Ronald Reagan Parkway is an expressway stretching 7.01 miles northwest from SR 124 (Scenic Highway) and Pinehurst Road in the city of Snellville to Pleasant Hill Road outside Lilburn. One of a handful of county-maintained limited access roads in Georgia, Ronald Reagan Parkway was constructed by Gwinnett County in the mid-1990's.1
Ronald Reagan Parkway was envisioned by then Gwinnett County chairman Wayne Mason. Mason had economic development interests in the eastern part of Gwinnett County and planned to build a shopping mall in the area. An obstacle to those plans however was the lack of direct access to Interstate 85. So Mason spearheaded the idea for a freeway between Pleasant Hill Road and SR 124 (Scenic Highway).1
Wayne Mason was later voted out of office and his mall never realized. However the short freeway he advocated was eventually built. During construction, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) assigned the temporary and unsigned designation of State Route 864 to Ronald Reagan Parkway.1
Pleasant Hill Road links Ronald Reagan Parkway with Interstate 85, 2.87 miles to the north, in lieu of a high speed connection. Though discussion arose to build the missing link, wetlands and a substantial reduction in funds for the project ultimately prevented any progress for extending the expressway northward.1
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| SR 124 (Scenic Highway) meets U.S. 78/SR 10 (Main Street) 1.1 mile south of Ronald Reagan Parkway in the city of Snellville. A continuous flow intersection (CFI) was built at this junction in 2018/19. 01/17/04 |
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| Ronald Reagan Parkway commences north from a commercialized intersection with SR 124 (Scenic Highway) and Pinehurst Road. Pinehurst Road is a local route east 2.86 miles to SR 84 at Grayson. 01/17/04 |
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| Ronald Reagan Parkway initially intersects the entrances to Presidential Markets and Scenic Square shopping centers. 01/17/04 |
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| Connecting with Piedmont Eastside Medical Center, Presidential Circle loops around the Presidential Market retail area north to SR 124 (Scenic Highway) at Tree Lane. 01/17/04 |
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| Continuing northward, Ronald Reagan Parkway meets Webb Gin House Road at a parclo interchange. The local road originates just west of the freeway at Dogwood Road and heads east 4.61 miles to SR 20 (Grayson Highway). 01/17/04 |
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| Ronald Reagan Parkway curves west from the exchange with Webb Gin House Road near Lake Matthews to the unincorporated community of Five Forks. 01/17/04 |
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| Ronald Reagan Parkway navigates through an S-curve northward at the parclo interchange with Five Forks Trickum Road. The arterial runs northeast to Stone Mountain Street in Lawrenceville and southwest to Mountain Park and Trickum. 01/17/04 |
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| Ronald Reagan Parkway makes another S-curve west across Oak Road and ahead of the Yellow River. 01/17/04 |
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| A CSX Railroad spans Ronald Reagan Parkway northbound prior to the diamond interchange with Bethesda Church Road. 01/17/04 |
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| Bethesda Church Road leads 1.67 miles north from the Bethesda Cove subdivision and Bethesda Park to U.S. 29/SR 8 (Lawrenceville Highway) at the community of Bethesda. 01/17/04 |
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| Ronald Reagan Parkway parallels Sweetwater Creek northwest to the exit for U.S. 29/SR 8 (Lawrenceville Highway). U.S. 29/SR 8 travel southwest to Luxomni, Lilburn and Tucker and northeast to Bethesda, Sweetwater and Murphyville. 01/17/04 |
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| A diamond interchange joins Ronald Reagan Parkway with U.S. 29/SR 8 (Lawrenceville Highway). 01/17/04 |
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| Ronald Reagan Parkway concludes at a partial interchange with Pleasant Hill Road northbound. 01/17/04 |
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| Pleasant Hill Road north of the half trumpet interchange with Ronald Reagan Parkway. 01/17/04 |
Photo Credits:01/17/04 by AARoads and Justin Cozart
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Page Updated 03-22-2022.
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