U.S. Route 301 in Georgia
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| Length: | 169.90 mi (273.43 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1949 – present | |||
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| South end: |
    US 1 / US 23 / US 301 / SR 15  SR 4 / SR 15 at the Florida state line northwest of Hilliard, FL | |||
 US 1 / US 23 / SR 4 / SR 121 in Homeland  US 82 / SR 520 in Nahunta    US 25 / US 84 / US 341 / SR 27 in Jesup I‑16 near Statesboro  US 25 / US 80 / SR 26 in Statesboro SR 21 in Sylvania | ||||
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US 301 in Allendale County, SC | |||
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| Counties: | Charlton, Brantley, Wayne, Long, Tattnall, Evans, Bulloch, Screven | |||
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U.S. Route 301 (US 301) in the U.S. state of Georgia, travels north–south from the St. Marys River southeast of Folkston to the Savannah River northeast of Sylvania.
The route is signed concurrently with various state highways. It uses SR 4/SR 15 from Florida to Folkston, SR 23 from Folkston to Glennville, and SR 73 from Glennville to the Savannah River southwest of Allendale, South Carolina, except in Sylvania, where much of it is signed with SR 73 Loop. Large portions of US 301 in Georgia are concurrent with US 25.
Route description
Florida State Line to Jesup
The route starts at the Florida state line on a bridge over the St. Marys River in eastern Charlton County, and initially travels north as a four-lane highway through Folkston, co-signed with US 1, US 23, and SR 4/SR 15. In Folkston, the road intersects Main Street, which leads to a popular railfanning site on the west side, and is also the western terminus of SR 40 on the east side. One block later, the road intersects Love Street, which is also the southwestern terminus of SR 252, and later is joined by SR 23/SR 121 where another concurrency begins. A 1.33 miles (2.14 km) connecting route begins along the east side to travel southeast towards SR 40. In Homeland, US 1/US 23 turns to the northwest at an interchange where it crosses into Ware County, and initially forms the county line between Ware County and Brantley County, taking SR 4/SR 15/SR 121 with them, while US 23/US 301 heads north into the woods of northeastern Charlton County.
Throughout most of southern Georgia, US 23/US 301 travels through forested wetlands with occasional farms, but almost always in close proximity to the CSX Nahunta Subdivision, a railroad line being used by Amtrak Silver Star and Silver Meteor trains on the west side of the road. Very few remotely populated areas can be found along this segment, among them Newell and later Winokur. Just north of the Cross Swamp Bridge, which is erroneously signed as being for Buffalo Creek, US 301 crosses the Charlton–Brantley County line, and the same rural swampland atmosphere continues, interrupted occasionally by farms and other residencies. A second northbound lane appears just before the road approaches Brantley County Road 77 (Jane Johns Road), but this is not a turn lane. Shortly after this intersection, a sign appears for the border of the Bachlott Community, but no evidence of such a community can be found until the road approaches the second intersection with CR 77 (Bachlott Church Road), the east side of which is paved and leads to a local church before becoming CR 89 and winding northeast into more farmland. US 301/SR 23 curves to the northeast to get further away from the railroad tracks after Taylor Bay Boulevard, but In Hickox, the road curves back towards the northwest as it briefly widens to accommodate left turn lanes for Brantley CR 79. However, before crossing this road, the right-of-way for a former segment begins on the southeast corner of this intersection and follows the existing road along the east side until it reaches the bridge over Buffalo Creek. The former section resumes after the bridge, and the road has right-turn lanes as it approaches a road named for the aforementioned creek. Somewhere north of Britt Still Road an unfinished frontage road can be found along the west side, approaching a trailer park and local church. Both sections end just after this mobile home community.
