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Business routes of Interstate 75

business routes of an Interstate Highway

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 20, 2025
Entity authorityQ18148234 ↗
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Business routes of Interstate 75 exist in three states. Georgia has three existing Interstate 75 (I-75) business routes and one other that was deleted. Ohio has three business routes for I-75. Nine other I-75 business routes also exist, or have existed, in Michigan, and a 10th has been proposed.

Valdosta business loop

Interstate 75 Business (I-75 Bus.) in Valdosta, Georgia, travels from exits 16 to 22. It is not signed very consistently, being only briefly mentioned on U.S. Route 84 (US 84)/US 221/State Route 38 (SR 38) and US 41 Bus./SR 7 Bus. It is not even signed at all on I-75. It travels east from exit 16 along US 84/US 221/SR 38, then, in downtown Valdosta, makes a sharp left turn along US 41 Bus./SR 7 Bus. US 41 Bus./SR 7 Bus. ends at US 41/SR 7, but I-75 Bus.

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