{{Short description|State highway in Georgia}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{redirect-synonym|Georgia 2|{{ushr|Georgia|2}}}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=GA |type=SR |route=2 |map={{maplink-road|from=Georgia State Route 2.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=Georgia State Route 2 highlighted in red |length_mi=165 |length_round=1 |length_ref=<ref name="Google length">{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.9491791,-85.3335317/34.8142051,-83.3066333/@34.8229706,-85.4412267,331946m/am=t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m26!4m25!1m20!3m4!1m2!1d-84.88858!2d34.90634!3s0x885fd9b6b0529bb1:0x3bf12f59ddc8127a!3m4!1m2!1d-84.73862!2d34.9477!3s0x885fcfa236ded4d1:0x572d80ca06a9c9ba!3m4!1m2!1d-84.5169!2d34.73633!3s0x885f96018132858b:0x2f0c53ab6dbab877!3m4!1m2!1d-84.4808761!2d34.6938394!3s0x885f9655574247e7:0x1273852fc9896872!1m0!2m1!1b1!3e0?hl=en |title=Overview map of SR 2 |access-date=January 1, 2017 }}</ref> |tourist=[[File:Georgia Scenic Byway.svg|25px]] [[Cohutta–Chattahoochee Scenic Byway]] |established=1919<ref name="GDOT 1920"/> |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=GA|SR|193}} in [[Flintstone, Georgia|Flintstone]] |junction={{Plainlist| * {{jct|state=GA|US|27|SR|1}} in [[Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia|Fort Oglethorpe]] * {{jct|state=GA|I|75}} in [[Ringgold, Georgia|Ringgold]] * {{jct|state=GA|US|41|US|76|SR|3}} from Ringgold to [[Stone Church, Georgia|Stone Church]] * {{jct|state=GA|US|411|SR|61}} in [[Cisco, Georgia|Cisco]] * {{jct|state=GA|US|76|US|411|SR|61}} in [[Chatsworth, Georgia|Chatsworth]] * {{jct|state=GA|US|76|SR|5|SR|515}} in [[Ellijay, Georgia|Ellijay]] * {{jct|state=GA|US|19|US|129|SR|11}} in [[Blairsville, Georgia|Blairsville]] * {{jct|state=GA|US|23|US|441|SR|15}} in [[Clayton, Georgia|Clayton]] }} |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=SC|US|76}} at the [[South Carolina]] state line |counties=[[Walker County, Georgia|Walker]], [[Catoosa County, Georgia|Catoosa]], [[Whitfield County, Georgia|Whitfield]], [[Murray County, Georgia|Murray]], [[Gilmer County, Georgia|Gilmer]], [[Fannin County, Georgia|Fannin]], [[Union County, Georgia|Union]], [[Towns County, Georgia|Towns]], [[Rabun County, Georgia|Rabun]] |previous_type=SR |previous_route=1E |next_type=SR |next_route=3 }}
'''State Route 2''' ('''SR 2''') is a {{convert|165|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} east-west State highway in the far North-northern part of Georgia. The highway serves southern suburbs of Chattanooga, Tennessee, as well as much of the [[North Georgia mountains|mountains]] in the northern part of the state. It traverses the [[County (United States)|counties]] of [[Walker County, Georgia|Walker]], [[Catoosa County, Georgia|Catoosa]], [[Whitfield County, Georgia|Whitfield]], [[Murray County, Georgia|Murray]], [[Gilmer County, Georgia|Gilmer]], [[Fannin County, Georgia|Fannin]], [[Union County, Georgia|Union]], [[Towns County, Georgia|Towns]], and [[Rabun County, Georgia|Rabun]]. It connects [[Flintstone, Georgia|Flintstone]], in the [[Northwest Georgia|northwestern part]] of the state, with the [[South Carolina]] state line southeast of [[Clayton, Georgia|Clayton]] in the northern part and the [[Northeast Georgia|northeastern part]] of the state. It also travels through [[Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia|Fort Oglethorpe]], [[Ringgold, Georgia|Ringgold]], [[Ellijay, Georgia|Ellijay]], [[Blue Ridge, Georgia|Blue Ridge]], [[Blairsville, Georgia|Blairsville]], and [[Hiawassee, Georgia|Hiawassee]]. Parts of the highway in the Whitfield and Murray county area are designated as the Cohutta–Chattahoochee Scenic Byway.<ref name="GDOTBywayMap">{{cite map |url=http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/Travel/Documents/Cohutta-Chattahoochee.pdf |title=Cohutta–Chattahoochee Scenic Byway |publisher=[[Georgia Department of Transportation]] Office of Planning |format=PDF |access-date=August 13, 2015 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905142811/http://www.dot.ga.gov/DriveSmart/Travel/Documents/Cohutta-Chattahoochee.