U.S. Route 23 in Georgia
U.S. Highway 23 | ||||
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 US 23 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Length | 392 mi (631 km) | |||
| Existed | 1930–present | |||
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| South end |      US 1/US 23/US 301/SR 15/SR 4at the Florida state line northwest ofHilliard, FL | |||
| North end |  US 23/US 441and SR 15at theNorth Carolinastate line inDillard | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Georgia | |||
| Counties | Charlton,Ware,Bacon,Appling,Jeff Davis,Telfair,Dodge,Bleckley,Twiggs,Bibb,Monroe,Butts,Henry,Clayton,Fulton,DeKalb,Gwinnett,Hall,Habersham,Rabun | |||
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U.S. Highway 23(US 23) in the U.S. state ofGeorgiais a north–southUnited States Numbered Highwaythat travels from theSt. Marys Riversouth-southeast ofFolkstonto theNorth Carolinastate line, in the northern part ofDillard.At nearly 392 miles (631 km) in length, it is the longestU.S. Highway in Georgia.
US 23 is signedconcurrentlywith variousstate highways.It usesState Route 4(SR 4) from Florida to a point north ofAlma,SR 15from Florida toRacepond,SR 23in Folkston,SR 121from Folkston to Racepond,SR 520andSR 38inWaycross,SR 19from north of Alma toLumber City,SR 135 TruckinHazlehurst,SR 27from Hazlehurst toEastman,SR 165inChauncey,SR 27 Business(SR 27 Bus.) andSR 117in Eastman,SR 87from Eastman toMacon,SR 257in theEmpirearea,SR 112nearCochran,SR 19fromEast Maconto the northern part of Macon,SR 540from East Macon to the eastern part of Macon,SR 11/SR 49in Macon, SR 87 from Macon toFlovilla,SR 42from Flovilla toAtlanta,SR 16andSR 36inJackson,SR 138in theStockbridgearea,SR 10from Atlanta toDruid Hills,SR 8from Atlanta toDecatur,SR 155from Decatur to theBrookhaven–Chambleecity line,SR 13from the Brookhaven–Chamblee city line to theSugar Hill–Bufordcity line,SR 20within Buford,SR 365from Buford to east-southeast ofClarkesville,SR 15 from northwest ofCorneliato theNorth Carolinastate line, andSR 2inClayton.
Concurrencies of US 23 with U.S. Highways in Georgia areUS 1from Florida to north of Alma,US 301from Florida to the Folkston–Homelandcity line,US 82in Waycross,US 84in Waycross,US 221 Truckin Hazlehurst,US 341from Hazlehurst to Eastman,US 129 Alternate(US 129 Alt.) from north of Cochran to Macon,US 80from East Macon to Macon,US 129in Macon,US 278from Atlanta to Druid Hills,US 29/US 78from Atlanta to Decatur, US 129 in Gainesville,US 441from northwest of Cornelia to the North Carolina state line, andUS 76in Clayton. Between Buford and Gainesville, it also has a concurrency withInterstate 985(I-985).
Route description[edit]
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Entering Georgia with US 1[edit]
US 23 entersGeorgiafrom FloridaconcurrentwithUS 1/US 301,also designated as SR 4/SR 15,on a bridge over theSt. Marys River.InFolkston,the route intersects Main Street. North of there,SR 23/SR 121joins this concurrency. InHomeland,US 301/SR 23 heads northeast at an interchange into the woods of northeastern Charlton County towardNahunta,Jesup,Claxton,Statesboro,andSylvania,while US 23 continues to the northwest in the concurrency with US 1/SR 4/SR 15/SR 121. After Homeland, US 1/US 23/SR 4/SR 15/SR 121 run through sparse communities such asUptonvilleand then Mattox. Later, inRacepond,SR 15/SR 121 branch off to the northeast, while the US 1/US 23/SR 4 concurrency remains running to the northwest and then crossing intoWare County,turning straight north somewhere inDixon Memorial State Forest.
After a Georgia State Trooper Post, the routes enterWaycross.The road approachesUS 82/SR 520and then turns west onto a concurrency with these routes whileUS 1 Bus./US 23/SR 4 Bus.continues northwest along Memorial Drive.US 84/SR 38also joins this concurrency at McDonald Street. The concurrency ends at Victory Drive and the southwest corner is the site ofWaycross College.West of the city limits, US 82 becomes a divided highway as it takes US 1/US 23 from west to northwest as they crossSR 122.The road starts to curve west, and, before reachingWaresboro,US 1/US 23 breaks away from US 82 onto a bypass across from a local street named Fulford Road. Using a former segment of Fulford Road and later Scapa Road, the bypass winds through forestland and some farmland west of northernDeenwoodand northwest of Waycross. The bypass ends at the northern end of US 1 Bus./US 23/SR 4 Bus., then rejoins its former segment along Alma Highway to approach a series of bridges over Cox Creek and then over theSatilla River.After this, it passes through a small community calledDixie Union,where it intersects a local road named Telmore-Dixie Union Road to the west and Dixie Union Road to the east. North of Bickley Highway, the road curves to the northeast and winds around a former segment so that it can go over a pair of bridges over another railroad line. Right after the Ware–Baconcounty line and then the intersection of Old Alma-Waycross Highway/Jamestown Road, the road runs over a pair of bridges over Little Hurricane Creek before the intersection with Plant Road where it curves from the northeast to the north-northwest.
The divided highway ends at Dogwood Avenue, replaced by a four-lane undivided highway with a center-left turn lane; it entersAlmaafter it passes by the Bacon CountyHigh Schooland Middle School. Immediately after the intersection with Radio Station Road,SR 4 Alt.branches off to the northwest onto South Dixon Street, while the main road curves slightly to the northeast. Several blocks after this, the US 1/US 23/SR 4 has a major intersection withSR 32(16th Street), and South Pierce Street becomes North Pierce Street. Among the structures along this segment, it passes by a former school converted into a welcome center, then curves to the northwest after Sixth Street. After passing through the preserved land around the Bear Branch of Hurricane Creek, the road encounters SR 4 Alt. at North Dixon Street, replacing the straight north trajectory of the business route. US 1/US 23/SR 4 turns from straight north to northeast where it leaves the Alma city limits as it crosses the Curtis Lee Marion Bridge over theHurricane Creek,resuming its former name as Alma Highway, and it then curves straight north again to cross the Jauquion R. "Rab" Tanner Bridge over the Hurricane Creek Overflow and remains that way for the next 4.1 miles (6.6 km).[1]After the road becomes a divided highway again north of a dirt road named Tadpole Trail, US 23 splits off to the northwest ontoSR 19,while US 1/SR 4 continues northeasterly and crosses intoAppling County.Alma Highway follows the US 23/SR 19 designation.
