History
In 1998, The portion of I-75 that runs from the Chattahoochee River northward to the Tennessee state line was named the Larry McDonald Memorial Highway. Larry McDonald, a conservative Democratic representative to Congress was aboard Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by the Soviets on Sept. 1, 1983. He was the only sitting Congressman to be reportedly killed by the Soviets during the Cold War.
Until 2000, the state of Georgia used the sequential interchange numbering system on all of its Interstate Highways. The first exit on each highway would begin with the number "1" and increase numerically with each exit. In 2000, the Georgia Department of Transportation switched to a mileage-based exit system, in which the exit number corresponded to the nearest milepost.
In March 2007, I-75 in Atlanta (the HOV ramp serving Northside Drive) was the site of the 2007 Atlanta I-75 Charter Bus Accident.
Read more about this topic: Interstate 75 In Georgia
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