Georgia State Route 515: Difference between revisions
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starting_terminus = [[Interstate 575 (Georgia)|I-575]]/[[Georgia State Route 5|S.R. 5]]/[[Georgia State Route 372|S.R. 372]] at the [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Cherokee County]]/[[Pickens County, GA|Pickens County]] line | |
starting_terminus = [[Interstate 575 (Georgia)|I-575]]/[[Georgia State Route 5|S.R. 5]]/[[Georgia State Route 372|S.R. 372]] at the [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Cherokee County]]/[[Pickens County, GA|Pickens County]] line | |
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ending_terminus = [[U.S. Highway 19|U.S. 19]]/[[U.S. Highway 129|U.S. 129]]/[[Georgia State Route 11|S.R. 11]] in [[Blairsville, Georgia|Blairsville]] | |
ending_terminus = [[U.S. Highway 19|U.S. 19]]/[[U.S. Highway 129|U.S. 129]]/[[Georgia State Route 11|S.R. 11]] in [[Blairsville, Georgia|Blairsville]] | |
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Revision as of 01:55, 27 December 2005
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| Major cities | Blairsville, Blue Ridge, Ellijay |
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Georgia State Route 515 is a four-lane highway that begins at the northern terminus of I-575 at the Cherokee County/Pickens County line in northern Georgia. The route was built to give motorists in the north Georgia mountains better access to Atlanta and its outlying suburbs, as opposed to the old Georgia State Route 5 and U.S. 76 routes, which this project replaced. GA-515 is also known as the Zell Miller Mountain Parkway, in honor of the Young Harris native turned Georgia govervor and U.S. senator. It is one of the Georgia Department of Transportation's GRIP corridors. The highway is known for its fantastic mountain views all along its route.
Routing
As mentioned above, the route begins, literally at the border of Cherokee and Pickens Counties. It is cosigned with Georgia State Route 5 from Pickens County to Blue Ridge. It also cosigned with U.S. 76 from Ellijay to Blairsville. It maintains a fairly strict north-south routing from its southern terminus to Blue Ridge and then becomes a due east-west route for the remainder of its length.