U.S. Highway 19 | ||||||||||
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Route of US 19 in Georgia in red
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Maintained by GDOT | ||||||||||
Length: | 349 mi (562 km) | |||||||||
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South end: | US 19 at the Florida state line near Thomasville | |||||||||
North end: | US 19 / US 129 at the North Carolina state line southwest of Murphy, North Carolina | |||||||||
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Counties: | Thomas, Mitchell, Dougherty, Lee, Sumter, Schley, Taylor, Upson, Pike, Spalding, Clayton, Fulton, Forsyth, Dawson, Lumpkin, Union | |||||||||
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U.S. Route 19 (US 19) is a 349-mile-long (562 km) U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels from the Florida state line south-southeast of Thomasville, Georgia, through Albany and Atlanta, to the North Carolina state line at a point north of Lake Nottely.
US 19 enters Georgia south-southeast of Thomasville. Within the vicinity of Thomasville, it has a concurrency with US 84. It continues north, traveling through Zebulon, Thomaston, Ellaville, Americus, and Albany. It joins US 41 and proceeds north to Griffin. It then proceeds through the western tip of Henry County, traveling through Hampton, home of the Atlanta Motor Speedway. US 19 continues north through Clayton County where it joins SR 3 and is known as Tara Boulevard, before entering Atlanta.