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==Infrastructure== ===Transportation=== {{Main|Transportation in Georgia (U.S. state)}} [[File:The Port of Brunswick, Georgia.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Port of Brunswick]] and the Sidney Lanier Bridge]] Transportation in Georgia is overseen by the [[Georgia Department of Transportation]], a part of the executive branch of the [[Government of Georgia (U.S. state)|state government]]. Georgia's major [[Interstate Highway]]s are [[Interstate 20 in Georgia|I-20]], [[Interstate 75 in Georgia|I-75]], [[Interstate 85 in Georgia|I-85]], and [[Interstate 95 in Georgia|I-95]]. On March 18, 1998, the Georgia House of Representatives passed a resolution naming the portion of Interstate Highway 75, which runs from the Chattahoochee River northward to the Tennessee state line the [[Larry McDonald]] Memorial Highway. Larry McDonald, a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, had been on [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]] when it was shot down by the Soviets on September 1, 1983. [[File:CQ310 switching tracks.jpg|thumb|[[MARTA]] (rapid transit) train]] Georgia's primary commercial airport is Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), the world's busiest airport.<ref>{{Citation | contribution = Airport information | url = http://www.atlanta-airport.com/default.asp?url=sublevels/airport_info/gmpage.htm | title = Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport | access-date = June 18, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080612064709/http://www.atlanta-airport.com/Default.asp?url=sublevels%2Fairport_info%2Fgmpage.htm | archive-date = June 12, 2008 | df = mdy-all}}</ref> In addition to Hartsfield–Jackson, there are eight other airports serving major commercial traffic in Georgia. [[Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport]] is the second-busiest airport in the state as measured by passengers served, and is the only additional international airport. Other commercial airports (ranked in order of passengers served) are located in [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], [[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus]], [[Albany, Georgia|Albany]], [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], [[Brunswick, Georgia|Brunswick]], [[Valdosta, Georgia|Valdosta]], and [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]].<ref name="ge1">{{Citation | url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/Transportation/Air&id=h-773 | contribution = Public-Use Airports | title = Georgia Encyclopedia | access-date = June 27, 2011 | archive-date = July 26, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110726101324/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=%2FTransportation%2FAir&id=h-773 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The [[Georgia Ports Authority]] manages two deepwater seaports, at Savannah and Brunswick, and two river ports, at Bainbridge and Columbus. The [[Port of Savannah]] is a major U.S. seaport on the Atlantic coast. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority ([[Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority|MARTA]]) is the principal [[rapid transit]] system in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of [[bus route]]s linked to a rapid transit system consisting of {{convert|48|mi|km}} of [[rail track]] with 38 [[subway station|train stations]]. MARTA operates almost exclusively in [[Fulton County, Georgia|Fulton]] and [[DeKalb County, Georgia|DeKalb]] counties, with bus service to two destinations in [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb]] county and the [[Cumberland (Atlanta)|Cumberland]] Transfer Center next to the [[Cumberland Mall (Georgia)|Cumberland Mall]], and a single rail station in [[Clayton County, Georgia|Clayton]] County at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. MARTA also operates a separate [[paratransit]] service for disabled customers. {{As of | 2009}}, the average total daily ridership for the system (bus and rail) was 482,500 passengers.<ref name="apta">{{citation |last=Dawson |first=Christie |url=http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Documents/Ridership/2009_q3_ridership_APTA.pdf |title=Public Transportation Ridership Report |date=Autumn 2009 |publisher=[[American Public Transportation Association]] |access-date=February 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117093630/http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Documents/Ridership/2009_q3_ridership_APTA.pdf |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Health care=== {{See also|List of hospitals in Georgia (U.S. state)}} The state has 151 general hospitals, more than 15,000 doctors and almost 6,000 dentists.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.georgia.org/Culture/LivingInGeorgia.htm | title = Culture | contribution = Living in Georgia | access-date = May 16, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070212101511/http://www.georgia.org/Culture/LivingInGeorgia.htm | archive-date = February 12, 2007 | url-status=dead | df = mdy-all}}</ref> The state is ranked forty-first in the percentage of residents who engage in regular exercise.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.statemaster.com/graph/hea_phy_exe-health-physical-exercise | publisher = Statemaster | title = Health | contribution = Physical exercise | type = graph | access-date = May 16, 2007 | archive-date = May 13, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130513182949/http://www.statemaster.com/graph/hea_phy_exe-health-physical-exercise | url-status = dead}}</ref>
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