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Interstate 985

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{{short description|Highway in Georgia}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2008}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox road
| state = GA
| type = I
| route = 985
| alternate_name = Sidney Lanier Parkway<br>Gainesville Connector
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|frame-lat=34.179|frame-long=-83.909|zoom=10|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Interstate 985}}}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = I-985 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 24.04
| length_ref = <ref name="FHWA">{{cite web |last=Starks |first=Edward |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |access-date=September 2, 2022 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703182115/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| established = 1985<ref name="GDOT 1984">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1984 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1986">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1986 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref>
| spur_type = I
| spur_of = 85
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = {{jct|state=GA|I|85}} in [[Suwanee, Georgia|Suwanee]]
| junction =
*{{jct|state=GA|US|23|SR|20}} in [[Buford, Georgia|Buford]]
*{{jct|state=GA|SR|347}} in [[Lake Lanier, Georgia|Lake Lanier]]
*{{jct|state=GA|SR|53}} in [[Oakwood, Georgia|Oakwood]]
*{{jct|state=GA|SR|13}} near [[Blackshear Place]]
*{{jct|state=GA|SR|60}} near [[Gainesville, Georgia|Gainesville]]
*{{jct|state=GA|US|129|US-Bus|129|dab2=Gainesville|SR|11}} in [[Gainesville, Georgia|Gainesville]]
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=GA|US|23}} in Gainesville
| counties = [[Gwinnett County, Georgia|Gwinnett]], [[Hall County, Georgia|Hall]]
| previous_type = SR
| previous_route = 962
| next_type = SR
| next_route = 1011
| browse = {{ga browse|previous_type=SR|previous_route=417|route=SR 419|next_type=SR|next_route=421}}
}}

'''Interstate 985''' ('''I-985''') is a {{convert|24.04|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[auxiliary Interstate Highway]] in [[Northeast Georgia]]. It links the [[Atlanta metropolitan area]] to the city of [[Gainesville, Georgia|Gainesville]] via [[Suwanee, Georgia|Suwanee]]. I-985 is also known as the '''Sidney Lanier Parkway''', after the [[Sidney Lanier|musician and poet]], and is also designated as unsigned '''State Route 419''' ('''SR 419'''). The roadway was designated as I-985 in 1985. I-985 and [[Georgia State Route 365|SR 365]] are [[Concurrency (road)|concurrent]] for I-985's entire length, but only the I-985 signs are displayed. I-985 is also concurrent with [[U.S. Route 23 in Georgia|US Route 23]] (US 23) from exit 4 northward. I-985 is the highest-numbered spur route of a north–south Interstate and is second only to [[Interstate 990|I-990]], which serves the town of [[Amherst, New York]].

==Route description==

===Gwinnett County===
In [[Gwinnett County, Georgia|Gwinnett County]], I-985 begins [[Concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with SR 365 at an [[interchange (road)|interchange]] with [[Interstate 85 in Georgia|I-85]] on the southeastern edge of Suwanee. The two highways head northeast to [[Buford, Georgia|Buford]], at an interchange with [[U.S. Route 23 in Georgia|US 23]]/[[Georgia State Route 20|SR 20]] (Buford Drive). Here, US 23 joins the concurrency of I-985/SR 365.<ref name="Google">{{Google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=I-985+N&daddr=I-985+N+to:I-985+N+to:I-985+N+to:I-985+N+to:I-985+N+to:I-985+N+to:I-985+N+to:I-985+N+to:US-23+N&hl=en&ll=34.191926,-83.903275&spn=0.4822,1.056747&sll=34.219109,-83.861159&sspn=0.482044,1.056747&geocode=FTN1BwIdrcj9-g%3BFUEUCAIda1b--g%3BFV3lCAIdcPv--g%3BFTB9CQId-4n_-g%3BFa40CgIdb0QA-w%3BFfE_CgId11QA-w%3BFbXQCgIdIv0A-w%3BFb8aCwIdUDMB-w%3BFUmSCwIdTX8B-w%3BFQvbCwIdqpUB-w&mra=pr&t=h&z=11|title=Route of Interstate 985|access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref>

