U.S. ROUTE 280

'U.S. Route 280' is a spur of U.S. Highway 80. It currently runs for 392 miles (631 km) from Blichton, Georgia at U.S. Highway 80 to Birmingham, Alabama at I-20/I-59. For much of its route, U.S. 280 travels through rural areas and smaller cities in southern Georgia and east central Alabama. Once the highway approaches Birmingham, it is a major suburban route. Numerous shopping centers are located on U.S. 280 throughout northern Shelby County and southern Jefferson County.
Through Talladega County, Alabama, U.S. 280 is known as the Jim Nabors Highway, in honor of the Sylacauga, Alabama, native known to the world as Gomer Pyle.
Work was completed in 2006 making U.S. 280 a four-lane highway throughout the entire state of Alabama. This project began in the 1970's. As a result, U.S. 280 now bypasses numerous small towns in east Alabama, including Goodwater, Jacksons' Gap, Camp Hill and Waverly.
In Georgia, US 280 from Columbus, Georgia to I-16, is also a GRIP corridor known as "Power Alley".

Contents

States traversed

Cities along the route

Major Highway Junctions

See also

States traversed

★ Alabama. This route is paired with unsigned State Route 38 throughout the state.

★ Georgia

Cities along the route

★ Birmingham, Alabama

★ Mountain Brook, Alabama

★ Hoover, Alabama

★ Childersburg, Alabama

★ Sylacauga, Alabama

★ Dadeville, Alabama

★ Alexander City, Alabama

★ Auburn, Alabama

★ Opelika, Alabama

★ Phenix City, Alabama

★ Columbus, Georgia

★ Americus, Georgia

★ Plains, Georgia

★ Cordele, Georgia

★ Vidalia, Georgia

Major Highway Junctions

★ Interstate 20/59 and U.S. Route 31 in downtown Birmingham. This is the western terminus of U.S. 280. U.S. 31 and U.S. 280 are routed along the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, known to locals as the Red Mountain Expressway, until they split in Homewood

★ U.S. Route 11 at the exit with 1st Avenue North and 26th Street North in downtown Birmingham

★ U.S. Route 78 at Birmingham (3rd and 4th Avenue South exit). Prior to the completion of the Elton B. Stephens (Red Mountain) Expressway, U.S. 78 and U.S. 280 overlapped until they junctioned U.S. Highway 11 at the intersection of 1st Avenue North and 24th Street.

★ Interstate 459 in Birmingham

★ U.S. Route 231 at Harpersville, Alabama. The two routes overlap until they split at Sylacauga, Alabama

★ Interstate 85 and U.S. Route 29 at Opelika, Alabama. U.S. 280 overlaps these two routes for four miles, before is splits at Exit 62 off I-85

★ U.S. Route 431 at Opelika, Alabama. The two routes overlap until they split in Phenix City, Alabama

★ U.S. Route 27 at Columbus, Georgia. The two routes overlap until they split in Cusseta, Georgia

★ Interstate 185 at Columbus

★ South Georgia Parkway at Columbus. The two routes overlap until they split in Richland, Georgia.

★ U.S. Route 19 at Americus, Georgia. The two routes briefly overlap in the city

★ U.S. Route 41 at Cordele, Georgia

★ Interstate 75 at Cordele, Georgia

★ U.S. Route 129 at Abbeville, Georgia

★ U.S. Route 23, U.S. Route 319, U.S. Route 341, and U.S. Route 441 at McRae, Georgia

★ U.S. Route 221 at Mount Vernon, Georgia

★ U.S. Route 1 at Vidalia, Georgia

★ U.S. Route 25 and U.S. Route 301 at Claxton, Georgia

★ Interstate 16 at Blichton, Georgia

★ The eastern terminus at Blichton, Georgia with U.S. Highway 80

See also

★ List of U.S. Routes