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==Transportation== ===Major highways=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{jct|I|20|state=GA}} (Interstate 20) * {{jct|US|78|state=GA}} * {{jct|US|278|state=GA}} * {{jct|GA|5|state=GA}} * {{jct|GA|6|state=GA}} * {{jct|GA|8|state=GA}} * {{jct|GA-Conn|8|state=GA}} * {{jct|GA|61|state=GA}} * {{jct|GA|70|state=GA}} * {{jct|GA|92|state=GA}} * {{jct|GA|154|state=GA}} * {{jct|GA|166|state=GA}} * {{jct|GA|274|state=GA}} * {{jct|GA|402|state=GA}} (unsigned designation for I-20) {{div col end}} ===Other roads=== {{unreferenced section|date=April 2024}} * Lee Road: Runs through the eastern portion of the county in the [[Lithia Springs, Georgia|Lithia Springs]] area. The road intersects I-20, begins at Fairburn Road (State Highway 92) in the south and terminates at S. Sweetwater Rd north of I-20. * Post Road: Runs through the western portion of Douglas County through the [[Winston, Georgia|Winston]] area. The road begins at the southern border with Carroll County, and runs north, intersects I-20 and ends at Bankhead Highway (US Route 78). * Chapel Hill Road: begins at I-20 (road continues north as Campbellton St.) and runs south to Dorsett Shoals Road, ending at SR 166. * Douglas Boulevard runs from Chapel Hill Rd. at I-20 to SR 5 (Bill Arp Rd.), and from there to Bright Star Road. This road passes Douglasville's Arbor Place Mall. * Kings Highway runs south from SR 5 to Big A Road, and is host to many residential developments. * Pope Road runs south, southeast looping from the Midway area of Fairburn Rd.(SR 92) and ends at Annewakee Rd. * Annewakee Road runs south from Chapel Hill Rd. at Dorsett Shoals Rd. and ending at Fairburn Rd.(SR 92) and Pope Rd. * Dorsett Shoals Road runs west from Chapel Hill Rd. at Annewakee Rd. to SR 5. * Capps Ferry Road (a future state route) runs from the end of South Fulton Parkway to S.R. 166 connecting southern Douglas County to Atlanta. ===Pedestrians and cycling=== {{unreferenced section|date=April 2024}} {{div col}} * Douglasville Running Trail * Sweetwater Creek Park Trail * Water Lily Dr * Boundary Waters Park Trails {{div col end}} ===Rail=== 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 Austell and 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]], 21 miles east of Lithia Springs.
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