In Macon, residential roads and business districts have a speed limit of 30 mph. Once you get out onto unpaved country roads, the speed limit is 35 mph. Freeways running through Macon have a speed limit of 65 mph, which increases to 70 mph as you head further out of town. Undivided paved roads in and around Macon have a speed limit of 55 mph, and paved divided roads have a speed limit of 65 mph.