U.S. Route 80 in Georgia
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Route of US 80 in red
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| Length: | 296 mi (476 km) | ||||||||||||
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  US 80 / SR 8 SR 22 at the Alabama state line in Columbus
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 SR 26 at Tybrisa Street/Butler Avenue/Inlet Avenue in Tybee Island
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| Counties: | Muscogee, Talbot, Taylor, Upson, Crawford, Bibb, Twiggs, Laurens, Johnson, Emanuel, Bulloch, Bryan, Effingham, Chatham | ||||||||||||
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U.S. Route 80 (US 80) is a 296-mile-long (476 km) U.S. Highway in the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels west-to-east from the Alabama state line in Columbus across the central portion of the state through cities such as Macon, Dublin, Statesboro, and Savannah to connect to its eastern terminus at an intersection with Tybrisa Street and Inlet Avenue in Tybee Island, near the Atlantic Ocean. Here, the roadway continues as Butler Avenue.
In Georgia, all U.S. Highways have at least one state highway that travel concurrently along its route. The main ones that US 80 use are SR 22 from the Alabama state line to Macon; SR 19 from Macon to a point southeast of Montrose; and SR 26 from that point to Tybee Island.
The highway crosses the Chattahoochee River from Alabama into Columbus where it proceeds along J. R. Allen Parkway through the northern section of the city as a limited-access freeway. Past Columbus, the road meanders through rural Georgia for roughly 50 miles (80 km) en route to Macon where it becomes the Eisenhower Parkway which crosses Interstate 475 and then Interstate 75 before passing through downtown Macon and merging with US 129-BUS 41 in a concurrency. The concurrency with US BUS 41 ends at Poplar Street, and the one with US 129 ends at Riverside Drive. After crossing the Otis Redding Memorial Bridge over the Ocmulgee River, it has another interchange, this time with Interstate 16. The highway joins southbound US 23-ALT 129 and parallels the northern boundary of Ocmulgee National Monument just east of the city.
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