Interstate 75

Basic data
Length:	1786 mi / 2874 km
States:	Florida Georgia Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Michigan
map

Interstate 75 (abbreviated I-75 ) is an interstate highway in the midwestern and southeastern of the United States . It runs from Florida State Roads 826 and 924 at Hialeah in Florida , west of Miami , to Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan on the Canadian border.

Lengths

miles	km	Country
471	757	Florida
355	571	Georgia
161	259	Tennessee
192	309	Kentucky
211	340	Ohio
396	637	Michigan
1,786	2,874	Total

history

The interstate was planned in the 1950s. Construction began in the same period. Together with the US Highways 2 , 27 , 25 and 41 , some of which still exist today, the old Dixie Highway was replaced. The final sections of I-75 were completed in 1986 in Dade and Broward Counties (both Florida ).

Specialty

On the morning of December 11, 1990, the largest road traffic accident ( pile-up ) in the United States so far occurred on I-75 in both directions near Calhoun, Tennessee (the lowest point of the road) : 99 cars were involved in accidents due to fog ( inversion weather ) People died and 42 were injured. However, the fog was not a natural phenomenon. The fog was too thick for that. There were several factories nearby. The fog is said to have originated in a paper mill. The wind blew the fog towards the street. The whole thing is called inversion.

Major cities along Interstate 75

Driveway I-75 in Florida

• Miami (Florida)
• Naples (Florida)
• Fort Myers (Florida)
• Sarasota (Florida)
• Tampa (Florida)
• Ocala (Florida)
• Gainesville (Florida)
• Lake City (Florida)
• Valdosta (Georgia)
• Macon (Georgia)
• Atlanta (Georgia)
• Marietta (Georgia)
• Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Knoxville, Tennessee
• Lexington, Kentucky
• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Dayton (Ohio)
• Toledo (Ohio)
• Detroit (Michigan)
• Flint (Michigan)
• Saginaw (Michigan)
• St. Ignace (Michigan)
• Sault Ste. Marie (Michigan)

Feeders and bypasses

• Interstate 175 , Interstate 275 and Interstate 375 near Tampa / Saint Petersburg
• Interstate 475 at Macon
• Interstate 675 near Atlanta
• Interstate 575 at Nelson
• Interstate 275 at Knoxville
• Interstate 275 at Cincinnati
• Interstate 675 at Dayton
• Interstate 475 at Toledo
• Interstate 275 and Interstate 375 near Detroit
• Interstate 475 at Flint
• Interstate 675 at Saginaw
• Florida's Turnpike (Florida State 821)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.ntsb.gov Highway Accident Report: Multiple-Vehicle Collisions and Fire During. Limited Visibility (Fog) on ​​Interstate 75 near Calhoun, Tennessee, National Transportation Safety Board , September 28, 1992. Accessed January 7, 2011.

Web links

Commons : Interstate 75  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Interstate Guide (English) [1]