A clear sign that the road is approaching Nahunta is the southern terminus of a second southbound lane just south of Brantley CR 70 (Robin Lane). Later on the other side, a loop road of schools called "School Lane" includes Nahunta Elementary School, Nahunta Primary School, and the offices of the Brantley County Board of Education. Within the city limits the road is named South Main Street. Sparse commercial development becomes more abundant as US 301/SR 23 heads north across US 82/SR 520. After this intersection, South Main Street becomes North Main Street and the first block along this segment travels through a five-way intersection with one unnamed one way street and Brantley Street, the southeast corner of which contains the back yard of the historic Brantley County Courthouse. One block north of that, the road passes by the Nahunta City Hall on the southwest corner of Satilla Avenue then crosses a railroad track, and passes by the Hotel Knox, on the northwest corner of Broome Street and Florida Avenue at another five-way intersection. The road leaves the city limits after the intersection with a dirt road off to the east named Willis Avenue. After passing through some wetlands, it then gains a second northbound lane which ends just before the road enters Raybon. Very little else exists at the intersection with Brantley CR 102 (Hoke Road and Seed Orchard Road), besides an unused frontage road on the southwest corner and a small church sign on the northeast corner. North of CR 102, a few local businesses can be found. The road crosses over a culvert leading from the southeastern edge of Strickland Lake before intersecting with Brantley CR 103. North of CR 103, a former segment of the road can be found at a local automotive repair shop, and is found again on the east side of the road south of the intersection with Brantley CR 299 (Laural Road). The right of way for this former segment remains on the right side, and is even used as a boat-launching area as US 301/SR 23 crosses a bridge over the Satilla River. After the bridge, the former section resumes on the same side. Traveling through Trudie, the only excuse for a major intersection is CR 230 (Trudie Road), which travels west to Blackshear. Shortly after this it crosses a bridge over the Little Satilla River, followed by another bridge over an overflow creek to the river. A second bridge over another overflow creek to the river can be found 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of the first overflow bridge.[1] The right-of-way for this former segment ends just after that second overflow bridge. At some point after this bridge, the route enters Hortense. One church can be found on the west side before the routes approach a blinker-light intersection with SR 32, right after a dirt road that was once part of SR 32. One block north, US 301/SR 23 crosses a power line right-of-way, and passes the intersection of a long dirt road named Old Hortense Road. Just after the intersection with Perry Rozier Road on the west side the routes cross the Brantley–Wayne County line and has an intersection with Loper–Bryan Road on the east side. North of the county line, the road is named Pine Street.
The surroundings of US 301/SR 23 are identical to those of Brantley County south of SR 32. After the intersection with Ed Harrell Road and later some unnamed dirt roads, the route crosses over a bridge over Barbers Creek. For some reason after this, an extra southbound lane forms and then comes to an end just before an intersection with an unnamed dirt road traveling northwest and southeast. After passing two unnamed dirt roads and one named one (Oil Well Road), US 301/SR 23 enters McKinnon and immediately intersects a dirt road that was named for the community, along with three other dirt roads. The routes also pass a cell phone tower just south of the intersection of Fire Tower Road. Shortly after this, US 301/SR 23 becomes the northern terminus of Old Hortense Road. In Broadhurst the route encounters Broadhurst Road West which leads to Screven, and then Broadhurst Road East which leads to Gardi and Manningtown. After this, a second northbound lane appears momentarily and ends in another wooded area. After the bridge over Little Penholoway Creek, the road intersects Long Fork Road, which branches off to the northeast. Just before entering Jesup the routes pass by the Jesup-Wayne County Airport, and then the Pine Forest Country Club. In the city itself, US 301/SR 23 crosses US 341/SR 27, where northbound US 25 turns from US 341 onto US 301, and then travels over a bridge over a former Southern Railway line that was originally owned by the Macon and Brunswick Railroad.[2] The three highways travel to the north-northeast in the northeast part of the city. They curve to the north-northwest, before curving to the north and approaching a bridge over the Nahunta Subdivision, then merges with US 84/SR 38 at a partial wye interchange. Immediately afterward, the five highways travel to the north-northeast and leave the city limits. The concurrency travels through rural parts of the county, passing the Jesup Drive-In, and then a Rayonier Performance Fibres plant near Doctortown, and curving to the northeast, then crossing over the Altamaha River into Long County on the Dr. J. Alvin Leaphart, Sr. Memorial Bridge.
