U.S. Route 17 in Georgia

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State Route 25
Formed:	early 1920s
South end:	US 17/SR 5 near Yulee, FL
Major junctions:	US 25 in Brunswick I-16 in Savannah
North end:	US 17: US 17 near Hardeeville, SC SR 25: SC 170 near Hardeeville
Georgia State Routes < SR 24 SR 26 > Branches of SR 25: Conn (Brunswick) - Conn (Savannah) Spur (Woodbine) - Spur (Brunswick) - SE (Brunswick) Former: Alt (Savannah) - Spur (Darien) - Spur (Savannah)

U.S. Route 17 in Georgia runs north-south near the Atlantic Ocean, serving Brunswick and Savannah on its path from Florida at the St. Marys River to South Carolina at the Savannah River. Except for part of the route in Savannah, which runs along State Route 404 (Interstate 16) and State Route 404 Spur to the Talmadge Memorial Bridge into South Carolina, US 17 is also State Route 25. SR 25 uses an older western alignment of US 17 into South Carolina.

Contents 1 History 2 Major intersections 3 Other bridges 4 Miscellanea 5 References

[edit] History

In the early 1920s, SR 25 initially ran only from Sterling south to Brunswick and north into Savannah and South Carolina; State Route 27 continued south from Sterling (initially along present State Route 99 and Haynor Road north of Waverly) into Florida.^[1][2] US 17 was designated along the route in 1926, and by 1930 the whole route was SR 25.^[3]

The Talmadge Memorial Bridge opened in 1953, carrying State Route 25 Alternate and U.S. Route 17 Alternate over the Savannah River into South Carolina.^[4] In 1994, US 17 Alternate was eliminated, and US 17 was rerouted over it.^[5]

[edit] Major intersections

• GA 40 in St. Marys
• GA 110 between Woodbine & Waverly
• GA 252 in White Oak
• US 82 near Brunswick
• Interstate 95 near Brunswick
• GA 520 near Jekyll Island
• US 25-341 in Brunswick
• GA 303 in Brunswick
• GA 99 north of Brunswick (north Glynn County)
• Interstate 95 in South Newport
• US 84 in Midway
• Interstate 95 in Richmond Hill
• GA 204 near Savannah
• GA 21 in Savannah
• US 80 in Savannah
• Interstate 516 in Savannah
• Interstate 16 in Savannah

[edit] Other bridges

• The J. Edwin Godley Bridge crosses the Satilla River in Woodbine, Georgia.
• The Sidney Lanier Bridge crosses the South Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia.
• The Harold James Friedman bridge crosses the Altamaha River between Glynn County, Georgia and McIntosh County, Georgia.
• The Eugene Talmadge Bridge crosses the Savannah River on the Georgia/South Carolina line.

[edit] Miscellanea

• The section of US 17 known as the "Gateway to Historic Brunswick and The Golden Isles" was included in The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation's 2006 list of Places in Peril.

[edit] References

1. ^ Rand McNally, 1923 Auto Trails Map of Georgia
2. ^ Clason Map Company, 1924 Midget Map of the Best Roads of Georgia
3. ^ 1930 map of Florida
4. ^ 1970 Official Highway Map of Georgia
5. ^ Alternate U.S. Routes from US 1 to US 40