Georgia State Route 121

State Route 121 marker

State Route 121

Route information

Maintained by GDOT

Length:

238.6 mi^[1] (384.0 km)

Major junctions

South end:

SR 121 and

SR 23 at the Florida state line south of Saint George

US 1 / US 23 / US 301 / SR 4 / SR 15 in Folkston
US 301 / SR 23 in Homeland
US 1 / US 23 / SR 4 in Racepond
I‑16 in Metter
I‑520 in Augusta

US 1 / US 78 / US 278 / SR 10 in Augusta

North end:

US 1 / US 25 / US 78 / US 278 / SC 121

SR 10 at the South Carolina state line in Augusta

Location

Counties:

Charlton, Brantley, Pierce, Appling, Tattnall, Candler, Emanuel, Jenkins, Burke, and Richmond

Highway system

Georgia State Routes

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SR 120

SR 122

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Georgia State Route 121 (SR 121) is a 238-mile-long (383 km) state highway between Charlton County and Augusta. It is part of a three-state multistate route beginning in Florida and ending in South Carolina.

Route description

SR 121 begins in rural Charlton County at the Florida state line near the southernmost point in the state. Here, the roadway continues as State Road 121. From the state line, it travels to the north, concurrent with SR 23. This segment of the route is called the Okefenokee Parkway. After passing through St. George, it has a concurrency with US 1/US 23/US 301/SR 4/SR 15 in Folkston. Shortly afterwards, US 301/SR 23 split from the other routes, while US 1/US 23/SR 4/SR 15/SR 121 stay concurrent until Racepond, where US 1/US 23/SR 4 continue to the northwest while SR 15/SR 121 branch off to the northeast. In Hoboken, the routes intersect with US 82/SR 520. In Blackshear is an intersection with US 84/SR 38. North of this intersection, SR 15 splits off to the northwest, while SR 121 heads to the northeast again. The road has a brief concurrency with SR 203 shortly afterwards. In Surrency, the road intersects US 341/SR 27. Later, SR 169, and then SR 144 form brief concurrencies with the road. A short time later, the route is reunited with SR 23/SR 57 and becomes concurrent with one of these two routes once again. In Reidsville, the route intersects US 280/SR 30. In Cobbtown, SR 57 splits off. Just south of Metter is an interchange with Interstate 16 (I-16), specifically Exit 104. Within Metter itself, SR 23 splits off. North of Metter, US 80/SR 26 intersect with the road. North of that junction, SR 121 begins a concurrency with US 25/SR 67. SR 23 joins the concurrency shortly afterward. In Millen, SR 23/SR 67 split off. SR 24 briefly joins the concurrency in Waynesboro. In Augusta, SR 121 travels concurrently with US 1/US 25/US 78/US 278/SR 10 along Gordon Highway and serves as a major road. At the South Carolina state line, SR 10/SR 121 end, while US 1/US 25/US 78/US 278 continue, concurrent with South Carolina Highway 121.^[1]

Woodpecker Trail

In 2004, the Senate and Georgia House of Representatives of the state of Georgia passed legislation designating SR 121 as the Woodpecker Trail Highway from the Florida state line to the South Carolina state line and was signed into law by Governor Sonny Perdue on May 17, 2004. On September 19, 2005, Governor Perdue and others officially dedicated the Woodpecker Trail Highway in Augusta. A newly-designed Woodpecker Trail logo was imprinted onto highway signs which have been placed along the trail at key highway junction points.^[2]

The origin of the trail's name dates back to the 1920s when it was listed by AAA, and, in the 1940s, highway signs using Walter Lantz's Woody Woodpecker character marked the highway but eventually fell out of use.^[2]