North from Bacon County[edit]
Throughout much of this segment, US 23/SR 19 has standard rural Georgia surroundings, with its mix of wooded areas, local farmland, and intersections with mostly dirt roads. These routes also cross the Bacon–Appling county line, and then the Appling–Jeff Daviscounty line. The routes return to the Jeff Davis County again where they later they cross a bridge over theLittle Satilla Creek,and another bridge over theBig Satilla Creekbefore entering community ofSatilla.No major intersections exist within this community, and very few other paved roads exist. NearingHazlehurst,Alma Highway continues into the southern terminus ofUS 23 Bus./SR 135 Conn.,while US 23/SR 19 turns right onto Larry Contos Boulevard, taking part ofUS 221 Truck/SR 135 Truckwith it. From there, it passes by a power plant on the west side. The route officially enters the Hazlehurst city limits between Currie Street and a railroad crossing. Larry Contos Boulevard ends atUS 341/SR 27(a divided four-lane highway Designated the Golden Isles Parkway), and US 23/SR 19 turns northwest along this route. The first notable site along this segment is the combined Hazlehurst Fire Department and the Hazlehurst — Jeff Davis County Chamber of Commerce building on the northeast corner of Oak Street. Two block later, it crosses another railroad line just east of Walnut Street. Two blocks after this, it intersects with northboundUS 221and the north end of US 23 Bus., and the truck routes for US 221/SR 135officially comes to an end. US 23/US 341 and northbound US 221 run for one block until the routes curve to the north at East Coffee (SR 19 Conn.) and West Jamar streets, and northbound US 221 finally joins the southbound road once again at North Tallahassee Street, while southbound US 221 continues southbound along South Tallahassee Street.
The routes cross the Jeff Davis–Telfaircounty line by passing over the Dr. C. R. Youmans Memorial Bridge over theOcmulgee Riverwhere it entersLumber City.SR 19leaves the US 23/US 341/SR 27 concurrency at Victory Boulevard. Shortly afterwards at Main Street, it has another intersection with the southeastern terminus ofSR 117,across from Burns Street. The routes then curve more towards the west as they cross the same railroad line that US 23 encountered near the Hazlehurst border. Curving back to the northwest, it becomes a divided highway once again. Beyond that, it winds through farms and forestland of Georgia with few landmarks of any significance other than intersections with formerSR 134,and laterSR 149.West of SR 149 is the Talmadge Home (also known as "Sugar Creek Plantation" ), which is now a restaurant and catering hall. It also passes the Telfair County Elementary School, and then the broadcast home ofWYSCandWYIS.The divided highway ends at aHusqvarna Groupplant along the border ofMcRaewhere after the intersection with East Avenue, the route later splits onto a pair of one way streets. Though the northbound lanes are still considered part of the Golden Isles Parkway, street name signs still refer to it as Railroad Street, as they do to the local street on the opposite side of the railroad tracks. Though the historicTelfair County Courthouse and Jailcan be seen from both northbound and southbound US 23/US 341, it is officially located only on the southbound street. The northbound street passes a former Southern Railway station across from an agricultural seed and feed store at the intersection of Second Street, which has a former grade crossing that was closed, and then intersects withUS 280/US 319/US 441.The one-way split ends between Fifth and Sixth avenues. US 23/US 341/SR 27 crosses theformer McRae–Helenaborder at a shopping center called the Telfair Plaza. A few blocks after this, it encounters a former Seaboard Air Line railroad crossing west of Forsyth Avenue. The divided highway resumes just west of the city limits.
After the intersection with Red Barn Road (Telfair County Route 88, or CR 88), US 23/US 341/SR 27 crosses the Telfair–Dodgecounty line through Achord, where it curves more to the west. The road for which the community was named is a dirt road that only has access to the northwestern lanes. The first official median opening within the community is at Clarence Brown Road, for a local lumberyard. Little else exists northwest of there besides random private houses and churches. The divided highway briefly ends again as the routes enterChauncey,where it has a short wrong-way concurrency withSR 165,and becomes a divided highway once again at the Langdale Forest Products driveway. US 23/US 341/SR 27 tries to curve more toward the north but still remains northwest as it eventually entersEastmanwhere US 23 leaves US 341 onto two-lane wide College Street, but has another concurrency withUS 341 Bus.andSR 27 Bus.Here, the road passes an open-air flea market at the intersections of Pine Ridge Road and Industrial Boulevard, and then a local pond named Harrell Pond. After the routes shift from College Street to Oak Street, it gets a new concurrency withSR 87/SR 117at Griffin Avenue, but shortly atSR 46(Fifth Avenue), SR 117 leaves eastbound, while US 341 Bus./SR 27 Bus. leaves westbound. US 23 and SR 87 will continue to overlap each other throughout most ofCentral Georgia.North of a cemetery near the city limits, the name of the street changes from Oak Street to Eastman Cochran Highway but still remains two lanes wide from that point on, although construction is underway on widening the road to a four-lane highway (partially divided, partially with a center turn lane) betweenSR 87 Conn.north of Eastman to the community ofEmpireat the Dodge–Bleckleycounty line. At Empire, the route intersectsSR 257(including a brief wrong-way concurrency) and becomes a four-lane highway with a continuous center turn lane.
