Editing Interstate 985 (section)

==History==

===1920s===
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The roadway that would eventually become I-985 was built at least as early as 1919 as SR&nbsp;13 from Buford to just northeast of Gainesville, along the same alignment as it runs today.<ref name="GDOT 1920">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1920 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> A reconfiguration of the SR&nbsp;13 and SR&nbsp;15 intersection in the [[Baldwin, Georgia|Baldwin]]–[[Cornelia, Georgia|Cornelia]] area caused the two routes to run concurrently between the two cities.<ref name="GDOT 1920"/><ref name="GDOT 1921">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1921 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> By the end of 1926, a small section in Gainesville was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1921"/><ref name="GDOT 1926">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1926 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> By 1929, US&nbsp;23 was designated along the section from Buford to Gainesville.<ref name="GDOT 1926"/><ref name="GDOT 1929">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1929-10 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref>

===1930s–1940s===
By 1932, US&nbsp;23 was designated along the route all the way to Cornelia. In addition, the entire route, from Buford to the South Carolina state line, was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1929"/><ref name="GDOT January 1932">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-01 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> The next month, US&nbsp;23, and possibly SR&nbsp;13 was extended south from Buford.<ref name="GDOT January 1932"/><ref name="GDOT February 1932">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-02 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> In 1935, after a long series of improvement projects, the section just south of Buford was paved.<ref name="GDOT April 1935">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1935-04 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT July 1935">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1935-07 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> Between 1946 and 1948, US&nbsp;123 entered the state, being routed on a concurrency with SR&nbsp;13 between [[Toccoa, Georgia|Toccoa]] and the state line.<ref name="GDOT 1946">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1946 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1948">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1948 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> Prior to April 1949, US&nbsp;123's concurrency with SR&nbsp;13 was extended to Cornelia. During this time, US&nbsp;441 was extended along SR&nbsp;15, thus beginning a concurrency with SR&nbsp;13.<ref name="GDOT 1948"/><ref name="GDOT 1949">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1949 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref>

===1950s–1970s===
Between 1955 and 1957, a freeway (presumably I-85) was under construction from northeast Atlanta northeast to Suwannee, paralleling US&nbsp;23/SR&nbsp;13.<ref name="GDOT 1955">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1955 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1957">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1957 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> Between 1957 and 1960, I-85 was completed as far north as what is now known as [[Georgia State Route 317|SR&nbsp;317]], which is located just southwest of what is now the southern terminus of I-985/SR&nbsp;365,<ref name="GDOT 1957"/><ref name="GDOT 1960">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1960 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> and, by 1966, it was completed northeast of Atlanta within the state.<ref name="GDOT 1963">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1963 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1966">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1966 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> In 1966, SR&nbsp;365 was being projected as a freeway from its current southern terminus northeast and curving around the southeastern side of Gainesville.<ref name="GDOT 1966"/><ref name="GDOT 1967">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1967 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> In 1969, the whole freeway section, with the exception of the southernmost portion from I-85 to US&nbsp;23/SR&nbsp;20, was completed. Also, the entire completed section was designated as SR&nbsp;365.<ref name="GDOT 1969">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1969 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1970">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1970 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> The next year, the southernmost segment was completed.<ref name="GDOT 1970"/><ref name="GDOT 1971">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1971 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> By 1979, the SR&nbsp;365 freeway was listed as "under construction" from the northern terminus of the freeway northeast to US&nbsp;23/[[U.S. Route 441 in Georgia|US&nbsp;441]]/[[Georgia State Route 15|SR&nbsp;15]] near Cornelia.<ref name="GDOT 1977-1978">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1977 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1979">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1979 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref>

===1980s–1990s===
Between 1980 and 1982, SR&nbsp;365 was extended along the "under construction" section, but it was not a freeway. Also, US&nbsp;23/SR&nbsp;13 from Gainesville to Cornelia were moved onto this new highway.<ref name="GDOT 1980">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1980 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1982">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1982 |access-date=October 30, 2013 }}</ref> By 1986, the entire freeway segment was designated as I-985.<ref name="GDOT 1984"/><ref name="GDOT 1986"/>