===Hall County===
[[File:Georgia I985nb end.jpg|thumb|left|I-985 northbound end just past SR 369]] The three routes head northeast into [[Hall County, Georgia|Hall County]] until they meet [[Georgia State Route 347|SR 347]]. In [[Flowery Branch, Georgia|Flowery Branch]], they meet Spout Springs Road at the Rankin Smith Interchange, named after the [[Rankin M. Smith Sr.|respective businessperson]]. Then, at exit 14 by Martin Road (HF Reed Industrial Pkwy). Then, they enter [[Oakwood, Georgia|Oakwood]] and meet [[Georgia State Route 53|SR 53]] (Mundy Mill Road), which does not have any return access from southbound I-985/US 23/SR 365. Just after, they enter Gainesville, where they intersect [[Georgia State Route 13|SR 13]] (Atlanta Highway). Its interchange has access to both SR 13 and SR 53. Farther into Gainesville is [[Georgia State Route 53 Connector (Gainesville)|SR 53 Connector]] (SR 53 Conn)/[[Georgia State Route 60|SR 60]] (Candler Road/Queen City Parkway). In the main part of the city, [[U.S. Route 129 in Georgia|US 129]]/[[U.S. Route 129 Business (Gainesville, Georgia)|US 129 Business]] (US 129 Bus)/[[Georgia State Route 11|SR 11]] (Athens Highway) meet the concurrency. US 129/SR 11 head south toward [[Jefferson, Georgia|Jefferson]], while US 129 joins the concurrency through the rest of the city. Meanwhile, US 129 Bus/SR 11 head north into the heart of Gainesville. Nearly {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} later US 129 departs to the north with [[Georgia State Route 369|SR 369]] on Jesse Jewell Parkway.
[[File:I-985 signage error GA369 East.jpg|left|thumb|An erroneous SR 23 shield previously posted along SR 369 (Jesse Jewell Parkway) east ahead of the diamond interchange with I-985]]
About {{convert|1.4|mi|km}} later, I-985 ends, while US 23/SR 365 continue north.<ref name="Google" /> Then, US 23 enters North Carolina
===National Highway System===
All of I-985 is included as part of the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]],<ref name="NHS Georgia">{{cite map |title=National Highway System: Georgia |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/ga_georgia.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=May 8, 2019 |access-date=August 10, 2019 |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/ga_georgia.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NHS Gainesville">{{cite map |title=National Highway System: Gainesville, GA |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/gainesville_ga.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=August 10, 2019 |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811010657/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/gainesville_ga.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> a system of roadways important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.

==History==

===1920s===
{{disputed|date=May 2014}}
The roadway that would eventually become I-985 was built at least as early as 1919 as SR 13 from Buford to just northeast of Gainesville, along the same alignment as it runs today.<ref name="GDOT 1920">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1920 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> A reconfiguration of the SR 13 and SR 15 intersection in the [[Baldwin, Georgia|Baldwin]]–[[Cornelia, Georgia|Cornelia]] area caused the two routes to run concurrently between the two cities.<ref name="GDOT 1920"/><ref name="GDOT 1921">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1921 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> By the end of 1926, a small section in Gainesville was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1921"/><ref name="GDOT 1926">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1926 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> By 1929, US 23 was designated along the section from Buford to Gainesville.<ref name="GDOT 1926"/><ref name="GDOT 1929">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1929-10 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref>

===1930s–1940s===
By 1932, US 23 was designated along the route all the way to Cornelia. In addition, the entire route, from Buford to the South Carolina state line, was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1929"/><ref name="GDOT January 1932">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-01 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> The next month, US 23, and possibly SR 13 was extended south from Buford.<ref name="GDOT January 1932"/><ref name="GDOT February 1932">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-02 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> In 1935, after a long series of improvement projects, the section just south of Buford was paved.<ref name="GDOT April 1935">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1935-04 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT July 1935">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1935-07 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> Between 1946 and 1948, US 123 entered the state, being routed on a concurrency with SR 13 between [[Toccoa, Georgia|Toccoa]] and the state line.<ref name="GDOT 1946">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1946 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1948">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1948 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> Prior to April 1949, US 123's concurrency with SR 13 was extended to Cornelia. During this time, US 441 was extended along SR 15, thus beginning a concurrency with SR 13.<ref name="GDOT 1948"/><ref name="GDOT 1949">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1949 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref>

