U.S. Route 280
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| Route information | |
| Auxiliary route of US 80 | |
| Maintained by ALDOT and GDOT | |
| Length: | 392 mi[1] (631 km) |
| Major junctions | |
| West end: |
   I‑20 / I‑59 / US 31 in Birmingham, AL |
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 I‑16 near Black Creek, GA | |
| East end: |
   US 80 / SR 26 / SR 30 near Black Creek, GA |
| Location | |
| States: | Alabama, Georgia |
| Highway system | |
U.S. Route 280 is a spur of U.S. Highway 80. It currently runs for 392 miles (631 km) from Blichton, Georgia at U.S. Highway 80 to Birmingham, Alabama at I-20/I-59. For much of its route, U.S. 280 travels through rural areas and smaller cities in southern Georgia and east central Alabama. Once the highway approaches Birmingham, it is a major suburban route. Numerous shopping centers are located on U.S. 280 throughout northern Shelby County and southern Jefferson County.
Through Talladega County, Alabama, U.S. 280 is known as the Jim Nabors Highway, in honor of the Sylacauga, Alabama, native known for portraying the television character Gomer Pyle. The historical designation of US-280 and SR-38 is the Florida Short Route.
For many years, US-280 and SR-38 was considered one of the more dangerous routes in Alabama, due to the number of large stretches of narrow two lane roadway leading southeastwardly from Birmingham. Work was completed in 2006 making U.S. 280 a four-lane highway throughout the entire state of Alabama. This project began in the 1970s. As a result, U.S. 280 now bypasses numerous small towns in east Alabama, including Goodwater, Jackson's Gap, Camp Hill and Waverly.
In Georgia, US 280 from Columbus to I-16 is also a Governor's Road Improvement Program (GRIP) corridor known as "Power Alley".[2]
Route description
Alabama
US 280 begins at an interchange with Interstate 20, Interstate 59, and U.S. Route 31 in downtown Birmingham. US 280 continues south, cosigned with US 31 along the Elton B. Stephens Expressway (locally known as the Red Mountain Expressway). The routes interchange with U.S. Route 11 and U.S. Route 78 prior to exiting the city. At Homewood, the expressway comes to an end as US 280 separates from US 31. In Cahaba Heights, US 280 interchanges with Interstate 459.
US 280 is paired with unsigned State Route 38 throughout the state, except along the Red Mountain Expressway, where it and US-31 are both concurrent with unsigned State Route 3. The U.S. Highway has a length of 141.356 miles (227.490 km) in Alabama.[3]
Georgia
US 280 begins in Georgia at the state's border with Alabama in Columbus. There it is paired with State Route 520 and U.S. Route 27. It maintains this designation as it passes through Fort Benning. US 280 continues east, where it passes through Plains (the boyhood home of Jimmy Carter) and becomes cosigned State Route 30 in Americus. It maintains this designation until the route's terminus in Blichton.
History
Prior to the completion of the Elton B. Stephens (Red Mountain) Expressway in Birmingham, U.S. 31, U.S. 78 and U.S. 280 overlapped until they junctioned U.S. Route 11 at the intersection of 1st Avenue North and 24th Street.
