U.S. Route 280
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U.S. Route 280 is a spur of U.S. Highway 80. It currently runs for 392 miles (631 km) from Blitchton, 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 southeastern 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 to the world as Gomer Pyle.
Work was completed in 2006 making U.S. 280 a four-lane highway throughout the entire state of Alabama. This project began in the 1970's. As a result, U.S. 280 now bypasses numerous small towns in east Alabama, including Goodwater, Jacksons' Gap, Camp Hill and Waverly.
In Georgia, US 280 from Columbus, Georgia to I-16, is also a GRIP corridor known as "Power Alley".
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[edit] States traversed
- Georgia
- Alabama. This route is paired with unsigned State Route 38 throughout the state.
[edit] Cities along the route
- Vidalia, Georgia
- Cordele, Georgia
- Plains, Georgia
- Americus, Georgia
- Columbus, Georgia
- Phenix City, Alabama
- Opelika, Alabama
- Auburn, Alabama
- Alexander City, Alabama
- Sylacauga, Alabama
- Hoover, Alabama
- Birmingham, Alabama
[edit] Major Highway Junctions
- The eastern terminus at Blichton, Georgia with U.S. Highway 80
- I-16 at Blichton, Georgia
- U.S. Highway 25 and U.S. Route 301 at Claxton, Georgia
- U.S. Highway 221 at Mount Vernon, Georgia
- U.S. Highway 23, U.S. Highway 441, U.S. Highway 319, and U.S. Highway 341 at McRae, Georgia
- U.S. Highway 129 at Abbeville, Georgia
- U.S. Highway 41 at Cordele, Georgia
- I-75 at Cordele, Georgia
- U.S. Highway 19 at Americus, Georgia
- U.S. Highway 27 at Cusseta, Georgia. The two routes overlap until they split in Columbus, Georgia
- U.S. Highway 431 at Phenix City, Alabama. The two routes overlap until they split in Opelika, Alabama.
- I-85 and U.S. Highway 29 at Opelika, Alabama. U.S. 280 overlaps these two routes for four miles, before is splits at Exit 62 off I-85.
- U.S. Highway 231 at Sylacauga, Alabama. The two routes overlap until they split at Harpersville, Alabama.
- I-459 in Birmingham, Alabama.
- U.S. Highway 31 at Homewood, Alabama. The two routes merge to form the Elton B. Stephens (Red Mountain) Expressway. They overlap until they junction I-20/I-59.
- U.S. Highway 78 at Birmingham, Alabama (3rd and 4th Avenue South exit). Prior to the completion of the Elton B. Stephens (Red Mountain) Expressway, U.S. 78 and U.S. 280 overlapped until they junctioned U.S. Highway 11 at the intersection of 1st Avenue North and 24th Street.
- U.S. Highway 11 at the exit with 1st Avenue North and 26th Street North in downtown Birmingham.
- I-20/I-59 in downtown Birmingham. This is the western terminus of U.S. 280.
[edit] See also
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