===1950s–1970s===
Between 1955 and 1957, a freeway (presumably I-85) was under construction from northeast Atlanta northeast to Suwannee, paralleling US 23/SR 13.<ref name="GDOT 1955">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1955 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1957">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1957 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> Between 1957 and 1960, I-85 was completed as far north as what is now known as [[Georgia State Route 317|SR 317]], which is located just southwest of what is now the southern terminus of I-985/SR 365,<ref name="GDOT 1957"/><ref name="GDOT 1960">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1960 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> and, by 1966, it was completed northeast of Atlanta within the state.<ref name="GDOT 1963">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1963 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1966">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1966 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> In 1966, SR 365 was being projected as a freeway from its current southern terminus northeast and curving around the southeastern side of Gainesville.<ref name="GDOT 1966"/><ref name="GDOT 1967">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1967 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> In 1969, the whole freeway section, with the exception of the southernmost portion from I-85 to US 23/SR 20, was completed. Also, the entire completed section was designated as SR 365.<ref name="GDOT 1969">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1969 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1970">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1970 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> The next year, the southernmost segment was completed.<ref name="GDOT 1970"/><ref name="GDOT 1971">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1971 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> By 1979, the SR 365 freeway was listed as "under construction" from the northern terminus of the freeway northeast to US 23/[[U.S. Route 441 in Georgia|US 441]]/[[Georgia State Route 15|SR 15]] near Cornelia.<ref name="GDOT 1977-1978">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1977 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1979">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1979 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref>

===1980s–1990s===
Between 1980 and 1982, SR 365 was extended along the "under construction" section, but it was not a freeway. Also, US 23/SR 13 from Gainesville to Cornelia were moved onto this new highway.<ref name="GDOT 1980">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1980 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1982">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1982 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> By 1986, the entire freeway segment was designated as I-985.<ref name="GDOT 1984"/><ref name="GDOT 1986"/>

==Exit list==
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{{GAint|exit
|location=Buford
|lspan=2
|mile=0.0
|exit=—
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=GA|I|85|dir1=south|SR|365|dir2=begins|city1=Atlanta}}
|notes=Southern terminus of I-985 and SR 365; southern end of SR 365 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-85 exit 113
|county=Gwinnett
|cspan=2}}
{{GAint|exit
|mile=3.5
|exit=4
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=GA|US|23|dir1=south|SR|20|name2=Buford Drive N.E.|city1=Cumming|city2=Buford}}
|notes=Southern end of US 23 concurrency
}}
{{GAint|exit
|county=Hall
|cspan=9
|location=none
|mile=8.0
|exit=8
|road={{jct|state=GA|SR|347|name1=Friendship Road / Lanier Islands Parkway|location1=[[Lake Lanier]]}}
}}
{{GAint|exit
|location=Flowery Branch
|mile=11.4
|exit=12
|road={{jct|state=GA|road|Phil Niekro Boulevard|road|Spout Springs Road|city1=Flowery Branch}}
|notes=Rankin Smith Interchange
}}
{{GAint|exit
|location=none
|mile=14.0
|exit=14
|road={{jct|state=GA|road|H.F. Reed Industrial Parkway}}
|notes=
}}
{{GAint|exit
|location=Oakwood
|mile=15.7
|exit=16
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=GA|SR|53|name1=Mundy Mill Road|city1=Oakwood|city2=Dawsonville}}
|notes=Northbound exit ramp to SR 53 only; no southbound exit 16
}}
{{GAint|exit
|location=Gainesville
|lspan=5
|mile=16.0
|exit=17
|type=incomplete
|road={{jct|state=GA|SR|13|name1=Atlanta Highway|city1=Gainesville}}
|notes=Northbound exit ramp to SR 13 only: southbound exit includes separate ramps to SR 13 and SR 53.
}}
{{GAint|exit
|mile=19.7
|exit=20
|road={{jct|state=GA|SR|60|SR-Conn|53|SR-Bus|365|dab2=Gainesville|dir2=north|name2=Candler Road / Queen City Parkway|city1=Gainesville|city2=Dawsonville}}
|notes=Southern terminus of SR 53 Conn./ SR 365 Bus.
|type=concur
}}
{{GAint|exit
|mile=21.3
|exit=22
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=GA|US|129|SR|11|US-Bus|129|dab3=Gainesville|dir1=south|dir3=north|name3=Athens Highway|city2=Jefferson|city3=Gainesville}}
|notes=Southern end of US 129 concurrency; southern terminus of US 129 Bus.
}}
{{GAint|exit
|mile=23.7
|exit=24
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=GA|US|129|dir1=north|SR|369|dir2=west|name2=Jesse Jewell Parkway|city1=Gainesville|city2=Cleveland|city3=Cumming}}
|notes=Northern end of US 129 concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 369
}}
{{GAint|exit
|mile=25.1
|exit=—
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=GA|US|23|SR|365|dir2=north|dir3=north|name2=Cornelia Highway}}
|notes=Northern terminus of I-985; northern end of US 23 and SR 365 concurrencies
}}
{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete}}

