State Route 20
Length:	175 mi (282 km)
Counterclockwise end:	Alabama state line in Floyd County
Clockwise end:	U.S. 19/U.S. 41/S.R. 3 in Hampton
Georgia State Routes < SR 19 SR 21 > Branches of SR 20: 20 Spur

State Route 20 is an abnormally-oriented route in roughly the shape of a capital J rotated ninety degrees to the left. Its counterclockwise terminus is at the Alabama state line in Floyd County, and its clockwise terminus occurs in the middle of an overpass over U.S. 19/U.S. 41 and S.R. 3 in Hampton in Henry County. Image File history File links Georgia_20. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... km redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... Floyd County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... Image File history File links US_19. ... Image File history File links US_41. ... Image File history File links Georgia_3. ... United States Highway 19 is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 41 is a north-south United States Highway that runs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Miami, Florida. ... Georgia State Route 3 runs in a generally north-south orientation from Georgias northern border to its southern border. ... Hampton is a city located in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Below is a list of State Routes in the U.S. state of Georgia (typically abbreviated SR). ... Image File history File links Georgia_19. ... State Route 19 is a northwest-southeast route in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... State Route 21 is a state route located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia that runs from S.R. 204 in Savannah north to U.S. 25/S.R. 121 north of Millen. ... Image File history File links Georgia_21. ... Majuscules or capital letters (in the Roman alphabet: A, B, C, ...) are one type of case in a writing system. ... Look up J, j in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A clockwise motion is one that proceeds like the clocks hands: from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back to the top. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... Floyd County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... Clockwise can refer to: Clockwise and counterclockwise Clockwise (movie) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... United States Highway 19 is a north-south United States highway. ... U.S. Highway 41 is a north-south United States Highway that runs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Miami, Florida. ... Georgia State Route 3 runs in a generally north-south orientation from Georgias northern border to its southern border. ... Hampton is a city located in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Henry County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ...

Routing

From the Alabama state line, S.R. 20 proceeds east into the city of Rome. The highway leaves Rome on the other side multiplexed with U.S. 411 until just north of Cartersville (U.S. 41 briefly joins the multiplex near Cartersville as well), after which S.R. 20 continues eastward on its own. S.R. 20 serves such distant northern suburbs of Atlanta as Canton, Cumming, and Buford, crossing Interstates 75, 575, and 985 as well as S.R. 400. The road turns southeast after S.R. 400 and then south after I-985, crossing I-85 shortly thereafter. The road also has easy access to S.R. 316, leading to Athens. Rome is the largest city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. ... A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway or other road numbers. ... U.S. Highway 411 is a spur of U.S. Highway 11. ... Cartersville is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, in the United States. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Canton is the county seat of Cherokee CountyGR6, Georgia, United States. ... Cumming is a city located in Forsyth County, Georgia. ... Buford is a city located in Gwinnett County, Georgia. ... Interstate 75 (abbreviated I-75) is an interstate highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. ... Interstate 575 (abbreviated I-575) is an Interstate highway spur route in the United States, which branches off Interstate 75 in Kennesaw and connects the metro Atlanta area with the north Georgia mountains. ... Interstate 985 (abbreviated I-985) begins at Interstate 85 mile 113 near Suwanee and continues northward to the north Georgia city of Gainesville. ... Georgia State Route 400 (always known locally as Georgia 400 or just 400, or by its nickname, the Alpharetta Autobahn) is a highway in the U.S. state of Georgia, muliplexed with U.S. 19 from exit 4B until its terminus just south of Dahlonega. ... Interstate 85 (abbreviated I-85) is an interstate highway in the southeastern United States. ... Athens is a city in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, U.S., in the northeastern part of the state, at the eastern terminus of Georgia 316. ...

