Interstate 85 North - Doraville to Duluth

Another Peach Pass only sign precedes the Northcrest Road overpass. Additionally trucks with over six wheels are prohibited from the left two general travel lanes.

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Motorists joining I-85 north from I-285 can access the I-85 Express Lanes from an ingress point located one half mile east of the Northcrest Road overpass. An egress point there allows commuters bound for SR 140 to rejoin the general travel lanes as well.

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A second toll schedule sign precedes the ingress point beyond an overpass linking the adjacent frontage roads (Crescent Drive west / Dawson Boulevard east).

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The Local Exits egress point for SR 140 provides a window of approximately 1.25 miles to move right from the Express Lane to Exit 99 for SR 140 (Jimmy Carter Boulevard).

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Interstate 85 north at the Express Lane Entrance and Gwinnett County line.

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Norcross Tucker Industrial Park and Norcross I-85 Center line both sides of the freeway leading east to the diverging diamond interchange (DDI) with Jimmy Carter Boulevard (SR 140 west).

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A 78.6 mile long route to U.S. 27 at Armuchee, SR 140 commences at Exit 99. SR 140 connects Interstate 85 with the adjacent city of Norcross while en route to Roswell.

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Two lanes part ways with Interstate 85 north for Exit 99 and Jimmy Carter Boulevard. Jimmy Carter Boulevard extends south from a pair of shopping centers nearby to U.S. 29/SR 8 (Lawrenceville Highway) at Mountain Industrial Boulevard.

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Opening of the converted DDI (Exit 99) with Jimmy Carter Boulevard occurred on March 29, 2015, with construction on the center median, pedestrian facilities, and the decorative siding continuing through fall 2015.

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The next ingress and egress points for the I-85 Express Lanes lie one half mile ahead at the Center Way overpass. This serves movements to both Exits 101 and 102.

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Toll rates are displayed for drivers headed to the I-85 Express Lanes for the next two egress points.

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Drivers shift over to the general travel lanes for Indian Trail Lilburn Road in east Norcross and SR 378 (Beaver Ruin Road) east to the city of Lilburn.

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Motorists join the I-85 Express Lanes for Duluth and Lawrenceville as I-85 passes by the Oakbrook Technology Center, another in a series of industrial and business parks lining the freeway corridor through Gwinnett County.

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A parclo interchange (Exit 101) joins Interstate 85 with Indian Trail-Lilburn Road in one mile.

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Indian Trail-Lilburn Road ventures south from upcoming Exit 101 to Indian Brook Industrial Park and U.S. 29 at Killian Hill Road within the city of Lilburn.

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Expansion of the Exit 101 off-ramp in summer 2015 to two lanes resulted in a sign change for Indian Trail-Lilburn Road. The arterial ends just to the north at a commercialized intersection with SR 378 (Beaver Ruin Road).

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SR 378 (Beaver Ruin Road) winds east from Norcross to cross paths with Interstate 85 in one mile at Exit 102.

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The on-ramp from Exit 101 forms a seventh northbound lane to Exit 102 for SR 378 (Beaver Ruin Road). The next ingress point to the I-85 Express Lanes meanwhile falls below the SR 378 overpass in a half mile.

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Toll schedule sign posted for the final two I-85 Express Lane egress points.

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Exit 102 departed I-85 northbound opposite the egress point for Exits 103, 104 and 106. SR 378 comprises just a 6.4 mile route between U.S. 23/SR 13 in Norcross and U.S. 29/SR 8 in Lilburn.

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Passing through the diamond interchange (Exit 102), motorists along I-85 north reach the ingress point for the tolled I-85 Express Lanes.

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Interstate 85 advances north one mile to a half diamond interchange (Exit 103) with Steve Reynolds Boulevard. Exits 103 and adjacent 104 with Pleasant Hill Road serve a sprawling retail area anchored by Gwinnett Place Mall.

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A reassurance marker stands for I-85 north as the freeway passes by by Gwinnett Corporate Center.

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A two lane off-ramp leaves I-85 north for Steve Reynolds Boulevard. The commercial arterial runs north by a number of big box stores to Pleasant Hill Road.
Historically the HOV-2 restricted lane ended at the Steve Reynolds Boulevard overpass.

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Steve Reynolds Boulevard winds south from Exit 103 to Gwinnett Corporate Center, Freeman Lake and Indian Trails-Lilburn Road.

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A DDI joins Interstate 85 with Pleasant Hill Road in one quarter mile. Comprising a busy commercial arterial, Pleasant Hill Road heads north to Duluth and south to Lilburn.

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I-85 north was expanded to seven lanes during work in 2008. This shifted the auxiliary lane to Exit 104 for Pleasant Hill Road outward. Pleasant Hill Road meanders south by a number of subdivisions beyond Club Drive to Ronald Reagan Parkway, a limited access highway maintained by Gwinnett County that winds east to SR 124 in Snellville.

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A decorative overpass carries Pleasant Hill Road across I-85, one half mile from a lengthy c/d roadway to Boggs Road and SR 120 (Duluth Highway).

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A $147 million project between February 2006 and December 31, 2008 overhauled the forthcoming split with SR 316. Both I-85 and SR 316 were expanded with the addition of HOV lanes. C/d roadways were also constructed between Pleasant Hill Road and SR 120 while new ramps were added from SR 316 west to both I-85 south and the c/d roadway to Exit 104. The westbound ramps from SR 316 opened on October 22, 2007.¹

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The Express Lane exit for SR 316 was constructed as part of the aforementioned 2006-08 project.² It departs in one mile as two lanes separate for the c/d roadway (Exit 105) to Boggs Road and SR 120 west to Duluth and east to Lawrenceville.

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Interstate 85 proceeds north with seven overall lanes to the split with SR 316. SR 316 comprises a 39 mile long route from Exit 106 to U.S. 29-78/SR 10 Loop at Athens.

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Traveling under Old Norcross Road by State Place Business Park, Express Lane commuters headed to SR 316 east to Lawrenceville depart I-85 north in one half mile.

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SR 316 links Atlanta with the city of Athens via an overlap with U.S. 29 east from Lawrenceville. The corridor varies between freeway and expressway.

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The final ingress point until 2018, when the extension opened north to I-985, for the northbound I-85 Express Lanes falls within the wye interchange (Exit 106) at SR 316.

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The c/d roadway for Exit 105 provides access to SR 316 east for motorists originating from Pleasant Hill Road.

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The lone independent ramp along the I-85 Express Lanes departs for SR 316 east. Five lanes continue beyond SR 316 east otherwise to Suwanee, Gainesville and Commerce.

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A toll schedule sign references the previous final stretch of the I-85 Express Lanes to Old Peachtree Road (Exit 109). Work between Summer 2016 and 2018 lengthehed the HOT lanes another ten miles to Hamilton Hill Road (Exit 120).

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Northbound Interstate 85 reaches the split with SR 316 at Exit 106. Upgrading SR 316 to a limited access highway, planned interchanges in Barrow County include those at SR 53 (starting in 2020), SR 81 (starting in 2019) and SR 11 (starting in 2019).³

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The next I-85 Express Lanes eggress point precedes back to back parclo interchanges with Sugarloaf Parkway and Old Peachtree Road.

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Three bridges cross over I-85 at the ingress point for the HOT lanes. Originally just one span passed overhead for SR 316 west to a left side merge with I-85 south.

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