==See also==
*{{portal-inline|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
*{{portal-inline|U.S. roads}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{AttachedKML|display=title,inline}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110607174845/http://www.state-ends.com/georgia/041900/ Georgia State Route 419 / Interstate 985 on State-Ends.com]

{{3di|85}}

[[Category:Auxiliary Interstate Highways|85-9]]
[[Category:Interstate Highways in Georgia (U.S. state)|85-9]]
[[Category:Interstate 85|9]]
[[Category:Transportation in Gwinnett County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Transportation in Hall County, Georgia]]

Georgia State Route 300

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{{Short description|Highway in Georgia, United States}}
{{Other uses|GA 300 (disambiguation){{!}}GA 300}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=GA
|type=SR
|route=300
|alternate_name=Georgia-Florida Parkway
|map={{maplink-road|from=Georgia State Route 300.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=SR 300; mainline in red, connector route in blue
|length_mi=107
|length_ref=<ref name="Google">{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/30.6657999,-83.8796335/31.9351168,-83.7463988/@31.2992898,-84.5329394,9z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m11!4m10!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d-84.111197!2d31.572798!3s0x88f279faa4c854f5:0x691ce8629d86fcd6!1m0!2m1!1b1!3e0?hl=en |title=Overview map of SR 300 |access-date=April 8, 2017 }}</ref>
|length_round=1
|established=1983<ref name="GDOT 1982"/><ref name="GDOT 1983"/>
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=FL|US|19|GA|3|SR|57}} at [[Florida]] state line south-southeast of [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]]
|junction={{Plainlist|
* {{jct|state=GA|US|84|US|319|SR|35|SR|38|SR|122|SR-Alt|3|SR-Conn|35|dab6=Thomasville}} in [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]]
* {{jct|state=GA|SR|37|SR|112}} in [[Camilla, Georgia|Camilla]]
* {{jct|state=GA|US|19|US|82|SR|3|SR|133|SR|520}} in [[Albany, Georgia|Albany]]
* {{jct|state=GA|US|41|SR|7}} south of [[Cordele, Georgia|Cordele]]
}}
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=GA|I|75}} in Cordele
|counties=[[Thomas County, Georgia|Thomas]], [[Mitchell County, Georgia|Mitchell]], [[Dougherty County, Georgia|Dougherty]], [[Worth County, Georgia|Worth]], [[Crisp County, Georgia|Crisp]]
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=299
|next_type=US
|next_route=301
}}

'''State Route 300''' ('''SR 300''', also called the '''Georgia–Florida Parkway'''), is a {{convert|107|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[State highway (US)|state highway]] in the southern part of the U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Its southern terminus is at the [[Florida]] state line south-southeast of [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]], where the roadway continues as [[U.S. Route 19 in Florida|US 19]]/[[Florida State Road 57|SR 57]]. This is also the southern terminus of [[Georgia State Route 3|SR 3]], with which US 19 and SR 300 travel [[Concurrency (road)|concurrently]] through the southern part of the state. Its northern terminus is at [[Interstate 75 in Georgia|Interstate 75]] (I-75) in [[Cordele, Georgia|Cordele]]. It bears no relation to [[Georgia State Route 300 (1960–1983)|the pre-1983 highway in Central Georgia]].

