Georgia State Route 6

"GA 6" redirects here. For the congressional district, see Georgia's 6th congressional district.

State Route 6 marker

State Route 6
Route information
Maintained by GDOT
Length: 72 mi[1] (116 km)
Major junctions
Northwest end: US 278 / SR 74 at the Alabama state line, northwest of Esom Hill
  US 27 / SR 1 in Cedartown
SR 113 in Rockmart
US 78 / SR 5 / SR 8 in Austell
I‑20 in Austell
I‑285 in East Point
US 29 / SR 14 / SR 139 in College Park
Southeast end: I‑85 near Atlanta Airport
Location
Counties: Polk, Paulding, Cobb, Douglas, Fulton
Highway system
  • Georgia State Routes
← SR 5SR 7 →

State Route 6 (SR 6) is a state highway that runs northwest-to-southeast in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is known as Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway, Jimmy Campbell Parkway, Nathan Dean Parkway, and Wendy Bagwell Parkway in Paulding County; C.H. James Parkway in Cobb County; Thornton Road in Douglas County; and Camp Creek Parkway and honorarily as Tuskegee Airmen Parkway in Fulton County.

Route description

The route starts at the Alabama state line, southwest of Cedartown, near Esom Hill in Polk County, and initially heads east to Cedartown, co-signed with US 278 from its western terminus. Skirting Cedartown around the south, the route continues west to Rockmart, where it turns sharply to the south and then southeast into Paulding County and Dallas. Bypassing Dallas to the south, SR 6 continues running southeast and crosses through the southwestern corner of Cobb County, through Powder Springs, to Austell in Douglas County.


In Lithia Springs, the route approaches the intersection with US 78/SR 5/SR 8, where US 278 turns left and joins a concurrency with US 78 as far east as Druid Hills, while SR 6 continues southeast where it has an intersection with Maxham Drive, a local boulevard spanning from the Westfork Shopping Center through GA 5, and later crosses over I-20, where it has a partial cloverleaf and half-diamond interchange. Forming the county line between Cobb County and Douglas County, the route continues running southeast, and crosses the Chattahoochee River into Fulton County. Curving to the east, the route crosses I-285 and reaches its eastern terminus at the western edge of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in College Park.

History

On March 14, 1984, State Route 6, U. S. Highway 278, between Powder Springs and Austell, was designated as 'C. H. (Fat) James, Sr., Memorial Highway'.[2]

Recently, at the intersection of SR 6 and I-285 in East Point, there has been a renaissance for southern Fulton County: the opening of the Camp Creek MarketPlace. It was opened in late 2003, and the second portion opened in spring or summer of 2006.

On August 1, 2008, Camp Creek Parkway, the 12-mile (19 km) stretch of SR 6, between Fulton Industrial Boulevard and I-85, was honorarily designated Tuskegee Airmen Parkway.

As of March 2009, the portion of the route in Fulton County is no longer signed as State Route 6. The only signage on this route are the Tuskegee Airmen Parkway signs. The portion near I-285 and the Atlanta Airport, which is in Clayton County, is still signed as State Route 6.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Polk​0.00.0 US 278 west (SR-74) – PiedmontAlabama state line
​ SR 100 north – Cave Spring, SummervilleWestern end of SR 100 concurrency
Cedartown9.615.4
US 27 Bus. / SR 1 Bus. (Main Street) – Rome, Cedartown, Buchanan
11.117.9 US 27 south / SR 1 south / SR 100 south (Martha Berry Highway) – Buchanan, TallapoosaEastern end of SR 100 concurrency; eastern end of US 27 / SR 1 concurrency
12.920.8 US 27 north / SR 1 north / East Avenue – Rome, CedartownEastern end of US 27/SR 1 concurrency; interchange
Rockmart
US 278 Bus. east / SR 6 Bus. east
23.437.7
US 278 Bus. west / SR 6 Bus. west / SR 101 north – Rome, Aragon, Rockmart		Western end of SR 101 concurrency
24.339.1 SR 113 north (Cartersville Road) – Cartersville, RockmartWestern end of SR 113 concurrency
​27.143.6Old Atlanta Highway – RockmartFormer segment of US 278/SRs 6/101/113
​28.045.1 SR 101 south / SR 113 south – Villa Rica, TempleEastern end of SR 101 and SR 113 concurrencies
PauldingDallasWest Memorial Avenue – Dallas Business DistrictFormer segment of US 278/SR 6
37.660.5 SR 6 Bus. east / SR 120 west (Buchanan Street) – Dallas, Tallapoosa, BuchananWestern end of SR 120 concurrency
39.663.7 SR 61 (Nathan Dean Boulevard) to SR 6 Bus. – Cartersville, Dallas, Villa Rica
Hiram42.468.2 SR 120 east / SR 360 east (Charles Hardy Parkway) – MariettaEastern end of SR 120 concurrency
42.868.9 SR 6 Bus. west (Atlanta Highway)
44.070.8 SR 92 – Hiram, Historic Downtown Hiram, Pickett's Mill Historic Site
DouglasPowder SpringsBrownsville Road – Powder Springs, Sun Valley Beach
Lithia Springs54.187.1 US 78 / US 278 east / SR 5 / SR 8 (Bankhead Highway) – Austell, Lithia Springs, DouglasvilleEastern end of US 278 concurrency
56.791.2 I‑20 (SR 402) – Atlanta, BirminghamI-20 exit 44
Fulton​60.697.5 SR 70 (Fulton Industrial Boulevard) to SR 154 west / I‑20 – Newnan, Palmetto
​62.7100.9 SR 154 / SR 166 (Campbellton Road) to I‑285 – Palmetto, Carrollton, East Point, Atlanta
East Point68.9110.9 I‑285 (SR 407) – Birmingham, MontgomeryI-285 exit 2
College Park71.7115.4 US 29 / SR 14 / SR 139 (Roosevelt Highway) – Union City, Fairburn, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, AtlantaInterchange
71.9115.7 I‑85 (SR 403) – Montgomery, Atlanta, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International AirportEastern terminus; roadway continues as Airport Boulevard
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Bannered routes