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Route description== {{Expand section|date=June 2014}} SR 2 begins at an [[Intersection (road)|intersection]] with [[Georgia State Route 193|SR 193]] in the community of [[Flintstone, Georgia|Flintstone]], the route travels east along Battlefield Parkway (with a portion of it named after Chief Deputy Baxter Shavers<ref>{{Cite web| title=House Resolution 591 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE) | url=http://mydocs.dot.ga.gov/info/honorariums/Resolutions/2004-28-HS.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227085855/http://mydocs.dot.ga.gov/info/honorariums/Resolutions/2004-28-HS.pdf | archive-date=2016-12-27}}</ref>), with a brief [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]] with [[U.S. Route 27 in Georgia|US 27]]/[[Georgia State Route 1|SR 1]]. It then has an [[Interchange (road)|interchange]] with [[Interstate 75 in Georgia|Interstate 75]] (I-75), before reaching [[U.S. Route 41 in Georgia|US 41]]/[[U.S. Route 76 in Georgia|US 76]]/[[Georgia State Route 3|SR 3]]. After a brief concurrency with US 41/US 76/SR 3 through [[Ringgold, Georgia|Ringgold]], SR 2 splits off in [[Stone Church, Georgia|Stone Church]] and continues east. After crossing the [[Conasauga River]], the route has another brief concurrency with [[Georgia State Route 225|SR 225]], then continues a short distance east to [[U.S. Route 411 in Georgia|US 411]]/[[Georgia State Route 61|SR 61]] in the community of [[Cisco, Georgia|Cisco]]. SR 2 travels concurrent with US 411/SR 61 to [[Chatsworth, Georgia|Chatsworth]]. In Chatsworth, SR 2 travels concurrent with [[Georgia State Route 52|SR 52]] to the east past [[Fort Mountain (Murray County, Georgia)|Fort Mountain]] to [[Ellijay, Georgia|Ellijay]]. Here, SR 2 begins a lengthy concurrency with US 76 to the [[South Carolina]] state line. US 76/SR 2/[[Georgia State Route 5|SR 5]]/[[Georgia State Route 515|SR 515]], travel to the northeast to [[Blue Ridge, Georgia|Blue Ridge]]. In town, SR 5 departs to the north, while US 76/SR 2/SR 515 continue east to [[Blairsville, Georgia|Blairsville]]. East of Blairsville, the concurrency arcs to the north, then east, around [[Brasstown Bald]]. West of [[Hiawassee, Georgia|Hiawassee]], SR 515 departs to the north, and US 76/SR 2 are joined by [[Georgia State Route 17|SR 17]], then [[Georgia State Route 75|SR 75]] in Hiawassee. East of Hiawassee, SR 17/SR 75 depart to the south, and US 76/SR 2 continue east through a series of [[hairpin turn|switchback]]s over the [[Eastern Continental Divide]] to [[Clayton, Georgia|Clayton]]. At this point, US 76/SR 2 have a brief concurrency with [[U.S. Route 23 in Georgia|US 23]]/[[U.S. Route 441 in Georgia|US 441]]/[[Georgia State Route 15|SR 15]]. The two highways curve to the southeast and meet the eastern terminus of SR 2, the [[South Carolina]] state line. Here, US 76 continues toward [[Westminster, South Carolina|Westminster]].<ref>{{Google Maps|link=no|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=GA-2+E%2FBattlefield+Pkwy&daddr=34.895786,-84.7495398+to:34.7588722,-84.7355641+to:GA-2+E%2FUS-76+E%2FLong+Creek+Hwy%2FLookout+Mountain+Scenic+Hwy&hl=en&ll=34.87507,-83.396637&spn=0.009383,0.013797&sll=34.947443,-85.322399&sspn=0.037498,0.055189&geocode=FVBIFQIdDurp-g%3BFap3FAIdHdPy-in_-unyFsVfiDF2029Vow5kJQ%3BFdhgEgIdtAnz-ilr9z3nhcJfiDFpAblr5a_qUg%3BFSM5EwId0NgI-w&dirflg=h&mra=dme&mrsp=0&sz=14&via=1,2&t=h&z=16|title=Map of Clayton, Georgia with the route of State Route 2 overlaid|accessdate=April 22, 2012}}</ref>
The following portions of SR 2 are part of the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]], a system of routes determined to be the most important for the nation's economy, mobility, and defense: *From the western end of the US 27 concurrency, on the Fairview–Fort Oglethorpe line, to the I-75 interchange in Ringgold *The brief US 76 concurrency, on US 411/SR 52, in Chatsworth *From the western end of the US 76 concurrency, in East Ellijay, to the eastern end of the US 23/US 441/SR 15 concurrency in Clayton<ref name="NHS Chattanooga">{{cite map |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/tennessee/chattanooga_tn.pdf |title=National Highway System: Chattanooga, TN--GA |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]] |date=May 10, 2019 |access-date=August 17, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="NHS Georgia">{{cite map |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/ga_georgia.pdf |title=National Highway System: Georgia |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=May 8, 2019 |access-date=August 17, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="NHS Dalton">{{cite map |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/nhs_maps/georgia/dalton_ga.pdf |title=National Highway System: Dalton, GA |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=May 9, 2019 |access-date=August 17, 2019 }}</ref>