Concurrency with US 25
The combined routes (US 25/US 84/US 301/SR 23/SR 38) continue to the northeast and travel through rural areas of the county, crossing over tributaries of the Altamaha River such as Forrest Pond, Back Swamp (in two places), Corker Branch, Fountain Branch, Brickyard Branch, and Jones Creek on its way to Ludowici. In town, the concurrency intersects SR 57 south, which travels to the southeast. At this intersection, US 25/US 301/SR 23, as well as SR 57 north, travel to the northwest in a new concurrency, while US 84/SR 38 continue to the northeast. This segment of the road is named North McDonald Street until roughly around Macon Darien Road where it becomes Cecil Nobles Highway. After a slight jog more towards the northwest, the roadway crosses through Wefanie. Just before leaving the county, they intersect the southwest terminus of former SR 261, today known as Marcus Nobles Road. Right after that, they curve to the north-northwest and cross over Beards Creek into Tattnall County.
US 25/US 301/SR 23/SR 57 travel to the east of Kicklighters Pond. In Glennville, the concurrency makes its strongest effort to move from northwest to northeast at the intersection of SR 196. However, only in "downtown" Glennville does SR 23/SR 57 split off to the northwest at the intersection of SR 144. SR 73 begins there, taking US 25/US 301 north from Glenville. Within the city, the road travels through a diagonal intersection with Hencart Road, a local street that leads northeast and southwest to the western end of the SR 23/SR 57/SR 144 concurrency. Just after leaving the city limits, the highways pass the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery – Glennville, Stricklands Pond, and Strickland Pond Dam. After passing a bridge over Chapel Creek, the concurrency travels along the west side of Smith State Prison, where it begins to curve to the north. They curve to the north-northwest at Tattnall CR 403 and CR 374, then back to the north-northeast and cross over Beards Creek just before intersecting the southern terminus of what used to be SR 250. After passing to the east of Durrence Pond, just west of Midway, US 25/US 301/SR 73 crosses into Evans County.
The concurrency passes to the east of Union Cemetery and then to the west of Evans Heights Golf Club. Approximately 2,000 feet (610 m) later, it crosses over Bull Creek. After a westward jog past Richards Pond, the highways curve to a due north routing and where it travels between the Claxton Elementary School and a local storage facility before entering Claxton. In downtown, the roads pass by The Georgia Fruitcake Company then cross a railroad line right before the intersection with US 280/SR 30/SR 129 (Main Street). Just after the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive/East Long Street, the highways curve to the northeast. Just northeast of the city limits, US 25/US 301/SR 73 passes southeast of the Claxton Sewage Treatment Pond and the accompanying dam. About 2,000 feet (610 m) later, they cross over the Canoochee River on the Claxton Bridge. They provide access to the Claxton–Evans County Airport and then curve to the north-northwest. After curving back to the north-northeast, the highways curve to a due north routing and intersect the northern terminus of SR 169. About 1 mile (1.6 km) later, they cross into Bulloch County.
Bulloch County through Statesboro
Almost immediately, the three highways curve to the north-northwest, passing Ephesus Cemetery, and curve back to the north-northeast and pass by Nevils Pond and Nevils Pond Dam. They again curve to the north-northwest and the road widens to four lanes, becoming a divided highway. Because after the intersection with Bulloch CR 190 the road approaches the real reason for the widening, which is the interchange with I-16 (Exit 116), also known as the Jim Gillis Historic Savannah Parkway. US 25/US 301/SR 73 curved to a nearly due north routing briefly before curving to the northeast and intersect SR 46, southeast of Register, just before crossing over Lotts Creek. North of SR 46 the divider comes to an end, but US 25/US 301/SR 73 remains a four-lane highway with provisions for left turn lanes. The highways pass Riggs Lake and Riggs Lake Dam. Later on, they travel through Jimps, just before passing a campus of Ogeechee Technical College. The routes officially enter Statesboro just south of the intersection with Veterans Memorial Parkway (Statesboro, Georgia), where US 25 Bypass/SR 67 Bypass branches off to the left, and US 301 Bypass/SR 73 Bypass branches off to the right. North of the bypass, the routes travel along South Main Street which passes just to the west of Georgia Southern University and later cuts between the W. Jones Lane Memorial Park and Charles H. Henry Pines Nature preserve. Before this, a former section of US 25/US 301/SR 73 travels along the west side from Woodland Road cutting through the W. Jones Lane park and ending at the southwest corner of the intersection with Tillman Road. They curve to the north-northeast and cross over Little Lotts Creek, and later encounters a railroad crossing with two different railroad lines crossing each other at the intersection of Brannen Street immediately south of SR 67 (Fair Road) where another concurrency begins. Further downtown, US 25/US 301/SR 67/SR 73 travels through the edge of the South Main Street Residential Historic District. Beyond that district, other NRHP-listed sites include the John A. McDougald House now the Beaver House Restaurant,[3] the William G. Raines House, now the Statesboro Inn,[4] and the James Alonzo Brannen House which was moved from its original site, and now houses the Statesboro–Bulloch Chamber of Commerce. The road travels in front of the Dr. Madison Monroe Holland House which is across the street from the historic post office building before entering the South Main Street Historic District, which ends at unmarked West Main Street and East Main Street, where US 25/US 301/SR 67/SR 73 becomes North Main Street in front of the Bulloch County Courthouse on the northeast corner of North Main Street and East Main Street. The road enters the North Main Street Commercial Historic District until it reaches Courtland Street.
