Langford Parkway

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Arthur E. Langford Jr. Parkway
Lakewood Freeway (former designation)
Length:	6 miles
Direction:	West to East
From:	Interstate 285
To:	Lakewood Avenue, just east of I-75/I-85
Major cities:	Atlanta, East Point

Arthur E. Langford Jr. Parkway (State Route 166), formerly known as the Lakewood Freeway, is a six-mile (10 km) freeway through the northern portion of East Point and southwestern Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The highway connects the Perimeter in the west with the Downtown Connector (I-75/I-85) in the east.

State Route 166, or just "166" as it is known by the locals, was originally supposed to extend (as I-420) from I-20 near Douglasville in the west to the DeKalb County seat of Decatur in the east. The eastern portion of this was fought bitterly by residents in court, and was eventually cancelled, along with a number of other interstate highways in Atlanta. The old I-420 was planned to meet the cancelled portion of Georgia 400 near Moreland Avenue, and then end at an interchange with I-20 in Decatur. 166 is multiplexed with S.R. 154 from S.R. 70 (Fulton Industrial Boulevard/Cascade-Palmetto Highway) in the west to the U.S. 29 interchange at Lee Street/Main Street near Fort McPherson in the east.

Since 2003, GDOT has widened 166 between Greenbriar Parkway and Perkerson Road.

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The entire road is in Fulton County.

Location	Destinations	Notes
Atlanta	SR 166 west / SR 154 south (Campbellton Road)	Continuation beyond I-285
	I-285 – Montgomery, Macon, Chattanooga, Birmingham
	Greenbriar Parkway, Campbellton Road
	DeLowe Drive, Stanton Road
East Point
	US 29 / SR 154 north (SR 14, SR 139) – Fort McPherson, East Point	East end of SR 154 overlap
Atlanta	Lakewood Avenue, Sylvan Road, Cleveland Avenue
	To US 19 / US 41 (Metropolitan Parkway, SR 3) / Perkerson Road, Lakewood Avenue
	I-75 / I-85 (South Expressway) – Downtown Atlanta, Macon, Atl Airport
	Lakewood Avenue	At-grade intersection

v · d · eMajor Roads in Metro Atlanta
Interstates and Freeways
	Interstate 75 | Northwest Expressway | Southeast Expressway		Downtown Connector		Interstate 20 | R.D. Abernathy Freeway | West Expressway | East Expressway
	Interstate 85 | Northeast Expressway | Southwest Expressway		The Perimeter		Stone Mountain Freeway
	Interstate 575		Georgia 400		University Parkway
	Interstate 675		Freedom Parkway		Buford Highway | Old 85
	Lanier Parkway		Langford Parkway		Ronald Reagan Parkway
	South Fulton Parkway		Peachtree Industrial Boulevard
Major Throughfares
	Peachtree Street | Peachtree Road | Peachtree Industrial Boulevard | Roswell Road		Ponce de Leon Avenue | North Avenue | D.L. Hollowell Parkway		Cobb Parkway | Northside Drive | Metropolitan Parkway | Tara Boulevard
	Memorial Drive		Piedmont Avenue | Piedmont Road		West Paces Ferry Road
	Buford Highway		Lawrenceville Highway
Unbuilt expressways
	Interstate 485		Outer Perimeter | Northern Arc		Interstate 420