==History== ===1920s=== SR 2 was established at least as early as 1919. Then, it started at an intersection with [[Georgia State Route 1|SR 1]] in [[LaFayette, Georgia|LaFayette]]. It traveled east-northeast to [[Dalton, Georgia|Dalton]]. It then followed its current path to nearby [[Chatsworth, Georgia|Chatsworth]]. It then took a more southerly route to [[Ellijay, Georgia|Ellijay]]. It also followed its current path to [[Clayton, Georgia|Clayton]]. It is unclear as to whether it traversed the Clayton–[[South Carolina]] path at this time.<ref name="GDOT 1920">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1920 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By the end of 1921, the LaFayette–Dalton and Chatsworth–Ellijay segments were removed from the state highway. Traffic had to travel south-southeast to [[Fairmount, Georgia|Fairmount]]. There, it traveled to the east-northeast, concurrent with [[Georgia State Route 53|SR 53]] to a point northwest of [[Talking Rock, Georgia|Talking Rock]]. At that point, SR 53 ended and SR 2 began a concurrency with [[Georgia State Route 5|SR 5]] north-northeast through Ellijay to Blue Ridge. Also, it was proposed to be extended northeast from Clayton to [[Pine Mountain, Rabun County, Georgia|Pine Mountain]].<ref name="GDOT 1920"/><ref name="GDOT 1921">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1921 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> In 1926, the eastern part of the Dalton–Chatsworth segment and nearly the entire [[Hiawassee, Georgia|Hiawassee]]–Clayton segment had a "sand clay or top soil" surface. The rest of this segment had a "completed semi hard surface". Almost the entire western half of the [[Blue Ridge, Georgia|Blue Ridge]]–[[Blairsville, Georgia|Blairsville]] segment had a "completed hard surface", with the center of this segment having a completed semi hard surface. Nearly the entire Blairsville–[[Young Harris, Georgia|Young Harris]] segment was under construction.<ref name="GDOT 1921"/><ref name="GDOT 1926">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1926 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> In 1929, a different path between LaFayette and Dalton was re-added to the highway. It followed the current path of [[Georgia State Route 136|SR 136]] and [[Georgia State Route 201|SR 201]] east-southeast from LaFayette to [[Villanow, Georgia|Villanow]] and north-northeast to Dalton. About two-thirds of the LaFayette–Villanow segment had a completed semi hard surface. Also, The Clayton–Pine Mountain segment was cancelled.<ref name="GDOT 1926"/><ref name="GDOT 1929-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1929-10 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref>
===1930s=== In the middle of 1930, the eastern part of the Dalton–Chatsworth segment had a completed hard surface. The Chatsworth–Ellijay segment was re-added to the highway. The western half of the Blairsville–Young Harris segment had a completed semi hard surface, with the eastern half, as well as the Young Harris–Hiawassee segment completed. The eastern part of the Hiawassee–Clayton segment was under construction.<ref name="GDOT 1929-10"/><ref name="GDOT 1930-06">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1930-06 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By the end of the year, the entire LaFayette–Villanow segment had a completed semi hard surface. [[U.S. Route 41 in Georgia|US 41]] and [[Georgia State Route 3|SR 3]] began a concurrency with SR 2 within Dalton. The center part of the Blue Ridge–Blairsville segment had a sand clay or top soil surface. The eastern part of this segment was under construction. The entire Blairsville–Hiawassee segment was completed.