Interstate 520
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| Length: | 23.34 mi (37.56 km) | |||||||||
| Existed: | 1980 – present | |||||||||
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  I‑20 / SR 232 in Augusta, GA
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   US 78 / US 278 / SR 10 in Augusta, GA  US 1 / SR 4 in Augusta, GA  US 25 / SR 121 in Augusta, GAUS 1 / US 78 / US 278 in North Augusta, SC US 25 / SC 121 in North Augusta, SC |
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I-20 in North Augusta, SC |
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Interstate 520 (I-520) is a 23.34-mile (37.56 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway that encircles most of Augusta, Georgia and North Augusta, South Carolina as a three-quarter beltway around the western, southern, and eastern parts of the Augusta metropolitan area. It begins at I-20 in the northern part of Augusta, and ends at I-20 in the northern part of North Augusta, South Carolina. I-520 is also known as Bobby Jones Expressway and the Deputy James D. Paugh Memorial Highway in Georgia and Palmetto Parkway in South Carolina. In Georgia, the road also carries unsigned State Route 415.
I-520 begins at an interchange with I-20 (Carl Sanders Highway) in the northern part of Augusta. At this interchange, the roadway continues as Georgia State Route 232 (SR 232), which keeps the Bobby Jones Expressway name. The interstate travels to the south-southeast. After passing the Augusta Exchange shopping complex, east of Doctors Hospital, it has an interchange with Wheeler Road and Marks Church Road. After a slight western jog, I-520 continues to the south-southeast and meets Wrightsboro Road, which leads to the Augusta Mall. About 1 mile (1.6 km) later is an interchange with US 78/US 278/SR 10 (Gordon Highway). The freeway curves to the southeast, passing by Glenn Hills Middle School and Glenn Hills High School, to an interchange with US 1/SR 4 (Deans Bridge Road). It passes by a campus of Augusta Technical College and the Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School, before curving to the east-southeast and meeting an interchange with Windsor Springs Road and US 25/SR 121 (Peach Orchard Road). After a curve to the east is an interchange with SR 56 (Mike Padgett Highway), which is east of Southside Elementary School and northeast of East-Central Regional Hospital. I-520 curves to the east-northeast and has an interchange with Doug Barnard Parkway (formerly signed as SR 56 Spur). The interstate gradually curves to the northeast and has an interchange with Laney-Walker Boulevard and SR 28 (Sand Bar Ferry Road). Just over 1,000 feet (300 m) later, it crosses the Savannah River into South Carolina and the city limits of North Augusta. I-520 curves to the north-northwest, to an interchange with US 1/US 78/US 278 (only signed as "US 1"). The highway curves back to the north-northeast and has an interchange with SC 126 (Clearwater Road). During a slight westward shift is an interchange with US 25/SC 121 (Edgefield Road). Just north-northeast of there, I-520 meets its eastern terminus, another interchange with I-20.
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