Georgia State Route 10 Loop (Athens)
State highway loop around most of Athens, Georgia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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State Route 10 Loop (SR 10 Loop, also known as Loop 10, Paul Broun, Sr. Parkway, or the Athens Perimeter) is a 19.1-mile-long (30.7 km) state highway in the form of a beltway around downtown Athens in the U.S. state of Georgia built to freeway standards. Much of SR 10 Loop is concurrent with other highways (including U.S. Route 29 (US 29), US 78, US 129, US 441, SR 8, and SR 15). It also carries the unsigned SR 422. The only numbered routes to travel through downtown Athens are US 78 Bus., SR 10, and SR 15 Alt. Inner/outer directions are used to sign the loop.
Paul Broun, Sr. Parkway Athens Perimeter | ||||
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Auxiliary route of SR 10 | ||||
Maintained by GDOT | ||||
Length | 19.1 mi[1] (30.7 km) | |||
Existed | 1988[2][3]–present | |||
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Beltway around Athens | ||||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Georgia | |||
Counties | Clarke, Oconee | |||
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Between exits 4 and 8, there is an eight-route concurrency, consisting of US 29, US 78, US 129, US 441, SR 8, SR 10 Loop, SR 15, and the unsigned SR 422. This concurrency contains the most highways in a single United States concurrency, tied with a section of the I-465 beltway circling Indianapolis, Indiana.[4][5]