This is the second state route in Georgia to carry the SR 300 designation. The [[Georgia State Route 300 (1960–1983)|earlier one]], in a different part of the state, was much shorter, traveling from [[Monticello, Georgia|Monticello]] to a point {{convert|20.3|mi|km}} northeast of Monticello (and about {{convert|6|mi|km}} north of [[Eatonton, Georgia|Eatonton]]), and existed from the 1960s<ref name="GDOT 1957">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1957 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1960">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1960 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> to the 1980s.<ref name="GDOT 1982"/><ref name="GDOT 1983"/>

==Route description==

===Florida to Albany===
[[File:GA3 GA300 end, Jefferson county line, Florida state line.jpg|thumb|left|Southern terminus of SR 3/SR 300 at the FL state line.]]
SR 300 begins at the Florida state line, where it is concurrent with US 19. On the Florida side of the state line, US 19 is [[Concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with [[Florida State Road 57]] (SR 57, which is [[Unsigned highway|unsigned]]), and is known as the '''Florida–Georgia Parkway'''. At the state line, [[Georgia State Route 3|SR 3]] and SR 300 begin. US 19/SR 3/SR 300 head northwest until they enter [[Thomasville, Georgia|Thomasville]]. In the city, they intersect [[U.S. Route 84 in Georgia|US 84]]/[[Georgia State Route 38|SR 38]], which head east to [[Valdosta, Georgia|Valdosta]]. Here, they join the concurrency. Also, this intersection marks the eastern terminus of [[U.S. Route 84 Business (Thomasville, Georgia)|US 84 Business]]/[[Georgia State Route 38 Business (Thomasville)|SR 38 Business]]. Farther to the northwest, the five routes intersect [[U.S. Route 319 in Georgia|US 319]]/[[Georgia State Route 35|SR 35]], where US 84/SR 38 depart to the west, along with [[Georgia State Route 3 Alternate (Thomasville)|SR 3 Alternate]] (SR 3 Alt.). In [[Meigs, Georgia|Meigs]], [[Georgia State Route 111|SR 111]] intersects the concurrency, along with the northern terminus of SR 3 Alt. In [[Camilla, Georgia|Camilla]], the highways have intersections with [[Georgia State Route 37|SR 37]] and [[Georgia State Route 112|SR 112]], and curve to make a slight jog to the northeast until they reach [[Albany, Georgia|Albany]].

===Albany to Cordele===
Most of the route of SR 300 in Albany is on the Liberty Expressway, a [[freeway]]-grade [[Bypass (road)|bypass]] of the city's downtown to the northeast. In the southeastern part of the city is an intersection with [[Georgia State Route 133|SR 133]], which joins the concurrency, and the eastern terminus of [[Georgia State Route 234|SR 234]]. Nearly {{convert|2|mi|km}} later, the concurrency intersects [[U.S. Route 19 Business (Albany, Georgia)|US 19 Bus.]]/[[U.S. Route 82 Business (Albany, Georgia)|US 82 Bus.]]/[[Georgia State Route 520 Business (Albany)|SR 520 Bus.]], where US 19 Bus. has its southern terminus. Slightly later is [[U.S. Route 82 in Georgia|US 82]]/[[Georgia State Route 520|SR 520]]. They join the US 19/SR 3/SR 133 concurrency, while US 82/SR 300/SR 520 head east for just over {{convert|1.5|mi|km}}, where SR 300 splits off to the northeast. It travels through rural areas until it reaches the [[Cordele, Georgia|Cordele]] area. Just before entering Cordele proper is [[Georgia State Route 300 Connector (Cordele)|SR 300 Connector]] and [[U.S. Route 41 in Georgia|US 41]]/[[Georgia State Route 7|SR 7]]. Upon entering Cordele, the route meets its northern terminus, an [[Interchange (road)|interchange]] with [[Interstate 75 in Georgia|I-75]].<ref name="Google"/>

==History==
===1920s===
The roadway that would eventually become the current SR 300 was established in 1920 as SR 3 from Thomasville to Albany, via Camilla.<ref name="GDOT 1920">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1920 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1921">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1921 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> By October 1926, nearly all of the aforementioned route was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1921"/><ref name="GDOT 1926">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1926 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> By October 1929, SR 3 was extended southwest to where US 319 currently crosses the state line. US 19 was designated along this route to Thomasville, and then its current route from Thomasville to Albany. [[Georgia State Route 35|SR 35]] was designated along a portion of highway that is the current route of US 19 from the Florida state line to Thomasville.<ref name="GDOT 1926"/><ref name="GDOT 1929-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1929-10 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref>