<ref name="GDOT 1930-06"/><ref name="GDOT 1930-11">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1930-11 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> The next year, the part of the highway just north-northeast of Villanow was indicated as "completed grading, no surface course". The rest of the Villanow–Dalton segment was under construction. The western part of the Dalton–Chatsworth segment had a completed semi hard surface. The entire Chatsworth–Ellijay segment was also under construction. The western half of the Ellijay–Blue Ridge segment had a sand clay or top soil surface, with the rest of this segment completed.<ref name="GDOT 1930-11"/><ref name="GDOT 1932-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-01 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By August 1932, the eastern part of the Blue Ridge–Blairsville segment had a completed semi hard surface. The entire Hiawassee–Clayton segment had a sand clay or top soil surface. Also the Clayton–South Carolina segment was built, and was signed as SR 2.<ref name="GDOT 1932-05">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-05 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1932-08">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1932-08 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By the end of 1933, the entire Dalton–Chatsworth segment was completed.<ref name="GDOT 1933-11">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1933-11 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1933-12">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1933-12 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> In the third quarter of 1934, SR 2 was extended west-northwest to [[Davis Crossroads, Georgia|Davis Crossroads]]. The entire LaFayette–Dalton segment has a completed semi hard surface.<ref name="GDOT 1934-04">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1934-04 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1934-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1934-10 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By the end of the year, [[U.S. Route 76 in Georgia|US 76]] was designated along SR 2 from Chatsworth to Clayton. It was unclear if the Clayton–South Carolina segment was part of US 76 at this time, though.<ref name="GDOT 1934-10"/><ref name="GDOT 1935-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1935-01 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By October 1937, the entire [[Union County, Georgia|Union County]] section of the Blue Ridge–Blairsville segment was completed.<ref name="GDOT 1937-07">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1937-07 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1937-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1937-10 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> Before the year ended, SR 2 was extended slightly farther to the northwest from its western terminus.<ref name="GDOT 1937-10"/><ref name="GDOT 1938-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1938-01 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> Late in 1938, the entire part northwest of LaFayette and the entire Chatsworth–Ellijay segment was "completed grading, not surfaced". By the middle of 1939, the highway was extended northwest just a little more, to an intersection with [[Georgia State Route 157|SR 157]] near [[Ascalon, Georgia|Ascalon]].<ref name="GDOT 1938-09">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1938-09 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1939-07">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1939-07 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By the end of 1939, the roadway was extended northwest to [[Trenton, Georgia|Trenton]], but it was unclear whether it was part of SR 2.<ref name="GDOT 1939-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1939-10 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1940-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1940-01 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref>
