![]() I-74, Ohio State Route 562, and Ohio State Route 126 all intersect the freeway as it makes its way northward. Immediately after entering Cincinnati, I-75 diverges from I-71, remaining generally due north through the Cincinnati metro area while I-71 curves more to the east and northeast through downtown Cincinnati and its surrounding suburbs. After the interchange with I-575, the highway leaves the Atlanta metro area and traverses the Blue Ridge Mountains in the north Georgia region as it heads toward Chattanooga. To the northwest of Marietta, the highway runs concurrently with I-575. After the two Interstates split, I-75 diverts from I-85 and heads toward the northwest suburbs of Atlanta, with the major cities being Marietta and Kennesaw that it bypasses. ![]() The areas where I-85 and I-75 run concurrently are some of the most traffic-prone Interstate Highways in the nation. I-75 then runs concurrently with I-85 due north over the Downtown Connector through the central business district of Atlanta, where it intersects with I-20. It crosses inside the I-285 beltway and heads north several miles toward Downtown Atlanta. The first metropolitan freeway met is I-675, then followed by I-285, Atlanta's only beltway dubbed as the Perimeter Beltway. The freeway reaches no major junctions again until in the Atlanta metropolitan area. After Macon, it passes the small town of Forsyth. I-75 (unsigned State Route 401 within Georgia) enters Georgia near Lake Park, and it continues northward through the towns of Valdosta, Tifton, and Cordele until it reaches the Macon area, where it intersects with I-16 eastbound toward I-75's route. Afterward, the northmost stretch of I-75 in Florida exits the Sunshine State into southern Georgia. At Lake City, Florida, I-10, intersects with I-75. The freeway proceeds to enter suburban portions of Pasco, Hernando, and Sumter counties on its way to Ocala and Gainesville. Within the Tampa metro are three more major junctions: one with the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway which carries traffic into Downtown Tampa, one with I-4 (a turbine interchange) which carries traffic across the center of the state to the East Coast, and another as I-275 traffic defaults back onto northbound. The freeway enters the Tampa Bay area before the interchange with I-275 northbound, which handles St. ![]() Passing through Bonita Springs, Fort Myers, and Sarasota, I-75 is six lanes all the way to Georgia. After an intersection with the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike and an interchange with I-595 and the Sawgrass Expressway (SR 869), the Interstate leaves the Miami metropolitan area and turns westward to travel through the Everglades along the tolled Alligator Alley, which brings the highway to the Gulf Coast and Naples, where it again heads north. I-75 starts at an interchange with SR 924 and SR 826 on the Hialeah– Miami Lakes border in suburban Miami. Marie, downriver from Lake Superior, 1,786.5 miles (2,875.1 km) from its origins near the subtropical Atlantic Ocean. Farther north, I-75 approaches the Canadian border at Sault Ste. I-75 runs northeasterly along the Lake Erie shoreline and Detroit River into the city of Detroit before turning northwesterly and northward to the Mackinac Bridge where the freeway crosses the strait between Lakes Huron and Michigan. In Ohio, the highway runs up the western side through Dayton and Lima before crossing into Michigan north of Toledo. ![]() I-75 crosses Kentucky, passing through Lexington before crossing the Ohio River into Cincinnati, Ohio. Farther north in Georgia, I-75 continues on through Macon and Atlanta before running through Chattanooga and Knoxville and the Cumberland Mountains in Tennessee. The highway runs the length of the Florida peninsula from the Miami area and up the Gulf Coast through Tampa. I-75 passes through six different states. It is the second-longest north–south Interstate Highway (after I-95) and the seventh-longest Interstate Highway overall. As with most Interstates that end in 5, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, traveling from State Road 826 (SR 826, Palmetto Expressway) and SR 924 (Gratigny Parkway) on the Hialeah– Miami Lakes border (northwest of Miami, Florida) to Sault Ste. Interstate 75 ( I-75) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes and Southeastern regions of the United States. ![]() Canadian border on Int'l Bridge at the Sault Sainte Marie Border Crossingįlorida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan ![]()
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