Major intersections
| State | County | Location | mi[3] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Jefferson | Birmingham | 0.000 | 0.000 | I‑20 / I‑59 – Tuscaloosa, Atlanta, Gadsden US 31 north (SR-3 / Carraway Boulevard) | Western terminus; I-20 / I-59 exit 126A; west end of concurrency with US-31 | ||
| 0.729 | 1.173 | 2nd Avenue North | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||||
| 0.835 | 1.344 |  US 11 (SR-7 / 1st Avenue North) | Westbound exit only | |||||
| 1.245 | 2.004 |  US 78 (SR-4 / 3rd-4th Avenue South) | ||||||
| 1.598 | 2.572 |  SR 149 (University Boulevard) | ||||||
| Highland Avenue / Arlington Avenue | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||||||
| 21st Avenue South | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||||||
| Homewood | 3.331 | 5.361 | US 31 south (SR-3 south/) / SR-38 east / Rosedale Drive – Montgomery, Homewood | east end of US-31 concurrency; west end of SR-38 concurrency; western terminus of SR-38. | ||||
| Birmingham–Homewood line | Hollywood Boulevard - Mountain Brook, Birmingham Zoo-Gardens | east end of freeway | ||||||
| Mountain Brook | 4.737 | 7.623 | SR 149 – Homewood, Mountain Brook, Samford University | interchange | ||||
| Mountain Brook | Pump House Road - Cahaba Heights | interchange | ||||||
| Birmingham | 7.899 | 12.712 |  I‑459 – Atlanta, Gadsden, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa | I-459 exit 19 | ||||
| Colonnade Drive | interchange | |||||||
| Shelby | Hoover | 11.819 | 19.021 |  SR 119 (Cahaba Valley Road) – Leeds, Oak Mountain State Park, Lake Purdy | ||||
| Harpersville | 29.431 | 47.365 |   US 231 north (SR-53 north) / SR 25 – Vincent, Wilsonville, Pell City | west end of US-231 concurrency | ||||
| Harpersville | 34.437 | 55.421 |  SR 76 west (Klein Road) – Columbiana, Montevallo | West end of concurrency with SR-76 | ||||
| Talladega | Childersburg | 35.523 | 57.169 |  SR 235 north (Coosa Pines Road) | Southern terminus of SR-235 | |||
| 36.109 | 58.112 |  SR 76 east (1st Street) / CR 008 west – Childersburg, Fayetteville, Kymulga Covered Bridge and Grist Mill, Talladega College Historic District, DeSoto Caverns | East end of concurrency with SR-76 | |||||
| Sylacauga | 47.310 | 76.138 |  US 231 south (SR-53 south) / SR 21 – Sylacauga, Montgomery | interchange; east end of US-231 / SR-53 overlap | ||||
| Coosa | Socapatoy | 63.362 | 101.971 |  SR 9 – Wetumpka, Goodwater | interchange | |||
| Kellyton | 65.221 | 104.963 |  SR 115 south / Firehouse Road – Kellyton | |||||
| Tallapoosa | Alexander City | 70.096 | 112.809 |  SR 22 west (Rockford Highway) – Rockford, Historic Downtown Alexander City, Charles E. Bailey Sportplex | West end of concurrency with SR-22 | |||
| 71.788 | 115.532 |  SR 22 east / SR 63 (Cherokee Road) – Alex City, Eclectic, Central Alabama Community College, Wind Creek State Park, Historic Downtown Alexander City | East end of concurrency with SR-22 | |||||
| Dadeville | 83.501 | 134.382 |  SR 49 north (Horseshoe Bend Road) – New Site, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park | West end of concurrency with SR-49 | ||||
| 84.821 | 136.506 | SR 49 south (North Broadnax Street) – Dadeville Business District, StillWaters, Tallapoosa County Historical Museum | East end of concurrency with SR-49 | |||||
| Camp Hill |   SR 50 east / CR 34 west – Camp Hill, Lyman Ward, StillWaters, Camp Hill Business District | west end of SR-50 overlap | ||||||
| 91.488 | 147.236 | SR 50 west – Lyman Ward, Girls Ranch | east end of SR-50 overlap | |||||