===1930s===
By 1935, nearly all of the northern half of the section of SR 35 between the Florida state line and Thomasville was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1934-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1934-10 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1935-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1935-01 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> Prior to the beginning of 1936, nearly all of that section of SR 35 was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1935-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1935-10 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1936-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1936-01 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> By July, the rest of that section was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1936-01"/><ref name="GDOT 1936-07">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1936-07 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> In March 1937, the section of SR 300 that currently travels from Albany to Cordele was established as a northern extension of [[Georgia State Route 133|SR 133]].<ref name="GDOT 1937-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1937-01 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1937-04">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1937-04 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> By October the routings of the portions of US 19 southwest of Thomasville was shifted to its current routing, while SR 3 stayed on its original routing.<ref name="GDOT 1937-07">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1937-07 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1937-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1937-10 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> The following August, a small portion of SR 133 southwest of Cordele was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1938-08">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1938-08 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1938-09">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1938-09 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref>

===1940s===
By 1944, a very brief section of SR 133 northeast of Albany was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1943-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1943-01 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1944-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1944-01 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> In early 1946, approximately half of the length of SR 133 between Warwick and Cordele was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1945-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1945-01 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1946">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1946 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> In early 1948, all of SR 133 was redesignated as [[Georgia State Route 257|SR 257]]. The section of SR 257 from Albany to the intersection with [[Georgia State Route 32|SR 32]] and the section from [[Lake Blackshear]] to Cordele were paved.<ref name="GDOT 1946"/><ref name="GDOT 1948">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1948 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> In 1950, nearly all of SR 257 was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1949">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1949 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1950">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1950 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref>

===1950s to 1980s===
By 1952, the entire roadway that would eventually become SR 300 was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1950"/><ref name="GDOT 1952">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1952 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> A section of the highway from Albany to Cordele was proposed as '''Interstate 175''' and then cancelled, but in early 1982, the '''Georgia–Florida Parkway''' was approved to be designated along the entire stretch of what is now SR 300.<ref name="GDOT Resolution">{{cite web |url=http://mydocs.dot.ga.gov/info/honorariums/Resolutions/1982-02.pdf |title=Georgia-Florida Parkway — Designated |author= |date=April 14, 1982 |website= |publisher=[[Georgia General Assembly|General Assembly of the State of Georgia]] |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> By the next year, all of SR 257 was redesignated as SR 300 and the designation was applied to the rest of its current route.<ref name="GDOT 1982">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1982 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1983">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1983 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref> Later that year, the routings of SR 3 and SR 35 south of Thomasville were swapped.<ref name="GDOT 1983"/><ref name="GDOT 1984">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1984 |access-date=June 8, 2013 }}</ref>

==Major intersections==
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==Cordele connector route==
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'''State Route 300 Connector''' ('''SR 300 Conn.''') is a {{convert|3.4|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[connector (road)|connector route]] of the SR 300 mainline that exists entirely within [[Crisp County, Georgia|Crisp County]]. It follows Old Albany Highway from an [[Intersection (road)|intersection]] with SR 300 southwest of [[Cordele, Georgia|Cordele]] and travels northeast until it meets its northern terminus, an intersection with [[U.S. Route 280 in Georgia|US 280]]/[[Georgia State Route 30|SR 30]] west of the city.<ref name="Google Cordele Conn"/>

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==See also==
* {{portal-inline|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
* {{portal-inline|U.S. roads}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* [http://georgiaroads.tripod.com/gahwy15.htm Georgia Roads (Routes 281 - 300)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100407043814/http://www.state-ends.com/georgia/030000/ Georgia State Route 300 on State-Ends.com]
* [http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/i175.html#175ga Interstate 175 Georgia on Kurumi.com]

[[Category:State highways in Georgia (U.S. state)|300]]
[[Category:Transportation in Thomas County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Transportation in Mitchell County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Transportation in Dougherty County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Transportation in Worth County, Georgia]]
[[Category:Transportation in Crisp County, Georgia]]

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'''Normal'''('''s''') or '''The Normal'''('''s''') may refer to:
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==Film and television==
* [[Normal (2003 film)|''Normal'' (2003 film)]], starring Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson
* [[Normal (2007 film)|''Normal'' (2007 film)]], starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers, Callum Keith Rennie, and Andrew Airlie
* [[Normal (2009 film)|''Normal'' (2009 film)]], an adaptation of Anthony Neilson's 1991 play ''Normal: The Düsseldorf Ripper''
* ''[[Normal!]]'', a 2011 Algerian film
* [[The Normals (film)|''The Normals'' (film)]], a 2012 American comedy film
* [[Normal (New Girl)|"Normal" (''New Girl'')]], an episode of the TV series