Still in downtown Statesboro, the routes curve to the north-northwest and meet US 80/SR 26 (Northside Drive East), where US 25/SR 67 splits from US 301/SR 73 to the west onto US 80/SR 26 (Northside Drive West), joining a concurrency with those routes instead. US 301/SR 73 continues north along North Main Street. Two blocks later, US 301/SR 73 leaves North Main Street and turns east onto East Parrish Street, but begins to curve to the northeast after passing a local Jehovah's Witnesses Temple. Along this curvature, a Southern States agricultural warehouse can be found where the route crosses one of the railroad lines that it crossed south of SR 26 a second time.[5] The rest of the area contains random local commercially zoned properties until it reaches the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office and Correctional Facility, and then the northeast terminus of US 301 Bypass/SR 73 Bypass, where the road officially leaves the city. The road descends slightly along the landscape between some local businesses before crossing a bridge over Mill Creek, then curves towards the north, where it approaches offices for the Bulloch County Animal Shelter, a local Georgia Forestry Commission facility, and the Statesboro–Bulloch County Airport. Beyond Bulloch CR 450 (Randy Lowery Road), US 301/SR 73 narrows from three lanes to two, then passes between two farm fields, the one on the east side ending at an unfinished housing development on a dead end street named Thomas Village. North from there the route enters Clito, where it travels past an independent motel called the Mill Creek Lodge, and then passes the intersection of Kyle Sorrell Road, which has the Statesboro Mission Outreach Ministries[6] on the southwest corner, and a gas station and convenience store on the northwest corner. After passing that and another convenience store across the street from it, the routes pass by the gateway to the Eagle Village Mobile Home Park, before approaching the blinker-light intersection with Clito Road where the Clito Baptist Church and cemetery can be found on the northwest corner. The rest of the surroundings consist of farms and forests, and almost all intersections are with local dirt roads, with the exception of Bulloch CR 473 (Brooks Hendrix Road). Further north, the only other paved road is on the opposite side, and is named Hope Baptist Church Road, a loop road named for the church of the same name. A power line right-of-way crosses US 301/SR 73 from southwest to northeast, and then travels parallel to the routes across the street from the Oak Hill manufactured home development. These power lines continue along the east side through another blinker-light intersection with Bulloch CR 474 (Old River Road North), which actually sets the gas station that would otherwise be on the northeast corner one lot to the east. Beyond that point, the power lines are obstructed by trees, and the routes descend as they approach a culvert over Lily Creek. US 301/SR 73 winds around another former segment as it approaches a bridge over the swamplands of the Ogeechee River, crossing over the former bridge on the east side, both of which enter Screven County.