Cochran area through Macon[edit]
US 23 continues to overlap SR 87 and both routes have auxiliary routes that travel throughCochran.The business route in Cochran is two lanes wide, while the bypass route was widened in 2019 from two lanes to have four lanes and a center turn lane.[2]The northern terminus ofUS 23 Bus./SR 87 Bus.is also the beginning of theUS 129 Alt./SR 112concurrency. From that point, the center turn lane ends and the route becomes a four-lane undivided highway through the rest of the county and for the next 13 miles (21 km). North of the Cochran area, in Royal, SR 112 leaves to the northeast across from Coley Station Road. US 23/US 129 Alt./SR 87 remains an undivided four-lane highway through theTwiggs Countyline to the intersection withSR 96inTarversville,then narrows down to two lanes for the next 24 miles (39 km). Within this vicinity, US 23/US 129 Alt./SR 87 travels through communities such asBullard,South Twiggs,Huber,and later Reids with no major intersections, especially as it travels throughBond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge,and has occasional entrances to the refuge. After traveling between some antenna fields for some Macon-area television and FM radio stations, the highways pass one more entrance to the wildlife refuge before crossing the Twiggs–Bibbcounty line and widens to a three and then four-lane undivided highway. InSmithsonia,the highways use the name Ocmulgee East Boulevard, and then become a four-lane divided highway for the first interchange underI-16west of oldCamp Wheeler,then travels over theGeorgia Central Railwaybridges before narrowing back down to an undivided two-lane highway as it travels throughEast Maconalong the western edge ofMacon Downtown Airport.Just after a small powerline right-of-way, the road curves to the right, then turns left as Emery Highway while Ocmulgee East Boulevard becomesSR 87 Conn.leading towardUS 80/SR 19/SR 540and Jeffersonville Road. Emery Highway is later joined by US 80/SR 19/SR 540, and all six highways (US 23/US 80/US 129 Alt./SR 19/SR 87/SR 540) continue to the northwest. WithinMacon,they first enter the city limits by traveling beneath a formerCentral of Georgia Railwaybridge and then travels under a powerline right-of-way before crossing a pair of old bridges over Walnut Creek, where it travels along the northern edge ofOcmulgee Mounds National Historical Park.US 80, SR 87, and SR 540 turn left at Colesium Drive and US 129 Alt. turns right onto northbound Second Street (SR 22), while bi-directional west-to-south and north-to-east turning lanes exist at the southwest corner. US 23 turns left again as Spring Street in awrong-way concurrencywithUS 129at another interchange with I-16, where it instantly crosses the W.L. "Young" Stribling Memorial Bridge (formerly known as the Spring Street Bridge) over theOcmulgee River,which also includes the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail on the north side and a railroad line on the south side. That concurrency ends when US 23 turns right at Riverside Drive rejoining SR 87, while US 129 turns left. From there, US 23/SR 87 passes by theNational Register of Historic Places(NRHP)-listedRose Hill Cemeteryas it descends toward a bridge overI-75at the interchange with SR 540 and the western terminus of I-16 but has no connecting ramps to or from either highway. North of that bridge, the road travels along the southwest side of I-75, and this is the only place that US 23 travels west of I-75 until many miles to the north, inPerrysburg, Ohio(nearToledo). Access to the Interstate is available from US 23 in this area, though. The first point is fromSR 247whose northern terminus is at exit 167. The next is with Arkwright Road at exit 169. Finally, US 23/SR 87 only has an interchange with I-75 at exit 171 north of Macon, and travels more toward the north, passing byThe Shoppes at River Crossingand narrowing down to a two-lane undivided highway, although a long stretch of right-of-way for new northbound lanes can be found along the east side as it encounters a traffic circle with the northwest end of Arkwright Road and formerSR 361.This right-of-way shows up at random moments even as it travels through its last miles within Bibb County.
Metro Macon through Flovilla[edit]
US 23/SR 87 briefly curves straight north and entersMonroe Countybetween Wesleyan Drive and Trey Terrace, north of the Brickyard Golf Club. Most of the surroundings along this segment are of the pine forests ofCentral Georgia.Aside from two gravel mines owned byVulcan Materials Company,the route encounter little else until reaching a traffic circle withSR 18(Dames Ferry Road). Roughly 0.5 miles (0.80 km) later, it makes a slight curve to the northwest and then runs along the east bank of Lake Juliette, although most of the lake is hidden from the road with pine trees. A park owned byGeorgia Powercalled the "Dames Ferry Public Use Area at Lake Juliette" can also be spotted. After running under a railroad bridge, it encounters the entrance to thePlant SchererSteam Power Plant. Later, it passes by a manufacturing company specializing in erosion control products called ErosionTech just before entering the western edges ofJuliette.At the four-way stop intersection with the road for which the community was named, which is also a blinker-light intersection, a local convenience store can be found on the northwest corner, and the southwest corner has a homemade sign leading to the "Whistle Stop Café", the site of the filming of the 1991 movie "Fried Green Tomatoes".North of there, the road has few landmarks other than the Juliette Baptist Church and the Elbert L. Jackson Memorial Bridge over theTowaliga River.Practically every other intersection in this segment is a dead-end street, until it reaches another blinker-light intersection with a four-way stop atSR 83.Just after the gas station on the northeast corner of this intersection is a local street named Lower Martin Road, and, further up, the intersection with another dirt road named Berner Loop, closely followed by Martin Road on the opposite side. The culvert over Lee Creek is barely visible, as are the driveways to an antenna and one common driveway nearby. These are what passes for landmarks before US 23/SR 87 intersects Watson and Mount Pleasant Church Roads (Monroe CR 88), and then just 200 feet (61 m) away Lassiter Road.[1]
The bridge over Big Sandy Creek is where US 23/SR 87 entersButts County,and, after running beneath a powerline right-of-way, the segment runs through forestland below ground level, cut like a sunken trace. Very few intersections and residencies exist after this segment. The road enters theFlovillacity limits just south of the first intersection of Beaty Circle and Floyd Street. An abandoned section of Lamar Street branches off to the northeast before the intersection with Lee Street which leads to the local postoffice. The next intersection that follows is the second intersection with Beaty Circle and Beaty Street which is also a blinker-light intersection. US 23 becomes a divided highway again before the intersection with Higgins Road but instantly approaches an at-grade interchange withSR 42,replacing SR 87 as the overlapping state route as SR 87 comes to an end. US 23/SR 42 continues northwest in the same trajectory and ceases to remain a divided highway north of Watkins Road. A railroad line that US 23 previously ran above when it crossed the bridge over the Ocmulgee River in Macon is encountered again when it approaches the road on the east side, only to curve away and cross a private dirt road named McCoy Road that terminates at the routes. The highway begins to curve in a more westerly direction and the forestland begins to thin out as it runs under some powerlines running southwest to northeast between a barbecue restaurant and a self-storage warehouse. Another set of powerlines running directly west to east can be found between two dirt roads named Rodeo Drive and Valley Hills Road.
