Interstate 675
Interstate 675 angles northward from I-75 at Stockbridge to I-285 in south Dekalb County on the Southside of Atlanta. The 11.04 mile long freeway provides an alternate route between I-285 and I-75 while also doubling as a commuter route to Fort Gillem the Clayton County suburbs.
Interstate 675 Georgia Guides
Located at the south end of I-675, Stockbridge existed as early as 1829 when the Old Stockbridge Concord Methodist Church was organized. It was later as a crossroads community before the Civil War. Citizens living in the area applied for a post office and decided to name their community Stockbridge after a Yankee school teacher by the same name. The post office was established on April 5, 1847. By 1881 the Southern Railroad came to the village on its routing between Macon and Atlanta. In 1882, construction of a depot south of Old Stockbridge commenced and the town recentered itself around that location. Stockbridge later incorporated in 1895 as a town and as a city on August 6, 1920. The original railroad depot was dismantled around 1980.3
Fort Gillem, named for Lieutenant General Alvan C. Gillem, Jr., was established in 1941 as the Atlanta General Depot. The facility entailed training and supply operations during conflicts ranging from World War II to the Vietnam War before shifting operations to a satellite installation of Fort McPherson. The transfer of duties occurred on June 28, 1973 to coincide with the renaming to Fort Gillem.6 Fort Gillem closed as a military base in 2011.
Construction on I-675 commenced in December 1982. The $61.6 million project was delayed when one of the subcontractors defaulted on the job in 1985. Interstate 675 opened to traffic on October 30, 1987, three years after anticipated and $20 million over budget.1,2
Interstate 675 and I-420 proposed in the Atlanta metropolitan area in 1977.
Interstate 675 under construction in 1987.
Interstate 675 follows the southern extent of the planned Interstate 475 / Georgia State Route 400, which was slated to run from Clayton County north to Buckhead in Atlanta and Interstate 285 at Sandy Springs. I-475 was applied to the west Macon Bypass, which opened in 1967. The freeway along SR 400 north of I-285 in south Dekalb and south of I-85 at Buckhead was never built, and the portion between Buckhead and Sandy Springs was constructed as a toll road.
Previously planned to start in 2019 at the north end of I-675, the I-285 Bouldercrest Interchange Improvements project outlines adding collector distributor roadways to both sides of the Perimeter Highway to separate weaving traffic between I-675 and Bouldercrest Road (Exit 51).
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SR 138 (Stockbridge Road) meets I-675 at a diamond interchange east of Stockbridge Village Shopping Center. Expansion of Stockbridge Road here resulted in the removal of this shield assembly.
01/17/04
Button copy shields previously posted at the southbound entrance ramp from SR 138 east for I-675 south toward Macon. Continuing a half mile east, SR 138 combines with U.S. 23/SR 42 (Henry Boulevard) along a 3.5 mile long overlap through Stockbridge.
01/17/04
Former I-675 button copy shield at the southbound entrance ramp facing SR 138 (Stockbridge Road) west. SR 138 advances 0.75 miles to a diamond interchange with Interstate 75.
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Panola Road west becomes Forest Parkway west from Bouldercrest Road to Interstate 675 beyond Big Cotton Indian Creek.
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Forest Parkway meets Interstate 675 at a diamond interchange east of Fort Gillem.
09/22/22
Anvil Block Road east at Interstate 675.
09/06/20
Interstate 675 partitions into ramps for I-285, 3.1 miles north from Anvil Block Road.
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Anvil Block Road connects with Interstate 675 at Exit 7.
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I-675 leads north from Anvil Block Road to Interstate 285.
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A number of logistics centers tie into Anvil Block Road at Ellenwood and Fort Gillem adjacent to the exchange with Interstate 675.
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Anvil Block Road west at the southbound entrance ramp for Interstate 675.
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References:
- "I-675 open to traffic." The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution (GA), November 5, 1987.
- "I-675 opening seen as boon to Clayton - Road linking I-75, I-285 expected to spark south metro development." The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution (GA), October 30, 1987.
- City of Stockbridge web site.
http://www.cityofstockbridge.com/history.htm - Senate - Hon. Terrell A. Starr (GA SS 44), Georgia General Assembly
http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/1999_00/senate/gass44.htm. - Clayton State History.
http://about.clayton.edu/history.htm - History of Fort Gillem.
http://www.mcpherson.army.mil/historyg.htm
Photo Credits:
- Alex Nitzman, Justin Cozart: 01/17/04
- Brent Ivy: 09/22/22
- ABRoads: 09/06/20
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