Screven County to the South Carolina state line
The road immediately enters Dover with the name Statesboro Highway and after the first intersection within the county, crosses a bridge over a railroad line. Shortly it travels under a power line right-of-way, and then approaches a blinker-light intersection with the first major crossroad in Screven County; SR 17, although some maps indicate that this is actually in Cooperville. North of SR 17, the east side of the road is dominated by a run-down restaurant and motel, and the rest of the way north is flanked by wide right-of-ways on both sides. Around Simmons Branch Road, that right-of-way is occupied by a pond. North from Goloid, the road widens from two to four lanes between a loop road on the right side called Hillcrest Drive but mysteriously narrows back down to two lanes near Freemam Pond. From there it crosses the bridge over Ogeechee Creek. Various run-down local businesses can be found on both sides before the route enters the Sylvania City Line Right after the intersection of Waters Station Road, US 301/SR 73 becomes a divided highway flanked by a frontage road on the southbound side, before approaching the intersection of and south end of the concurrency with SR 21. Remnants of former sections of SR 21 and SR 73 can be seen on the east side of the northbound lanes as SR 73 (former US 301 Business) almost instantly leaves US 301 to enter downtown Sylvania, and is replaced by SR 73 Loop. Flanked by frontage roads on both sides despite lacking interchanges, the road curves from northwest to northeast before the at-grade interchange with Rocky Ford Road, then has another at-grade interchange with Millen Highway, where SR 21 leaves to the northwest and SR 21 Business ends. The road curves more towards the east as it has another at-grade interchange with Buttermilk Road and Singleton Avenue and again at Bascom and Habersham Roads before returning to SR 73 (North Main Street) and curving north where SR 73 Loop and the frontage roads come to an end. The division ends in front of the Village Green Motel just before leaving the city limits, and curves to the northeast with the name Burton's Ferry Highway.
Along the way, the route passes the South Manor Motel, which advertises to hunters, one common driveway next to a local residence, then the Dreamland Motel and R&D's Seafood Restaurant. The only other intersection north of this which serves as a landmark is oriented east-northeast and is named Indian Branch Road, a dirt road that's only notable for leading to a local church. The road then curves more toward the north near an abandoned gas station before the intersection of Country Club Drive, which leads to Brier Creek Country Club. Little else besides more ranch and forest land can be found until the road passes the New Home Welcome Church, and then an intersection with Reddick Cemetery Road, which leads to the as named cemetery located on a small lake. A similarly purposed road can be found shortly after this in the form of the two ends of Lawton Cemetery Road both of which travel east of US 301/SR 73, then after the second intersection, a paved road going to the west named Lawton Road. After some random local businesses, the route approaches one of the few rural gas stations along the road that tries to cater to truck drivers just before the south end of the concurrency with SR 24 as both roads cross a bridge over Beaverdam Creek, then intersects Bryan's Bridge Road to the northeast and Landmark Road to the northwest before the road divides. Four historical markers can be found in the median across from the intersection of Dell Goodall Road, which only intersects with the southbound lanes, and then has an at-grade interchange with the north end of the concurrency with SR 24. The road narrows back down into a two-lane undivided highway as it passes an unnamed dirt road leading to two churches, and a former gas station on a private residence. The rest of the road is aligned with random small farms and encounters a second intersection with Bryan's Bridge Road, which contains the remains of another former gas station on the southwest corner. North of there, the surroundings include more forest land than farmland, even as it curves to the northeast before crossing a bridge over the swamps of Brier Creek. North of the Brier Creek wetlands, the road intersects Plantation Road and Pine Grove Inn Road, then after passing Harmony Church and Cemetery, bears off to the right from a road named Harmony Road which travels