Jackson through Atlanta[edit]
Right after a gas station/pawnshop, US 23/SR 42 officially entersJackson.The railroad line that US 23 ran over when it crossed the bridge in Macon is encountered again at the intersection with Eighth Street. The road curves away from the tracks and then back near the intersections with Indian Springs Street and then Railroad Street, then curves away from them again as it approachesSR 16and joins it in another concurrency along East Third Street heading west. At the intersection with Covington and College streets, the routes are also joined bySR 36until they reach Mulberry Street at the historicButts County Courthouse.SR 16 continues west onto West Third Street, while US 23/SR 42 makes a right turn to the north-northwest onto Brookwood Avenue. The route approaches the same railroad line it flanked north of Flovilla and curves to the northwest along the west side of those tracks. Just south of Old Bethel Road, it moves away from the side of the tracks and curves more toward the west again before enteringJenkinsburg,where that same railroad line now runs along the north side of the road. Along the way, it passes by aScotts Miracle-Gro Companymulch mill and the local postoffice. After Sihloh Road, it turns southwest but curves back toward the northwest again at the intersection with County Line Road and McGough Road where it crosses the Butts–Henrycounty line. Here, the road is named "State Route 42" and varies between two and three lanes. At some point within the county, the routes enterLocust Grove.The road runs close to the southwest side of the previously mentioned railroad line across from South Singley Drive (which, at one time, crossed the tracks), then again across from Beulah Lane and Southridge Drive, and once again east of Grove Road, remaining along that side. The road and the railroad track curve more toward the northwest between LG Griffin and Indian Creek Roads but, on the opposite side of the tracks, approaches the Locust Grove Recreational Center, and then the NRHP-listedLocust Grove Institute,on the southwest corner of Bill Gardner Parkway. Before the intersection with South Gardner Lane and North Jackson Street, the tracks move away from the road, which itself passes through an industrial zone. North of Bethlehem Road, US 23/SR 42 climbs an embankment for a bridge over the railroad line it frequently encountered and now runs along the east side of those tracks. The road moves away from the tracks at an industrial cul-de-sac and then passes by a self-storage warehouse that has a former jetfighter used as a sign. Further north after the intersection with King Mill Road, it gains the name Macon Street and passes by a pair of now closed warehouses.
Just after crossing a culvert over a tributary of Tusshaw Creek and entering theMcDonoughcity limits, US 23/SR 42 has an intersection withSR 155.After another signalized intersection, this time with a local street named Racetrack Road, the routes split into a one-way pair with northbound traffic remaining along Macon Street, and southbound traffic running along Griffin Street, just south of the McDonough Memorial Cemetery on Macon Street. Sites along this segment also include the McDonough Municipal Courthouse, Shiloh Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church of McDonough, and NRHP-listedBrown House.Both streets enter theMcDonough Historic Districtwhere they encounter another one-way pair withSR 20/SR 81,the westbound segment of this having a one-block overlap with southbound US 23/SR 42. The north side of this district, as well as the rest of McDonough Square, is dominated by theHenry County Courthouse,which runs along westbound SR 20/SR 81 and spans between northbound and southbound US 23. The northbound street enters theLawrenceville Street Historic Districtwhen the street the district was named for briefly joins it for one block, then branches off to the northeast across from Maxwell Street and the street name resumes as Macon Street. Meanwhile, southbound US 23 is named Atlanta Avenue north of McDonough Square. Macon Street and then Atlanta Street curve to the northwest, as the one-way pair ends at the historic James and Bertha Hooten House. North of there, the road is only a two-lane undivided highway, though it widens briefly at a cluster development named North Valley and the Huntington Ridge Housing Development which leads to the McDonough Children's Specialists Hospital. US 23/SR 42 intersects the unfinished and unmarked McDonough Parkway before finally leaving the city limits at the bridge over Walnut Creek, although many businesses north of there are still are addressed as being in McDonough. Among these businesses are some churches, a veterinary hospital, and a treatment center for traumatic brain injuries. The road becomes a four-lane divided highway before approaching the intersection with Eagles Landing and East Lake Parkways. After a Henry County fire station, it narrows down to two lanes before approaching a powerline right-of-way and a bridge over Little Cotton Indian Creek and later curves toward the north. A former right-of-way for the road curves to the northwest while US 23/SR 42 curves straight north to approachSR 138and runs in a westbound overlap with this route. From here, the road is named North Henry Boulevard and is entirely four lanes with a continuous center-left turn lane as it entersStockbridge.Just west of the Stockbridge City Hall and former site of the Walden-Turner House, US 23/SR 42/SR 138 runs above a bridge over the same railroad line it encountered near Flovilla, Jackson, and Locust Grove. Gradually curving to the northwest, SR 138 leaves US 23/SR 42 as the routes curve back north again, then runs along the east side ofI-675until making another brief curve to the west, entersClayton Countywhere the name changes from Henry Boulevard to Macon Highway, and has a diamond interchange with that Interstate inRexat exit 2, only to curve back to the north and run along the west side for the rest of its journey.
The name of the road changes from Macon Highway toMoreland Avenue,as it passes over a culvert for Tar Creek and entersEllenwood,and the first signalized intersection just happens to be Rex Road, which leads to the Historic Rex Village. North of Forest Parkway, US 23/SR 42 eventually runs along the eastern edge of the former site ofFort Gillem.Housing within the former base has been converted into a local housing development. After the intersection of Old Toney Road, it passes under a two-lane bridge for an abandoned railroad spur to the base. The Main Gate to Fort Gillem can be found across from Anvil Block Road, the southeast corner of which includes a warehouse that serves as the beginning of an industrial trend along the routes, mostly involving trucking companies. North of two automotive repair shops, US 23/SR 42 entersConley.Within the community, an extraordinarily large number of trucking companies and related businesses are gathered around or near US 23, even as that and SR 42 cross theDeKalb Countyline, where the name Moreland Avenue continues. Within this segment, the road serves as the northeastern terminus ofSR 54 Conn.(formerlySR 160). After passing more truck-, bus-, and construction-related businesses on the west side and theHickory Ridge Landfillon the east side, the road encountersI-285at exit 53, which also has ramps leading back to I-675. Even with the proximity of the Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve, truck-related businesses continue to run alongside US 23 as it entersAtlanta.Along thecity limitsand then fully within the city of Atlanta, it runs for several miles in a perfectly straight and due north–south line, which is also theFulton–DeKalb county line.
