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==Infrastructure== ===Transportation=== * [[U.S. Highway 78]] ([[State Route 8 (Georgia)|State Route 8]], Veterans' Memorial Highway) runs directly east to west through downtown Douglasville. * [[Georgia State Route 92|State Route 92]] runs north to southeast just ΒΌ of a mile to the east of downtown as a truck route designed to keep large trucks from crossing an elevated railroad crossing at Campbellton Street. The city and the Georgia DOT are working on plans to reroute Highway 92 farther east of downtown on a four-lane bridge serving as a bypass. * [[Georgia State Route 5|State Route 5]] is colocated with US 78 through downtown east to the [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb County]] line and west just past Hunter Park. Highway 5 continues in a southwesterly direction through the village of Bill Arp and crosses into [[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll County]] near [[Whitesburg, Georgia|Whitesburg]]. * [[Interstate 20]] (Ga Hwy 402) extends roughly east to west about {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} south of downtown, with access from Exits 34, 36, and 37. Douglasville is home to the single-runway [[Pinewood Airport]], located {{convert|5.7|mi|km}} northwest of downtown.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.airnav.com/airport/0GE0 |title=Pinewood Airport |publisher=Airnav.com |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> Historically, the [[Southern Railway (U.S.)|Southern Railway]] ran several daily [[passenger train]]s, including the ''[[Kansas City-Florida Special]],'' the ''Sunnyland'' and an Atlanta-Birmingham section of the ''[[Piedmont Limited]],'' making flag or signal stops in Douglasville.<ref>Southern Railway timetable, 1952, Table 1, https://streamlinermemories.info/South/SOU52TT.pdf</ref> The last trains made stops in 1967.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Southern Railway, Table 2, [final appearance of train]|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=99 |issue=7 |date=December 1966}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Southern Railway, Table 2, [struck from schedule]|journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=100 |issue=2 |date=July 1967}}</ref> Today, the nearest passenger service is [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Crescent (train)|Crescent]]'' in [[Atlanta]], 26.4 miles to the east. ===Healthcare=== Residents of Douglasville are served by the [[Wellstar Douglas Hospital]] located at 8954 Hospital Drive.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wellstar.org/locations/hospital/douglas-hospital|title=Wellstar Douglas Hospital|access-date=March 23, 2021}}</ref>
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