relatively northwest off into the woods. After the intersection with Oglethorpe Trail and Old River Road, US 301/SR 73 curves to the east before encountering Georgia's first Welcome Center,[7] which has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 29, 2011. A former segment of the road is found on the southwest corner of the entrance to Archadian Road, which leads to the Burton's Ferry Public Boat Launching Ramp. The existing US 301/SR 73 travels around the former section as it approaches the 1965-built Burton's Ferry Bridge[8] which is parallel to the former Parker Truss Swing Bridge from 1938[9] both of which cross over the Savannah River and the state line with South Carolina, where SR 73 officially terminates, while US 301 continues through the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Charlton | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 1 south / US 23 south / US 301 south (SR 15) – Hilliard, Jacksonville | Florida state line | |
| Folkston | 4.194 | 6.750 |   SR 40 east (Main Street) to I‑95 – Kingsland | ||
| Love Street | former SR 252 east | ||||
| 4.671 | 7.517 |  SR 23 south / SR 121 south – St. George | Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 23 / SR 121 | ||
| 5.036 | 8.105 |  SR 40 Conn. east (Cross Street) – Kingsland, White Oak, D. Ray James Prison | |||
| Homeland | 6.764 | 10.886 | US 1 north / US 23 north / SR 121 north – Nahunta, Jesup | Interchange; Northern terminus of concurrency with US 1 / US 23 / SR 4 / SR 15 | |
| Brantley | Hickox | CR 79 (Clarney Bay Road / Riverside Road) – SR 252, Brantley County Alternative School | |||
| Nahunta | 30.2 | 48.6 | US 82 / SR 520 (South Georgia Parkway) – Waycross, Brunswick | ||
| Raybon | CR 102 (Hoke Road / Seed Orchard Road) – CR 103, Lulaton | ||||
| CR 103 (Raybon Road) – Hoboken, Lulaton | |||||
| Satilla River | Bridge over Satilla River | ||||
| Patterson | CR 230 west (Trudie Road) – Otter Creek, Blackshear | ||||
| Little Satilla River | Bridge over Little Satilla River | ||||
| Hortense | 39.6 | 63.7 |  SR 32 – Patterson, Brunswick | ||
| Wayne | Jesup | 58.3 | 93.8 | US 341 / SR 27 / US 25 south (Golden Isles Parkway) – Altamaha Tech, Brunswick | Southern terminus of concurrency with US 25 |
| 60.7 | 97.7 |  US 84 west / SR 38 – Waycross | Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 38 | ||
| Altamaha River | Dr. J. Alvin Leaphart, Sr. Memorial Bridge | ||||
| Long | Ludowici | 70.5 | 113.5 |  US 84 east / SR 38 east / SR 57 south (McDonald Street) to I‑95 – Hinesville, Darien, Ludowici Well Pavilion Historic Site | Northern end of US 84 / SR 38 concurrency; southern end of SR 57 concurrency |
| Tattnall | 89.6 | 144.2 |  SR 196 east – Hinesville | Western terminus of SR 196 | |
| Glennville |  SR 23 north / SR 57 north / SR 144 (Barnard Street) – Reidsville, Baxley, Fort Stewart, Gordonia-Alatamaha State Park & Golf Course | Northern end of SR 23 and SR 57 concurrencies; southern end of SR 73 concurrency | |||
| Evans | Claxton | 107.3 | 172.7 |    US 280 / SR 30 / SR 129 (Main Street) – Reidsville, Metter, Pembroke | |
| Canoochee River | Claxton Bridge over Canoochee River | ||||
 SR 169 south – Bellville | Northern terminus of SR 169 | ||||
| Bulloch | 118.0 | 189.9 | I‑16 (SR 404) – Macon, Savannah | I-16 exit 116 | |
| 121.6 | 195.7 |  SR 46 – Metter, Savannah | |||
| Statesboro |      US 25 Byp. north / US 301 Byp. north / SR 67 Byp. north / SR 73 Byp. north (Veterans Memorial Parkway) – Millen, Paulson Stadium, Sylvania | Southern terminus of US 25 Bypass/SR 67 Bypass and US 301 Bypass/SR 73 Bypass | |||
| 129.0 | 207.6 |  SR 67 south (Fair Road) – Pembroke, Hinesville, Fort Stewart | Southern end of SR 67 concurrency | ||
| 130.1 | 209.4 | US 25 / SR 67 / US 80 / SR 26 (Northside Drive) – Swainsboro, Savannah | Northern end of US 25/SR 67 concurrencies; southern end of US 80/SR 26 concurrency | ||
| US 301 Byp. south / SR 73 Byp. south (Veterans Memorial Parkway) – Claxton, Ogeechee Technical College | Northern terminus of US 301 Bypass/SR 73 Bypass | ||||
| CR 474 (Old River Road North) – Stevens Crossing, Hubert | |||||
| Ogeechee River | Bridge over the Ogeechee River | ||||
| Screven | Cooperville | 141.1 | 227.1 |  SR 17 – Louisville, Bloomingdale | |
| Sylvania | 151.1 | 243.2 | SR 21 south – Savannah | Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 21 | |
| 151.3 | 243.5 |   SR 73 north (West Ogeechee Street) / SR 73 Loop – Downtown Sylvania | Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 73; Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 73 Loop | ||