| Chambers |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Lee | Auburn | 104.511 | 168.194 |  SR 147 north (Heath Road) – LaFayette | West end of concurrency with SR-147 | |||
| The Bottle | 104.911 | 168.838 | SR 147 south (North College Street) – Auburn | East end of concurrency with SR-147 | ||||
| Opelika | 110.241 | 177.416 | Pepperell Parkway | former US-29 | ||||
| 111.851 | 180.007 |   I‑85 south / US 29 south (SR-15) – Montgomery | west end of I-85 / US-29 / SR-15 overlap; US 280 west follows exit 58 | |||||
| 113.871 | 183.258 |   SR 51 to SR 169 – Opelika, Hurtsboro | I-85 exit 60 | |||||
| 115.294 | 185.548 | I‑85 north / US 29 north (SR-15) – Atlanta US 431 north (Columbus Parkway / SR-1) – Opelika, Southern Union State Community College | east end of I-85 / US-29 / SR-15 overlap; west end of US-431 / SR-1 overlap; US 280 east follows exit 62 | |||||
| Russell | Phenix City | 137.659 | 221.541 |  US 80 east (SR-8) to I‑185 – Columbus | west end of US-80 / SR-8 overlap | |||
| 138.598 | 223.052 | US 80 west (Crawford Road / SR-8) – Montgomery | east end of US-80 / SR-8 overlap | |||||
| 140.466 | 226.058 | US 431 south (SR-1) – Eufaula, Dothan | interchange; east end of US-431 / SR-1 overlap | |||||
| Colin L. Powell Parkway / Seale Road | interchange | |||||||
| Chattahoochee River | 141.356 0.0 | 227.490 0.0 | Oglethorpe Bridge | |||||
| Georgia | Muscogee | Columbus |    US 27 north / SR 1 north (Veterans Parkway) – Hamilton, Waverly Hall, Airport | West end of concurrency with US 27 / SR 1 | ||||
| see SR 520 (mile 0.0-35.1) | ||||||||
| Stewart | Richland |   SR 520 east / SR 27 west – Dawson, Lumpkin | East end of concurrency with SR 520; west end of concurrency with SR 27 | |||||
| Webster | Preston |  SR 41 south (Washington Street) – Weston, Dawson | West end of concurrency with SR 41 | |||||
| SR 41 north (Cass Street) – Buena Vista, Ellaville | East end of concurrency with SR 41 | |||||||
| Sumter | Plains |   SR 45 south (Bond Street) to SR 308 – Dawson, Jimmy Carter National Historic Site | Northern terminus of SR-45 | |||||
| |  SR 49 south – Dawson | West end of concurrency with SR 49 | ||||||
| |   US 19 south / SR 3 south / Spring Street – Albany | West end of concurrency with US 19 / SR 3 | ||||||
| Americus | US 19 north / SR 3 north / SR 30 west (South MLK Boulevard) – Ellaville, Buena Vista | East end of concurrency with US 19 / SR 3; west end of concurrency with SR 30 | ||||||
 SR 377 south (Lee Street) | Northern terminus of SR-377 | |||||||
| SR 49 north (Tripp Street / Crawford Street) – Oglethorpe, Andersonville, Andersonville National Historic Site, Airport, South Georgia Technical College, Georgia Southwestern State University | East end of concurrency with SR 49 | |||||||
| SR 27 east (Vienna Road) – Vienna | East end of concurrency with SR 27 | |||||||
| Leslie |   SR 118 south / SR 195 south (Bailey Avenue) – Leesburg, Smithville, Georgia Rural Telephone Museum | west end of SR 195 overlap; northern terminus of SR-118 | ||||||
| De Soto | SR 195 north – Andersonville | east end of SR 195 overlap | ||||||
| Crisp | |  SR 300 Conn. south – Albany, Camilla | ||||||
| Cordele |    US 41 / SR 7 / SR 90 north (7th Street) – Vienna, Ashburn, Historic Downtown Cordele | West end of concurrency with SR 90 | ||||||
  I‑75 (SR 401) to SR 300 – Macon, Valdosta, Albany | I-75 exit 101 | |||||||
| SR 90 south – Rebecca | East end of concurrency with SR 90 | |||||||
| Wilcox | Pitts |  SR 159 south (10th Street) – Rebecca, Ashburn | Northern terminus of SR-159 | |||||