Rockmart business loop

State Route 6 Business
Location: Rockmart

State Route 6 Business (SR 6 Bus.) is a 3.2-mile-long (5.1 km) business route of SR 6. Nearly the entire road is within the city limits of Rockmart. Its entire length is concurrent with U.S. Route 278 Business (US 278 Bus.).

Dallas-Hiram business loop

State Route 6 Business
Location: Dallas-Hiram

State Route 6 Business (SR 6 Bus.) from Dallas to Hiram, Georgia consists of Buchanan Street, West Memorial Drive, East Memorial Drive, Merchants Drive, and Atlanta Highway. Unlike the Business Loop in Rockmart, it is not overlapped by a business route of US 278.

State Business Route 6 begins along Buchanan Street as Georgia State Route 120 turns right onto the intersection with US 278/GA 6. Buchanan Road ends at West Memorial Drive, and US BUS 6 turns right. From that point on, it follows former SR 6. Curving toward the northeast SR BUS 6 encounters a paved trail that turns along the south side of the road, then both run along bridges over Weaver Creek and then run under a railroad bridge, before making a curve back towards the east-northeast as it gets closer to Downtown Dallas. At the intersection of North Confederate Avenue and Main Street, Georgia State Route 61 leaves North Confederate Avenue and joins SR 6 Business in a concurrency, and the name changes from West Memorial Drive to East Memorial Drive.

SR BUS 6 and SR 61 leave East Memorial Drive (former Georgia State Route 381) and make a right curve onto Merchants Drive. The routes run south-southeast down a hill along the eastern edge of Downtown Dallas, but then begins to elevate in the vicinity of the local post office. SR 61 leaves BUS 6 at Nathan Dean Boulevard, and later the road curves from south-southeast to southeast at Hardee Road, formerly SR 6 SPUR (see below). It turns straight east just before the intersection with Heritage Club Boulevard, but then curves east-northeast before the intersection of Old Harris Road, only to turn straight east again after a fork in the road with Macland Road, across from an intersection with Butler Industrial Drive. The last intersection in Dallas is an intersection with WI Parkway, a road into an industrial park. East of there it runs along the south side of Carter Lake.

Before the intersection with Paris Road, the route enters the Hiram city limits, where Merchants Drive becomes Atlanta Highway, and climbs a slight hill. At New Canaan Baptist Church and Cemetery, the road descends along another hill, but climbs back up before the intersection with Cobbler Cove Drive. At Summerhill Road, US BUS 6 starts to curve to the southeast and approaches an intersection with GA 120/360 (Marietta Highway). Shortly after this, the business route replaces the trajectory of Ratcliff Road, and curves to the right from a former fork in the road with Pace Road. SR 6 BUS curves away from a former alignment of Atlanta Highway and ends at US 278/SR 6 at the intersection of a local street named Highland Falls Boulevard.

Former Dallas Spur

State Route 6 Spur
Location: Dallas
Existed: ????–????

State Route 6 Spur (SR 6 Spur) in Dallas, Georgia was a connecting spur to Georgia State Route 61 along Hardee Street.[3] At some point, the route was decommissioned, and SR 61 was realigned to Nathan Dean Boulevard, a connecting road over the former spur, leading to the former SR 6, which is now SR 6 BUS.


Powder Springs business loop

State Route 6 Business
Location: Powder Springs
Existed: ????–????

Austell Spur

State Route 6 Spur
Location: Austell

State Route 6 Spur (SR 6 Spur) in Austell is Dr. Luke Glenn Garrett, Jr. Memorial Highway. It runs from US 278/SR 6 to Powder Springs Road across from the Garrett Middle School, and serves a Norfolk Southern Railway yard.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Google (April 27, 2012). "Route of Georgia State Route 6" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  2. ↑ Georgia Department of Transportation. , Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. Accessed on 16 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Dallas, Georgia Vicinity (Acme Mapper)

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