S.R. 20 continues southward through Lawrenceville and Loganville before meeting Interstate 20 in Conyers. Likely to help alleviate driver confusion due to two identically-numbered highways meeting, the highway is usually referred to at this point as S.R. 138, with which it is multiplexed through Conyers. S.R. 20 continues south and then southwest to the Henry County seat of McDonough, where it briefly multiplexes with S.R. 81. S.R. 81 departs to the north after crossing Interstate 75 at exit 218. The portion of S.R. 20 between the western end of the S.R. 81 multiplex and U.S. 19/U.S. 41 has recently been widened from two lanes to four, including a new southern bypass of the city of Hampton and more controlled access at U.S. 19/U.S. 41. The primary purpose of the widening is to facilitate the flow of traffic to and from the Atlanta Motor Speedway located near the highway's western terminus. Lawrenceville is the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the United States. ... Loganville is a city located mostly in Walton County with a small portion of the city located in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. ... Interstate 20 (abbreviated I-20) is a major east-west interstate highway in the southeastern United States. ... Conyers is a city located in Rockdale County, Georgia, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 10,689. ... McDonough is a city located in Henry County, Georgia. ... Interstate 75 (abbreviated I-75) is an interstate highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. ... Hampton is a city located in Henry County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Atlanta Motor Speedway is a superspeedway in Hampton, Georgia, USA, 20 miles (32 km) south of Atlanta. ...

Accidents

The road is known for the July 27, 2003 wreck that killed well-known Cobb County teenager Sara Holt and injured her parents and their family friends. This incident took place between Sugar Hill and Buford and was caused by a commercial truck driver under the influence of drugs. Sara's death marked the tenth teenager killed in a road accident in Gwinnett County in 2003 [1]. The accident occurred when Gary and Edith Holt and their daughter Sara were traveling to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with some family friends, Joseph and Pamela Dixon and their children. The abovementioned truck driver, who shall remain nameless, crossed the center lane of the road and crashed head-on into the Ford Excursion which the two families were riding in. The Excursion careened off the road and struck a tree, flipping over and the truck ran down a ravine. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon and their two children were airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital, while Mr. and Mrs. Holt were transported to Gwinnett Medical Center. This accident sparked increased interest in the training and disciplinary standards of truck drivers, and a "Sara's Law" was proposed by some as a means to punish truck drivers who speed or are caught with drugs. July 27, 2003 Comedian Bob Hope dies in his sleep [1] A group of approximately 50 rogue soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines seizes a portion of a shopping mall and the adjacent hotel in Makati City, Metro Manila in the Philippines demanding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyos... Sugar Hill may be one of two municipalities in the U.S.: Sugar Hill, Georgia Sugar Hill, New Hampshire Sugar Hill is a section of Harlem, Manhattan, New York, built with ambitious and handsome rowhouses. ... Buford is the name of a number of places in the United States of America: Buford, Arkansas Buford, Colorado Buford, Georgia Buford, Kentucky Buford, North Dakota Buford, Ohio Buford, South Carolina Buford, Texas (two places): in El Paso County in Mitchell County Buford, Virginia Buford, Wyoming Other places with similar... Gwinnett County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Myrtle Beach in South Carolina Coordinates: County Horry Mayor John Rhodes Area    - City 43. ... The Excursion was the largest SUV in the Ford Motor Company lineup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Directional signage

Overhead signage for S.R. 20 and S.R. 140 in Canton

In Henry County, S.R. 20 is signed as an east-west route; signage changes to north-south at or near the Newton County line. The point at which signage changes to east-west again is uncertain. In Gwinnett County, S.R. 20 is signed as an east-west route. If one were to begin traveling the highway at the Alabama state line and continue to the end, signage would indicate travel first to the east, then to the south, then to the west - the opposite direction in which the traveler started - and vice versa in the opposite direction. Newton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Gwinnett County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ...

Banner Route

State Route 20 has one banner route, Georgia State Route 20 Spur. This route runs from S.R. 20 just east of its interchange with Interstate 75 east of Cartersville south to Allatoona Dam. The route was formerly part of State Route 294.

See also

• U.S. 411