After leaving West Point, I-85 enters the LaGrange area, the first large town in Georgia on its route to the northeast. I-85 enters the state of Georgia from Alabama via twin bridges over the Chattahoochee River, and then it immediately skirts the town of West Point, with Kia's multibillion-dollar plant located adjacent to the freeway just east of West Point. I-85 undergoing repairs near the Alabama state line

After splitting from Downtown Connector, it is known as Northeast Expressway until its junction with I-285 (The Perimeter). Within the city of Atlanta, I-85 has a concurrency with I-75 known as the ' Downtown Connector'. However, from Atlanta northeast to South Carolina, I-85 ventures away from that route, traveling about halfway between US 29 and the combination of US 23 and US 123. I-85 in Georgia usually travels roughly parallel with the route of US Route 29 (US 29). Within Georgia, I-85 is also designated as the unsigned State Route 403 ( SR 403). I-85 connects North Georgia with Montgomery, Alabama, to the southwest, and with South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia to the northeast. It enters the state at the Alabama state line near West Point, and Lanett, Alabama, traveling through the Atlanta metropolitan area and to the South Carolina state line, where it crosses the Savannah River near Lake Hartwell. Interstate 85 ( I-85) is a major Interstate Highway that travels northeast–southwest in the US state of Georgia. Harris, Troup, Meriwether, Coweta, Fulton, Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Barrow, Jackson, Banks, Franklin, Hart

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