 SR 215 north (8th Street) – Vienna | West end of concurrency with SR 215 | |||||||
| Rochelle |   SR 112 / SR 233 (Ashley Street) – Hawkinsville, Rebecca | |||||||
| SR 215 south (Gordon Street) – Fitzgerald | east end of SR 215 overlap | |||||||
| Abbeville |   US 129 / SR 11 (Broad Street) – Hawkinsville, Fitzgerald, Wilcox State Prison | |||||||
| Dodge | |  SR 87 north (Abbeville Highway) – Eastman, Hawkinsville | ||||||
| Rhine |   SR 117 / SR 165 north (Central Street) – Eastman, Jacksonville | West end of concurrency with SR 165 | ||||||
| Telfair | Milan | SR 165 south (Mt. Zion Street) | East end of concurrency with SR 165 | |||||
| McRae-Helena |    US 319 south / US 441 south / SR 31 south – Fitzgerald, Douglas | West end of concurrency with US 319 / US 441 / SR 31 | ||||||
  US 23 south / US 341 south / SR 27 south (Oak Street) – Hazlehurst | ||||||||
| US 23 north / US 341 north / SR 27 north – Eastman | ||||||||
| Wheeler | | US 319 north / US 441 north / SR 31 north – Dublin, Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge | East end of concurrency with US 319 / US 441 / SR 31 | |||||
| |  SR 149 south – Scotland | |||||||
| Alamo |  SR 126 (Commerce Street) – Cadwell, Lumber City | |||||||
| Glenwood |  SR 19 (2nd Street) – Dublin, Lumber City | |||||||
| Montgomery | Mount Vernon |   US 221 / SR 56 (Railroad Avenue) to I‑16 – Soperton, Uvalda | ||||||
| Ailey | Broad Street | former SR 227 north | ||||||
| Higgston |    SR 15 north / SR 29 north / SR 135 south (James Street) to I‑16 – Tarrytown, Soperton, Uvalda | west end of SR 15 / SR 29 overlap | ||||||
| Toombs | Vidalia |  SR 130 (Adams Street) – Uvalda | ||||||
| SR 15 south / SR 29 south (Jackson Street) – Baxley | east end of SR 15 / SR 29 overlap | |||||||
| Lyons |   US 1 / SR 4 (South State Street) to I‑16 – Swainsboro, Baxley | |||||||
| |  SR 86 west – Oak Park | Eastern terminus of SR-86 | ||||||
| Tattnall | Reidsville | SR 56 west (Shepards Bridge Road) – Uvalda | Eastern terminus of SR-56 | |||||
 SR 147 west (Tattnall Street) – State Prison | Eastern terminus of SR-147 | |||||||
   SR 23 / SR 57 / SR 121 (Main Street) to I‑16 – Metter, Glennville | ||||||||
| Evans | Bellville |  SR 169 (Smith Street) to I‑16 – Bellville, Jesup | ||||||
| |  SR 292 west – Manassas | Eastern terminus of SR-292 | ||||||
| Claxton |  SR 129 north (Ralph Street) – Metter | West end of concurrency with SR 129 | ||||||
   US 25 / US 301 / SR 73 (Duval Street) – Statesboro, Glennville | ||||||||
| SR 129 south (River Street) | east end of SR 129 overlap | |||||||
| Bryan | Pembroke |   SR 67 north / SR 119 south (Main Street) to I‑16 | west end of SR 67 / SR 119 overlap | |||||
| SR 67 south / SR 119 north (College Street) to I‑16 – Springfield | east end of SR 67 / SR 119 overlap | |||||||
| Lanier |   SR 204 east to I‑95 – Ellabell | Western terminus of SR-204 | ||||||
| | I‑16 (SR 404) – Macon, Savannah | I-16 exit 143 | ||||||
| Blitchton | US 80 / SR 26 / SR 30 east – Statesboro, Savannah | Eastern terminus | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ US Highways from US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz
- ↑ "Governor's Road Improvement Program (GRIP)". Georgia Department of Transportation. 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
- 1 2 Alabama Department of Transportation. "Milepost Maps". Retrieved 2011-11-23.
- Jefferson County (PDF)
- Shelby County (PDF)
- Talladega County (PDF)
- Coosa County (PDF)
- Tallapoosa County (PDF)
- Chambers County (PDF)
- Lee County (PDF)
- Russell County (PDF)