GA 381
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7 Miles
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Counties Passed Through: Paulding
Local Name: Dallas-Acworth
Highway
Southern Terminus:
SR 92 nine miles southwest of Acworth
Northern Terminus:
SR 6 Business in Dallas
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Route Information:
Once a highway of major status, SR 381 fell by the wayside in 1992. SR
381 was originally SR 92 before SR 92 gradually began to be relocated east
along two different routes to its present-day alignment. In addition,
the existence of SR 381 weirdly seems to have coincided with the lifespan
of Del Taco's in Georgia, both appearing around 1980 and both leaving in
1992 :) Up until 1966, SR 92 followed what is now Dallas-Acworth Highway
into US 278 just east of downtown Dallas. It was in 1966 that SR 92
was relocated further east of Dallas along present Bobo Road between the
New Hope Community and US 278/SR 6 (now SR 6 Business), where the routes
used to form a triangle with the tip where SR 120, intersecting just west,
joined Bobo Road. It is no longer possible to cross there at present.
The result of this change was the birth of SR 92 Spur, holding onto
the three mile portion of former SR 92 between Bobo Road in New Hope and
Dallas. In 1972, SR 92 Spur added four more miles to its length as
the Bobo Road alignment of SR 92 was rejected in favor of former County Line
Road, now Hiram-Acworth Highway and SR 92. Because of that, SR 92 now directly connected to the existing route south of US 278
in Hiram and SR 92 Spur became a lengthy route for a "spur".
Around 1980, SR 92 Spur was renumbered to SR 381. Meanwhile,
tragedy struck as a plane crashed into a convenience store in New Hope, killing
several people: an incident still etched in the minds of local residents.
Nevertheless, this store has since been rebuilt. SR 381 quietly slipped away
as a relocation of US 278 to a bypass in 1992 around Dallas added
mileage to the system, resulting in a "mileage swap" with the former US
278 through Dallas redesignated as SR 6 Business and SR 381 turned over
to Paulding County. Old SR 381 is one of very few Federal-Aid
Primary Routes in Georgia to be under local control. Click here
to view the progression of this route from the 1960's to the 1990's.
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GA 382
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12 Miles |
Counties Passed Through: Gilmer
Local Name: Flat Creek Road
Western Terminus:
SR 136 six miles east of US 411 (Oakman)
Eastern Terminus:
SR 5/515 five miles south of Ellijay
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Route Information: SR 382 was born
on May 2, 1980 as a result of a mileage swap with the northernmost
portion of SR 108.
Upon addition, the route originally terminated at present Old
SR 5.
It was lengthened along a 2 mile portion of Old SR 5 when
SR 5 was relocated to the Ellijay By-Pass, but was briefly
shortened again due to the short lived SR 5 Alt, the older
alignment of SR 5 in Ellijay that GDOT breifly took back. SR
5 Alt only lasted about 2 years as a temporary retention of
the route while the new SR 5 APD corridor was under construction
between the Ellijay By-Pass and Jasper By-Pass in Talking Rock, so
when the route was terminate, SR 382 again overtook two miles of Old SR
5 to end at SR 5/515 along a short connector road that had served as the
temporary ending of the incomplete Ellijay By-Pass. Future plans to
connect SR 382 directly to SR 5/515 and discontinue use of the Old SR 5
alignment are in the works.
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GA 383
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8 Miles
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Counties Passed Through: Columbia,
Richmond
Local Names: Belair Road, Jimmie
Dyess Parkway
Southern Terminus:
US 78/278, SR 10 (Gordon Highway) ten miles west of Augusta
Northern Terminus:
SR 104 in Evans
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Route Information: This route was added to the highway system
on October 14, 1987. This addition to the highway system
was extended in 1998 with a new four-lane expressway section south
of I-20. This newer expressway section, an extension and relocation
of the county-maintained portion of Belair Road, is officially named Jimmie
Dyess Parkway. Before this extension, SR 383 was originally only 4
miles long.
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GA 384
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15 Miles
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Counties Passed Through: Habersham,
White
Local Name: Duncan Bridge Road
Western Terminus:
SR 75 two miles south of Nacoochee (SR 17 intersection)
Eastern
Terminus: US 23/SR 365 three miles west of Baldwin
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Route Information: As part
of one of GA's grip corridors (Appalachian Foothills Parkway),
SR 384 was once an insignificant county road. After significant
reconstruction and realignment on the portion south of SR 115
with the northern portion reconstructed in the early 1970's, this
former county road was transformed into a new route from Helen
to Atlanta as is indicated by the guide signs along the route. Upon
completion of these improvements, which included passing lanes, realigment
and a new bridge over the Chattahoochee River, the route first appeared
on the State Highway system in 1988. Regardless of this designation,
SR 384 generally appears to be a politically motivated route of
dubious importance as US 129 is a more direct route. Nevertheless,
the route is proposed to be four-laned as part of the Appalachian Foothills
Parkway project. It is also far from the shortest and best route
to Atlanta, but is certainly a superior route when traveling from
Cornelia to Cleveland.
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GA 385
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10 Miles
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Counties Passed Through: Habersham
Southern Terminus:
US 23/441, SR 15 in Cornelia
Northern
Terminus: US 23/441, SR 15/17 Alt in Hollywood (east
of Clarkesville)
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Route Information: Around 1991, US 441 was relocated
to a new alignment around Demorest and Clarkesville from just
west of Cornelia to just outside of the Hollywood community. The
old alignment, needing a new state route number was assigned
SR 385. At the time of the routes addition, the relocated
US 441 ended at newly assigned SR 17 Alt with the relocation opening
in 1993. After the Stop sign was removed at this location,
an accident where the driver was unaware of the route change here
led to a lawsuit that resulted in a new MUTCD sign, "Cross Traffic
Does Not Stop". In addition, US 441 Business, the route that
is multiplexed with SR 385 entirely, was by legislative act in 1989 designated
as a Historic Route with special route markers on a brown legend. It
is indeed in an area both scenic and historic, but it unfortunately does
not follow the entire route of Old US 441, dubbed "Historic Old 441" north
of Hollywood through Turnerville to Tallulah Falls.
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GA 386
This number has not been used!
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GA 387
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3 Miles
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Counties Passed Through: Fulton
Local Name:
Camp Creek Parkway
Western Terminus:
I-285 in College Park
Eastern Terminus:
I-85 at Atlanta Airport
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Route Information: Prior to the commissioning of SR
6 along the entire length of Camp Creek Pkwy in 2000, a previous
attempt at a state takeover of a portion of this road apparently
failed or was short-lived. Some maps show the mysterious SR
387 along this corridor. It is possible this was not an actual
highway, but simply a State Project route number for some road improvement
project along the route that did not transpire.
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GA 388
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4 Miles
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Counties Passed Through: Columbia
Local Names:
Lewistown Road, Horizon South Parkway, Wrightsboro Road
Southern Terminus:
SR 223 in Grovetown
Northern Terminus: SR 232 in Lewistown
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Route Information: This route is a relatively recent
addition to the route system, added around or after 1990. The portion
north of I-20 is still named Lewistown Road, but south of the route's interchanges
with I-20, it is now known as Horizon South Parkway. In addition,
the route also breifly joins Wrightsboro Road in order to end at SR 223
in Grovetown.
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*SR 389-399
These numbers have not been used.
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