===1940s=== {{Infobox road small |state=GA |type=GA 1948 |route=148 |location=[[Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia|Fort Oglethorpe]]–[[Ringgold, Georgia|Ringgold]] |formed=1939<ref name="GDOT 1938-09"/><ref name="GDOT 1939-07"/> |deleted=1949<ref name="GDOT 1948"/><ref name="GDOT 1949"/> }} By April 1940, the entire Trenton area segment was completed grading, not surfaced. The entire Ellijay–Blue Ridge segment, as well as nearly all of the [[Rabun County, Georgia|Rabun County]] part of the Hiawassee–Clayton segment, was completed.<ref name="GDOT 1940-01"/><ref name="GDOT 1940-04">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1940-04 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> Parts of the roadway on either side of the SR 157 intersection, the entire [[Whitfield County, Georgia|Whitfield County]] section of the LaFayette–Dalton segment, the entire Blue Ridge–Blairsville segment, and nearly the entire Rabun County section of the Hiawassee–Clayton segment, were completed.<ref name="GDOT 1940-04"/><ref name="GDOT 1940-10">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1940-10 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By 1941 started, SR 157 was shifted farther to the east, with the former alignment being redesignated as [[Georgia State Route 170|SR 170]]. From just northwest of this intersection southeast to the new intersection with SR 157.<ref name="GDOT 1940-10"/><ref name="GDOT 1941-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1941-01 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> A little later in the year, SR 2 was completed slightly to the southeast of the SR 157 intersection.<ref name="GDOT 1941-01"/><ref name="GDOT 1941-04">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1941-04 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By the end of 1946, US 76 was designated along the Clayton–South Carolina segment.<ref name="GDOT 1945-01">{{Cite GDOT map |date=1945-01 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1946">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1946 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By April 1949, SR 2 was shifted to an entirely different alignment west of Blue Ridge. The entire segment from Trenton to Villanow was redesignated as [[Georgia State Route 143|SR 143]], and the former State Route 148 (between Ringgold and Ft. Oglethorpe) was newly designated State Route 2<ref>[[List of former state routes in Georgia (U.S. state, 1–199)|List of former state routes in Georgia (U.S. state)#State Route 148 (1939–1949)]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=November 2019}}. This segment (From highway 41 north of Ringgold to highway 27 north of Fort Oglethorpe) was called Georgia 2 Alternate. To this day, some longtime local residents persist in calling this segment "2A", which can be confusing, this stems from the time the road was designated as Georgia 2 Alternate and was signed "2A". The entire Villanow–Dalton segment was redesignated as SR 201. SR 2's new western terminus was at [[U.S. Route 27 in Georgia|US 27]]/[[Georgia State Route 1|SR 1]] in [[Chickamauga Park, Georgia|Chickamauga Park]]. It traveled through [[Ringgold, Georgia|Ringgold]] and intersected [[Georgia State Route 71|SR 71]] in [[Varnell, Georgia|Varnell]]. It went northeast to [[U.S. Route 411 in Georgia|US 411]]/[[Georgia State Route 61|SR 61]] in [[Cisco, Georgia|Cisco]]. It took a winding path through the [[Chattahoochee National Forest]] and intersected SR 5 northwest of Blue Ridge. The two highways traveled concurrently into Blue Ridge, where it resumed its former alignment. The entire Chickamauga Park–Ringgold segment, and the SR 5 concurrency, was hard surfaced. From Ringgold to the Whitfield–[[Murray County, Georgia|Murray]] county line, and from east of Cisco to northwest of Blue Ridge, the highway had a sand clay, top soil, or stabilized earth surface. From the Whitfield–Murray county line to east of Cisco, the highway was machine graded and maintained.<ref name="GDOT 1948">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1948 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1949">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1949 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref>
