Interstate 985

Interstate 985
Interstate 985
Sidney Lanier Parkway; Gainesville Connector
	I-985 highlighted in red
Route information
	Auxiliary route of I-85
	Maintained by GDOT
Length	24.04 mi (38.69 km)
Existed	1985–present
NHS	Entire route
Major junctions
South end	I-85 in Suwanee
	US 23 / SR 20 in Buford; SR 347 in Lake Lanier; SR 53 in Oakwood; SR 13 near Blackshear Place; SR 60 near Gainesville; US 129 / US 129 Bus. / SR 11 in Gainesville;
North end	US 23 in Gainesville
Location
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Counties	Gwinnett, Hall
Highway system
	Interstate Highway System; Main; Auxiliary; Suffixed; Business; Future; Georgia State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Special;

Interstate 985 (I-985) is a 24.04-mile-long (38.69 km) auxiliary Interstate Highway in Northeast Georgia. It links the Atlanta metropolitan area to the city of Gainesville via Suwanee. I-985 is also known as the Sidney Lanier Parkway, after the musician and poet, and is also designated as unsigned State Route 419 (SR 419). The roadway was designated as I-985 in 1985. I-985 and SR 365 are concurrent for I-985's entire length, but only the I-985 signs are displayed. I-985 is also concurrent with US Route 23 (US 23) from exit 4 northward. I-985 is the highest-numbered spur route of a north–south Interstate and is second only to I-990, which serves the town of Amherst, New York.