Memorial Drive (Atlanta)
Memorial Drive is a long road that travels from Stone Mountain to Downtown Atlanta in the U.S. state of Georgia. In 2000, a part of Memorial Drive was named "Cynthia McKinney Parkway,"[1] but the naming has come under scrutiny since her primary defeat in 2006.[2]
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SR 10 / SR 154 | |
Location | DeKalb, Fulton counties |
West end | Whitehall Street |
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The Tupac Shakur memorial statue is located on this road.[3]
Major intersections

Memorial Drive in Dekalb County
County | Location | Mile | Destination(s) | Notes |
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Fulton | Whitehall Street – Atlanta | Western terminus | ||
Pryor Street – Atlanta | ||||
Central Avenue – Atlanta | ||||
Courtland Street – Atlanta | ||||
Trinity Avenue, Capitol Avenue – Atlanta | Georgia State Capitol, crosses ![]() ![]() | |||
Hill Street – Atlanta | ||||
Boulevard – Atlanta | Zoo Atlanta | |||
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DeKalb | Second Avenue – Atlanta | East Lake Golf Club | ||
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South DeKalb Mall | |||
Columbia Drive – Decatur | Avondale Mall | |||
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SR 154 ends here as SR 10 east merges with Memorial Drive from this point on | |||
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Rockbridge Road – Stone Mountain | ||||
Rays Road – Stone Mountain | ||||
North Hairston Road – Stone Mountain | ||||
James B. Rivers Memorial Drive – Stone Mountain | Stone Mountain Village | |||
East Ponce de Leon Avenue – Stone Mountain, Clarkston | Memorial Drive continues as Stone Mountain Bypass | |||
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SR 10 east merges with US 78 east |
See also
Georgia (U.S. state) portal
- Transportation in Atlanta
References
- "H.R.1231 - Part 4 of a Resolution Act approved May 1, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 1894)". Archived from the original on June 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- Dell'Orto, Giovanna (2007-03-15). "Naming places after living politicians can be embarrassing". The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- "RoadsideAmerica.com report". Retrieved 2010-08-05.
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