While the highway continues into Florida and South Carolina as State Road 121, efforts to continue the Woodpecker Trail designation and signage in those states have been unsuccessful.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location^[1]	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Charlton		0.0	0.0	SR 121 south – Macclenny	Florida state line (St. Marys River bridge)
		0.4	0.64	SR 185 north – Moniac
	Saint George	13.2	21.2	SR 94 (Moniac Road) – Moniac, Fargo, Crawford
	Folkston	36.1	58.1	US 1 south / US 23 south / US 301 south / SR 4 south / SR 15 south – Hilliard, Jacksonville	south end of US 1 / US 23 / US 301 / SR 4 / SR 15 overlap
	Folkston	36.2	58.3	SR 252 east (Cross Street) – Kingsland, White Oak, D. Ray James Prison
	Homeland	38.8	62.4	US 301 north / SR 23 north – Nahunta, Jesup	interchange; north end of US 301 / SR 23 overlap
	Racepond	50.7	81.6	US 1 north / US 23 north / SR 4 north – Waycross	north end of US 1 / US 23 / SR 4 overlap
Brantley	Hoboken	63.3	101.9	US 82 / SR 520 (Main Street) – Waycross, Nahunta, Laura S. Walker State Park
Pierce	Blackshear	74.2	119.4	US 84 / SR 38 – Waycross, Patterson
	Blackshear	74.3	119.6	SR 203 north (Strickland Avenue) – Alma
	Bristol	84.2	135.5	SR 32 – Alma, Patterson
Appling		92.0	148.1	SR 15 north – Baxley	north end of SR 15 overlap
		94.2	151.6	SR 203 south – Alma, Baxley	south end of SR 203 overlap
		94.5	152.1	SR 203 north (K'Ville Highway) – Jesup, Screven	north end of SR 203 overlap
	Surrency	103.8	167.0	US 341 / SR 27 – Baxley, Jesup
		113.7	183.0	SR 169 south (Lanes Bridge Road) – Jesup	south end of SR 169 overlap
		113.8	183.1	SR 144 west – Baxley	south end of SR 144 overlap
Tattnall		119.5	192.3	SR 178 west – State Prison
	Five Points	120.5	193.9	SR 144 east (Hencart Road) – Glennville	north end of SR 144 overlap
	Five Points	120.7	194.2	SR 169 north (Mendes Highway) – Claxton	north end of SR 169 overlap
		130.7	210.3	SR 23 south / SR 57 south (Romie Waters Highway) – Glennville	south end of SR 23 / SR 57 overlap
	Reidsville	134.2	216.0	US 280 / SR 30 (Brazell Street) – Lyons, Claxton
	Collins	140.9	226.8	SR 292 (Manassas Street) – Lyons, Claxton
	Cobbtown	148.1	238.3	SR 152 west – Lyons
	Cobbtown	148.2	238.5	SR 57 north – Aline, Stillmore, Swainsboro	north end of SR 57 overlap
Candler	Metter	156.0	251.1	I‑16 (SR 404) – Macon, Savannah	I-16 exit 104
Candler	Metter	157.7	253.8	SR 23 north / SR 46 (Broad Street) – Soperton, Statesboro	north end of SR 23 overlap
Emanuel		169.2	272.3	US 80 / SR 26
Jenkins		182.9	294.3	US 25 south / SR 67 south – Statesboro	south end of US 25 / SR 67 overlap
see US 25 (mile 135-190)
Richmond	Augusta	238.6	384.0	US 1 north / US 25 north / US 78 east / US 278 east / SC 121 north – Columbia SR 10 west	South Carolina state line (Savannah River bridge)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

Special routes

Charlton County spur route

State Route 121 Spur
Location:	Charlton County
Existed:	1976^[3]^[4]–1993^[5]^[6]

State Route 121 Spur (SR 121 Spur) was a spur route of SR 121 that existed in the central part of Charlton County, on the eastern side of the Okefenokee Swamp. In 1952, an unnumbered road was established from Camp Cornelia east to SR 23 south-southwest of Folkston.^[7]^[8] Between June 1960 and June 1963, SR 121 was extended on SR 23.^[9]^[10] In 1976, this road was designated as SR 121 Spur.^[3]^[4] In 1993, the spur route was decommissioned.^[5]^[6]

The entire route was in Charlton County.

Location	Destinations	Notes
Camp Cornelia	Dead end	Western terminus
	SR 23 / SR 121	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Waynesboro bypass route

State Route 121 Bypass
Location:	Waynesboro
Length:	5.7 mi^[11] (9.2 km)

State Route 121 Bypass (SR 121 Bypass) is a bypass around Waynesboro. It is also signed as US 25 Bypass.

The entire route is in Burke County.

Location	mi^[11]	km	Destinations	Notes
	0.0	0.0	US 25 / SR 121 / US 25 Byp. – Millen, Waynesboro	Southern terminus of US 25 Bypass/SR 121 Bypass; southern end of US 25 Bypass concurrency
	0.9	1.4	US 25 / SR 121
	1.6	2.6	SR 24 – Sardis
Waynesboro	4.0	6.4	SR 56 / SR 80 (East 7th Street)
Waynesboro	5.7	9.2	US 25 / SR 121 / US 25 Byp. – Augusta	Northern terminus of US 25 Bypass/SR 121 Bypass; northern end of US 25 Bypass concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

1 2 3 4 Google (August 19, 2012). "Overview map of SR 21" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
1 2 3 "Woodpecker Trail". www.woodpeckertrail.com.
1 2 Georgia Department of Transportation (January 1976). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1976–77 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
1 2 Georgia Department of Transportation (January 1977). Official Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1977–78 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
1 2 Georgia Department of Transportation (1993). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (1993–94 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
1 2 Georgia Department of Transportation (1994). Official Highway and Transportation Map (PDF) (Map) (1994–95 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
↑ State Highway Department of Georgia (1952). System of State Roads (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC 5673161. Retrieved June 23, 2017. (Corrected to January 1, 1952.)
↑ Georgia Department of Transportation (1953). General Highway Map: Charlton County, Georgia (Map). Atlanta: Georgia Department of Transportation – via GDOT Maps.
↑ State Highway Department of Georgia (1960). State Highway System and Other Principal Connection Roads (PDF) (Map) (1960–61 ed.). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC 5673161. Retrieved June 23, 2017. (Corrected to June 1, 1960.)
↑ State Highway Department of Georgia (1963). State Highway System and Other Principal Connection Roads (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Atlanta: State Highway Department of Georgia. OCLC 5673161. Retrieved June 23, 2017. (Corrected to June 1, 1963.)
1 2 Google (April 18, 2014). "Route of SR 121 Bypass" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 18, 2014.

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