 State Route 515 | ||||
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| Zell Miller Mountain Parkway | ||||
 SR 515 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by GDOT | ||||
| Length | 76.2 mi[1] (122.6 km) | |||
| Existed | 1989[2][3]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |     I-575 / SR 5 / SR 5 Bus. / SR 372 west of Nelson | |||
| North end |  SR 17 and  NC 69 at the North Carolina state line northwest of Hiawassee | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Georgia | |||
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State Route 515 (SR 515) is a 76.2-mile-long (122.6 km) four-lane C-shaped state highway in the northern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It uses a blue state route designation because it is part of the Appalachian Development Highway System. It begins just west of Nelson. It curves to the northeast to Lake Chatuge, where it heads north to the North Carolina state line. The highway was built to give motorists in the north Georgia mountains better access to Atlanta and its outlying suburbs, as opposed to the old SR 5 and U.S. Route 76 (US 76) highways, which this project replaced.
SR 515 is also known as the Zell Miller Mountain Parkway, in honor of Zell Miller, elected as Georgia governor and U.S. senator. It is one of the Georgia Department of Transportation's Governor's Road Improvement Program (GRIP) corridors. The highway is known for mountain views all along its route. SR 515 is part of the Appalachian Development Highway System's Corridor A, and is known as the "APD Highway." The highway was designated in 1989.
- ^ "Route of SR 515" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
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