===1950s to 1980s=== By the end of 1953, nearly all of the Ringgold–Varnell segment of SR 2 was hard surfaced.<ref name="GDOT 1953-01">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1953 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By the middle of 1957, a short section northeast of Blue Ridge was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1955">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1955 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1957">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1957 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By the middle of 1960, about half of the Varnell–Cisco segment was paved. Between 1963 and 1966, the entire section from [[Higdon, Georgia|Higdon]] to SR 5 was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1963">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1963 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1966">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1966 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> In 1970, the entire segment west of [[Gregory, Georgia|Gregory]] was paved.<ref name="GDOT 1970">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1970 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1971">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1971 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> By 1974, the segment between Cisco and Higdon was impassable due to rock slides.<ref name="GDOT 1973">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1973 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1974">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1974 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> In 1986, SR 2 was re-routed south-southwest along US 411/SR 61 from Cisco to Chatsworth, where it began a concurrency with US 76/[[Georgia State Route 52|SR 52]]. US 76/SR 2/SR 52 traveled to the east and southeast into Ellijay, where SR 52 departed the concurrency. US 76/SR 2 turned left onto SR 5. They entered Blue Ridge. Here, SR 5 departed the concurrency, and US 76/SR 2 headed east as previously.<ref name="GDOT 1986">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1986 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1987">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1987 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref> In 1989, [[Georgia State Route 515|SR 515]] was designated along US 76/SR 2 as it travels today.<ref name="GDOT 1989">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1989 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="GDOT 1990">{{Cite GDOT map |year=1990 |access-date=March 13, 2017 }}</ref>
On March 25, 1958, the bridge over the [[Cartecay River]] at the [[city limit]]s of East Ellijay was designated the A. Charles Soule Bridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mydocs.dot.ga.gov/info/honorariums/Resolutions/1958-04.pdf |title=A. CHARLES SOULE BRIDGE— DESIGNATED. |series=ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS |publisher=[[Georgia General Assembly]] |access-date=June 24, 2014 }}</ref> {{Clear}}
==Major intersections== {{Mileposts|date=January 2017}} {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="Google length" />}} {{GAint |county=Walker |location=Flintstone |mile=0.0 |road={{jct|state=GA|GA|193|city1=LaFayette|location2=[[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]]}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{GAint |county=Catoosa |cspan=8 |location=Fort Oglethorpe |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=3.3 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|27|SR|1|dir1=south|dir2=south|city1=LaFayette|city2=Chickamauga}} |notes=Interchange; west end of US 27/SR 1 concurrency }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=4.6 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|27|SR|1|dir1=north|dir2=north|name1=Lafayette Road|city1=Rossville|location2=[[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]]}} |notes=East end of US 27/SR 1 concurrency }} {{GAint |location=Ringgold |lspan=6 |mile=11.0 |road={{jct|state=GA|I|75|name1=[[Georgia State Route 401|SR 401]] / Larry McDonald Memorial Highway|location1=[[Atlanta]]|location2=[[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]]}} |notes=I-75 exit 350 }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=12.3 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|41|US|76|SR|3|dir1=north|dir2=west|dir3=north|location1=[[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]]}} |notes=West end of US 41/US 76/SR 3 concurrency }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=12.