==Mathematics==
* [[Normal (geometry)]], an object such as a line or vector that is perpendicular to a given object
* [[Normal basis]] (of a Galois extension), used heavily in cryptography
* [[Normal bundle]]
* [[Normal cone]], of a subscheme in algebraic geometry
* [[Normal coordinates]], in differential geometry, local coordinates obtained from the exponential map (Riemannian geometry)
* [[Normal distribution]], the Gaussian continuous probability distribution
* Normal equations, describing the solution of the [[linear least squares]] problem
* [[Normal extension]]s (or quasi-Galois), field extensions, splitting fields for a set of polynomials over the base field
* [[Normal family]], a pre-compact family of continuous functions
* [[Normal function]], in set theory
* [[Normal invariant]]s, in geometric topology
* [[Normal matrix]], a matrix that commutes with its conjugate transpose
* [[Normal measure]], in set theory
* [[Normal number]], a real number with a "uniform" distribution of digits
* [[Normal operator]], an operator that commutes with its Hermitian adjoint
* [[Normal order of an arithmetic function]], a type of asymptotic behavior useful in number theory
* [[Normal polytope]]s, in polyhedral geometry and computational commutative algebra
* [[Normal ring]], a reduced ring whose localizations at prime ideals are integrally closed domains
* [[Normal scheme]], a scheme whose local rings are normal domains
* [[Normal sequence (disambiguation)]], either a normal function or a representation of a normal number
* [[Normal space]] (or <math>T_4</math>), spaces, topological spaces characterized by separation of closed sets
* [[Normal subgroup]], a subgroup invariant under conjugation

==Music==
* [[Normal (album)|''Normal'' (album)]], a 2005 album by Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
* [[Normal (Alonzo song)|"Normal" (Alonzo song)]]
* [[Normal (Eminem song)|"Normal" (Eminem song)]]
* "Normal", a [[Gucci Mane discography#Music videos|music video by Gucci Mane]]
* "Normal", a song by Porcupine Tree from ''[[Nil Recurring]]''
* "Normal", a song by Sasha Alex Sloan from ''[[Sad Girl (EP)|Sad Girl]]''
* "Normal", a song by AJR from ''[[The Click (album)|The Click (Deluxe Edition)]]''
* "Nomal", a song by Ximena Sariñana from ''[[Mediocre (album)|Mediocre]]''
* [[The Normal]], a recording project of English music producer Daniel Miller
* [[The Normals (Christian band)]], an American Christian alternative rock band
* [[The Normals (New Orleans band)]], a 1970s American punk band

==Places==
* [[Normal, Alabama]]
* [[Normal, Illinois]]
* [[Normal, Indiana]]
* [[Normal, Kentucky]]
* [[Normal Station, Memphis]]

==Transportation==
* [[Normal metro station]], in Mexico City
* [[Uptown Station]], otherwise known as Normal Station, in Illinois

==Other==
* [[Norm (social)]], collective representations of acceptable group conduct
* ''[[Normal: The Düsseldorf Ripper]]'', a 1991 play by Anthony Neilson
* [[Normal concentration]], a measure of concentration for a chemical in a solution
* [[Normal good]]s, a concept used in economics
* [[Normal mode]]s, of vibration in an oscillating system
* [[Normal order]], or Wick order in Quantum Field Theory
* [[Normal school]], a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers
* [[Charles Normal]] (born 1965), American record producer
* [[Normal (chain store)]], Danish variety store chain
* [[Henry Normal]] (born 1956), English comedian
* ''The Normals'', a novel by [[David Gilbert (author)|David Gilbert]]

==See also==
* [[Norm (disambiguation)]]
* [[Normal closure (disambiguation)]]
* [[Normal Field (disambiguation)]]
* [[Normal form (disambiguation)]]
* [[Normal order (disambiguation)]]
* [[Normal Township (disambiguation)]]
* [[Normality (disambiguation)]]
* [[Normalization (disambiguation)]]
* [[Normalsi]], a Polish rock band
* [[Leaving Normal (disambiguation)]]
* [[New Normal (disambiguation)]]
* [[Usual (disambiguation)]]

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