| 153.2 | 246.6 |  SR 21 north (Millen Highway) / SR 21 Bus. east (Mims Road) – Millen, Downtown Sylvania | Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 21; Northern terminus of SR 21 BUS | ||
| SR 73 (North Main Street) – Downtown Sylvania | Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 73; Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 73 Loop | ||||
| 158.2 | 254.6 |  SR 24 south (Newington Highway) – Statesboro | Southern terminus of concurrency with SR 24 | ||
| Beaverdam Creek | Bridge over Beaverdam Creek | ||||
| 158.9 | 255.7 | SR 24 north (Waynesboro Highway) – Waynesboro, Watkinsville | Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 24 | ||
| US 301 – Orangeburg, Santee | South Carolina state line (Burton's Ferry Bridge) over the Savannah River; Northern terminus of concurrency with SR 73 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Bannered routes
Statesboro
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| Location: | Statesboro, Georgia |
| Length: | 6.9 mi (11.1 km) |
| Existed: | 1990s–present |
U.S. Route 301 Bypass (US 301 Bypass), also signed as SR 73 Bypass, is a four-lane bypass of US 301. Named the Veterans Memorial Parkway, and sometimes just "the bypass," it travels in a south-to-north direction east and south of the city of Statesboro. US 301 bypass, along with US 25 Bypass/SR 67 Bypass, makes up the Veterans Memorial Parkway, which forms a semicircle around the southern parts of the city.
The bypass begins south of the city at the intersection with US 25/US 301/SR 73 and the US 25 Bypass/SR 67 Bypass. It travels east along the perimeter of Georgia Southern University. It follows the perimeter of the university, turning northeast towards SR 67 (Fair Road), where it breaks off from the university perimeter and turns northward. After turning north, the bypass intersects with US 80/SR 26 (Northside Drive), as well as SR 24. Finally, it ends at an intersection with US 301/SR 73 north.
Sylvania
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| Location: | Sylvania |
| Length: | 3 mi (5 km) |
| Existed: | 1973–present |
Formerly U.S. Route 301 Business (US 301 Business), the one segment of SR 73 that's not concurrent with US 301 begins at the US 301/SR 21/SR 73 Loop bypass around western Sylvania. The road, which is named West Ogeechee Street curves northeast in front of a former segment of the road which also leads to a former segment of SR 21, then passes the northbound frontage road for the Sylvania Bypass. It travels straight northeast and southwest along random commercial development until it curves to the east and encounters the intersection of SR 21 Business (Mims Road) with turning ramps at both the northwest and northeast corners. The SR 21 Business/SR 73 concurrency begins and the two highways travel to the east for just over 2,000 feet (610 m), part of which uses a bridge over a railroad line.
The road divides before approaching Main Street and City Hall, where SR 21 Business turns south on South Main Street, while SR 73 turns north on North Main Street. Main Street itself is divided by a town green from Telephone Avenue to halfway between Ogeechee Street and W.T. Sharpe Drive, while East Ogeechee Street becomes an unmarked city street. After the intersection with W.T. Sharpe Drive, SR 73 branches off to the northeast, while Singleton Avenue branches off to the northwest. North Main Street becomes much more rural north of here, and is sparsely lined with large suburban houses, although one local lawn mower dealership can be found on the southwest corner of SR 73 and Habersham Road across from Torrington Road. Two more local intersections are passed before the route encounters the frontage the Sylvania Bypass once again, and SR 73 rejoins US 301 on its way to South Carolina, while SR 73 Loop ends.
References
- ↑ Google. "U.S. Route 301 in Georgia" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
- ↑ "Macon & Brunswick Railroad".
- ↑ "Beaver House Restaurant Statesboro Ga".
- ↑ "The Historic Statesboro Inn B&B & Restaurant, Private Guest Rooms and Cottage".
- ↑ "Southern States - Statesboro Agronomy Center - Southern States Cooperative".
- ↑ "Statesboro Mission Outreach Ministries, Inc".
- ↑ "Georgia's first welcome center escapes budget ax". The Augusta Chronicle.
- ↑ "Bridgehunter.com - Burton's Ferry Bridge". Bridgehunter.com.
- ↑ "Bridgehunter.com - Burton's Ferry Bridge". Bridgehunter.com.
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