Along this segment, the road runs over a railroad bridge and then passes by the Moreland Flea Market and later the Chestnut Hill Cemetery and Starlight Six Drive-In Theatre just before the southeastern terminus ofSR 42 Spur.The cluster of trucking related businesses finally ends at Custer Avenue Southeast and is replaced by more general commercial development. North of East Confederate Avenue, US 23/SR 42 runs along the neighborhood line betweenOrmewood Park–East Atlantaand commercial development along the routes is replaced by residential development until it reaches Delaware Avenue, where the commercial zoning resumes. Residencies are restored again between Hall Street Southeast and Portland Avenue Southeast. The next block is the western terminus ofSR 260and, shortly afterward, the unmarked section of Glenwood Avenue Southeast, diagonally across from there. Commercial development remains along the road as it approachesI-20at exit 60 where it crosses the East Atlanta–Edgewoodneighborhood line, more accurately running along theReynoldstown–Edgewood neighborhood line when it instantly encountersSR 154.Between Arkwright Place and Wylie Street, the road runs through some residencies that are raised above ground by stone embankments. North of Hardee Street Northeast, the road becomes a divided highway, as it approaches a bridge under a railroad freight line shared by theMetropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority(MARTA)BlueandGreenlines east ofInman Park/Reynoldstown station.From there, the route runs betweenInman ParkandCandler Parkbriefly passing through theLittle Five Pointsarea but then runs along the eastern edge ofPoncey–Highland,where it encounters the eastern terminus ofSR 42 Conn.,which was originally intended to be part of theStone Mountain Freeway.On the Poncey–Highland –Atkins Parkneighborhood line, US 23 turns east onUS 29/US 78/US 278/SR 8/SR 10(Ponce de Leon Avenue), while SR 42 continues north along Briarcliff Road.
Atlanta through Buford[edit]
South Ponce de Leon Avenue immediately splits off to the southeast, but US 23/US 29/US 78/US 278 only runs along the main Ponce de Leon Avenue along the northern edges of Springdale, Virgilee, and Brightwood parks, while South Ponce de Leon runs along the south side of these parks. This pattern ends at Lullwater and Fairview roads but is repeated again shortly afterward at Shady Side and Dellwood parks, where the routes enterDruid Hills.On the opposite side, a North Ponce de Leon Avenue runs along the northern edge of Deepdene Park while US 23/US 29/US 78/SR 8 runs along the south side of that park, butUS 278/SR 10branches off to the southeast toward East Lake, Kensington, I-20 from Lithonia to Covington, and ultimately to Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, only for North Ponce de Leon Avenue to reunite with its parent street. After crossing under a stone arch railroad bridge and enteringDecatur,Ponce de Leon Avenue becomes a local street, while US 23/US 29/US 78/SR 8 branches off to the northeast onto Scott Boulevard. This concurrency comes to an end when US 29/US 78/SR 8 encountersSR 155(Clairemont Avenue), and US 23 makes a left turn onto that street. EnteringNorth Decatur,the street name changes to Clairmont Road and eventually approachesI-85at exit 91, where US 23/SR 155 crosses theBrookhavencity line. The routes curve to the northeast then SR 155 ends atSR 13,but US 23 turns right ontoBuford Highway.Clairmont Road continues north as an unmarked route towardSR 141inChamblee.Along the way, US 23/SR 13 passes along the southern border ofDeKalb–Peachtree Airport,although Clairmont Road runs along the western edge of that airport, providing direct access to it. EnteringDoraville,the route encountersI-285again at exit 32 just north of theTom Moreland Interchange.
US 23/SR 13 crosses theGwinnett Countyline after Johnson Drive and entersMechanicsville,where it approaches the south side of a majorSouthern Railwayline leading betweenAtlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina.US 23/SR 13 runs parallel to the Railroad throughNorcross,Duluth,Suwanee,Sugar Hill,andBufordwhere US 23 turns on toSR 20,while SR 13 continues northeast toSR 369inGainesville.US 23 overlaps SR 20 as another four-lane divided highway, this time with random unfinished frontage roads. Though signed eastbound while US 23 is signed northbound, it actually runs southeast and winds through the landscape descending as it approaches a bridge over Suwanee Creek then climbs a hill as it approaches the interchange withI-985(SR 365) at exit 4, where it finally turns left onto the northbound onramp, joining that route in another concurrency eventually crossing the Gwinnett–Hallcounty line.
Hall County to North Carolina[edit]
The first interchange along I-985/US 23/SR 365 in Hall County is exit 8 atSR 347.Though signed only for Sprout Springs Road, theRankin SmithInterchange (exit 12) inFlowery Branchalso includesPhil NiekroBoulevard. Former rest areas also exists west of exit 16 (SR 53), which is so close to exit 17 (SR 13), that southwestbound ramps are separated by a frontage road, and the northeastbound onramp from exit 16 goes over the northeastbound offramp from exit 17. WithinGainesville,US 129once again joins the concurrency at exit 22 which is also shared by the southern terminus ofUS 129 Bus.At exit 24, US 129 leaves across from the unmarked Old Cornelia Highway, and I-985 ends. However, the US 23/SR 365 concurrency continues north as an at-grade highway that has potential to be upgraded to Interstate standards. Signage was missing from Buford Highway north (at turn onto SR 20) but returned at the controlled access end of I-985, continuing north on SR 365 also known as Cornelia Highway.
This segment of US 23/SR 365 is an example of an unfinished freeway. Various intersections and features embankments along the sides of the road resemble the potential for an upgrade of the road to limited-access highway. Among the more important though not necessarily designated routes intersecting this segment are White Sulphur Road which connects the communities of White Sulphur to the north and White Sulphur Springs to the south. The next community it runs near isLulawhere it intersectsSR 52,a west–east state highway spanning from Dalton to Maysville. Beyond this point, it continues to run up and down the hills of Hall County, passing through more minor intersections. As the road crosses the Hall–Habershamcounty line, it gains the name Tommy Irwin Parkway. The first intersection in the county is Yonah Post Road inRaouland most other minor intersections beyond that point are minor, including those north ofAltoand the northwestern edges ofBaldwin,the latter of which also includes a more important intersection, specifically the southern terminus ofSR 384which continues south as an unmarked local street name Duncan Bridge Road. After the intersection with Kudzu Hill Road, the road entersCornelia,passing a bridge over J. Warren Road with no access. One last diamond interchanges can be found just before a wye interchange withUS 441becomes the beginning of a concurrency that exists through theNorth Carolinastate line as far north asDillsboro.In the process, it also rejoinsSR 15.
