page_title: U.S. Route 23 in Georgia
section_title: Atlanta through Buford
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. Route 23 in Georgia / Route description / Atlanta through Buford
caption_attribution_description: English: Buford Highway in June 2016
context_page_description: U.S. Route 23 in the U.S. state of Georgia, is a north–south United States highway that travels from the St. Marys River south-southeast of Folkston to the North Carolina state line, in the northern part of Dillard.
  US 23 is signed concurrently with various state highways.
context_section_description: South Ponce de Leon Avenue immediately splits off to the southeast, but US 23/29/78/278 only runs along the main Ponce de Leon Avenue along the northern edges of Springdale Park, Virgilee Park, and Brightwood Park, while South Ponce de Leon runs along the south side of these parks. This pattern ends at Lullwater and Fairview Roads, but is repeated again shortly afterwards at Shady Side Park and Dellwood Park, where the routes enter Druid Hills. On the opposite side, a North Ponce de Leon Avenue runs along the northern edge of Deepdene Park while US 23/29/78/SR 8 runs along the south side of that park, but US 278/SR 10 branches off to the southeast towards East Lake, Kensington, I-20 from Lithonia to Covington, and ultimately to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, only for North Ponce de Leon Avenue to reunite with its parent street. After crossing under a stone arch railroad bridge and entering Decatur, Ponce de Leon Avenue becomes a local street, while US 23/29/78/SR 8 branches off to the northeast onto Scott Boulevard. This concurrency comes to an end when US 29/78/SR 8 encounters Georgia State Route 155 (Clairemont Avenue), and US 23 makes a left turn onto that street. Entering North Decatur the street name changes to Clairmont Road after the intersection with North Decatur Road. The routes curve left as they run under the same railroad line that US 23 crossed under before leaving Ponce De Leon Avenue, and then curves back from northwest to northeast as it approaches the Atlanta VA Medical Center. Entering North Druid Hills, it intersects the unmarked road named for the community, and then briefly turns straight north before intersection Georgia State Route 236. After SR 236 it makes a sharp curve to the northwest, and then another one to the north-northwest before eventually approaching Interstate 85 at Exit 91, where US 23/SR 155 crosses into the Brookhaven City Line. The routes curve to the northeast then SR 155 ends at Georgia State Route 13, but US 23 turns right onto Buford Highway. Clairmont Road continues north as an unmarked route toward SR 141 in Chamblee. Along the way, US 23/SR 13 passes along the southern border of DeKalb Peachtree Airport, although Clairmont Road runs along the western edge of that airport, providing direct access to it. Entering Doraville, the route encounters Interstate 285 again at Exit 32 just north of the Tom Moreland Interchange.
  US 23/SR 13 crosses the Gwinnett County line after Johnson Drive and enters Mechanicsville, where it approaches the south side of a major Southern Railway line leading between Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina. After the intersections of Jones Mill Road and Button Gwinnett Drive it has a grade crossing with a fledgling railroad spur leading to some local industries further south of the route. Entering Norcross, the tracks and the road move away from each other between Shadow Park Drive Northwest and Gwinn Drive Northwest. The first major crossing in Norcross is the intersection with Georgia State Route 140, and then a branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library. Somewhere approximately after this the road crosses the Eastern Continental Divide. Between Mitchell Road Northwest and Summerour Street, it passes by the Norcross Main Post Office, and later encounters the shared intersection of the northern terminus of Georgia State Route 378 and southeastern terminus of Lawrenceville Street Northwest. Immediately after the intersection with South Old Peachtree Road Northwest, US 23/SR 13 enters Duluth. After the intersection with North Berkeley Lake Road northwest, it has a partial cloverleaf interchange with Pleasant Hill Road, and after curving to the north, the entrance of the Southeastern Railway Museum, which includes the 1871-built Duluth Southern Railway Depot. North of Pittard Road Northwest, the tracks and Buford Highway curve to the northeast, but the track begins to move over a block away from the road. US 23/SR 13 gets closer to the heart of the city when it approaches Georgia State Route 120. It remains a four lane undivided highway as it run
caption: Buford Highway
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