State Route 378 (SR 378) is a , four-lane
divided highway
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that travels west-to-east entirely within
Gwinnett County
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in the north-central part of the U.S. state of
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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. The road is designated as a
state highway. The route is heavily
commercialized with numerous
office
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and
industrial park
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s. It is known along its entire length as Beaver Ruin Road. The roadway was built in the mid-1960s and designated a decade later.
Route description
SR 378 begins at an
intersection with
US 23/
SR 13 (
Buford Highway
Buford Highway (also Buford Highway Corridor), a.k.a. the DeKalb International Corridor, and in the 1990-2000's as the DeKalb County International Village district, is a community northeast of the city of Atlanta, celebrated for its ethnic dive ...
) in
Norcross. It travels to the southeast, and curves to the northeast. Then, after it curves back to the southeast, it has an
interchange with
Interstate 85
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(I-85). It continues to the southeast and meets its eastern terminus, an intersection with
US 29
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/
SR 8 (Lawrenceville Highway) in
Lilburn.
SR 378 is not part of the
National Highway System, a system of roadways important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.
History
The road that would eventually be designated as SR 378 was built along its current alignment between 1963 and 1966.
By 1976, the entire road was designated as SR 378.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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Georgia Roads (Routes 361 - 380)
378
Transportation in Gwinnett County, Georgia