The first crossing along the US 23/US 441 multiplex is the interchange withUS 441 Bus.,which is also known as "Old Historic US 441", running south intoBaldwinand north throughDemorestandClarkesville.Most intersections from that point on are strictly local street built at-grade; however, a single connecting ramp from both directions of US 23/US 441 runs down to the southwest corner of the bridge over the southern terminus ofSR 197.Crossing three more local intersections, the routes enterMount Airy,where SR 365 leaves at a flyover interchange withUS 123and directly afterward US 23/US 441/SR 15 has an intersection withSR 17.Winding north through Mount Airy, the north end of US 441 Bus. is encountered again, across fromSR 17 Alt.,although historic US 441 still runs along the west side as an unmarked route. Later, the road passes throughTurnervillebut encounters no routed intersections. Unmarked Historic US 441 ends just before the routes passes throughTallulah Falls,where they intersect another former section that is marked asSR 15 Loopon the east side which is a scenic overlook for the falls. Shortly afterward, the road entersTallulah Gorge State Parkbefore enteringRabun County,where the road briefly leaves the park and runs along the side of it as it passes by the former namesake station for theTallulah Falls Railwaythen crosses over the Riley C. Thurmond Memorial Bridge before reentering the park. From there, it passes through theBlue Ridge Mountaincommunities ofWiley,Lakemont,andTiger,the divider comes to an end and US 23/US 441/SR 15 remains undivided through the rest of the state with either three or four lanes as it entersClayton.Beginning here, it is primarily a four-lane undivided highway. In Clayton, it meetsUS 76/SR 2.US 23/US 441 then continues north throughMountain City,Rabun Gap,andDillardbefore crossing intoNorth Carolina,andSR 15comes to an end.
National Highway System[edit]
The following portions of US 23 in Georgia is part of theNational Highway System,a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense:
- The entire concurrency with US 1/SR 4 from the Florida state line to a point north of Alma
- The entire concurrency with US 341/SR 27 from Hazlehurst to Eastman
- From the intersection with SR 87 Conn. in East Macon to SR 247 in Macon
- A small portion in Woodhaven Estates and Stockbridge
- The entire length between the I-285 interchanges, from south of Constitution to Doraville
- From the northern end of the SR 13 concurrency (on the Sugar Hill–Buford city line) to the North Carolina state line.[3][4][5][6]
History[edit]
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Major intersections[edit]
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| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlton | | 0.000 | 0.000 |   US 1south /US 23south /US 301south (SR 15south) /SR 4begins –Hilliard,Jacksonville | Florida state line; GA SR 15 continues as FL SR 15 at the state line; southern end of SR 4 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 4 | |||
| Folkston | 4.194 | 6.750 |     SR 40east (Main Street) toI-95–Kingsland | Western terminus of SR 40 | ||||
| Love Street | FormerSR 252east | |||||||
| 4.671 | 7.517 |   SR 23south /SR 121south –St. George | Southern end of SR 23 and SR 121 concurrencies | |||||
| 5.036 | 8.105 |  SR 40 Conn.east (Cross Street) –Kingsland,White Oak,D. Ray James Prison | Western terminus of SR 40 Conn. | |||||
| Homeland | 6.764 | 10.886 |  US 301north /SR 23north –Nahunta,Jesup | Interchange; northern end of US 301 and SR 23 concurrencies | ||||
| Racepond | 18.729 | 30.141 | SR 15north /SR 121north –Blackshear | Northern end of SR 15 and SR 121 concurrencies | ||||
| Ware | Braganza | 30.912 | 49.748 |  SR 177(Okefenokee Park Road) –Okefenokee Swamp Park,Laura S. Walker State Park and Golf Course,Dixon Memorial Wildlife Management Area,Camp for Blind | ||||
| Waycross | 37.733 | 60.725 |       US 82east /SR 520east (South Georgia Parkway) /US 1 Bus.north /US 23 Bus.north /SR 4 Bus.north (Memorial Drive) –Nahunta,Jekyll Island,Brunswick,Laura S. Walker State Park,Alma | Southern end of US 82/SR 520 concurrency; southern terminus of US 1 Bus./US 23 Bus./SR 4 Bus. | ||||
| 39.215 | 63.110 |   US 84east (McDonald Street) /SR 38east –Blackshear,Jesup,Savannah | Eastern end of US 84/SR 38 concurrency | |||||
| 40.577 | 65.302 |  US 84west /SR 38west (Victory Drive) –Valdosta | Western end of US 84/SR 38 concurrency | |||||
| | 42.688 | 68.700 |  SR 122west (Carswell Avenue) –Lakeland,Baptist Village | Eastern terminus of SR 122 | ||||
| | 44.994 | 72.411 |  US 82west /SR 520west –Pearson,Tifton | Northern end of US 82/SR 520 concurrency | ||||
| | 49.045 | 78.930 |  US 1 Bus.south /US 23 Bus.south /SR 4 Bus.south –Airport | Northern terminus of US 1 Bus./US 23 Bus./SR 4 Bus. | ||||
| | Charles Ray King Memorial Bridgeover theSatilla River | |||||||
| Bacon | Alma | 66.703 | 107.348 |  SR 4 Alt.north (South Dixon Street) | Southern terminus of SR 4 Alt. | |||
| 67.147 | 108.063 |  SR 32(West 16th Street) –Douglas,Patterson | ||||||
| SR 4 Alt.south (North Dixon Street) | Northern terminus of SR 4 Alt. | |||||||
| | Curtis Lee Marion Bridge over theHurricane Creek | |||||||
| | Jauquion R. "Rab" Tanner Bridge over theHurricane CreekOverflow. | |||||||
| | 73.479 | 118.253 | US 1north /SR 4north –Baxley | Northern end of US 1 concurrency; southern end of SR 19 concurrency; southern terminus of SR 19 | ||||