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|151|dir1=south|name1=Old Alabama Road|city1=Trion}} |notes=West end of SR 151 concurrency }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=13.8 |road={{jct|state=GA|US-Truck|41|dab1=Ringgold|US-Truck|76|dab2=Ringgold|SR|151|dir1=south|dir2=east|dir3=north|name1=Tennessee Street|location1=[[Ooltewah, Tennessee|Ooltewah]]}} |notes=East end of SR 151 concurrency; northern terminus of US 41 Truck; western terminus of US 76 Truck }} {{GAint |mile= |road={{jct|state=GA|US-Truck|41|dab1=Ringgold|US-Truck|76|dab2=Ringgold|SR-Spur|151|dab3=Ringgold|dir1=north|dir2=west|dir3=north|name1=Evitt Street}} |notes=Southern terminus of US 41 Truck; eastern terminus of US 76 Truck; southern terminus of SR 151 Spur }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=16.2 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|41|US|76|SR|3|dir1=south|dir2=east|dir3=south|city1=Dalton}} |notes=East end of US 41/US 76/SR 3 concurrency }} {{GAint |county=Whitfield |cspan=2 |location=Varnell |lspan=2 |mile=22.6 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|201|dir1=south|city1=Tunnel Hill}} |notes=Northern terminus of SR 201 }} {{GAint |mile=24.4 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|71|name1=Cleveland Highway|city1=Dalton|city2=Cohutta}} }} {{GAint |county=Murray |cspan=6 |location=none |type=concur |mile=34.8 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|225|dir1=south|city1=Calhoun|city2=Chatsworth}} |notes=West end of SR 225 concurrency }} {{GAint |location=none |type=concur |mile=35.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|225|dir1=north}} |notes=East end of SR 225 concurrency }} {{GAint |location=Cisco |type=concur |mile=38.2 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|411|SR|61|dir1=north|dir2=north|location1=[[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]]}} |notes=West end of US 411/SR 61 concurrency }} {{GAint |location=Eton |mile=47.2 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|286|dir1=west|name1=Coffey Road}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 286 }} {{GAint |location=Chatsworth |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=49.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|76|SR|52|dir1=west|dir2=west|name2=G.I. Maddox Parkway|city1=Dalton}} |notes=West end of US 76/SR 52 concurrency }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=51.4 |road={{jct|state=GA|US|76|US|411|SR-Alt|52|dab3=Chatsworth|SR|61|dir1=east|dir2=south|dir3=east|dir4=south|city1=Fairmount}} |notes=East end of US 76 and US 411/SR 61 concurrencies }} {{GAint |county=Gilmer |cspan=3 |location=East Ellijay |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=75.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|52|dir1=south|name1=N. Main Street}} |notes=East end of SR 52 concurrency }} {{GAint |mile= |type=concur |road={{jct|state=GA|US|76|SR|282|dir1=west|dir2=west|name2=Industrial Boulevard|location1=North Georgia Medical Center|extra=hospital}} |notes=West end of US 76 and SR 282 concurrencies }} {{Jctint |location_special=[[Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest]] |type=concur |mile=78.1 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|5|SR|515|dir1=south|dir2=south}} |notes=West end of SR 5 and SR 515 concurrencies }} {{GAint |county=Fannin |cspan=2 |location=Blue Ridge |type=concur |mile=91.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|5|dir1=north|name1=Blue Ridge Drive|city1=McCaysville|location2=[[Ocoee River]]|city3=Epworth|location4=Fannin Regional Hospital|extra=hospital}} |notes=East end of SR 5 concurrency; A.L. Stepp Interchange }} {{GAint |location=Morganton |mile=95.9 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|60|city1=Mineral Bluff|city2=Dahlonega|location3=[[Murphy, North Carolina|Murphy NC]]}} }} {{GAint |county=Union |cspan=4 |location=none |mile=107 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|325|dir1=north|name1=Nottely Dam Road|location1=[[Nottely Dam]]}} |notes=Southern terminus of SR 325 }} {{GAint |location=Blairsville |lspan=2 |mile=114 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=GA|US|19|dir1=north|US|129|dir2=north|SR|11|dir3=north|name3=Murphy Highway|location1=[[Murphy, North Carolina|Murphy N.C.]]