U.S. Route 1 in Georgia

Infobox road
state=GA
type=US
route=1
alternate_name=State Route 4
marker_

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length_mi=220
length_ref=American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, [http://cms.transportation.org/?siteid=68&pageid=1760 United States Numbered Highways] , 1989 Edition]
length_round=0
formed=1926
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
starting_terminus=
junction= in Augusta
ending_terminus=

US 1:

in N Augusta

previous_route=3
next_route=5

U.S. Route 1 in Georgia is also mostly signed as the state highway State Route 4. The route crosses the St. Marys River from Florida near Waycross and crosses the Savannah River from Augusta, Georgia into North Augusta, South Carolina.

In Augusta, US 1 and SR 4 separate. SR 4 takes the older route to cross the Savannah River with U.S. Route 25 Business, while US 1 turns northeast with U.S. Route 78, U.S. Route 278, and State Route 10, which soon merge with U.S. Route 21 and State Route 121.

Generally, US 1 and SR 4 have conjoint bannered highways, but in Alma there exists a SR 4 Alternate that is not also US 1 Alternate. [ [http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/County%20maps/Bacon.pdf Georgia DOT map of Bacon County] ]

Route description

In Georgia, US 1 is generally a very rural highway, running through historical plantation areas. It also passes by the Fort Gordon Army installation and the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. There is an interchange with Interstate 520 in Augusta and with Interstate 16 in Emanuel County. US 1 enters the state from Florida at Folkston and exits the state into South Carolina at Augusta.

History

When the State Routes were first defined, SR 4 followed a route in northwestern Georgia, running from the Alabama state line east via Rome to Cartersville and north to Fairmount, where it met State Route 2 and State Route 53. [ [http://www.southeastroads.com/psr/mapclips/SR2_1921_ellijay.jpg1921 map of Georgia] ] [Rand McNally, [http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1923a8.jpg1923 Auto Trails Map of Georgia] ] [Clason Map Company, [http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1924m5.jpg1924 Midget Map of the Best Roads of Georgia] ] The north-south piece was soon replaced by an extension of State Route 61, [ [http://www.southeastroads.com/psr/mapclips/SR2_1929_ellijay.jpg1929 map of Georgia] ] while the rest is now part of State Route 20 and State Route 293. The present SR 4 was then partly State Route 15, State Route 32, State Route 17 and State Route 24; it was renumbered to match Florida's State Road 4, which continued U.S. Highway 1 all the way to Miami.

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