State Route 13 | ||||
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 Georgia State Route 13 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by GDOT | ||||
| Length | 49.5 mi[1] (79.7 km) | |||
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| South end |   US 19 / SR 9 in Atlanta | |||
| North end |  SR 369 in Gainesville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Georgia | |||
| Counties | Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Hall | |||
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State Route 13 (SR 13) is a 49.5-mile-long (79.7 km) state highway in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia, that travels through portions of Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, and Hall counties.
It begins at West Peachtree Street and Spring Street (US 19/SR 9) just to the north of 17th Street in the northern part of Midtown Atlanta. The section south of Buckhead is a full freeway, from its southern terminus to Sidney Marcus Boulevard, built in 1953 as an extension of the Downtown Connector (built in 1952).[2] This was later the original alignment of Interstate 85 (I-85; Northeast Expressway) through northeast Atlanta until 1985, when it was replaced by several lanes in each direction on a new roadway and viaduct immediately adjacent to it during the Freeing the Freeways construction boom.
SR 13 ends at Jesse Jewell Parkway (SR 369) in Gainesville. The name changes from Buford Highway to Atlanta Highway at the northeast city limits of Buford.
SR 13 once continued northeast past Gainesville, roughly along present SR 365, to the South Carolina state line on US 123.[citation needed]
- ^ Google (January 6, 2017). "Overview map of SR 13" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ^ Peebles, Jennifer (March 31, 2017). "Last inspection on I-85 bridge that collapsed given high marks". WSB-TV. Retrieved May 30, 2017.