| Appling |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Jeff Davis |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Appling |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Jeff Davis | Hazlehurst |     US 23 Bus./SR 135 Conn.north /US 221 Truck/SR 135 Trucknorth | Southern terminus of US 23 Bus./SR 135 Conn.; southern end of US 221 Truck/SR 135 Truck concurrency | |||||
  US 341/SR 27(Golden Isles Parkway) –Hazlehurst,Jesup | Southern end of US 341/SR 27 concurrency | |||||||
| US 221/SR 135(Cromartie Street) –Hazlehurst,Jesup | Northern end of US 221 Truck/SR 135 Truck concurrency; southern end of concurrency with northbound US 221/SR 135 | |||||||
 SR 19 Conn.south (East Coffee Street) –Douglas | Northern terminus of SR 19 Conn. | |||||||
| US 221/SR 135(Tallahassee Street) –Hazlehurst,Jesup | Northern end of concurrency with northbound US 221/SR 135 | |||||||
| Ocmulgee River | Dr. C. R. Youmans Memorial Bridge | |||||||
| Telfair | Lumber City |  SR 19north –Dublin | Northern end of SR 19 concurrency | |||||
 SR 117–Jacksonville | ||||||||
| |   SR 149toSR 117–Scotland | |||||||
| McRae |   US 280/US 319/US 441(SR 30/SR 31/ 3rd Avenue) –Douglas,Abbeville,Alamo,Dublin,Little Ocmulgee State Park & Lodge | |||||||
| Dodge | Chauncey |  SR 165north (Chauncey Dublin Highway) | Southern end of SR 165 concurrency | |||||
| SR 165south (Chauncey Rhine Highway) –Rhine | Northern end of SR 165 concurrency | |||||||
| Eastman |   US 341/SR 27north (Terry ColemanParkway) /US 341 Bus./SR 27 Bus.north –Hawkinsville | Northern end of US 341 concurrency; southern end of US 341 Bus./SR 27 Bus. concurrency | ||||||
 SR 87south /SR 117–Rhine,Jacksonville | Southern end of SR 87 and SR 117 concurrencies | |||||||
 US 341 Bus.north /SR 27 Bus.north /SR 46/SR 117north –Hawkinsville,Cadwell,Soperton | Northern end of US 341 Bus./SR 27 Bus. and SR 117 concurrencies | |||||||
| Empire |  SR 257east (Empire Chester Highway) –Chester | Southern end of SR 257 concurrency | ||||||
| Bleckley | | SR 257west (Chicken Road) –Hawkinsville | Northern end of SR 257 concurrency | |||||
| |  US 23 Bus.north /SR 87 Bus.north | Southern terminus of US 23 Bus./SR 87 Bus. | ||||||
| |  SR 126–Cochran,Chester | |||||||
| |  SR 26–Cochran,Dublin | |||||||
| |   US 23 Bus.south /US 129 Alt.south /SR 87 Bus.south /SR 112north | Southern end of SR 112 concurrency; northern terminus of US 23 Bus./US 129 Alt./SR 87 Bus. | ||||||
| | SR 112north | Northern end of SR 112 concurrency | ||||||
| Twiggs | Tarversville |  SR 96–Fort Valley,Jeffersonville | ||||||
| Bibb | Smithsonia |  I-16(SR 404) –Macon,Savannah | I-16 exit 6 | |||||
| East Macon |  SR 87 Conn.north –Jeffersonville | Southern terminus of SR 87 Conn. | ||||||
  US 80east /SR 19east /SR 540east –Savannah | Southern end of US 80, SR 19, and SR 540 concurrencies | |||||||
| Macon | US 80west /SR 87north /SR 540west –Savannah | Northern end of US 80, SR 87, and SR 540 concurrencies | ||||||
 US 129 Alt.north /SR 22 | Northern end of US 129 Alt. concurrency | |||||||
   US 129north /SR 11north /SR 49north | Southern end of US 129 concurrency | |||||||
 I-16(SR 404) /SR 540toI-75–Atlanta,Dublin,Savannah | I-16 east exit 1A; no access from SR 49 south to I-16 east | |||||||
| Spring Street Bridgeover theOcmulgee River | ||||||||
| US 129/SR 11/SR 49/SR 87 | Northern end of US 129 concurrency; SR 87 rejoins US 23 | |||||||
 SR 247–Warner Robins,Perry | SR 247 ends at exit 167. | |||||||
| | I-75(SR 401) –Valdosta,Atlanta | I-75 exit 171 | ||||||
| | Bass Road –Woodcrest,Angel Acres | FormerSR 361 | ||||||
| Monroe | |  SR 18–Forsyth,Jarrell PlantationHistorical Site | ||||||
| |  SR 83–Forsyth,Monticello | |||||||
| Butts | Flovilla |  SR 42–Indian Springs,Forsyth | Southern end of SR 42 concurrency; northern terminus ofSR 87 | |||||
| Jackson |  SR 16east (East 3rd Street) –Monticello | Southern end of SR 16 concurrency | ||||||
 SR 36east (Covington Road) –Covington | Southern end of SR 36 concurrency | |||||||
| SR 36west (South Mulberry Street) –Barnesville | Northern end of SR 36 concurrency | |||||||
| SR 16west (West 3rd Street) –Griffin | Northern end of SR 16 concurrency | |||||||
| Henry | McDonough |  SR 155(North McDonough Road / South Zack Hinton Parkway) –Decatur,Griffin | ||||||
  SR 20east /SR 81east (Keys Ferry Street) –Walnut Grove,Covington | Eastbound lanes of SR 20/SR 81 onone-way pairs | |||||||
| SR 20west /SR 81west (John Frank Ward Boulevard) –Hampton,Lovejoy | Westbound lanes of SR 20/SR 81 on one-way pairs | |||||||
| |  SR 138east –Conyers | Southern end of SR 138 concurrency | ||||||
| Stockbridge | SR 138west –Jonesboro | Northern end of SR 138 concurrency | ||||||
| Clayton | Rex |  I-675(SR 413) –Macon,Atlanta | I-675 exit 2 | |||||
| DeKalb | |  SR 54 Conn.south –Forest Park | Northern terminus of SR 54 Conn.; no access from SR 54 Conn. to US 23/SR 42 north or from US 23/SR 42 north to SR 54 Conn. | |||||
| |  I-285(SR 407) | I-285 exit 53 | ||||||
| DeKalb–Fulton county line | Atlanta |  SR 42 Spurwest (McDonough Boulevard SE) | Eastern terminus of SR 42 Spur | |||||
 SR 260east (Glenwood Avenue SE) | Western terminus of SR 260 | |||||||
 I-20(Ralph David Abernathy Freeway /SR 402) –Birmingham,Augusta | I-20 exit 60 | |||||||
 SR 154(Memorial Drive) –Downtown Atlanta,Stone Mountain | ||||||||
 SR 42 Conn.west (Freedom Parkway) –Downtown Atlanta | Eastern terminus of SR 42 Conn. | |||||||