}} |notes=West end of US 19/US 129/SR 11 concurrency; former northern terminus of [[U.S. Route 129 Truck (Blairsville, Georgia)|US 129 Truck]]/[[Georgia State Route 11 Truck (Blairsville)|SR 11 Truck]] }} {{GAint |mile= |road={{jct|state=GA|extra=hospital}} Pat Haralson Memorial Drive – Union County Courthouse, [[Blairsville, Georgia|Blairsville]], [[Union General Hospital]] |notes=Interchange }} {{Jctint |location_special=[[Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest]] |mile= |type=concur |road={{jct|state=GA|US|19|dir1=south|US|129|dir2=south|SR|11|dir3=south|name3=Glenn Gooch Bypass|city1=Cleveland|location2=[[Brasstown Bald]]}} |notes=East end of US 19/US 129/SR 11 concurrency; former east end of [[U.S. Route 129 Truck (Blairsville, Georgia)|US 129 Truck]]/[[Georgia State Route 11 Truck (Blairsville)|SR 11 Truck]] concurrency }} {{GAint |county=Towns |cspan=7 |location=Young Harris |mile=122 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|66|dir1=west|name1=Murphy Street}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 66 }} {{GAint |location=none |type=concur |mile=126 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|17|SR|515|dir1=north|dir2=north|name2=Hayesville Road|location1=[[Hayesville, North Carolina|Hayesville NC]]}} |notes=East end of SR 515 concurrency; west end of SR 17 concurrency }} {{GAint |location=Friendship |mile=128 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|288|dir1=east|name1=Sunnyside Road|location1=[[Lake Chatuge Recreation Area]]}} |notes=Western terminus of SR 288 }} {{GAint |location=Hiawassee |type=concur |mile=130 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|75|dir1=north|name1=Bell Creek Road|location1=[[Franklin, North Carolina|Franklin NC]]}} |notes=West end of SR 75 concurrency }} {{GAint |location=none |mile= |road=[[J. Truman Holmes Bridge]] |notes=Crossing over [[Hiawassee River]] }} {{GAint |location=none |lspan=2 |mile=133 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|288|dir1=west|name1=Sunnyside Road}} |notes=Eastern terminus of SR 288 }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile=133 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|17|SR|75|dir1=south|dir2=south|name2=Unicoi Turnpike|city1=Helen|location2=[[Brasstown Bald]]|city3=Gainesville|city4=Cleveland}} |notes=East end of SR 17 and SR 75 concurrencies }} {{GAint |county=Rabun |cspan=6 |location=none |mile=146 |road={{jct|state=GA|SR|197|dir1=south|city1=Clarkesville|city2=Helen}} |notes=Northern terminus of SR 197 }} {{GAint |location=none |mile= |road=[[Georgia State Patrol Trooper Bobby Staton Memorial Bridge]] |notes=Crossing of [[Lake Burton (Georgia)|Lake Burton]] }} {{GAint |location=Clayton |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=157<!--mileage could be in the wrong spot--> |road={{jct|state=GA|US|23|US|441|SR|15|dir3=north|city1=Dillard|location2=[[Franklin, North Carolina|Franklin N.C.]]}} |notes=West end of US 23/US 441/SR 15 concurrency }} {{GAint |type=concur |mile= |road={{jct|state=GA|US|23|US|441|SR|15|dir3=south|city1=Clarkesville}} |notes=East end of US 23/US 441/SR 15 concurrency }} {{Jctint |location_special=[[South Carolina]] state line |lspan=2 |mile=165 |type=concur |road=Bridge |notes=Crossing over the [[Chattooga River]]; [[South Carolina]] state line; eastern terminus of SR 2 }} {{SCint |mile= |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=SC|US|76|dir1=east|city1=Westminster|name1=Lookout Mountain Scenic Highway}} |notes=East end of US 76 concurrency; US 76 continues into South Carolina. }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|Georgia (U.S. state)}} * {{Portal-inline|U.S. roads}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} * {{Commons category-inline}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311192333/http://www.southeastroads.com/psr/ga2_profile.htm Peach State Roads profile on S.R. 2]
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