Interstate 985
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{{routeboxint |route_type = reg |article_route = 985 |type = Auxiliary |year_established = 1985 (roadway already complete) |length_mi = 24.08 |length_km = 38.75 |direction_a = South |direction_b = North |terminus_a = Image:Interstate 85.svg I-85 near Suwanee, GA |terminus_b = near Gainesville, GA |junction = |shield_ext = }} Interstate 985 (abbreviated I-985) is a 24.08 mile (38.75 km) long auxiliary interstate highway in Georgia. It begins at Interstate 85 mile 113 near Suwanee and continues northward to the north Georgia city of Gainesville.
I-985 is also known as the Sidney Lanier Parkway and is the unsigned reference route Georgia State Route 419. The highway was built in the mid 1960s as Georgia State Route 365; it was given the I-985 designation in 1985. I-985 and SR 365 currently multiplex—both routes end at the interchange with I-85 near Suwanee—but only the I-985 signs are displayed. I-985 also multiplexes with U.S. Route 23 from Exit 4 northward; US 23 was moved onto the interstate once it was completed.
The speed limit is 70 mph (113km/h) on I-985. After Exit 24, I-985 ends, the speed limit drops to 65 mph (105 km/h), and the freeway becomes a four-lane highway with at-grade interchanges.
Major cities
Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.
Interchanges
Template:Cleanup-date The following exits are listed south to north with the mile-log numbering used since 2000 above, and the actual exit numbers originally used below.
| Mile # (exit#) | Road(s) intersected | Destination(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Image:Interstate 85.svg I-85 (SR 403) South Veterans Parkway | Atlanta | No access to northbound I-85 from southbound I-985.
No access to I-985 from southbound I-85. |
| 4 (1) | Image:US 23.svg US 23 South / Image:Ga20.png SR 20
Buford Drive | Buford, Cumming | Mall of Georgia
To Northeast Expressway (I-85 North) |
| 8 (2) | S.R. 347
Friendship Road | Buford | Lake Sidney Lanier |
| 12 (3) | Spout Springs Road (CR 1287) / East Main Street | Flowery Branch | |
| 16 (4) | S.R. 53
Mundy Mill Road | Oakwood | Gainesville College
North Georgia Technical College (Lanier Technical College) |
| 20 (5) | S.R. 60 / S.R. 53 Connector West
Queen City Parkway | Gainesville | Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport |
| 22 (6) | Image:US 129.svg U.S. 129 South / S.R. 11 / U.S. 129 Business North
Athens Highway | Gainesville, Athens | As of 2003, U.S. 129 runs concurrent with I-985 from Exit 22 to Exit 24. |
| 24 (7) | S.R. 369 South / U.S. 129 North
Jesse Jewell Parkway (West) / Old Cornelia Highway | Gainesville, Cleveland | To US 129 North
Originally the northern end of S.R. 13 (1970-2000). Route is also the old alignment of U.S. 23 and S.R. 13 in both directions. |
| n/a | Image:US 23.svg US 23 / S.R. 365 | Cornelia, Toccoa, Cleveland | Freeway ends; roadway continues as a divided highway.
Image:US 23.svg Highway now signed as US 23 North / SR 365 North |