     US 29south /US 78/US 278/SR 8/SR 10(Ponce de Leon Avenue) /SR 42north (Briarcliff Road) –Downtown Atlanta,Decatur,Brookhaven | Northern end of SR 42 concurrency | |||||||
| DeKalb | Druid Hills | US 278east /SR 10east (East Lake Road) | Eastern end of US 278 and SR 10 concurrencies | |||||
| Decatur | US 29north /US 78east (Scott Boulevard) /SR 155south (Clairemont Avenue) –North DeKalb Mall,Downtown DeKalb | Eastern end of US 29/US 78 concurrency, Southern end of SR 155 concurrency | ||||||
| North Druid Hills |  SR 236(Lavista Road NE) – Atlanta,Tucker | |||||||
| Brookhaven–Chambleeline |  I-85(SR 403) –Downtown Atlanta,Greenville | I-85 exit 91 | ||||||
 SR 13(Buford HighwayNE) /SR 155south (Clairmont Road) –Atlanta,Chamblee | Northern terminus of SR 155, Southern end of SR 13 concurrency | |||||||
| Doraville |   SR 13 Conn.west (Motors Industrial Way) toSR 141 | Eastern terminus of SR 13 Conn. | ||||||
| I-285(SR 407) | I-285 exit 32 | |||||||
| Gwinnett | Peachtree Corners–Norcrossline |  SR 140(Jimmy Carter Boulevard) toI-85/SR 141–Roswell,Tucker | ||||||
| Norcross |  SR 378east (Beaver Ruin Road) toI-85–Lilburn | Western terminus of SR 378 | ||||||
| Duluth | Pleasant Hill Road | Interchange | ||||||
 SR 120(Duluth Highway / West Lawrenceville Street) –Alpharetta,Lawrenceville | ||||||||
| Suwanee |  SR 317south (Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road) toI-85 | Northern terminus of SR 317 | ||||||
| Sugar Hill–Bufordline |  SR 13(Buford Highway) /SR 20(Nelson Brogdon Boulevard / Buford Drive) toI-985–Cumming,Coolray Field | Northern end of SR 13 concurrency; southern end of SR 20 concurrency | ||||||
| Buford | 4 |  I-985south (SR 365south /SR 419south) /SR 20(Buford Drive N.E.) –Cumming,Buford | Northern end of SR 20 concurrency; southern end of I-985/SR 365 concurrency | |||||
| Hall | | 8 |  SR 347(Friendship Road / Lanier Islands Parkway) –Lake Lanier | |||||
| Flowery Branch | 12 | Phil Niekro Boulevard / Spout Springs Road –Flowery Branch | Rankin Smith interchange | |||||
| | 14 | HF Reed Industrial Parkway | ||||||
| Oakwood | 16 |  SR 53(Mundy Mill Road) –Oakwood,Dawsonville | Northbound exit ramp to SR 53 only; no southbound exit 16 | |||||
| Gainesville | 17 | SR 13(Atlanta Highway) –Gainesville | Northbound exit ramp to SR 13 only: southbound exit includes separate ramps to SR 13 and SR 53. | |||||
| 20 |    SR 60/SR 53 Conn.north (Candler Road / Queen City Parkway) /SR 365 Bus.–Gainesville,Dawsonville | Southern terminus of SR 53 Conn./ SR 365 Bus. | ||||||
| 22 |  US 129south /SR 11/US 129 Bus.north (Athens Highway) | Southern end of US 129 concurrency; southern terminus of US 129 Bus. | ||||||
| 24 |  US 129north /SR 369west (Jesse Jewell Parkway) –Gainesville,Cleveland,Cumming | Northern end of US 129 concurrency; eastern terminus of SR 369 | ||||||
 I-985ends (SR 419) | Northern end of I-985 concurrency; northern terminus of I-985 | |||||||
| |  SR 52(Lula Road) –Lula,Clermont | |||||||
| Habersham | Baldwin |  SR 384(Duncan Bridge Road) –Helen | ||||||
| |  SR 15 Conn.west (Level Grove Road) toUS 441south –Cornelia | Diamond interchange | ||||||
| | US 441south /SR 15south | Southern end of US 441/SR 15 concurrency; northbound entrance, southbound exit | ||||||
| Cornelia |   US 441 Bus./SR 105 | Folded diamond interchange;historic route of US 441 | ||||||
| |  SR 197north –Mount Airy,Clarkesville | Southern terminus of SR 197;one-quadrant interchange | ||||||
| |    US 123north /SR 17north /SR 365north –Toccoa,Lavonia | Northern end of SR 365 concurrency; southern end of US 123 concurrency; southern terminus of US 123 | ||||||
| | SR 17(Toccoa Highway) –Clarkesville,Helen | ToUS 123/SR 365for southbound traffic only | ||||||
| Hollywood |  SR 17 Alt./US 441 Bus.(Tallmadge Drive) –Toccoa Falls,Lavonia | Historic route of US 441 | ||||||
| Tallulah Falls |  SR 15 Loopnorth (Tallulah Gorge Scenic Loop) | Southern terminus of SR 15 Loop | ||||||
| SR 15 Loopsouth (Tallulah Gorge Scenic Loop) | Northern terminus of SR 15 Loop | |||||||
| Rabun | Clayton |   US 76east /SR 2east (Chechero Road) –Westminster,Kingwood Conference Center | Southern end of US 76/SR 2 concurrency; Chechero Road becomes Chechero Street northwest of US 23. | |||||
| US 76west /SR 2west (East Savannah Street) –Hiawassee,Warwoman WMA | Northern end of US 76/SR 2 concurrency | |||||||
| Dillard |  SR 246east –Sky Valley,Highlands, NC | Western terminus of SR 246 | ||||||
| | US 23north /US 441north –Franklin SR 15ends | North Carolinastate line; northern terminus of SR 15; northern end of SR 15 concurrency | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abGoogle."Overview map of US 23 in Georgia"(Map).Google Maps.Google.
- ^"Cochran Bypass all lanes opening Nov. 13 months ahead of schedule".us13.campaign-archive.com.Georgia Department of Transportation.November 8, 2019.RetrievedDecember 29,2019.
- ^National Highway System: Georgia(PDF)(Map).Federal Highway Administration.May 8, 2019.RetrievedAugust 11,2019.
- ^National Highway System: Macon, GA(PDF)(Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019.RetrievedAugust 11,2019.
- ^National Highway System: Atlanta, GA(PDF)(Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019.RetrievedAugust 11,2019.
- ^National Highway System: Gainesville, GA(PDF)(Map). Federal Highway Administration. May 9, 2019.RetrievedAugust 11,2019.
External links[edit]
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