Editing Ball Ground, Georgia (section)

===Transportation===
{{see also|Transportation in Georgia (U.S. state)}}

[[Interstate 575]] passes through Ball Ground in a southwest-to-northeast direction and the interstate's exit 27, which is also within the city limits, exits onto Howell Bridge Road in Ball Ground.<ref name="map">{{Cite web |title=Ball Ground Map |url=https://ballground.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0412d3ad7b154508a55dbeeb7bc97150 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923052014/https://ballground.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0412d3ad7b154508a55dbeeb7bc97150 |archive-date=September 23, 2022 |access-date=September 19, 2022 |website=ballground.maps.arcgis.com}}</ref> Ball Ground's Exit 27 is the last northbound exit on 575 before the interstate's northern terminus.<ref name="dot_exitnumbers">{{Cite web |title=Interstate Exit Numbers |url=https://www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/interstateexitnumbers.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823134733/https://www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/interstateexitnumbers.aspx |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |access-date=September 19, 2022 |website=www.dot.ga.gov}}</ref> Portions of Howell Bridge Road are also named [[Georgia State Route 5#Ball Ground business loop|State Route 5 Business]], which runs through the city in a general west-to-east direction, and intersects with [[Georgia State Route 5]] (also called Ball Ground Highway) within the city. State Route 5 runs parallel to Interstate 575 within the city limits in a similar southwest-to-northeast direction.<ref name="map" /> [[Georgia State Route 372]] (which within the city limits is also named Ball Ground Road, Gilmer Ferry Road, and then A W Roberts Drive) runs through Ball Ground from the southeast, through the center of town before merging with State Route 5/Ball Ground Highway to travel north out of the city.<ref name="map" />

The nearest airport is the [[Cherokee County Regional Airport]], a small public-use airport with a single [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] runway located in unincorporated Ball Ground {{cvt|5.2|mi|km}} from downtown Ball Ground, roughly halfway between the cities of Ball Ground and Canton.<ref name="gmaps_airport">{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Ball+Ground,+Georgia+30107/Cherokee+County+Airport,+1350+Bishop+Rd,+Ball+Ground,+GA+30107/@34.3176491,-84.4211162,14z/am=t/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f578de3795f643:0x5047af1f854e0aaf!2m2!1d-84.3779515!2d34.3372664!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f57cbbd67d10e7:0xdd17c2f3efbe5805!2m2!1d-84.4252189!2d34.3093896 |title=Ball Ground, Georgia to Cherokee County Airport |access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref> The closest major airport is [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport]], which is {{cvt|58.3|mi|km}} from Ball Ground.<ref name="gmaps_atlantaairport">{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Ball+Ground,+Georgia+30107/Hartsfield-Jackson+Atlanta+International+Airport+(ATL),+North+Terminal+Parkway,+Atlanta,+GA/@33.9786542,-84.7512383,10z/am=t/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f578de3795f643:0x5047af1f854e0aaf!2m2!1d-84.3779515!2d34.3372664!1m5!1m1!1s0x88f4fd2fe1035901:0x4117a3ef1892b048!2m2!1d-84.4277001!2d33.6407282!5i1 |title=Ball Ground, Georgia to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport |access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref> Georgia Northeastern Railroad is a [[Rail freight transport|freight rail]] that runs through and has a stop in Ball Ground.<ref name="gnrr_route">{{Cite web |title=Route Map |url=http://www.gnrr.com/route.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031008091746/http://www.gnrr.com/route.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2003 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=[[Georgia Northeastern Railroad]]}}</ref><ref name="assessment" />{{rp|182}} The Ball Ground rail stop is a dedicated [[team track]] within the city.<ref name="csx">{{Cite web |title=Short Line Directory - Profile |url=https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/customers/short-line-and-partner-railroads/short-line-map-and-directory/short-line-directory-profile/?i=GNRR |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108094818/https://www.csx.com/index.cfm/customers/short-line-and-partner-railroads/short-line-map-and-directory/short-line-directory-profile/?i=GNRR |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=September 17, 2022 |website=[[CSX Transportation]]}}</ref>