Interstate 475 North

An I-475 confirming marker stands beyond the split of the on-ramp from Hartley Bridge Road to I-75 north. This ramp was added during 2006-09 road work that eliminated weaving traffic along I-75 between Exits 155 and 156 (I-475).

10/22/15

A left side ramp departs from the I-75 main line for Interstate 475 north. A pair of shields accompany the three lane roadway within the wye interchange.

09/06/20

The ramp from Hartley Bridge Road sweeps over both roadways of I-75 before combining with the I-475 mainline near Tobesofkee Creek.

09/22/22

Milepost zero for Interstate 475 is posted where the ramps from I-75 and Hartley Bridge Road converge.

09/22/22

Tobesofkee Creek meanders southeast from Lake Tobesofkee, crossing Interstate 475 north of the exchange with I-75. The creek is a tributary of the Ocmulgee River, which flows south from Jackson Lake

09/06/20

A second shield for I-475 stands just north of Tobesofkee Creek as the freeway advances north with six overall lanes.

12/20/23

Interstate 475 straddles western reaches of Macon as the freeway progresses north back to I-75 and Forsyth in 23 miles. The city of Macon and Bibb County officially merged into one government in January 2014.

09/06/20

U.S. 80/SR 22 (Eisenhower Parkway) meets I-475 by Middle Georgia State University in one mile. The pair overlap 90.5 miles west from Macon to the Alabama state line at Columbus.

09/06/20

One half mile south of the diamond interchange (Exit 3) with U.S. 80/SR 22 (Eisenhower Parkway). U.S. 80 is part of High Priority Corridor 6 from Meridian, Mississippi to Savannah, Georgia.

12/20/23

U.S. 80/SR 22 travel 19.2 miles westward to U.S. 341 in the city of Roberta. Mostly a rural route, U.S. 80 runs 90.59 miles west from I-475 to the Alabama state line at Columbus.

12/20/23

U.S. 80 comprises a commercial arterial east along Eisenhower Parkway 5.17 miles to Macon Mall and U.S. 129/41 Business (Broadway) south of Downtown Macon.

12/20/23

Interstate 475 advances north to a diamond interchange (Exit 5) with SR 74 (Thomaston Road) next.

09/06/20

SR 74 comprises an L-shaped route 107.89 miles from Macon west to Woodbury and north to Peachtree City and Fairburn.

09/06/20

SR 74 (Thomaston Road) travels 39 miles west from Exit 5 to the Upson County seat of Thomaston. The state route concludes 4.7 miles to the east at I-75 and Mercer University.

09/06/20

Interstate 475 traverses rural hills west of Rocky Creek to the Tucker Road overpass.

09/06/20

The through route aspect of I-475 results in a rare rest area placed along a three-digit Interstate. The next rest area facility occurs along I-75 beyond Atlanta in 138 miles.

09/06/20

Spanning Rocky Creek east of Lake Wildwood, I-475 travelers reach the northbound only rest area.

09/06/20

The last interchange within Macon-Bibb County connects Interstate 475 with Zebulon Road at Exit 9 in one mile.

09/22/22

Zebulon Road stems west from U.S. 41/SR 19 (Forsyth Road) near Wesleyan College to leave the Macon suburbs for rural Monroe County.

09/06/20

Entering the diamond interchange (Exit 9) with Zebulon Road on I-475 north. Several big box stores line the arterial road just to the east.

09/06/20

The remainder of I-475 north to Bolingbroke parallels Colaparchee Creek over a series of forested hills.

09/06/20

Forsyth is 14 miles away, with Downtown Atlanta 60 miles further along I-75/85.

09/06/20

Interstate 475 extends north into southern Monroe County for its final four miles.

09/06/20

Estes Road makes an S-curve across Interstate 475, one mile south of Exit 15 with U.S. 41, as the freeway reaches the unincorporated community of Bolingbroke.

09/06/20

Interstate 475 bends northward ahead of the wye interchange with Interstate 75. U.S. 41 mirrors the I-75 corridor to the west between Exit 15 and Forsyth.

09/06/20

U.S. 41 parallels a Norfolk Southern Railroad line north from Bolingbroke and a folded diamond interchange (Exit 15) with I-475 to Smarr and Forsyth.

09/06/20

Two end shields stand ahead of the Interstate 475 merge with Interstate 75 north. As Interstate 475 is regarded as the main through route, traffic along I-75 enters from the right.

09/06/20

Interstate 475 concludes ahead of the Pea Ridge Road over crossing. Four lanes advance I-75 northward to Rumble Road (Exit 181).

09/06/20