiddons Millpond. 04/18/20
Interstate 75 arcs eastward from 8th Street one mile to Exit 64 for U.S. 41/SR 7 (Exit 64) and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC). 04/18/20
I-75 passes just south of the University of Georgia Tifton Campus and ABAC. 04/18/20
U.S. 41/Business Loop I-75 curve north from 12th Street ahead of the diamond interchange at Exit 64. U.S. 41/SR 7 parallel Interstate 75 to the west from Tifton north to Exit 121 at Unadilla. 04/18/20
The confirming marker north of Exit 64 was removed by 2017 with the installation of a guard rail and new overhead for Brighton Road. 07/02/14
A parclo interchange (Exit 66) connects Interstate 75 with Brighton Road next. 04/18/20
Unincorporated Chula is five miles to the north. Macon is 99 miles away. 04/18/20
Brighton Road links Interstate 75 with U.S. 41/SR 7, 0.34 miles to the west and SR 125, 0.89 miles to the east. 04/18/20
A $15.1 million project was awarded in June 2014 to replace the overpass built in 1959 for Brighton Road and substandard exchange at Exit 66.1 04/18/20
Interstate 75 shifts northwest from near Pine Log Creek to Exit 69 for Chula-Brookfield Road. 04/18/20, 09/06/20
Forming an arc south to U.S. 82 in Brookfield, Chula-Brookfield Road starts at U.S. 41 in nearby Chula. 04/18/20
Entering the diamond interchange with Chula-Brookfield Road at Exit 69. 09/06/20
The succeeding exit from Interstate 75 north is with Willis Still Road to Sunsweet. 09/06/20
The community of Sunsweet lies to the west of Exit 71 along U.S. 41/SR 7. 04/18/20
Willis Still Road continues east from I-75 as Macedonia Church Road to SR 125 in adjacent Irwin County. 04/18/20
S Access Roads constitutes an east side frontage road for I-75 north from Willis Still Road into Turner County. 04/18/20
Like neighboring Tift County, Turner County was created in 1905. Hat Creek straddles the County line as it flows east toward Gully Branch. 04/18/20, 07/02/14


 
Sources:
  1. "I-75/Brighton Road interchange to be made safer." WALB TV-10 (Albany, GA), June 4, 2014.


Photo Credits:

07/02/14, 06/30/17, 04/18/20, 09/06/20, 05/06/22 by AARoads

Connect with:
Business Loop I-75 - Tifton
U.S. 82
U.S. 319

Page Updated 07-24-2022.

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